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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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Ex-Con Indicted In Brutal Slaying Of LGBTQ+ Advocate, Motive Remains A Mystery Ex-Con Indicted In Brutal Slaying Of LGBTQ+ Advocate, Motive Remains A Mystery
Ex-Con Indicted In Brutal Slaying Of LGBTQ+ Advocate, Motive Remains A Mystery Authorities this week still hadn't offered a motive for why an ex-con killed a 23-year-old LGBTQ+ advocate from Trenton in a horrific shooting this summer. “Detectives continue to investigate what prompted the attack,” Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri said in announcing an indictment charging ex-con Daniel L. Smith, 37, with murder in the July 30 shooting of Shaquil Loftin, also known as Shai Vanderpump. Shaquil Lofti was pronounced dead at Capital Health Regional Medical Center in Trenton a short time after being found with several gunshots wounds in the face in a house on Kelsey …

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CHILD ABUSE: Paterson Couple Charged With Beating Boy, 7 CHILD ABUSE: Paterson Couple Charged With Beating Boy, 7
Child Abuse: Paterson Couple Charged With Beating Boy, 7 A Paterson couple was jailed for repeatedly beating a 7-year-boy, authorities said.  Davon Burton, 26, and Demetries Page, 24, became the focus of an investigation after a worker with the state Division of Child Protection and Permanency contacted detectives with the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit, authorities said Thursday. The investigators interviewed multiple witnesses, including the boy, they said.  The child told them Burton and Page “physically assaulted him on several occasions between September 2020 and September 2021 at their residence,” Passaic…

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Murder, Kidnapping Indictment Returned Against NJ Man Accused Of Killing Ex-GF, Abducting Son Murder, Kidnapping Indictment Returned Against NJ Man Accused Of Killing Ex-GF, Abducting Son
Murder, Kidnapping Indictment Returned Against NJ Man Accused Of Killing Ex-GF, Abducting Son UPDATE: The next step in the high-profile prosecution of an East Orange man accused of killing his former girlfriend and kidnapping their young son this summer was taken when a Union County grand jury indicted him on murder and other charges, authorities said. The six-count indictment returned by grand jurors in Elizabeth also charges Tyler Rios, 27, with desecrating the remains of 24-year-old Yasemin Uyar of Rahway after killing her. Authorities began searching for Uyar and Sebastian Rios on July 8 after he didn’t show up for daycare and she didn't arrive for scheduled work shifts. Tyler…

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Boy, 14, Caught Packing Handgun, Paterson PD Says Boy, 14, Caught Packing Handgun, Paterson PD Says
Boy, 14, Caught Packing Handgun, Paterson PD Says A 14-year-old boy shoved a 9mm handgun into his waistband seconds before he was seized by Paterson detectives outside a neighborhood liquor store, authorities said. The boy was among a dozen or so people " blocking the business entrance, playing loud music, and consuming alcoholic beverages" in the middle of the 100 block of North Main Street, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. Detectives Yamil Pimienta, John Traynor, Mohamed Bashir and Levis Qirjako approached to break up the group when they saw the boy trying to hide the gun and immediately took him into custody, Speziale said. …

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Cats Rescued In Mahwah House Fire Cats Rescued In Mahwah House Fire
Cats Rescued In Mahwah House Fire Two cats were rescued in a damaging house blaze early Thursday afternoon in Mahwah. Police got there seconds after the noontime blaze broke out and ushered two residents out of the 2½-story home on Winding Trail in the township's Fardale section, neighbors said. Flames apparently ignited by a timer for the front door light went up the front wall and into the soffits and the house. "It was going pretty good," but members of nearby Mahwah Fire Company 4 quickly knocked down the blaze, witnesses said. The smoke eaters also safely got out two family cats, they said. No injuries were reporte…

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Robbers Pistol-Whip Clifton Motorist With Fake Gun, Police Nab Two Robbers Pistol-Whip Clifton Motorist With Fake Gun, Police Nab Two
Robbers Pistol-Whip Clifton Motorist With Fake Gun, Police Nab Two Clifton police charged two men with pistol-whipping another during a street robbery. His assailants rushed the 26-year-old victim as he got out of his car on Sheridan Avenue around 11 p.m. Tuesday, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken They fled with jewelry, a designer bag, and other valuables after hitting him with what turned out to be a fake gun, Bracken said. Responding officers converged on the scene and captured Modino Garcia, 19, of Clifton, the lieutenant said. The weapon and procceds were found in nearby yards, he added. Police identified a second suspected -- Devon Soto, 24, of Welling…

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TRAFFIC ALERT: Route 9W In Rockland To Be Closed For Repairs Saturday TRAFFIC ALERT: Route 9W In Rockland To Be Closed For Repairs Saturday
Traffic ALERT: Route 9W In Rockland To Be Closed For Repairs Saturday A typically busy stretch of Route 9W will be closed just north of the New York State border on Saturday, authorities warned motorists in northeast Bergen and Rockland County. Repairs will closed the road in both directions between Hickey Street in Sparkill and Shadyside Avenue in South Nyack, just south of Route 287, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Oct. 2, the New York State Department of Transportation announced. Plan accordingly -- and don't forget: Fines are doubled for traffic offenses in a work zone. "Motorists should anticipate delays and follow the posted detour utilizing State Route 59, Stat…

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Firefighters Douse Ridgefield Park Apartment Blaze Firefighters Douse Ridgefield Park Apartment Blaze
Firefighters Douse Ridgefield Park Apartment Blaze Firefighters extinguish an early-morning co-op blaze in Ridgefield Park. The fire broke out in a unit at the three-story garden apartment building on Bergen Turnpike off Teaneck Road around 7 a.m., responders said. No injuries were immediately reported in the two-alarm blaze, which they said went to three bells for coverage. A complete list of mutual aid companies wasn't immediately available. At the scene.Kevin Duffy for DAILY VOICE

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NJ Attorney General: Man Shot Dead At Hillsborough Home By Police Responding To 911 Call NJ Attorney General: Man Shot Dead At Hillsborough Home By Police Responding To 911 Call
NJ Attorney General: Man Shot Dead At Hillsborough Home By Police Responding To 911 Call A man was killed in a police-involved shooting at a Hillsborough home, authorities confirmed Wednesday. Township officers had responded to a 911 emergency call at the Piedmont Path residence shortly after 4 p.m. Tuesday, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said. An officer discharged his service weapon during an encounter at the home, Bruck said. The resident, who wasn't immediately identified, was mortally wounded, he said. Officers and emergency medical personnel rendered first aid to the resident before he was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brun…

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MALL CARJACKING: Arrest Made, More Expected In Garden State Plaza Robbery MALL CARJACKING: Arrest Made, More Expected In Garden State Plaza Robbery
Mall Carjacking: Arrest Made, More Expected In Garden State Plaza Robbery Paramus police nabbed a Newark man who they said participated in the carjacking of two men at gunpoint at the Garden State Plaza. Curtis L Brinson, 44, remained held Wednesday in the Bergen County Jail, charged with being an accomplice to carjacking and conspiracy. Meanwhile, at least one other robber was being sought. Detective Dan Cullen, Detective Sgt. Keith Dimascio and Officer Anthony Mordaga identified Brinson as a suspect, Paramus Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. He was arrested in Newark last Friday with help from their colleagues on the New Jersey State Police Auto Theft Task…

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