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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
Warwick Driver, 24, Killed In Wrong-Way NJ Crash Warwick Driver, 24, Killed In Wrong-Way NJ Crash
Warwick Driver, 24, Killed In Wrong-Way NJ Crash A 24-year-old Warwick woman was killed when her car veered across the double-yellow line and slammed head-on into a minivan just across the New Jersey border early Tuesday, authorities said. The driver of the northbound 2011 Volkswagen Routan -- a 42-year-old Springfield, MA man -- and four of his passengers were taken to local hospitals with moderate injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening, Oakland Police Lt. Christian Eldridge said after the 8:18 a.m. crash. It was initially unclear why the deceased driver’s 2001 Toyota Corolla ended up in the oncoming lane. An investigation was…

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Oakland PD: Warwick Driver, 24, Killed In Skyline Drive Wrong-Way Crash Oakland PD: Warwick Driver, 24, Killed In Skyline Drive Wrong-Way Crash
Oakland PD: Warwick Driver, 24, Killed In Skyline Drive Wrong-Way Crash A 24-year-old Warwick woman was killed when her car veered across the double-yellow line on Skyline Drive in Oakland early Tuesday and slammed head-on into a minivan, authorities said. The driver of the northbound 2011 Volkswagen Routan -- a 42-year-old Springfield, MA man -- and four of his passengers were taken to local hospitals with moderate injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening, Police Lt. Christian Eldridge said after the 8:18 a.m. crash. It was initially unclear why the deceased driver’s 2001 Toyota Corolla ended up in the oncoming lane. An investigation was continuing, E…

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River Vale PD: Security Cam Catches House Cleaner From Garfield Swiping $900 From Homeowner River Vale PD: Security Cam Catches House Cleaner From Garfield Swiping $900 From Homeowner
River Vale PD: Security Cam Catches House Cleaner From Garfield Swiping $900 From Homeowner Thanks to a home surveillance camera, River Vale police nabbed a longtime local house cleaner from Garfield as she walked out of a residence with $900 in her pocket, authorities said. The Holiday Farms homeowner “suspected cleaning personnel had been stealing money and installed a video camera,” Detective Sgt. Peter Martin said. He immediately called police after the camera caught 56-year-old Ana Mata in the act, Martin said. Approached by officers as she left the home, Mata pulled out the cash and handed it over, he said. The Holiday Court resident claims Mata took $2,500 since Septemb…

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'WE'RE FAMILY': Glen Rock Police, Colleagues Rally For Dad Of 6 Fighting Esophageal Cancer 'WE'RE FAMILY': Glen Rock Police, Colleagues Rally For Dad Of 6 Fighting Esophageal Cancer
'WE'RE Family': Glen Rock Police, Colleagues Rally For Dad Of 6 Fighting Esophageal Cancer Glen Rock police are banding with their brothers and sisters in blue in Ridgewood, Franklin Lakes and Ho-Ho-Kus to help a borough family struck by cancer. The esophageal cancer diagnosis came for Bob Allison, a father of six, in July. “The primary tumor was about 4.5 cm,” according to the Glen Rock PBA. “There was a smaller 4 mm tumor in the upper esophagus, and a few cancerous lymph nodes.” Initial chemotherapy rounds weren’t effective. Allison has begun a new chemo treatment, along with radiation, to be followed by surgery in January or February. Glen Rock police are dedicating this y…

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VIDEO: Roof Collapses In House Fire, Paterson's Bravest 'Save Neighborhood,' Mayor Says VIDEO: Roof Collapses In House Fire, Paterson's Bravest 'Save Neighborhood,' Mayor Says
Video: Roof Collapses In House Fire, Paterson's Bravest 'Save Neighborhood,' Mayor Says Paterson firefighters “saved a neighborhood” when they doused a blaze that collapsed the rear of a vacant building late Monday and spread to an adjoining building, Mayor Andre Sayegh said. No injuries were immediately reported in the four-alarm fire, which broke out around 10 p.m. in the first-floor rear of a vacant 2½-story mixed-use building on Rosa Parks Boulevard. Flames quickly rushed up through the building, collapsing the rear roof. The fire spread to a three-story, multi-family house next door, displacing 10 people, authorities said. The Passaic County prosecutor’s arson unit was …

