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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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Emerson Driver Rescued By Westwood Officer In Pool Plunge Gets Careless Driving Summons Emerson Driver Rescued By Westwood Officer In Pool Plunge Gets Careless Driving Summons
Emerson Driver Rescued By Westwood Officer In Pool Plunge Gets Careless Driving Summons UPDATE: A motorist who was rescued by a Westwood police officer after her wagon crashed into a backyard swimming pool received a summons for careless driving. The 32-year-old Emerson driver, who wasn't identified by name, was headed south on Lafayette Avenue when her 2021 Honda wagon crossed over the center line as it rounded the bend at Ridgewood Road around 3 a.m. Monday, Police Chief Michael Pontillo said Thursday. The Honda hit a curb, then crashed through a fence, a shed and another fence before barreling down a small retaining wall, onto the pool deck and into the in-ground pool on …

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Passaic Sheriff: Ex-Con Caught Dealing With Two Guns, Coke, Customer Ledger Passaic Sheriff: Ex-Con Caught Dealing With Two Guns, Coke, Customer Ledger
Passaic Sheriff: Ex-Con Caught Dealing With Two Guns, Coke, Customer Ledger Passaic County sheriff's officers nabbed a Paterson ex-con with two guns, an ounce and a half of cocaine and some pot, along with packaging materials, scales and a customer ledger, authorities said. Detectives watched as Miguel Medina, 37, sold to a 57-year-old Fair Lawn man at the corner of 3rd Avenue and East 17th Street, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. Investigators followed the buyer into Fair Lawn, where they arrested him, the sheriff said. They seized Medina in front of a bar near his 3rd Avenue home, he said. Medina consented to a search of his apartment, where they…

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Police & Fire
Authorities: Police Pursuit From NJ Ends In Westchester Authorities: Police Pursuit From NJ Ends In Westchester
Authorities: Police Pursuit From NJ Ends In Westchester UPDATE (JUNE 28): A Connecticut driver who authorities said led officers and troopers on a high-speed chase from Bergen to Westchester counties – ramming police cars from both states along the way -- remained jailed Monday pending extradition to New Jersey. Mahwah police initially began chasing an Acura MDX driven by Henry L. Cofrancesco Jr., 51, of Hamden, CT, on southbound Route 287 last Thursday afternoon. South Nyack and New York State Police joined the pursuit at speeds that law enforcement sources said ranged from 75 to 90 miles an hour. The chase continued through Rockland County a…

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NYC Passenger Seriously Injured When Police Pursuit Ends In Route 21 Crash NYC Passenger Seriously Injured When Police Pursuit Ends In Route 21 Crash
NYC Passenger Seriously Injured When Police Pursuit Ends In Route 21 Crash A passenger was seriously injured and the driver jailed when an overnight Clifton police chase Thursday ended in a rollover crash in Nutley. Officers Mohammed Rayyan and William Gibson were assigned to a DUI Enforcement Detail on Route 21 when they stopped a 2017 Audi A7 for traffic violations on Lexington Avenue shortly after midnight, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. The officers had just gotten out of their car when the driver hit the gas and sped off, Bracken said. As they chased the luxury sedan southbound on Route 21 into Nutley, the driver cut the lights, the lieutenant said. He …

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Tractor-Trailer Bound For Amazon Plant Creams One Car, Damages Others In South Hackensack Tractor-Trailer Bound For Amazon Plant Creams One Car, Damages Others In South Hackensack
Tractor-Trailer Bound For Amazon Plant Creams One Car, Damages Others In South Hackensack A tractor-trailer hit three vehicles, severely damaging one of them, in South Hackensack late Wednesday, authorities said.The driver of the Crystal Freight rig out of Loveland, Ohio was headed to an Amazon facility in Teterboro when he turned down the wrong street shortly before 11 p.m., Detective Capt. Robert Chinchar said. The 18-wheeler stuck and dragged a 2019 Toyota Camry that, in turn, hit a 2013 Nissan Rogue and 2000 Toyota Avalon, Chinchar said.The Camry sustained significant damage and was removed by Tummino’s Towing, the captain said.The other two vehicles sustained minor dama…

