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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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PHOTOS: Minivan Lands On Pickup Truck On Route 4 PHOTOS: Minivan Lands On Pickup Truck On Route 4
Photos: Minivan Lands On Pickup Truck On Route 4 Three victims were hospitalized after a minivan went airborne and landed on top of a pickup truck on Route 4 in Paramus, responders said. The most seriously injured, police at the scene said, was the driver of the Toyota Sienna, which crashed nose-first into the ground next to the driveway of Stickley Furniture & Mattress on the westbound highway near the Farview Avenue overpass shortly before 9:30 am. Monday. Paramus police, firefighters, heavy rescue members and ambulances (2) responded. All Points towing responded to remove the minivan and Ford pickup. Boyd A. Loving took a series…

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Fire Doused In Basement Of Downtown Wood-Ridge Shops Fire Doused In Basement Of Downtown Wood-Ridge Shops
Fire Doused In Basement Of Downtown Wood-Ridge Shops Working sprinklers prevented a potential disaster when a fire broke out in downtown Wood-Ridge. Local authorities didn't immediately disclose a possible cause of the two-alarm Valley Boulevard blaze, which broke out in a common basement area below Emilia Romagna Pizza & Ristorante around 8 a.m. Monday. They did, however, alert the Bergen County Prosecutor's Arson Investigations Unit after allegedly finding separate points of ignition. No injuries were reported. Carlstadt, Little Ferry, Lodi and Moonachie firefighters provided mutual aid.

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Impaired Pharmacist Had Bottles Of Unlabeled Pills, Front-End Damage, Lyndhurst Police Charge Impaired Pharmacist Had Bottles Of Unlabeled Pills, Front-End Damage, Lyndhurst Police Charge
Impaired Pharmacist Had Bottles Of Unlabeled Pills, Front-End Damage, Lyndhurst Police Charge A pharmacist from Passaic County whose luxury SUV had fresh front-end damage also was impaired and had several unlabeled bottles of prescription drugs in the vehicle when Lyndhurst police stopped him, authorities said. Paresh Gandhi, 51, of Totowa was trying to parallel park his Audi Q3 on Ridge Road when Summer Avenue when he was found by Officers Anthony Giaquinto and Michael Carrinoa as they responded to a call of a drunk driver around 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 18, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. They and Carrino, Giaquinto and Officer Matt Dudek discovered a half-dozen plastic bottles of p…

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Minivan Lands On Pickup Truck: Three Hospitalized, One Serious After Route 4 Crash Minivan Lands On Pickup Truck: Three Hospitalized, One Serious After Route 4 Crash
Minivan Lands On Pickup Truck: Three Hospitalized, One Serious After Route 4 Crash Three victims were hospitalized after a minivan went airborne and landed on top of a pickup truck on Route 4 in Paramus, responders said. The most seriously injured, police at the scene said, was the driver of the Toyota Sienna, which crashed nose-first into the ground next to the driveway of Stickley Furniture & Mattress on the westbound highway near the Farview Avenue overpass shortly before 9:30 am. Monday. Paramus police, firefighters, heavy rescue members and ambulances (2) responded. All Points towing responded to remove the minivan and Ford pickup. At the scene Monday morni…

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Car Carrying Trailer Ignites On Route 80, Vehicles Destroyed Car Carrying Trailer Ignites On Route 80, Vehicles Destroyed
Car Carrying Trailer Ignites On Route 80, Vehicles Destroyed Three vehicles were incinerated, a fourth was totaled and at least two others were damaged in a car carrier fire on Route 80. The trailer caught fire on the westbound interstate in Wayne near the New Jersey State Police Troop B headquarters in Totowa just after 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 20. Malfunctioning brakes were believed to be the cause. No injuries were reported. Ron Barbaro (tornadochaser66) captured video and still images: Wayne NJ Fire Dept and Totowa NJ Fire Dept operate at a Car Carrier fire Interstate 80 West near Minnisink Ave Feb 19th 2022tornadochaser66 Route 80 car carr…

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'Cowards Who Hate Themselves' Left Swastikas, Racial Slurs At William Paterson, President Says 'Cowards Who Hate Themselves' Left Swastikas, Racial Slurs At William Paterson, President Says
'Cowards Who Hate Themselves' Left Swastikas, Racial Slurs At William Paterson, President Says Campus police at William Paterson University were trying to determine who scrawled swastikas and a racial epithet on the walls of a residence hall, the school president said. The vandalism discovered by a resident assistant at Hillside Hall on Pompton Road in Wayne early on Friday, Feb. 18 was a "repugnant and cowardly act of hate on our campus," WPU President Richard J. Helldobler wrote in a letter to the community. Maintenance staff "quickly cleaned and painted the walls," he noted. In addition to a campus police investigation, Helldobler said the incident was "referred to the campus Bia…

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Woman Threatening To Jump Closes Upper Level Of GWB Woman Threatening To Jump Closes Upper Level Of GWB
Woman Threatening To Jump Closes Upper Level Of GWB The upper level of the George Washington Bridge was closed while New York City police rescued a woman who threatened to jump. Several members of the NYPD Emergency Services Unit converged on a railing above a ledge where the woman had perched herself on the Washington Heights side of the bridge's eastbound lanes around 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 20. Responders said she had a knife. The officers "were able to successfully engage the individual in conversation before rescuing her from the ledge" about 90 minutes later, NYPD Special Operations reported. The bridge was reopened and the woman was ta…

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UPDATE: Driver, 79, Hospitalized After Sedan Hits Saddle Brook Home UPDATE: Driver, 79, Hospitalized After Sedan Hits Saddle Brook Home
Update: Driver, 79, Hospitalized After Sedan Hits Saddle Brook Home A 79-year-old Saddle Brook driver lost control of her sedan while parking and ended up hitting her neighbor's house. She was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with what police Capt. John A. Zotollo, Jr. said was a minor injury after her Acura TLK crashed into a corner of the Schepis Avenue home shortly before 1 p.m. Sunday. The impact damaged the electrical panel and forced township firefighters to shore up part of the building. A township building inspector, a PSE&G crew and police also responded, Zotollo said. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this story…

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Look What I Found: Lyndhurst Detective Nabs Jersey Shore Burglary Suspect Look What I Found: Lyndhurst Detective Nabs Jersey Shore Burglary Suspect
Look What I Found: Lyndhurst Detective Nabs Jersey Shore Burglary Suspect A fugitive wanted for a pair of Jersey Shore burglaries was nabbed by a Lyndhurst police detective working another case, authorities said. Detective Chris Cuneo was on another investigation when he spotted a suspicious-looking Porsche Cayenne near a business on Orient Way and Rutherford Avenue this past Friday, Feb. 18, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. Cuneo ran a random license plate check and learned of the warrants out of Middletown and Atlantic Highlands, both in Monmouth County. Officers Michael Clifford and Michael Scalese arrived and the vehicle was stopped. Police arrested the d…

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SEE ANYTHING? Shots Fired Into Hasbrouck Heights Business SEE ANYTHING? Shots Fired Into Hasbrouck Heights Business
SEE Anything? Shots Fired Into Hasbrouck Heights Business Authorities were trying to determine who fired several shots into a Hasbrouck Heights business that had closed for the day. No one was injured in what Police Capt. Joseph Rinke, the officer in charge of the department, said was an isolated incident at a multi-use building at 440 Boulevard early Saturday evening, Feb. 19. The call came in at 6:20 p.m. of "four loud bangs" believed to be gunshots, which uniformed officers confirmed at the establishment, a few blocks from eastbound Route 46. The block was closed while detectives reviewed area surveillance video and interviewed witnesses…

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