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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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BUSTED: Scammer, 71, Cons Recent Widow Out Of $100,000, Edgewater Police Charge BUSTED: Scammer, 71, Cons Recent Widow Out Of $100,000, Edgewater Police Charge
Busted: Scammer, 71, Cons Recent Widow Out Of $100,000, Edgewater Police Charge Her husband had just died when a widow lost $100,000 to a 71-year-old con artist from Edgewater, authorities charged. Anna Bors was already known to police. She has a record of arrests involving bank fraud, check kiting and thefts in Edgewater and Fort Lee and is believed to be part of an online “sweepstakes” or “lottery” scam ring, Detective Sgt. Teddy Wetklow said. This time, Bors weaseled account information from a 75-year-old recent widow in North Carolina, Wetklow said Tuesday. Detective Jorge Vanegas diligently worked the case, obtaining bank records as well as surveillance footage…

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ICE Puts Hold On Guatemalan National Accused Of Fondling New Milford Girl, 14 ICE Puts Hold On Guatemalan National Accused Of Fondling New Milford Girl, 14
ICE Puts Hold On Guatemalan National Accused Of Fondling New Milford Girl, 14 ICE has issued a detainer on a Guatemalan national whom authorities charged with fondling and assaulting a 14-year-old New Milford girl. Maximo Itzep, 21, touched the victim's breasts and pushed her into a wall while restraining her arms, Detective Lt. Kevin Van Saders said. The girl's father called borough police shortly before noon Sunday, Van Saders said. Itzep later surrendered and was sent to the Bergen County Jail, where he remained Tuesday, charged with criminal sexual contact, criminal restraint and simple assault. ICE places detainers on immigrants believed to be illegally livi…

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Unlicensed Driver Pleads Guilty In 108 MPH DWI Crash That Killed Paterson Teen Unlicensed Driver Pleads Guilty In 108 MPH DWI Crash That Killed Paterson Teen
Unlicensed Driver Pleads Guilty In 108 MPH DWI Crash That Killed Paterson Teen An unlicensed driver involved in a high-speed DWI crash in Paterson that killed an 17-year-old passenger pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide rather than face trial, authorities said. Lawan A. Henry, 23, of Paterson will be eligible for parole in a little over 7½ years under a plea bargain reached with prosecutors. Henry admitted Monday in Superior Court in Paterson that he was driving 108 miles an hour when his 2008 Cadillac CTS slammed into several unoccupied vehicles on Broadway between East 30th and East 29th streets shortly before 4 a.m. last Nov. 15, they said. In the sedan with Henr…

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GOTCHA! Citizen Helps Nab Hit-Run Driver Who Struck Palisades Park Pedestrian, Police Say GOTCHA! Citizen Helps Nab Hit-Run Driver Who Struck Palisades Park Pedestrian, Police Say
Gotcha! Citizen Helps Nab Hit-Run Driver Who Struck Palisades Park Pedestrian, Police Say A driver who fled after hitting a pedestrian crossing a downtown Palisades Park street was tracked down and arrested by police after a good Samaritan followed him, authorities said. The 38-year-old Fort Lee victim was in the crosswalk as she headed across Broad Avenue when a Honda Pilot turning left from East Homestead Avenue hit her shortly before 11:30 a.m. Sunday, Detective Sgt. Alex Monteleone said. The Pilot then sped off south on Broad Avenue, leaving her in the middle of the road, he said. The victim was taken to Englewood Hospital and Medical Center. Meanwhile, Officers Matthew Ca…

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Abducted 1-Year-Old Boy Found Safe In Orange County, Palisades Parkway PD Says Abducted 1-Year-Old Boy Found Safe In Orange County, Palisades Parkway PD Says
Abducted 1-Year-Old Boy Found Safe In Orange County, Palisades Parkway PD Says Palisades Interstate Parkway police found a 1-year-old boy safe and sound in Orange County after his mother's boyfriend abducted him from a Hudson River lookout in New Jersey late Monday afternoon, July 19, authorities said. The boy’s mother, 24, called PIP police after her boyfriend took her son and drove off, leaving her at the Rockefeller Lookout rest area on the northbound parkway shortly after 4:30 p.m., Sgt. First Class Raymond Walter said. Parkway police issued an alert for a KIA Sorrento with a temporary New Jersey license plate. The search ended shortly after, Walter said. “Polic…

