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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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Feds: Lyndhurst Conspirator Admits Role In $8.2M Plot To Steal HIV Meds From Veterans Hospital Feds: Lyndhurst Conspirator Admits Role In $8.2M Plot To Steal HIV Meds From Veterans Hospital
Feds: Lyndhurst Conspirator Admits Role In $8.2M Plot To Steal HIV Meds From Veterans Hospital A Lyndhurst man admitted conspiring to steal $8.2 million worth of HIV medications from a New Jersey veterans hospital, federal authorities said Tuesday. Wagner “Wanny” Checonolasco, 34, had an accomplice in Lisa M. Hoffman, 48, of Orange, who worked in the pharmacy of the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in East Orange, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. Surveillance cameras helped show how Hoffman “placed large orders for HIV medication, purportedly on behalf of the VAMC,” then stole the excess once it was delivered, Honig said. Encrypted messages outlined how the scheme worked, …

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Woman Hit With Baseball Bat In Edgewater Parking Lot Brawl, Hudson Trio Charged Woman Hit With Baseball Bat In Edgewater Parking Lot Brawl, Hudson Trio Charged
Woman Hit With Baseball Bat In Edgewater Parking Lot Brawl, Hudson Trio Charged A North Bergen man hit a woman in the head with an aluminum baseball bat during a wild brawl in the parking lot of the Edgewater Target, authorities said. Edgewater police quickly restored order, with help from their Cliffside Park and Fort Lee colleagues, after finding the injured woman among several people fighting in the parking lot on River Road late last Wednesday, Police Chief Donald Martin said. EMTs took the victim to a local hospital with a head injury, Martin said. Officers, meanwhile, grabbed Amakar Albuja, 19, of West New York -- and the bat -- after finding him holding it, the…

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Rockland Driver, Passenger Caught With Meth, Smack, More, Police Say Rockland Driver, Passenger Caught With Meth, Smack, More, Police Say
Rockland Driver, Passenger Caught With Meth, Smack, More, Police Say Mahwah police found a Rockland driver and his passenger carrying meth, heroin, and more during an overnight traffic stop, authorities said. It was the second time in months that they arrested Yisroel Lieberman, age 24, of Spring Valley and Natalie Shein, age 30, of Brooklyn on drug charges. The first time, as with this week's bust, began with a motor vehicle equipment violation, police said. Detectives Timothy Letavish and Christopher Fasulo the couple in a vehicle in the parking lot of a Franklin Turnpike gas station around 1 a.m. Monday, Detective Capt. Guido Bussinelli said. They stopp…

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Grand Jury: Trenton PD Had To Shoot To Stop Man Pointing Gun Grand Jury: Trenton PD Had To Shoot To Stop Man Pointing Gun
Grand Jury: Trenton PD Had To Shoot To Stop Man Pointing Gun Trenton police were justified in shooting a man who pointed an airsoft gun at them, a grand jury has found. Two separate 911 calls of a suicidal man threatening to harm himself came in to police on March 14, 2019, state Acting Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said. The responding officers were joined by two others who’d been called to the same North Olden Avenue more than four hours earlier, he said. “If you come in here, I’ll shoot you,” Jason Williams, 42, told the officers, Bruck said. “Concerned for Mr. Williams’ safety, officers opened the door to check on him,” the attorney general…

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Tree Worker, 28, From Passaic County Killed In Oakland Mishap Tree Worker, 28, From Passaic County Killed In Oakland Mishap
Tree Worker, 28, From Passaic County Killed In Oakland Mishap A 28-year-old tree worker was killed in Oakland on Tuesday when he was struck in the head by a wood chipper, authorities said. Members of the Oakland First Aid Squad and a paramedic unit from the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood joined police at the scene on Stony Point Road off Route 202 around 9:45 a.m., police Lt. Christian Eldridge said. A medical chopper was called for but then cancelled. The unconscious Pompton Lakes victim was later pronounced dead at the hospital, Eldridge said. Oakland police were investigating along with OSHA, the lieutenant said.

