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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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UPDATE: Deaf Man Shot Dead On Paterson Street Was Subject Of Viral Video Arrest UPDATE: Deaf Man Shot Dead On Paterson Street Was Subject Of Viral Video Arrest
Update: Deaf Man Shot Dead On Paterson Street Was Subject Of Viral Video Arrest A shooting victim killed Sunday night in a notorious drug-ridden Paterson neighborhood was identified as a deaf city man whose arrest three years ago sparked local outrage. Raaseon Adams, 45, was pronounced dead at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center at 7:10 p.m. less than a half hour after he was shot on Summer Street near Hamilton Avenue, authorities said. They didn't say whether the shooter had been arrested or identified. A video of city police using force to arrest Adams in September 2018 produced a viral video and an investigation by the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office – in conju…

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Lodi Boy, 17, Caught With Loaded Gun At Paramus Mall Lodi Boy, 17, Caught With Loaded Gun At Paramus Mall
Lodi Boy, 17, Caught With Loaded Gun At Paramus Mall A 17-year-old Lodi boy was caught carrying a loaded gun at the Garden State Plaza in Paramus over the weekend, authorities said. Acting on a tip, Paramus Police Officers Gil Maynard and Officer Diego Cruz were joined by security officers in finding the teen with a group of youths shortly before 8 p.m. Saturday, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. They seized a fully-loaded 9mm SCCY Firearms CPX-2 pistol and took the boy who was carrying it in a fanny pack into custody without incident, the chief said. His parents came to police headquarters before police gave the boy a delinquency complai…

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UNDOCUMENTED: Speeding Route 17 Motorcyclist Nabbed With No License, Registration, Insurance UNDOCUMENTED: Speeding Route 17 Motorcyclist Nabbed With No License, Registration, Insurance
Undocumented: Speeding Route 17 Motorcyclist Nabbed With No License, Registration, Insurance A speeding unlicensed driver operating an unregistered and uninsured motorcycle zig-zagged in and out of Route 17 traffic before he was caught by a pursuing Waldwick police officer in Paramus, authorities said. The officer initially pulled back out of safety concerns but eventually caught up to the 21-year-old Jersey City motorcyclist after he exited onto Ridgewood Avenue early Saturday afternoon, Lt. Thomas Dowling said. His 2009 Yamaha MC was impounded and he was released after receiving summonses for reckless driving, careless driving and driving without a license, registration or insura…

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UPDATE: Deaf Man Shot Dead On Paterson Street Was Subject Of Viral Video Arrest UPDATE: Deaf Man Shot Dead On Paterson Street Was Subject Of Viral Video Arrest
Update: Deaf Man Shot Dead On Paterson Street Was Subject Of Viral Video Arrest UPDATE: A shooting victim killed Sunday night in a notorious drug-ridden Paterson neighborhood was identified as a deaf city man whose arrest three years ago sparked local outrage. Raaseon Adams, 45, was pronounced dead at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center at 7:10 p.m. less than a half hour after he was shot on Summer Street near Hamilton Avenue, authorities said. They didn't say whether the shooter had been arrested or identified. A video of city police using force to arrest Adams in September 2018 produced a viral video and an investigation by the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office – …

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UPDATE: Semi-Retired Ridgewood Marketing Exec, 66, Four Cats Killed In House Fire UPDATE: Semi-Retired Ridgewood Marketing Exec, 66, Four Cats Killed In House Fire
Update: Semi-Retired Ridgewood Marketing Exec, 66, Four Cats Killed In House Fire UPDATE: A semi-retired Ridgewood woman and her four cats were killed in an overnight oven fire Monday, authorities confirmed. Responders found the body of 66-year-old Sharon Maes in the first-floor living room of her two-story North Pleasant Avenue home after fire broke out in her kitchen oven shortly before 1 a.m., Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. She'd apparently left something unattended and was overcome by smoke as she tried to flee, responders told Daily Voice. Maes was pronounced dead at the scene, Musella said, adding that the cause wasn't considered suspicious. Musella…

