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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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VIDEO: Car Slams Into East Rutherford House VIDEO: Car Slams Into East Rutherford House
Video: Car Slams Into East Rutherford House WATCH THIS: A used 2003 Nissan 350Z will ordinarily sell for anywhere from $6,500 to $8,000 – unless it slams into a house. The owner of one apparently was showing it to a would-be buyer when it crashed into an East Rutherford home on Wednesday. Surveillance video captured the Carlton Avenue crash from two different angles. Both the 35-year-old driver from East Rutherford and his 19-year-old passenger from Hempstead, NY got out OK. The car didn’t do so well, though. “The driver said his accelerator became stuck, causing him to lose control, striking a fence, landscaping and the structur…

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Two Shootings, Three Victims A Half-Mile, 20 Minutes Apart In Paterson Two Shootings, Three Victims A Half-Mile, 20 Minutes Apart In Paterson
Two Shootings, Three Victims A Half-Mile, 20 Minutes Apart In Paterson Three Paterson men were wounded in two separate shootings on either side of the Passaic River only 20 minutes and barely a half-mile apart, authorities said. Paterson police found one of them following a 3:55 p.m. shooting Thursday near the corner of Godwin Avenue and Auburn Street, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint announcement. He'd been shot in the hip, responders said. The 24-year-old victim was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, where a second victim of the same shooting – a 44-year-old city man – showed u…

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Bogota Man Charged With Pulling Pair Of Paring Knives On Neighbor In Scooter Scrap Bogota Man Charged With Pulling Pair Of Paring Knives On Neighbor In Scooter Scrap
Bogota Man Charged With Pulling Pair Of Paring Knives On Neighbor In Scooter Scrap A Bogota man who got into a fight with a neighbor after nearly hitting him with a motorized scooter pulled two knives on him, borough police said. Responding to a call of a fight on Central Avenue, Officers George Hondros and Matthew Luciano found Ryan Jimenez, 28, holding two paring knives that he used to threaten to kill the neighbor, Sgt. Geoffrey Cole said. Jimenez was charged with weapons possession and making terroristic threats and sent to the Bergen County Jail to await a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court.

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Indictment: Clifton Man Threatened Paterson Police Chief Over Race, Religion Indictment: Clifton Man Threatened Paterson Police Chief Over Race, Religion
Indictment: Clifton Man Threatened Paterson Police Chief Over Race, Religion UPDATE: Paterson’s first Muslim police chief wasn’t in the job long when authorities said he became the target of threatening texts from a Clifton man because of his race, religion and nationality. A grand jury in Paterson returned a terroristic threats indictment against Stefan Keco, 29, who’s been held in the Passaic County Jail since city detectives arrested and charged him more than a year ago with threatening Police Chief Ibrahim “Mike” Baycora. Baycora had been sworn to the position only a few weeks before receiving the threats, authorities said. Keco sent the texts to the chief “wit…

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WATCH THIS: Car Slams Into East Rutherford House WATCH THIS: Car Slams Into East Rutherford House
Watch This: Car Slams Into East Rutherford House VIDEO: A used 2003 Nissan 350Z will ordinarily sell for anywhere from $6,500 to $8,000 – unless it slams into a house. The owner of one apparently was showing it to a would-be buyer when it crashed into an East Rutherford home on Wednesday. Surveillance video captured the Carlton Avenue crash from two different angles. Both the 35-year-old driver from East Rutherford and his 19-year-old passenger from Hempstead, NY got out OK. The car didn’t do so well, though. “The driver said his accelerator became stuck, causing him to lose control, striking a fence, landscaping and the structure,” D…

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Franklin Lakes Auto Tech Charged With Raping Underage Victim Franklin Lakes Auto Tech Charged With Raping Underage Victim
Franklin Lakes Auto Tech Charged With Raping Underage Victim An automotive tech from Franklin Lakes was charged with raping a minor. Allen Perez, 27, “transported a child under the age of thirteen across state lines and engaged in sexual intercourse with the child,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Thursday. Franklin Lakes police notified members of Musella’s Special Victims Unit, who arrested Perez on charges of sexually assaulting and endangering a minor following an investigation. A Central Judicial Processing judge in Hackensack ordered that Perez remain held in the Bergen County Jail pending further court action. ****** ALSO SEE:&nb…

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Former Rideshare Driver From Morris Indicted For Fondling Underage Passenger In Passaic County Former Rideshare Driver From Morris Indicted For Fondling Underage Passenger In Passaic County
Former Rideshare Driver From Morris Indicted For Fondling Underage Passenger In Passaic County A former U.S. military member from Morris County who was charged over a year ago with sexually assaulting an underage passenger in Passaic County while working part time as a ride-share driver remains free pending the outcome of his case. Authorities announced Thursday that a grand jury in Paterson had returned an indictment charging Julio Mejia, 41, of Wharton with several counts of sexual assaulting a minor passenger in his vehicle in Prospect Park sometime between Aug. 30 and Sept. 21, 2019. “At the time of his arrest [January 2020], Mr. Mejia was an active member of the armed services,”…

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PHOTOS: Sedan Slams Into Tandem Trailer, Topples Light Pole On Busy Road Near Meadowlands PHOTOS: Sedan Slams Into Tandem Trailer, Topples Light Pole On Busy Road Near Meadowlands
Photos: Sedan Slams Into Tandem Trailer, Topples Light Pole On Busy Road Near Meadowlands The front end of a tandem tractor-trailer toppled a traffic signal after a sedan slammed into it before dawn Thursday on a major roadway near the Meadowlands, authorities said. Somehow, neither the 30-year-old Maryland trucker or 27-year-old motorist from Garfield whose Hyundai Sonata knocked over the rig was injured seriously, Police Chief Richard Behrens said. The Moonachie First Aid and Rescue Squad took both to Hackensack University Medical Center following the crash on Moonachie Road at Moonachie Avenue shortly after 2 a.m., the chief said. It then took several hours to clear and cle…

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Feds: NJ Bank Employee, Bronx Buddy Swiped $600,000 From Customers With Stolen IDs Feds: NJ Bank Employee, Bronx Buddy Swiped $600,000 From Customers With Stolen IDs
Feds: NJ Bank Employee, Bronx Buddy Swiped $600,000 From Customers With Stolen IDs FBI agents caught a South Jersey bank employee and an accomplice from the Bronx who authorities said stole more than $600,000 from unsuspecting victims after swiping their IDs. Jamere Hill-Birdsong, 32, of Gloucester City, worked inside a bank call center where he recruited co-workers to help steal the identifications of call-in customers, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said Thursday. The conspirators took photos or screenshots of customers’ information and signatures that they forwarded to Hill-Birdson and Lamar Melhado, 31, of the Bronx, Honig said. They then had phony identificat…

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Hackensack PD: 128 Pounds Of Pot Seized From Chinese Transnational OC Member In Route 80 Stop Hackensack PD: 128 Pounds Of Pot Seized From Chinese Transnational OC Member In Route 80 Stop
Hackensack PD: 128 Pounds Of Pot Seized From Chinese Transnational OC Member In Route 80 Stop Hackensack police seized 128 pounds of pot from a reputed Chinese organized crime member from San Francisco during a traffic stop, authorities said. Narcotics Bureau Detectives Sergio Raneli and Nart Marza stopped the rented 2019 Chrysler Pacifica with Florida license plates on eastbound Route 80 after the driver failed to signal, Detective Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. The unemployed driver, Vincent Lee, 35, was unable to provide any paperwork for the rental, DeWitt said. Lee also told them that he "didn't know who rented the vehicle and said he didn't know what was inside eight large cardboa…

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