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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
Van Knocked On Its Side In Hackensack Crash Van Knocked On Its Side In Hackensack Crash
Van Knocked On Its Side In Hackensack Crash A van landed on its side after colliding with an SUV at a busy Hackensack intersection early Tuesday evening. The drivers sustained minor injuries following the crash at Hackensack Avenue and University Plaza Drive just after 5 p.m., police said. All got out safely.

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Domestic Violence Victims Don't Have To Stay At Home With The Enemy: There Are Options Domestic Violence Victims Don't Have To Stay At Home With The Enemy: There Are Options
Domestic Violence Victims Don't Have To Stay At Home With The Enemy: There Are Options As this pandemic spreads, most of us are experiencing for the first time what it’s like to feel unsafe. Imagine if you felt like that all the time. While the world around you shelters in their homes from an unseen enemy, yours lives with you. You live with an abusive partner, and your home is not a safe place to be. You could be anyone. A woman between the ages of 18 and 60+. You could be a man. You could be a teenager, an adolescent, or even more likely, a child under the age of four. These are the faces of domestic violence. They could be neighbors. Friends. Loved ones.  They could b…

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by Julye Myner (Center for Hope & Safety)
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NJ Officials: Emergency Child Care Assistance for Essential Employees Extended Through May NJ Officials: Emergency Child Care Assistance for Essential Employees Extended Through May
NJ Officials: Emergency Child Care Assistance for Essential Employees Extended Through May New Jersey will continue to provide emergency child care assistance to essential employees through at least the end of May, state authorities announced Tuesday. That includes those who work at grocery stores or gas stations, as well as child care workers themselves. “We value the amazing efforts of all of the essential workers who are helping New Jersey through this challenging and unprecedented time, and we want to make sure they continue to have the child care resources they need,” Human Services Commissioner Carole Johnson said.  The amounts paid per child: infant, $450.35; toddl…

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Police & Fire
Wild Chain-Reaction Crash Sends Sedan Through Fair Lawn Insurance Company Window Wild Chain-Reaction Crash Sends Sedan Through Fair Lawn Insurance Company Window
Wild Chain-Reaction Crash Sends Sedan Through Fair Lawn Insurance Company Window A sedan plowed through the front window of a Fair Lawn insurance agency during a wild, chain-reaction crash Tuesday that left an SUV overturned in the middle of the street. The Honda Accord collided with the Honda CRV on Broadway at 30th Street shortly before 3 p.m. The CRV rolled, hitting a parked car Infiniti Tuscon and a van, before it struck another vehicle making deliveries and came to rest in front of the Valley National Bank. The Accord, meanwhile, crashed through the front window of the Broadway Insurance Agency. Two people were taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Pa…

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Man Charged With Attempted Murder Of NJ State Trooper Investigating Mobile Home Invasion Man Charged With Attempted Murder Of NJ State Trooper Investigating Mobile Home Invasion
Man Charged With Attempted Murder Of NJ State Trooper Investigating Mobile Home Invasion UPDATE: New Jersey State Police captured and charged a second man with attempted murder of a law enforcement officer in the shooting of an NJSP detective investigating a trailer park home invasion committed by a group of women, authorities said Friday. https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/burlington/police-fire/second-man-charged-with-attempted-murder-of-nj-state-trooper-investigating-mobile-home-invasion/787397/ ****** ORIGINAL STORY: A man who shot a New Jersey State Police detective investigating a trailer park home invasion by five women was charged with the attempted murder of a law enfo…

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Police & Fire
Wanted Teaneck Man Pulls Knife, Threatens EMTs, Police Charge Wanted Teaneck Man Pulls Knife, Threatens EMTs, Police Charge
Wanted Teaneck Man Pulls Knife, Threatens EMTs, Police Charge A Teaneck man wanted on outstanding warrants grabbed a kitchen knife and threatened EMTs who’d responded to his house on a medical call, said police who took him custody. Members of the Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corps (TVAC) had responded to the Griggs Avenue home Friday night on a report of a man who was feeling weak, Deputy Police Chief John Faggello said. Rather than be treated, 36-year-old Enso Rodriguez began threatening them, Faggello said. Opening a kitchen drawer, he grabbed a knife while shouting, “I told you to stay the f**k away from me!” the deputy chief said. The responders…

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Police & Fire
Oakland PD: K9 Helps Catch Landscaper Who Bailed After Crash That Injured Female Motorist Oakland PD: K9 Helps Catch Landscaper Who Bailed After Crash That Injured Female Motorist
Oakland PD: K9 Helps Catch Landscaper Who Bailed After Crash That Injured Female Motorist An Oakland landscaper was drunk when he bailed out of his pickup truck and fled the scene following a crash that sent another resident’s car into a tree, authorities said. Officers tracked down and captured Sebastian Wolff, 26, with help from a Bergen County sheriff’s K-9 unit, Detective Lt. Christian Eldridge said. A 61-year-old driver had pulled her 2018 Acura RDX from a Lakeside Boulevard driveway near Cedar Street around 8:30 p.m. Monday when it was struck from behind by Wolff’s 2006 Ford F150, Eldridge said. “The impact pushed the Acura into a tree causing moderate injuries to the dri…

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Port Authority Police Officer Critical After Being Struck Near Holland Tunnel Port Authority Police Officer Critical After Being Struck Near Holland Tunnel
Port Authority Police Officer Critical After Being Struck Near Holland Tunnel A Port Authority police officer struck by a passing driver while assisting at the scene of an overnight rollover crash on the approach to the Holland Tunnel from Route 139 was in critical condition Tuesday afternoon authorities said. The officer and three Jersey City police officers were securing the scene after a 32-year-old New York woman overturned her car just after 12:30 a.m. when another eastbound driver struck the median divider, a JCPD vehicle and then the Port Authority officer near Palisade Avenue, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The driver, a 27-year-old New York wom…

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Firefighters Catch Ho-Ho-Kus Basement Blaze Before It Can Do Serious Damage Firefighters Catch Ho-Ho-Kus Basement Blaze Before It Can Do Serious Damage
Firefighters Catch Ho-Ho-Kus Basement Blaze Before It Can Do Serious Damage Firefighters doused a Ho-Ho-Kus basement blaze before it could extend to the rest of the house. The blaze was just about to reach the floor above when firefighters found a heating unit that caught fire in a confined basement crawl space at the Spruce Place home around noon Monday. “Due to the quick action of our firefighters, the fire was contained to the unit of origin, resulting in minimal damage,” the department said in a release. “The HHKFD takes pride in protecting life and property in the Borough of Ho-Ho-Kus through training and aggressive firefighting,” it added. The department t…

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Murphy: Dog Grooming OK But Not People, Unless 'Romantic Partner' Or Household Member Does It Murphy: Dog Grooming OK But Not People, Unless 'Romantic Partner' Or Household Member Does It
Murphy: Dog Grooming OK But Not People, Unless 'Romantic Partner' Or Household Member Does It You can get your dog groomed in New Jersey but not yourself -- unless a household member or "romantic partner" does it -- under a revised set of state social distancing directives, Gov. Phil Murphy and State Police Supt. Patrick Callahan announced Monday. The rules were outlined in "modifications" to Murphy's executive orders restricting certain business operations in the state during the current coronavirus state of emergency. Among the changes, Calahan cited: You can test-drive a car before you buy it, but you have to be alone in the vehicle and it has to be sanitized once you're done if …

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