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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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'Someone Crossed In Front Of Me': Parked Cars, Jeep Towed After Hackensack Rollover 'Someone Crossed In Front Of Me': Parked Cars, Jeep Towed After Hackensack Rollover
'Someone Crossed In Front Of Me': Parked Cars, Jeep Towed After Hackensack Rollover UPDATE: A driver whose Jeep struck two parked cars before rolling onto its side in Hackensack apparently suffered a medical episode before the crash, authorities said. The 61-year-old city resident told police he thought someone crossed in front of him before he lost control of his 2011 Jeep Cherokee on in front of 350 Prospect Avenue shortly before 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, police Capt. Nicole Foley said. The Jeep struck a 2018 Honda Accord and a 2020 GMC Acadia before landing on the driver's side, Foley said. Firefighters extricated the driver, Foley said. He claimed to be uninjured but was…

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SEEN IT? Video Shows Truck Involved In Route 17 Crash That Killed Elmwood Park Motorcyclist SEEN IT? Video Shows Truck Involved In Route 17 Crash That Killed Elmwood Park Motorcyclist
Seen IT? Video Shows Truck Involved In Route 17 Crash That Killed Elmwood Park Motorcyclist VIDEO: A semi-trailer truck that authorities said kept going after a motorcyclist from Elmwood Park was killed on Route 17 is seen in a brief surveillance video clip released by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office. "The maroon or red semi-trailer truck slowed down to a stop in the right lane of Route 17 South due to traffic ahead" around 8:40 p.m. Tuesday, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Motorcyclist Mario Andres Uran Gaviria, 41, couldn't stop in time and hit the "bobtail" truck from behind in front of Allied Carpet, the prosecutor said. Gaviria, previously of Montgomery Vi…

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Man Shot In Neck At Fair Lawn Home Man Shot In Neck At Fair Lawn Home
Man Shot In Neck At Fair Lawn Home A visitor to a Fair Lawn home was hospitalized Wednesday afternoon after he was accidentally shot in the neck, authorities said. The 72-year-old Jasper Road homeowner was showing his 40-year-old nephew from Staten Island his 9mm Beretta handgun when it went off shortly before 5:30 p.m., police Sgt. Brian Metzler said. The Fair Lawn Volunteer Ambulance Corps took the conscious and alert victim to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson, Metzler said. No charges will be filed, the sergeant said.

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Convicted Murderer From Trenton Who Sold Gun, Extended Mag Gets 4 Years In Fed Pen Convicted Murderer From Trenton Who Sold Gun, Extended Mag Gets 4 Years In Fed Pen
Convicted Murderer From Trenton Who Sold Gun, Extended Mag Gets 4 Years In Fed Pen A convicted murderer from Trenton is headed to federal prison for four years for selling an illegal semi-automatic rifle and an extended magazine to a buyer who turned out to be a State Police cooperator. Edwin Gaines, 59, must serve all of the plea-bargained term approved Wednesday by a U.S. District Court judge in Trenton because there’s no parole in the federal prison system. U.S. District Judge Peter G. Sheridan also sentenced Gaines to three years of supervised release under the terms of the deal. The former Jersey City ex-con was among dozens of gun- and drug-running gang members nab…

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Paterson Man Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Child For Years Remains Free Pending Hearing Paterson Man Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Child For Years Remains Free Pending Hearing
Paterson Man Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Child For Years Remains Free Pending Hearing A Paterson man accused of sexually assaulting an underage child over a period of more than seven years remains free pending an April court hearing, authorities said. Cesar Recabarren, 52, assaulted the victim several times between Feb. 21, 2013 and Aug. 1, 2020, an indictment returned by a grand jury in Paterson last week says. The indictment charges him with aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual contact and child endangerment, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. A Superior Court judge in Paterson freed Recabarren, with conditions, following hi…

