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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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PalPark Police Make Arrest Following Attempted Burglary PalPark Police Make Arrest Following Attempted Burglary
PalPark Police Make Arrest Following Attempted Burglary Palisades Park police responding to an attempted home burglary nabbed a suspect a short time later, authorities said. Borough resident Tomas Castrolarios, 23, was spotted near the corner of Hillside Avenue and West Edsall Boulevard following the aborted break-in on Highland Avenue shortly after 10:30 p.m. Saturday, Detective Lt. Alex Monteleone said. He'd been recorded by the would-be victim’s home surveillance system, Monteleone said. Castrolarios was arrested, charged with burglary and criminal trespassing and released under the requirements of New Jersey’s 2017 bail reform law pending a…

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Plumber From Bergen County Busted With Sawed-Off Shotgun Plumber From Bergen County Busted With Sawed-Off Shotgun
Plumber From Bergen County Busted With Sawed-Off Shotgun A plumber from Tenafly was jailed after detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office said they caught him with a sawed-off shotgun. Matthew Panetta, 28, was arrested at work by investigators who also executed a search at his home, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. He remained held Monday in the Bergen County Jail, charged with possession of a prohibited weapon for an unlawful purpose. Musella didn’t define that purpose. The prosecutor thanked Hackensack and Tenafly police for their assistance.

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Alert Bank Manager Helps Hawthorne PD Nab ID Thieves, Authorities Say Alert Bank Manager Helps Hawthorne PD Nab ID Thieves, Authorities Say
Alert Bank Manager Helps Hawthorne PD Nab ID Thieves, Authorities Say Hawthorne police nabbed a pair of identity thieves from the Bronx thanks to a local bank manager, authorities said. The manager at the Chase branch on Lafayette Avenue called police after denying the men access to an account belonging to a Florida resident and watching them drive away, Detective Capt. Robert King said. Officers took Orlando Rodriguez, 35, and Christian Ellis, 30, into custody after stopping their vehicle – which had tinted windows and no front license plate – moments later, King said. Both had several debit and credit cards in the names of other people with them, the capta…

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Firefighters Douse Overnight Ridgefield Park Blaze Firefighters Douse Overnight Ridgefield Park Blaze
Firefighters Douse Overnight Ridgefield Park Blaze Ridgefield Park firefighters made quick work of an overnight attic blaze. No injuries were reported in the two-alarm fire, which broke out shortly after 1:30 a.m. Monday in a two-story wood-frame home on Park Avenue off the corners of Fifth Street and Railroad Avenue. Firefighters had the bulk of the blaze knocked down in under a half-hour. Mutual aid responders either at the scene or in coverage included firefighters from Bogota, Hackensack and Teaneck.

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Hackensack PD: Jaywalking Waldwick Woman, 83, Struck By SUV Driven By Westwood Resident, 80 Hackensack PD: Jaywalking Waldwick Woman, 83, Struck By SUV Driven By Westwood Resident, 80
Hackensack PD: Jaywalking Waldwick Woman, 83, Struck By SUV Driven By Westwood Resident, 80 An 83-year-old pedestrian from Waldwick was hospitalized -- and got a ticket -- after she was struck in Hackensack by an SUV driven by an 80-year-old Westwood woman, authorities said. The victim needed ankle surgery at Hackensack University Medical Center after she was struck on Berry Street by a Ford Edge whose driver had made a left from southbound State Street at 2:17 p.m. Sunday, Police Lt. Anthony Natale said. Police issued a summons to the pedestrian for jaywalking, Natale said.

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'Self-Upgraded' Business-Class Squatters Force Flight To Tel Aviv Back To NJ 'Self-Upgraded' Business-Class Squatters Force Flight To Tel Aviv Back To NJ
'Self-Upgraded' Business-Class Squatters Force Flight To Tel Aviv Back To NJ A flight from Newark to Tel Aviv was diverted back to New Jersey after two passengers "self-upgraded" themselves on a half-empty plane. The Israeli pair plopped down in business class and refused to move for members of the Flight 90 cabin crew, according to United Airlines. The Times of Israel broke the news of the confrontation, which reportedly occurred near the Canada border about an hour and a half into the flight and sent the plane back to Newark International Airport. “Law enforcement officials met the aircraft upon landing,” United Airlines said in a statement. “The flight was subse…

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Pre-Dawn Blaze Destroys Fire Safety Business, Apartments In Garfield Pre-Dawn Blaze Destroys Fire Safety Business, Apartments In Garfield
Pre-Dawn Blaze Destroys Fire Safety Business, Apartments In Garfield Flames blew through the roof and upper-floor windows of a Garfield building that houses a fire safety business and apartments, authorities said. First-responding police officers got four tenants of apartments above Firematic Safety Equipment out before part of a roof and stairwell collapsed in the two-story River Drive building shortly after 4:30 a.m., Police Capt. Richard Uram said. Firefighters battling the intense blaze from the exterior needed about an hour and a half to get the bulk of it knocked down. They had it under control another hour and a half later. No serious injuries were …

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Driver, 23, Killed When Vehicle Hits His Disabled Sedan On Palisades Interstate Parkway Driver, 23, Killed When Vehicle Hits His Disabled Sedan On Palisades Interstate Parkway
Driver, 23, Killed When Vehicle Hits His Disabled Sedan On Palisades Interstate Parkway A 23-year-old driver from Northvale was killed when his disabled car was struck by another overnight Monday on the Palisades Interstate Parkway in Alpine, authorities said. The victim's 2002 Honda Civic was stopped in the fast lane of the northbound highway about a mile before Exit 4 in Alpine when it was struck by a 2021 Subaru shortly before 2 a.m., PIP Police Detective Sgt. First Class Raymond E. Walter said. Police conducted CPR but the victim was pronounced dead at the scene, Walters said. The three occupants of the other vehicle -- a 19-year-old man from Valley Stream, Long Island, w…

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Somewhere In The Swamps Of Jersey: Pursuers Collar Fleeing BMW Thieves In Marshes Near MetLife Somewhere In The Swamps Of Jersey: Pursuers Collar Fleeing BMW Thieves In Marshes Near MetLife
Somewhere In The Swamps Of Jersey: Pursuers Collar Fleeing BMW Thieves In Marshes Near MetLife A posse of local, county and state law enforcement officers captured three teens who’d bolted into the Meadowlands marshes off the New Jersey Turnpike after they blew a tire on a stolen BMW during a pursuit. Hasbrouck Heights police issued an alert to area law enforcement around noon Saturday after the owner happened to spot the red 320i sedan, which had been stolen from outside his Lodi home two days earlier, Carlstadt Deputy Police Chief Thomas Cox said. The owner followed the vehicle as it headed south on Terrace Avenue / Hackensack Street toward Wood-Ridge, Cox said. Just up the road …

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Fire Damages Saddle Brook Home Fire Damages Saddle Brook Home
Fire Damages Saddle Brook Home A fire called in by a dogwalker damaged a vacant home being renovated in Saddle Brook. Firefighters quickly knocked down the Hayes Drive blaze, which apparently broke out in the basement around 10:30 p.m. Saturday.  They had it doused within 20 minutes. Firefighters had the blaze on Hayes Drive doused within 20 minutes.Tony Greco for DAILY VOICE No injuries were reported. Mutual aid responders either at the scene or in coverage included firefighters from Elmwood Park, Fair Lawn, Garfield and Rochelle Park. No injuries were reported.Jerry DeMarco

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