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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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Angry Woman Set Huge Paterson Fire That Displaced 60 By Lighting Paper Towels, Indictment Says Angry Woman Set Huge Paterson Fire That Displaced 60 By Lighting Paper Towels, Indictment Says
Angry Woman Set Huge Paterson Fire That Displaced 60 By Lighting Paper Towels, Indictment Says UPDATE: A woman deliberately set a fire last summer that roared through a string of attached mixed-use buildings in Paterson -- displacing 60 residents and injuring four firefighters – during an argument with a tenant, authorities charged. Authorities didn’t suggest a possible motive when they announced that detectives had arrested Yanit Valdez, 38, of Manhattan 10 days after the massive Aug. 3 fire on Cianci Street. However, an indictment returned by a grand jury in Paterson this week accuses Valdez of lighting paper towels on a couch to settle an argument in an upper-floor apartment. Fla…

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NY Motorcyclist Clings To Life Following Route 80 Crash NY Motorcyclist Clings To Life Following Route 80 Crash
NY Motorcyclist Clings To Life Following Route 80 Crash UPDATE: A motorcyclist remained in critical condition Tuesday following a weekend crash on Route 80 in Hackensack, authorities said. Michael Barot, 41, of the Ridgewood section of Queens was headed east in the highway's local lanes when his Yamaha collided with a Mini Cooper between the Green and Hudson street exits shortly after 10 p.m. Saturday, New Jersey State Police Trooper Charles Marchan said. The motorcycle overturned, ejecting Barot, he said. CPR was conducted at the scene and en route to Hackensack University Medical Center's trauma unit. responders said. Michael BarotFACEBO…

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Lyndhurst Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting Rutherford Mom Pushing Stroller, Slapping Jogger Lyndhurst Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting Rutherford Mom Pushing Stroller, Slapping Jogger
Lyndhurst Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting Rutherford Mom Pushing Stroller, Slapping Jogger GOTCHA! The search for a man wanted in Rutherford for grabbing a mom pushing a stroller and whacking a jogger on the butt ended thanks to a truck with no license plates, authorities announced Tuesday. Borough detectives identified Dennis Kwiecinski, 29, by “compiling significant surveillance footage from the surrounding areas, as well as several witness statements,” Police Chief John Russo said. They began by identifying the early-model black Nissan Frontier that witnesses said the attacker had been driving, Russo said. Police found it, then arrested Kwiecinski at his Orient Way home, the…

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Prosecutor: Repeat Fort Lee Offender Busted With $60,000 Worth Of Pot, More In Edgewater Stop Prosecutor: Repeat Fort Lee Offender Busted With $60,000 Worth Of Pot, More In Edgewater Stop
Prosecutor: Repeat Fort Lee Offender Busted With $60,000 Worth Of Pot, More In Edgewater Stop A drug court violator from Fort Lee was caught with 23 pounds of pot, edibles and THC vape cartridges following a stop at a shopping plaza along the Hudson River, authorities said. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said detectives from his Narcotics Task Force stopped Marc A. Helewa, 22, at the Edgewater Commons off River Road off identifying him as an area dealer. They then executed search warrants of the car, Helewa’s Park Avenue home and a garage in the 300 block of Undercliff Avenue in Edgewater, the prosecutor said Tuesday. In addition to the drugs, detectives seized $7,021 in sus…

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Franklin Lakes PD: Fleeing Suspect Reports Being Chased -- By Police Officer Franklin Lakes PD: Fleeing Suspect Reports Being Chased -- By Police Officer
Franklin Lakes PD: Fleeing Suspect Reports Being Chased -- By Police Officer A former Franklin Lakes resident who ran from a female police officer who was trying to stop him dialed 911 to report a woman chasing him with a gun, authorities said. Bradford Vance, 25, of the Kips Bay section of Manhattan walked out into the middle of Franklin Avenue and gave the middle finger to the drivers of two vehicles who had to brake to avoid hitting him, Capt. Robert Lyon said. Seeing this, uniformed Officer Stephanie Hallihan tried to stop Vance, who took off on foot into the Colonial Pointe apartment complex on Colonial Road, he said. Vance eventually was arrested and charged …

