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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: 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 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 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 Camelia Valdes said …

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UPDATE: Pedestrian, 55, Struck At NJ/NY Border Dies UPDATE: Pedestrian, 55, Struck At NJ/NY Border Dies
Update: Pedestrian, 55, Struck At NJ/NY Border Dies A 55-year-old pedestrian who was struck Friday night at the Rockland County border in Montvale died of her injuries, authorities confirmed. Responders found the Montvale resident in cardiac arrest, bleeding from a traumatic head wound, in the northbound lane of Chestnut Ridge Road a little more than 50 yards from the border, Police Chief Joseph Sanfilippo said. She'd been struck in the southbound lane by a 2016 Chevy Malibu driven by a 63-year-old Garfield man shortly before 8:30 p.m., the chief said. The area is a dark stretch of road with no sidewalks. Montvale police and Tri-Boro EMTs …

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NYC Boy, 15, With Stolen Long Island Muscle Car Admits Fair Lawn Business Break-Ins NYC Boy, 15, With Stolen Long Island Muscle Car Admits Fair Lawn Business Break-Ins
NYC Boy, 15, With Stolen Long Island Muscle Car Admits Fair Lawn Business Break-Ins A 15-year-old New York City boy went on a burglary spree in Fair Lawn -- stealing cash, cigarettes and lottery scratch offs – using a muscle car reported stolen from Long Island, authorities said. The Feb. 21 spree included $100 taken from the register of Best Cleaners on Morlot Avenue after the glass front door was smashed, as well as a failed attempt at entering New Breed Paintball on Fair Lawn Avenue the same way, Sgt. Brian Metzler said Friday. The teen was captured on surveillance video breaking the glass on the front door of the BP Gas Station, also on Fair Lawn Avenue, around 3:30 a.…

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Authorities: Morris County Homeowner Charged In Insurance Arson Fire Authorities: Morris County Homeowner Charged In Insurance Arson Fire
Authorities: Morris County Homeowner Charged In Insurance Arson Fire A Morris County man was charged with setting fire to his home for insurance purposes, authorities announced Friday. Gilmar Tejada, 37, was the only person in the single-family Cedar Street home in East Hanover before the Dec. 21, 2019 blaze broke out in the basement and quickly spread through the home, they said. “Subsequent investigation revealed that insurance documents related to the property were not accurate,” Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp, Acting Chief of Investigations Christoph Kimker and East Hanover Township Police Chief Christopher F. Cannizzo said in a joint announ…

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Haledon PD: Ashes Flicked Out SUV Window Leads To East Orange Pair With Loaded, Stolen Gun Haledon PD: Ashes Flicked Out SUV Window Leads To East Orange Pair With Loaded, Stolen Gun
Haledon PD: Ashes Flicked Out SUV Window Leads To East Orange Pair With Loaded, Stolen Gun A passenger who drew a police sergeant’s attention by flicking cigar ashes out an SUV’s window contributed to the discovery of a loaded, stolen handgun and $1,665 in suspected drug proceeds, authorities said. Haledon Sgt. Timothy Lindberg stopped the 1998 Ford Expedition on Central Avenue shortly after 10 p.m. Thursday after the driver failed to signal a turn and then ran a red light, Lt. George Guzman said. Lindberg “also noticed that the rear-seat passenger was littering by throwing ashes of a cigar out of the window,” Guzman said. The sergeant was joined by Officer Andrea Len, Special P…

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Tenafly Mom, Dumont Son Struck Crossing Englewood Street, But Not In The Usual Way Tenafly Mom, Dumont Son Struck Crossing Englewood Street, But Not In The Usual Way
Tenafly Mom, Dumont Son Struck Crossing Englewood Street, But Not In The Usual Way A 72-year-old Tenafly woman and her 51-year-old son from Dumont were hospitalized after they were struck Friday in Englewood by a vehicle involved in a nearby crash, authorities said. A 48-year-old driver was trying to make a left from Engle Street onto Chestnut Street around 12:45 p.m. when his Audi collided with a Ford Focus driven by a woman in her early 70s, Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said. The Ford got knocked into the pedestrians, who were headed north in the crosswalk on Engle Street, the deputy chief said. The woman sustained a head injury and her son an injury to his leg…

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Authorities: Little Ferry Police Sergeant Nabs Ex-Con With Loaded Handgun Authorities: Little Ferry Police Sergeant Nabs Ex-Con With Loaded Handgun
Authorities: Little Ferry Police Sergeant Nabs Ex-Con With Loaded Handgun A Little Ferry police sergeant found an ex-con carrying a loaded handgun during a traffic stop on Friday, authorities said. Sgt. John Andronaco stopped the white BMW with Florida license plates on Bergen Turnpike shortly before 11:15 a.m., Detective Lt. Ronald Klein Jr said. The sergeant smelled pot inside the car and asked both occupants to step out, he said. The driver, Yusuf Peay, 40, of Trenton, consented to a search of the vehicle, after which Andronaco found some pot and a pull-down rear-seat console that led to the trunk area, Klein said. Peay consented to a continued search of the…

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Driver, 18, Says Police Impostors Stopped Her Off Rt 208, Fair Lawn Detectives Investigate Driver, 18, Says Police Impostors Stopped Her Off Rt 208, Fair Lawn Detectives Investigate
Driver, 18, Says Police Impostors Stopped Her Off Rt 208, Fair Lawn Detectives Investigate UPDATE: Fair Lawn police on Friday continued to investigate a Wyckoff driver’s report that she was pulled over by two men posing as police officers. The 18-year-old woman told police that she’d just exited southbound Route 208 onto Plaza Road in Fair Lawn around 8:45 p.m. Monday when she saw overhead lights behind her. She described the vehicle following her as a small car that looked “similar to a Honda,” with front windshield tints, according to a report filed with Fair Lawn police on Thursday. Two men got out wearing “hoodies or beanies,” the woman reported.  Feeling something wasn’t …

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RECOGNIZE HIM? Police Release Sketch Of Hawthorne Stabbing Suspect RECOGNIZE HIM? Police Release Sketch Of Hawthorne Stabbing Suspect
Recognize HIM? Police Release Sketch Of Hawthorne Stabbing Suspect Hawthorne police released a sketch Friday of a stranger who a local man said stabbed him in the back on a local street. The 26-year-old victim told police he was walking near Enterprise Rent-A-Car on Goffle Road around 8:40 p.m. Wednesday when the assailant began following him on foot, asking for money, Detective Sgt. Matthew Hoogmoed said. “The victim said he was struck in the back and when he turned around, he saw the suspect holding a knife and realized he had been stabbed,” Hoogmoed said. Bystanders called police and the victim was later taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center w…

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Politics
Council: Surprise Late-Night Pow Wow No Cause For Admonishing Elmwood Park Mayor, Clerk Council: Surprise Late-Night Pow Wow No Cause For Admonishing Elmwood Park Mayor, Clerk
Council: Surprise Late-Night Pow Wow No Cause For Admonishing Elmwood Park Mayor, Clerk The surprise after-hours discovery by Elmwood Park police of the town’s then-acting mayor and borough clerk behind locked doors in the municipal building was no reason for admonishment, the Borough Council decided Thursday night. The decision rejected a recommendation by legal counsel to admonish Councilman Daniel Golabek and Borough Clerk Erin Delaney for the Dec. 13, 2019 incident at Borough Hall. Eyebrows were raised in Elmwood Park not only over potential appearances but also because Golabek, while acting mayor, had participated in discussions about Delaney’s permanent appointment to th…

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