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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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Edgewater PD: Hudson Ex-Con With 42 Arrests Tasered After Fighting, Spitting On Police Edgewater PD: Hudson Ex-Con With 42 Arrests Tasered After Fighting, Spitting On Police
Edgewater PD: Hudson Ex-Con With 42 Arrests Tasered After Fighting, Spitting On Police A Hudson County ex-con with a rap sheet more than three decades long was Tasered after he kicked, elbowed and spit on Edgewater police officers who were trying to arrest him for a multi-store shoplifting spree, authorities said. Gregory Calvo, 50, of Union City had just stolen hundreds of dollars worth of merchandise from the Marshalls, Old Navy and TJ Maxx stores at Edgewater Commons when two officers found him in the Acme Supermarket on Saturday, Police Chief Donald Martin said. “I’m not going to be arrested today,” Calvo announced as he “got into a fighting stance,” the chief said. Calv…

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23 Displaced, Two Hospitalized In Paterson Multi-Family House Fire 23 Displaced, Two Hospitalized In Paterson Multi-Family House Fire
23 Displaced, Two Hospitalized In Paterson Multi-Family House Fire Nearly two dozen people were displaced by Paterson’s second fire of the day, officials said. Both a firefighter apparently suffering from heat exhaustion and a civilian who'd inhaled smoke were taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center for treatment Sunday night, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said A citizen rang the doorbell of Paterson’s Northside Firehouse on Temple Street shortly after 5 p.m. to report a fire in a multi-family house up the block, Speziale said. The two-alarm blaze quickly went to three bells after firefighters found heavy flames in the basement and rear of …

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Alert Resident, Neighboring PDs Help Glen Rock Police Nab Newark Gang Of 5 Alert Resident, Neighboring PDs Help Glen Rock Police Nab Newark Gang Of 5
Alert Resident, Neighboring PDs Help Glen Rock Police Nab Newark Gang Of 5 Glen Rock police captured a car burglary crew from Newark with help from an alert resident and their colleagues from Fair Lawn and Ridgewood, authorities said. The resident called shortly before 5 a.m. Friday after spotting the thieves on Woodvale Road, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Sgt. Bryan Scott and Officers Annamarie Mattina and Nick Onove swooped in, joined by out-of-town officers, and took all five into custody, the chief said. They found items stolen from unlocked vehicles on Woodvale Road and Fieldmere Road in the car and on the thieves, Ackermann said. “Also recovered in th…

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Clifton PD: 100 MPH Driver Who Eluded Police In Newark Arrested At His Morris Home Clifton PD: 100 MPH Driver Who Eluded Police In Newark Arrested At His Morris Home
Clifton PD: 100 MPH Driver Who Eluded Police In Newark Arrested At His Morris Home It's probably best not to flee the police if you're not off the grid. A driver who topped 100 miles an hour on Route 21 before eluding pursuing Clifton police on the streets of Newark was later arrested as his Morris County home, authorities said. Officers tried to stop Christopher J. Allan, 39, of Rockaway, on the southbound highway shortly before 1 a.m. Saturday, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. He "refused to stop and led the officers on a chase through the streets of Newark," Bracken said. Concerned for public safety, the officers pulled back. Detectives investigated and arrested A…

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TO CATCH A PREDATOR: Civilian Exposes Bergen Man By Posing As Girl, 14 TO CATCH A PREDATOR: Civilian Exposes Bergen Man By Posing As Girl, 14
TO Catch A Predator: Civilian Exposes Bergen Man By Posing As Girl, 14 A Tenafly man was arrested after a vigilante who publicly exposes child predators lured him to the Bronx for what he thought would be a hook-up with a 14-year-old girl, authorities said. A video posted on YouTube shows the unidentified vigilante confronting Jonathan Soto, 28, in a parked minivan. “What’s your mother gonna say about this?” the man asks during a nearly 15-minute conversation peppered with profanity and sexual descriptions. WARNING: The video contains profanity and descriptions of sexual situations. Authorities obtained search warrants after intensely investigating the auth…

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One Hospitalized After SUV Barrels Into Paramus Home One Hospitalized After SUV Barrels Into Paramus Home
One Hospitalized After SUV Barrels Into Paramus Home An occupant was seriously injured Sunday when an SUV slammed into a Paramus home near the Ridgewood border. Unconfirmed reports were that another vehicle may have been involved in the afternoon crash with the Honda CR-V just off Route 17. A Ridgewood EMS ambulance that was first at the scene took the victim to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood. Paramus and Ridgewood police and Ridgewood firefighters also responded. 34 West Linwood Avenue, ParamusBoyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this account.

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Paterson Fire Captain Rouses Sleeping Residents In Early-Morning Blaze Paterson Fire Captain Rouses Sleeping Residents In Early-Morning Blaze
Paterson Fire Captain Rouses Sleeping Residents In Early-Morning Blaze UPDATE: A Paterson fire captain got two sleeping residents to safety early Sunday before flames blew through the roof of a string of attached homes anchored by a Greek restaurant, authorities said. The fire broke between a parked van and the 2½-story, wood-frame Berkshire Street building off Union Avenue shortly before 7 a.m., Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. The flames "traveled through the unprotected truss flooring system" of three attached addresses and blew through the roof before they were knocked down a little under an hour later, Speziale said. Lightweight materials use…

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Peace Shattered When Resident Fires Handgun In Carlstadt Neighborhood Peace Shattered When Resident Fires Handgun In Carlstadt Neighborhood
Peace Shattered When Resident Fires Handgun In Carlstadt Neighborhood UPDATE: A Carlstadt resident who fired several shots from a handgun outside his home apparently was pissed about a neighbor's "loud parties and noise," authorities said Tuesday. David Knoll had no history of arrests before Sunday, when police took him into custody for firing three to five shots "in the direction of people and property" across the street from his Division Avenue home, Detective Sgt. John Cleary said. A caller who reported the shots told police the 62-year-old engineer was reloading the black handgun, Cleary said. Responding borough officers -- backed up by colleagues from s…

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Four Shot, Two Dead In Dawn-To-Dusk Paterson Shooting Spree Four Shot, Two Dead In Dawn-To-Dusk Paterson Shooting Spree
Four Shot, Two Dead In Dawn-To-Dusk Paterson Shooting Spree WILD WEST: Gunfire continued to escalate in the Silk City on Saturday, with four people struck and two killed, authorities said. Police responding to a 6:57 p.m. call found Jose Figureoa, 21, lying in the street with several bullet wounds near the corner of Totowa and Redwood avenues, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint release. It’s the same corner where, hours earlier, a bullet fired into a residence wounded another man. SEE: Shot Fired Outside Paterson Apartment Wounds Tenant Figueroa was taken to St. Joe’s, where he was…

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Firefighters Douse Fair Lawn Italian Deli Blaze Firefighters Douse Fair Lawn Italian Deli Blaze
Firefighters Douse Fair Lawn Italian Deli Blaze Firefighters quickly doused a Sunday morning blaze at an Italian deli in Fair Lawn. The fire broke out in the kitchen and extended to the vents at Giovanni’s Deli on Morlot Avenue around 9 a.m. Responding firefighters had it knocked down in minutes. The fire broke out at Gio's around 9 a.m.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE No injuries were reported. Flames shot out the vents.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE Giovanni’s (“Gio’s”) is open only for catering on Sundays. Firefighters knocked down the blaze within minutes.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE ALL PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving No inj…

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