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Jerry DeMarco

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jdemarco@dailyvoice.com

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Born in Newark and raised in Hudson County, Jerry DeMarco is a 38-year veteran of the news industry and a renowned breaking news reporter. He has covered local, county and state police, as well as the FBI, ATF and other federal agencies.

DeMarco joined Daily Voice in 2015 after six years running Cliffview Pilot, one of the nation's few independent breaking news sites. As an independent publisher, he helped establish Local Independent Online News, a national trade organization.

Prior to launching his own site, DeMarco served as a reporter for the Bergen Record, Stamford Advocate, Rockland Journal News, News Tribune, and Trenton Times.

DeMarco has won national recognition for his investigative work, including Clarion, Heywood Broun and Deadline Club awards. He's changed public policy and managed several major projects -- including one that helped put a corrupt public official in federal prison and another that forced a sitting New Jersey attorney general from office for her participation in a Bergen County traffic stop involving her boyfriend.

DeMarco regularly lectures at a graduate course in media relations at Fairleigh Dickinson University and previously was an adjunct professor at Lehman College in the Bronx. 

He has a Bachelor's Degree in English from St. Peter's University in Jersey City.

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Driver, 64, Found Dead Behind Wheel Outside Hackensack Laundry, Natural Causes Cited Driver, 64, Found Dead Behind Wheel Outside Hackensack Laundry, Natural Causes Cited
Driver, 64, Found Dead Behind Wheel Outside Hackensack Laundry, Natural Causes Cited UPDATE: A man found slumped over the wheel of his SUV outside a Hackensack laundry over the weekend apparently died of natural causes, authorities said. Responding officers found the 64-year-old victim in the driver's seat of his 2009 Infiniti FX3 outside Family Launderette on Kinderkamack Avenue off Jefferson Street near Route 4 on Sunday, said Capt. Darrin DeWitt, the officer in charge of the department. "There were no signs of foul play and the preliminary investigation indicates that he died from natural causes," the captain said. The Bergen County Sheriff’s Bureau of Criminal Ide…

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Authorities: Armed Intruder With Handcuffs Holds Women Hostage In West Milford Authorities: Armed Intruder With Handcuffs Holds Women Hostage In West Milford
Authorities: Armed Intruder With Handcuffs Holds Women Hostage In West Milford West Milford police nabbed a Pompton Lakes man as he fled a local home with handcuffs after holding two women at gunpoint Sunday afternoon, authorities said. Initial details were sketchy, however. Andrew Canning, 31, had stolen an item from a nearby residence when he confronted the women – one 45 and the other 20 – at a home off Beacon Hill Road and Manchester Lane, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and West Milford Police Chief James DeVore said in a joint release on Monday. They didn’t say much else about the crime or Canning other than that he was charged with armed robbery, k…

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Cement Mixer Tips Off Paramus Highway Cement Mixer Tips Off Paramus Highway
Cement Mixer Tips Off Paramus Highway A concrete mixer tipped on the eastbound Route 4 ramp to northbound Route 17 in Paramus, tying up traffic Monday afternoon. The Paramus Volunteer Ambulance Corps took the driver to the hospital with injuries that didn't appear life-threatening after the Tanis Concrete of Fair Lawn truck crashed shortly after 1 p.m. Borough police and firefighters, as well as an ambulance from Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, also responded, along with a Bergen County Hazardous Materials Unit. Route 4E ramp to Route 17N in Paramus.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE Citywide towing righted and removed …

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One Dead, One Wounded In Paterson Shooting One Dead, One Wounded In Paterson Shooting
One Dead, One Wounded In Paterson Shooting A Paterson man was shot dead and another wounded Sunday night outside a Middle Eastern restaurant in the city's 6th Ward, authorities confirmed. Responders conducted CPR on Victor Vasquez, 36, who was shot in the chest outside the Aleppo Restaurant near the corner of Main and Thomas streets shortly after 8 p.m. Both he and the second victim, 32-year-old Nelson Hilario, were taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint release. Vasquez was pronounced dead a little over a half-hour la…

