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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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Young Driver Killed In Route 17 Collision With Tractor-Trailer Young Driver Killed In Route 17 Collision With Tractor-Trailer
Young Driver Killed In Route 17 Collision With Tractor-Trailer A driver was killed in a horrific crash on Route 17, authorities confirmed. Cyrenius "Cy" Menard, a 19-year-old football player who wasgraduated from St. Joseph's Regional High School, was ejected from his sedan in a collision with a tractor-trailer in the southbound lanes just north of East Allendale Avenue in Saddle River shortly after 11:30 a.m. Friday, May 6. Cy MenardSt. Joseph Regional High School Southbound Route 17 was reopened between Lake Street in Ramsey and East Allendale Avenue after detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor's Fatal Accident Unit and the Bergen County Sh…

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VIRAL ATTACK: Coach Assaults Cliffside Park Police Officer At Basketball Court VIRAL ATTACK: Coach Assaults Cliffside Park Police Officer At Basketball Court
Viral Attack: Coach Assaults Cliffside Park Police Officer At Basketball Court Several children were among a shocked crowd of people who witnessed a local basketball coach attack a Cliffside Park special police officer in broad daylight. Borough resident Calvin Ramsey, 42, was charged with aggravated assault on a police officer following the incident outside School #6 on Oakdene Avenue on Thursday, May 5. He was released pending a court hearing under New Jersey's 2017 bail reform law. Cellphone images of the incident quickly went viral, including one that shows Ramsey on top of the beleaguered officer as he tries to radio for help. “When I see him, I’m gonna f*ck him…

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SUV Clips Pole And Rolls In Washington Township SUV Clips Pole And Rolls In Washington Township
SUV Clips Pole And Rolls In Washington Township An SUV clipped a utility pole and landed on its side in Washington Township, sending the driver to the hospital. The Toyota Highlander took down a sign, damaged an Optimum box and lost a wheel in the crash on East Glen Avenue just west of the Garden State Parkway shortly after 9:30 a.m. Friday, May 6. The driver got out herself and was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood with what appeared to be minor injuries, township Police Chief Rich Skinner said. Washington Township police, firefighters and the Volunteer Ambulance Corps responded along with Paramus firefighters. An Optimum …

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UPDATE: Garfield Woman, 27, Killed In Fiery Meadowlands Tow Truck Crash UPDATE: Garfield Woman, 27, Killed In Fiery Meadowlands Tow Truck Crash
Update: Garfield Woman, 27, Killed In Fiery Meadowlands Tow Truck Crash A 27-year-old Garfield woman who was pronounced dead at the scene of a fiery overnight crash near the Meadowlands "always had a song in her head and her heart," a loved one wrote in tribute. A sedan driven by Alysha Menzies apparently slammed into the back of a flatbed tow truck on westbound Route 3 near Route 120 in East Rutherford shortly after 4 a.m. Friday, May 6, responders said. The flatbed was carrying a Mercedes SUV that fell onto her car, which burst into flames, they said. Police from East Rutherford and Secaucus were helpless against the inferno, which also burned the SUV. Alysh…

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Toll Evader: Electronic Panel Hid License Plate At Holland Tunnel, Port Authority Police Say Toll Evader: Electronic Panel Hid License Plate At Holland Tunnel, Port Authority Police Say
Toll Evader: Electronic Panel Hid License Plate At Holland Tunnel, Port Authority Police Say What had been considered a rarity until recently was discovered for the second time in a week by Port Authority police at the Holland Tunnel. An observant officer spotted a Ford Taurus with no front license plate and a black panel that slid up to cover the rear tag as it approached a cashless toll booth shortly after 9:30 a.m. Thursday, May 5. Bryant Bishop, 52, of Pennsylvania was taken into custody and charged with theft of services, tampering with public records or information and possession of burglary tools. Bishop, formerly of Teaneck, was turned over to Jersey City police after two …

