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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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'Smackdown' Is Over: Kids Throughout NJ Can Now Sell Lemonade, Mow Lawns Without A Permit 'Smackdown' Is Over: Kids Throughout NJ Can Now Sell Lemonade, Mow Lawns Without A Permit
'Smackdown' Is Over: Kids Throughout NJ Can Now Sell Lemonade, Mow Lawns Without A Permit New Jersey youngsters can no longer be shaken down by local governments when they want to sell sidewalk lemonade. Gov. Phil Murphy signed a measure into law Monday that allows enterprising children looking to make a few bucks to operate pop-up businesses without municipal permits or licenses. Hard to believe, for sure, but dozens of states still make the summer pastime illegal without local government approval. The same goes for mowing lawns and shoveling snow. Health-code violations and child-labor laws are their concerns, officials in those states claim. New Jersey joined nearby New Yor…

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Police: Shootout At Paterson Street Corner Leaves One Gunman Wounded, Both Jailed Police: Shootout At Paterson Street Corner Leaves One Gunman Wounded, Both Jailed
Police: Shootout At Paterson Street Corner Leaves One Gunman Wounded, Both Jailed A Halloween gunfight between two Paterson men left one wounded and both in jail, authorities said. Alexi Dowell, 35, and Calbert Tate Jr., 24, both pulled out handguns and began firing during a dispute at the corner of East 25th Street and 15th Avenue around 5:45 p.m. Oct 31, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint release Monday. Dowell was treated at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center for a gunshot wound a short time later, they said. Detectives obtained warrants for both men following an investigation. Dowell responded to …

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Crashed, Burning Motorcycle Found On Garden State Parkway, Police Search For Rider Crashed, Burning Motorcycle Found On Garden State Parkway, Police Search For Rider
Crashed, Burning Motorcycle Found On Garden State Parkway, Police Search For Rider WITNESSES SOUGHT: Authorities turned to the public for help finding the rider of a crashed, burning motorcycle that was found in the left lane of the southbound Garden State Parkway in Paramus early Monday night. The crash occurred around 5:30 p.m. near mile marker 162.4, New Jersey State Police Sgt. First Class Lawrence Peele said Tuesday. Officers responding to the call found the motorcycle in flames, skid marks on the roadway and no rider. Fearing a possible ejection into the woods, state troopers summoned a Maywood police bloodhound and a Northstar helicopter with thermal imaging …

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Authorities: Repeat Offender Seized In Dumont Following Domestic Assault Authorities: Repeat Offender Seized In Dumont Following Domestic Assault
Authorities: Repeat Offender Seized In Dumont Following Domestic Assault A repeat offender with a drug-related history was arrested after a domestic violence assault at his parents' Dumont home on Monday, authorities confirmed. Christopher Joseph Stone, 26, was charged with aggravated assault and violating a restraining order following the incident, which brought a Bergen County Regional SWAT team, among other responders, to Blanche Court. Stone grabbed a victim by the throat from behind and squeezed her neck, according to a criminal complaint on file in Superior Court in Hackensack. Tactical officers were summoned because the "chronically unemployed" Stone ha…

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Nine Charged With Stealing $1.3M Worth of Vehicles In NY, NJ, CT, MA, PA Shipping Them Overseas Nine Charged With Stealing $1.3M Worth of Vehicles In NY, NJ, CT, MA, PA Shipping Them Overseas
Nine Charged With Stealing $1.3M Worth of Vehicles In NY, NJ, CT, MA, PA Shipping Them Overseas An international ring of identity thieves stole $1.3 million worth of vehicles and watercraft from dealerships in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania, using fraudulently obtained digital driver's licenses, authorities charged. Nine defendants used the stolen identities of US citizens in Puerto Rico -- along with fake Puerto Rico driver’s licenses, Social Security cards, debit cards, and birth certificates -- to obtain the licenses from motor vehicle agencies in Jersey City and North Bergen, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said. They used tho…