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Police & Fire
Authorities: Unlicensed Driver Charged After Scooter Rider, 13, Is Struck By SUV In Passaic Authorities: Unlicensed Driver Charged After Scooter Rider, 13, Is Struck By SUV In Passaic
Authorities: Unlicensed Driver Charged After Scooter Rider, 13, Is Struck By SUV In Passaic A 13-year-old Passaic boy was hospitalized after being struck while riding a scooter by an SUV driven by an unlicensed city resident, authorities said. Abel Perez-Perez, 51, received two summons – for not having a driver’s license and causing bodily injury -- after his 2009 Nissan Rogue hit the youngster in the 800 block of Main Avenue shortly after 8:30 p.m. Saturday, they said. The boy was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center. Despite other media reports, the boy’s injuries weren’t that serious, responders said.

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UPDATE: Woman, 66, Four Cats Killed In Ridgewood Fire UPDATE: Woman, 66, Four Cats Killed In Ridgewood Fire
Update: Woman, 66, Four Cats Killed In Ridgewood Fire UPDATE: A semi-retired Ridgewood woman and her four cats were killed in an overnight oven fire Monday, authorities confirmed. Responders found the body of 66-year-old Sharon Maes in the first-floor living room of her two-story North Pleasant Avenue home after fire broke out in her kitchen oven shortly before 1 a.m., Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. She'd apparently left something unattended and was overcome by smoke as she tried to flee, responders told Daily Voice. Maes was pronounced dead at the scene, Musella said, adding that the cause wasn't considered suspicious. Musella…

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WILD NIGHT: Four Wounded As Bullets Fly In Paterson WILD NIGHT: Four Wounded As Bullets Fly In Paterson
Wild Night: Four Wounded As Bullets Fly In Paterson Three men and a woman were hospitalized in a trio of Paterson shootings in a span of barely six hours, authorities said. The first two men – one, 20, from the city and the other a 22-year-old Wallingon resident – arrived at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center via private vehicle shortly before 6:30 p.m. Saturday, they said. Both had been struck in a drive-by shooting on East 27th Street between Park and 17th avenues, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint announcement. Police responded to another shooting shortly before 10 p.m…

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Wayne PD: Suspect, Victim Arrested In Drug-Dispute Stabbing Wayne PD: Suspect, Victim Arrested In Drug-Dispute Stabbing
Wayne PD: Suspect, Victim Arrested In Drug-Dispute Stabbing A fight between two Wayne men over drugs left one severely stabbed and both charged, authorities said. Police were called after Asante Cugliari, 23, arrived at the St. Joseph’s Wayne Hospital emergency room around 4:30 a.m. Saturday with leg, facial and abdominal wounds that required surgery, Detective Capt. Dan Daly said. Cugliari told them that he and Joseph Derissio, also 23, had gotten into a drug-related argument at a female acquaintance’s home that escalated into a confrontation, Daly said. According to Cugliari, Derissio grabbed a knife and stabbed him, the captain said. The woman …

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Rochelle Park PD: Newark Man Who Paid For Sex With Underage Girl Gets Beaten, Robbed, Arrested Rochelle Park PD: Newark Man Who Paid For Sex With Underage Girl Gets Beaten, Robbed, Arrested
Rochelle Park PD: Newark Man Who Paid For Sex With Underage Girl Gets Beaten, Robbed, Arrested A Newark man who paid for sex with an underage girl got mugged instead, said Rochelle Park police who took four people into custody -- including him. An injured Samati Kokou, 36, came running into Fire Department headquarters Saturday night seeking help, Lt. James DePreta said. He had driven to Central Avenue, he said, where he gave a 16-year-old girl cash in exchange for what he expected would be sex, the lieutenant said. Instead, two robbers popped up and beat him. Kokou ran to the Lotz Lane firehouse with injuries to his face, arms and hand, DePreta said. Meanwhile, the robbers ransa…

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