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Palisades Parkway PD: Boy, 1, Abducted From NJ Lookout Found Safe In NY Palisades Parkway PD: Boy, 1, Abducted From NJ Lookout Found Safe In NY
Palisades Parkway PD: Boy, 1, Abducted From NJ Lookout Found Safe In NY Palisades Interstate Parkway police found a 1-year-old boy safe and sound in Orange County, NY after his mother's boyfriend abducted him from a Hudson River lookout in New Jersey late Monday afternoon, authorities said. The boy’s mother, 24, called PIP police after her boyfriend took her son and drove off, leaving her at the Rockefeller Lookout rest area on the northbound parkway shortly after 4:30 p.m., Sgt. First Class Raymond Walter said. Parkway police issued an alert for a KIA Sorrento with a temporary New Jersey license plate. The search ended shortly after, Walter said. “Police wer…

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SEE ANYTHING? Police Call Swastika Found Painted On Wayne Road 'Affront To Our Community' SEE ANYTHING? Police Call Swastika Found Painted On Wayne Road 'Affront To Our Community'
SEE Anything? Police Call Swastika Found Painted On Wayne Road 'Affront To Our Community' Wayne police were trying to determine who spray-painted a swastika on a local street. At this point, the incident is considered vandalism and not a hate crime, authorities said Monday. That could change, depending on what an investigation finds. “While no specific victim or target of this graffiti has been determined at this time, such conduct is an affront to our community as a whole,” Detective Capt. Dan Daly said. Social media reports pointed police to the symbol on the pavement at Audubon Parkway, Daly said. (NOTE: Daily Voice has chosen not to re-publish any of the photos.) “Once it…

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DWI Driver Jailed After Hackensack Police Pursuit Ends In Crash DWI Driver Jailed After Hackensack Police Pursuit Ends In Crash
DWI Driver Jailed After Hackensack Police Pursuit Ends In Crash An Ecuadoran national was drunk when he crashed his Jeep into a traffic signal during a pre-dawn police chase in Hackensack and then took off on foot before dawn Monday, authorities said. Segundo Tapia-Yunganaula, 24, who lives in Hackensack, was speeding down Linden Street when Sgt. Richard Melber tried to stop him shortly after 2 a.m., Detective Lt. Michael Antista said. Tapia-Yunganaula kept going, running several red lights in the process, before stopping at the intersection of Main and Salem streets, Antista said. He then suddenly reversed toward Melber’s vehicle before throwing it in…

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POLL: One In 5 Americans Believes US Government Is Using COVID-19 Vaccine To Microchip Citizens POLL: One In 5 Americans Believes US Government Is Using COVID-19 Vaccine To Microchip Citizens
Poll: One In 5 Americans Believes US Government Is Using Covid-19 Vaccine To Microchip Citizens One in five Americans believes the federal government is using the COVID-19 vaccine to microchip the population, according to a recent poll. The sharpest divisions between pro- and anti-vaxxers in America, to few people's surprise, are political, the Economist/YouGov poll found. Nearly 30% of Republican poll respondents – and only 4% of Democrats -- said they aren’t getting vaccinated. More whites than Black and Hispanic respondents in the Economist/You Gov poll said they reject the vaccine, while more Midwesterners and Southerners came out against vaccination than elsewhere in the country…

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Residents Help Point Englewood PD To 'Vehicle Of Interest' In Overnight Shooting Residents Help Point Englewood PD To 'Vehicle Of Interest' In Overnight Shooting
Residents Help Point Englewood PD To 'Vehicle Of Interest' In Overnight Shooting Surveillance videos submitted by Englewood residents have pointed to a vehicle that police believe may have been involved in an overnight shooting. No one reported being struck by gunfire in last Tuesday’s shooting in the 200 block of Pindle Avenue between 1-1:30 a.m., Detective Capt. Timothy Torell said. Police recovered ballistics evidence and collected more than a dozen home surveillance videos through the Ring app, Torell said. That led detectives to a light-colored van with lettering on a dark stripe that runs along its side, the captain said. Detectives are still soliciting tips…

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