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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
SUV Plows Into Entrance Of Old Tappan Mixed-Use Building SUV Plows Into Entrance Of Old Tappan Mixed-Use Building
SUV Plows Into Entrance Of Old Tappan Mixed-Use Building A small SUV plowed into an Old Tappan mixed-use building on Friday. The older-model Hyundai continued through a handicapped parking space, mounted a small curb and hit the façade of the Old Tappan Road building between two columns at the entrance. There was no immediate word on the condition of the driver, who responders said was hospitalized. The building didn’t appear structurally compromised. The SUV, which sustained substantial damage, had to be towed. The two-story mini strip mall contains an insurance firm, an investment company, a pizza restaurant, a Chabad teaching center, an acu…

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Aide From Leonia Charged With Sexually Abusing Patients In Emerson, Tenafly Nursing Homes Aide From Leonia Charged With Sexually Abusing Patients In Emerson, Tenafly Nursing Homes
Aide From Leonia Charged With Sexually Abusing Patients In Emerson, Tenafly Nursing Homes A nurse’s assistant from Leonia sexually abused helpless patients at nursing and rehab centers in Emerson and Tenafly, authorities charged. Han Sun Cho, 65, remained held Saturday in the Bergen County Jail following a first appearance the day before in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said members of his special victims unit began investigating after Emerson police received a tip that physically helpless patient at a nursing home in town “had been sexually touched” by Cho. “During the investigation, it was learned that Cho had also sexu…

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HEROES: Firefighters Rescue Two Kids, Adult Trapped In Perth Amboy House Blaze HEROES: Firefighters Rescue Two Kids, Adult Trapped In Perth Amboy House Blaze
Heroes: Firefighters Rescue Two Kids, Adult Trapped In Perth Amboy House Blaze Two children and an adult trapped on an upper floor were rescued by Perth Amboy firefighters during a Friday night house blaze. Four people in all were hospitalized in the Market Street fire, all with injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening, firefighters said. A total of 18 people were displaced, they said. Arriving units said they found heavy fire in the basement shortly after 9 p.m. They raised a bucket ladder to a third-floor window to rescue the three trapped occupants, getting them all down safely and securely, the Perth Amboy Fire Department said. They were then turne…

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UPDATE: Man, 28 Shot Dead On Jersey City Street UPDATE: Man, 28 Shot Dead On Jersey City Street
Update: Man, 28 Shot Dead On Jersey City Street A 28-year-old father was shot and killed on a Jersey City sidewalk Friday night, authorities said. Rashawn Bethea was gunned down around 11:30 p.m. in front of a home on Wegman Parkway, up the street from near Audubon Park in the city's Greenville section, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. EMS pronounced him dead at the scene from gunshot wounds to the torso 15 minutes later, responders said. An autopsy was being conducted as part of an investigation by Suarez's Homicide Unit and Jersey City police, the prosecutor said. No suspected motive was initially given. CHECK BACK …

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Authorities: Paterson PD Clips Latin King Who Offered More Than Shave, Haircut At Barbershop Authorities: Paterson PD Clips Latin King Who Offered More Than Shave, Haircut At Barbershop
Authorities: Paterson PD Clips Latin King Who Offered More Than Shave, Haircut At Barbershop Drug detectives raided the Paterson barbershop and Little Falls home of a high-ranking Latin King, seizing more than 10 pounds of pot, a stolen handgun and nearly $21,500 in drug cash, authorities said. Investigators had been watching the “Smooth Kreationz” barbershop owned by ex-con Jecksan “King Smooth” Cancel, 41, after receiving a tip that he’d been selling pot from the Ellison Street business, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said Friday. Working with Little Falls police, they raided four locations – including Cancel’s second-floor Lower Notch Road apartment -- seizing the marijua…

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HERO: Wallington Police Chief Nabs Armed Bandit In $2,000 Gas Station Robbery HERO: Wallington Police Chief Nabs Armed Bandit In $2,000 Gas Station Robbery
Hero: Wallington Police Chief Nabs Armed Bandit In $2,000 Gas Station Robbery Wallington Police Chief Carmello Imbruglia captured an Elmwood Park man who'd just pistol-whipped a gas station attendant during a $2,000 robbery, authorities said. Imbruglia was among several officers who responded to a call at the Delta Station on Wallington Avenue around 4 p.m. Thursday. He grabbed Andrew Rehan, 22, near the intersection of Anderson Avenue and Lester Street as other officers searched for the second robber. Police found Rehan carrying a pellet gun that resembled the real thing in the waistband of his sweatpants. The attendant, who was struck with the gun during the ho…

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Westwood PD: Career Burglar Chased By Homeowner Captured By Police After Attempted Carjacking Westwood PD: Career Burglar Chased By Homeowner Captured By Police After Attempted Carjacking
Westwood PD: Career Burglar Chased By Homeowner Captured By Police After Attempted Carjacking A career criminal chased by a Westwood homeowner for a burglary Friday tried to carjack a vehicle to get away, said police who captured him. The Park Avenue homeowner chased the intruder while a family member dialed 911 shortly before 2 p.m., Westwood Police Chief Michael Pontillo said. Police from Westwood and Hillsdale were on the scene instantly and nabbed ex-con Sean Byrne, 51, of Union City, along the railroad tracks across from an apartment complex on Valley Avenue, the chief said. Westwood police charged him with attempted carjacking, burglary, resisting arrest and criminal mischie…

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Hackensack Man Charged With Beating Teen Hackensack Man Charged With Beating Teen
Hackensack Man Charged With Beating Teen A man living in Hackensack was charged with injuring a young teen with repeated smacks to the face. Walter Rodriguez, a 28-year-old Guatemalan national, remained held Friday in the Bergen County Jail following his arrest two days earlier on four counts of child endangerment, records show. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said members of his Special Victims Unit began investigating after receiving a report from city police and the state Division of Child Protection and Permanency. The child, who’s under 16, “arrived at school with injuries and told Hackensack school officials that the …

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RECOGNIZE HER? Bank Robber Got $7,000-$8,000, Fair Lawn PD Says RECOGNIZE HER? Bank Robber Got $7,000-$8,000, Fair Lawn PD Says
Recognize HER? Bank Robber Got $7,000-$8,000, Fair Lawn PD Says Fair Lawn police released surveillance photos of a woman who they said robbed a Columbia Bank branch of nearly $8,000 Friday afternoon. It was shortly after 2 p.m. when the heavy-set black female robber "passed a note to the teller while keeping one hand in her jacket pocket and bringing that pocketed hand on top of the counter for the bank teller to see," Sgt. Brian Metzler said. She then "then fled the bank through the front door, then entered the Pet Supplies Plus on Fair Lawn Avenue through a back exit into a parking lot," Metzler said. She was wearing a light-colored jacket and pants,…

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RECOGNIZE HER? Woman Robs Fair Lawn Bank Of Nearly $8,000 RECOGNIZE HER? Woman Robs Fair Lawn Bank Of Nearly $8,000
Recognize HER? Woman Robs Fair Lawn Bank Of Nearly $8,000 Fair Lawn police released surveillance photos of a woman who they said robbed a Columbia Bank branch of nearly $8,000 Friday afternoon. It was shortly after 2 p.m. when the heavy-set black female robber "passed a note to the teller while keeping one hand in her jacket pocket and bringing that pocketed hand on top of the counter for the bank teller to see," Sgt. Brian Metzler said. She then "then fled the bank through the front door, then entered the Pet Supplies Plus on Fair Lawn Avenue through a back exit into a parking lot," Metzler said. She was wearing a light-colored jacket and pants,…

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