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Detectives Nab Ex-Con In Pair Of Brazen Gunpoint Stickups Of Garfield Liquor Store, Smoke Shop Detectives Nab Ex-Con In Pair Of Brazen Gunpoint Stickups Of Garfield Liquor Store, Smoke Shop
Detectives Nab Ex-Con In Pair Of Brazen Gunpoint Stickups Of Garfield Liquor Store, Smoke Shop GOTCHA! A clerk in a Garfield liquor store and another in a city smoke shop each had a gun pointed in their faces by a brazen Paterson ex-con who might've overlooked some details, authorities said. Forensic evidence recovered by the Bergen County Sheriff’s Bureau of Criminal Identification helped lead city detectives to Nazier T. Askew, a 24-year-old convicted felon whose DNA and fingerprints were already on file. Askew struck just before 7 p.m. on separate nights barely a few blocks apart, Garfield Police Capt. Richard Uram said. The first was Feb. 7, when he entered World-Wide Liquors on…

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Feds: Bergen Pill Mill Doc Who Called Himself 'El Chapo Of Opioids' Gets 6 Years, No Parole Feds: Bergen Pill Mill Doc Who Called Himself 'El Chapo Of Opioids' Gets 6 Years, No Parole
Feds: Bergen Pill Mill Doc Who Called Himself 'El Chapo Of Opioids' Gets 6 Years, No Parole A Bergen County doctor who called himself the “El Chapo of Opioids” was sentenced to six years in federal prison for doling out pain killers like candy and fudging medical records to cover it up. Robert Delagente, 48, of Oakland, must serve out the entire plea-bargained sentence approved by a federal judge in Newark on Thursday, May 5, because there’s no parole in the federal prison system. Delagente, who’d practiced at North Jersey Family Medicine on Yawpo Avenue in Oakland, randomly wrote prescriptions for oxycodone, Percocet and more with no questions asked, then tried to cover his track…

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GOTCHA! Armed Ex-Con Nabbed By Paterson Detectives Investigating Shooting Of Woman GOTCHA! Armed Ex-Con Nabbed By Paterson Detectives Investigating Shooting Of Woman
Gotcha! Armed Ex-Con Nabbed By Paterson Detectives Investigating Shooting Of Woman UPDATE: A Paterson ex-con wanted in connection with the shooting of a city woman earlier this year was carrying a gun when police tracked him down, authorities said. Laquan Coleman, 33, tried to run but was quickly captured by city detectives shortly after 1 a.m. Wednesday, May 4, they said. No arrests have yet been announced in the March 20 shooting of the 26-year-old victim near the corner of Beech and Essex streets. Coleman, however, “was identified as an actor in possession of a handgun during the incident,” Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said in a joint release with Pater…

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UPDATE: Lyndhurst Man Who Fired Flamethrower At SWAT Team Charged With Attempted Murder UPDATE: Lyndhurst Man Who Fired Flamethrower At SWAT Team Charged With Attempted Murder
Update: Lyndhurst Man Who Fired Flamethrower At SWAT Team Charged With Attempted Murder A Lyndhurst man was charged with two counts of attempted murder for firing a flamethrower at SWAT team members during a 21-hour standoff. Robert C. Condit, 51, was also charged with nine counts of possession of prohibited weapons and ammunition, aggravated assault, violating a court order, obstruction of the law and unlawful use of a body vest, among other counts, criminal records in Superior Court in Hackensack show. Condit, who reportedly was angered after a judge ordered him to surrender his weapons, remained held in the Bergen County Jail on Thursday, May 5, after an exhaustive standof…

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Bergen Funeral Home Provides Burial With Honors For One Of Last WWII Vets Bergen Funeral Home Provides Burial With Honors For One Of Last WWII Vets
Bergen Funeral Home Provides Burial With Honors For One Of Last WWII Vets TRIBUTE: A final farewell for one of the last remaining veterans of World War II's Normandy Invasions was all paid for when disaster struck. Eugene W. Dednam of Hackensack died last month, just weeks after turning 100. He had no known survivors. The Paterson funeral home that was chosen to someday handle Dednam's burial arrangements had since burned down, however. With it went the money that was paid in the late 1980s for his final rest. Then Brian and Deb Warner stepped in. “We feel that a wartime veteran can never truly be thanked for the sacrifices they make,” said Brian Warner, the e…

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