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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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Maywood Patient, 80, Ambulette Driver Injured In Washington Township Crash Maywood Patient, 80, Ambulette Driver Injured In Washington Township Crash
Maywood Patient, 80, Ambulette Driver Injured In Washington Township Crash An 80-year-old Maywood patient and an ambulette driver were hospitalized following a collision with a pickup truck in Washington Township, authorities said. The Metro Ambulance out of Hackensack was headed east on Washington Avenue when it collided with the westbound Nissan Frontier at Meisten Street near Seasons restaurant and catering hall shortly after 10:30 a.m. Monday, township police Lt. Roy Scherer said. The patient was conscious and alert when she was taken to Pascack Valley Medical Center in Westwood, while the 46-year-old ambulette driver from Millville was taken to the Hackensac…

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Hackensack School Driving Instructor Beaten While Rescuing Colleague From Violent Carjacker Hackensack School Driving Instructor Beaten While Rescuing Colleague From Violent Carjacker
Hackensack School Driving Instructor Beaten While Rescuing Colleague From Violent Carjacker HERO: A violent carjacker was trying to drag a Hackensack driving school instructor out of a vehicle when a colleague came to her rescue, authorities said. Adult students were taking lessons in the Stop & Shop parking lot on West Pleasantview Avenue when Isiah T. Pringle, 31, of Albany approached one of the vehicles, Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. Pringle opened the door and tried to pull out the driver, who was seat-belted in, he said. Another driving instructor intervened and was punched by Pringle as he shouted at the woman to drive away, the captain said. “Pringle then grabbed a brooms…

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New Milford PD: Knives, Crack Found During Stop, Passaic County Couple Busted New Milford PD: Knives, Crack Found During Stop, Passaic County Couple Busted
New Milford PD: Knives, Crack Found During Stop, Passaic County Couple Busted A New Milford police stop turned up knives, crack and outstanding warrants on both the driver and passenger, authorities said. Offficer Nick Williams and backup Officer Andy Lignos found the warrants on the Passaic County couple -- Maria Mezerenez, 35, and her passenger, ex-con Benjamin Quirindongo, 38, during the late-night Saturday stop, Police Chief Brian Clancy said. They also found crack and drug paraphernalia in plain view, along with an 8-inch serrated knife, a 3½-inch shank and a box cutter, all of which were "immediately reachable" under the driver's seat, the chief said. Quirin…

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Fort Lee High-Rise Tenant Charged With Bias Abuse Of Asian Woman Fort Lee High-Rise Tenant Charged With Bias Abuse Of Asian Woman
Fort Lee High-Rise Tenant Charged With Bias Abuse Of Asian Woman An Albanian man from Fort Lee was arrested after police said he repeatedly screamed "biased derogatory remarks” at an Asian woman in a high rise near the George Washington Bridge. The two were sharing an elevator at the Mediterranean Towers when Afrim Haxhaj, 31, began harassing the 41-year-old victim, Fort Lee Police Capt. Edward Young said. “The profane bias derogatory remarks directed towards her continued as she exited the elevator,” the captain said. Police arrested Haxhaj, charged him with two counts of bias intimidation and sent him to the Bergen County Jail following last Monday’s …

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AG Reviews Hospital Death Of Suspected Paterson Burglar AG Reviews Hospital Death Of Suspected Paterson Burglar
AG Reviews Hospital Death Of Suspected Paterson Burglar An "agitated" man who callers said was walking on roofs in Paterson and apparently trying to break into homes died at the hospital about an hour later, authorities said. Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said his office is investigating the death because it followed an interaction with police. He also temporarily withheld the man's identity. City police "received multiple 911 calls from the 600 block of Madison Avenue...regarding a man walking on the roofs and attempting to break into homes" shortly before 5 p.m. Saturday, the attorney general said. "Officers of the P…

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HEROES: Ridgefield Park Officers Talk Suicidal Teaneck Man Off Bridge HEROES: Ridgefield Park Officers Talk Suicidal Teaneck Man Off Bridge
Heroes: Ridgefield Park Officers Talk Suicidal Teaneck Man Off Bridge Ridgefield Park police talked a distraught Teaneck man off a bridge over the Hackensack River on Saturday. A concerned passerby called police, who found the 33-year-old man "acting irrationally and apparently having a mental health episode" on the Ridgefield Park side of the Winant Avenue (Route 46) bridge shortly after 9 a.m., Police Chief Joseph Rella said. Officer Camryn Garcia was joined by Officers Corey Buljeta and Joseph Avila and Sgt. Will Morton, the chief said. The man told them that they'd "ruined his plan of jumping off the bridge," Rella said. However, he "was calm and coopera…

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Rockland Couple Hospitalized In PIP Crash Rockland Couple Hospitalized In PIP Crash
Rockland Couple Hospitalized In PIP Crash A Rockland man and woman were hospitalized after their sedan crashed off the southbound Palisades Interstate Parkway in Alpine, New Jersey on Saturday, Oct. 2, authorities said. Responding officers found the West Haverstraw victims out of their 2018 Audi A4, which crashed into several trees and rocks on the center media near Exit 2 around 11 a.m., Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Sgt. First Class Raymond E. Walter said. The 52-year-old male driver had the more serious injuries -- including head trauma and chest pain -- when he and his 65-year-old passenger were taken to the trauma unit …

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Rockland Couple Hospitalized In Alpine PIP Crash Rockland Couple Hospitalized In Alpine PIP Crash
Rockland Couple Hospitalized In Alpine PIP Crash A Rockland man and woman were hospitalized after their sedan crashed off the southbound Palisades Interstate Parkway in Alpine on Saturday, authorities said. Responding officers found the West Haverstraw victims out of their 2018 Audi A4, which crashed into several trees and rocks on the center media near Exit 2 around 11 a.m., Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Sgt. First Class Raymond E. Walter said. The 52-year-old male driver had the more serious injuries -- including head trauma and chest pain -- when he and his 65-year-old passenger were taken to the trauma unit at Hackensack Univer…

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MURDER IN MAHWAH: Laborer Extradited, Booked Into Bergen County Jail MURDER IN MAHWAH: Laborer Extradited, Booked Into Bergen County Jail
Murder IN Mahwah: Laborer Extradited, Booked Into Bergen County Jail UPDATE: A gas station worker accused of shooting his Mahwah roommate dead in their rented home near the New York State border this summer was extradited to New Jersey this week to face murder charges. Milan Ghimire, a 23-year-old Nepali national, is accused of shooting and killing station co-worker Phu Tsewang, 56, in the West Mahwah residence the night of July 12. Both were among several residents who rented the 1,760-square-foot home in a residential neighborhood between Route 202 and Route 17 within walking distance of work. Township police called to the Avenue A home by another re…

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SEEN HIM? Paramus Man Missing For Several Days SEEN HIM? Paramus Man Missing For Several Days
Seen HIM? Paramus Man Missing For Several Days Authorities asked the public for help finding a 29-year-old Paramus man who's been missing since Tuesday. Dylan Waehner-Larson -- formerly of Boston and Minneapolis -- is 6-foot-1-inches tall, about 175 pounds, with brown hair and hazel eyes. Authorities didn't say whether he has any particular condition or urgent circumstance. Anyone who sees or knows where to find Waehner-Larson is asked to contact Paramus police: (201) 262-3400.

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