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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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Police & Fire
SEE ANYTHING? Passaic Pedestrian, 49, Struck In Hit-Run Dies SEE ANYTHING? Passaic Pedestrian, 49, Struck In Hit-Run Dies
SEE Anything? Passaic Pedestrian, 49, Struck In Hit-Run Dies A 49-year-old Passaic pedestrian who was critically injured by a hit-and-run driver died of his injuries, authorities said. Charges against whoever was responsible will include death by auto (vehicular homicide) following the death of Paresh Rana. Rana died Tuesday, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Passaic Police Chief Luis A. Guzman announced on Thursday. Rana was crossing Pennington Avenue when he was struck and critically injured by a southbound vehicle at the corner of Gregory Avenue in the city around 8 p.m. Sunday. He was pronounced dead at Saint Joseph’s Regiona…

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News
FAKE NEWS: Warning Of Thieves Using Chemically-Laced COVID-19 Masks To Rob Residents Won't Die FAKE NEWS: Warning Of Thieves Using Chemically-Laced COVID-19 Masks To Rob Residents Won't Die
Fake NEWS: Warning Of Thieves Using Chemically-Laced Covid-19 Masks To Rob Residents Won't Die The folks at Facebook thought they’d killed a viral “warning” that villains were going door to door handing out coronavirus protective masks doused with chemicals to knock out unsuspecting victims and rob them. But it still won’t go away. Facebook yanked the bogus post, along with two stunt videos in which people acted out the scenario, as part of its fight against false news and bad info. “False information,” a warning that replaced both videos now says. “Checked by independent fact-checkers.” Yet people are still sharing the actual image -- not just in the U.S. but around the world – on …

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Police & Fire
Paterson Police Chase Down Accused Gunman In January Shooting Paterson Police Chase Down Accused Gunman In January Shooting
Paterson Police Chase Down Accused Gunman In January Shooting He gave them the slip a month ago, but this time Paterson detectives captured a 19-year-old resident wanted for a January shooting in one of the city’s deadliest neighborhoods. Leighmeir Singletary tried to run again after investigators spotted him Tuesday night on Godwin Avenue, authorities said. Detectives had obtained a warrant for Singletary’s arrest following an Jan. 11 shooting on nearby Summer Street. He got away the first time police chased him, on March 16, in the same neighborhood, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint …

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Police & Fire
Police: Jersey Shore Driver Shatters Car Windows With Steel, Glass Ammo In Slingshot Spree Police: Jersey Shore Driver Shatters Car Windows With Steel, Glass Ammo In Slingshot Spree
Police: Jersey Shore Driver Shatters Car Windows With Steel, Glass Ammo In Slingshot Spree A Wall Township man drove around town shattering car windows with a slingshot, said police who arrested him. Officer Chris Mason arrested Mark Shatkus, 35, Tuesday night after he smashed the rear passenger window of one driver on Allaire Road and the front passenger window of another on Belmar Boulevard near Route 35 using steel and glass projectiles, police said Wednesday in a statement. Shatkus, who drove around in an SUV, also shattered the front passenger window of a car parked in a lot off Belmar Boulevard, they said. No injuries were reported. Police charged Shatkus with aggravated …

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Police & Fire
Paterson PD: Child Molester Caught Dealing, Over 600 Heroin Folds, Crack Vials Seized Paterson PD: Child Molester Caught Dealing, Over 600 Heroin Folds, Crack Vials Seized
Paterson PD: Child Molester Caught Dealing, Over 600 Heroin Folds, Crack Vials Seized Paterson police seized 480 heroin folds, 121 crack vials and more than $7,600 cash while arresting a registered sex offender who recently served five years in state prison on a gun conviction. Narcotics detectives raided the 12th Avenue apartment on Wednesday after watching Jaquan Housey sell drugs, City Police Director Jerry Speziale said. They arrested Housey, 31, and Jason West, 42, of Lawrence Street, who they said bought dozens of crack vials from him with the intention of reselling them. Housey was released from state prison this past October after serving five years of a seven-year …

