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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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TV Trailblazer, Cultural Icon: Beloved Betty White Dies On New Year's Eve at 99 TV Trailblazer, Cultural Icon: Beloved Betty White Dies On New Year's Eve at 99
TV Trailblazer, Cultural Icon: Beloved Betty White Dies On New Year's Eve at 99 TRIBUTE: At a time when nothing seems unanimous anymore, no objections have ever been heard to the love the public had for Betty White -- nor the sadness that swept over those learning that the trailblazing TV legend had died on New Year's Eve. Many insisted the news was fake -- we've heard it before -- but TMZ confirmed that this time it's for real: White died on Friday of natural causes. The most popular golden girl had tweeted earlier this week that she was looking forward to going diamond in mid-January. People Magazine even had a special cover story that proclaimed: "Betty White Turns…

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Fair Lawn Crash Sends Driver To Hospital Fair Lawn Crash Sends Driver To Hospital
Fair Lawn Crash Sends Driver To Hospital A motorist was hospitalized following a collision at a busy Fair Lawn intersection. The crash at Fair Lawn Avenue and Saddle River Road early Thursday afternoon sent one driver to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening. The other driver refused medical attention. Both the Jeep and Hyundai sedan involved in the crash had to be removed by a flatbed tow truck. Borough police and the Fair Lawn Volunteer Ambulance Corps responded. Boyd A. Loving took the photo and produced this story.

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Arson Suspected In Hackensack Apartment Fire, Responders Say Arson Suspected In Hackensack Apartment Fire, Responders Say
Arson Suspected In Hackensack Apartment Fire, Responders Say A pack of matches reportedly found outside a Hackensack apartment that was destroyed by fire brought arson investigators. Hackensack firefighters said they had the two-alarm, fifth-floor blaze at The Newport Apartments on Prospect Street under control within a half hour after it ignited at 5:30 p.m. Thursday. No serious injuries were reported, they said. Units above and below sustained some damage. Mutual aid fire companies from Englewood and Teaneck assisted. A Hackensack University Medical Center ambulance also was on standby. The Bergen County Prosecutor's Arson Investigations Uni…

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Hoboken Bar Owner Busted For Child Porn At His Bergen Home, Authorities Say Hoboken Bar Owner Busted For Child Porn At His Bergen Home, Authorities Say
Hoboken Bar Owner Busted For Child Porn At His Bergen Home, Authorities Say An owner of one of Hoboken’s oldest bars was charged with trafficking child porn following a raid at his Bergen County home, authorities said. John M. Tucceri, 62, was arrested by members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Cyber Crimes Unit who searched his Fairview home earlier this month, county Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Tucceri – whose family has owned and operated the 8th Street Tavern on Washington Street for 50 years -- “used the Internet to view, download, possess and distribute files depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent children,” Musella said. Detective…

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Police: Gas Leak Alarm Leads To Discovery Of Underage Drinking Party In Wyckoff Police: Gas Leak Alarm Leads To Discovery Of Underage Drinking Party In Wyckoff
Police: Gas Leak Alarm Leads To Discovery Of Underage Drinking Party In Wyckoff A gas-leak alarm brought Wyckoff police to what turned out to be an underage drinking party, authorities said. Firefighters joined Sgt. Kevin Pinches and Officers James Bakelaar and Kaitlyn Maglione at the Howard Street home, where they “observed what they believed to be underaged [people] consuming alcoholic beverages in the garage,” Lt. Joseph Soto said. There were about 40 of them, he said. Police contacted the 51-year-old homeowner, who said she didn’t know why the alarm was activated, Soto said. They issued summonses, to be heard in Municipal Court, charging her with “purposely or kn…

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Services Scheduled For Paterson Man Shot, Killed By Detective Services Scheduled For Paterson Man Shot, Killed By Detective
Services Scheduled For Paterson Man Shot, Killed By Detective Services are scheduled this coming Saturday for a Paterson man who was shot and killed in a confrontation with city police detectives. Witnesses insist that Thelonious “RaRa” McKnight, 25, was gunned down in cold blood last Wednesday night after detectives chased him down an alley in a mixed-use neighborhood of multi-family homes and businesses near the Passaic River New Jersey's top law enforcer, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck, said that a 9mm handgun was found near McKnight's body. Investigators had made an arrest there hours earlier and were looking for another …

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Fire Ravages One Multi-Family Home, Damages Another In Passaic Fire Ravages One Multi-Family Home, Damages Another In Passaic
Fire Ravages One Multi-Family Home, Damages Another In Passaic A vicious fire raced through one multi-family home and damaged another in Passaic early Wednesday evening. The blaze began in the basement, then ran up the walls and blew through the roof of one Harrison Street home shortly after 5 p.m. An estimated 80 or so firefighters from Passaic and Bergen counties flocked to the scene as the blaze continued to burn past 7:30 p.m. It was declared under control shortly before 8 p.m. No serious injuries were reported. A total of 15 people in five families were affected, said Passaic Mayor Hector Carlos Lora, who was at the scene. The city will do al…

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Family Of Bicycle-Riding Bergenfield Boy Killed In Crash With Bus Gets $1.6M Family Of Bicycle-Riding Bergenfield Boy Killed In Crash With Bus Gets $1.6M
Family Of Bicycle-Riding Bergenfield Boy Killed In Crash With Bus Gets $1.6M The family of a 9-year-old Bergenfield boy who was killed when his bicycle collided with a commuter bus 2½ years ago has reportedly settled a negligence lawsuit for $1.6 million. Alvin Maracallo was headed in the same direction on West Church Street when the driver of the New Jersey Transit bus turned left onto Veterans Plaza, hitting him as he entered the crosswalk shortly before 4 p.m. May 27, 2019. He and the bicycle hit the front wheel, then went under the bus and were run over, police said at the time. Security video from a nearby firehouse shows a good Samaritan rushing to help the b…

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Police: Bodybuilder Captured In NJ Shot LI Parents On Christmas In Dispute Over His Baby Police: Bodybuilder Captured In NJ Shot LI Parents On Christmas In Dispute Over His Baby
Police: Bodybuilder Captured In NJ Shot LI Parents On Christmas In Dispute Over His Baby UPDATE: A bodybuilder who was picked up from the Bergen County Jail on Wednesday by Nassau County detectives shot his parents in their Long Island mansion on Christmas in a dispute over his 1-year-old son, authorities said. Nassau County police charged Dino Tomassetti, a 29-year-old weight trainer from Brooklyn, with two counts of attempted murder in connection with the shooting. He was also expected to face weapons counts. Tomassetti, of East Williamsburg, had been held in the Bergen County lockup since his Christmas afternoon on Route 17 in Mahwah. He’d apparently been arguing with Vinc…

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Police: Paramus Woman, New BF Break Into Ex's Fort Lee Condo, Brutally Stab Dog Police: Paramus Woman, New BF Break Into Ex's Fort Lee Condo, Brutally Stab Dog
Police: Paramus Woman, New BF Break Into Ex's Fort Lee Condo, Brutally Stab Dog A Paramus woman who’d threatened to kill a former lover broke into his Fort Lee condo with her new boyfriend and stabbed the man's dog, authorities said. The owner told police he fled the Cumbermeade Road condominium after the couple called and threatened to shoot him just after midnight Tuesday, Capt. Edward Young said. Officers who found the front door ajar were later shown Ring video by the victim showing Leena Radwan, 34, and Joseph Valenti, 32, of Kearny breaking in and stabbing his German Shepherd, Young said. Rushed to a local animal hospital with a deep gash that bled profusely, th…

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