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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
Investigators Probe Overnight Fire That Gutted Little Falls Steakhouse Investigators Probe Overnight Fire That Gutted Little Falls Steakhouse
Investigators Probe Overnight Fire That Gutted Little Falls Steakhouse Investigators were probing an overnight fire Saturday that destroyed a Little Falls restaurant. The blaze apparently broke out in the kitchen at Rare Steakhouse on Main Street around 3:30 a.m.  Firefighters had it knocked down in under 45 minutes. Fire officials declared it under control around 4:50 a.m. No injuries were reported. An investigation to determine the cause was continuing, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes, Little Falls Fire Chief Jack Sweezy Jr. and Little Falls Police Chief Steve Post said in a joint release. They asked that anyone with information that cou…

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Police & Fire
U.S. Marshals Capture Long Island Fugitives Wanted For Gunning Down Jersey Shore Man U.S. Marshals Capture Long Island Fugitives Wanted For Gunning Down Jersey Shore Man
U.S. Marshals Capture Long Island Fugitives Wanted For Gunning Down Jersey Shore Man U.S. Marshals captured two Long Island fugitives charged with attempted murder in the shooting of a Jersey Shore man. Ademola Bostick, 24, of Bay Shore, and Rajah Mayo, 20, of Freeport, had driven to the shore intending to kill 23-year-old Charles Sortino, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer and Little Egg Harbor Police Chief Richard Buzby said in a joint announcement. Bostick shot Sortino several times and left him in the road on Center Street in Little Egg Harbor at 11:45 p.m. April 3, they said. Sortino remained in critical condition at Atlantic City Medical Center, Billhimer a…

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News
Heart-Winning Jersey Shore Poodle Seeks New Home After Brothers Die Of Coronavirus Heart-Winning Jersey Shore Poodle Seeks New Home After Brothers Die Of Coronavirus
Heart-Winning Jersey Shore Poodle Seeks New Home After Brothers Die Of Coronavirus A toy poodle who was found scared and shaking after two of her Jersey Shore owners died of the coronavirus is winning hearts around the world. A Neptune City family surrendered Che-Che to the Monmouth County SPCA after COVID-19 killed a father and uncle a week apart earlier this month. Dennis and James Traverso, both in their 70s, left behind four dogs, family members said. While they're able to care for the others, they asked the SPCA to find a home for Che-Che. The precious 9-pound pup was “scared and shaking when she arrived," the Eatontown-based shelter reported. "[W]e can't imagi…

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Police & Fire
Prosecutor: Bodies Of Mother, 86, Son, 51, Found In Lakewood Home Prosecutor: Bodies Of Mother, 86, Son, 51, Found In Lakewood Home
Prosecutor: Bodies Of Mother, 86, Son, 51, Found In Lakewood Home Two bodies found in a Lakewood home by police conducting a welfare check were identified as an 86-year-old woman and her 56-year-old son, authorities said Friday. The body of Fabiola Rubiano, 86, and James Rubiano, 51, both “appear to have extensive medical histories,” Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. Billhimer didn’t indicate the suspected causes of death but said, rather, that an investigation by his Major Crime Unit, Lakewood police and the Ocean County Sheriff’s Office, which collected evidence, was continuing. Police conducting a welfare check found the bodies on Thursday…

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News
COVID-19 SCAM ALERT: Here’s How Stimulus Scammers Try To Steal Your Money COVID-19 SCAM ALERT: Here’s How Stimulus Scammers Try To Steal Your Money
Covid-19 Scam ALERT: Here’s How Stimulus Scammers Try To Steal Your Money Fear and uncertainty created by the coronavirus have made victims of people who’ve ended up giving what amounts to blank checks to scammers who claim to be contacting them about stimulus payments. Stimulus payments are automatic for seniors and taxpayers who filed tax returns in 2018 or 2019, state New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Friday. There are no phone calls, no need to do anything but count the amount when it comes in the mail or is directly deposited sometime this month. If you do get a call, text or email from someone asking for your Social Security, checking accou…