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Rockin' The 60s: Veteran Culprits Nabbed In NJ-Wide Thefts Of Work Vans, Trucks, State Says Rockin' The 60s: Veteran Culprits Nabbed In NJ-Wide Thefts Of Work Vans, Trucks, State Says
Rockin' The 60s: Veteran Culprits Nabbed In Nj-wide Thefts Of Work Vans, Trucks, State Says Two ex-cons in their 60s were part of a ring that stole more than 30 work vehicles from victims in seven North Jersey counties, authorities said. Their end came in a quick succession of arrests that followed an operation led by New Jersey State Police -- and involving dozens of local police departments -- that was dubbed “Operation Cat Burglar.” Crew members in January began snatching work vans and trucks from owners in Bergen, Passaic, Essex, Union, Hudson, Morris, and Middlesex counties, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. They stored the stolen vehicles in a lot in North Berg…

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Feds: NJ Veterans Hospital Employee Caught On Camera Stealing $8.2M Worth Of HIV Meds Feds: NJ Veterans Hospital Employee Caught On Camera Stealing $8.2M Worth Of HIV Meds
Feds: NJ Veterans Hospital Employee Caught On Camera Stealing $8.2M Worth Of HIV Meds A now-former employee stole $8.2 million worth of HIV medications from  a New Jersey veterans hospital pharmacy that she sold to a fence from Bergen County, federal authorities said Wednesday. Surveillance video showed pharmacy technician Lisa M. Hoffman of Orange “regularly taking dozens of bottles of HIV medications" from the shelves of the outpatient pharmacy at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) in East Orange, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. The video then shows her “placing them in a white mail bin, and then transferring the medications from the mail bin to he…

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Driver, 20, Charged In Wrong-Way Route 20 Paterson Crash That Killed Passenger, 22 Driver, 20, Charged In Wrong-Way Route 20 Paterson Crash That Killed Passenger, 22
Driver, 20, Charged In Wrong-Way Route 20 Paterson Crash That Killed Passenger, 22 UPDATE: A 20-year-old wrong-way driver was charged in a head-on predawn crash on Route 20 in Paterson that killed his 22-year-old passenger. City resident Dwayne Smalls was driving a 2019 Kia Forte north in the southbound lanes of the highway when it collided with a 2016 Honda Accord driven by a 63-year-old Fair Lawn man at 17th Avenue shortly before 5 a.m. Feb. 24, authorities said. The Accord was then struck by a 2010 Ford Escape driven by a Hawthorne woman, they said. Critically injured in the crash was Marquise Samuels, also of Paterson, who died three days later at St. Joseph’s Region…

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Fort Lee Pedestrian Struck By Minivan Fort Lee Pedestrian Struck By Minivan
Fort Lee Pedestrian Struck By Minivan A pedestrian was struck by a minivan while crossing a busy Fort Lee street against the don't-walk signal, authorities said. The 58-year-old borough resident “stepped into the roadway prior to having a walk signal” on Fletcher Avenue near the Linwood Avenue intersection shortly after 5 p.m. Tuesday, Capt. Ricky Mirkovic said. The pedestrian “attempted to cross the street between a utility pole and a traffic light pole on a diagonal to get to the crosswalk” when he was struck by a 2000 Fort Windstar, Mirkovic said. The impact sent the man flying into a utility pole, he said. The 65-year-old…

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UPDATE: Elmwood Park Motorcyclist, 41, Killed In Route 17 Crash UPDATE: Elmwood Park Motorcyclist, 41, Killed In Route 17 Crash
Update: Elmwood Park Motorcyclist, 41, Killed In Route 17 Crash VIDEO (UPDATE): A semi-trailer truck that kept going after a motorcyclist from Elmwood Park was killed on Route 17 is seen in a brief surveillance video clip released by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office. "The maroon or red semi-trailer truck slowed down to a stop in the right lane of Route 17 South due to traffic ahead" around 8:40 p.m. Tuesday, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Motorcyclist Mario Andres Uran Gaviria, 41, couldn't stop in time and hit the "bobtail" truck from behind in front of Allied Carpet, the prosecutor said. Gaviria, previously of Montgomery Village, M…

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