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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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BAIL REFORM: Glen Rock Car Containing $230,000 In Valuables Stolen, Repeat Offender Charged BAIL REFORM: Glen Rock Car Containing $230,000 In Valuables Stolen, Repeat Offender Charged
Bail Reform: Glen Rock Car Containing $230,000 In Valuables Stolen, Repeat Offender Charged It didn’t take long for Glen Rock police detective to identify a thief who swiped a car from a resident’s driveway that contained nearly $230,000 worth of valuables, authorities said. Despite a recent series of arrests for property crimes, New Jersey's 2017 bail reform law has kept Colin McCann, 39, of Glen Rock out of jail and on the street. These include charges that he stole two Glen Rock DPW vehicles last year. McCann was awaiting trial for another theft arrest when a Southboro Lane resident called borough police earlier this month and reported a 2013 Honda Civic stolen overnight f…

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Getaway Driver In 7-County North Jersey Holdup Spree Heads To Federal Prison Getaway Driver In 7-County North Jersey Holdup Spree Heads To Federal Prison
Getaway Driver In 7-County North Jersey Holdup Spree Heads To Federal Prison The wheelman in nearly two dozen gas station and convenience store armed robberies in North Jersey was sent to federal prison for at least nine years. Meshach Whagar, 31, of Newark must serve just about all of the 110-month sentence handed down in U.S. District Court in Newark on Wednesday because there’s no parole in the federal prison system. Whager admitted late last year that he drove the getaway car during the 20 predawn holdups in seven counties -- Bergen, Passaic, Hudson, Essex, Middlesex, Morris and Union -- in November and December of 2017 (see list of locations below). The gunman…

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Paterson Mechanic Accused Of Running Child Porn Sharing Ring Paterson Mechanic Accused Of Running Child Porn Sharing Ring
Paterson Mechanic Accused Of Running Child Porn Sharing Ring Authorities raided the home of a Paterson auto mechanic accused of operating a child porn trafficking ring. A judge on Tuesday ordered that Delbin Almando Noesi Gonzalez, 39, remain held in the Passaic County Jail pending further court action following his arrest last week. Members of Passaic County Sheriff Richard Berdnik's Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force seized several devices during a raid of Noesi Gonzalez's home -- among them, a cellphone containing child porn videos and images, the sheriff said. Noesi Gonzalez used Facebook to distribute images of nude children -- fr…

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Veteran Paramus Lawman Honored For Daring To Steer Schoolkids Away From Drugs Veteran Paramus Lawman Honored For Daring To Steer Schoolkids Away From Drugs
Veteran Paramus Lawman Honored For Daring To Steer Schoolkids Away From Drugs Whenever children he's taught introduce him to their parents, Paramus Police Detective Lt. James Teehan knows he’s gotten through. It gives him “an immense amount of pride,” said Teehan, who was honored by Law Enforcement Against Drugs (L.E.A.D.), a national nonprofit organization committed to protecting children from the risks of drugs and bullying. “I notice that students like to acknowledge the interaction they had with us when they get older,” he said. “It’s evident that the joy L.E.A.D. has brought them passes on to their parents when we convene with them at community events.” Teehan…

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Plea Deal Could Have Passaic Man Who Sexually Assaulted Two Kids Out Of Prison In Seven Years Plea Deal Could Have Passaic Man Who Sexually Assaulted Two Kids Out Of Prison In Seven Years
Plea Deal Could Have Passaic Man Who Sexually Assaulted Two Kids Out Of Prison In Seven Years A Passaic man who admitted sexually assaulting two young children could be back on the street after serving less than seven years in state prison. Ediberto Ordaz, 56, was arrested this past January following an investigation by conducted by the Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes’s Office Special Victims Unit and Passaic police. He quickly took a deal from prosecutors rather than go to trial, pleading guilty in April to sexually assaulting both children -- one of whom Valdes said was between 7 and 11 years old at the time and the other, who was 12 -- at a home in Passaic between Septem…

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NJ County Prosecutor Resigns Amid Allegations, Lawsuits, Probe NJ County Prosecutor Resigns Amid Allegations, Lawsuits, Probe
NJ County Prosecutor Resigns Amid Allegations, Lawsuits, Probe Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon Tyner has resigned amid ethics complaints, lawsuits and allegations of misconduct. First Assistant Prosecutor Cary Shill was sworn in as the county's acting top law enforcer after Gov. Phil Murphy's office announced Tyner's resignation. “We thank Damon Tyner for his service to Atlantic County and the State of New Jersey, and wish him the best in his future endeavors,” a Murphy spokesperson said in a statement. Tyner has been the subject of allegations from various quarters -- among these, that he directly supervised his brother, an investigator, retaliated …

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Unlicensed Driver Jailed In Hit-Run Death Of Beloved Lodi Man Unlicensed Driver Jailed In Hit-Run Death Of Beloved Lodi Man
Unlicensed Driver Jailed In Hit-Run Death Of Beloved Lodi Man An unlicensed Paterson driver was charged with the hit-and-run death of a Lodi man three months ago. Armando “Chino” Medrano, 44, was struck near Public School No. 8 on Main Street in the early morning hours of April 24. He was pronounced dead at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center a short time later. An investigation was intensifying when Kymora Jordan, 30, who fled the scene, surrendered at Paterson police headquarters on Monday, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora announced Tuesday. Jordan was charged with leaving the scene of an a…

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GOTCHA! Fugitive Paterson Brothers Wanted In Double Murder Captured In South Carolina GOTCHA! Fugitive Paterson Brothers Wanted In Double Murder Captured In South Carolina
Gotcha! Fugitive Paterson Brothers Wanted In Double Murder Captured In South Carolina Two fugitive brothers from Paterson were captured and charged with murder in the stabbing deaths of two city men during the July 4th weekend, authorities announced Tuesday. Jose Edgar Martinez-Garcia, 33, and Francisco Martinez-Garcia, 27, were nabbed by members of the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, they said. Both were sought in the stabbing deaths of Jaime Hernandez, 44, and Johnny Jimenez, 36, in the parking lot of Public School No. 5 off Totowa Avenue. A third victim survived the attack shortly after 4 a.m. July 5, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M…

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PAPD, NYPD Rescue Would-Be Jumper From GWB PAPD, NYPD Rescue Would-Be Jumper From GWB
Papd, Nypd Rescue Would-Be Jumper From GWB A suicidal New York man was rescued from the George Washington Bridge and brought to a hospital for a psychological evaluation Tuesday afternoon, authorities said. Port Authority police “received a report from 911 of a suicidal man, 51, on the bridge,” PAPD spokeswoman Lenis Valens said. “Both the PAPD and NYPD canvassed the span and found him on the southern pedestrian walkway near the New York tower,” she said. Port Authority police took him into custody before an EMS unit took him to the hospital. ****** The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is a national network of local crisis ce…

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Secaucus PD Properly Handled Suicidal Gunman Who Fired At Them, Grand Jury Finds Secaucus PD Properly Handled Suicidal Gunman Who Fired At Them, Grand Jury Finds
Secaucus PD Properly Handled Suicidal Gunman Who Fired At Them, Grand Jury Finds As expected, a grand jury found that Secaucus police bore no responsibility in the death of a gunman who exchanged shots with them before turning the weapon on himself, authorities announced Tuesday. Officers responding to a shots-fired call in the 300 block of Sea Isle Key in the Harmon Cove development on Dec. 1, 2019 found town resident Anthony Rosso, 68, armed with a handgun, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said. Rosso opened fire at the officers, who shot back, grazing his arm, Bruck said. He then shot himself in the head, the attorney general said. Rosso was prono…

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