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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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Ramsey PD: Mailbox Fishing Thieves Caught In The Act, Chief Urges Caution Ramsey PD: Mailbox Fishing Thieves Caught In The Act, Chief Urges Caution
Ramsey PD: Mailbox Fishing Thieves Caught In The Act, Chief Urges Caution Ramsey police captured two suspected thieves near the borough post office with glue traps, shoe laces and other devices used to fish mail from drop boxes, authorities said. Both men ran around the Main Street post office to a car parked on North Island Avenue after Officer Bryan Arsi spotted them shortly before 1 a.m. Monday, Police Chief Bryan Gurney said. Detectives Adam Macaluso and Jaclyn Sabatelli, Lt. Brian Lyman, Sgt. Casey Hines and Officer Robert McMackin converged on the car with Arsi and took the pair into custody after finding the so-called tools of the trade, the chief said Wed…

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NJSP: Route 46 Stop Turns Up 40 Pounds Of Coke At South Hackensack Motel, $119,500 Drug Cash NJSP: Route 46 Stop Turns Up 40 Pounds Of Coke At South Hackensack Motel, $119,500 Drug Cash
Njsp: Route 46 Stop Turns Up 40 Pounds Of Coke At South Hackensack Motel, $119,500 Drug Cash Two Massachusetts men were caught with nearly 40 pounds of cocaine in their South Hackensack motel room, said State Police who also seized more than $119,500 from the pair following a Route 46 traffic stop in Ridgefield Park. Members of the New Jersey State Police Trafficking North Unit assigned to the Opioid Enforcement Task Force stopped a Nissan Rogue on the highway at 4:45 p.m. Monday, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Wednesday. They found roughly $44,000 in cash in two secret compartments built into the vehicle, Grewal said. After taking both occupants into custody, the trooper…

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Known Car Burglar Sought In 15 Vehicle Break-Ins, Attempts In Rochelle Park Caught In Passaic Known Car Burglar Sought In 15 Vehicle Break-Ins, Attempts In Rochelle Park Caught In Passaic
Known Car Burglar Sought In 15 Vehicle Break-Ins, Attempts In Rochelle Park Caught In Passaic GOTCHA! A repeat offender wanted for a car burglary spree in Rochelle Park earlier this month was caught in Passaic. https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/hackensack/police-fire/car-burglar-sought-in-15-rochelle-park-vehicle-break-ins-attempts-captured-in-passaic/779304/ ****** ORIGINAL STORY: A repeat offender who was charged with 18 car burglaries in less than a month last year in Rochelle Park was at it again, said detectives who asked the public's help in finding him. Home and business surveillance cameras helped identify 22-year-old Rashawn Vaughan of Newark in all of the Nov. 4 incident…

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Ho-Ho-Kus PD: Wanted Essex Man Knocking Over Newspaper Boxes At Train Station Spits On Officers Ho-Ho-Kus PD: Wanted Essex Man Knocking Over Newspaper Boxes At Train Station Spits On Officers
Ho-Ho-Kus PD: Wanted Essex Man Knocking Over Newspaper Boxes At Train Station Spits On Officers A drunken repeat offender with a 20-year rap sheet spit on Ho-Ho-Kus police after knocking down a pair of metal newspaper boxes at the local train station, authorities said. Officers called after the disturbance Friday night found Carl Belton, 48, of East Orange lying on a bench, Police Chief Christopher Minchin said. He appeared under the influence of alcohol or drugs, the chief said. Belton began yelling at them when the officers approached, Minchin said. They began to take him into custody after learning that he had outstanding warrants out of Bloomfield and Trenton when Belton "became …

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Little Ferry Police Car Hit By Drunk Driver On Route 46 After Officers Stop Other DWI Motorist Little Ferry Police Car Hit By Drunk Driver On Route 46 After Officers Stop Other DWI Motorist
Little Ferry Police Car Hit By Drunk Driver On Route 46 After Officers Stop Other DWI Motorist Little Ferry police had just begun a field sobriety test for a drunk driver when their cruiser was struck from behind by another intoxicated motorist on Route 46, authorities said. Officer Joseph Montemurro found the first driver -- Christian Estrella, 34, of Jersey City -- slumped over the steering wheel of his Lexus at the Liberty Street intersection at 2:40 a.m. Saturday, Detective Lt. Ronald Klein Jr. said. Estrella took his foot off the brake when he woke up, sending the in-gear SUV rolling, Klein said. Estrella stopped the vehicle before it hit anything, he said. Backup Sgt. Michael…

