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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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Hackensack PD: Hells Angel Busted With Loaded Gun, Drugs In Route 80 Stop Hackensack PD: Hells Angel Busted With Loaded Gun, Drugs In Route 80 Stop
Hackensack PD: Hells Angel Busted With Loaded Gun, Drugs In Route 80 Stop A Hells Angel with a record was found carrying a loaded gun and drugs during a traffic stop on a Route 80 entrance ramp, Hackensack police said. Narcotics detectives stopped a 2018 Jeep Wrangler driven by Mark E. Johnson, 44, on the eastbound highway entrance ramp off Polifly Road shortly before 5:30 p.m. Friday. Investigators had witnessed a drug deal involving Johnson moments earlier, Detective Lt. Michael Antista said. When he couldn’t produce a driver’s license or registration, they asked him to get out of the Jeep, he said. Once he did, the detectives spotted a hammer sticking out be…

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Park Ridge PD: Employee Finds Burglar From Bergenfield In Borough Business Park Ridge PD: Employee Finds Burglar From Bergenfield In Borough Business
Park Ridge PD: Employee Finds Burglar From Bergenfield In Borough Business An employee chased a burglar after finding him in a Park Ridge business, said police who tracked down and arrested him. Christo Meneses, 20, of Bergenfield had stolen and damaged the business’ van hours earlier when the worker found him behind the register shortly before 3:30 a.m. Saturday, Police Chief Joseph Madden said. Meneses grabbed some cash and bolted as the employee unsuccessfully tried to chase him down, Madden said. Responding officers set up a perimeter and contacted detectives, as well as a Bergen County Sheriff’s K-9 Unit. They spotted Meneses walking down the street from th…

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Hackensack Tenant Charged With Shooting Englewood Man Near Spot Where Dad Was Killed In 1997 Hackensack Tenant Charged With Shooting Englewood Man Near Spot Where Dad Was Killed In 1997
Hackensack Tenant Charged With Shooting Englewood Man Near Spot Where Dad Was Killed In 1997 It was outside a Hackensack apartment complex that Willy Mann's father was brutally killed during his 2nd birthday party 24 years ago. Now Mann himself stands charged with attempted murder for shooting an Englewood man in the very same neighborhood. Responding officers found the 28-year-old victim in the back seat of a Nissan Maxima with multiple gunshot wounds, including one in the neck, outside the Alston Arms on Newman Street shortly after 10:30 p.m. July 11, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. They conducted CPR before the victim was taken to Hackensack University Medical C…

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Bergen Contractor Charged With Raping Preteens Bergen Contractor Charged With Raping Preteens
Bergen Contractor Charged With Raping Preteens A Montvale office furniture installer was charged with sexually assaulting two preteens, authorities confirmed. Montvale police earlier this month had reported the alleged sexual assault of a minor by Kenneth MacPherson, 58, at a borough residence, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Monday. During an investigation by his Special Victims Unit and borough police, “an additional minor victim was identified who also was sexually assaulted by MacPherson in both Montvale and Hillsdale,” Musella said. MacPherson, who owns and operates Sterling Office Installation in Montvale, was arrested…

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NJSP Nabs Fleeing Driver After Route 80 Rollover Crash Injures Four NJSP Nabs Fleeing Driver After Route 80 Rollover Crash Injures Four
Njsp Nabs Fleeing Driver After Route 80 Rollover Crash Injures Four A Carlstadt man who fled a crash on Route 80 that injured four people was charged with assault by auto, among other offenses, New Jersey State Police said. Israel Arroyo, 23, was driving one of three vehicles involved in the westbound crash near northbound Route 17 exit in South Hackensack shortly after 5 p.m. Friday, NJSP Trooper Charles Marchan said. One of the vehicles overturned in the crash, which left three victims with injuries that were considered serious but not life-threatening, responders said. Four ambulances responded, they said. Troopers found passengers Alexis J. Hernandez-…