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SEEN HIM? Released Unlicensed Driver Remains Fugitive After Hitting Wayne Pedestrian In Wanaque SEEN HIM? Released Unlicensed Driver Remains Fugitive After Hitting Wayne Pedestrian In Wanaque
Seen HIM? Released Unlicensed Driver Remains Fugitive After Hitting Wayne Pedestrian In Wanaque A driver who struck and seriously injured a pedestrian from Wayne as he crossed a Wanaque street has remained a fugitive, authorities said. A judge released Fredi Landero, 41, of Fall River, Massachusetts, with conditions following the December 2019 crash on Ringwood Avenue, which sent the 62-year-old victim to the hospital. Landero was driving without a license at the time, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. A judge in Paterson released him from the Passaic County Jail the following day -- with pretrial monitoring -- after which Landero took off, she said. A grand jury in …

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Lyndhurst Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting Rutherford Mom Pushing Stroller, Slapping Jogger Lyndhurst Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting Rutherford Mom Pushing Stroller, Slapping Jogger
Lyndhurst Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting Rutherford Mom Pushing Stroller, Slapping Jogger GOTCHA! The search for a man wanted in Rutherford for grabbing a mom pushing a stroller and whacking a jogger on the butt ended thanks to a truck with no license plates, authorities announced Tuesday. Borough detectives identified Dennis Kwiecinski, 29, by “compiling significant surveillance footage from the surrounding areas, as well as several witness statements,” Police Chief John Russo said. They began by identifying the early-model black Nissan Frontier that witnesses said the attacker had been driving, Russo said. Police found it, then arrested Kwiecinski at his Orient Way home, the…

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Friends, Loved Ones Care For Bergen Orphan, 3, Whose Parents Were Stabbed Dead Friends, Loved Ones Care For Bergen Orphan, 3, Whose Parents Were Stabbed Dead
Friends, Loved Ones Care For Bergen Orphan, 3, Whose Parents Were Stabbed Dead UPDATE: Orphaned at only 3½ years old, a North Arlington girl faces an uncertain and heartbreakingly difficult future. Close family friends are working with the state Division of Child Protection and Permanency to help her grandparents in India get custody of little Viha Rudrawar. They’ve also mounted a fundraising drive that continues to grow. “In this immensely unfortunate moment, while we all get together to pray to the almighty to rest their souls in peace, we are also starting an effort to think for the future of the small child,” organizer Gobindsingh Nihalani wrote. Nihalani said h…

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SEE ANYTHING? Brazen Burglar Smashes Way In To Cellphone Store Near GWB SEE ANYTHING? Brazen Burglar Smashes Way In To Cellphone Store Near GWB
SEE Anything? Brazen Burglar Smashes Way In To Cellphone Store Near GWB Surveillance cameras caught images of a burglar stealing at least a couple thousand dollars worth of merchandise at an AT&T store near the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee. The burglar drove up to the Linwood Plaza store shortly after 2 a.m. Sunday, smashed his way in through a glass door and snatched two iPads and an iPhone from their display cases before driving off, Capt. Ricky Mirkovic said. Anyone who might have seen something or has information that could help identify the bandit is asked to contact the Fort Lee Police Detective Bureau: (201) 592-3510.   

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Police: Shirtless Swordsman Wrapped In American Flag Captured After Pursuit Through Bergen Park Police: Shirtless Swordsman Wrapped In American Flag Captured After Pursuit Through Bergen Park
Police: Shirtless Swordsman Wrapped In American Flag Captured After Pursuit Through Bergen Park An emotionally troubled Woodcliff Lake man armed with swords was captured after a chase through a local park, authorities said. The 28-year-old suspect was shirtless, wearing camouflage pants with an American flag tied around his waist in Wood Dale County Park, callers told police. They also said they thought he was carrying a crossbow. Officers from Woodcliff Lake, Hillsdale and Washington Township quickly converged on the area shortly after 7 p.m. Friday. Seeing them, the man tossed what he was carrying and ran into the woods, responders said. A K-9 unit was summoned as police esta…

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