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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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Paterson PD Works Both Sides Of Street, Seize Raw Heroin, Cocaine, Shotgun Paterson PD Works Both Sides Of Street, Seize Raw Heroin, Cocaine, Shotgun
Paterson PD Works Both Sides Of Street, Seize Raw Heroin, Cocaine, Shotgun Paterson police raided two homes directly across the street from one another, arresting two ex-cons and five alleged buyers while seizing raw and packaged heroin, cocaine and a sawed-off shotgun. Members of the Paterson Narcotics Division also seized $568 in suspected proceeds during the simultaneous Monday afternoon strikes, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. The primary arrests involved two men with criminal histories: Filiberto Feliciano, 65, who lives in one of the Cedar Street homes, and Carlos Torres, 43, of Summer Street. Both were charged with drug and weapons offenses after dete…

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Police: 'No Criminal Intent' Found In Suspicious Device That Cleared Glen Rock Shopping Center Police: 'No Criminal Intent' Found In Suspicious Device That Cleared Glen Rock Shopping Center
Police: 'No Criminal Intent' Found In Suspicious Device That Cleared Glen Rock Shopping Center UPDATE: A stray pot in a cart that forced the evacuation of a Glen Rock shopping center Tuesday morning was deemed harmless, and everyone was allowed to return to their businesses. There was no sign of criminal intent, authorities said. The pressure cooker found in a shopping cart outside Rock Farmers Market was empty -- except for a receipt, Bergen County Sheriff Anthony Cureton said. Apparently, someone mistakenly left it behind. Prospect Street was reopened after temporarily being closed in both directions between Saddle River Road and Woodvale Road after a member of the sheriff's Bomb…

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Police: Franklin Lakes Car Thieves Steal BMW, Burglarize Six Other Vehicles Police: Franklin Lakes Car Thieves Steal BMW, Burglarize Six Other Vehicles
Police: Franklin Lakes Car Thieves Steal BMW, Burglarize Six Other Vehicles Thieves hit Franklin Lakes before dawn Tuesday, stealing a BMW and burglarizing six other vehicles, authorities said. The BMW was reported stolen from a Scioto Drive driveway, Capt. John Bakelaar said. Three vehicles were entered on Garden Court, as were two others on Longbow Drive and another on Northwood Drive, the captain said. Like the stolen BMW, all of the vehicles were parked in driveways, Bakelaar said. Police and prosecutors throughout North Jersey have been warning vehicle owners to not become victims. A video shows how quickly it can happen.  Gone In 30 Seconds (VIDEO): Here'…

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FBI Busts Paterson Police Sergeant Charged With Stealing Cash During Search FBI Busts Paterson Police Sergeant Charged With Stealing Cash During Search
FBI Busts Paterson Police Sergeant Charged With Stealing Cash During Search The FBI Tuesday morning arrested a Paterson police sergeant accused of stealing money during a search of a suspect’s apartment. Sgt. Michael Cheff, 49, of Paterson, gave a few of his fellow officers a portion of the proceeds and didn’t report it, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Federal authorities have been busting a band of rogue officers who they said violated civilians’ civil rights by stopping and searching their vehicles without justification and stole money from civilians. Cheff “routinely received a portion of these stolen monies from some of these officers and signed off on cor…

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IRS: Fairview Painting Contractor From North Bergen Cheated On Taxes IRS: Fairview Painting Contractor From North Bergen Cheated On Taxes
IRS: Fairview Painting Contractor From North Bergen Cheated On Taxes A contractor from North Bergen admitted filing false federal tax returns for his painting company. Nicola Marchese, 48, pleaded guilty in federal court in Newark to two counts of the crime in exchange for leniency at a March 24 sentencing, the IRS said. Marchese’s Napoli Painting Services, on Kamena Street in Fairview, has boasted some major projects since it was created in 1977 – among them, the Trump Building in Jersey City and The Tapestry and Prospero Hall in Manhattan, according to its website. “With this year’s filing season just around the corner, [this] guilty plea is a reminder t…

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Paterson Woman Rescued From Clothing Donation Bin Says She Was Trapped For 2½ Days Paterson Woman Rescued From Clothing Donation Bin Says She Was Trapped For 2½ Days
Paterson Woman Rescued From Clothing Donation Bin Says She Was Trapped For 2½ Days Paterson firefighters on Monday rescued a woman who said she’d been trapped in a clothing donation bin since Friday night. The 38-year-old apparently homeless woman claimed that she was reaching into the bin behind a Broadway apartment building when someone pushed her, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Not likely, the director said: It was the third time in two years that the same woman had to be rescued from a donation box. Someone who heard her screaming dialed 911 around 11:30 a.m. Monday, Speziale said. Engine Co. 5 used spreaders to open the bottom of container and free her, he s…

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Three-Vehicle Route 208 Crash Sends Two To Hospital Three-Vehicle Route 208 Crash Sends Two To Hospital
Three-Vehicle Route 208 Crash Sends Two To Hospital At least two people were hospitalized after a sedan, a coupe and an SUV were involved in a collision on southbound Route 208 in Hawthorne Monday afternoon. The left and center lanes were blocked while the victims were tended to, the wreckage removed and the crash investigated just north of Lincoln Avenue. Hawthorne police were joined by local EMS and Glen Rock police, among other responders, at the 3:30 p.m. call. EMS workers tend to the injured.Douglas Haber for DAILY VOICE Crash scene on southbound Route 208 in Hawthorne.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE

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Former U.S. Navy Member Gets 18 Months In Federal Prison For Trafficking Guns Into NJ Former U.S. Navy Member Gets 18 Months In Federal Prison For Trafficking Guns Into NJ
Former U.S. Navy Member Gets 18 Months In Federal Prison For Trafficking Guns Into NJ A former active-duty member of the U.S. Navy was sentenced Monday to 18 months in federal prison for illegally trafficking guns to a New Jersey couple – including one that ended up being fired on the street hours later. Tesora Amanda Cortes Trejorojas, 24, admitted in federal court in Newark last February that she bought the semi-automatic weapons at a store near her Norfolk, VA home for Azia Sinclair and Shyheim “Shy” Tyson of Newark. She entered the plea in exchange for the more lenient sentence -- all of which she must serve because there's no parole in the federal prison system. The so…

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Utilities Warn NJ, NY Customers About Phone Scammers Threatening To Cut Service Utilities Warn NJ, NY Customers About Phone Scammers Threatening To Cut Service
Utilities Warn NJ, NY Customers About Phone Scammers Threatening To Cut Service Orange & Rockland Utilities and PSE&G are warning customers not to fall for phony phone callers threatening to shut off their service for an unpaid bill. The scammers use phone numbers that appear legitimate on caller ID, then order customers to tend to what they say is an unpaid bill or their service will be shut off within the hour, the utility companies said. Don’t fall for it. Scammers give different reasons for claiming a customer owes money. In some cases, they claim a computer glitch prevented the customers’ last several months worth of payments from being credite…

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Five Injured In Newark Police Pursuit Crash Five Injured In Newark Police Pursuit Crash
Five Injured In Newark Police Pursuit Crash A Newark police pursuit ended in a multi-vehicle crash that injured a carjacker, two police officers and two civilian before dawn Monday, responders said. All five were taken to University Medical Center after the chase ended in a chain-reaction collision at Hawthorne and Chadwick avenues shortly after 2:30 a.m., they said. The Essex County Prosecutor's Office, which was investigating the crash, said none of the injuries appeared life-threatening. It hadn't yet confirmed an earlier report that the carjacker bailed from the vehicle after it collided with a police car -- then somehow became …

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