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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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Fairview Ambulance Corps Gone, Holy Name Medical Center Takes Over EMS For Borough Fairview Ambulance Corps Gone, Holy Name Medical Center Takes Over EMS For Borough
Fairview Ambulance Corps Gone, Holy Name Medical Center Takes Over EMS For Borough The Fairview Ambulance Corps officially ceased operations Monday, having been replaced by Holy Name Medical Center's Emergency Medical Services Department. Borough officials officially agreed to make the move following an eight-month survey of response times and other factors amid what they said were growing concerns over -- and repeated warnings about -- quality of service.  Holy Name will provide round-the-clock coverage from an in-town location, with transportation to whatever area hospital is requested or required, they said. The first-ever hospital-based Basic Life Support provid…

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Maywood Councilman Charged With Harassment, Resisting Arrest In Teaneck Domestic Incident Maywood Councilman Charged With Harassment, Resisting Arrest In Teaneck Domestic Incident
Maywood Councilman Charged With Harassment, Resisting Arrest In Teaneck Domestic Incident EXCLUSIVE: A Maywood councilman was arrested in Teaneck after he became combative with police during a domestic incident, authorities said. Officers were trying to calm Matthew Garofalow, 40, who apparently was upset over the breakup of a relationship when he showed up at police headquarters around 6:25 p.m. Friday, sources with knowledge of the incident told Daily Voice. Garofalow remained agitated, they said, and kept trying to get past them to a harassment victim who'd gone there for help. The Democrat councilman and father of three then made statements while being restrained that raise…

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VIDEO (UPDATE): State Police ID Driver Shot Dead On Route 80 VIDEO (UPDATE): State Police ID Driver Shot Dead On Route 80
Video (Update): State Police ID Driver Shot Dead On Route 80 UPDATE: Authorities captured and charged three Long Island men in connection with the shooting death of a driver on Route 80 in Lodi last weekend. "It was not a random shooting -- it was a targeted killing," New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said during a news conference Thursday in Hackensack with Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella, BCPO Chief of Detectives Robert Anzilotti and New Jersey State Police Lt. Colonel Fritz Frage. Anzilotti identified the trio as: Kenneth Regan, 21, of Centereach, NY; Douglas Coudrey, 22, of Eastport, NY, the alleged shooter; Robert Plunkett, 22…

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Clifton Duo Charged After Hawthorne Motorist Is Hit With Golf Club In Fair Lawn Road Rage Brawl Clifton Duo Charged After Hawthorne Motorist Is Hit With Golf Club In Fair Lawn Road Rage Brawl
Clifton Duo Charged After Hawthorne Motorist Is Hit With Golf Club In Fair Lawn Road Rage Brawl UPDATE: A Clifton couple were charged after the husband hit a Hawthorne motorist in the head with a golf club during a road rage brawl Sunday night in Fair Lawn, authorities said. Mariusz Czerwinski, 44, was driving a 2014 Chrysler Town & Country van with his wife, 42-year-old Sylwia Czerwinska, as a passenger when he passed and then stopped in front of a Ford 2016 Focus driven by the victim shortly after 7 p.m. outside the Walgreens shopping center on River Road, Fair Lawn Police Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Both drivers got out of the vehicles and exchanged words, after which Czerwinski …

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UPDATE: Fair Lawn Road Rage Victim Struck With Golf Club UPDATE: Fair Lawn Road Rage Victim Struck With Golf Club
Update: Fair Lawn Road Rage Victim Struck With Golf Club UPDATE: A Clifton couple were charged after the husband hit a Hawthorne motorist in the head with a golf club during a road rage brawl Sunday night in Fair Lawn, authorities said. Mariusz Czerwinski, 44, was driving a 2014 Chrysler Town & Country van with his wife, 42-year-old Sylwia Czerwinska, as a passenger when he passed and then stopped in front of a Ford 2016 Focus driven by the victim shortly after 7 p.m. outside the Walgreens shopping center on River Road, Fair Lawn Police Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Both drivers got out of the vehicles and exchanged words, after which Czerwinski …