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Police: Repeat Offender Took $86,000 In Drugs, More In Back-To-Back Wayne Pharmacy Smash-Grabs Police: Repeat Offender Took $86,000 In Drugs, More In Back-To-Back Wayne Pharmacy Smash-Grabs
Police: Repeat Offender Took $86,000 In Drugs, More In Back-To-Back Wayne Pharmacy Smash-Grabs A career criminal who was jailed following a Clifton police car crash during a pursuit stole more than $86,000 worth of drugs, scratch-off lottery tickets and a delivery vehicle from a Wayne pharmacy, authorities said. Joseph Holman, 41, of Passaic broke into the Plains Pharmacy at the Valley Ridge Shopping Center twice in less than 24 hours in late May, Detective Capt. Dan Daly said. The first time, he took $14,200 worth of scratch-off tickets after shattering the glass front door shortly before 4:30 a.m., Daly said. The following day, Wayne Police Officer David Beltran found the front d…

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Historic Drug Seizure Near Atlantic City Nets Fentanyl, Heroin, Coke, Feds Say Historic Drug Seizure Near Atlantic City Nets Fentanyl, Heroin, Coke, Feds Say
Historic Drug Seizure Near Atlantic City Nets Fentanyl, Heroin, Coke, Feds Say Local and federal authorities seized more than 30 pounds of fentanyl, heroin and cocaine – the area’s largest narcotics haul in history -- while raiding a basement drug mill just outside Atlantic City, authorities said. A federal judge in Camden ordered via videoconference that Ricardo Clavijo, 39, who lives in the Egg Harbor Township home, and Christopher Gonzalez, 37, of Pleasantville, remain held without bail, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. Each is charged with conspiring to have and sell more than a kilo of heroin. “By all accounts, this case represents the largest single…

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Statutory Rape: Clifton Construction Worker Charged With Sexually Assaulting Fair Lawn Pre-Teen Statutory Rape: Clifton Construction Worker Charged With Sexually Assaulting Fair Lawn Pre-Teen
Statutory Rape: Clifton Construction Worker Charged With Sexually Assaulting Fair Lawn Pre-Teen A 23-year-old construction worker from Clifton who had a sexual relationship with a Fair Lawn pre-teen was charged with statutory rape, authorities said. Elkana Gonzalez was 19 when he “engaged in sexual conduct, including sexual penetration, with the child over an extended period of time” in 2017, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Detectives from Musella’s Special Victims Unit began investigating after Fair Lawn police notified them and the state Department of Child Protection and Permanency in late May, the prosecutor said. Under New Jersey law, statutory rape occurs when one o…

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Severely Injured Hiker Rescued In Fall From Palisades Cliff Severely Injured Hiker Rescued In Fall From Palisades Cliff
Severely Injured Hiker Rescued In Fall From Palisades Cliff A bicyclist was rescued after falling from a cliff on the Palisades and severely injuring his ankle. Temperatures had broken 90 degrees, the 31-year-old victim from Queens told police, when he stopped to get a drink of water on Henry Hudson Drive in Tenafly shortly before 2:30 p.m. Friday, Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Sgt. First Class Raymond Walter said. "While doing so he lost his footing and fell," Walter said. Parkway police climbed down "an extremely treacherous area of the cliff" and rendered first aid -- causing an injury to one of the officers, the sergeant said. Members of…

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Obituaries
Rockland Police Chief Who Helped Apprehend Three Brinks Murderers Dies Rockland Police Chief Who Helped Apprehend Three Brinks Murderers Dies
Rockland Police Chief Who Helped Apprehend Three Brinks Murderers Dies Alan Colsey, who died Wednesday, July 14 at the age of 69, had an impressive law enforcement career. He helped Rockland law enforcement computerize police records, get mobile data terminals in patrol cars, and establish a radio system for first responders. Yet it was the Nyack native’s heroism in the Brinks Robbery on Oct. 20, 1981, that most remember. Black Liberation Army members Judith Clark, David Gilbert, and Samuel Brown gunned down Brinks guard Peter Paige during the robbery at the Nanuet Mall that day. They also shot killed Nyack Police Officer Waverly “Chipper” Brown and Sgt…

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