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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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20 Tickets Plus Charges For Driver Who Fled With Passenger After Hawthorne Restaurant Crash 20 Tickets Plus Charges For Driver Who Fled With Passenger After Hawthorne Restaurant Crash
20 Tickets Plus Charges For Driver Who Fled With Passenger After Hawthorne Restaurant Crash UPDATE: A Paterson driver who fled with his passenger after his sedan slammed into the side of an Italian restaurant in Hawthorne received 20 traffic summonses to go with criminal drug and resisting counts for both, authorities said Wednesday. Hommy Colon, 40, also was charged with DWI, as well as aggravated assault by auto for injuries sustained in Tuesday’s crash by 42-year-old passenger Tywuan Lopez, 42, also of Paterson, Detective Sgt. Matthew Hoogmoed said. The four-door 2005 Nissan Sentra crashed into the side of Bella Fig on Lincoln Avenue shortly before 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, taking d…

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Hillsdale Man Arrested In Assault Hillsdale Man Arrested In Assault
Hillsdale Man Arrested In Assault A Hillsdale man was arrested after a knife assault that responders said required on-scene treatment of two people for minor injuries. Christian Scillia, 47, was booked into the Bergen County Jail following the alleged assault shortly before midnight Tuesday. A judge ordered him released pending further court action during a detention hearing later that day in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack, records show. Scillia is charged with aggravated assault, making terroristic threats and child endangerment. The adult and juvenile victims didn't require hospitalization, authorities…

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Fort Lee PD: Borough Home Invader Who Assaulted Elderly Woman, Son, Fights Responding Officers Fort Lee PD: Borough Home Invader Who Assaulted Elderly Woman, Son, Fights Responding Officers
Fort Lee PD: Borough Home Invader Who Assaulted Elderly Woman, Son, Fights Responding Officers A waiter from Fort Lee fought with police as they arrested him for breaking into a local home, throwing a chair at an elderly woman and assaulting her 60-year-old son, authorities said. Domonic Nascenti, 25, was walking away from the Bluff Road residence after Tuesday’s 9:40 p.m. home invasion when Officer John Reuter ordered him to stop for questioning, Capt. Ricky Mirkovic said. Nascenti “became confrontational in an aggressive manner, asking Officer Reuter to fight, blading his body and raising his hands in a fighting stance, Mirkovic said. Backups assisted Reuter, as Nascenti continued…

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Authorities: Trucker Charged With Setting Pit Bull On Police In Ringwood Dies Of Seizure Authorities: Trucker Charged With Setting Pit Bull On Police In Ringwood Dies Of Seizure
Authorities: Trucker Charged With Setting Pit Bull On Police In Ringwood Dies Of Seizure UPDATE: A Florida tractor-trailer driver who was arrested after authorities said he set his pit bull loose on police during a traffic stop in Ringwood died after suffering an apparent seizure. John Baker, 54, suffered the seizure in the Passaic County Jail's intake unit Tuesday night, said Bill Maer, the spokesman for Sheriff Richard H. Bernik. Baker was taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead a little over an hour after the 10:08 p.m. call, he said. The cause of death was being investigated. Police had charged Baker earlier with five counts of aggravat…

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Morris County Postal Worker Admits Stealing $75,000 From Mail Morris County Postal Worker Admits Stealing $75,000 From Mail
Morris County Postal Worker Admits Stealing $75,000 From Mail A now-former Morris County postal worker admitted that she stole $75,000 worth of checks from the mail. Nicole Georges, 30, said she stole the checks from the U.S. Postal Service station in Chester, where she worked. She and two accomplices then deposited the money into various bank accounts and withdrew the money – often that same day or a day later – before the checks were reported stolen, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. George’s guilty plea to mail theft and conspiracy followed previous pleas in U.S. District Court in Newark by her two accomplices, Raheem Haynes-Moore, 25, of Plainf…

