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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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Firefighters Douse Blaze In Rutherford Home Under Renovation Firefighters Douse Blaze In Rutherford Home Under Renovation
Firefighters Douse Blaze In Rutherford Home Under Renovation Firefighters in Rutherford quickly extinguished an attic fire Monday night. The fire broke out around 7:30 p.m. in a single-family Victorian home being renovated at Mountain Way and Windsor Place, the department said. It instantly went to two alarms, with fire in the walls of the 2½-story, wood-frame home. Firefighters had the blaze under control within a half hour. No injuries were reported. Fire Chief Dennis Gentile was the incident commander. His squad was assisted by firefighters from East Rutherford and Wallington.

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Paterson Ex-Con Sent To Fed Pen For Nearly 5 Years For Selling Revolvers, Pistols, Rifles, Ammo Paterson Ex-Con Sent To Fed Pen For Nearly 5 Years For Selling Revolvers, Pistols, Rifles, Ammo
Paterson Ex-Con Sent To Fed Pen For Nearly 5 Years For Selling Revolvers, Pistols, Rifles, Ammo UPDATE: An ex-con from Paterson who'd already done state prison time for a gun conviction is headed to federal prison for nearly five years for selling 16 weapons smuggled into New Jersey. Rather than face trial, Floyd “HK” Henry, 36, took a deal from the government, pleading guilty via videoconference with a federal judge in Newark last summer to gun selling, as well as being a convicted felon in possession of firearms and ammo. Henry sold two semi-automatic rifles, three revolvers and 11 semi-automatic pistols – as well as over 100 rounds of ammunition -- when ATF agents arrested him in S…

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Ex-Amtrak Worker From NJ Admits Stealing, Selling Agency Equipment Ex-Amtrak Worker From NJ Admits Stealing, Selling Agency Equipment
Ex-Amtrak Worker From NJ Admits Stealing, Selling Agency Equipment UPDATE: For more than eight years, a now-former Amtrak employee from the Jersey Shore collected chainsaws and chainsaw parts from the agency, then sold them and kept the money. Federal authorities eventually caught on to Jose Rodriguez, 49, of Brick, then got a conviction for mail fraud. Hired in October 2007, Rodriguez worked as a senior engineer and repairman at Amtrak's North Brunswick facility, authorities said. Five years later, Rodriguez admitted in federal court, he began gathering equipment under the false pretense that they'd be used for company projects. Before he was caught in …

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Couple Who Took Over ‘Tiger King’ Park Surrender 138 Animals And Rights To Ever Exhibit Again Couple Who Took Over ‘Tiger King’ Park Surrender 138 Animals And Rights To Ever Exhibit Again
Couple Who Took Over ‘Tiger King’ Park Surrender 138 Animals And Rights To Ever Exhibit Again The couple who took over the once-popular “Tiger King” roadside animal park after Joseph “Joe Exotic” Maldonado-Passage went to prison have formally had all of their animals taken away and their rights terminated to ever exhibit any again, federal authorities said. Jeffrey and Lauren Lowe agreed to the measures, including terminating their interests in 97 endangered or threatened animals seized from their facility and abandoning their rights to an additional 41 animals covered by the Animal Welfare Act (AWA), as part of a consent decree, the U.S. Justice Department announced Monday. Federa…

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Feds: International Fugitive Admits Role In $30 Million NJ Mortgage Fraud Feds: International Fugitive Admits Role In $30 Million NJ Mortgage Fraud
Feds: International Fugitive Admits Role In $30 Million NJ Mortgage Fraud A New Jersey mortgage company loan officer who’d been an international fugitive for several years admitted his role in a long-running, large-scale scam that cost lenders more than $30 million, authorities said. Isaac DePaula, 41, and a group of conspirators pulled off the scheme through a company called Premier Mortgage Services (PMS), according to a complaint on file in U.S. District Court in Newark. The thieves targeted low-income areas, recruiting straw buyers to seek mortgages for properties they really couldn’t afford, federal authorities charged. The conspirators secured the loans by…

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Women Shot In Paterson Women Shot In Paterson
Women Shot In Paterson Two women were hospitalized following a shooting and car crash Monday afternoon in Paterson, responders said. Both victims were taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center via private vehicles after the incident shortly before 4 p.m. on East 23rd Street near Community Baptist Church of Love between Broadway and Hamilton Avenue, they said. One is 23 from Bloomfield, the other 21 from Paterson, authorities said. Their injuries weren't life-threatening, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint release. Police, meanwhile, issued …

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Authorities: Convicted Stalker From Passaic County Returned To Jail For Emailing Bergen Victim Authorities: Convicted Stalker From Passaic County Returned To Jail For Emailing Bergen Victim
Authorities: Convicted Stalker From Passaic County Returned To Jail For Emailing Bergen Victim A convicted stalker who spent eight months in the Bergen County Jail ended up right back there following his release. Michael Strzelczyk, 40, of Wayne had served eight months after being convicted in March of harassment, among other offenses, for violating a restraining order, records show. Strzelczyk was released on Nov. 30. He began emailing the Franklin Lakes victim soon after, violating a final order that was among the terms of probation, authorities said. Police arrested Strzelczyk at his parents' home on New Year's Eve. They charged him stalking, harassing and making terro…

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Police: NJ Teens With Learner's Permits Driving Without Adults Face Serious Consequences Police: NJ Teens With Learner's Permits Driving Without Adults Face Serious Consequences
Police: NJ Teens With Learner's Permits Driving Without Adults Face Serious Consequences As if packs of out-of-area juveniles stealing cars in the middle of the night didn’t keep them busy enough, police in North Jersey say they’re also dealing with local high schoolers driving around with only permits and no adults with them. Ridgewood Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke said her officers have made several unsafe driving stops recently involving village and local-area teens with only learner's permits driving illegally. “These students have been driving to and from school as well as driving around after school, without being accompanied by an adult supervising driver, as required …

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'No Brakes,' Says Driver, 71, Whose Pickup Plowed Into East Rutherford Restaurant 'No Brakes,' Says Driver, 71, Whose Pickup Plowed Into East Rutherford Restaurant
'No Brakes,' Says Driver, 71, Whose Pickup Plowed Into East Rutherford Restaurant UPDATE: A driver whose pickup truck rammed through the wall of an East Rutherford restaurant as the new year dawned told police his brakes failed. The Dodge Ram went straight through the wall facing the parking lot of Al Di La, a restaurant and banquet hall on Hoboken Road between Paterson Avenue and Enoch Street, around 2:30 a.m. Saturday. The 71-year-old driver was hospitalized with head pain, Deputy Police Chief Phillip Taormina said. The driver told police he was trying to park when the brakes failed, Taormina said. The truck then hit a parking bumper and plowed into the eatery. …

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Fort Lee Police Nab Accused Overnight Vehicle Prowler, Urge Owners To Lock Cars, Take Keys Fort Lee Police Nab Accused Overnight Vehicle Prowler, Urge Owners To Lock Cars, Take Keys
Fort Lee Police Nab Accused Overnight Vehicle Prowler, Urge Owners To Lock Cars, Take Keys A bandit seen on home security video burglarizing cars overnight was nabbed by Fort Lee police, authorities said. Officers responding to a resident’s call on Arcadian Way found Anthony Lewis, 31, of Springfield, MA walking along Palisade Avenue near Route 5, Capt. Edward Young said. They quickly confirmed not only that he was the bandit captured on video, Young said: Lewis had committed or tried to commit several other vehicle burglaries. He was charged with two counts each of burglary and criminal attempt and was released pending court action under New Jersey’s bail reform law of 2017. Yo…

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