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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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Clifton Man Charged With Attempted Bias Murder In Knife Attack On Mexican Female Grocer Clifton Man Charged With Attempted Bias Murder In Knife Attack On Mexican Female Grocer
Clifton Man Charged With Attempted Bias Murder In Knife Attack On Mexican Female Grocer A Clifton man was charged with attempted murder in what prosecutors said was a bias attack on a Mexican grocery store clerk. Shairo Gil, 24, missed when he tried to stab the clerk at Barrales Grocery on Main Street in the chest, they said. Gil “was purposely targeting any individual of Mexican descent” and went after ther clerk “because he believed her to be of Mexican descent,” Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Clifton Police Chief Thomas Rinaldi said in a joint release. The intended victim was unharmed, they said. Gil also was charged with aggravated assault, bias int…

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Parents: Board Trustee's Out-Of-Town Basketball League Took Gym Time From Midland Park Kids Parents: Board Trustee's Out-Of-Town Basketball League Took Gym Time From Midland Park Kids
Parents: Board Trustee's Out-Of-Town Basketball League Took Gym Time From Midland Park Kids A group of Midland Park parents are questioning why the gym at their children’s public school was used for basketball games during the COVID pandemic by a private travel league controlled by a Board of Education member. More than half of the games played at the Highland School by the North/West Bergen/Passaic Basketball League between Feb. 7-March 7 didn’t include a Midland Park team, resident Jillian Mulder said. “We allowed hundreds of out of town residents un-abided access to our gym during a time when the board meetings themselves couldn’t be in person and our kids weren’t allowed in sc…

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NJ Driver, 20, Accused Of Killing 4 Friends In Crash Tells Her Side On TikTok, GoFundMe NJ Driver, 20, Accused Of Killing 4 Friends In Crash Tells Her Side On TikTok, GoFundMe
NJ Driver, 20, Accused Of Killing 4 Friends In Crash Tells Her Side On TikTok, GoFundMe Money began pouring in to help pay legal fees for a 20-year-old Essex County woman after she posted a TikTok video on Saturday defending herself against charges in a violent crash that killed four of her close friends last spring. A badly-burned Nashauna Johnson of Newark also mounted a GoFundMe campaign to deal with legal costs. A grand jury in Newark on Thursday returned an indictment charging Johnson with four counts of death by auto – also known as vehicular homicide -- in the June 9 crash on Route 22 at the Newark-Hillside border. In her TikTok video, Johnson contends that drugs, alc…

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Optimum Returns $2,000 Stolen From South Hackensack Customer By Fugitive 'Cable Guy' Optimum Returns $2,000 Stolen From South Hackensack Customer By Fugitive 'Cable Guy'
Optimum Returns $2,000 Stolen From South Hackensack Customer By Fugitive 'Cable Guy' UPDATE: A South Hackensack woman who police said had $2,000 stolen from her home by an ex-con working temporarily as a cable TV trainee is getting the cash back, courtesy of Optimum. "We apologize to our customer and are providing full restitution and credits for this experience," the company said in a statement. "This situation was in clear violation of all company policies and we are taking the appropriate steps to ensure it never happens again. Gabriel Figueroa, 23, of the Bronx was wanted by authorities in New Jersey and Virginia when he swiped the cash from the victim's home, Police Ca…

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UPDATE: Englewood Homeowner Killed By Fallen Tree Limb, Mayor Says UPDATE: Englewood Homeowner Killed By Fallen Tree Limb, Mayor Says
Update: Englewood Homeowner Killed By Fallen Tree Limb, Mayor Says UPDATE: A 52-year-old Englewood homeowner died after he was struck by a falling tree limb Saturday morning, Mayor Michael Wildes said. The pinned Curry Avenue homeowner was in cardiac arrest and bleeding heavily when police arrived shortly before 11 a.m. He’s been trimming the tree with a gas-powered chainsaw when the limb fell, knocking him off a ladder more than 10 feet off the ground, responders said. "His legs were pinned under the tree [limb] and he had to be extricated," Wildes said. Firefighters used air bags to free the homeowner, who suffered a severely damaged right leg and ches…

