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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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COVID-19 Closes Disneyland COVID-19 Closes Disneyland
Covid-19 Closes Disneyland Disneyland is closing for the fourth time in its 65 years, this time because of the coronavirus. The closure begins Saturday at the Anaheim, CA park and continues at least until the end of March, Disney said.The only other times Disneyland has closed was because of the 9/11 attacks, the morning after the assassination of President John FL, Kennedy and because of the Northridge earthquake in 1994. Disney already has closed its parks in Shanghai and Hong Kong. There was no word Thursday afternoon on what might be done at DisneyWorld in Orlando, FL. ****** The NCAA on Thursday cancelled its…

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Police & Fire
FBI: Upper Saddle River Swindler Lived High Life Conning Corporations Out Of Millions FBI: Upper Saddle River Swindler Lived High Life Conning Corporations Out Of Millions
FBI: Upper Saddle River Swindler Lived High Life Conning Corporations Out Of Millions The FBI on Thursday arrested an accused con man from Upper Saddle River who authorities said cunningly duped lenders and corporations of out millions of dollars that funded a lavish lifestyle. Matthew O’Callaghan, 43, “impersonated two bank executives interested in funding syndicated loans for global companies,” U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Referring to himself as bank executives “Edward Tierney” and “Michael Nash,” O’Callaghan induced the victims into making trades in which they agreed to pay a bank to take on a commitment to fund revolving credit facilities, Carpenito said. He “su…

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Police & Fire
WATCH: SUV Rolls In Fairview DWI Crash WATCH: SUV Rolls In Fairview DWI Crash
Watch: SUV Rolls In Fairview DWI Crash Police charged a Fairview driver with DWI after her Cadillac SUV struck a parked car and rolled over before dawn Thursday. The 2019 XT4 struck a parked car on Anderson Avenue at DeSoto Place, near Fairvew police headquarters, at 1:49 a.m., Chief Martin Kahn said. The struck car got slammed into another, while the SUV driven by Blanca Perez, 29, rolled and landed on its wheels, he said. Perez, whose breath smelled of alcohol, said she wasn't injured, but EMTs insisted she be checked out at Hackensack University Medical Center, Kahn said. A blood sample also was taken, the chief said. The …

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COVID-19 Claims First Hollywood Celeb: Tom Hanks, Wife Rita Wilson Test Positive COVID-19 Claims First Hollywood Celeb: Tom Hanks, Wife Rita Wilson Test Positive
Covid-19 Claims First Hollywood Celeb: Tom Hanks, Wife Rita Wilson Test Positive Tom Hanks tweeted Wednesday night that both he and his wife, Rita Wilson, tested positive for the coronavirus. The couple, both 63, are in Queensland, Australia filming an Elvis Presley biography in which Hanks portrays Col. Tom Parker, "The King" of rock and roll's infamous manager. "We felt a bit tired, like we had colds, and some body aches," Hanks's post says. "Rita had some chills that came and went. Slight fevers too. "To play things right, as is needed in the world right now, we were tested for the Coronavirus, and were found to be positive. "Well, now. What to do next? The Medical…

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Sports
NBA Player Tests Positive For COVID-19, Season Suspended 'Until Further Notice' NBA Player Tests Positive For COVID-19, Season Suspended 'Until Further Notice'
NBA Player Tests Positive For Covid-19, Season Suspended 'Until Further Notice' The NBA suspended its season “until further notice” Wednesday after discovering that a player tested positive for the coronavirus. "The NBA is suspending game play following the conclusion of tonight's schedule of games until further notice,'' the league said in a statement issued shortly after 9:30 p.m.  That plan quickly changed when two games were suspended after fans were already in their seats or filing in.  The player who tested positive for COVID-19, the Utah Jazz’s Rudy Gobert, initially was listed as questionable to play against the Thunder in Oklahoma City, then was rul…