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Convicted Montvale Public Masturbator Arrested Again, This Time On Weapons Charges Convicted Montvale Public Masturbator Arrested Again, This Time On Weapons Charges
Convicted Montvale Public Masturbator Arrested Again, This Time On Weapons Charges A convicted public masturbator from Montvale was back in jail, this time after being arrested on weapons charges. Borough police took Marty Napoleon, 38, into custody after finding him with brass knuckles when they responded to his home on a harassment complaint last Thursday, Police Chief Joseph Sanfilippo said. He remained held in the Bergen County Jail on Tuesday after a judge initially denied his release. Napoleon spent eight days in the county lockup less than a month ago after Upper Saddle River police said he spot on one officer and tried to head butt another. They'd caught him tre…

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Haledon Woman Charged In Ridgefield Park Ex-Girlfriend's Stabbing At Mahwah Clothing Warehouse Haledon Woman Charged In Ridgefield Park Ex-Girlfriend's Stabbing At Mahwah Clothing Warehouse
Haledon Woman Charged In Ridgefield Park Ex-Girlfriend's Stabbing At Mahwah Clothing Warehouse A Haledon woman who police said stabbed and threw bleach at her ex-girlfriend at the Mahwah clothing warehouse where they worked remained held Tuesday in the Bergen County Jail. Mahwah police on Monday evening charged Colleen Wilson -- a 42-year-old Jamaican national who also uses the name Stacey Arkins -- with two counts each of aggravated assault and illegal weapons possession. ICE on Tuesday issued a detainer requesting that Wilson remain held in the county lockup so that a legal residency hearing could be scheduled. The 24-year-old Ridgefield Park victim told them that Wilson threw wh…

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SEE ANYTHING? Armed Motorcycle Duo Rob Motorist In Palisades Park SEE ANYTHING? Armed Motorcycle Duo Rob Motorist In Palisades Park
SEE Anything? Armed Motorcycle Duo Rob Motorist In Palisades Park Palisades Park police were seeking help identifying a pair of motorcycle-riding robbers who took cash at gunpoint early Tuesday from a motorist they'd been following from New York City. The rear passenger got off the bike at the corner of East Harriet and Roff avenues around 6:30 a.m. wearing a mask and no helmet and carrying what the victim described as compact handgun, Capt. Anthony Muccio said. "He put the gun to the victim and robbed him of cash" before the pair rode off, the captain said, adding that the bandits weren't local and just happened to commit the robbery in town. Mucci…

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Battery Explodes At Fair Lawn Pasta Factory, Injuring Worker Battery Explodes At Fair Lawn Pasta Factory, Injuring Worker
Battery Explodes At Fair Lawn Pasta Factory, Injuring Worker A battery on a piece of construction equipment in a Fair Lawn warehouse exploded Monday night, sending a worker flying, authorities said. The 45-year-old victim was charging the forklift attery at Zerega and Sons on Broadway around 7 p.m. when it exploded, knocking him back about 10 feet, police Sgt. Brian Metzler said. The worker was taken to St. Joseph's University Medical Center with back, arm and leg injuries, Metzler said. Fair Lawn police, firefighters, Heavy Rescue and Ambulance Corps members responded.

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Police: Ex-Girlfriend Stabs Female Co-Worker At Mahwah Clothing Warehouse Police: Ex-Girlfriend Stabs Female Co-Worker At Mahwah Clothing Warehouse
Police: Ex-Girlfriend Stabs Female Co-Worker At Mahwah Clothing Warehouse UPDATE: A Haledon woman who police said stabbed and threw bleach at her ex-girlfriend at the Mahwah clothing warehouse where they worked remained held Tuesday in the Bergen County Jail. Mahwah police on Monday evening charged Colleen Wilson -- a 42-year-old Jamaican national who also uses the name Stacey Arkins -- with two counts each of aggravated assault and illegal weapons possession. ICE on Tuesday issued a detainer requesting that Wilson remain held in the county lockup so that a legal residency hearing could be scheduled. The 24-year-old Ridgefield Park victim told them that Wilson …

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