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Firefighters KO Hawthorne Townhouse Blaze Firefighters KO Hawthorne Townhouse Blaze
Firefighters KO Hawthorne Townhouse Blaze Hawthorne firefighters kept a heavy blaze from doing even more damage to a local townhouse complex Friday night. The two-alarm fire broke out in the middle unit of the three-story wood-frame townhouse on Metro Vista Drive at Alana Drive around 7:45 p.m. and quickly traveled up the walls, responders said. Flames were running the rear wall from the first to the third floor and across the deck, they said. Despite heavy winds and exposure concerns, firefighters contained the blaze to the single unit and stopped it from spreading to the attic. Firefighters contained the blaze to the singl…

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Feds: 2nd Cali Man Laundered $560,000 Stolen From Bergen Man, $285,000 In Gov't Loan Scheme Feds: 2nd Cali Man Laundered $560,000 Stolen From Bergen Man, $285,000 In Gov't Loan Scheme
Feds: 2nd Cali Man Laundered $560,000 Stolen From Bergen Man, $285,000 In Gov't Loan Scheme A second California man has been charged in an email scam that cost a Bergen County property owner $560,000 – and there could be more, federal authorities said. Anthony Debose Hannah, 57, controlled an account where co-conspirator Eric Bullard wired $230,000 of the money, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. Bullard, 59, of Los Angeles had hacked an email account at a law firm representing the victim, then wrote to the client with instructions to wire the $560,000 into an escrow account identified as “Eric’s Commercial LLC,” Honig said. The day the transfer was posted, Bullard was s…

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20 Busted With 4,176 Heroin Folds, Crack, Cash In Raid On Paterson Open-Air Drug Market 20 Busted With 4,176 Heroin Folds, Crack, Cash In Raid On Paterson Open-Air Drug Market
20 Busted With 4,176 Heroin Folds, Crack, Cash In Raid On Paterson Open-Air Drug Market Paterson police raided an open-air drug market, seizing 4,176 heroin folds, 194 bags of crack and $5,549 in proceeds while busting 20 dealers and buyers, authorities said. Among the accused buyers was a 72-year-old city man caught with four vials of crack, they said. The Hamilton Avenue sweep between Summer and Lake streets sought to ease residents’ fears for the safety of their children and themselves, city Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said Friday. Speziale said the heavier hitter included a quartet of Paterson residents: Isaiah Wharton, 24; Africa Downs, 45; Dante Harriso…

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SEEN HER? Paterson Fugitive, 24, Wanted For Trying To Burn Down Ex's Apartment SEEN HER? Paterson Fugitive, 24, Wanted For Trying To Burn Down Ex's Apartment
Seen HER? Paterson Fugitive, 24, Wanted For Trying To Burn Down Ex's Apartment A Paterson woman has remained a fugitive since trying to burn down a former lover’s apartment, authorities said. The fire broke out shortly after 10:30 p.m. March 20 in a large factory building that was converted into 240 units at the corner of Madison and Essex streets in Paterson. A surveillance camera caught images of Ahkearah Muhammad, 24, video pouring lighter fluid outside her former beau’s door in a large city complex -- a bottle of which was later discovered at the scene, authorities said. Another resident quickly doused the blaze without anyone being injured, Passaic County Prose…

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Paterson Hit-Run Driver Gets 7 Years For Killing City Resident Paterson Hit-Run Driver Gets 7 Years For Killing City Resident
Paterson Hit-Run Driver Gets 7 Years For Killing City Resident A Paterson man who mowed down a city resident and then sped off was sentenced to seven years in state prison. Jesus Herrera, 65, was driving a 1997 GMC Sierra truck that struck 48-year-old Luis Arango as he crossed the 900 block Main Street in November 2017, authorities said. Herrera, rather than take a plea bargain, went to trial and was convicted by a state jury in Paterson in January 2020 of leaving the scene of a crash result in death and endangering an injured victim. Superior Court Judge Justine A. Niccollai allowed Herrera to serve out sentences for both convictions concurrently, un…

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