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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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Authorities ID Woman Found Dead In Florida As Palisades Park Native, 65, Still Don't Know Cause Authorities ID Woman Found Dead In Florida As Palisades Park Native, 65, Still Don't Know Cause
Authorities ID Woman Found Dead In Florida As Palisades Park Native, 65, Still Don't Know Cause Two months after the barefoot body of a Palisades Park native was found in a rural area of Florida, authorities have finally identified her – but they still don’t know how she died. Relatives from North Jersey who's seen social media posts helped identify Maryann Zoon, 65, who’d apparently lived alone in Fort Pierce near a stretch of road with no surrounding houses where a work crew found her decomposing remains in November. She hadn't been reported missing, authorities said. Although they don’t suspect any wrongdoing, detectives with the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office were trying to pi…

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Police & Fire
UPDATE: Wood-Ridge Police ID Boy, 17, As Hit-Run Driver Who Side-Swiped Police Cruiser UPDATE: Wood-Ridge Police ID Boy, 17, As Hit-Run Driver Who Side-Swiped Police Cruiser
Update: Wood-Ridge Police ID Boy, 17, As Hit-Run Driver Who Side-Swiped Police Cruiser A 17-year-old Wood-Ridge boy was behind the wheel of a speeding sedan that side-swiped a borough police cruiser and kept going, authorities said Saturday. The boy came to police headquarters accompanied by his mother Friday night after learning that authorities had identified him through surveillance video and interviews, Detective Sgt. Matt Mueller said. Police were writing several summons stemming from Thursday's incident while considering possible eluding charges, he said.  The teen wrote in an email to Daily Voice that he was the driver and that he "did nothing near speeding …

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Authorities: Pompton Lakes HS Teacher From PA Found Dead At School Of Suicide Authorities: Pompton Lakes HS Teacher From PA Found Dead At School Of Suicide
Authorities: Pompton Lakes HS Teacher From PA Found Dead At School Of Suicide A teacher from Pennsylvania who was found dead at Pompton Lakes High School had apparently killed himself, authorities said Saturday. Although an autopsy was to determine the official cause, the death of Patrick Moccia, 47, of Doylestown, PA, was “believed to be the result of an apparent suicide,” Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Pompton Lakes Police Chief Derek Clark said in a joint announcement. Police found the body of Moccia, who taught at the school, shortly after 9 p.m. Friday following a search on a welfare check, they said. Moccia began in the school district as a w…

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RECOGNIZE HIM? Sheriff Says Another Minor Found Sharing Sex Vids With Passaic County Predator RECOGNIZE HIM? Sheriff Says Another Minor Found Sharing Sex Vids With Passaic County Predator
Recognize HIM? Sheriff Says Another Minor Found Sharing Sex Vids With Passaic County Predator Authorities were trying to determine whether there were other victims of a Passaic County man who’s been jailed since last summer for having an underage boy send him sex videos and photos. Detectives from Passaic County Sheriff Richard Berdnik’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force were already familiar with Tekanand V. Singh, 29, of West Milford, who's remained jailed since they first arrested him last July. They recently learned from police in Boerne, Texas that another minor “met Singh on the internet and utilized a messaging application to communicate with him,” Berdnik said. Du…

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South Hackensack PD: Fleeing Driver Crashes On Wrong Side Of Route 46, Says He Swallowed Heroin South Hackensack PD: Fleeing Driver Crashes On Wrong Side Of Route 46, Says He Swallowed Heroin
South Hackensack PD: Fleeing Driver Crashes On Wrong Side Of Route 46, Says He Swallowed Heroin An ex-con who led police on a wild chase into oncoming Route 46 traffic before crashing and trying to run told his pursuers that he’d swallowed several bags of heroin and didn’t want to die, authorities said. Christopher J. Williams, 49, of Paterson was a passenger in a 2000 Lexus stopped by South Hackensack Police Officer Kyle Skelley in the parking lot of the Dunkin’ Donuts on the eastbound highway in Little Ferry shortly before noon Friday. Skelley asked the agitated driver – identified as 31-year-old Samantha Boseski of Clifton – to step out of the sedan, Detective Sgt. James Donatello …

