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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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Blaze Consumes Tractor-Trailer On Route 287 Blaze Consumes Tractor-Trailer On Route 287
Blaze Consumes Tractor-Trailer On Route 287 A tractor-trailer burst into blames Friday afternoon on Route 287. Firefighters responded to the heavily destructive blaze on the southbound highway near the Boonton-Montville border shortly before 12:30 p.m. The Excelsior (Montville) and Towaco fire companies quickly doused the flames. Flames consumed the rig on southbound Route 287.Robert Godding for DAILY VOICE ****** NOTE: Daily Voice is trying to obtain a full list of companies and other agencies that responded. Text: (201) 943-2794. Or email: jdemarco@dailyvoice.com. Thank you. ****** There was no immediate word on possible in…

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Union: Prop Gun Fired By Alec Baldwin Contained Live Bullet Union: Prop Gun Fired By Alec Baldwin Contained Live Bullet
Union: Prop Gun Fired By Alec Baldwin Contained Live Bullet UPDATE: The prop gun fired by Alec Baldwin that killed a cinematographer and wounded the director on the set of his latest film in New Mexico contained a "live single round," the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees told its members in an email. The gun that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounded director Joel Souza in an "accidental discharge" on Thursday was among props supplied for the film “Rust” not by IATSE Local 44 members but a local crew, Secretary-Treasurer Anthony Pawluc added. “A live single round was accidentally fired on set by the principal actor,…

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Thief Who Swiped 94,000 Credit Card Numbers At Michaels Stores In NY, NJ, CT, PA Sentenced Thief Who Swiped 94,000 Credit Card Numbers At Michaels Stores In NY, NJ, CT, PA Sentenced
Thief Who Swiped 94,000 Credit Card Numbers At Michaels Stores In NY, NJ, CT, PA Sentenced A member of an ID theft ring that stole more than $600,000 from customers at Michaels stores in New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and elsewhere was sentenced to 51 months in federal prison on Thursday. Jose “Tito” Salazar, age 45, of Riverside, CA was part of a crew that replaced card-reading terminals at the arts and crafts retailer with wireless imitations that they used to capture customers' bank account numbers and PINs, Acting US Attorney for New Jersey Rachael A. Honig said. They then created copycat cards that were then used to withdraw more than $500,000 from hun…

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SEE ANYTHING? Bloomingdale Man, 21, Wounded In Paterson Drive-By SEE ANYTHING? Bloomingdale Man, 21, Wounded In Paterson Drive-By
SEE Anything? Bloomingdale Man, 21, Wounded In Paterson Drive-By A 21-year-old Bloomingdale man was wounded in an overnight drive-by shooting in Paterson, authorities said. The victim was parked in the area of 21st Avenue and Madison Avenue when a passenger in a passing car opened fire shortly before 3:30 a.m. Friday, they said. The victim was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center with a nonfatal gunshot wound, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint announcement. Anyone who witnessed the shooting or has information that can help identify the vehicle or those responsible is asked to c…

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Art Curator From Englewood Charged With Stealing Client's $273,000 Art Curator From Englewood Charged With Stealing Client's $273,000
Art Curator From Englewood Charged With Stealing Client's $273,000 A curator from Englewood illegally pocketed $273,000 from a sale that she’d brokered for a client for a piece of artwork, authorities charged. Inhee Moon, 53, diverted the money into a personal account “and ultimately into a real estate property that she owned,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Detectives from Musella’s Financial Crimes Unit arrested Moon this week after investigating a complaint against her, the prosecutor said. The Seoul, Korea native was released on a summons to appear in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack on theft by deception charges.

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Prop Gun Discharged By Alec Baldwin On Film Set Kills Cinematographer, Wounds Director Prop Gun Discharged By Alec Baldwin On Film Set Kills Cinematographer, Wounds Director
Prop Gun Discharged By Alec Baldwin On Film Set Kills Cinematographer, Wounds Director UPDATE: The prop gun fired by Alec Baldwin that killed a cinematographer and wounded the director on the set of his latest film in New Mexico contained a "live single round," the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees told its members in an email. The gun that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounded director Joel Souza in an "accidental discharge" on Thursday was among props supplied for the film “Rust” not by IATSE Local 44 members but a local crew, Secretary-Treasurer Anthony Pawluc added. “A live single round was accidentally fired on set by the principal actor,…

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Middlesex Man Who Torched Trenton Police Car Following Floyd Protest Gets 2 Years In Fed Pen Middlesex Man Who Torched Trenton Police Car Following Floyd Protest Gets 2 Years In Fed Pen
Middlesex Man Who Torched Trenton Police Car Following Floyd Protest Gets 2 Years In Fed Pen UPDATE: A Middlesex County man must spend the next two years in federal prison for stuffing a rag into the gas tank of a police cruiser and setting it on fire during a riot in Trenton following a protest last year over the death of George Floyd. Justin Spry, 22, of South Plainfield originally claimed on Twitter that he was brutalized by police, but federal authorities produced surveillance video showing otherwise. Spry and two other men involved in the arson attack took deals from the government rather than go to trial. All must serve out their entire sentences because there's no parole in…

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Paterson Police Chase Down Fleeing Carjacker In Amazon Van -- With Driver Still Inside Paterson Police Chase Down Fleeing Carjacker In Amazon Van -- With Driver Still Inside
Paterson Police Chase Down Fleeing Carjacker In Amazon Van -- With Driver Still Inside WILD PURSUIT: A pair of Paterson police officers chased down and captured a carjacker who sped off in an Amazon Prime delivery truck with the driver still inside. Officer Manuel Lojo and J. Murray were headed to a lower-priority call around 3:30 p.m. when they spotted the Amazon driver trying to bail out of the passenger side as the van blew a stop sign, city Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. The abducted driver began waving furiously at the officers, who tried to pull over the van, Speziale said. The carjacker -- identified as 37-year-old Rafael Rodriguez -- hit the gas instead…

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Special Needs School Bus Crashes On Route 4 Special Needs School Bus Crashes On Route 4
Special Needs School Bus Crashes On Route 4 UPDATE: No serious injuries were reported following a crash involving a school bus carrying children with special needs on Route 4. Six children, the driver and an aide from the Windsor Academy in Ridgewood were aboard the bus when it was involved in a crash with a private vehicle on the eastbound highway in Teaneck near the Hackensack border around 3 p.m. Wednesday, Bergen County Sheriff's Public Information Officer Keisha J. McLean said Thursday afternoon. One youngster was taken to Holy Name Medical Center by the Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corps with a minor injury, McLean said. The lo…

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Thief Who Swiped 94,000 Credit Card Numbers At Michaels Stores In NJ, NY, CT, PA Sentenced Thief Who Swiped 94,000 Credit Card Numbers At Michaels Stores In NJ, NY, CT, PA Sentenced
Thief Who Swiped 94,000 Credit Card Numbers At Michaels Stores In NJ, NY, CT, PA Sentenced UPDATE: A member of an ID theft ring that stole more than $600,000 from customers at Michaels stores in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and elsewhere was sentenced to 51 months in federal prison on Thursday. Jose “Tito” Salazar, 45, of Riverside, CA was part of a crew that replaced card-reading terminals at the arts and crafts retailer with wireless imitations that they used to capture customers' bank account numbers and PINs, Acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Rachael A. Honig said. They then created copycat cards that were then used to withdraw more than $500,000 from hun…

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