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Englewood Police Transporting Prisoner Hit Deer On Route 80 Englewood Police Transporting Prisoner Hit Deer On Route 80
Englewood Police Transporting Prisoner Hit Deer On Route 80 Two Englewood police officers and a prisoner were OK after their patrol cruiser struck a deer who darted onto Route 80 before dawn Sunday. The officers had gone to Somerville to pick up Tony Seymour, 40, who was wanted on a theft warrant. They were headed eastbound on the highway, bound for the Bergen County Jail in Hackensack, when the deer bolted onto the highway near mile marker 56 in Woodland Park shortly after 5 a.m., Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said The officers contacted New Jersey State Police, who summoned an EMS unit as a precaution, Halstead said. Neither the officers …

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Fort Lee PD: Ex-Con Sold $25,000 Worth Of Stolen Power Tools Through e-Commerce App Fort Lee PD: Ex-Con Sold $25,000 Worth Of Stolen Power Tools Through e-Commerce App
Fort Lee PD: Ex-Con Sold $25,000 Worth Of Stolen Power Tools Through e-Commerce App A Fort Lee ex-con sold $25,000 worth of power tools online that he stole from various home improvement stores, said police who arrested him. Borough Police Sgt. Christopher Valacer was using an e-commerce app when he noticed that Ralph Censale, a 45-year-old carpenter, "was selling a large amount of new power tools for far less than the fair market value," Capt. Ricky Mirkovic said. Detectives Thomas Keelen and John Klein dug further and found that Censale had sold more than 30 power tools in recent months, Mirkovic said. After discovering the thefts, the detectives obtained an arrest warr…

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Police: Edgewater Crash Turns Up $13,385 In Fishy Cash Police: Edgewater Crash Turns Up $13,385 In Fishy Cash
Police: Edgewater Crash Turns Up $13,385 In Fishy Cash It looked like a routine crash – until Edgewater police found $13,385 in one of the vehicles. No one was injured in the crash in front of The River Palm Terrace on River Road, police said. Then things got interesting. The driver of a 2020 Range Rover – identified as 36-year-old Anthony Slater of Hagerstown, MD – gave Sgt. James Dalton conflicting statements about the Jan. 11 afternoon crash and where he was headed, Detective Sgt. Tim Farrell said. While speaking with Slater, Dalton “detected the odor of raw marijuana emanating from the passenger compartment of the vehicle,” Farrell said. …

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Prosecutor: New Milford Man's Assaults On 3-Month-Old Cause Brain Injury, Break Ribs Prosecutor: New Milford Man's Assaults On 3-Month-Old Cause Brain Injury, Break Ribs
Prosecutor: New Milford Man's Assaults On 3-Month-Old Cause Brain Injury, Break Ribs A New Milford sprinkler mechanic assaulted a 3-month-old child, breaking the infant’s ribs and causing bleeding on the brain, authorities said. Justin Cerciello, 34, remained held Saturday in the Bergen County Jail, charged with aggravated assault and child endangerment. The infant was brought to Holy Name Hospital last Sunday for hemorrhaging in the eyes and blood in the saliva, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The child was transferred to Hackensack University Medical Center after emergency room doctors found bleeding on the brain and various other bruises, Musella said. Doct…

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UPDATE: Shooting On Route 80 In Lodi Leaves One Dead, Another Hospitalized UPDATE: Shooting On Route 80 In Lodi Leaves One Dead, Another Hospitalized
Update: Shooting On Route 80 In Lodi Leaves One Dead, Another Hospitalized UPDATE: Authorities captured and charged three Long Island men in connection with the shooting death of a driver on Route 80 in Lodi last weekend. "It was not a random shooting -- it was a targeted killing," New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said during a news conference Thursday in Hackensack with Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella, BCPO Chief of Detectives Robert Anzilotti and New Jersey State Police Lt. Colonel Fritz Frage. Anzilotti identified the trio as: Kenneth Regan, 21, of Centereach, NY; Douglas Coudrey, 22, of Eastport, NY, the alleged shooter; Robert Plunkett, 22…

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