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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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Pre-Dawn Fire Destroys Paterson Multi-Family Home Pre-Dawn Fire Destroys Paterson Multi-Family Home
Pre-Dawn Fire Destroys Paterson Multi-Family Home A fast-moving predawn fire destroyed a dilapidated Paterson multi-family home. The Lafayette Street blaze broke out shortly after 5:30 a.m. and quickly raced through the 2½-story wood-frame house. The Silk City's bravest were forced to go defensive amid frigid temperatures and wind gusts as the blaze went to a second alarm. They kept it from spreading, however -- knocking the bulk of the fire down by 6:50 a.m. and having it officially under control by 7:30 a.m. No injuries were reported. You can find an extensive gallery of photos from this and many other fires dating back more than 45 …

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Three-Vehicle Collision Sends Minivan Into Pole In Ridgewood Three-Vehicle Collision Sends Minivan Into Pole In Ridgewood
Three-Vehicle Collision Sends Minivan Into Pole In Ridgewood A driver was injured in a three-vehicle collision in Ridgewood. A Kia minivan slammed head-on into a utility pole and an Audi A4 collided with both the minivan and a Honda Accord on South Maple Avenue at Dayton Street shortly after 8 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 15. Ridgewood EMS took the minivan driver to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood. Both sedan drivers declined medical attention. Audi collided with both vehicles on South Maple Avenue in Ridgewood.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE Village police and firefighters also responded, along with Waldwick police. All three vehicles were towed from th…

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Repeat Child Porn Offender From Bergen Sentenced To 5 Years Repeat Child Porn Offender From Bergen Sentenced To 5 Years
Repeat Child Porn Offender From Bergen Sentenced To 5 Years A Bergen County landscaper who was caught collecting child porn for the second time in a decade was sentenced to five years in state prison. Detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor's Cyber Crimes Unit arrested Jakob Menzo, 33, of Waldwick on June 10, 2021. The investigators found that Menzo “used the Internet to view, download, and possess more than 600 digital files depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said at the time. SEE: 10 Years After: Bergen Man Busted On Child Porn Charges Again Menzo was living in…

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Obituaries
Sheriff's Officer Who Founded Mounted Unit Killed In Lakewood Crash Sheriff's Officer Who Founded Mounted Unit Killed In Lakewood Crash
Sheriff's Officer Who Founded Mounted Unit Killed In Lakewood Crash An off-duty Ocean County Sheriff's officer who started his agency's mounted unit was killed in a pre-dawn Valentine's Day crash, authorities said. Brian Stockhoff, 41, was heading south on Shorrock Street when his 2005 Toyota Sienna struck a brick wall outside of the Leisure Village East community at the border of Lakewood and Brick Township around 3:45 a.m., Lakewood Police Capt. Gregory Staffordsmith said. Stockhoff's vehicle came to a stop near Dumbarton Drive in 2014. Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene a short time later. Stockhoff founded the sheriff's Mounted Unit in 2014 wi…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Here's The Rub: Fair Lawn Massage Therapist Busted In Undercover Prostitution Sting Here's The Rub: Fair Lawn Massage Therapist Busted In Undercover Prostitution Sting
Here's The Rub: Fair Lawn Massage Therapist Busted In Undercover Prostitution Sting A massage therapist rubbed an undercover police officer in Fair Lawn the wrong way, authorities charged. Qiuefeng Wang, 57, of Fair Lawn was charged with prostitution following the incident at CW Body Works Therapy on Fair Lawn Avenue, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. She was released on a summons to appear in court. Police set up the sting after "receiving information of illicit activity," Metzler said. He didn't identify which particular "service" was offered.

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NJ-Based Crypto Firm Will Pay SEC, States Unprecedented $100M Penalty NJ-Based Crypto Firm Will Pay SEC, States Unprecedented $100M Penalty
Nj-based Crypto Firm Will Pay SEC, States Unprecedented $100M Penalty A Jersey City-based cryptocurrency company will pay a record $100 million to settle alleged violations of investor-protection laws, state and federal authorities jointly announced. BlockFi Lending LLC neither admitted nor denied any wrongdoing when it agreed to the highest fine ever by a cryptocurrency company, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said on Monday, Feb. 14. However, it did take a different course than many of its crypto rivals by not fighting the fine. Of the total, $50 million will be paid to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and up to $50 millio…

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Police & Fire
Rockland County Couple Injured, 75-Year-Old Driver Charged In Head-On Crash Rockland County Couple Injured, 75-Year-Old Driver Charged In Head-On Crash
Rockland County Couple Injured, 75-Year-Old Driver Charged In Head-On Crash A woman and a young passenger escaped serious injury in a head-on crash caused by a 75-year-old Rockland County driver, authorities said. The elderly driver and her 83-year-old male passenger, both from Piermont in Rockland County, were in a 2019 Nissan Rogue that crossed the center line on West Grand Avenue near Woodland Road in New Jersey and collided with a 2017 Dodge Durango shortly before 8:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 11, Montvale Police Chief Joseph Sanfilippo said. The Nissan driver and her passenger were both taken to HUMC Pascack Valley Medical Center -- her with the leg injury and him wi…

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Elderly Rockland Couple Injured, 75-Year-Old Driver Charged In Head-On Crash With Montvale Mom Elderly Rockland Couple Injured, 75-Year-Old Driver Charged In Head-On Crash With Montvale Mom
Elderly Rockland Couple Injured, 75-Year-Old Driver Charged In Head-On Crash With Montvale Mom A Montvale woman and a young passenger escaped serious injury in a head-on crash caused by a 75-year-old Rockland driver, authorities said. The elderly driver and her 83-year-old male passenger, both from Piermont, were in a 2019 Nissan Rogue that crossed the center line on West Grand Avenue near Woodland Road and collided with a 2017 Dodge Durango shortly before 8:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 11, Montvale Police Chief Joseph Sanfilippo said. The Nissan driver and her passenger were both taken to HUMC Pascack Valley Medical Center -- her with the leg injury and him with chest pains, Sanfilippo said…

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Conspirator Who Used NJ High School Students To Cash Stolen COVID Stimulus Checks Gets 4 Years Conspirator Who Used NJ High School Students To Cash Stolen COVID Stimulus Checks Gets 4 Years
Conspirator Who Used NJ High School Students To Cash Stolen COVID Stimulus Checks Gets 4 Years One of a nest of criminals who paid New Jersey high school students to cash COVID stimulus checks stolen from the mail was sentenced to four years in federal prison. Because there's no parole in the federal prison system, Jeffrey Bennett, 27, of Irvington, must serve just about all of the plea-bargained sentence rubber-stamped by a U.S. District Court judge in Newark via videoconference on Monday, Feb. 14. Bennett -- a reputed associate of a group called "The Members" -- recruited U.S. Postal Service employees to steal checks, checkbooks, debit cards, and credit cards from the mail in excha…

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Pedestrian, 64, Struck, Killed In East Rutherford Pedestrian, 64, Struck, Killed In East Rutherford
Pedestrian, 64, Struck, Killed In East Rutherford A 64-year-old pedestrian died after he was struck by a minivan in East Rutherford, authorities confirmed. A 46-year-old Wood-Ridge man was driving the 2019 Honda Odyssey that struck the victim from Irvington on Hackensack Street near Paterson Avenue shortly after 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 13, Deputy Police Chief Phillip Taormina said. EMS and ALS were requested, responded and took the victim to Hackensack University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. East Rutherford detectives and their colleagues from the Bergen County Prosecutor's Fatal Accident Investigations Unit were investiga…

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