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Jackknifed Tanker Truck Closes Route 208 Right Before Evening Rush Jackknifed Tanker Truck Closes Route 208 Right Before Evening Rush
Jackknifed Tanker Truck Closes Route 208 Right Before Evening Rush A jack-knifed tanker truck closed southbound Route 208 at the Glen Rock/Fair Lawn border just before the beginning of Monday's evening rush. Severe backups immediately began following the crash just beyond the Harristown Road around 4 p.m., Glen Rock Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. "A fuel truck struck the back of a truck and carrier combo, causing the fuel truck to jackknife and spill fuel onto the highway," he said. No injuries were reported, the chief said. "Aerial" view from nearby overpass on Route 208Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE Glen Rock firefighters began cleaning up a fue…

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Police: Restitution 'Will Be Sought' From Underage Vandals In Trio Of Glen Rock Attacks Police: Restitution 'Will Be Sought' From Underage Vandals In Trio Of Glen Rock Attacks
Police: Restitution 'Will Be Sought' From Underage Vandals In Trio Of Glen Rock Attacks Authorities will seek restitution from the families of three juveniles accused of trashing a Glen Rock dentist’s office, as well as from those of two others identified in a pair graffiti attacks, the borough’s top law enforcer said. Security video from a neighboring business helped identify two boys from Hawthorne and one from Glen Rock – all 15 years old – who entered Glen Rock Pediatric Dentistry on Rock Road through an unlocked door and vandalized the business, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said Monday. All three were interviewed at police headquarters “in the presence of a parent” and h…

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9 Charged With Stealing $1.3M Worth of Vehicles In NJ, NY, PA, CT, MA, Shipping Them Overseas 9 Charged With Stealing $1.3M Worth of Vehicles In NJ, NY, PA, CT, MA, Shipping Them Overseas
9 Charged With Stealing $1.3M Worth of Vehicles In NJ, NY, PA, CT, MA, Shipping Them Overseas An international ring of identity thieves stole $1.3 million worth of vehicles and watercraft from dealerships in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Massachusetts using fraudulently obtained digital driver's licenses, authorities charged. Nine defendants used the stolen identities of U.S. citizens in Puerto Rico -- along with fake Puerto Rico driver’s licenses, Social Security cards, debit cards and birth certificates -- to obtain the licenses from motor vehicle agencies in Jersey City and North Bergen, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said. They used thos…

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Bergen Prosecutor: Hudson Machine Operator, 42, Sexually Assaulted Pre-Teen In Fairview Bergen Prosecutor: Hudson Machine Operator, 42, Sexually Assaulted Pre-Teen In Fairview
Bergen Prosecutor: Hudson Machine Operator, 42, Sexually Assaulted Pre-Teen In Fairview Bergen County authorities charged a machine operator from Jersey City with sexually assaulting a pre-teen in Fairview nearly a decade ago. Alejandro Morales Alonzo, 42, was charged with two counts of aggravated sexual assault on a victim under 13 and one count each of sexual assault by contact and child endangerment, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Monday. Musella said there were at least two incidents, which are alleged to have occurred in the summer of 2012, according to court records. Morales Alonzo was arrested late last week following an investigation by Musella’s Spec…

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Loaded Ammo Magazine Lost By Law Enforcement Closes Street Near Tech School In Hackensack Loaded Ammo Magazine Lost By Law Enforcement Closes Street Near Tech School In Hackensack
Loaded Ammo Magazine Lost By Law Enforcement Closes Street Near Tech School In Hackensack A stretch of road off Route 4 in Hackensack was briefly closed Monday morning while a damaged ammunition magazine lost by a law enforcement officer near one of the Bergen County technical schools was retrieved. The magazine had been with a bag containing an AR-15 rifle and other magazines and ammunition that fell out of the back of a law enforcement officer's vehicle and was quickly recovered by city police last week, authorities said. Several vehicles apparently ran over the loaded AR-15 magazine Monday morning, prompting the closure of Hackensack Avenue between Temple Avenue and the highw…

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