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Passaic Man, 58, Arrested In Texas, Charged With Sexually Assaulting Two Children Passaic Man, 58, Arrested In Texas, Charged With Sexually Assaulting Two Children
Passaic Man, 58, Arrested In Texas, Charged With Sexually Assaulting Two Children A detention hearing was planned this week for a 58-year-old Passaic man accused of sexually assaulting two children. The victims – now 13 and 15 – were sexually assaulted by Luis Castillo-Galindo at a city residence within the past year, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. Following an investigation by her Special Victims Unit – in which both youngsters and other witnesses were interviewed -- Castillo-Galindo was arrested in Dallas, Texas late last week, the prosecutor said. He’s charged with sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual contact and child endangerment, she said.…

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SWAT STANDOFF: Disturbed Barricaded Subject Emerges Without Incident In Wyckoff SWAT STANDOFF: Disturbed Barricaded Subject Emerges Without Incident In Wyckoff
SWAT Standoff: Disturbed Barricaded Subject Emerges Without Incident In Wyckoff A troubled resident who remained barricaded in a Wyckoff home for nearly an hour and a half Sunday eventually walked out unharmed, authorities said. A Bergen County Regional SWAT team was summoned and ramps on and off Route 208 were temporarily closed during the Grandview Avenue incident near St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church. It began with a 911 call for "an emotionally disturbed person with a knife inside the home" around 1:45 p.m., Police Chief David Murphy said. "The person involved ultimately walked out unharmed and was transported" by the Wyckoff Volunteer Ambulance Corps to a local…

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SEE ANYTHING? Woman Reports Sex Assault On Englewood Street SEE ANYTHING? Woman Reports Sex Assault On Englewood Street
SEE Anything? Woman Reports Sex Assault On Englewood Street A woman told police that she was sexually abused on an Englewood street, said authorities who turned to the public for help finding the assailant. The victim told police she was walking eastbound on West Palisade Avenue across from Oakland Street when she was "touched inappropriately" shortly before 8:30 p.m. Friday, Detective Capt. Timothy Torell said. Her assailant then ran off, the woman said. She got cellphone pics of the man, whom she described as tall, black, wearing black footwear, black shorts with a white stripe and a black t-shirt. PHOTOS: https://neighbors.ring.com/n/ZE4PPa6sgO…

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Body Recovered From Passaic River Body Recovered From Passaic River
Body Recovered From Passaic River Authorities were trying to identify the body of an apparently homeless man who drowned Saturday in the Passaic River. Witnesses said the man didn't know how to swim, ignored friends' insistence that he not go in, then went under in a deep pond on the Clifton side of the river, Clifton Deputy Fire Chief Craig Hopkins said. Rescue teams from Clifton, Passaic and Wallington put boats in the water before a Bergen County Office of Emergency Management drone helped locate the body south of the Dundee Dam. The victim had apparently been in the water more than an hour and a half before authorities…

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Woman, 89, Found Dead, Vehicle Running At Totowa Home, Carbon Monoxide Suspected Woman, 89, Found Dead, Vehicle Running At Totowa Home, Carbon Monoxide Suspected
Woman, 89, Found Dead, Vehicle Running At Totowa Home, Carbon Monoxide Suspected An 89-year-old Totowa woman was found dead of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning at her home Saturday afternoon. A family member found Ethel Rosskopf unresponsive on the kitchen floor and a vehicle with its engine running in the garage of the home at Knollwood Road and Meadow Drive, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Totowa Police Chief Carmen Veneziano said in a joint announcement. Rosskopf was pronounced dead at the scene.  Authorities found the carbon monoxide level in the home at 200 parts per million, as opposed to the ordinary reading of 0 parts per million. "…

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Driver, 82, Hospitalized After Runaway Sedan Damages Five Vehicles At Glen Rock Auto Body Shop Driver, 82, Hospitalized After Runaway Sedan Damages Five Vehicles At Glen Rock Auto Body Shop
Driver, 82, Hospitalized After Runaway Sedan Damages Five Vehicles At Glen Rock Auto Body Shop Five vehicles at a Glen Rock auto body shop were damaged by a runaway sedan. The 82-year-old driver from Fair Lawn reported having "mechanical difficulty" before her Toyota Camry crossed the double-yellow line on northbound Ackerman Avenue and barreled into the lot at Martens Body and Fender Friday afternoon, borough Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. The damaged vehicles included another sedan, an SUV and a pickup truck. Five vehicles in all were damaged in the Glen Rock chain-reaction crash.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE A Ridgewood EMS unit took the driver to The Valley Hospital with…

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