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BUSTED AGAIN: Rockland Driver, Passenger Caught With Meth, Smack, More, Mahwah PD Says BUSTED AGAIN: Rockland Driver, Passenger Caught With Meth, Smack, More, Mahwah PD Says
Busted Again: Rockland Driver, Passenger Caught With Meth, Smack, More, Mahwah PD Says Mahwah police found a Rockland driver and his passenger carrying meth, heroin and more during an overnight traffic stop, authorities said. It was the second time in months that they arrested Yisroel Lieberman, 24, of Spring Valley and Natalie Shein, 30, of Brooklyn on drug charges. The first time, as with this week's bust, began with a motor vehicle equipment violation, police said. Detectives Timothy Letavish and Christopher Fasulo the couple in a vehicle in the parking lot of a Franklin Turnpike gas station around 1 a.m. Monday, Detective Capt. Guido Bussinelli said. They stopped Lieber…

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NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo Resigns, Calls His Behavior 'Too Familiar' NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo Resigns, Calls His Behavior 'Too Familiar'
NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo Resigns, Calls His Behavior 'Too Familiar' Embattled New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced his resignation on Tuesday, telling constituents he was “doing the right thing for you” while claiming that the behavior some women found offensive he intended as "endearing." "In my mind I've never crossed the line with anyone," he said in a televised announcement. The move follows a blistering report from the state’s attorney general that Cuomo had sexually harassed several women, which prompted calls from top Democrats – including President Joe Biden – that he step down. Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, will become New York’s first female…

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Police: Female Paterson Dealer Busted With 3,872 Heroin Folds, Crack, $4,647 In Drug Money Police: Female Paterson Dealer Busted With 3,872 Heroin Folds, Crack, $4,647 In Drug Money
Police: Female Paterson Dealer Busted With 3,872 Heroin Folds, Crack, $4,647 In Drug Money They walked up and drove by at all hours to buy drugs outside a Paterson home just up the street from a child care center, authorities said. Responding to complaints, city narcotics detectives nabbed Hopper Street resident Valerie A. Thomas, 57, while seizing 3,872 heroin folds, 17 baggies of crack cocaine, and $4,647 in drug money, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. Hopper lives in the first-floor apartment of the home where Speziale said she plied her illegal trade. Detectives watched awhile before obtaining search and arrest warrants, he said. Thomas was charged with a ho…

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Police: Combative Driver Tangles With Officers At Rochelle Park Auto Shop Police: Combative Driver Tangles With Officers At Rochelle Park Auto Shop
Police: Combative Driver Tangles With Officers At Rochelle Park Auto Shop A BMW owner fought Rochelle Park police after trying to retrieve his disabled car from a local auto body shop, authorities said. Responding to the call, Sgt. Chris Bermudez and Officer Brian Monico found Erin Andres Espinal, 26, of Brooklyn in a restricted area of the Essex Street shop refusing to leave his 335i, Lt. James DePreta said. When they asked him to leave, Espinal became combative, tangling with the officers, he said. Espinal was subdued after a brief struggle, then taken to a local hospital, the lieutenant said. He was charged with resisting arrest, aggravated assault on police…

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Police: Rockland Patron Assaults Old Tappan Restaurant Employee Over Request For Water Police: Rockland Patron Assaults Old Tappan Restaurant Employee Over Request For Water
Police: Rockland Patron Assaults Old Tappan Restaurant Employee Over Request For Water A Rockland man surrendered to police who charged him with beating a worker at a Bergen County Italian restaurant, authorities said. Luca Saggio, 46, of Stony Point asked the passing Bosfa Restaurant employee for water and didn’t like the response, witnesses told responding officers, Old Tappan Police Chief Joseph J. Tracy said. Saggio then “followed the employee into the kitchen of the restaurant and punched him in the head,” Tracy said. The employee suffered “a significant injury to his eye and head area,” the chief said. Responding officers rendered medical aid before an Old Tappan Ambu…

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