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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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Two Stabbed In Hackensack Two Stabbed In Hackensack
Two Stabbed In Hackensack UPDATE: Two young men who were stabbed in Hackensack have already been released from the hospital as police search for their assailant. Both victims -- one 22, the other 21 -- know the man who stabbed them at a cluster of high-rises on Overlook Avenue at Beech Street around 9:30 p.m. Monday, Detective Capt. Michael Antista said. Both were treated around the corner at Hackensack University Medical Center before being released, Antista said Tuesday morning. Detectives were determining what caused the incident, the captain said. There's no threat to the public, he added.

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Death Of Woman, 42, With Pets In Saddle Brook Doesn't Appear Suspicious, Authorities Say Death Of Woman, 42, With Pets In Saddle Brook Doesn't Appear Suspicious, Authorities Say
Death Of Woman, 42, With Pets In Saddle Brook Doesn't Appear Suspicious, Authorities Say A 42-year-old woman and some of her pets were found dead amid extreme hoarding conditions in her Saddle Brook home on Monday, responders said. Firefighters had to rip the front door off the East Lanza Court residence to gain entry, witnesses said. What appeared to be the smell of ammonia prompted a call for a hazardous materials unit, they added. A "large number" of pets, several of them dead and some barely alive, were found, along with numerous cages, trash, litter and debris, responders said. Police cordoned off the area around the house with crime-scene tape. However, there appears t…

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$50 MILLION LAWSUIT: Bergen Funeral Home Mixed Up Bodies, Sent Wrong Woman’s Corpse To Cemetery $50 MILLION LAWSUIT: Bergen Funeral Home Mixed Up Bodies, Sent Wrong Woman’s Corpse To Cemetery
$50 Million Lawsuit: Bergen Funeral Home Mixed Up Bodies, Sent Wrong Woman’s Corpse To Cemetery Mourners were saying their final goodbyes to a beloved Bergen County grandmother when, at the last instant, the graveside service was abruptly halted. It turns out the body of the 93-year-old Korean woman whose death they were mourning in a Westchester cemetery had been left back at the funeral home in New Jersey. Another corpse had been dressed in her clothing, placed in the casket and brought that morning to a funeral in Leonia. It was then driven 25 miles north in a procession to Valhalla, NY. The body had already been lowered into the grave when the mistake was finally acknowledge…

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GOTCHA! Fleeing Fugitive Breaks Into Hackensack Apartment, Hides In Bathtub: Police GOTCHA! Fleeing Fugitive Breaks Into Hackensack Apartment, Hides In Bathtub: Police
Gotcha! Fleeing Fugitive Breaks Into Hackensack Apartment, Hides In Bathtub: Police A robber wanted by Hackensack police broke into an apartment and tried hiding in a bathtub as they chased him, authorities said. City police had been searching for Naim Moore, 20, ever since July 2, when he tried convincing a man on the street that he had a gun in his pocket and would shoot him in the face if he didn’t hand over money and pot, Detective Capt. Michael Antista said. The intended victim kept walking, then scared Moore off by calling 911, Antista said. Detective John Papanikolaou subsequently identified Moore as the would-be robber, the captain said. Fast forward to this past…

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Four Nabbed With 200 Heroin Folds, Crack, Two Handguns, Passaic Sheriff Says Four Nabbed With 200 Heroin Folds, Crack, Two Handguns, Passaic Sheriff Says
Four Nabbed With 200 Heroin Folds, Crack, Two Handguns, Passaic Sheriff Says Sheriff's officers arrested four men and seized more than 200 heroin folds, 44 bags of crack and two handguns after watching a drug deal go down in Paterson, authorities said. The arrests and seizures come amid an announcement by Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik that his Quality of Life squad will furnish four officers a day from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. seven days a week to answer public calls in Paterson. Narcotics detectives using undercover vehicles were watching the area of East 19th Street between 17th Avenue and Market Street when a white Sprinter van driven by Julio Dela-Cruz, 44, …

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Fair Lawn PD: NY State Driver Caught With Crack, Smack Claims She'd Been 'Set Up' Fair Lawn PD: NY State Driver Caught With Crack, Smack Claims She'd Been 'Set Up'
Fair Lawn PD: NY State Driver Caught With Crack, Smack Claims She'd Been 'Set Up' A New York State driver told Fair Lawn police that someone else had planted the heroin and crack they found in her car in order to get her in trouble, authorities said. Johnni-Rose Szambel , 24, of Warwick, was trying to hide the drugs when she was stopped by Detectives Geovanny Buitron and Justin DiGuglielmo on Lincoln Avenue at Harristown Road, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. She then told them that someone was "trying to set her up” by tossing both into her car, the sergeant said. Szamble was charged with drug and paraphernalia possession, driving without a license, careless driving and not we…

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'I Think She's Dead': Son Charged With Killing Mom, 79, With Fire Iron Called 911 'I Think She's Dead': Son Charged With Killing Mom, 79, With Fire Iron Called 911
'I Think She's Dead': Son Charged With Killing Mom, 79, With Fire Iron Called 911 UPDATE: A man charged with brutally bludgeoning his 79-year-old mother with a fireplace poker called 911 to report the crime, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Responding police officers found Patrick Maupai, 40, on the lawn of the New Milford Avenue home that he shared with his mother, Linda Maupai, across the street from Dumont High School. He was still on the phone talking with the dispatcher shortly before midnight Sunday, the prosecutor said. Maupai had admitted hitting his mother with the fire iron, Musella said. He also told the dispatcher that he believed she was dea…

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Docking Boat Passenger Slips, Drowns In Hudson River Docking Boat Passenger Slips, Drowns In Hudson River
Docking Boat Passenger Slips, Drowns In Hudson River A Nigerian man drowned in the Hudson River after falling off a docking boat, authorities said. The boat had made it into the Englewood Marina at the foot of the Palisades in Englewood Cliffs just north of the George Washington Bridge when he fell off shortly after 10:30 p.m. Saturday, Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Lt. Raymond E. Walter said. Witnesses told police the 42-year-old victim quickly went under, Walter said. Recovery attempts were unsuccessful, he added. Divers with the NYPD Harbor Patrol unit recovered the body, and a Bergen County Medical Examiner's Office pronounced the…

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One Dead, Another Injured In Paterson Shooting One Dead, Another Injured In Paterson Shooting
One Dead, Another Injured In Paterson Shooting Authorities were searching for a minivan with tinted windows after a man was killed and another wounded in a shooting in Paterson. Responding officers found the victims at the corner of Clinton Avenue and North 6th Street around 8 p.m. Sunday, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a brief joint statement. The younger man, 36, was pronounced dead at St. Joseph’s University Medical Center a short time later, they said. A 56-year-old man was reported in stable condition. Valdes and Baycoar didn’t say whether any suspects had been arrest…

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PROSECUTOR: Dumont Widow, 79, Bludgeoned To Death With Fireplace Poker PROSECUTOR: Dumont Widow, 79, Bludgeoned To Death With Fireplace Poker
Prosecutor: Dumont Widow, 79, Bludgeoned To Death With Fireplace Poker UPDATE: A man charged with brutally bludgeoning his 79-year-old mother with a fireplace poker called 911 to report the crime, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Responding police officers found Patrick Maupai, 40, on the lawn of the New Milford Avenue home he shared with his mother, Linda Maupai, across the street from Dumont High School, shortly before midnight Sunday. He was still on the phone talking with the dispatcher, the prosecutor said. Maupai had admitted hitting his mother with the fire iron, Musella said. He also told the dispatcher that he believed she was dead. …

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