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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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Pickup Driver In Horrific Head-On Ridgewood Crash With 80-Year-Old Motorist Was DWI: Police Pickup Driver In Horrific Head-On Ridgewood Crash With 80-Year-Old Motorist Was DWI: Police
Pickup Driver In Horrific Head-On Ridgewood Crash With 80-Year-Old Motorist Was DWI: Police A driver from Hawthorne was drunk when his pickup truck slammed head-on into an SUV driven by an 80-year-old Waldwick woman in Ridgewood, authorities charged. Thomas Michalski, 59, was headed south on North Monroe Street when his Chevy Silverado crossed the double-yellow line Fairmount Road and collided with a northbound Honda CRV around 11:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 13, Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke said. Both drivers were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, the chief said. What was left of the Chevrolet Silverado.Boyd A. Loving Michaski was charged with DWI, making an unsafe l…

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Little Ferry Laborer Torched Truck For Insurance Money, Authorities Charge Little Ferry Laborer Torched Truck For Insurance Money, Authorities Charge
Little Ferry Laborer Torched Truck For Insurance Money, Authorities Charge A laborer from Little Ferry was charged with torching his pickup truck outside his own home for the insurance money. Louis M. Molino, 40, was arrested soon after firefighters responding to a quiet Couchon Drive neighborhood near Route 46 found the 2008 Nissan Frontier ablaze around 11:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 13, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Little Ferry police and members of Musella’s Major Crimes Unit, assisted by the Bergen County Sheriff’s Bureau of Criminal Identification, collected enough evidence to charge Molina with aggravated arson, arson and risking widespread injury o…

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FAKE NEWS: Man Who KO's Roadside Brawler In Viral Video ISN'T Former NY Jet Shaun Ellis FAKE NEWS: Man Who KO's Roadside Brawler In Viral Video ISN'T Former NY Jet Shaun Ellis
Fake NEWS: Man Who KO's Roadside Brawler In Viral Video ISN'T Former NY Jet Shaun Ellis If you believed that former New York Jets defensive end Shaun Ellis is the man in a now-viral video who dropped a driver with a jab during a bare-knuckle roadside brawl, you're not the only one. The identification of Ellis in the clip of two men squaring off -- and one falling like a sack of potatoes when he's popped seconds later -- is the handiwork of a superfan prankster known as "Incarcerated Bob." Both men had their dukes up when the winner in the flat cap, polo shirt and brown shoes feigned a left and snapped a right jab right to the kisser.  Boom! goes the dynamite. "That’s not Sh…

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Motorist From Waldwick Charged In DWI Hit-And-Run: Franklin Lakes PD Motorist From Waldwick Charged In DWI Hit-And-Run: Franklin Lakes PD
Motorist From Waldwick Charged In DWI Hit-And-Run: Franklin Lakes PD A motorist from Waldwick was intoxicated when police in Franklin Lakes found her and her disabled Jeep near the scene of a single-vehicle hit-and-run crash, authorities said. Andrea L. Wilkin, 44, was turning left onto Ewing Avenue from Franklin Lake Road when her 2021 Wrangler left the roadway and smashed into a curb shortly after 10 p.m. Friday, Jan. 13, Capt. Mark McCombs said. Wilkin, who apparently wasn’t injured, drove her partially disabled vehicle off instead of waiting for police, the captain said on Monday, Jan. 16. The Jeep broke down up the road on George Street near Ramapo Hig…

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TRAFFIC ALERT: Water Main Break Closes Major Roadway Near Route 3 TRAFFIC ALERT: Water Main Break Closes Major Roadway Near Route 3
Traffic ALERT: Water Main Break Closes Major Roadway Near Route 3 A 12-inch water main break temporarily closed a major thoroughfare near Route 3 in Clifton. "Customers in the immediate area may experience low pressure [and] discolored or no water while repairs are made," Bryan Frierson of the Passaic Valley Water Commission said shortly after 8:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 16. "Nutley residents near the Clifton border may also be affected," he noted, adding that commuters should find alternate routes. Frierson didn't say when they expect repairs will be completed. "Thank you for your patience as we work quickly and safely to remediate the issue," he wrote in …

