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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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UPDATE: Body Found In NJ River Tentatively ID'd, Probe Begun, Following Police Chase UPDATE: Body Found In NJ River Tentatively ID'd, Probe Begun, Following Police Chase
Update: Body Found In NJ River Tentatively ID'd, Probe Begun, Following Police Chase UPDATE: Authorities on Thursday tentatively identified a man whose body was recovered from a New Jersey river following a police chase. They also officially acknowledged that the incident was being investigated. The announcement follows a story by Daily Voice exploring the circumstances that led to the death of Thadius Wilder, a 35-year-old father of five from Passaic whose body apparently was in the water for two days before it was discovered. Wilder’s body was removed from the Passaic River below Route 21 after kayakers spotted it around 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 1, City of Passaic Police Chief…

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UPDATE: Body Found In Passaic River Tentatively ID'd, Probe Begun, Following Police Chase UPDATE: Body Found In Passaic River Tentatively ID'd, Probe Begun, Following Police Chase
Update: Body Found In Passaic River Tentatively ID'd, Probe Begun, Following Police Chase UPDATE: Authorities on Thursday tentatively identified a man whose body was recovered from the Passaic River following a police chase. They also officially acknowledged that the incident was being investigated. The announcement follows a story by Daily Voice exploring the circumstances that led to the death of Thadius Wilder, a 35-year-old father of five from Passaic whose body apparently was in the water for two days before it was discovered. Wilder’s body was removed from the river below Route 21 after kayakers spotted it around 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 1, City of Passaic Police Chief Luis Guz…

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Pedestrian Struck, Killed In Fort Lee By SUV Driven By Union City Motorist Pedestrian Struck, Killed In Fort Lee By SUV Driven By Union City Motorist
Pedestrian Struck, Killed In Fort Lee By SUV Driven By Union City Motorist A 33-year-old pedestrian was struck and killed in Fort Lee by an SUV driven by a Union City motorist, authorities said. Mark Williams of Paterson was struck by the southbound 2016 Porsche Cayenne on Lemoine Avenue at Washington Avenue, just north of the George Washington Bridge, around 9:45 p.m. Wednesday, Fort Lee Police Capt. Edward Young said. Responding officers immediately began CPR on the unresponsive victim, who was taken to Holy Name Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead soon after, the captain said. The female driver, also 33 years old, stopped immediately and remained at …

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TWO-FER: Same Street, Different Shootings Reported 90 Minutes Apart In Paterson TWO-FER: Same Street, Different Shootings Reported 90 Minutes Apart In Paterson
Two-fer: Same Street, Different Shootings Reported 90 Minutes Apart In Paterson Separate shootings near the same Paterson street corner sent two victims to the hospital less than 90 minutes apart. A 22-year-old city man got to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center in a private vehicle after the first shooting near the corner of Godwin Avenue and Carroll Street shortly after 9:30 p.m., Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a brief joint announcement. Police returned to the area shortly after 11 p.m. following a shooting that wounded a 46-year-old woman, they said. She was taken to the medical center by ambulance. …

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Woman Beaten, Deliberately Hit By Car In Motel Parking Lot, BF In Custody: South Hackensack PD Woman Beaten, Deliberately Hit By Car In Motel Parking Lot, BF In Custody: South Hackensack PD
Woman Beaten, Deliberately Hit By Car In Motel Parking Lot, BF In Custody: South Hackensack PD A man repeatedly punched a woman in the face, knocked her down and then hit her with his car in the parking lot of a motel just off Route 46 – all of which was captured on security video, authorities said. Choice Neely Jr., 44, of Paterson sped off in a Mercedes SUV, leaving his injured girlfriend outside the Travelodge Motel on Huyler Street around 11:30 a.m. July 1, Detective Sgt. James Donatello said Thursday. Members of the Moonachie First Aid & Rescue Squad took the woman to Hackensack University Medical Center with severe road rash on her legs and shoulder, among other injuries, f…

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MOSQUE ATTACK: Intruders Pelt Paterson Worshippers With Rocks MOSQUE ATTACK: Intruders Pelt Paterson Worshippers With Rocks
Mosque Attack: Intruders Pelt Paterson Worshippers With Rocks Congregants were praying at a mosque in Paterson when three intruders suddenly burst in and threw rocks at them, authorities confirmed. One of the assailants held the door for the other two after nearly 100 worshippers had gathered at the Islamic Congregation of North Jersey on Preakness Avenue -- one of five services held each day -- shortly after 8:30 p.m. Monday. Two people were hit, but neither was seriously injured, authorities said Thursday. Mosque officials said they had no choice but to begin locking the doors after this week's bias attack, which followed another involving an intr…

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Rollover Crash Jams Morning Rush At Routes 4, 208 Rollover Crash Jams Morning Rush At Routes 4, 208
Rollover Crash Jams Morning Rush At Routes 4, 208 A rollover crash jammed the eastbound morning rush near the Fair Lawn/Paramus border. A Honda Civic landed on its roof following a collision with a Ford wagon where Route 208 becomes Route 4 near Saddle River Road in Fair Lawn shortly before 7:20 a.m. Thursday. Fair Lawn police and Rescue Squad firefighters responded along with Paramus police and EMS. Both vehicles had to be towed.Boyd A. Loving No serious injuries were reported. Arrow Towing removed the vehicles. No serious injuries were reported.Boyd A. Loving

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FOUND: 'Endangered' Man Turns Up, Paramus Police Say FOUND: 'Endangered' Man Turns Up, Paramus Police Say
Found: 'Endangered' Man Turns Up, Paramus Police Say Paramus PD: The missing male in question from earlier has been located. Thank you all for the assistance.A 57-year-old man who was reported missing has been found, they said.

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Bergen Teen Seen Shot On Video Dies, Killer Sought Bergen Teen Seen Shot On Video Dies, Killer Sought
Bergen Teen Seen Shot On Video Dies, Killer Sought A 19-year-old Saddle Brook man who was shot in the head on a Bronx street died of his injuries several days later, authorities confirmed. Travis Griffiths had driven up to a building at the corner of Claremont Parkway and Webster Avenue in his 2020 Toyota Camry shortly before 4:30 a.m. July 22, the NYPD said in releasing security video Wednesday of the fatal encounter. Griffiths got into some type of argument with a man who suddenly raised a gun and fired a shot at him as he tried to drive away, the video shows. The Bergen County teen got out of the sedan and fell to the ground. He died a…

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Police Clarify Incident At Route 46 Gas Station Police Clarify Incident At Route 46 Gas Station
Police Clarify Incident At Route 46 Gas Station UPDATE: Police said a man robbed another after both arrived at a Route 46 gas station together. Little Falls officers and detectives responded to the Valero station after the victim phoned in a reported robbery shortly after 1 p.m. Wednesday, Detective Lt. Rober Prall said. They "determined that the incident occurred between two men who arrived together at the gas station to buy fuel," Prall said. A previous report said the gas station had been robbed when it hadn't, the lieutenant said. The actual incident, which he didn't describe in any detail, occurred in the parking lot, Prall said, …

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