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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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Snoozing Suspect Nabbed In Stolen SUV With Fobs To Other Cars: Ho-Ho-Kus PD Snoozing Suspect Nabbed In Stolen SUV With Fobs To Other Cars: Ho-Ho-Kus PD
Snoozing Suspect Nabbed In Stolen SUV With Fobs To Other Cars: Ho-Ho-Kus PD An out-of-state suspect was caught with crack and several key fobs to other vehicles after he stopped to take a snooze in a stolen SUV in Ho-Ho-Kus, authorities said. A call of a suspicious vehicle brought Saddle River, borough and Washington Township police to Paddock Road near Werimus Road shortly before 1 a.m. Wednesday, March 9, Ho-Ho-Kus Police Capt. Greg McBain said. Officers found Elijah Augustin, 27, of Ozone Park, Queens sleeping behind the wheel of a 2016 Kia Sorrento reported stolen out of Nassau County on Long Island, he said. They also found the key fobs, crack, drug…

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1,700 More NJ Inmates Set For Release With COVID Emergency Ending, Crime Rising, Union Says 1,700 More NJ Inmates Set For Release With COVID Emergency Ending, Crime Rising, Union Says
1,700 More NJ Inmates Set For Release With COVID Emergency Ending, Crime Rising, Union Says Another 1,700 New Jersey prison inmates are scheduled for early pandemic release this weekend even though COVID-19 "is now practically non-existent" in the state's correctional facilities and crime is running rampant, the president of a law enforcement supervisors union said. Given the circumstances, Gov. Phil Murphy should discontinue the practice immediately, said William Lanoza, the president of the New Jersey Law Enforcement Supervisors Association. "Once this large group of inmates [is] released, the total number of prisoners that will have been prematurely released under this program …

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Feds: NJ Man Admits He Ran Guns From Georgia With Online Dating Match Feds: NJ Man Admits He Ran Guns From Georgia With Online Dating Match
Feds: NJ Man Admits He Ran Guns From Georgia With Online Dating Match An ex-con from New Jersey most likely didn't list "gun running" among his hobbies when he made an online love connection with a Southern woman. It'll be quite some time before Dylan Ianncelli, 28, of Gloucester County dates again -- either online or off -- after admitting in federal court on Wednesday, March 9, that he and his Georgia peach trafficked nearly a dozen firearms into New Jersey. Ianncelli went down to Georgia after meeting Jessy Hill, who authorities said bought 11 guns from a licensed dealer on Aug. 12, 2021. Hill "falsely indicated during the purchase that she was the actual…

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MAJOR MESS: Multi-Vehicle Dump Truck Crash Jams Route 17 (PHOTOS) MAJOR MESS: Multi-Vehicle Dump Truck Crash Jams Route 17 (PHOTOS)
Major Mess: Multi-Vehicle Dump Truck Crash Jams Route 17 (Photos) UPDATE (PHOTOS): Four victims were hospitalized following a multi-vehicle crash involving a dump truck that spilled gravel, debris and fluid all over snowy southbound Route 17. The toppled truck also took out a chunk of the highway divider during the crash on the southbound side just south of Ridgewood Avenue in Paramus around 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 9. At least three seriously-damaged smaller vehicles had to be towed while police and firefighters awaited heavy-duty wreckers to right the toppled truck. It was expected to be an extended operation.Emily Blanchfield (Special to DAILY VOIC…

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Exec Fired By NJ Company After Maternity Leave, Breastfeeding Request Gets $195,000 Settlement Exec Fired By NJ Company After Maternity Leave, Breastfeeding Request Gets $195,000 Settlement
Exec Fired By NJ Company After Maternity Leave, Breastfeeding Request Gets $195,000 Settlement A Hudson County company agreed to pay $195,000 to a former executive who was fired after taking maternity leave and seeking breastfeeding accommodations when she returned, state authorities said. The marketing director was on federal leave time when VCNY Home, a North Bergen-based manufacturer and importer of bedding, bath textiles and other home products, told her she couldn't take an additional 12 weeks allowed under state law to bond with and care for her newborn, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said. VCNY contended that the time she was taking under the federal Fam…

