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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
UPDATE: Two Injured In Montvale Multi-Vehicle Crash UPDATE: Two Injured In Montvale Multi-Vehicle Crash
Update: Two Injured In Montvale Multi-Vehicle Crash A three-vehicle crash Tuesday afternoon in Montvale injured two drivers, authorities said. Montvale, Park Ridge and Woodcliff Lake firefighters were among the responders following reports that the drivers of a box truck and a Jeep Wrangler were trapped in their vehicles outside The Fresh Market on Chestnut Ridge Road, Police Chief Joseph Sanfilippo said. "There don't appear to be any serious injuries," Sanfilippo said from the scene. One of the victims was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center after being extricated, the other to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood. "Those guys are i…

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Police & Fire
HERO: Maywood Police K9 Rescues Missing, Shivering Englewood Girl, 13 HERO: Maywood Police K9 Rescues Missing, Shivering Englewood Girl, 13
Hero: Maywood Police K9 Rescues Missing, Shivering Englewood Girl, 13 A Maywood police bloodhound may have saved the life of a 13-year-old Englewood runaway who was found shivering in the woods 10 hours after she’d gone missing, authorities said. Remi, who specializes in finding missing people, tracked the girl down around midnight Tuesday after partner Chris Nichols gave the 3-year-old bloodhound a sniff of a jacket she’d worn earlier in the day. The girl’s parents dropped her off at school in Englewood, as usual, at the start of the school day on Monday, Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said. “At some point, the child made clear her intent to run away…

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Business
Foodtown Supermarkets Get Makeover: Say Hello To Fresh Grocer Foodtown Supermarkets Get Makeover: Say Hello To Fresh Grocer
Foodtown Supermarkets Get Makeover: Say Hello To Fresh Grocer New Jersey’s four Foodtown supermarkets are converting to The Fresh Grocer over the next four weeks. The rebranded stores in Washington Township, North Haledon, Cedar Grove and Colonia “will continue to offer restaurant-quality take home meals with best in market pricing, and a wide variety of high quality fresh foods at low prices,” the Maniaci family and its Nicholas Markets company said Tuesday. Instacart, the on-demand and online grocery delivery service, will also be available to customers, they said. “Customers can expect all the favorite parts of their store to remain while new prod…

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Police & Fire
NY Driver, 16, Caught Tearing Up School Fields In Bergen NY Driver, 16, Caught Tearing Up School Fields In Bergen
NY Driver, 16, Caught Tearing Up School Fields In Bergen A 16-year-old driver from Warwick, NY tore up fields at schools in Wyckoff and Franklin Lakes, causing thousands of dollars in damage, authorities said. Damage to the field at Eisenhower Middle School in Wyckoff alone was estimated at $2,500, Lt. Joseph Soto said Tuesday. Investigating Detective Sgt. Michael Ragucci discovered that the boy also vandalized the field at Ramapo High School in Franklin Lakes with the SUV, Soto said. The boy was taken into custody and given what is known as a stationhouse adjustment, under which police can release first-time juvenile offenders involved in petty…

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Police & Fire
Franklin Lakes PD: Morris Prostitute, Wanaque Customer Busted On Rt 208 After Brief Abduction Franklin Lakes PD: Morris Prostitute, Wanaque Customer Busted On Rt 208 After Brief Abduction
Franklin Lakes PD: Morris Prostitute, Wanaque Customer Busted On Rt 208 After Brief Abduction A Morris County prostitute and a Wanaque john were both arrested by Franklin Lakes police after he briefly abducted her, authorities said. Eduardo Areche, 43, and Kristie Pattin, 38, of Stirling were both passengers in a vehicle stopped Monday night on Route 208 by Officer Ryan Sweeney, Capt. John Bakelaar said. Pattin was charged with prostitution and possession of both crack and drug paraphernalia, he said. Areche was charged with soliciting prostitution and false imprisonment, the captain said. A police reported alleges that Pattin “did knowingly restrain co-defendant (Pattin) unlawful…

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Police & Fire
Paterson Police Bust Four In Raid, Seize Drugs, Cash, Following Residents' Calls Paterson Police Bust Four In Raid, Seize Drugs, Cash, Following Residents' Calls
Paterson Police Bust Four In Raid, Seize Drugs, Cash, Following Residents' Calls Paterson detectives responding to citizens’ complaints arrested four people and seized 105 heroin folds, 30 illegal prescription pills and $690 in ill-gotten gains in a raid on a south side neighborhood home, authorities said. Accused street-level dealer Nidal Deeb, 28, who lives in the Sussex Street home was arrested by city Narcotics Division detectives, along with his alleged supplier, Miguel Garcia, 30, of Hemlock Street, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said Tuesday. Both were charged with various drug possession counts, Speziale said. Deeb also was charged with distribution and i…

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Police & Fire
Pedestrian Struck Crossing Route 46 In Saddle Brook Pedestrian Struck Crossing Route 46 In Saddle Brook
Pedestrian Struck Crossing Route 46 In Saddle Brook A Saddle Brook man was struck crossing Route 46 Monday afternoon, authorities said. The middle-aged victim was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening after he was struck around 4 p.m. Police Chief Robert Kugler said. He was in the crosswalk when he was struck on the westbound side of the highway outside the Saddle Brook Center, Kugler said. No summonses were immediately issued, the chief said, adding that police were still investigating. ****** ALSO SEE: The occupants of a car that overturned Monday afternoon on westbound Rou…

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Police & Fire
Car Rolls On Route 4 In Paramus Car Rolls On Route 4 In Paramus
Car Rolls On Route 4 In Paramus The occupants of a car that overturned Monday afternoon on westbound Route 4 in Paramus got themselves out, responders said. The Volkswagen rolled in front of 35 Plaza shopping center, which includes a Houlihan's, Starbucks and Roadrunner Sports, among other businesses. Paramus police, firefighters and EMS responded. The vehicle was righted and removed by a flatbed tow truck. No serious injuries were immediately reported. Traffic, needless to say, was jammed for miles. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this account. The occupants got themselves out after their Volks…

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Police & Fire
THINK YOU KNOW HIM? Watch Fair Lawn Burglar Seek Unlocked Cars THINK YOU KNOW HIM? Watch Fair Lawn Burglar Seek Unlocked Cars
Think YOU Know HIM? Watch Fair Lawn Burglar Seek Unlocked Cars In the comments section of a Facebook-posted Ring video of a burglar taking valuables from unlocked vehicles in Fair Lawn, one owner described the intended target: Herself. “I got the kids and [everything] I’m grabbing out [of] the car,” she explained. “[S]ometimes life is busy… sometimes I forget too.” The burglar was recorded on surveillance cameras in Fair Lawn testing door handles between 1 and 4 a.m. over the weekend and into early Monday, police said.  He was successful in some instances -- and made off with valuables he found inside open vehicles -- and kept moving past those that w…

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Police & Fire
Morris Cook, 18, Charged With Sexually Assaulting Girl In North Arlington Morris Cook, 18, Charged With Sexually Assaulting Girl In North Arlington
Morris Cook, 18, Charged With Sexually Assaulting Girl In North Arlington UPDATE: An 18-year-old cook from Parsippany is accused of sexually assaulting an underage North Arlington girl. Mark W. England Ippolito was charged with sexual assault upon a teen victim more than four years younger than him and endangering sexual conduct with a minor, records show. Ippolito, who was graduated from Parsippany High School last year, was arrested on Thursday, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. He was taken to the Bergen County Jail and ordered released by a Central Judicial Processing Court judge in Hackensack the next day, the prosecutor said. New …

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