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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
Clifton PD: Homeless Wheelchair-Bound Mugger, Accomplice Rob Supermarket Shopper Clifton PD: Homeless Wheelchair-Bound Mugger, Accomplice Rob Supermarket Shopper
Clifton PD: Homeless Wheelchair-Bound Mugger, Accomplice Rob Supermarket Shopper Two homeless men – one of them confined to a wheelchair -- mugged a Clifton resident coming out of a local supermarket, authorities said. Piotr Waszkiewica, 39, and wheelchair-bound Guy Shane Crocker, 53, approached the 66-year-old victim outside the Exito Supermarket in Botany Square on Tuesday and demanded $20, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. When he refused, Waszkiewica and Crocker hit him, threw him to the ground and rifled through his pockets, taking $100, Bracken said. The took off, leaving the victim with facial injuries, he said. Detectives identified and arrested the pair Wedn…

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Police & Fire
Ex-Ridgewood High School Athlete Charged With Slashing Tires On Police Car, Other Vehicles Ex-Ridgewood High School Athlete Charged With Slashing Tires On Police Car, Other Vehicles
Ex-Ridgewood High School Athlete Charged With Slashing Tires On Police Car, Other Vehicles A former Ridgewood High School wrestler and football player was charged Thursday with slashing tires on several vehicles in his neighborhood, as well as on a village police car. Peter Breiter, 20, “used a knife to deflate the tires while he was walking past the vehicles on Saturday [Jan. 11],” Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke said. Breiter, who works as a produce clerk, was charged with criminal mischief, interference of transportation and weapons possession following an investigation that began with the discovery of the damage, the chief said. Seven reports in all were filed by residents w…

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Police & Fire
Dominican National Who Brought 2 Pounds Of Heroin To NJ From NY Gets 34 Months In Fed Pen Dominican National Who Brought 2 Pounds Of Heroin To NJ From NY Gets 34 Months In Fed Pen
Dominican National Who Brought 2 Pounds Of Heroin To NJ From NY Gets 34 Months In Fed Pen A Dominican national who smuggled more than two pounds of heroin from Rockland County into New Jersey was sentenced Thursday in Newark to a plea-bargained 34 months in federal prison. Bienvenido Perez Lazala, 31, who previously admitted his role in moving the drug, must serve the entire sentence because there's no parole in the federal prison system. Federal agents were listening as plans were made for Lazala to collect the heroin in Haverstraw and bring it to New Jersey, where he sold it to a buyer who turned out to be a law enforcement officer, U.S. Craig Carpenito said. In addition to t…

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Police & Fire
SEE ANYTHING? Police Seek Help Finding Man Who Followed Hillsdale Girl To Door, Ran From Mom SEE ANYTHING? Police Seek Help Finding Man Who Followed Hillsdale Girl To Door, Ran From Mom
SEE Anything? Police Seek Help Finding Man Who Followed Hillsdale Girl To Door, Ran From Mom A motorist who followed a Hillsdale girl home, pulled into her driveway and walked to her side door took off after being confronted by the youngster’s mother, said police who sought the public’s help finding him. The girl was walking her dog around 9 p.m. Tuesday when, she said, the dark-colored, older-model four-door sedan stopped near the intersection of Hopkins Street and Stever Avenue. The driver then made a U turn and headed toward her, following her into her driveway, the girl told police. The man then got out of the car and approached the side door, her mother said. She said she c…

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Police & Fire
HERO: Firefighter Rescues Suicidal Woman From Route 17 Overpass Leap HERO: Firefighter Rescues Suicidal Woman From Route 17 Overpass Leap
Hero: Firefighter Rescues Suicidal Woman From Route 17 Overpass Leap “Why don’t you kill yourself?” her boyfriend told a distraught Lodi woman. Hours later, the 24-year-old woman had climbed atop a bridge barrier above Route 17 in nearby Hasbrouck Heights and considered whether to jump. Then Joey Fehl showed up. Fehl, a Palisades Park firefighter who lives in town, faced his own ordeals. He came out the other side neither bitter nor discouraged. So he knew where she was coming from.And she could sense it. Fehl was driving down Route 46 with pal Thomas Mayer when he spotted her out of the corner of his eye shortly after 3:30 Wednesday afternoon. “Why is t…

