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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.

Jerry DeMarco's Contributions

Police & Fire
Cross-County Stolen Car Chase From Mahwah Through Paramus Ends With Haworth Crash, Arrest Cross-County Stolen Car Chase From Mahwah Through Paramus Ends With Haworth Crash, Arrest
Cross-County Stolen Car Chase From Mahwah Through Paramus Ends With Haworth Crash, Arrest A pre-dawn cross-county pursuit Monday through nearly a dozen towns began in Mahwah, continued through Paramus and ended on a Haworth dead end street when the driver bailed out while the stolen car was moving. The 2014 Honda Accord slammed into a fire hydrant after grazing a cruiser driven by a Haworth police sergeant, who seized the passenger – a self-proclaimed gang member from Newark. The driver fled. It began when a Mahwah police officer began chasing the Honda -- reported stolen out of Linden -- shortly before 1:30 a.m. Monday on Route 287. Paramus Police Officer Michael Mordaga pick…

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Police & Fire
Passaic Sheriff: Pre-Dawn Paterson Corner Bust Nets 72 Coke Capsules, 30 Heroin Folds Passaic Sheriff: Pre-Dawn Paterson Corner Bust Nets 72 Coke Capsules, 30 Heroin Folds
Passaic Sheriff: Pre-Dawn Paterson Corner Bust Nets 72 Coke Capsules, 30 Heroin Folds Passaic County sheriff’s officers nabbed a Paterson man with 72 cocaine capsules and 30 heroin folds before dawn Monday, authorities said. Acting on a tip, PCSO Officer Angelo Calabro approached Avery Young, 36, as he sold the drugs at the corner of Summer Street and Hamilton Avenue in Paterson shortly before 2 a.m., Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. Young tossed a clear bag containing the drugs near a garbage can and began to tip away when he saw Calabro and other officers coming, Berdnik said. Calabro retrieved the bag as his colleagues took Young into custody, the sheriff …

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Police & Fire
SWATTING: Bogus Hostage Call Brings SWAT Team To Quiet Franklin Lakes Neighborhood SWATTING: Bogus Hostage Call Brings SWAT Team To Quiet Franklin Lakes Neighborhood
Swatting: Bogus Hostage Call Brings SWAT Team To Quiet Franklin Lakes Neighborhood A fake Mother's Day call of a man who’d taken hostages brought a SWAT team to a Franklin Lakes home, authorities said. Police cordoned off the area around the Oldwoods Road residence after receiving the 3:15 p.m. call Sunday, Capt. John Bakelaar said. They determined in less than an hour that they’d been subjected to a “swatting” incident, Bakelaar said. “There were no issues at the residence and the telephone call was illegitimate in nature,” he said. "Swatting" incidents peaked nationwide about five years ago but have since subsided somewhat. Authorities say deploying SWAT teams and ad…

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News
'Murder Hornets': Media-Created Panic Scaring Some Into Killing Essential Insects, Experts Warn 'Murder Hornets': Media-Created Panic Scaring Some Into Killing Essential Insects, Experts Warn
'Murder Hornets': Media-Created Panic Scaring Some Into Killing Essential Insects, Experts Warn Continuing media reports about “murder hornets” have panicked an ignorant public into needlessly killing already-endangered bees and wasps, experts warn. Native bees, for instance, pollinate 75% of fruits, nuts and vegetables grown in the United States, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reports. Yet even government beekeepers have announced plans to set traps that will kill some of these extremely essential insects, Doug Yanega, senior museum scientist for the Department of Entomology at UC Riverside, told the Los Angeles Times. SEE: Traps will be set out soon, KY officials say SEE: Ten…

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Obituaries
Jersey Shore Olympic Bobsledder Pavle Jovanovic Dead At 43 Jersey Shore Olympic Bobsledder Pavle Jovanovic Dead At 43
Jersey Shore Olympic Bobsledder Pavle Jovanovic Dead At 43 Tributes mounted as word spread this weekend of the sudden death last week of former U.S. Olympic bobsledder -- and Jersey Shore native -- Pavle Jovanovic. Jovanovic took his own life last Sunday, USA Bobsled/Skeleton reported. He was 43. Olympic 2006 teammate Steve Mesler called Jovanovic his “personal legend, the athlete [who] set the standard for focus, dedication, meticulousness, and drive. For six years, Mesler said, Jovanovic “was the best bobsledder on the planet and I wanted to be just like him. “Pav was the best teammate anyone ever had. He knew your success would mean his succes…