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Police: Drunken Trucker Charged With 5 Counts Of Aggravated Assault In Ringwood Pit Bull Attack Police: Drunken Trucker Charged With 5 Counts Of Aggravated Assault In Ringwood Pit Bull Attack
Police: Drunken Trucker Charged With 5 Counts Of Aggravated Assault In Ringwood Pit Bull Attack UPDATE: A Florida tractor-trailer driver who was arrested after authorities said he set his pit bull loose on police during a traffic stop in Ringwood died after suffering an apparent seizure. https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/northpassaic/police-fire/authorities-trucker-charged-with-setting-pit-bull-on-police-in-ringwood-dies-of-seizure/783295/ ****** PREVIOUS STORY: A drunken Florida tractor-trailer driver was charged with five counts of aggravated assault for setting his pit bull loose on police during a Ringwood traffic stop, forcing them to shoot the dog, authorities said. John Baker…

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Bullet Taped To Locker Locks Down Eye Surgery Center In Elmwood Park Bullet Taped To Locker Locks Down Eye Surgery Center In Elmwood Park
Bullet Taped To Locker Locks Down Eye Surgery Center In Elmwood Park An eye surgery center in Elmwood Park was temporarily locked down Wednesday morning after an employee found a bullet inadvertently taped to his locker by a member of the cleaning staff, authorities said. An employee at Phillips Eye Center on River Driver found the .22-caliber long rifle round taped to his locker and alerted management, who called police, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. The River Drive Eye Center building was locked down "out of an abundance of caution" and K9 units were summoned, said Foligno, who is also the borough administrator. As employees were being interviewed, "…

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NJ Dad In College Sex Cult Scandal Was Snitch Who Helped Feds Bust Ex-NYPD Commish Bernie Kerik NJ Dad In College Sex Cult Scandal Was Snitch Who Helped Feds Bust Ex-NYPD Commish Bernie Kerik
NJ Dad In College Sex Cult Scandal Was Snitch Who Helped Feds Bust Ex-nypd Commish Bernie Kerik A former disgraced Wall Street securities trader from Middlesex County who's accused of running a sex cult using his daughter’s college classmates already had a notorious history in both New York and New Jersey. Before he was nabbed in a $41 million pump-and-dump stock fraud two decades ago, Lawrence Ray had reportedly developed mob ties. Ray, now 60, also became good friends with former NYPD Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik of Franklin Lakes. He also claimed to have worked for a U.S. intelligence agency in Kosovo and in 1997 brokered a City Hall meeting with Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and So…

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Bandits Take Cellphones, Employee's Wallet From Montvale Verizon Store Bandits Take Cellphones, Employee's Wallet From Montvale Verizon Store
Bandits Take Cellphones, Employee's Wallet From Montvale Verizon Store Two bandits made off with more than 15 cellphones and an employee's wallet from a Verizon store in Montvale Tuesday night, authorities confirmed. Borough police were investigating, assisted by the Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification, which was collecting evidence, Police Chief Joseph Sanfilippo said. The robbers fled the Chestnut Ridge Road store in a four-door grey sedan, witnesses said. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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State, Feds Smash Newark Mill That Produced Deadly Fentanyl Tied To 29 NJ ODs State, Feds Smash Newark Mill That Produced Deadly Fentanyl Tied To 29 NJ ODs
State, Feds Smash Newark Mill That Produced Deadly Fentanyl Tied To 29 NJ ODs A total of 29 overdose deaths across New Jersey were tied to fentanyl produced at a Newark opioid mill raided by a strike force of New Jersey State Police and U.S. Department of Homeland Security agents, authorities said Tuesday. Three accused mill operators were arrested, while more than 15 pounds of fentanyl and three handguns were seized by members of the NJSP Opioid Enforcement Task Force and U.S. Department of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), they said. The defendants sold their product in wax folds stamped with the same brand names linked to 76 total suspected overdoses across …

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