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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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Police & Fire
Serious Injury Reported In Fierce Waldwick Collision Serious Injury Reported In Fierce Waldwick Collision
Serious Injury Reported In Fierce Waldwick Collision An occupant was critically injured and a MINI Cooper and a Nissan Sentra were both severely damaged in a violent crash in Waldwick. The 47-year-old MINI driver from Midland Park caused the crash when he tried to make a left onto Harrison Avenue from Wyckoff Avenue near the Giant Farmer's Market around 5:15 p.m. Tuesday, July 25, Police Lt. Troy E. Seifert said.  He was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with significant injuries to his head and face, the lieutenant said. He also received several motor vehicle summonses, Seifert said. A 33-year-old Wayne woman who was behind th…

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Police & Fire
Out-Of-State Driver Caught Toting A Purple Handgun, Leonia Officer On Hot Streak Out-Of-State Driver Caught Toting A Purple Handgun, Leonia Officer On Hot Streak
Out-Of-State Driver Caught Toting A Purple Handgun, Leonia Officer On Hot Streak A Leonia police officer made his third gun arrest in less than a week after he stopped an unregistered sedan and spotted a purple Glock in the female driver’s center console, authorities said. Officer Devon O’Donnell pulled the 2022 Toyota Camry over on Fort Lee Road around 1:15 a.m. Sunday, July 23, Police Chief Scott Tamagny said. Backup Sgt. Sihoon Chung, Officer Debbie Maldonado and Palisades Park Officer Theodore Christolias arrived within moments and the driver was taken into custody. Jayme R. Benefield, 53, of Salem, Alabama, was charged with unlawful possession of a handgun and pos…

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Police & Fire
Hackensack Police Find Fleeing Crashed Carjacker At The Hospital Hackensack Police Find Fleeing Crashed Carjacker At The Hospital
Hackensack Police Find Fleeing Crashed Carjacker At The Hospital A 22-year-old delivery driver from Hackensack carjacked two teens, crashed their car while fleeing, then was arrested after checking himself into the hospital, authorities said. The victims waved down police after their car was boxed in by five other vehicles on Kennedy Street around 1 a.m. Tuesday, July 25, said Capt. Michael Antista, the officer in charge of the department. Nelson Paida-Uzhca assaulted them, then took their 2011 Honda Civic, the captain said. Paida-Uzhca struck a pole on East Wesley Avenue in South Hackensack moments later, then took off on foot, Antista said. South Hac…

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Police & Fire
Driver In Bizarre Crash Off Overpass Onto Route 17 In Ramsey Charged With DWI Assault Driver In Bizarre Crash Off Overpass Onto Route 17 In Ramsey Charged With DWI Assault
Driver In Bizarre Crash Off Overpass Onto Route 17 In Ramsey Charged With DWI Assault UPDATE: A Ramsey driver was drunk when her out-of-control SUV crashed through an overpass guard rail and rolled down an embankment onto Route 17, where it broadsided another vehicle, authorities said. Good Samaritans rushed to upright the 2018 Toyota Rav4 and help Rosa Griffin, 56, out after the bizarre crash shortly before 5 p.m. Monday, July 24, Ramsey Police Detective Jaclyn Sabatelli said. Griffin was headed north on Franklin Turnpike when she lost control of the Rav4, Sabatelli said. The SUV hit the curb-high barrier median, then accelerated through a guardrail and a thicket of brush…

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Police & Fire
Ex-Con Charged In Shooting Of NJ State Police Detective In Paterson Has Deadly History Ex-Con Charged In Shooting Of NJ State Police Detective In Paterson Has Deadly History
Ex-Con Charged In Shooting Of NJ State Police Detective In Paterson Has Deadly History One of two defendants publicly identified for the first time in the shooting of a New Jersey State Police detective in Paterson earlier this year once deliberately gunned down a 16-year-old boy, records show. Tajshmer Johnson and Queenasia McFarlane, both 30, were named in a state grand jury indictment returned Tuesday, July 25, that charges Jocquise Timmons, 28, with the NJSP shooting in early March. Authorities said Timmons stepped out from behind a parked vehicle and opened fire on two State Police detectives -- wounding one of them -- near the corner of East 26th Street and 9th Avenue.…