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Gunfire Kills One, Wounds Three On Newark Street Gunfire Kills One, Wounds Three On Newark Street
Gunfire Kills One, Wounds Three On Newark Street One person was killed and three others were injured Monday night in a pair of shootings on the same Newark street, authorities said. Gunfire broke out just after 5 p.m. on South 8th Street, off 12th Avenue, a neighborhood of mostly two-family homes. The three hospitalized didn’t have life-threatening wounds, police said. There was no immediate word on a possible motive or whether authorities had anyone in custody. The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office was investigating, assisted by Newark police. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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Clifton PD: Fleeing Suspect Runs Red Light, Crashes Car Into Two Other Vehicles Clifton PD: Fleeing Suspect Runs Red Light, Crashes Car Into Two Other Vehicles
Clifton PD: Fleeing Suspect Runs Red Light, Crashes Car Into Two Other Vehicles A shoplifting suspect from Prospect Park ran a red light, crashed his Lexus into two other vehicles and was taken into custody after fleeing the Target in Clifton Commons, authorities said. No one was seriously injured in the 7:40 p.m. crash Saturday on Main Avenue at the intersection of Layfayette Avenue, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. Officers responding to the call tried stopping the silver vehicle, but the driver took off moments before crashing, Bracken said. Identified as Charles Thompson, 55, he was charged with eluding and shoplifting, issued several traffic summonses and relea…

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Police & Fire
Hackensack Firefighters Free Driver In Crash Hackensack Firefighters Free Driver In Crash
Hackensack Firefighters Free Driver In Crash Hackensack firefighters extricated an SUV driver in a two-vehicle crash Monday that sent a sedan into a fire hydrant. The freed driver was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that responders said didn't appear life-threatening in the crash at Prospect Avenue and Clinton Place around 1 p.m. The vehicles had to be towed. The hydrant also required repair. City police were investigating.

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UPDATE: Bomb Threat Clears All Three BCC Campuses, Saddle Brook Man Charged UPDATE: Bomb Threat Clears All Three BCC Campuses, Saddle Brook Man Charged
Update: Bomb Threat Clears All Three BCC Campuses, Saddle Brook Man Charged UPDATE: Authorities charged an 18-year-old mechanic from Saddle Brook with calling in bomb threats to Bergen Community College on Monday and a business in town last month -- neither of which they said ultimately were considered genuine. https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/saddlebrook/police-fire/local-mechanic-charged-with-bergen-community-college-saddle-brook-business-bomb-threats/779561/ ****** ORIGINAL STORY: All three campuses of Bergen Community College were evacuated early Monday afternoon after a caller phoned in a bomb threat. The call that came in to Paramus police around 1 p.m. d…

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Maywood PD: Meth, Other Drugs Seized, Lodi, Secaucus Men Busted After Route 17 Stop Maywood PD: Meth, Other Drugs Seized, Lodi, Secaucus Men Busted After Route 17 Stop
Maywood PD: Meth, Other Drugs Seized, Lodi, Secaucus Men Busted After Route 17 Stop Maywood police arrested two men and seized more than an ounce and a half of meth, along with various amounts of cocaine, GHB and pot for sale after a Route 17 traffic stop led to the search of an Edgewater hotel room and a Lodi storage unit. Officers Ben Singer and Brian Rubio pulled over a rented 2018 Nissan Altima that was being driven carelessly and not maintaining a lane on the southbound highway late Saturday, Detective Sgt. Jason Liaban said. The officers took the driver, Michael Jensen, 29, of Secaucus and passenger Shavar Ingram, 33, of Lodi and into custody after finding meth, mari…

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