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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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MUGSHOTS: Two Stabbed In North Arlington, Accused Assailants Seized MUGSHOTS: Two Stabbed In North Arlington, Accused Assailants Seized
Mugshots: Two Stabbed In North Arlington, Accused Assailants Seized UPDATE: Two women remained in custody after another woman and a man were stabbed during a dispute in North Arlington, authorities confirmed. Briana Bueso, 18, of Brooklyn, and Keyana Coates, 22, of Newark are both charged with attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder, aggravated assault and weapons offenses, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The dispute began among acquaintances at an apartment in a building that also houses an Asian restaurant at the corner of Ridge Road and the Belleville Turnpike shortly after 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, responders said. It then "spilled into th…

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Paterson Dad Charged With Child Sex Abuse Paterson Dad Charged With Child Sex Abuse
Paterson Dad Charged With Child Sex Abuse A married father from Paterson sexually abused a child over the past five years, authorities charged. Giovani Aguilar, 35, was arrested after Special Victims Unit detectives interviewed the victim and others, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. The victim, now 13, “disclosed being sexual assaulted by [Aguilar] since the age of 8” at a residence in Paterson, she said. Aguilar – who recently worked for a company that makes ultrasound accessories -- remained held in the Passaic County Jail, charged with the aggravated sexual assault of a pre-teen, sexual assault and child endang…

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Mayor: Suspect Shot, Killed After Stabbing Officer At Jersey Shore Drugstore Mayor: Suspect Shot, Killed After Stabbing Officer At Jersey Shore Drugstore
Mayor: Suspect Shot, Killed After Stabbing Officer At Jersey Shore Drugstore An armed robber who stabbed a Keansburg police officer was shot and killed by police at a local drug store Thursday afternoon, authorities said. Multiple officers fired at the robber at the Keanburg Pharmacy in Keansburg Plaza on Main Street shortly before 3:30 p.m., Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said. He was pronounced dead at the scene a short time later, the attorney general said. His identity was temporarily being withheld, Bruck said. The officer was taken to Bayshore Medical Center in Holmdel. Three other officers were hospitalized for evaluations, responders sa…

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Repetitive Pedophile Priest Formerly Of Jersey City Church Dies Repetitive Pedophile Priest Formerly Of Jersey City Church Dies
Repetitive Pedophile Priest Formerly Of Jersey City Church Dies A twice-convicted pedophile priest who'd been an associate pastor at a Jersey City church reportedly has died. The death of the Rev. Carmen Sita -- who changed his name to Gerald Howard after getting probation for his first conviction -- was announced by SNAP, a survivors network that provides support for sex abuse victims. Sita had been at St. Aloysius Roman Catholic Church on West Side Avenue for six years when he was arrested in 1982 on charges of repeatedly sexually abusing a 17-year-old boy and giving him pot. After pleading guilty the following year, Sita was sentenced to five months…

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TSA At Newark Nabs NYC Traveler With Gun In His Carry-On TSA At Newark Nabs NYC Traveler With Gun In His Carry-On
TSA At Newark Nabs NYC Traveler With Gun In His Carry-On TSA officers at Newark Airport nabbed a New York City man trying to carry a gun aboard a flight on Thursday, authorities said. "The gun was spotted inside the man’s carry-on bag by a TSA officer who was staffing the checkpoint X-ray monitor," said Lisa Farbstein of the Transportation Security Administration in Washington, DC. Port Authority seized the 10-shot 9mm SCCY CPX-2 pistol and took the man into custody, Farbstein said. "This is nothing new,” said Thomas Carter, the TSA’s federal security director for New Jersey. "It’s 2022 and the law regarding the prohibition of guns in airplanes…

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Hudson Child Porn Collector Gets 9 Years In Fed Pen Hudson Child Porn Collector Gets 9 Years In Fed Pen
Hudson Child Porn Collector Gets 9 Years In Fed Pen A Jersey City man was sentenced to nine years in federal prison Thursday for collecting child porn. Benigno Gonzalez-Mendoza, 37, will have to serve just about all of the sentence because there's no parole in the federal prison system. Gonzalez-Mendoza "knowingly received images and videos of child sexual abuse, including videos of adults sexually abusing prepubescent children," U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. These included one of a girl believed to between 4 and 6 years old, an FBI complaint on file in U.S. District Court in Newark says. Rather than face trial, Gonzalez-Mendoza …

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Feds: Probe In NJ, PA Leads To Arrest Of Paroled Sex Trafficker Feds: Probe In NJ, PA Leads To Arrest Of Paroled Sex Trafficker
Feds: Probe In NJ, PA Leads To Arrest Of Paroled Sex Trafficker A paroled sex trafficker from New Jersey who served nearly 10 years in federal prison was free barely a year when he returned to pimping women and girls, authorities charged. A federal judge in Newark ordered Amin Sharif, 47, of Newark detained following a brief video conference Wednesday afternoon. Records show Sharif, formerly of East Orange, was released from federal prison on Jan. 30, 2020 after serving nearly 120 months for sex trafficking. He'd taken a plea bargain after investigators caught him trafficking underage girls and women, recruiting some of them from out of state on MySpac…

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Fire Destroys Paterson Home Improvement Company Fire Destroys Paterson Home Improvement Company
Fire Destroys Paterson Home Improvement Company Firefighters rescued a dog during a four-alarm blaze that destroyed a home improvement company in Paterson. The blaze broke out in the rear of the Empire Kitchen & Design on Berkshire Avenue shortly after 5 a.m. Wednesday, responders said. It went to two alarms and then three in under 20 minutes. It became four bells at 5:45 a.m. as the roof of the single-story building collapsed. The fire was eventually declared under control around noon. No injuries were reported. VIDEO OF THE FIRE: tornadochaser66 / YouTube VIDEO OF THE FIRE (and others): tornadochaser66 / YouTubetornadochaser…

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Police: Hackensack Man Chokes, Punches Older Neighbor, Robs Cash, Cellphone Police: Hackensack Man Chokes, Punches Older Neighbor, Robs Cash, Cellphone
Police: Hackensack Man Chokes, Punches Older Neighbor, Robs Cash, Cellphone A Hackensack garden apartment tenant choked and punched his 63-year-old neighbor several times while robbing him of cash and his cellphone, authorities said. Allen D. Humphries, 27, surrendered to city police on Wednesday to face charges of first-degree robbery, as well as aggravated assault, assault and burglary, six days after the mugging, said Capt. Darrin DeWitt, the officer in charge of the department. Humphries knocked on his neighbor's Second Street door near Clay Street last Thursday night and demanded $20, DeWitt said. The victim handed him five dollars, and the enraged Humphries …

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Fatal Police Shooting Reported In South Jersey Fatal Police Shooting Reported In South Jersey
Fatal Police Shooting Reported In South Jersey A man was shot and killed in a confrontation with police in Millville, authorities confirmed Wednesday. Officers responding to a 911 call for an emergency at a Burns Road home encountered the man outside the Cumberland County house, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said. Bruck continued: "During the encounter, one officer discharged his service weapon, fatally wounding the man. Officers and emergency medical personnel rendered first aid to the man, and he was airlifted to Cooper University Hospital, where he was pronounced deceased at 10:56 p.m." The man's identity was t…

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