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Police & Fire
CASH FLOW: Unclaimed Bills Found Scattered Through Parking Lot Of Hasbrouck Heights Bank CASH FLOW: Unclaimed Bills Found Scattered Through Parking Lot Of Hasbrouck Heights Bank
Cash Flow: Unclaimed Bills Found Scattered Through Parking Lot Of Hasbrouck Heights Bank Know anyone who might've lost $100 in the parking lot of a Hasbrouck Heights bank? An honest caller alerted borough police to 10 Hamiltons that had been blown through the lot of the Bank of America branch at 152 Boulevard shortly before 1:30 p.m. Monday, July 24. No one had claimed the stack of tens as of noontime Tuesday, Lt. John Behr said. And it apparently didn't belong to the bank. If it's yours, come to Hasbrouck Heights police headquarters or call the HHPD at (201) 288-1000. 

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Police & Fire
Tractor-Trailer Slams Into Signpost, Spills Wood Across Route 17 Near State Line In Mahwah Tractor-Trailer Slams Into Signpost, Spills Wood Across Route 17 Near State Line In Mahwah
Tractor-Trailer Slams Into Signpost, Spills Wood Across Route 17 Near State Line In Mahwah A tractor-trailer driver escaped injury when a load of wood shifted and his rig slammed into a signpost on northbound Route 17 near the state line in Mahwah. Mahwah police temporarily closed the highway in both directions following the crash where Route 17 meets Route 287 at the Mountainside Avenue overpass around 12:30 a.m. July 25. The collision with the metal signpost "opened nearly the entire side of the trailer and sent debris across all lanes, both north and south," Mahwah Police Chief Timothy O'Hara said. "The driver was initially trapped but freed himself and walked away unscathed…

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Police & Fire
Accused Englewood Shopping Center Mugger Had Just Been Busted For Non-Support, Records Show Accused Englewood Shopping Center Mugger Had Just Been Busted For Non-Support, Records Show
Accused Englewood Shopping Center Mugger Had Just Been Busted For Non-Support, Records Show Exactly 10 days after being arrested and then released from jail for failing to pay child support, records show, an Englewood man was charged with mugging a resident at a city shopping center. Ogaro B. Coombs, 35, fled Palisades Court with the 45-year-old victim's cellphone and hat after hitting him several times in the face around 10:45 p.m. Sunday, July 23, Detective Lt. Fred Pulice said. Responding officers quickly nabbed Coombs, who Pulice said was carrying the proceeds. The victim wasn't seriously injured, the lieutenant said. It was more than 11 years ago that Coombs led police on a…

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Traffic
Driver Hospitalized In Route 287 Wreck Driver Hospitalized In Route 287 Wreck
Driver Hospitalized In Route 287 Wreck A driver survived a nasty overnight crash on Route 287, authorities said. Firefighters extricated the motorist, who complained of pains in both legs after his Mazda SUV ran off the road and struck a sign and a tree on the highway's southbound side near mile marker #60 in Franklin Lakes at 1:47 a.m., New Jersey State Police Sgt. Philip Curry said. The driver was hospitalized with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening, the sergeant said.

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Police & Fire
Jamaican National From Wayne Charged With Machete Attack In Clifton Jamaican National From Wayne Charged With Machete Attack In Clifton
Jamaican National From Wayne Charged With Machete Attack In Clifton A Jamaican national who lives in Wayne was charged with slashing a Clifton man's wrist with a machete during a weekend dispute. The victim was rushed to St. Joseph's University Medical Center with a serious cut following the incident at a home on the corner of Vernon and Bergen avenues shortly before 10 p.m. Saturday, June 22. Police tracked down Romario Douglas, 27, who they said fled after the stabbing. He was charged with aggravated assault and weapons possession and sent to the Bergen County Jail. Douglas remained held there on Monday while awaiting a first appearance in Central Judic…

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