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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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Health Officials: Paterson Coronavirus Patients Not Sharing Contact Info Put City At Risk Health Officials: Paterson Coronavirus Patients Not Sharing Contact Info Put City At Risk
Health Officials: Paterson Coronavirus Patients Not Sharing Contact Info Put City At Risk Some Paterson residents who've tested positive for the coronavirus aren't sharing their close-contact information, putting their loved ones and others at risk, city health officials warned.  "This is becoming a disturbing trend," Mayor Andre Sayegh said through a spokeswoman on Wednesday. "The result will be an increasing number of household contacts getting infected and spreading the disease within the city and elsewhere." The numbers of people infected with COVID-19 could increase dramatically if those who have the virus and those who have close contact with them aren't isolated…

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Police & Fire
Police: Paterson Furniture Store Owner From Morris Repeatedly Defies Coronavirus Order Police: Paterson Furniture Store Owner From Morris Repeatedly Defies Coronavirus Order
Police: Paterson Furniture Store Owner From Morris Repeatedly Defies Coronavirus Order A Morris County businessman who received a summons for keeping his Paterson furniture store open amid the coronavirus pandemic had to be cited and closed down again the next day, authorities said Tuesday. City police first ticketed Feras Abudaya, 33, of Kinnelon after they found his Buy and Save furniture store on Market Street open on Sunday, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. After ordering him to close, officers returned and found the store open again on Monday, Grewal said. They closed it down once more and gave Abudaya another summons for ignoring Gov. Phil Murphy’s order p…

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COVID-19: Woman Who Kept Mom, Kids In Filth Deliberately Sneezes On Target Customer, Police Say COVID-19: Woman Who Kept Mom, Kids In Filth Deliberately Sneezes On Target Customer, Police Say
Covid-19: Woman Who Kept Mom, Kids In Filth Deliberately Sneezes On Target Customer, Police Say A Jersey City woman whose two sons and mother were found last year in a feces- and flea-infested home deliberately sneezed on another customer during an argument at the local Target, authorities said Wednesday. Detectives who investigated the COVID-related incident at the 14th Street store last week signed complaints against Bernadette Bisogno, 49, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. Bisogno, who had prior unspecified run-ins with the victim, sprayed saliva on the victim’s coat and skin, Grewal said. She was charged with harassment, simple assault and violating state coronavirus …

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Police & Fire
Paramus PD: Fiery Route 4 Rollover Crash Caused By OD'ing Heroin User Paramus PD: Fiery Route 4 Rollover Crash Caused By OD'ing Heroin User
Paramus PD: Fiery Route 4 Rollover Crash Caused By OD'ing Heroin User A fiery Route 4 rollover crash that seriously injured a 91-year-old Maywood woman, among others, was caused by a 22-year-old Ridgewood driver who overdosed on heroin, authorities said. Police found Michael Brennan drifting out of consciousness outside his Toyota Camry after it struck several cars and a pole on the highway's westbound side between the Garden State Parkway and Paramus Road shortly before 11 a.m. Tuesday, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. They also found two bags of heroin, he said. Brennan's sedan had slammed into a Buick Lacrosse, which hit a tree, struck …

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UPDATE: Woman, 25, Charged With Attempted Murder In Bergenfield, Teaneck Shootings UPDATE: Woman, 25, Charged With Attempted Murder In Bergenfield, Teaneck Shootings
Update: Woman, 25, Charged With Attempted Murder In Bergenfield, Teaneck Shootings Authorities charged a 25-year-old woman with attempted murder in separate shootings that they said occurred hours apart in Bergenfield and Teaneck. Tamykah Trival, of Teaneck, first fired at the intended victim, also 25, and missed in the area of in the area of Hargreaves Avenue and Ardsley Court in Teaneck shortly before 11 p.m. Monday, authorities said. She fled in an orange-colored Volvo SUV, they said. Around 3 a.m. Tuesday, Trival again shot at the victim, who was in a vehicle in the area of New Bridge Road and South Washington Avenue in Bergenfield, borough Detective Lt. William Dur…

