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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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Car Sideswipes Paterson School Bus, Three Kids Hospitalized Car Sideswipes Paterson School Bus, Three Kids Hospitalized
Car Sideswipes Paterson School Bus, Three Kids Hospitalized Three Paterson children were hospitalized as a precaution after their school bus was sideswiped Tuesday morning, authorities said. The bus was parked at the corner of Trenton and Florida avenues when a Nissan Altima with a 30-year-old female driver came down the street shortly before 8:30 a.m., Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. "She was coming by alongside the bus as another car came in the other direction," Speziale said. "She swerved to avoid the other car and sideswiped the bus." Three grade schoolers of the 22 reported occupants on the bus were taken to St. Joseph's Regional …

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Man Wanted For Beating Victim Who Was Then Run Over Captured By Palisades Park Police Man Wanted For Beating Victim Who Was Then Run Over Captured By Palisades Park Police
Man Wanted For Beating Victim Who Was Then Run Over Captured By Palisades Park Police A man wanted for knocking out a beating victim who was then accidentally run over outside a Palisades Park karaoke bar last year was arrested this week after he inadvertently brought police to him. Borough officers responding to a medical call on Sunday recognized Young Min Choi, 39, of West Central Boulevard from alerts and took him into custody, authorities said Tuesday. Choi had been indicted by a grand jury in Hackensack in connection with a brutal July 21 beating outside the Rock21 Club on Bergen Boulevard that left a 33-year-old man permanently disabled. "Surveillance video recovered…

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Dumont PD: Two Girls Say Man In Trench Coat Exposed Himself In CVS Lot Dumont PD: Two Girls Say Man In Trench Coat Exposed Himself In CVS Lot
Dumont PD: Two Girls Say Man In Trench Coat Exposed Himself In CVS Lot A man in a beige trench coat exposed himself to two girls in the parking lot of the Dumont CVS on Monday, said police who sought the public's help finding him. The two high school students told police the man was in his mid to late 20s and driving a newer model white Audi. They said he played loud music to get their attention in the store's West Madison Avenue parking lot, then exposed himself to them, police said. Anyone who saw something or has information that could help police investigating the case is asked to call the Dumont PD: (201) 387-5000.

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Prosecutor: Clifton Man Threatened New Paterson Police Chief Over His Race, Religion Prosecutor: Clifton Man Threatened New Paterson Police Chief Over His Race, Religion
Prosecutor: Clifton Man Threatened New Paterson Police Chief Over His Race, Religion UPDATE: Paterson’s first Muslim police chief wasn’t in the job long when he became the target of texted threats from a 28-year-old Clifton man because of what authorities said Monday are his race, religion and nationality. Stefan Keco was arrested and charged after being identified by Paterson detectives following the threats to Police Chief Ibrahim “Mike” Baycora, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale Jr. said. Keco "sent threatening text messages to Chief Baycora with the purpose to intimidate him because of the chief's religion, race and national origin," Passaic County Prosecutor Camel…

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Firefighters Battle Roaring Glen Rock House Blaze Firefighters Battle Roaring Glen Rock House Blaze
Firefighters Battle Roaring Glen Rock House Blaze Firefighters battled a stubborn Glen Rock house blaze Monday night. Flames blew through the roof of the 70-year-old, two-story Boulevard home, collapsing it. The fire went to three alarms shortly before 7:30 p.m., about an hour after it began. No serious injuries were immediately reported. NORCON was activated. Mutual responders included firefighters from Wyckoff. A Glen Rock BLS unit responded, as well. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS Flames shot into the sky.DAILY VOICE 211 Boulevard in Glen Rock.DAILY VOICE

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GWB NIGHTMARE: Flying Dump Truck Debris Smashes Through Car Windshield, Hits Driver In Head GWB NIGHTMARE: Flying Dump Truck Debris Smashes Through Car Windshield, Hits Driver In Head
GWB Nightmare: Flying Dump Truck Debris Smashes Through Car Windshield, Hits Driver In Head A flying piece of metal from a dump truck's undercarriage smashed through a car windshield Monday on the George Washington Bridge, hitting the driver in the head, authorities confirmed. The 28-year-old Bronx driver was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with a traumatic head injury after an 18-inch piece of metal crashed through the windshield of his New Jersey-bound Chrysler 200 and struck him on the upper level at 10:45 a.m., Port Authority spokeswoman Lenis Rodrigues said. The driver, who was the vehicle's lone occupant, was taken to Hackensack University Medical Cen…

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Prosecutor: Boy, 16, Made Hackensack, Paramus School Bomb Threats Prosecutor: Boy, 16, Made Hackensack, Paramus School Bomb Threats
Prosecutor: Boy, 16, Made Hackensack, Paramus School Bomb Threats A 16-year-old boy called in several bogus threats of bombs at schools in Hackensack and Paramus last week, said authorities who took him into custody. The boy blocked his caller ID to place six calls to several area police apartments last Thursday and Friday, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The bogus theats brought Paramus and Hackensack police and firefighters, a Bergen County Regional SWAT team and the Bergen County Sheriff’s Bomb Squad to the sites, he said. It didn’t take long for Musella’s Cyber Crimes Unit to identify the caller, the prosecutor said. They took the boy i…

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Fairview Car Washer Charged With Sexually Assaulting Cliffside Park Student Fairview Car Washer Charged With Sexually Assaulting Cliffside Park Student
Fairview Car Washer Charged With Sexually Assaulting Cliffside Park Student A Guatemalan national living in Fairview sexually abused a 13-year-old Cliffside Park student, authorities charged. Eualio L. Martinez, 35, who works as a car washer, was charged with aggravated sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual contact, criminal sexual contact, sexual assault and child endangerment, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Monday. An investigation by his Special Victims Unit in tandem with police in Cliffside Park and Fairview began after a school nurse contacted borough police this past Friday about the alleged assaults, he said. Martinez remained held Monday …

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VIDEO: Jersey Shore Meeting Of YouTuber Posing As Girl, 14, And Older Man Goes Viral VIDEO: Jersey Shore Meeting Of YouTuber Posing As Girl, 14, And Older Man Goes Viral
Video: Jersey Shore Meeting Of YouTuber Posing As Girl, 14, And Older Man Goes Viral A YouTube video made by a man who said he posed as an underage girl to arrange a meeting with an online predator at a Jersey Shore pizzeria has gone viral. It also brought a warning from a top law enforcement official about playing vigilante. ****** UPDATE: Detectives arrested a 33-year-old Jersey Shore man on luring and attempted sexual assault charges after a YouTube creator lured him into a meeting by posing as a 14-year-old girl, authorities said. https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/ocean/police-fire/prosecutor-authorities-nab-accused-jersey-shore-child-predator-snared-by-youtuber/78431…

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Wanaque Driver Clocked At 145MPH On Route 17, Says NYSP Wanaque Driver Clocked At 145MPH On Route 17, Says NYSP
Wanaque Driver Clocked At 145MPH On Route 17, Says Nysp A 23-year-old Wanaque driver was stopped on Route 17 in Orange County after speeding past a New York State Police trooper at 145 miles an hour, authorities said. Jeremy Van Leuvan received summonses for reckless endangerment, reckless driving and doing 145mph in a 65mph zone after the trooper stopped his westbound 2009 Dodge Challenger in Wallkill around 10:15 a.m. Friday, the NYSP said. Leuvan was scheduled to answer the summonses on March 13.

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