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Police & Fire
Three Guns Seized In Separate Incidents Saturday Night In Paterson Three Guns Seized In Separate Incidents Saturday Night In Paterson
Three Guns Seized In Separate Incidents Saturday Night In Paterson Paterson detectives found two men and a 16-year-old boy each carrying semi-automatic handguns barely a few hours apart, authorities said Sunday. Street Crime Unit Detectives William Hermann and Anthony Castronova stopped a speeding SUV on Lafayette Street around 7:30 p.m. Saturday after it blew past a stop sign and other traffic-control devices, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. As they approached the vehicle, the driver -- identified as city resident Rammfis Luna, 45 – tried to hide what turned out to be a .380-caliber handgun, Speziale said. They arrested Luna, who the director…

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Police & Fire
UPDATE: Wind-Whipped Paterson Fire On Eve Of Mother's Day Burns 59 Residents Out Of Their Homes UPDATE: Wind-Whipped Paterson Fire On Eve Of Mother's Day Burns 59 Residents Out Of Their Homes
Update: Wind-Whipped Paterson Fire On Eve Of Mother's Day Burns 59 Residents Out Of Their Homes High winds whipped a roaring fire that tore through a Paterson neighborhood Saturday night, destroying five houses, severely damaging a sixth and displacing 59 residents. No injuries were reported in the Beech Street blaze, city Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. The Red Cross provided temporary shelter, food and clothing to the displaced. Fire officials who responded to the fire around 8:45 p.m. immediately called in a second alarm. What followed: In barely 10 minutes, three houses were involved and a third alarm was transmitted; A fourth alarm went out almost immediately afte…

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Police & Fire
Three Charged With Attempted Murder In Jersey Shore Drive-By Three Charged With Attempted Murder In Jersey Shore Drive-By
Three Charged With Attempted Murder In Jersey Shore Drive-By Authorities charged three Monmouth County residents with attempted murder for a drive-by shooting three months ago in Keansburg. Wayne Jones Jr., 23, of Keansburg, Tyrone Bailey, 21 of Asbury Park, and Brittany Smalls, 25, of Neptune Township also were charged with weapons offenses in connection with the Feb. 20 shooting, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni said Saturday. Detectives from various law enforcement agencies identified the trio after the intended victim was shot at from a vehicle on Seabreeze Way near Pinewood Place, Gramiccioni said. Police found Jones and tw…

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Police & Fire
Hackensack Man Struck, Killed In Hit-Run, Driver Found, Charged Hackensack Man Struck, Killed In Hit-Run, Driver Found, Charged
Hackensack Man Struck, Killed In Hit-Run, Driver Found, Charged A Hackensack man was struck and killed Friday night by a hit-and-run driver from Paterson, said authorities who made an arrest soon after. James Dixon, 25, was struck near the intersection of River and Court streets, across from the Bergen County  parking garage, shortly after 8 p.m., Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Responders attempted CPR but he was pronounced dead at Hackensack University Medical Center soon after, he said. Police found Fabio Campos Azofeifa, a 47-year-old laborer, a short time later trying to change a flat tire at Temple and Woodridge avenues…

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Police & Fire
Englewood PD: Lyft Driver Outsmarts Drunken Repeat Offender Trying To Steal Vehicle Englewood PD: Lyft Driver Outsmarts Drunken Repeat Offender Trying To Steal Vehicle
Englewood PD: Lyft Driver Outsmarts Drunken Repeat Offender Trying To Steal Vehicle A quick-thinking Lyft driver hit the emergency brake after a drunken passenger with a history of assaults got behind the wheel, said police who chased down the thief. The driver told police he’d picked up Cesar Mesa, 64, of from Hackensack and took him to an address on West Linden Avenue in Englewood shortly before 4 a.m. Saturday, Englewood Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said. When they got there, Halstead said, a heavily intoxicated Mesa refused to get out while arguing with him, the driver told police. The driver said he opened a door to the back seat of his Toyota Camry, shoved…

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