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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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SWAT STANDOFF: Hackensack Man, 80, Armed With Rifle Subdued SWAT STANDOFF: Hackensack Man, 80, Armed With Rifle Subdued
SWAT Standoff: Hackensack Man, 80, Armed With Rifle Subdued UPDATE: An hours-long standoff with an 80-year-old Hackensack man armed with a rifle ended just after midnight Friday when a SWAT team burst into his apartment and took him into custody. In a tragic twist, a fellow building resident who had terminal cancer died during the incident, forcing the Bergen County Medical Examiner to wait to remove the body until the situation was resolved. It began after an out-of-state family member called and said an elderly tenant  at Harry Berkie Gardens had  "threatened to shoot anyone who came to his apartment," Capt. Darren DeWitt said. Three ci…

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UPDATE: Hackensack Pedestrian, 81, Struck, Killed, Hit-Run SUV Sought UPDATE: Hackensack Pedestrian, 81, Struck, Killed, Hit-Run SUV Sought
Update: Hackensack Pedestrian, 81, Struck, Killed, Hit-Run SUV Sought UPDATE: An 81-year-old pedestrian was struck and killed crossing a Hackensack street three blocks from home Thursday night, said authorities who were searching for an SUV that fled the scene. The resident was crossing Polifly Road near Standish Avenue when a dark SUV with tinted windows struck her and kept going shortly after 7 p.m. A second vehicle struck the woman, who was pronounced dead at the scene soon after. "Surveillance video recovered from the area, along with evidence recovered at the scene, indicates that the victim was struck by a 2013 to 2014 black BMW X5," Bergen County Pros…

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Bail Hearing Set For Mahwah DPW Worker Charged With DWI While Awaiting Trial In Child Sex Case Bail Hearing Set For Mahwah DPW Worker Charged With DWI While Awaiting Trial In Child Sex Case
Bail Hearing Set For Mahwah DPW Worker Charged With DWI While Awaiting Trial In Child Sex Case UPDATE: A judge in Hackensack will determine whether bail should be revoked for a Mahwah municipal employee who was charged with DWI while awaiting trial for an alleged sexual assault on a 10-year-old girl. Brian Potter, 43, was driving a township truck when Hawthorne police said they busted him in January. Potter had been freed by a judge in Hackensack pending trial four years ago after Bergen County prosecutor's detectives charged him with sexually assaulting the girl. One of the stipulations of his release was that Potter refrain from consuming drugs or alcohol. Potter was stopped on L…

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South Hackensack PD: Convicted Sex Offenders, Prostitute Caught With Dead Man’s Stolen Car South Hackensack PD: Convicted Sex Offenders, Prostitute Caught With Dead Man’s Stolen Car
South Hackensack PD: Convicted Sex Offenders, Prostitute Caught With Dead Man’s Stolen Car Two registered sex offenders, a convicted prostitute and a woman with a history of drug arrests in two states were caught by South Hackensack police in a car stolen from a dead man, authorities said. Officer Joseph Applegate spotted the 2018 Volkswagen sedan moving erratically on westbound Route 46 near the Stagecoach Motel shortly after midnight Thursday, Detective Sgt. James Donatello said. A computer check showed the vehicle belonged to a 67-year-old Bogota man who'd recently died. Applegate summoned backup units while stopping the vehicle on Huyler Street, Donatello said. Officers imm…

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Units Damaged In Fort Lee Condo Fire Units Damaged In Fort Lee Condo Fire
Units Damaged In Fort Lee Condo Fire Firefighters doused a Thursday afternoon blaze that damaged units on two floors of a Fort Lee condominium. Flames blew through two first-floor windows after breaking out in a crawlspace in the five-story brick Central Court Condominiums on Central Road shortly before 2 p.m. Firefighters had the two-alarm blaze knocked down in about an hour and under control before 3:30 p.m. It was later ruled accidental. No injuries were reported. Firefighters from Edgewater, Englewood, Englewood Cliffs, Fairview, Leonia, Palisades Park and Ridgefield were among the mutual aid responders. Tony Greco took…

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Sheriff: Paterson Man, 22, Caught Dealing Child Sex Abuse Videos Sheriff: Paterson Man, 22, Caught Dealing Child Sex Abuse Videos
Sheriff: Paterson Man, 22, Caught Dealing Child Sex Abuse Videos A 22-year-old Paterson man was caught selling child sex-abuse videos and images that he’d stored on several clouds, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. Detectives this week raided the home of Yzaiah D. Gimenez following a nine-month investigation, Berdnik said. They arrested Gimenez and seized several cellphones that were being forensically examined, the sheriff said. Giminez, who’s unemployed, was sent to the Passaic County Jail to await a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Paterson on two counts each of two counts each of maintaining and distributing chi…

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River Vale Man, 79, Hospitalized With Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound River Vale Man, 79, Hospitalized With Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound
River Vale Man, 79, Hospitalized With Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound A 79-year-old River Vale man was hospitalized after shooting himself on Thursday, authorities said. He was reported in stable condition at Hackensack University Medical Center following the noontime incident on Central Avenue. Police were trying to determine whether the gunshot wound was accidental or self-inflicted.

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Police: Mahwah DPW Worker Awaiting Trial In Child Sex Assault Case Was DWI In Township Truck Police: Mahwah DPW Worker Awaiting Trial In Child Sex Assault Case Was DWI In Township Truck
Police: Mahwah DPW Worker Awaiting Trial In Child Sex Assault Case Was DWI In Township Truck A Mahwah municipal employee who’s been free on bail on charges of sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl was busted for DWI while driving a township truck in Hawthorne, authorities confirmed. Whether this will cost Brian Potter, 43, his freedom before trial had yet to be determined. One of the stipulations of his bail release was that Potter refrain from consuming drugs or alcohol. A Superior Court judge in Hackensack is scheduled to hear a request by Pre-Trial Services to revoke Potter's bail on March 18, an assistant Bergen County prosecutor said Thursday. Potter was stopped on Lafayett…

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Passaic Man Shot In Neck At Housing Project Passaic Man Shot In Neck At Housing Project
Passaic Man Shot In Neck At Housing Project A 26-year-old Passaic man was shot in the neck overnight at a city public housing development, authorities confirmed. “Evidence of a crime scene was located outside and inside the building” at Speer Village on Aspen Place and State Street just off Route 21 shortly after 1 a.m., Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Passaic Police Chief Luis A. Guzman said. The victim was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson for treatment of the non-fatal wound, Valdes and Guzman said in a brief joint release. They didn’t say whether anyone in particular was suspected or had …

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Two Paterson Women Found Shot In Car Two Paterson Women Found Shot In Car
Two Paterson Women Found Shot In Car Two Paterson women who were shot in their car were expected to survive, authorities said Thursday. Police found both 28-year-old city residents pulled over near the corner of North Main and Jefferson streets shortly after 9 p.m. Wednesday. They’d been shot – one in the back, the other in the leg – around the block at Stout and Holsman streets, responders said. Both were taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center with injuries that Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said weren’t fatal. They didn’t say whether anyone was in custody or i…

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