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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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NJ Thieves Snatching Snow Plows At Alarming Rate, Funeral Director Among Victims NJ Thieves Snatching Snow Plows At Alarming Rate, Funeral Director Among Victims
NJ Thieves Snatching Snow Plows At Alarming Rate, Funeral Director Among Victims With so much snow falling on New Jersey in recent weeks, funeral director Brian Warner got himself a new $7,000 plow for his 2005 monument pickup truck. And just like that it was gone. "It was locked with the keys kept inside the building," said Warner, who owns and operates Warner-Wozniak Funeral Service in Wallington. It's not just him: Privately-owned pickups with plows are being stolen at an alarming rate in New Jersey, authorities confirmed Friday. This past week, three trucks with plows were stolen out of East Rutherford alone. One owner bought his three days earlier and hadn't even…

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GOTCHA! Out-Of-State Clifton Auto Shop Burglary Suspect's Alibi Doesn't Fly With NJSP Trooper GOTCHA! Out-Of-State Clifton Auto Shop Burglary Suspect's Alibi Doesn't Fly With NJSP Trooper
Gotcha! Out-Of-State Clifton Auto Shop Burglary Suspect's Alibi Doesn't Fly With Njsp Trooper An Arizona man stopped in the freezing rain by a New Jersey State Police trooper who was helping his Clifton colleagues search for an auto repair shop burglar claimed that he’d just gone out for a walk, authorities said. A computer check found an outstanding warrant, while a search of his pockets turned up some of the stolen items. Clifton police thanked State Police for the assistance after arresting James Newcomb, 26, of Prescott, AZ in connection with the Broad Street burglary. Officers responding to a late-night burglar alarm just off the Garden State Parkway found a broken window at t…

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Paterson Rookie Police Officer Charged With Domestic Violence Paterson Rookie Police Officer Charged With Domestic Violence
Paterson Rookie Police Officer Charged With Domestic Violence A Paterson police officer who was sworn to the job just last summer was charged with domestic violence, authorities announced late Friday. Joseph Tuminelli, 26, was arrested by members of his own department, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a brief release. He was charged with third-degree domestic aggravated assault, stalking and harassment, they said, adding that the incidents occurred in Paterson. Tuminelli was among 16 new officers sworn in last July 13. Valdes and Baycora didn't say whether Tuminelli had been suspended, was jailed a…

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Detective Chase Down Paterson Teen Carrying Loaded Handgun, 170 Heroin Folds Detective Chase Down Paterson Teen Carrying Loaded Handgun, 170 Heroin Folds
Detective Chase Down Paterson Teen Carrying Loaded Handgun, 170 Heroin Folds Paterson detectives responding to a report of an armed assault chased down a teen who was carrying a loaded handgun and a 170 heroin folds, authorities said. Detectives Mohammad Bashir and Yamil Pimienta, responding to a report of a group assaulting two victims, approached a group of of four on the corner of Jefferson and North 5th Street, city Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. As they got out of their car, the detectives saw one hand a plastic bag to another and tell him to run. The boy, 17, tossed the bag as he ran through rear yards on North 4th Street before Detectives Musta…

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'Old School' Corruption: Morris Freeholder Hopeful Admits Taking $10G Bribe In Failed Campaign 'Old School' Corruption: Morris Freeholder Hopeful Admits Taking $10G Bribe In Failed Campaign
'Old School' Corruption: Morris Freeholder Hopeful Admits Taking $10G Bribe In Failed Campaign UPDATE: Not only did Mary Dougherty lose a Morris County freeholder election three years ago. She also admitted Friday that she accepted an illegal $10,000 contribution to the failed campaign. What Dougherty didn’t know at the time was that the contributor was working for state prosecutors. Dougherty, 60, of Morristown was one of five politicos from Morris and Hudson counties snared in the sting, which targeted what state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal called “old school” New Jersey corruption. Rather than go to trial, she took a deal from the government, pleading guilty Friday via tele…

