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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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Head-On Collision In Ridgewood Sends Driver To Hospital Head-On Collision In Ridgewood Sends Driver To Hospital
Head-On Collision In Ridgewood Sends Driver To Hospital A driver was hospitalized after two sedans crashed head-on into one another on Friday in Ridgewood. A BMW and a Honda collided at the intersection of West Ridgewood Avenue and North Monroe Street across from the West Side Presbyterian Church shortly before 11:30 a.m. The impact sent the Honda into a retaining wall at the Woman's Club of Ridgewood. The female victim was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood. Both sedans had to be towed.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE Village police, firefighters and EMS responded along with a hospital paramedic team. Both sedans were removed by a f…

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Passaic Sheriff's Officers Find Accused Newark SUV Thief In Jail Passaic Sheriff's Officers Find Accused Newark SUV Thief In Jail
Passaic Sheriff's Officers Find Accused Newark SUV Thief In Jail A Newark ex-con with a lengthy, mostly drug-related criminal history stretching back nearly 30 years was charged with driving a stolen SUV thanks to video that showed him pulling up to a Paterson liquor store, authorities said. Passaic County Sheriff Richard Berdnik said his officers didn't have to go far to find Keith Frison, 50. He was being held in the Passaic County Jail for skipping court, the sheriff said. One of Berdnik's officers using an automated license plate reader found the 2012 Dodge Durango parked outside the Broadway store. It had been reported stolen out of Newark…

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Death Of Hackensack Woman, 29, Not Considered Suspicious, Authorities Say Death Of Hackensack Woman, 29, Not Considered Suspicious, Authorities Say
Death Of Hackensack Woman, 29, Not Considered Suspicious, Authorities Say No foul play was suspected in the death of a 29-year-old Hackensack woman at her home, the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office confirmed on Friday. The woman's boyfriend contacted city police reporting that he found her unresponsive in a bathroom of her Poplar Avenue home on Thursday. Efforts to revive her were unsuccessful. Detectives from the county prosecutor's Major Crime Unit investigated and determined that no foul play was involved, Assistant Prosecutor Elizabeth Rebein confirmed. The Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification gathered evidence. The Bergen County Medic…

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Overnight Tractor-Trailer Crash Ties Up Route 17 Overnight Tractor-Trailer Crash Ties Up Route 17
Overnight Tractor-Trailer Crash Ties Up Route 17 A tractor-trailer driver was hospitalized following an overnight crash on Route 17, authorities said. Traffic was initially limited to one lane in each direction after the northbound rig hit the center median around 2 a.m. near the Valero gas station, leaving the tractor on one side of the divider and the trailer on the other. The driver, 47, was taken to The Valley Hospital with a back injury, Upper Saddle River Detective Lt. Edward Kane said. Ramsey Auto removed the rig and the scene was cleared in about an hour, the lieutenant said. Members of the New Jersey departments of environ…

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Stray Bullet Kills Paterson Teen Carrying In His Grandmother's Groceries Stray Bullet Kills Paterson Teen Carrying In His Grandmother's Groceries
Stray Bullet Kills Paterson Teen Carrying In His Grandmother's Groceries UPDATE: A college-bound Paterson teen was carrying in his grandmother's groceries when he was struck and killed by a stray bullet outside the family's home, loved ones said.  Robert Cuadra, 18, was hit when someone fired no fewer than 16 rounds on Godwin Avenue between Carroll Street and Rosa Parks Boulevard around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, police said. Responding officers found the mortally wounded teen on the sidewalk in front of his house, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint announcement. An ambulance took Cuadra to St. Josep…

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Fort Lee Police Converge On Car Burglary Quartet After Another Unlocked Vehicle Is Entered Fort Lee Police Converge On Car Burglary Quartet After Another Unlocked Vehicle Is Entered
Fort Lee Police Converge On Car Burglary Quartet After Another Unlocked Vehicle Is Entered Fort Lee police converged on a group of teenage out-of-towners – three of them from Newark – moments after they burglarized an unlocked vehicle before dawn Thursday, authorities said. Sgt. David G. Tropea spotted the fleeing suspects in a white sedan at the intersection of Palisade Avenue and Bridle Way shortly after 4:30 a.m., Capt. Edward Young said. Backups quickly joined him in securing all four of the occupants, Young said. The Arcadian Way victim told police a motion sensor app on his cellphone alerted him to someone in his driveway. Home security video showed the white sedan stoppi…

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Hudson County Man Enticed Minors To Send Him Homemade Porn Pics, Video, FBI Charges Hudson County Man Enticed Minors To Send Him Homemade Porn Pics, Video, FBI Charges
Hudson County Man Enticed Minors To Send Him Homemade Porn Pics, Video, FBI Charges A Hudson County man was arrested by the FBI after he enticed two underage children to create and send him porn photos and videos of themselves, federal authorities charged. Erick Solis, 25, "used a social media application to engage with two underage victims in sexually explicit conversations," U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said Thursday. He then "instructed both victims to take sexually explicit photographs and videos of themselves and send them to him," Sellinger said. At least one of them complied, the U.S. attorney said. Solis, who's recently lived in Union City and Weehawken, was…

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Palisades Park Police Nab Overnight Vehicle Burglar Thanks To Resident's Quick Call Palisades Park Police Nab Overnight Vehicle Burglar Thanks To Resident's Quick Call
Palisades Park Police Nab Overnight Vehicle Burglar Thanks To Resident's Quick Call Palisades Park police said they nabbed a vehicle burglar from the borough early Thursday thanks to a resident’s quick call. Angel Soler, 34, turned out to be wanted on an outstanding warrant, as well, said Capt. Shawn Lee, the officer in charge of the department. The 12:10 a.m. call immediately brought Sgt. Chris Sambogna and Officers Rory Tennant, Ho Chan Choi. William Duarte and Christian Sisco to West Oakdene Avenue, the captain said. After reviewing the owner's surveillance video, they flooded the area and quickly seized Soler on Grand Avenue.  Soler has a rap sheet filled with m…

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Firefighters Knock Pre-Dawn Blaze At Medical Manufacturer Off Route 17 Firefighters Knock Pre-Dawn Blaze At Medical Manufacturer Off Route 17
Firefighters Knock Pre-Dawn Blaze At Medical Manufacturer Off Route 17 Firefighters from Bergen and Rockland counties doused a pre-dawn blaze Thursday at a medical manufacturing plant just off southbound Route 17.  First responders found a fire in a machine as well as on the roof from a vent pipe at Triangle Manufacturing on Park Way in Upper Saddle River, five or so miles south of the Rockland County border, at 4:15 a.m., borough firefighters said. They quickly extinguished the fire, which was declared under control about 40 minutes later. Members of Mahwah Res1cue brought a fan boat to ventilate the large open area. Also responding were fighters from…

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Little Ferry PD: Caller Leads Police To Aluminum Thief At Apartments Along Riverfront Little Ferry PD: Caller Leads Police To Aluminum Thief At Apartments Along Riverfront
Little Ferry PD: Caller Leads Police To Aluminum Thief At Apartments Along Riverfront An aluminum thief was nabbed by Little Ferry police moments after hopping a fence into a locked area of an apartment complex along the Hackensack River, authorities said. Officers Joseph Gaglioti and Dominick Verdi were responding to a call at Waterside Village when they found more than two dozen pieces of crushed aluminum gutters, Police Chief James Walters said. Then they spotted borough resident Joshua Purvis, 22, he said. Purvis had been freed under New Jersey's 2017 bail reform earlier this year after police said a Little Ferry homeowner awoke to find him in his bedroom. The victim ch…

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