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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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Fair Lawn Woman, 86, Rescued By Police After Being Stuck In Rabbit Cage Fair Lawn Woman, 86, Rescued By Police After Being Stuck In Rabbit Cage
Fair Lawn Woman, 86, Rescued By Police After Being Stuck In Rabbit Cage Police in Fair Lawn rescued an 86-year-old woman who'd become trapped in a rabbit cage over the weekend. Officers found the victim after responding to an alert for a lift assist at a River Road senior citizens apartment shortly before 2 p.m., Sgt. Brian Metzler said. They're not sure how long she was stuck in there, the sergeant said Monday, adding that the mishap appeared accidental. Members of the Fair Lawn Volunteer Ambulance Corps took her to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood for treatment, he said.

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Man Struck By Train In Somerset County Man Struck By Train In Somerset County
Man Struck By Train In Somerset County A man was airlifted to the hospital after being struck by a commuter train in Somerset County over the weekend, authorities said. The Morris & Essex Line train No. 734 hit him just west of the Far Hills Station at 6:15 p.m. Saturday, NJ Transit Senior Public Information Officer Emma Wright said. A medical chopper took him to Morristown Medical Center with undetermined serious injuries, Wright said. The train, which had eight customers and crew aboard, left Gladstone at 5:52 p.m. and was scheduled to arrive in Summit at 6:36 p.m., she said. Another train accommodated the customers afte…

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NJSP: Driver Critically Injured In Route 287 Crash NJSP: Driver Critically Injured In Route 287 Crash
Njsp: Driver Critically Injured In Route 287 Crash UPDATE: A 25-year-old driver was fighting for his life following an overnight crash on Route 287 in Mahwah, authorities said. Zachary Krawczyk of Chester, NY, who apparently had been returning home from a weekend softball game in Mercer County when the crash occurred. Krawczyk was headed north when his Subaru rear-ended a Honda, running it into the center guardrail near mile marker 67.7, around 2:45 a.m. Sunday, New Jersey State Police Sgt. Philip Curry said. "The Subaru ran off the road to the right and struck a tree," Curry said. Krawczyk, was airlifted to St. Joseph's Re…

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Korean War Vet, 92, Charged With Hit-Run Crash That Injured Young Bogota Bicyclist Korean War Vet, 92, Charged With Hit-Run Crash That Injured Young Bogota Bicyclist
Korean War Vet, 92, Charged With Hit-Run Crash That Injured Young Bogota Bicyclist UPDATE: A 92-year-old Korean War veteran from Bogota was the driver who kept going after he hit a boy on a bicycle, injuring him, over the weekend, authorities said Monday. Joseph Toth told police he thought he'd struck a tree branch on Larch Avenue near his home around 8:45 p.m. Saturday, Bogota Police Sgt. Geoffrey Cole said. The 14-year-old victim was treated at Hackensack University Medical Center for an arm injury following the crash, he said. An officer on patrol spotted the damaged vehicle in Toth's driveway late Sunday, the sergeant said. He was charged with leaving the scene…

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NJ Attorney General: Man On Darkened Route 18 Struck, Killed By Police Car NJ Attorney General: Man On Darkened Route 18 Struck, Killed By Police Car
NJ Attorney General: Man On Darkened Route 18 Struck, Killed By Police Car A man was in the roadway when he was struck and killed on Route 18 by a police car before dawn Sunday, authorities confirmed. The East Brunswick officer was on duty and in uniform when the marked vehicle struck the man in front of the AAA Insurance center on the northbound highway at 3:35 a.m., Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said Sunday evening. The man, whose identity was temporarily being withheld, was pronounced dead at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at 4:13 a.m., the attorney general said. State law and his own guidelines require Bruck's office to investiga…

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Little Ferry PD: Loaded Gun, Drugs Found After Suspended Driver Makes Illegal Turn Little Ferry PD: Loaded Gun, Drugs Found After Suspended Driver Makes Illegal Turn
Little Ferry PD: Loaded Gun, Drugs Found After Suspended Driver Makes Illegal Turn A driver with a suspended license had a loaded gun under the seat when he was stopped for an illegal turn at a Little Ferry 7-Eleven , authorities said. Officer Joseph Convery stopped an Acura sedan driven by Dionis Nunez, 23, of Newark after he made an illegal left out of the Liberty Street convenience store’s parking lot onto Main Street, Capt. Ronald Klein said. Nunez didn’t have a driver’s license on him, so Convery had him step out of the car while he ran a computer check, Klein said. Nunez “was extremely nervous and kept walking away from the officer's vehicle,” the captain said. Co…

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SEE ANYTHING? Hit-Run Driver Injures Young Bogota Bicyclist SEE ANYTHING? Hit-Run Driver Injures Young Bogota Bicyclist
SEE Anything? Hit-Run Driver Injures Young Bogota Bicyclist UPDATE: A 92-year-old Korean War veteran from Bogota was the driver who kept going after he hit a boy on a bicycle, injuring him, over the weekend, authorities said Monday. Joseph Toth told police he thought he'd struck a tree branch on Larch Avenue near his home around 8:45 p.m. Saturday, Bogota Police Sgt. Geoffrey Cole said. The 14-year-old victim was treated at Hackensack University Medical Center for an arm injury following the crash, he said. An officer on patrol spotted the damaged vehicle in Toth's driveway late Sunday, the sergeant said. He was charged with leaving the scene…

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‘Multitude Of Proceeds’ From Area Car Burglaries Found, Passaic Pair Pinched, Clifton PD Says ‘Multitude Of Proceeds’ From Area Car Burglaries Found, Passaic Pair Pinched, Clifton PD Says
‘Multitude Of Proceeds’ From Area Car Burglaries Found, Passaic Pair Pinched, Clifton PD Says A caller led Clifton police to a pair of pre-dawn car burglars from Passaic, authorities said. Officers responding to the 4 a.m. call from an Athenia Avenue resident stopped Angel Lucero, 22, and Joel Tula, 26 in a car nearby, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. They arrested both after finding a “multitude of proceeds” stolen from unlocked vehicles in Clifton and elsewhere, he said. Lucero and Tula, who had prior arrests, were charged with burglary and theft and released pending hearings.

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Driver Who Set Himself On Fire During Bayonne Police Pursuit Dies Driver Who Set Himself On Fire During Bayonne Police Pursuit Dies
Driver Who Set Himself On Fire During Bayonne Police Pursuit Dies UPDATE: A driver who set himself on fire while being pursued by Bayonne police has died, authorities said. Officers in an unmarked vehicle activated their lights and siren in an attempt to pull over the as-yet unidentified driver for several violations in the area of 54th Street and Broadway shortly before 11 p.m. July 13, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said. The driver kept going, heading west on 50th Street before eventually turning down dead-ended 52nd Street, he said. Officers approached the vehicle after he stopped and repeatedly ordered him out, Bruck said. The d…

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GOTCHA! Fugitive Accused Of Raping Garfield Girl Captured In Georgia GOTCHA! Fugitive Accused Of Raping Garfield Girl Captured In Georgia
Gotcha! Fugitive Accused Of Raping Garfield Girl Captured In Georgia A Passaic man sexually assaulted an underage girl in Garfield and was captured after fleeing to Atlanta, authorities said. Taquan Jackson, 33, remained held in the Atlanta City Detention Center pending extradition to New Jersey to face charges in Superior Court in Hackensack of aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault and child endangerment, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Garfield police alerted his office to a report that Jackson, who installs fire alarms, had “sexually assaulted the minor victim and left the area,” Musella said. Detectives from the prosecutor’s Special…

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