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Jeep Peppered With Bullets, Paterson Driver, 22, Struck In Chest Dies Jeep Peppered With Bullets, Paterson Driver, 22, Struck In Chest Dies
Jeep Peppered With Bullets, Paterson Driver, 22, Struck In Chest Dies A 22-year-old driver was shot and killed in his Jeep and another man wounded on a Paterson street, authorities confirmed Friday. Stevens Origene was found behind the wheel of a Cherokee that had crashed into a Honda Accord parked on East 21st Street near 21st Avenue after it was peppered with gunfire just after 7:30 p.m. Thursday. He was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center with gunshot wounds – including one in the chest -- and was pronounced dead less than an hour later. A short time later, an 18-year-old man showed up Hackensack University Medical Center via private vehicle, Pa…

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Whiskey With A Chaser: Hackensack Woman Charged With Swinging Knife At BF Over Bottle Of Booze Whiskey With A Chaser: Hackensack Woman Charged With Swinging Knife At BF Over Bottle Of Booze
Whiskey With A Chaser: Hackensack Woman Charged With Swinging Knife At BF Over Bottle Of Booze A Hackensack woman slammed a refrigerator door on her boyfriend's hand and then lunged at him with a knife after arguing over a bottle of whiskey, authorities said. The victim told police that Victoria Centeno "wrestled with him and slammed the refrigerator door on his hand when he attempted to leave the apartment with the whiskey they had both been drinking," Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. Centeno, a 28-year-old office manager, "then grabbed a kitchen knife and swung it at the victim, narrowly missing him before he was able to get outside and wait for police," DeWitt said. Officers responding …

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Jersey Shore Cleaning Service Owner Gets Year And Day In Fed Pen For Stiffing IRS Jersey Shore Cleaning Service Owner Gets Year And Day In Fed Pen For Stiffing IRS
Jersey Shore Cleaning Service Owner Gets Year And Day In Fed Pen For Stiffing IRS The owner-operator of a Tinton Falls commercial office cleaning business must spend a plea-bargained year and a day in federal prison for ducking nearly a half-million dollars in taxes, authorities said. John Storz, 54, of Eatontown had told a federal judge in Trenton last summer that he paid employees under the table from more than $1.2 million worth of client checks that he cashed at a check-cashing business. Storz also used the business account of Class A Cleaners to cover personal expenses, such as his mortgage, life insurance, car lease and home utility payments, as well as for persona…

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South Hackensack PD: SWAT Team, Detectives Capture Armed Robbers, Drug Dealers In Motel Raid South Hackensack PD: SWAT Team, Detectives Capture Armed Robbers, Drug Dealers In Motel Raid
South Hackensack PD: SWAT Team, Detectives Capture Armed Robbers, Drug Dealers In Motel Raid It happened in a flash: A SWAT team stormed a South Hackensack motel, capturing two armed robbers and three drug dealers from Teaneck and Englewood who've been living there, authorities said. South Hackensack detectives were preparing to hit two rooms following a series of undercover drug deals when a legitimate 30-year-old customer told them that two other men living in a third room had robbed him, authorities said. The victim, who lives in Bergenfield, told police that he agreed to meet Malik Lee, 25, of Englewood to buy some pot for $200, Capt. Robert Chinchar said. Lee showed up for th…

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Mysterious Disappearance Of Wyckoff Man, 40, Has Some Wondering: Is He Buried In Snow? Mysterious Disappearance Of Wyckoff Man, 40, Has Some Wondering: Is He Buried In Snow?
Mysterious Disappearance Of Wyckoff Man, 40, Has Some Wondering: Is He Buried In Snow? TRAGIC ENDING (UPDATE): With so much snow falling on New Jersey in recent weeks, the fear was that a Wyckoff man who went missing during a late January mega-storm was buried somewhere and wouldn't be found until it melted. Those fears came true Monday, when the body of 40-year-old Andrew R. Fraioli was found across the street from his parents’ home. No foul play was suspected, Wyckoff Police Lt. Joseph Soto said Monday afternoon. Fraioli, who worked as a drug counselor in Camden and had no special needs, came north five weeks ago from his Lindenwold home to help his 74-year-old dad di…

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