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Sports
Strike Three, Looking: Beltran Out As Mets Manager Strike Three, Looking: Beltran Out As Mets Manager
Strike Three, Looking: Beltran Out As Mets Manager The Major League baseball sign-stealing scandal claimed Carlos Beltran as its third managerial out on Thursday. ESPN's Jeff Passan was one of the first to report that Beltran, 42, had resigned before managing a single game for the New York Mets because of his role in the Houston Astros' 2017 sign stealing scandal. The Athletic's Ken Rosenthal also reported the move, which began after Houston manager A.J. Hinch was fired Monday (after receiving a one-year suspension from Major League Baseball) and Red Sox manager Alex Cora was bounced the following day. Mets coach Luis Rojas was under consi…

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News
'Honestly Scary': Mid-Air Engine Fire Sends LA-Bound Plane Back To Newark 'Honestly Scary': Mid-Air Engine Fire Sends LA-Bound Plane Back To Newark
'Honestly Scary': Mid-Air Engine Fire Sends La-bound Plane Back To Newark A passenger caught images of a mid-air engine fire in a Los Angeles-bound United Airlines plane forced to make an emergency landing at Newark Airport Wednesday night. “Most terrifying experience of my life,” passenger Nicole Adamo tweeted. “Flight delayed 2 hours for Maintence (sic) issues. Flight takes off, Right wing of the plane (where I’m sitting in the aisle seat) sparking & now one engine failed.” Adamo, a sports and entertainment publicist, continued @Nickilishious: “They’re making announcements but i can’t hear anything b/c people are screaming. “They’re circling. Turning…

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Police & Fire
Third Fire In 38 Months Ravages Garden Center Greenhouse In Paramus (VIDEO) Third Fire In 38 Months Ravages Garden Center Greenhouse In Paramus (VIDEO)
Third Fire In 38 Months Ravages Garden Center Greenhouse In Paramus (Video) The third fire in a little over three years at a Paramus garden center severely damaged a greenhouse Wednesday night. Flames erupted at Denny Wiggers Landscapes and Garden Center on Paramus Road across from Bergen Community College shortly before 7:30 p.m. Firefighters quickly knocked it down, with no injuries reported. The cause wasn’t immediately determined. A fire in November 2016 seriously damaged a back corner of the main building. Four months later, a blaze that blew through the roof of a woodshed. Paramus Road was temporarily closed in both directions between Midland Avenue and Ce…

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Police & Fire
Fort Lee Driver, 93, Hospitalized In Englewood Crash Fort Lee Driver, 93, Hospitalized In Englewood Crash
Fort Lee Driver, 93, Hospitalized In Englewood Crash A 93-year-old driver from Fort Lee was hospitalized after a Wednesday crash in Englewood, authorities said. The woman was turning right from eastbound Van Nostrand Avenue onto southbound Broad Avenue when her 2007 Lexus collided with a 2002 Dodge Durango driven by a 35-year-old Belleville resident shortly before 3:30 p.m., Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said. The Lexus then slammed into a utility pole, he said. The Fort Lee driver was taken to Englewood Hospital and Medical Center with hand injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening, Halstead said. The Durango driver wasn’t i…

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Business
Randolph Man, 67, Gets Seven Years In Child Sex Case Randolph Man, 67, Gets Seven Years In Child Sex Case
Randolph Man, 67, Gets Seven Years In Child Sex Case A 67-year-old Randolph man convicted of a lesser charge in a child sex assault trial was sentenced in Morristown on Wednesday to seven years in state prison. Superior Court Judge Stephen J. Taylor also sentenced Jose Lemus to parole supervision for life and Megan’s Law registration, Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp, Acting Chief of Investigations Chris Kimker and Randolph Township Police Chief David Stokoe said in a joint release. He also can never have any contact with the victim and must pay unspecified fines an penalties, the brief release says. Jurors this past October acquit…

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