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SWAT Team, Police Seize Man With Gun At Route 46 Motel SWAT Team, Police Seize Man With Gun At Route 46 Motel
SWAT Team, Police Seize Man With Gun At Route 46 Motel Elmwood Park police backed by a SWAT team seized a former Marine from Somerset County who they said had a gun tucked in his waistband at a Route 46 motel Wednesday morning. A 9 a.m. caller told police that a man had a gun at the Red Carpet Motel on Route 46, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. Borough police responded with a Bergen County Regional SWAT team and county sheriff's officers and established a perimeter, Foligno said. A room where the man was believed to be was cleared, along with an adjoining room, the chief said. Video surveillance showed the suspect --identified as Ronnie She…

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Masked Gunman Bursts Into Tenafly Resident's Home, Robs Trio Masked Gunman Bursts Into Tenafly Resident's Home, Robs Trio
Masked Gunman Bursts Into Tenafly Resident's Home, Robs Trio A masked invader burst into a Tenafly home near the Englewood border late Tuesday, demanded money at gunpoint from a resident and two guests, then fled with only a wallet, authorities said. The robber "forced his way into the house through a locked rear door and confronted a resident and two guests, demanding money" around 10:30 p.m., Detective Capt. Michael deMoncada said. "One adult male victim handed over a wallet containing an unknown amount of cash and credit cards," the captain said. "The other victims, all adults, had no money to give." The robber then ran off, he said. The victims…

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Ridgewood Woman, 56, Charged With Repeatedly Making Bogus 911 Medical Calls During Pandemic Ridgewood Woman, 56, Charged With Repeatedly Making Bogus 911 Medical Calls During Pandemic
Ridgewood Woman, 56, Charged With Repeatedly Making Bogus 911 Medical Calls During Pandemic The last thing emergency dispatchers need during a pandemic are the kind of bogus 911 calls that Ridgewood police said a local woman made in one day. Michelle Westermeyer, 56, “twice made false claims of a medical emergency to the 911 system by calling the 911 dispatch center ten times” this past Sunday, Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke said. Police who went to her home determined the calls were bogus, Luthcke said. They gave Westermeyer a summons charging her with filing false medical emergency reports and released her pending a court hearing, the chief said.

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UPDATE: Woman, 25, Charged With Attempted Murder In Bergenfield, Teaneck Shootings UPDATE: Woman, 25, Charged With Attempted Murder In Bergenfield, Teaneck Shootings
Update: Woman, 25, Charged With Attempted Murder In Bergenfield, Teaneck Shootings Authorities charged a 25-year-old woman with attempted murder in separate shootings that they said occurred hours apart in Bergenfield and Teaneck. Tamykah Trival, of Teaneck, first fired at the intended victim, also 25, and missed in the area of in the area of Hargreaves Avenue and Ardsley Court in Teaneck shortly before 11 p.m. Monday, authorities said. She fled in an orange-colored Volvo SUV, they said. Around 3 a.m. Tuesday, Trival again shot at the victim, who was in a vehicle in the area of New Bridge Road and South Washington Avenue in Bergenfield, borough Detective Lt. William Dura…

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'Hey You Down There, Break It Up': Elizabeth PD Drones Will Shadow Social Distancing Violators 'Hey You Down There, Break It Up': Elizabeth PD Drones Will Shadow Social Distancing Violators
'Hey You Down There, Break It Up': Elizabeth PD Drones Will Shadow Social Distancing Violators WATCH: Drones will be flying around the city of Elizabeth warning citizens to follow Gov. Phil Murphy's social distancing directives or face fines of up to $1,000, Mayor Chris Bollwage said. Elizabeth police have been using drones since 2018, but they've gotten five newer models with voice capabilities, Bollwage said Tuesday. The drones will fly around the city with an automated message from the mayor telling people to "stop gathering, disperse and go home," he said. "Summonses have and will continue to be issued to those found in violation," Bollwage said. "You have been advised."

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