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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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SUV Crash Leaves Bergen Home Uninhabitable SUV Crash Leaves Bergen Home Uninhabitable
SUV Crash Leaves Bergen Home Uninhabitable A Northvale home was deemed uninhabitable after an SUV plowed into it, authorities said. The Ford Flex barreled up the West Avenue driveway, through bushes and into the house at 12:40 p.m. Wednesday, March 2, Northvale Police Chief Howard J. Ostrow said. Both the driver, 68, from Closter, and her 67-year-old boyfriend from Northvale refused further medical attention after being evaluated by Englewood Hospital and Medical Center EMS, the chief said. Northvale firefighters assisted police at the scene, Ostrow said. The vehicle was towed and a building official said the residence wasn't safe …

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Trenton Police Car Firebomber Gets 2½ Years Without Parole In Federal Prison Trenton Police Car Firebomber Gets 2½ Years Without Parole In Federal Prison
Trenton Police Car Firebomber Gets 2½ Years Without Parole In Federal Prison The last of four men who admitted torching a police car during a riot following a civil rights protest in Trenton was sentenced to 2½ years in federal prison. Earlja J. Dudley, 28, of Trenton, will have to serve just about all of the plea-bargained sentence handed down Wednesday, March 2, because there’s no parole in the federal prison system. Surveillance and bystander video showed Dudley and another man opening the vehicle’s hood and igniting an engine fire during the unrest on May 31, 2020, following what had been a peaceful day of protest over the death of George Floyd, U.S. Attorney Ph…

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Sheriff: Man Angered By Call To Prayer Charged With Assault At Paterson Mosque Sheriff: Man Angered By Call To Prayer Charged With Assault At Paterson Mosque
Sheriff: Man Angered By Call To Prayer Charged With Assault At Paterson Mosque A Paterson man was charged with a bias assault at a local mosque, authorities said. Angered by the amplified daily call to prayer at the Islamic Congregation of North Jersey, Edward Wright pushed and struck the assistant Imam who was holding the microphone, knocking it from his hands, Passaic County Sheriff Richard Berdnik said. Wright, 57, also made threats while telling the mostly Bengali congregation that "this needs to stop" and they "need to go somewhere else," the sheriff said. "I don't want to hear that [expletive] every day," he allegedly added during the Dec. 23, 2021 incident. S…

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Arrangements For Late Tow Truck-Driving Bergen First Responder Include Procession Arrangements For Late Tow Truck-Driving Bergen First Responder Include Procession
Arrangements For Late Tow Truck-Driving Bergen First Responder Include Procession A tow truck procession escorted by police will honor a driver who was killed while responding to a call on Route 3. The procession for Robert Thornton, 31, an EMS volunteer from Ridgefield Park, will begin at 3:45 p.m. Friday, March 4, on southbound Veterans Boulevard. Rutherford police will lead the procession, joined by other local police motorcycle units. Thornton, who donated his organs, will be cremated and his remains interred in Madonna Cemetery in Fort Lee with his father's, said his cousin, Monique Schwarz. Visiting hours are from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Macagna-Diffily-Onorato…

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Upper Saddle River House Guest Severely Burned By Sterno Flame Taken To Barnabas Upper Saddle River House Guest Severely Burned By Sterno Flame Taken To Barnabas
Upper Saddle River House Guest Severely Burned By Sterno Flame Taken To Barnabas An Upper Saddle River house guest was hospitalized with burns over most of his back after a Sterno flame ignited his shirt, authorities said. The 61-year-old man was attending a get-together on Riverview Terrace when he backed into a Sterno used to heat a food tray shortly after 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 1, Police Capt. Edward Kane said. "His clothing caught fire, causing burns to the majority of his back," Kane said. The victim was alert and conscious while being taken to Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston by the Upper Saddle River Volunteer Ambulance Corps with medics on boar…

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UPDATE: More Similac Baby Formula Recalled After Infant Dies, FDA Says UPDATE: More Similac Baby Formula Recalled After Infant Dies, FDA Says
Update: More Similac Baby Formula Recalled After Infant Dies, FDA Says Abbott Laboratories voluntarily expanded its recall of certain Similac PM 60/40 cans and cases after a second infant who was given the powdered baby formula died, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said. Abbott had already recalled certain Alimentum, Similac and EleCare baby formulas made at the same company facility in Michigan after four infants were sickened by bacterial infections and one of them died. That baby's death, as well as the second one discovered on Monday, Feb. 28, could have been caused by Cronobacter sakazakii bacteria found in the formulas, which were distributed thro…

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UNLOCKED: 3 Luxury Vehicles Stolen From Same Cliffside Home, Arrest Made UNLOCKED: 3 Luxury Vehicles Stolen From Same Cliffside Home, Arrest Made
Unlocked: 3 Luxury Vehicles Stolen From Same Cliffside Home, Arrest Made A fingerprint lifted from a luxury SUV led Cliffside Park police to a Newark man who they said stole three high-end vehicles from the same home. Borough police said the owner not only didn't lock the Lamborghini Huracan, Mercedes G-Wagon and BMW X7. He told them he also left the key fobs inside one of the vehicles and the garage door open but fell asleep. Authorities recovered all three vehicles. They were impounded and examined by the Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification, Cliffside Park Deputy Police Chief Vincent Capano said. The forensic experts then matched a fin…

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Out-Of-State Driver Stopped On Route 17 For Bogus Plates, Tinted Windows Was Armed: Paramus PD Out-Of-State Driver Stopped On Route 17 For Bogus Plates, Tinted Windows Was Armed: Paramus PD
Out-Of-State Driver Stopped On Route 17 For Bogus Plates, Tinted Windows Was Armed: Paramus PD Tinted windows, bogus plates, no registration or insurance -- one of the only things that could've made a Paramus police traffic stop worse for an out-of-state driver was having drugs or a gun in the car. Turns out he had both, they said. Officer Cesar Hurtado was on patrol on westbound Route 4 shortly before 1:30 a.m. Monday, Feb. 28, when he spotted the 2004 Toyota Camry with "extremely blacked out" windows, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. A quick computer check showed the license plates belonging to a Chevy Impala, Ehrenberg said. Backed up by Officer Matthew Orefice, Hurtado stop…

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Dee Snider Backs Ukrainians Using Twisted Sister's 'We're Not Gonna Take It' As Battle Cry Dee Snider Backs Ukrainians Using Twisted Sister's 'We're Not Gonna Take It' As Battle Cry
Dee Snider Backs Ukrainians Using Twisted Sister's 'We're Not Gonna Take It' As Battle Cry Dee Snider says it's twisted thinking to wonder why he endorses Ukrainians blasting the popular anthem "We're Not Gonna Take It" in their fight against the Russian invasion after he opposed its use by COVID anti-maskers. “I absolutely approve of Ukrainians using ‘We’re Not Gonna Take It’ as their battlecry,” Snider tweeted. "My grandfather was Ukrainian before it was swallowed up by the USSR after WW2. This can’t happen to these people again!” Snider, the 66-year-old frontman of Twisted Sister (the heavy metal pride of Bergen County), got initial blowback for using the hashtag #F***RUSSIA …

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Bergenfield Bedroom Fire Snuffed Bergenfield Bedroom Fire Snuffed
Bergenfield Bedroom Fire Snuffed Bergenfield firefighters quickly doused a mattress blaze in a single-family home. The Phelps Avenue call came in at 8:32 p.m. Monday, Feb. 28. The second-floor fire was extinguished within minutes. Teaneck firefighters provided mutual aid.

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