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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
Prosecutor: Musician/Waiter From Fort Lee Repeatedly Raped Pre-Teen Prosecutor: Musician/Waiter From Fort Lee Repeatedly Raped Pre-Teen
Prosecutor: Musician/Waiter From Fort Lee Repeatedly Raped Pre-Teen A restaurant server from Fort Lee sexually assaulted a pre-teen several times, authorities said Monday. Victor Jiatz, a 31-year-old musician originally from Guatemala, remained held in the Bergen County Jail pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack following his arrest Sunday. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said detectives took him into custody following a 911 call of sexual assaults “on numerous occasions,” which triggered an investigation by his Special Victims Unit and Fort Lee police. They charged Jiatz, a percussionist who is married and pre…

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Police & Fire
Cliffside Park Police Nab Car Thieves -- 14, 15 -- In Overnight Chase Cliffside Park Police Nab Car Thieves -- 14, 15 -- In Overnight Chase
Cliffside Park Police Nab Car Thieves -- 14, 15 -- In Overnight Chase Cliffside Park police nabbed two young car thieves from Essex County – one 14, the other 15 -- after a brief chase before dawn Monday. A Crescent Avenue caller reported thieves testing vehicle door handles shortly before 2 a.m., Deputy Police Chief Vincent Capano said. Responding officers pursued both cars – one of which was stolen from Longview Avenue in town and the other from Roselle Park, Capano said. Both headed down dead-ended Oakdene Avenue toward the Palisades cliffs before the occupants all bailed out, the deputy chief said. One of the cars hit a guard rail at the end of the stre…

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Weather
So Much For Snow: Expert Expects Rain, Rain And More Rain So Much For Snow: Expert Expects Rain, Rain And More Rain
So Much For Snow: Expert Expects Rain, Rain And More Rain Snow lovers “were likely looking out the window and counting the flakes" Monday morning, meteorologist Joe Cioffi. All melted quickly in most areas, except in higher elevations to the northwest, he said. From here, most of New Jersey can expert a raw, cold day, with temperatures holding mostly in the mid-30s and, in some spots, the lower 40s, Cioffi said in his latest forecast. Winter storm warnings remained in place for the Catskills and Berkshires, northeastern Pennsylvania, Vermont and New Hampshire. Even in areas that get some snow, “it will be changing to rain, anyway,” Cioffi said. …

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News
Imprisoned Harvey Weinstein Tests Positive For Coronavirus Imprisoned Harvey Weinstein Tests Positive For Coronavirus
Imprisoned Harvey Weinstein Tests Positive For Coronavirus Convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein has tested positive for the coronavirus, the head of the New York State corrections officers union confirmed on Sunday. Weinstein, the 68-year-old former movie producer serving a prison sentence for sexual assault and rape, was placed in isolation at Wende Correctional Facility, said Michael Powers, president of the New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association. Weinstein was transferred to the maximum security prison east of Buffalo from Rikers Island on Wednesday, authorities said. Rikers reportedly has one of the country's highe…

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Police & Fire
DON'T BE FOOLED: Feds Bust Website Selling Bogus Coronavirus "Vaccine" Kits DON'T BE FOOLED: Feds Bust Website Selling Bogus Coronavirus "Vaccine" Kits
DON'T BE Fooled: Feds Bust Website Selling Bogus Coronavirus "Vaccine" Kits A federal judge ordered a company to stop selling bogus coronavirus vaccine kits online, said the U.S. Justice Department, while warning Americans to beware of phony COVID-19 "cures." Operators of the website “coronavirusmedicalkit.com” were ripping off customers by capitalizing on the "confusion and widespread fear surrounding COVID-19," Assistant Attorney General Jody Hunt of the Department of Justice’s Civil Division said Sunday. Information published on the Austin, TX-based website claimed to offer consumers access to World Health Organization (WHO) vaccine kits in exchange fo…

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News
New Drive-Thru Coronavirus Testing Site At William Paterson Will Require Prescription New Drive-Thru Coronavirus Testing Site At William Paterson Will Require Prescription
New Drive-Thru Coronavirus Testing Site At William Paterson Will Require Prescription A coronavirus testing site will open at William Paterson University this week with a major difference from the state's first government-run site in Paramus. "You're gonna need a prescription," Paterson Mayor Andre Sayegh said Sunday afternoon. "At Bergen Community College, they are screening on site -- that's what you attribute the long lines to," the mayor said. "They will not do that here." Several lanes will be open, with Passaic County sheriff's officers directing the traffic, Sayegh said. "Paramus Road has become congested," he said. "This will keep the traffic flowing. It will move …

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Police & Fire
Hawthorne Police Close Two Stores Violating Governor's Coronavirus Closure Order Hawthorne Police Close Two Stores Violating Governor's Coronavirus Closure Order
Hawthorne Police Close Two Stores Violating Governor's Coronavirus Closure Order Hawthorne police on Sunday closed two stores that they said were violating Gov. Phil Murphy's order that all non-essential businesses remain closed during the state's coronavirus state of emergency. A reported disturbance at the Jembro Store on Wagaraw Road brought police, who determined the incident was no more than a misunderstanding between a manager and employee with no action necessary. They did order the store, as well as another in the strip mall, Dave's Deals, immediately vacated and closed. No summonses were issued. Both were in direct violation of the governor's executive order. …

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News
COVID-19: Paterson Closes All Houses Of Worship, Bans Religious Gatherings COVID-19: Paterson Closes All Houses Of Worship, Bans Religious Gatherings
Covid-19: Paterson Closes All Houses Of Worship, Bans Religious Gatherings "All churches, mosques, and places of worship must desist any form of gathering," the Paterson Division of Health announced Sunday. "Places of worship must be sanitized with cleaners, preferably Clorox solution, and closed," the city ordered. "Special attention while cleaning must be made to door knobs, handles, and all contact surfaces," the order stated. "This is not optional and must be enforced," it added. ****** ALSO SEE: Hawthorne police on Monday closed two stores that they said were violating Gov. Phil Murphy's order that all non-essential businesses remain closed during the…

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Police & Fire
Ex-Martial Arts School Owner Gets 8 Years For Molesting Morris County Girl, 3rd Case In 5 Years Ex-Martial Arts School Owner Gets 8 Years For Molesting Morris County Girl, 3rd Case In 5 Years
Ex-Martial Arts School Owner Gets 8 Years For Molesting Morris County Girl, 3rd Case In 5 Years The onetime owner of a defunct martial arts school must spend more than 6½ years in prison before he'll be eligible for parole for molesting an 11-year-old girl in Morris County, the third such case that he’d been involved in over a five-year span. Jurors in Morristown last December found Richard Perry, 49,  guilty of touching the girl on her breasts and vagina during an October 2016 sleepover at his home in the Oak Ridge section of Jefferson Township. The girl immediately told her aunt, who called police, prosecutors said. Two months after his October 2016 arrest, Perry was…

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Police & Fire
HEROES: Port Authority Police Officers Revive Heart Attack Victim On GWB HEROES: Port Authority Police Officers Revive Heart Attack Victim On GWB
Heroes: Port Authority Police Officers Revive Heart Attack Victim On GWB Two Port Authority police officers revived a heart attack victim on the George Washington Bridge. Officers Nikolas Vuksanovich and Cesar Moreno were patrolling on the bridge’s south side sidewalk when the 65-year-old New York man fell in front of them, Port Authority spokeswoman Lenis Rodrigues said. The officers ran to the victim, conducted CPR and, within moments, had him conscious and breathing, Rodrigues said. He was alert and conscious when taken to a hospital, where he was reported in stable condition Friday after suffering cardiac arrest, she said.

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