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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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Jersey Shore Teen Blinded In One Eye By Mail Truck Crash Gets $2 Million Jersey Shore Teen Blinded In One Eye By Mail Truck Crash Gets $2 Million
Jersey Shore Teen Blinded In One Eye By Mail Truck Crash Gets $2 Million A Jersey Shore teenager who was left blind in one eye in a crash with a mail truck settled a case against the federal government for nearly $2 million, according to a published report. The 13-year-old Toms River boy was headed to church in the back seat of a Cherokee Jeep on Washington Street in November 2016 when a U.S. Postal Service worker from Lakewood suddenly turned left onto Central Avenue, hitting the vehicle’s passenger-side fender with his truck, police reported at the time. The impact sent the Jeep spinning into a tree, they said. The boy suffered severe injuries, including faci…

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Police & Fire
Repeat Offender From Long Island Charged With Harassing Worshippers At Synagogue Repeat Offender From Long Island Charged With Harassing Worshippers At Synagogue
Repeat Offender From Long Island Charged With Harassing Worshippers At Synagogue A repeat offender accused of threatening law enforcement officers and members of the Jewish community in New Jersey and on Long Island did it again in Fort Lee, New Jersey, authorities said. Nassau County resident Bradley Goldberg, age 47, of Cedarhurst, had already spent a week in the Bergen County Jail after Fort Lee police said he pretended to be an abused 11-year-old as part of a relentless harassment campaign against them when he was arrested again. Goldberg had been free all of 10 days when they said, he stood outside Chabad of Fort Lee “harassing worshippers entering and exiting the …

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HEROES: Ridgefield Park Police Revive Driver In Route 46 Crash HEROES: Ridgefield Park Police Revive Driver In Route 46 Crash
Heroes: Ridgefield Park Police Revive Driver In Route 46 Crash Ridgefield Park police revived a driver who crashed on Route 46 after apparently suffering a medical episode Saturday afternoon, authorities said. The 59-year-old Queens driver apparently had a low blood sugar-related incident before his car struck the concrete divider on the eastbound highway shortly after 2 p.m., village Police Chief Joseph Rella said. Officers forced their way into the car and immediately began CPR, Rella said. After two shocks from a defibrillator, the driver came to, he said. He was taken to Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck, the chief confirmed.

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51 Years Of Service: Police Dedicate Street To Park Ridge Crossing Guard 51 Years Of Service: Police Dedicate Street To Park Ridge Crossing Guard
51 Years Of Service: Police Dedicate Street To Park Ridge Crossing Guard TRIBUTE: Crossing guards may come and go, but not Renata Guiglia. For more than half a century, Guiglia, 82, braved both the elements and vehicles while crossing Park Ridge schoolchildren – most of them at the corner of Ridge Avenue and South First Street near West Ridge School. To show their appreciation for 51 years of dedicated service, Park Ridge police designated her corner “Renata Guiglia Way.” “Renata never missed work,” Park Ridge Police Capt. Joseph Rampolla said. “The kids she crossed eventually grew up and got married. “Renata would soon cross their children.” Rampolla called …

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Repeat Offender From Long Island Charged With Harassing Worshippers At Fort Lee Synagogue Repeat Offender From Long Island Charged With Harassing Worshippers At Fort Lee Synagogue
Repeat Offender From Long Island Charged With Harassing Worshippers At Fort Lee Synagogue A repeat offender accused of threatening law enforcement officers and members of the Jewish community in New Jersey and on Long Island did it again in Fort Lee, authorities said. Bradley Goldberg, 47, of Cedarhurst, LI, had already spent a week in the Bergen County Jail after Fort Lee police said he pretended to be an abused 11-year-old as part of a relentless harassment campaign against them when he was arrested again. Goldberg had been free all of 10 days when, they said, he stood outside Chabad of Fort Lee “harassing worshippers entering and exiting the building,” Lt. Edward Young said. …

