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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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AG: Armed Robber Spits On Jersey City Police, Says They'll Find Out Whether He Has Coronavirus AG: Armed Robber Spits On Jersey City Police, Says They'll Find Out Whether He Has Coronavirus
AG: Armed Robber Spits On Jersey City Police, Says They'll Find Out Whether He Has Coronavirus A three-time armed robber asked Jersey City police how they could be sure that he wasn’t infected with the coronavirus, then spit in an officer’s face, authorities said. Jose Rios, 51, used a gun in two holdups and a knife in another, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. After suggesting that he could be infected, Rios of Jersey City said that police would soon find out – then spit at one of them, Grewal said. Police charged him with three counts of armed robbery and several of illegal weapons possession for the May 2 and May 9 holdups, then sent him to the county lockup to await …

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Paterson Detectives On Coronavirus Lockdown Patrol Seize 742 Heroin Folds, Crack, Loaded Gun Paterson Detectives On Coronavirus Lockdown Patrol Seize 742 Heroin Folds, Crack, Loaded Gun
Paterson Detectives On Coronavirus Lockdown Patrol Seize 742 Heroin Folds, Crack, Loaded Gun Paterson police detectives on COVID-19 enforcement duty crashed a daylight drug deal, seizing 742 heroin folds, dozens of containers of crack and a loaded gun, authorities said. They arrested three men and seized an underage teen who they said was carrying the weapon. ****** ALSO SEE: A 15-year-old Paterson boy and a Garfield man were both carrying guns when they bailed out of a car that crashed during a late-night police chase, authorities said. That made five guns in all seized by Paterson police amid a series of shootings that left one man dead and 13 victims wounded in less than a…

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President: Out-Of-State Agitators Hijacking Peaceful Protests Will Be Prosecuted President: Out-Of-State Agitators Hijacking Peaceful Protests Will Be Prosecuted
President: Out-Of-State Agitators Hijacking Peaceful Protests Will Be Prosecuted Peaceful protests across the country have been "hijacked by outside radicals and agitators exploiting the situation to pursue their own separate and violent agenda," Attorney General William P. Barr said Saturday. Meanwhile, President Trump called on "Liberal Governors and Mayors” to get “much tougher” in dealing with protesters “or the Federal Government will step in and do what has to be done, and that includes using the unlimited power of our Military and many arrests.” “Crossing State lines to incite violence is a FEDERAL CRIME!" Trump tweeted. Protesters rallied peacefully in Englewoo…

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NJ County Prosecutors: Citizens Can Trust They'll Be Treated Fairly, Justly By Police NJ County Prosecutors: Citizens Can Trust They'll Be Treated Fairly, Justly By Police
NJ County Prosecutors: Citizens Can Trust They'll Be Treated Fairly, Justly By Police A public letter from New Jersey's 21 county prosecutors promises that members of law enforcement in the state will treat citizens "fairly and justly" -- and that those who don't will be held accountable. The letter from the County Prosecutors Association of New Jersey, released Saturday morning, comes in the wake of George Floyd's death at the hands of police in Minneapolis and an investigation of the officers by local and federal authorities there. County prosecutors are the chief law enforcers in New Jersey under the direction of Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal. Here is the CPANJ …

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Paterson Shooting Spree: Four Struck In One Incident, Hospital Area Shut Down In Another Paterson Shooting Spree: Four Struck In One Incident, Hospital Area Shut Down In Another
Paterson Shooting Spree: Four Struck In One Incident, Hospital Area Shut Down In Another No fewer than three separate shootings overnight in Paterson wounded four men in one and forced the street outside St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center closed in another. Struck on 10th Avenue near East 23rd Street shortly before 1:30 a.m. were three city residents – 32, 28 and 22 – and a 32-year-old man from Newark. Two of them were taken to St. Joe's, and the other two arrived via private vehicles, authorities said. Two hours later, a 38-year-old city man was shot outside the medical center near the corner of Main and Mary streets, they said. None of the injuries were considered life-th…

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Wayne Driver Involved In Crash Dies Wayne Driver Involved In Crash Dies
Wayne Driver Involved In Crash Dies The driver of one of two SUVs involved in a chain-reaction crash in Wayne died Friday, authorities said. A gray-colored Honda CRV driven by Antonio R. Cruz, 38, of Wayne, was headed east on Ratzer Road near Garside Avenue when it struck a utility pole around 5:15 p.m. Wednesday, authorities said. Cruz was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson, where he was pronounced dead at 4:29 p.m. Friday, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Wayne Police Chief Jack McNiff said in a joint release. Jenelle E. Cruz, also 38 years old of Wayne, and a juvenile both remained ho…

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Justice Department Sues Contractor For Fraud In $39M NJ Road Project Justice Department Sues Contractor For Fraud In $39M NJ Road Project
Justice Department Sues Contractor For Fraud In $39M NJ Road Project A construction company lied to the federal government to get a $39 million subcontract on a New Jersey road project, authorities said Friday. C. Abbonizio Contractors Inc., based in Sewell, “defrauded the government by claiming to use disadvantaged entities” when, in fact, it didn’t, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Companies must use disadvantaged business entities (DBE) for a specified percentage of the work in order to secure federal contracts for New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) projects, Carpenito said. Abbonizio Contractors obtained a $39 million subcontract from PK…

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Federal Grand Jury Indicts Lakewood Man In $8 Million Credit Card Reward Points Scheme Federal Grand Jury Indicts Lakewood Man In $8 Million Credit Card Reward Points Scheme
Federal Grand Jury Indicts Lakewood Man In $8 Million Credit Card Reward Points Scheme A Lakewood man who's currently believed to be in Israel orchestrated a rewards points resale scheme that cost credit card companies more than $8 million, an indictment returned Friday by a federal grand jury in Newark alleges. Aharon Lev, 33, had help from co-defendant Timothy Gibson, 43, of Lehi, Utah, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said after both were named in an indictment charging them with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Lev also is charged with separate wire fraud and aggravated identity theft counts. Lev used a string of aliases – among them, “Aaron Lev,” “David Gold” and “David Mo…

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Former Gottheimer Aide Admits Forging Congressional Letters Former Gottheimer Aide Admits Forging Congressional Letters
Former Gottheimer Aide Admits Forging Congressional Letters A now-former aide to New Jersey Congressman Josh Gottheimer admitted using the U.S. House of Representatives seal to falsify letters written on the federal lawmaker’s letterhead. Patrick Sheehan, 29, of West Milford, was working as director of community outreach in Gottheimer’s Sussex County office in Newton when he “falsified and mailed” a series of letters that purported to be from another staffer containing false information about the congressman and that employee, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said following Friday's guilty plea. Sheehan then “falsified multiple copies of a letter on [G…

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Feds: Elizabeth Dealer Faces Lengthy Prison Stretch For Trafficking Fentanyl Feds: Elizabeth Dealer Faces Lengthy Prison Stretch For Trafficking Fentanyl
Feds: Elizabeth Dealer Faces Lengthy Prison Stretch For Trafficking Fentanyl An Elizabeth man admitted trafficking nearly a pound of fentanyl as part of a criminal enterprise that federal authorities said moved the deadly drug by the kilo. Jhon Rodriguez-Acosta, 34, told a federal judge via teleconference that he and an accomplice went to a 7-Eleven parking lot in Elizabeth on Feb. 13, 2019 to collect payment for the fentanyl, which he’d sold to another co-conspirator. Local authorities arrested Rodriguez-Acosta nearly a year earlier after they said they caught him dealing in Bergen County and elsewhere. SEE: Bergen Detectives Seize 4½ Pounds Of Raw Heroin In Raid …

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