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‘Going To Be Fighting This Fire Next Few Days,’ Passaic Mayor Says Of Massive Blaze ‘Going To Be Fighting This Fire Next Few Days,’ Passaic Mayor Says Of Massive Blaze
‘Going To Be Fighting This Fire Next Few Days,’ Passaic Mayor Says Of Massive Blaze UPDATE: A massive, multi-alarm blaze that consumed a Passaic recycling company continued burning into late morning Saturday as firefighters fought raging flames along with bitter cold. All of the workers at Atlantic Coast Fibers plant on 7th Street got out OK and no serious injuries were reported in the inferno, which began shortly after 11 p.m. Friday. A firefighter was hospitalized with an undisclosed injury, and the Passaic County prosecutor’s arson unit responded because of the size and amount of damage caused by the blaze, authorities said. In an eerie coincidence, the fire broke out…

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Homeless Man Found Frozen To Death In Palisades Park Garage, Companion Hospitalized Homeless Man Found Frozen To Death In Palisades Park Garage, Companion Hospitalized
Homeless Man Found Frozen To Death In Palisades Park Garage, Companion Hospitalized A 35-year-old homeless man was found frozen to death and his companion barely alive Friday morning in a Palisades Park municipal parking garage, authorities said. The male companion was in critical condition in the Intensive Care Unit at Hackensack University Medical Center, they said. A DPW crew found the pair sleeping on a mattress and called police at 9:40 a.m., said Capt. Anthony Espino, the officer in charge of the department. The Bergen County Medical Examiner found no signs of foul play and said the cause of death was hypothermia. Temperatures dropped into the mid-teens overnight w…

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UPDATE: Wood-Ridge Boy, 17, Charged As Wrong-Way Mercedes Driver Who Side-Swiped Police Cruiser UPDATE: Wood-Ridge Boy, 17, Charged As Wrong-Way Mercedes Driver Who Side-Swiped Police Cruiser
Update: Wood-Ridge Boy, 17, Charged As Wrong-Way Mercedes Driver Who Side-Swiped Police Cruiser A 17-year-old Wood-Ridge boy was behind the wheel of a speeding sedan that side-swiped a borough police cruiser and kept going, authorities said Saturday. The boy came to police headquarters accompanied by his mother Friday night after learning that authorities had identified him through surveillance video and interviews, Detective Sgt. Matt Mueller said. He was receiving several summons stemming from Thursday's incident as detectives considered possible eluding charges.  The teen said in an email to Daily Voice that he was the driver and that he "did nothing near speeding off...…

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Driver Ticketed In Hasbrouck Heights Multi-Vehicle Crash Driver Ticketed In Hasbrouck Heights Multi-Vehicle Crash
Driver Ticketed In Hasbrouck Heights Multi-Vehicle Crash A driver received a summons following a multi-vehicle collision Friday afternoon in Hasbrouck Heights, authorities said. The 35-year-old Caldwell driver's Nissan Rogue crossed the double-yellow line and struck one vehicle, which rammed into a pole, then kept going and hit a second one outside the Skyline Apartments on Terrace Avenue around 12:30 p.m. He received a summons for failing to keep right, police said. One of the other vehicles was driven by a 57-year-old Englewood resident and the third by a 56-year-old Lodi resident, police said. The drivers from Caldwell and Englewood were tak…

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OH, DADDY: Hackensack Man Lied In ID'ing His Son As Hit-Run Driver, Teaneck Police Charge OH, DADDY: Hackensack Man Lied In ID'ing His Son As Hit-Run Driver, Teaneck Police Charge
OH, Daddy: Hackensack Man Lied In ID'ing His Son As Hit-Run Driver, Teaneck Police Charge UPDATE: A Hackensack man lied when he told police that his son was the driver of a hit-and-run pickup truck that struck and severely injured a Teaneck woman in a local shopping plaza parking lot, authorities said. Edward O. Asante, 49, "initially told us his son was the driver," Police Chief Glenn O'Reilly said Friday afternoon. "He now admits to providing a false statement regarding his son being the driver." The man behind the wheel of the 2014 Ford F-150 Thursday night was Lynval A. Francis, 49, of Englewood, who works for Asante and doesn't have a valid driver's license, O'Reilly said. …

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