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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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TRAGEDY: Oradell Boy, 11, Critically Injured In Sledding Accident At Park In Paramus TRAGEDY: Oradell Boy, 11, Critically Injured In Sledding Accident At Park In Paramus
Tragedy: Oradell Boy, 11, Critically Injured In Sledding Accident At Park In Paramus UPDATE: An 11-year-old Oradell boy was critically injured when he struck a tree head first while sledding down a hill in Paramus. The boy was injured near the ice-skating rink at Van Saun Park Monday afternoon, authorities said. He was taken by Paramus Emergency Medical Services to Hackensack University Medical Center. "He's young, he's healthy," a parent who knows the family said, "so, God willing, he will come back from this." NOTE: No further information was available out of respect for the family's privacy. Previous information supplied by authorities indicated that the boy was consci…

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Firefighter Injured In Pre-Dawn Englewood House Blaze Firefighter Injured In Pre-Dawn Englewood House Blaze
Firefighter Injured In Pre-Dawn Englewood House Blaze VIDEO: A firefighter was injured in a pre-dawn blaze Wednesday that gutted an unoccupied Englewood house, responders said. The firefighter was taken to Englewood Hospital and Medical Center shortly after 4 a.m. after slipping and falling, Fire Chief Erik Enersen said. The two-alarm fire broke out on dead-ended St. Nicholas Avenue about an hour earlier. Mutual aid responders covered the town. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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Hawthorne Woman Shot Several Times In Paterson Hawthorne Woman Shot Several Times In Paterson
Hawthorne Woman Shot Several Times In Paterson A Hawthorne woman was in critical condition after being shot several times overnight outside a Paterson elementary school, authorities said. Although the original report of shots fired at 1:51 a.m. Wednesday directed police to Dover and Oak streets, officers found the 41-year-old victim – and the crime scene – behind No. 15 school, they said. She was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center with several gunshot wounds, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said. They didn’t disclose a possible motive nor whether a shooter was identi…

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Where Did Bergen School Principal, Assistant Principal Go? Those Who Know Won't Say Where Did Bergen School Principal, Assistant Principal Go? Those Who Know Won't Say
Where Did Bergen School Principal, Assistant Principal Go? Those Who Know Won't Say It’s been nearly a month since their local middle school principal and his second in command suddenly "vanished" from the district, and concerned parents in Wyckoff, as well as their children, still have no idea why. Had they gotten into some kind of trouble? Were they fired? Did they quit? “We found out that we had no principal and vice-principal through the hair salon and through town gossip,” prominent civil attorney Michael Epstein said during a Wyckoff Board of Education Zoom meeting Monday night. Parents in the northwest Bergen County town who are concerned for their children’s safet…

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Convicted Drug Dealer Freed From Prison After 5 Years Nabbed In Chase Near Passaic River Convicted Drug Dealer Freed From Prison After 5 Years Nabbed In Chase Near Passaic River
Convicted Drug Dealer Freed From Prison After 5 Years Nabbed In Chase Near Passaic River A convicted drug dealer who was only just released from prison was captured after leading Clifton police on a high-speed chase, bailing out and hiding in a row of commercial buildings between the Passaic River and Route 21, authorities said. Remy Castillo, 35, of Newark was released this past November after serving a mandatory five years in state prison for a drug-dealing conviction out of Hudson County, records show. Castillo was part of a group arrested by DEA agents and North Bergen police in 2013 with $250,000 worth of uncut, high-quality cocaine, heroin, crystal meth and pot in a towns…

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Oradell Boy, 11, Critically Injured In Sledding Accident At Park In Paramus Oradell Boy, 11, Critically Injured In Sledding Accident At Park In Paramus
Oradell Boy, 11, Critically Injured In Sledding Accident At Park In Paramus UPDATE: An 11-year-old Oradell boy was critically injured when he struck a tree head first while sledding down a hill in Paramus. The boy was injured near the ice-skating rink at Van Saun Park Monday afternoon, authorities said. He was taken by Paramus Emergency Medical Services to Hackensack University Medical Center. "He's young, he's healthy," a parent who knows the family said, "so, God willing, he will come back from this." NOTE: No further information was available out of respect for the family's privacy. Previous information supplied by authorities indicated that the boy was consci…

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Jersey Shore Pawn Shop Owner Tied To Shooting Deaths Of JC Officer, 3 Others Gets Fed Pen Time Jersey Shore Pawn Shop Owner Tied To Shooting Deaths Of JC Officer, 3 Others Gets Fed Pen Time
Jersey Shore Pawn Shop Owner Tied To Shooting Deaths Of JC Officer, 3 Others Gets Fed Pen Time A Jersey Shore pawn shop owner who was arrested in connection with the December 2019 shooting deaths of a Jersey City police detective and three civilians was sent to federal prison Tuesday for 18 months. A handwritten note found in the pocket of one of the two assailants who were shot dead by police led investigators to Ahmed A-Hady, a 36-year-old ex-con. It contained a telephone number ending in 4115 and the address of the pawn shop, they said. A-Hady had been convicted in 2012 of trying to obtain prescription drugs by fraud, which prohibited him from possessing a firearm, records show. …

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Confessed Hackensack Schemer Who Stole $2M From Victims' Bank Accounts Gets 5+ Years In Fed Pen Confessed Hackensack Schemer Who Stole $2M From Victims' Bank Accounts Gets 5+ Years In Fed Pen
Confessed Hackensack Schemer Who Stole $2M From Victims' Bank Accounts Gets 5+ Years In Fed Pen A Hackensack woman who stole $2 million from various victims’ bank accounts through an elaborate scheme that included going to their homes is headed to federal prison for more than five years, authorities said Tuesday. Working with others, Alexis Taylor, 32, bought a “significant amount of stolen personal identifying information via the dark web, including bank account information and online security question answers,” Acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Rachel A. Honig said. She then used the information to access victim accounts in New Jersey, New York and elsewhere, Honig said. Taylor a…

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How Did Bergen School Principal, Assistant Principal ‘Vanish'? Those Who Know Won't Say How Did Bergen School Principal, Assistant Principal ‘Vanish'? Those Who Know Won't Say
How Did Bergen School Principal, Assistant Principal ‘Vanish'? Those Who Know Won't Say It’s been nearly a month since their local middle school principal and his second in command suddenly "vanished" from the district, and concerned parents in Wyckoff, as well as their children, still have no idea why. Had they gotten into some kind of trouble? Were they fired? Did they quit? “We found out that we had no principal and vice-principal through the hair salon and through town gossip,” prominent civil attorney Michael Epstein said during a Wyckoff Board of Education Zoom meeting Monday night. Parents in the northwest Bergen County town who are concerned for their children’s safet…

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NJ: 2020 Traffic Deaths Increased During COVID-19 NJ: 2020 Traffic Deaths Increased During COVID-19
NJ: 2020 Traffic Deaths Increased During Covid-19 Even though COVID-19 took countless vehicles off the road, the number of fatal crashes in New Jersey – and throughout the country -- actually increased last year, authorities announced Tuesday. We all know why. Even though fewer people drove, those who did took more risks and were involved in more deadly collisions, New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. Irresponsible driving led to a 5% increase in fatal crashes statewide last year, to 552 from the year before, State Police reported. This comes at a time when traffic volumes were drastically reduced because of stay-at-home ord…

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