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Police & Fire
Monmouth County Roofer Admits Ducking $540,000 In Employment Taxes Monmouth County Roofer Admits Ducking $540,000 In Employment Taxes
Monmouth County Roofer Admits Ducking $540,000 In Employment Taxes A Monmouth County roofing company owner admitted stiffing Uncle Sam out of $540,000 in employment taxes. Wilson Salas-Molina, 39, of Howell, cashed checks he received from his customers at a check cashing service and paid his 14 US Contractor Inc. employees in cash over the course of six years, beginning in 2012, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. U.S. District Judge Peter G. Sheridan scheduled sentencing scheduled for July 13 in federal court in Trenton for Salas-Molina on guilty pleas Wednesday to federal charges of tax evasion and failing to collect, account for or payroll taxes. Carpe…

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Fitness Center In Englewood Warns Members Of Possible COVID-19 Exposure Fitness Center In Englewood Warns Members Of Possible COVID-19 Exposure
Fitness Center In Englewood Warns Members Of Possible Covid-19 Exposure The owner of THE GYM of Englewood on Wednesday warned members who took certain classes earlier this month that they may have been exposed to someone who tested positive for the coronavirus. The specific classes were the March 3 9:30 a.m. Spin and 10:30 a.m. Total Body Sculpt at the Nordhoff Place facility off Route 4 and South Van Brunt Street, said founder, owner and Vice President of Operations Jeff Rivers. "We have been told that the risk of infection is extremely limited as the person was asymptomatic at the time of exposure and did not show symptoms until March 5," Rivers wrote in an e…

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COVID-19 UPDATE: NCAA Tournament Cancelled COVID-19 UPDATE: NCAA Tournament Cancelled
Covid-19 Update: NCAA Tournament Cancelled The NCAA on Thursday canceled its men’s and women’s basketball tournaments to prevent the spread of COVID-19, President Mark Emmert announced Thursday. "Today, NCAA president Mark Emmert and the board of governors canceled the Division I men's and women's 2020 basketball tournaments, as well as all remaining winter and spring NCAA championships," the NCAA announced. "This decision is based on the evolving COVID-19 public health threat, our ability to ensure the events do not contribute to the spread of the pandemic, and the impracticality of hosting such events at any time during this academ…

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Police & Fire
Prosecutor: Stop Near GWB Turns Up 1,400 Heroin Folds Stashed In Dashboard, 2 Bronx Men Busted Prosecutor: Stop Near GWB Turns Up 1,400 Heroin Folds Stashed In Dashboard, 2 Bronx Men Busted
Prosecutor: Stop Near GWB Turns Up 1,400 Heroin Folds Stashed In Dashboard, 2 Bronx Men Busted Two Bronx men were stopped near the George Washington Bridge with 1,400 heroin folds stashed in a hidden dashboard compartment, authorities said. Detectives from Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella’s Narcotic Task Force arrested Felix A. Morel, a 23-year-old driving instructor, and Miguel A. Ferreira, a 25-year-old construction worker Tuesday on River Road in Edgewater. A search revealed an “electronically-operated hidden compartment, or ‘trap,’ in the vehicle’s dashboard,” Musella said. In addition to the 1,400 bags of dope, they found 4,000 empty folds ready for packaging, he said. Mo…

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Police & Fire
UPDATE: Hillsdale Driver, 53, Killed In GSP Bergen Crash UPDATE: Hillsdale Driver, 53, Killed In GSP Bergen Crash
Update: Hillsdale Driver, 53, Killed In GSP Bergen Crash A driver killed in a Wednesday morning crash on the Garden State Parkway was identified as a 53-year-old Hillsdale woman. A Toyota RAV 4 driven by Shang Nam was disabled by another crash when it was struck in the EZ-Pass express lanes on the southbound Parkway in Washington Township by an Audi A4 driven by a 40-year-old Upper Saddle River man shortly before 6 a.m., Sgt. Lawrence Peele said. Nam was pronounced dead at the scene, Peele said. The other driver was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood with injuries that weren't considered life threatening, he said. The EZ-Pass express lan…

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