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Clifton Man Sent Young Teen Porn Snapchat Messages, Authorities Charge Clifton Man Sent Young Teen Porn Snapchat Messages, Authorities Charge
Clifton Man Sent Young Teen Porn Snapchat Messages, Authorities Charge A Clifton man sent pornographic Snapchat messages to a 14-year-old victim, authorities said. An adult summoned local police to the victim’s home in April, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Clifton Police Chief Tom Rinaldi said Thursday. Detectives from the prosecutor’s Special Victims Unit interviewed several witnesses, including the youngster, and determined the messages were sent by Isais Guadamur, 26, they said. Guadamur was arrested Thursday, charged with child endangerment, attempted child endangerment and evidence tampering and sent to the Passaic County Jail to await a…

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South Hackensack Pedestrian Struck In Hackensack Gets Ticket South Hackensack Pedestrian Struck In Hackensack Gets Ticket
South Hackensack Pedestrian Struck In Hackensack Gets Ticket A South Hackensack pedestrian was hospitalized -- and got a summons -- after he was struck crossing a Hackensack street, authorities said. The 34-year-old pedestrian "was crossing Kansas Street mid-block when he was struck by a 2017 Ford Mustang operated by a 19 year old Hackensack resident" shortly before 8 p.m. Wednesday, Police Capt. Nicole Foley said. "A witness confirmed that [he] was not in the crosswalk when he attempted to cross," she added. He was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with minor injuries and received a summons for failing to use a crosswalk, the captain s…

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Giuliani Suspended From Practicing Law In NY Giuliani Suspended From Practicing Law In NY
Giuliani Suspended From Practicing Law In NY A New York court suspended Rudy Giuliani from practicing law in the state on Thursday because of “false and misleading statements” about former President Donald Trump’s election loss last fall. The temporary license suspension took effect immediately – a day short of Guiliani’s 52nd anniversary of practicing law in New York State – pending the outcome of a full formal disciplinary hearing. The former New York City mayor and federal prosecutor was a personal attorney to Trump when he lied about the legitimacy of President Biden’s victory, alleging widespread ballot fraud in key swing states,…

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Feds: Newark Ex-Con Caught With Gun In Each Pocket, Shotgun On Car Seat, Drugs Feds: Newark Ex-Con Caught With Gun In Each Pocket, Shotgun On Car Seat, Drugs
Feds: Newark Ex-Con Caught With Gun In Each Pocket, Shotgun On Car Seat, Drugs An Essex County ex-con wanted for a shooting was carrying two guns – one in each coat pocket – when police captured him, said federal authorities who are handling his prosecution. Newark officers responding to a tip that he was driving a stolen car pulled over city resident Brandon Jacobs, 30, on 6th Street in late January, U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. They found a loaded 9mm Glock handgun loaded with 17 rounds of ammunition in his left coat pocket and Smith & Wesson revolver loaded with six rounds in his right coat pocket, she said. That wasn’t all. Jacobs was also carrying …

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Paterson Detectives Nab Newark Man Who Had Loaded Gun Sticking Out Of Bag, Authorities Say Paterson Detectives Nab Newark Man Who Had Loaded Gun Sticking Out Of Bag, Authorities Say
Paterson Detectives Nab Newark Man Who Had Loaded Gun Sticking Out Of Bag, Authorities Say Paterson detectives chased down a Newark man after they found him standing on a city street corner with a loaded gun, authorities said. Alexis DeLaRosa, 18, was in a group hanging at the corner of North 6th and Clinton streets when Detectives Mustafa Dombayci and John Traynor spotted the gun's magazine sticking out of a fanny pack around his neck, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. As they got out of their car, DeLaRosa took off, Speziale said. He ran down Jefferson Street, tossing the bag over a resident's fence, then crawled under a parked vehicle on North 7th Street, where he w…

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