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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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Maskless Burger King Patron Denied Service Chokes Worker, Wayne Police Charge Maskless Burger King Patron Denied Service Chokes Worker, Wayne Police Charge
Maskless Burger King Patron Denied Service Chokes Worker, Wayne Police Charge A customer who was denied service for not wearing a face mask returned to a Burger King in Wayne and grabbed a female employee by the throat, said police who captured him soon after. A co-worker came to the victim’s rescue after David Sivertsen, 47, of Hackettstown began choking her, Detective Capt. Dan Daly said. Police had responded to the Route 23 fast-food joint earlier Saturday after Sivertsen argued with employees about wearing a mask, Daly said. He was gone when they got there, the captain said. Surveillance video shows Sivertsen returning shortly after 4 p.m. He grabbed an employ…

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SEE ANYTHING? Driver Flees After Hitting Bicyclist, 68, In Harrington Park SEE ANYTHING? Driver Flees After Hitting Bicyclist, 68, In Harrington Park
SEE Anything? Driver Flees After Hitting Bicyclist, 68, In Harrington Park A driver sped off after hitting a 68-year-old bicyclist Monday afternoon in Harrington Park, authorities said. The victim, from Hawthorne, was headed south on Livingstone Street at Closter Road -- between Norwood and Closter -- when he was struck shortly after 1 p.m., Police Chief Albert Maalouf said. The Harrington Park Volunteer Ambulance Corps took him to Hackensack Meridian Pascack Valley Medical Center in Westwood, the chief said. Harrington Park police, meanwhile, were searching for the gray Hyundai Genesis, which fled south on Livingston Street, Malouf said. Anyone who witnessed th…

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Firefighters Douse Ridgewood Garage Blaze Firefighters Douse Ridgewood Garage Blaze
Firefighters Douse Ridgewood Garage Blaze Ridgewood firefighters doused a smoky detached-garage blaze Monday morning. Firefighters contended with a live downed power line as they kept flames from spreading to the Avondale Road home shortly after 8:30 a.m. They had the fire knocked down within 10 minutes or so. No injuries were reported. The cause wasn't immediately identified. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this account. Village firefighters contained the blaze to the garage on Avondale Road in Ridgewood.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE

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‘Daddy Killed Mommy’: Carlstadt Gunman In Murder-Suicide Told Daughter It Was Only A Dream ‘Daddy Killed Mommy’: Carlstadt Gunman In Murder-Suicide Told Daughter It Was Only A Dream
‘Daddy Killed Mommy’: Carlstadt Gunman In Murder-Suicide Told Daughter It Was Only A Dream UPDATE: The 5-year-old daughter of a convicted sex offender who died by suicide after an hours-long SWAT standoff at his Carlstadt home on Saturday was there when he shot and killed his ex-wife the night before, authorities said. The little girl apparently told her grandparents, who lived upstairs, that James Cox had killed Massiel Deoleo, 34, of Mahwah, in the downstairs apartment of the family's 6th Street home sometime Friday night. “Daddy killed Mommy,” she told them, but said Cox had assured her that it was only a nightmare, responders said. Police got the girl and the grandparents o…

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20-Year-Old Paterson, Haledon Men Shot, Responding Police Sergeant’s Car Struck 20-Year-Old Paterson, Haledon Men Shot, Responding Police Sergeant’s Car Struck
20-Year-Old Paterson, Haledon Men Shot, Responding Police Sergeant’s Car Struck Easter Sunday had just begun when two 20-year-old men were shot in Paterson and a police sergeant responding to the call had his car struck, responders said. One of the victims, from Paterson, was taken by ambulance to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center after being struck several times by gunfire near the corner of Godwin Avenue and Summer Street just after midnight, they said. The other, from Haledon, was taken to the hospital via private vehicle, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said Sunday morning. Neither sustained life-threateni…

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SWAT STANDOFF: Two Dead As Carlstadt Sex Offender Shoots Ex-Wife, Himself SWAT STANDOFF: Two Dead As Carlstadt Sex Offender Shoots Ex-Wife, Himself
SWAT Standoff: Two Dead As Carlstadt Sex Offender Shoots Ex-Wife, Himself UPDATE: The 5-year-old daughter of a convicted sex offender who died by suicide after an hours-long SWAT standoff at his Carlstadt home on Saturday was there when he shot and killed his ex-wife the night before, authorities said. The little girl apparently told her grandparents, who lived upstairs, that James Cox had killed Massiel Deoleo, 34, of Mahwah, in the downstairs apartment of the family's 6th Street home sometime Friday night. “Daddy killed Mommy,” she told them, but said Cox had assured her that it was only a nightmare, responders said. Police got the girl and the grandparents o…

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Armed Robber From Trenton Who Was Shot By Undercover Fed Hit With Heavier Charges Armed Robber From Trenton Who Was Shot By Undercover Fed Hit With Heavier Charges
Armed Robber From Trenton Who Was Shot By Undercover Fed Hit With Heavier Charges An armed robber from Trenton thought he’d found an easy victim in a would-be gun buyer – only it turned out to be an undercover agent who shot him instead, authorities said. Members of a federally-led task force were investigating gun trafficking and other crimes when Jabree Johnson, 28, got into the undercover agent’s car at the Krauszer’s on Greenwood Avenue in Hamilton Township on March 22, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. Johnson handed over a semi-automatic handgun that the agent inspected before returning it and asking to see others, Honig said Friday. At that point, Johns…

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Hackensack Centenarian Survives COVID, Calendar Hackensack Centenarian Survives COVID, Calendar
Hackensack Centenarian Survives COVID, Calendar Mary Damino of Hackensack not only survived the coronavirus – she’s lived to see 100. Family members, close friends and staff members at the Teaneck Nursing and Rehab Center joined Damino for a triple-digit birthday celebration on Thursday. There were flowers, a cake and champagne to mark the occasion. The youngest of five children, Damino was born on Huyler Street at a time when the life expectancy for women was a little under 62 years, nearly two years longer than men. That same year, the late Nancy Reagan, Betty Friedan and John Glenn were born. Also born in 1921 were fashion …

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Police: Officer, Knife-Wielding Suspect Both Dead After Car Rams U.S. Capitol Barricade Police: Officer, Knife-Wielding Suspect Both Dead After Car Rams U.S. Capitol Barricade
Police: Officer, Knife-Wielding Suspect Both Dead After Car Rams U.S. Capitol Barricade An officer was dead, as was a driver who rammed a vehicle into a barricade near the U.S. Capitol building and got out with a knife, authorities in Washington, D.C. said Friday. Officer William Evans, who'd served with the United States Capitol Police for 18 years, was taken to a nearby hospital in a police cruiser but died a short time later, authorities said. Another Capitol Police officer was hospitalized after being stabbed during the encounter – which sent the Capitol into lockdown -- shortly before 1:30 p.m. “The entire Department of Justice mourns with the U.S. Capitol Police and th…

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PACK YOUR BAGS: Restrictions Loosened For Fully-Vaccinated Travelers PACK YOUR BAGS: Restrictions Loosened For Fully-Vaccinated Travelers
Pack Your Bags: Restrictions Loosened For Fully-Vaccinated Travelers Federal health officials on Friday loosened the restrictions – and increased the incentives -- for fully-vaccinated Americans to “return to the things we love about life,” including leaving on a jet plane. Although the government hasn’t required the coronavirus vaccine for travel, officials said anyone who is two weeks past his or her final shot doesn’t need a COVID test before going on domestic trips. You also don’t need to self-quarantine after travel, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. You should, however, follow other public health recommendations, including wearing …

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