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Former Big-Time NJ Businessman Sent To Fed Pen For Payroll Scheme Former Big-Time NJ Businessman Sent To Fed Pen For Payroll Scheme
Former Big-Time NJ Businessman Sent To Fed Pen For Payroll Scheme A disgraced former up-and-coming New Jersey businessman who once tried to jump to his death from the George Washington Bridge is headed back behind bars. Jerry Carter Jr., 42, a self-described self-made millionaire was once touted as one of New Jersey’s “Top 40 Business People Under 40.’’ Then things went south. The Mercer County resident ended up spending more than two years behind bars on a tax evasion conviction after failing to report $1.8 million in income from a Hoboken payroll company he founded. Instead of staying straight following his release, Carter and two accomplices hatched a…

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Hackensack Store Manager Charged With Collecting, Sharing Hundreds Of Child Porn Images Hackensack Store Manager Charged With Collecting, Sharing Hundreds Of Child Porn Images
Hackensack Store Manager Charged With Collecting, Sharing Hundreds Of Child Porn Images A retail store supervisor from Hackensack was caught collecting and sharing hundreds of child porn images, authorities said Friday. Ryan McVey, a 33-year-old Maywood native, was arrested during a raid Thursday of his Quail Heights apartment on Prospect Street, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Detectives from Musella’s Cyber Crimes Unit learned that McVey “used the Internet to view, download, and possess more than 400 digital files and distributed multiple digital files depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children,” the prosecutor said. McVey remain…

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Now Wait A Minute: Isley Brothers Make 'Em Wanna Shout In Teaneck, Englewood Now Wait A Minute: Isley Brothers Make 'Em Wanna Shout In Teaneck, Englewood
Now Wait A Minute: Isley Brothers Make 'Em Wanna Shout In Teaneck, Englewood Few celebrities have not one but two streets named after them, but that became reality when the Isley Brothers got one each in Teaneck and Englewood. “It's beyond words for me to express my level of appreciation and gratitude,” guitarist Ernie Isley told  a crowd gathered Thursday at Van Cortland Terrace and Van Arsdale Place near the Teaneck Armory. A similar “Isley Brothers Way” ceremony was held at Liberty Road and Greenleaf Avenue in neighboring Englewood. Velvety vocalist brother Ron Isley called it “a spectacular culmination of a lot of dreams and a lot of prayers.” Many know the I…

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UPDATE: Couple Killed In Route 3 Motorcycle Crash Struck Deer UPDATE: Couple Killed In Route 3 Motorcycle Crash Struck Deer
Update: Couple Killed In Route 3 Motorcycle Crash Struck Deer UPDATE: A man and woman who were killed in a horrific overnight motorcycle crash on Route 3 in Clifton hit a deer, responders said. Richard Stuart, Jr., 23, of Passaic had Raquel Prada-Galvez, 24, of Clifton on back when the 2011 Suzuki GSXR crashed in the highway's eastbound lanes between Bloomfield Avenue and the Garden State Parkway shortly before 1:30 a.m., Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Clifton Police Chief Thomas Rinaldi said in a joint announcement. Sources with direct knowledge of the incident said the motorcycle hit a deer, slicing it in half. The rider-less …

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High-Speed Chase From New Jersey Ends In Westchester High-Speed Chase From New Jersey Ends In Westchester
High-Speed Chase From New Jersey Ends In Westchester Two suspects are in custody following a high-speed chase from New Jersey to Westchester, authorities said. Police in Mahwah, New  Jersey, began pursuing the Acura MDX on southbound Route 287 around 4 p.m. Thursday, June 24, they said. NJ State Police joined the chase, which continued through Rockland and crossed the new Tappan Zee Bridge before ending in Westchester as the evening rush hour was beginning, a law enforcement source told Daily Voice. Both agencies had their cars rammed by the suspects' vehicle, the source added. No serious injuries were immediately reported, he said. Un…

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