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'Coming To Rape Your Family': NJ Man Admits Texting Racist Threats To Black MD Woman 'Coming To Rape Your Family': NJ Man Admits Texting Racist Threats To Black MD Woman
'Coming To Rape Your Family': NJ Man Admits Texting Racist Threats To Black MD Woman A New Jersey man admitted that he sent racist texts to a Maryland woman threatening to hurt her and her family, federal authorities said. "I know where you live now, I'm coming to rape your family," Michael Marotta, 26, of Sewell (Gloucester County) texted the woman using an anonymizing messaging service, they said. Marotta "used racial epithets" in the texts, which included "eat my bullets," according to an FBI complaint. Taking a deal from the government rather than face trial, Marotta pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Baltimore on Tuesday, March 8 to making threatening interstat…

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Paramus PD: How Are We Doing? Paramus PD: How Are We Doing?
Paramus PD: How Are We Doing? Paramus residents and merchants are invited to give their opinion of the borough police department as part of a process known as accreditation. Members of the department and borough employees are encouraged to call, as well, during the scheduled phone-in period between 10-11 a.m. Monday, April 4. THE NUMBER: (201) 262-3400 ext. 1102 Or email comments to bmcgovern@paramuspolice.org. Telephone comments are limited to 5 minutes and “must address the agency’s ability to comply with the accreditation standards,” Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. (You can also write to the at New Jerse…

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New Orleans Woman Stopped With Loaded Gun At Newark Airport New Orleans Woman Stopped With Loaded Gun At Newark Airport
New Orleans Woman Stopped With Loaded Gun At Newark Airport TSA officers nabbed a New Orleans woman trying to carry a loaded gun onto a flight at Newark Airport, authorities said. The .40-caliber Smith & Wesson weapon wasn't loaded as it passed through the checkpoint X-Ray machine’s monitor, although an ammo magazine that the woman had was, the Transportation Security Administration's Lisa Farbstein said on Wednesday, March 9 She told them she was running late for her flight and didn't have enough time to pack the firearm in a checked bag, Farbstein said. Officers immediately alerted the Port Authority police, who arrested the woman on weapon…

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GUILTY: Fort Lee Doc With Clifton Practice Convicted Of Multi-Million-Dollar Medicare Fraud GUILTY: Fort Lee Doc With Clifton Practice Convicted Of Multi-Million-Dollar Medicare Fraud
Guilty: Fort Lee Doc With Clifton Practice Convicted Of Multi-Million-Dollar Medicare Fraud A rheumatologist from Fort Lee was convicted of billing Medicare and other health insurance programs for nearly a decade for services that patients never got and expensive medication that her Clifton practice never bought, federal authorities said. Alice Chu, 64, went to trial in U.S. District Court in Newark after federal authorities accused her of submitting more than $8.8 million in bogus claims for "items and services that were medically unnecessary, ineligible for reimbursement, and/or not provided as represented," court papers show. Jurors found her guilty on Tuesday, March 8 of consp…

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UPDATE: Paterson Man, 26, Shot, Killed In Lodi UPDATE: Paterson Man, 26, Shot, Killed In Lodi
Update: Paterson Man, 26, Shot, Killed In Lodi UPDATE: A 26-year-old Paterson man gunned down in a hail of gunfire in Lodi died at the hospital a short time later, authorities said. John Anthony DeLeon was struck multiple times at the Kennedy Gardens Apartments off Route 46 around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 8, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The shooter unloaded an estimated 20 or so rounds, leaving a Mercedes wagon riddled with bullet holes. DeLeon staged to a 2nd-floor apartment and collapsed in front of his girlfriend, a witness told Daily Voice. The shooter squeezed off dozens of rounds at the Kennedy Gardens Apartme…

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