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News
Authorities: NJ Health Club Members Now Eligible For COVID-19 Closure Refunds, Credits Authorities: NJ Health Club Members Now Eligible For COVID-19 Closure Refunds, Credits
Authorities: NJ Health Club Members Now Eligible For Covid-19 Closure Refunds, Credits New Jersey health club members may be eligible for partial refunds or credits now that an emergency order has kept gyms closed for 30 days, state officials said Friday. “Under New Jersey law, if your health club facility is closed for more than 30 days, you generally are entitled either to extend your contract with the health club facility for a period equal to the length of the closure or to receive a prorated refund of the amount you paid,” state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. There are exceptions. The law on refunds/credits for health clubs that are closed for more than 30 days…

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Police & Fire
Police: Lodi Driver Flees On Three Wheels After Saddle Brook Crash, Hits SUV In Garfield Police: Lodi Driver Flees On Three Wheels After Saddle Brook Crash, Hits SUV In Garfield
Police: Lodi Driver Flees On Three Wheels After Saddle Brook Crash, Hits SUV In Garfield A Lodi motorist drove nearly a mile and a half on three wheels after hitting a parked car in Saddle Brook before dawn Friday, authorities said. Salvatore Bonodonna, 28, received summonses when Garfield police caught him after the crippled sedan hit another parked car on Market Street. The 2008 Cadillac CTS lost its front passenger wheel when it hit a parked car on 7th Street in Saddle Brook around 5 a.m., Police Chief Robert Kugler said. A resident dialed 911 after hearing the crash, he said. Garfield police responded to their own call around 8 a.m. after a parked 2019 Nissan Rogue was fo…

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News
33 Deaths Reported At Park Ridge Nursing Home Amid Coronavirus Pandemic 33 Deaths Reported At Park Ridge Nursing Home Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
33 Deaths Reported At Park Ridge Nursing Home Amid Coronavirus Pandemic A reported 33 people have died at a Park Ridge nursing home since the coronavirus pandemic began while 21 others who’ve tested positive for COVID-19 were transferred to a facility in South Jersey. Of the dead at Atrium Post-Acute Care of Park Ridge, 19 reportedly tested positive for the virus. At least 21 others who were confirmed positive were transferred to an Atrium post-acute care facility nearly 120 miles away in the Gloucester County town of Woodbury, a spokeswoman for the parent company told NorthJersey.com. Coronavirus-like symptoms have also put three quarters of the remaining res…

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Business
Mark Cuban Joins Teaneck's Charles Payne For TV Town Hall Q&A With Consumers Mark Cuban Joins Teaneck's Charles Payne For TV Town Hall Q&A With Consumers
Mark Cuban Joins Teaneck's Charles Payne For TV Town Hall Q&A With Consumers Teaneck’s Charles Payne will host a virtual town hall focusing on personal finance amid the coronavirus pandemic and featuring an extensive interview with Mark Cuban. The one-hour Fox Business Network event, “America Works Together,” begins at 2 p.m. April 23. Various business experts will join Payne and Cuban -- the billionaire “Shark Tank” star who owns the Dallas Mavericks basketball team -- in discussing how COVID-19 has affected Americans financially and what they can do to deal with the impact. It will be the second virtual town hall for FBN and Payne during the pandemic, following a…

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Police & Fire
Body Of Missing Rutgers University Student, 21, Recovered, Authorities Confirm Body Of Missing Rutgers University Student, 21, Recovered, Authorities Confirm
Body Of Missing Rutgers University Student, 21, Recovered, Authorities Confirm UPDATE: The body of a 21-year-old Rutgers University honors student who went missing more than two weeks ago was found in a pond in Orange this past weekend, authorities confirmed Thursday night. The body of Yasir Williams of East Orange was pulled from the pond at Orange Park on Saturday, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II and Orange Public Safety Director Todd Warren said in a joint announcement. The cause of death was drowning, they said. Although they said the manner of death hadn't been determined, RLS Media reported Thursday night that family members in …

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