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Police & Fire
Firefighters Douse Teaneck Apartment Complex Blaze Firefighters Douse Teaneck Apartment Complex Blaze
Firefighters Douse Teaneck Apartment Complex Blaze No injuries were reported after a Wednesday afternoon fire on the top floor of a four-story Teaneck apartment complex. The three-alarm blaze at the brick Walraven Apartments building on Ayers Court broke out shortly after 4 p.m.  It spread through the cockloft into the walls, damaging at least two apartments, responders said. Ridgefield Park, Hackensack, Bergenfield and Englewood firefighters were among those who assisted their Teaneck colleagues. No serious injuries were reported.Yaniv Besterman Firefighters from several communities assisted their Teaneck colleagues.Yaniv Besterman

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News
Paterson Opening City Residents' Coronavirus Testing Site Paterson Opening City Residents' Coronavirus Testing Site
Paterson Opening City Residents' Coronavirus Testing Site A coronavirus testing center for Paterson residents only will open this coming Monday, May 4, Mayor Andre Sayegh announced Wednesday. In partnership with Dr. Richard Afanonja, FastMed Urgent Care, and KeyToHealth.com Telemedicine, the testing center will provide positive/negative swab testing and telemedicine, the mayor said. The site will be in the Barnert Subacute Rehabilitation Center lot on East 32nd Street off Broadway. City officials on Thursday will officially announce the requirements for testing at the new site.

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$900,000 Tax Scam Gets NJ Tax Preparer Four Years In Fed Pen $900,000 Tax Scam Gets NJ Tax Preparer Four Years In Fed Pen
$900,000 Tax Scam Gets NJ Tax Preparer Four Years In Fed Pen A federal judge sentenced a former tax preparer who worked in Essex and Union counties to a plea-bargained four years in prison for his role in a $900,000 income tax scam, authorities said. Because there’s no parole in the federal prison system, Tony V. Russell, 49, of Stone Mountain, GA must serve out the entire term for his guilty plea to conspiring to defraud the IRS. Russell was the first of five men sentenced for preparing bogus tax returns at Tax Pro’s and Tax Solutions & Associates, federal prosecutors said. A federal judge in Trenton last September convicted one of two co-owner…

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Police & Fire
Authorities: Demarest Boy, 16, Killed By Freight Train In Haworth Suicide Authorities: Demarest Boy, 16, Killed By Freight Train In Haworth Suicide
Authorities: Demarest Boy, 16, Killed By Freight Train In Haworth Suicide UPDATE: A 16-year-old Demarest boy died from an apparent suicide when he was struck by a freight train in Haworth before dawn Wednesday, authorities confirmed. The teen was struck by a northbound CSX train after laying across the tracks 50 yards south of the Haworth Avenue crossing sometime after 4:30 a.m., they said. A passerby discovered the body nearly 2½hours later, shortly before 7 a.m., CSX said in a brief statement. Family notifications were made. Daily Voice is withholding his identity. Local police and the Bergen County Medical Examiner's Office were among the responders. CSX was…

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Police & Fire
Authorities: Demarest Boy, 16, Killed By Freight Train In Haworth Suicide Authorities: Demarest Boy, 16, Killed By Freight Train In Haworth Suicide
Authorities: Demarest Boy, 16, Killed By Freight Train In Haworth Suicide UPDATE: A 16-year-old Demarest boy died from an apparent suicide when he was struck by a freight train in Haworth before dawn Wednesday, authorities confirmed. The teen was struck by a northbound CSX train after laying across the tracks 50 yards south of the Haworth Avenue crossing sometime after 4:30 a.m., they said. A passerby discovered the body nearly 2½hours later, shortly before 7 a.m., CSX said in a brief statement. Family notifications were made. Daily Voice is withholding his identity. Local police and the Bergen County Medical Examiner's Office were among the responders. CS…

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