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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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'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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Paterson Mayor: I've Tested Positive For COVID-19 Paterson Mayor: I've Tested Positive For COVID-19
Paterson Mayor: I've Tested Positive For Covid-19 “Today I found out that, like so many around the world, I have tested positive for COVID-19," Paterson Mayor André Sayegh said Tuesday. Sayegh said he was "one of hundreds of first responders and city employees tested this past weekend." "Even with all my careful efforts of social distancing for the last month -- keeping six feet away from all individuals, vigorously practicing good hand hygiene, and even over the last week, wearing a mask in public -- I have fallen prey to this virus," he said. COVID-19 is "a silent virus and I do not know exactly where I may have contracted it," the…

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NJ Couple Cover Cost Of Flying In 7,400 N-95 Respirators From CA To Teterboro NJ Couple Cover Cost Of Flying In 7,400 N-95 Respirators From CA To Teterboro
NJ Couple Cover Cost Of Flying In 7,400 N-95 Respirators From CA To Teterboro A shipment of 7,400 N-95 respirator masks arrived at Teterboro Airport early Tuesday to be distributed to area hospitals to help deal with the coronavirus pandemic. Making it possible were a Los Angeles-based company that makes vapes and vape products and a New Jersey couple who’ve become titans of the investment advisory industry. CEO Daniel Shapiro of Inhale Health was aboard the NetsJets Challenger 350 that brought the masks from Van Nuys, CA. Picking up the transportation tab for the business jet were prominent benefactors Ric and Jean Edelman. Crew members with Signature Flight Supp…

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State Moves To Revoke Liquor License Of North Jersey Bar For Defying Coronavirus Closure Order State Moves To Revoke Liquor License Of North Jersey Bar For Defying Coronavirus Closure Order
State Moves To Revoke Liquor License Of North Jersey Bar For Defying Coronavirus Closure Order Authorities are working to revoke the liquor license of a North Jersey bar that twice ignored orders not to serve patrons on the premises amid the coronavirus pandemic, the state's top cop said. The action comes after the Post Time Pub in Blairstown “was twice issued criminal charges and flouted local law enforcement efforts,” Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Tuesday. It’s the kind of activity that in ordinary incidents would get a liquor license suspended for up to 10 days, but it takes on different meaning during a state of emergency created by a health crisis. Owner Joyce Billings…

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'Want Rona?' Police Say Video Shows Morris Man Deliberately Coughing On Estranged Wife's Things 'Want Rona?' Police Say Video Shows Morris Man Deliberately Coughing On Estranged Wife's Things
'Want Rona?' Police Say Video Shows Morris Man Deliberately Coughing On Estranged Wife's Things A Morris County man was caught on surveillance video coughing on and touching objects in his estranged wife’s home, saying he had “the 'rona,” authorities charged. “Do you want the 'rona?” Nikolas Whitehill, 39, of Parsippany, is heard asking on the video, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. A court order allowed Whitehill to enter his wife’s house on alternating dates when she isn’t home to feed the fish, Grewal said. She provided video footage to the police from March 28, he added. Police charged Whitehill with violating an executive order issued by Gov. Phil Murphy that make …

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Norwood Boy, 8, Injured When Bicycle Rams Pickup Truck Norwood Boy, 8, Injured When Bicycle Rams Pickup Truck
Norwood Boy, 8, Injured When Bicycle Rams Pickup Truck An 8-year-old Norwood boy was banged up Tuesday afternoon when he crashed his bicycle into a pickup truck, authorities said. The boy went through stop sign and broadsided the truck at Norwood Place and High Street around 3 p.m., Police Chief Jeff Krapels said. “He took one hell of a shot,” Krapels said. The youngster had assorted scratches, bumps and bruises but didn’t lose consciousness, the chief said. He was taken to Hackensack Meridian Pascack Valley Medical Center in Westwood with his mother to be evaluated, he said.

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Hackensack PD: Man Stabs Stepson Over Dirty Dishes Hackensack PD: Man Stabs Stepson Over Dirty Dishes
Hackensack PD: Man Stabs Stepson Over Dirty Dishes A Hackensack man stabbed his stepson Tuesday morning while arguing about dirty dishes left in the sink, said police who arrested him. Frederick Schock III, 48, pulled a pocket knife from his pants and stabbed his stepson once in the lower chest in their Prospect Avenue apartment shortly after 8:30 a.m., Detective Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. Police found the victim at Hackensack University Medical Center after he’d gone there with a wound that DeWitt said wasn’t considered life-threatening. Schock, meanwhile, was taken into custody and sent to the Bergen County Jail to await a first appearanc…

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VIRAL VIDEO: Bergen Actor Ezra Miller Appears To Choke, Throw Woman Down VIRAL VIDEO: Bergen Actor Ezra Miller Appears To Choke, Throw Woman Down
Viral Video: Bergen Actor Ezra Miller Appears To Choke, Throw Woman Down Bergen County actor Ezra Miller, best known for his work as the Flash in DC Comics films as well as the “Fantastic Beasts” franchise, is drawing fire for a viral video that shows him apparently choking a woman before throwing her to the floor. No one has been able to say for certain whether it was a true assault or a publicity stunt. Variety reported that it really happened last Wednesday at Prikið Kaffihús, a bar in Reykjavik, Iceland, after a group of “quite pushy” fans upset the 27-year-old actor/singer/musician/model from Wyckoff. ”Oh, you wanna fight? That’s what you wanna do?” Miller…

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Feds: Ex-Con Had 20 Pounds Of Heroin, Coke, $100,000 Cash, Gun In Union County Home Feds: Ex-Con Had 20 Pounds Of Heroin, Coke, $100,000 Cash, Gun In Union County Home
Feds: Ex-Con Had 20 Pounds Of Heroin, Coke, $100,000 Cash, Gun In Union County Home Federal agents seized a combined 20 pounds of heroin and cocaine from an ex-con caught running a drug mill from his Union County apartment, authorities said. Brad Toby, 35, of Linden served three years in state prison on a drug conviction before being released in 2016, records show. Federal authorities who found him back at it also seized $100,000 in suspected proceeds, drug packaging materials – including scales and kilo presses – and a handgun with ammunition, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Toby, who's believed to be part of a larger drug ring operating in operating in New Jersey an…

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SEE ANYTHING? Teaneck Police Investigating Shots Fired SEE ANYTHING? Teaneck Police Investigating Shots Fired
SEE Anything? Teaneck Police Investigating Shots Fired Teaneck police asked the public for help Tuesday identifying who fired shots, apparently from a car, in the northeast section of town late Monday. A dark-colored Volvo SUV was seen speeding after witnesses heard several shots in the area of Hargreaves Avenue and Ardsley Court shortly before 11 p.m., Deputy Police Chief John Faggello said. A woman "was heard screaming just prior to the gun shots, although it is unknown if that had any direct relation," he added. Officers found several shell casings in the street but no sign of any victims or property struck, the deputy chief said.…

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