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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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FALSE ALARM: No Active Shooter At Costco In Clifton, Police Say FALSE ALARM: No Active Shooter At Costco In Clifton, Police Say
False ALARM: No Active Shooter At Costco In Clifton, Police Say A report of shots fired led to what turned out to be the unfounded fear of an active shooter at the Costco in Clifton. "It was a call of shots fired" on Sunday afternoon, March 20, Clifton Police Lt. Robert Bracken said. "Officers responded and did not find an active shooter," Bracken said. They were trying to determine whether there had, indeed, been any shots fired in the area, he said. A large law enforcement contingent converged on the Bridewell Place store off Route 3. Word spread rapidly on social media, fueling fears and further misinformation -- as well as a report of a TV crew in…

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Teaneck District Pays $50,000 To Settle Special Ed Teacher's Sexual Harassment Suit Teaneck District Pays $50,000 To Settle Special Ed Teacher's Sexual Harassment Suit
Teaneck District Pays $50,000 To Settle Special Ed Teacher's Sexual Harassment Suit The Teaneck school district confidentially paid $50,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a former special education teacher who said she was fired after refusing the then-principal’s sexual advances, records show. Whittier Elementary School Principal Pedro H. Valdes III – now the principal of Teaneck High School -- engaged in “overly flirtatious” behavior that was “disturbing and intimidating at best," Grace Kenny charged in a sexual discrimination lawsuit. Rather than go to trial, district officials settled the case and agreed, along with Kenny, to keep the terms of the deal confidential. Set…

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ROAD RAGE: NYC Man Charged With Shooting NJ Driver Off Route 80 Captured By State Police, Feds ROAD RAGE: NYC Man Charged With Shooting NJ Driver Off Route 80 Captured By State Police, Feds
Road Rage: NYC Man Charged With Shooting NJ Driver Off Route 80 Captured By State Police, Feds GOTCHA! A broad-daylight road-rage shooting on Route 80 led to the capture of a Manhattan man by federal marshals and New Jersey State Police, authorities said. Lamont Griffin, 22, opened fire and struck the 39-year-old driver from Newark twice in the area of Route 20 off the eastbound highway around 3:30 p.m. March 2, they said. The wounded victim was taken in a private vehicle to the A+ Urgent Care treatment center in Clifton before being transferred to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and New Jersey State Police Colonel Patrick…

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SUV Plows Through Front Of Elmwood Park Furniture Store SUV Plows Through Front Of Elmwood Park Furniture Store
SUV Plows Through Front Of Elmwood Park Furniture Store A driver escaped injury after crashing an SUV through the front of a Bergen County furniture store. The Infinity QX70S plowed into the Prestige Furniture store in the Elmwood Park Shopping Center off Broadway (Route 4) shortly after 8:30 p.m. Saturday, March 19. A driver for Belfi's Towing backed the vehicle out after borough firefighters cleared the opening. There was no structural damage to the building, authorities said. The Prestige Furniture store in Elmwood Park got the worst of it.Boyd A. Loving Elmwood Park police also responded. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed…

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Out-Of-State Teen Charged With Sexually Assaulting Underage Paramus Youngster Out-Of-State Teen Charged With Sexually Assaulting Underage Paramus Youngster
Out-Of-State Teen Charged With Sexually Assaulting Underage Paramus Youngster An out-of-state man sexually assaulted an underage Paramus teen multiple times, authorities charged. Elijah Hutchens, 18, of Huntsville, Alabama also had an unsecured gun within the victim’s reach, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Paramus police notified detectives from Musella’s Special Victims Unit of the alleged assault of the under-16 victim last Wednesday, March 16, the prosecutor said. Hutchens was in custody at Bergen New Bridge Medical Center in Paramus, although Musella didn’t explain why. He’s awaiting a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackens…

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Robbery Goes Sideways: Repeat Offender Released Under Bail Reform Shot Dead By Pal, Police Say Robbery Goes Sideways: Repeat Offender Released Under Bail Reform Shot Dead By Pal, Police Say
Robbery Goes Sideways: Repeat Offender Released Under Bail Reform Shot Dead By Pal, Police Say A botched robbery in Paterson cost a repeat offender from Union County his life, although New Jersey’s bail reform law also had something to do with it. It was a week ago that Kyle Newton, 28, was arrested in Lyndhurst while he and another man were scoping out vehicles to steal, authorities said. Newton (inset in photo above), of Hillside, had a history of arrests in multiple counties over the past few years. Just as in the those cases, he was released from custody after last Monday’s arrest in Lyndhurst because of New Jersey’s bail reform law, records show. He ended up dead less tha…

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Teen Driver Slams New BMW Into Pole Off Route 17 Teen Driver Slams New BMW Into Pole Off Route 17
Teen Driver Slams New BMW Into Pole Off Route 17 A teenage boy and his friend escaped serious injury when a new BMW he was driving slammed into a utility pole off Route 17. The crash occurred on the southbound side at the Summit Avenue exit early Thursday afternoon, March 17. It took out a stop/one way sign. The sedan had to be towed. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this account. Severly damaged BMW following the crash on southbound Route 17 in Waldwick.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE

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Bergenfield Man Pistol-Whipped, Carjacked Overnight, Police Say Bergenfield Man Pistol-Whipped, Carjacked Overnight, Police Say
Bergenfield Man Pistol-Whipped, Carjacked Overnight, Police Say A group of carjackers assaulted a Bergenfield man, taking his money, jewelry and Mercedes SUV before dawn, authorities said. The victim told police he was pistol whipped by one of three bandits armed with handguns on Sugden Street, off South Prospect and West Clinton avenues, around 1 a.m. Thursday, March 17, Detective Lt. William Duran said. He described them as Hispanic and wearing face coverings, the lieutenant said. Responding officers spotted the victim's 2018 Mercedes followed by a dark-colored Mercedes sedan trail car as both fled the area, Duran said. They attempted to stop the ve…

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UPDATE: Food Network Kosher Chef From Teaneck Charged With Teen Sex Assaults UPDATE: Food Network Kosher Chef From Teaneck Charged With Teen Sex Assaults
Update: Food Network Kosher Chef From Teaneck Charged With Teen Sex Assaults An accomplished kosher chef from Teaneck who appeared on the Food Network show "Chopped" was jailed on child sex assault charges. Shalom Yehudiel, 40, of Surfside, FL, remained held in the Bergen County Jail on Thursday, March 17, following his arrest the day before, records show. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella issued a statement that said, in part:  "On Friday, Nov. 19, 2021, the FBI contacted the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit regarding the alleged sexual assault of a child. A months-long investigation by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office and the FBI …

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Residents Alert Lyndhurst Police To Would-Be Car Thieves Working Their Block, Authorities Say Residents Alert Lyndhurst Police To Would-Be Car Thieves Working Their Block, Authorities Say
Residents Alert Lyndhurst Police To Would-Be Car Thieves Working Their Block, Authorities Say Residents alerted Lyndhurst police to a convicted car thief and an accomplice who they said were scoping out vehicles in town. One homeowner spotted the pair trying the door handle on his neighbor's luxury car and another called 911 late Monday afternoon, March 14, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. Officer Nolan James found the men -- identified as Kyle Newton, a 28-year-old repeat offender from Hillside, and Yahzea Wooden, 23, of East Orange -- walking on Riverside Avenue in North Arlington, Auteri said. The officer questioned them separately and got stories that didn't match, the lieute…

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