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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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NJ Man, 19, Shot Dead After Charging At Police With Large Knife, Video Shows NJ Man, 19, Shot Dead After Charging At Police With Large Knife, Video Shows
NJ Man, 19, Shot Dead After Charging At Police With Large Knife, Video Shows VIDEO: "Take your gun and shoot me," a 19-year-old Somerset County man tells several police officers before he charges at them with a large knife and is shot dead by one of them, a group of videos released by New Jersey's attorney general shows. Joshua Mathis actually made two of three 911 calls of a man with a gun that brought the Hillsborough officers to an apartment on Corporal Langon Way shortly after 6 p.m. Jan. 9, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said. A woman let them in, and they immediately found Mathis about 20 feet away holding a large knife in his right han…

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Investigators Called To Fatal Fiery Taxi Cab Crash In Paterson Investigators Called To Fatal Fiery Taxi Cab Crash In Paterson
Investigators Called To Fatal Fiery Taxi Cab Crash In Paterson Investigators from the Passaic County Prosecutor's Office were called to the scene of a fiery, fatal car crash. The victim was pronounced dead after a taxi crashed on North 3rd Street near Cliff Street in Paterson shortly after 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 28, responders said. At least one other vehicle apparently caught fire, presenting a danger to neighborhood homes, they said. City firefighters doused the flames. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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LOOKIN' FOR LOVE: Police Detective Sniffs Out Online Scam That Victimized Glen Rock Man, Others LOOKIN' FOR LOVE: Police Detective Sniffs Out Online Scam That Victimized Glen Rock Man, Others
Lookin' FOR Love: Police Detective Sniffs Out Online Scam That Victimized Glen Rock Man, Others A Glen Rock detective was in for a surprise when he traced an online scam that victimized a local man to a woman in Washington State. It turns out that person got scammed herself. Before he was done, Glen Rock Police Detective Sgt. James Calaski found three other victims who got taken by a money launderer who lives in Africa, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. All of them were apparently looking for love. The con man had developed a virtual relationship with the 65-year-old Washington State woman, convincing her that he was a contractor flipping houses in Texas, Ackermann said. He the…

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FOUND! Missing Garfield Man Returns Home After A Week, Police Say FOUND! Missing Garfield Man Returns Home After A Week, Police Say
Found! Missing Garfield Man Returns Home After A Week, Police Say A Garfield man who'd been missing for nearly a week turned up a short time after authorities turned to the public for help finding him, police said. Charles Jeter Jr., 39, had been reported missing by his family after last seeing him at his Garfield Avenue home around 7 p.m. Feb. 22, police Capt. Richard Uram said. Police issued an alert on Monday, Feb. 28.On Tuesday, Uram announced that Jeter had returned home.

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Mahwah Motorist Charged With Franklin Lakes DWI Crash Mahwah Motorist Charged With Franklin Lakes DWI Crash
Mahwah Motorist Charged With Franklin Lakes DWI Crash A Mahwah motorist was charged with DWI after she crashed her sedan in Franklin Lakes, authorities said. The 2014 Honda Accord driven by Dayanara Nino, 45, hit a curb, left the roadway and slammed into a guy wire on Pulis Avenue near the entrance to the Shadow Ridge Riding Center shortly after 3:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 26, Capt. Mark McCombs said. Nino was arrested and charged with DWI, refusing to take a breath test, reckless driving and failing to report a crash, among other offenses, McCombs said. Her Accord was impounded and she was released to a responsible adult, under John's Law, pend…

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FBI Charges Newark Man With Carjacking Montclair Woman In Driveway FBI Charges Newark Man With Carjacking Montclair Woman In Driveway
FBI Charges Newark Man With Carjacking Montclair Woman In Driveway Federal authorities took over the case of a Newark man charged with carjacking a Montclair woman at gunpoint in her driveway. Andy Cook, 23, was captured by Essex County sheriff's officers shortly after he and a gunman accosted the victim on Melrose Place in the township's Estate section shortly before 7:30 p.m. last Dec. 6, authorities said. The victim told police she'd just returned home when Cook's crony pointed a gun at her, demanded she get out of the car and ordered her to leave her purse, phone and keys behind, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. The gunman ran away as Cook got …

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NOT THIS TIME: Would-Be Gas Station Robber Body-Slammed By Route 46 Attendant, Police Say NOT THIS TIME: Would-Be Gas Station Robber Body-Slammed By Route 46 Attendant, Police Say
NOT This Time: Would-Be Gas Station Robber Body-Slammed By Route 46 Attendant, Police Say A self-described crackhead got a surprise when he tried robbing a Route 46 gas station with a sharpened mop handle and instead got body-slammed by the attendant, authorities said. Two Good Samaritans helped hold down Dwayne Fain, 53, after the attendant at the Enrite station on the highway's eastbound side at Liberty Street blew up his plans, Little Ferry Police Chief James Walters said. Fain, an Ohio native who apparently had been staying at a nearby hotel in South Hackensack, spent eight days in the Bergen County Jail earlier this month following his arrest for a pair of armed burglaries…

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'Even In Death,' Tow Truck-Driving NJ First Responder Will Continue To Save Lives 'Even In Death,' Tow Truck-Driving NJ First Responder Will Continue To Save Lives
'Even In Death,' Tow Truck-Driving NJ First Responder Will Continue To Save Lives The Stars & Stripes were raised and then lowered to half-staff in honor of a tow truck-driving first responder from Bergen County who was taken off life support this weekend after being gravely injured while responding to a call. Robert Thornton, 31, of Ridgefield Park, was officially pronounced dead at Hackensack University Medical Center at 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 27, loved ones said. Even in death, Thornton "will now save many lives," Moonachie First Aid & Rescue Squad Lt. Chris Yuhasz said. Thornton's organs were harvested following a solemn ceremony Sunday that drew a large cr…

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Ex-Con In Philly Posed As Lawyer To Scam Fellow Immigrants, Feds Charge Ex-Con In Philly Posed As Lawyer To Scam Fellow Immigrants, Feds Charge
Ex-Con In Philly Posed As Lawyer To Scam Fellow Immigrants, Feds Charge An East African-born ex-con who lives in Philadelphia posed as an immigration attorney, scamming clients desperate to remain in America, federal authorities in New Jersey charged. In what immigration advocates say has become an all-too-familiar crime, Luc Fikiri Matthews, 47, misrepresented himself "in order to attract business from noncitizens who did not have legal permanent resident status in the United States," an indictment returned by a grand jury in Camden alleges. Matthews then prepared phony paperwork for these clients -- who otherwise would have been deported -- which made them e…

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Paterson Firefighters Battle Weekend House Blaze Paterson Firefighters Battle Weekend House Blaze
Paterson Firefighters Battle Weekend House Blaze UPDATE: Paterson firefighters continued hitting hot spots and searching for possible casualties from a fast-moving weekend blaze a little over an hour and a half after it began. Smoke eaters were met with heavy fire at the back of the second floor extending to the third when they arrived at the wood-frame house at the corner of Sheridan Avenue and Henry Street shortly before 11:30 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 27. They knocked the two-alarm blaze down in under a half-hour and declared it under control around 1 p.m. Fire investigators and police also responded, as did a PSE&G crew. There was no im…

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