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SUV, Crossover Collide In Ridgewood SUV, Crossover Collide In Ridgewood
SUV, Crossover Collide In Ridgewood An elderly occupant was hospitalized following an afternoon collision in Ridgewood. He and a woman were in a Ford crossover that collided with a Volkswagen Golf on Linwood Avenue off Northern Parkway near Graydon Park around 1:45 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 15. Members of Ridgewood Village Ambulance took him to The Valley Hospital nearby. At the scene of the crash on Linwood Avenue near Northern Parkway in Paramus on Sunday, Jan. 15.Boyd A. Loving Village police and firefighters also responded. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this story. The elderly occupant was tended to …

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SWATTING: Bogus Call Brings Tactical Team To Elmwood Park Neighborhood SWATTING: Bogus Call Brings Tactical Team To Elmwood Park Neighborhood
Swatting: Bogus Call Brings Tactical Team To Elmwood Park Neighborhood A "swatting" call brought a tactical unit to an Elmwood Park neighborhood and forced the evacuation of a trio of homes. A Bergen County Regional SWAT team was summoned after police received a call of an active shooter inside a Miller Avenue duplex off Speidel Avenue around 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 14. The unit quickly cleared the house after police established a perimeter and evacuated duplexes on either side. Swatting exacts a toll on innocent residents, which is usually the intent. Often public figures and celebrities are the targets. Sometimes it's more an effort to tie up law enforcement,…

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SUV Slams Into Fair Lawn Home SUV Slams Into Fair Lawn Home
SUV Slams Into Fair Lawn Home An elderly driver escaped serious injury when her SUV slammed into a Fair Lawn home. A borough building inspector said the 20th Street home off the corner of Eastern Drive was habitable after the Toyota RAV4 hybrid hit it around 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 15. Also clipped was the back of a Toyota Sienna minivan parked in the driveway. Fair Lawn building inspector surveys the damage at 12-11 20th Street on Sunday, Jan. 15.Boyd A. Loving BDJ Towing removed the RAV 4. The driver of the Toyota RAV4 hybrid escaped serious injury in the 20th Street crash in Fair Lawn.Boyd A. Loving Boyd A. …

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Did Driver Suffer Medical Episode Before Route 17 Crash? Did Driver Suffer Medical Episode Before Route 17 Crash?
Did Driver Suffer Medical Episode Before Route 17 Crash? A driver whose SUV crashed off Route 17 in Paramus might have suffered a medical episode, responders said. Patrons and employees at a Starbucks near Century Road found him unconscious after the GMC Envoy crashed off the southbound highway near Century Road around 9 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 15. Members of the Paramus Police Emergency Services Unit had to break a back window to get to him. The GMC Envoy crashed off southbound Route 17 near Century Road in Paramus around 9 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 15.Boyd A. Loving He was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center in an undetermined condition. The S…

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Feds: Hudson Grammar School Teacher From Morris Indicted On Child Porn Trafficking Charges Feds: Hudson Grammar School Teacher From Morris Indicted On Child Porn Trafficking Charges
Feds: Hudson Grammar School Teacher From Morris Indicted On Child Porn Trafficking Charges A longtime Hudson County grammar school teacher from Morris County shared child porn images with undercover investigators who found hundreds more on his cellphone, federal authorities charged. Anselmo Girimonte, 52, of Wharton, has remained in federal custody since being arrested by special agents of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security HSI's New Jersey Division last March. A grand jury in U.S. District Court in Newark subsequently returned an indictment that contains more specifics, authorities revealed on Saturday, Jan. 14. Over the course of three weeks beginning in late 2021, Girim…

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