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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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Prospect Park Man, 20, Gunned Down In Broad Daylight At Paterson Street Corner Prospect Park Man, 20, Gunned Down In Broad Daylight At Paterson Street Corner
Prospect Park Man, 20, Gunned Down In Broad Daylight At Paterson Street Corner A killer remained at large after a former second-string Paterson Eastside High School football player was arrested and charged in the broad daylight shooting death last week of a 20-year-old Prospect Park man. Malachi Oji, 19, was driving on North 1st Street when he and two companions rolled up on Niyam Deloatch around 1 p.m. last Monday as he walked near Haledon Avenue in area known as "The Main" that authorities say is controlled by the Bloods Street gang. One of the trio refused to participate after they got out of Oji’s car and approached Deloatch, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. V…

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Mechanic Charged With Sexually Assaulting Hackensack Pre-Teen Mechanic Charged With Sexually Assaulting Hackensack Pre-Teen
Mechanic Charged With Sexually Assaulting Hackensack Pre-Teen A 57-year-old mechanic from the Bronx was charged with sexually assaulting a pre-teen when he lived in Hackensack. Members of Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella’s Special Victims Unit arrested Francisco Rosario after they and Hackensack police investigated a June complaint, the prosecutor said Monday. A judge ordered that Rosario, who the prosecutor said is married, remain held in the Bergen County Jail while awaiting a detention hearing following his arrest in Carlstadt on Friday. He's charged with criminal sexual contact and child endangerment. ****** ALSO SEE: A construction…

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Accused Driver Freed In Tri-State Pickpocket Crew Theft From Teaneck Woman, 88, In New Milford Accused Driver Freed In Tri-State Pickpocket Crew Theft From Teaneck Woman, 88, In New Milford
Accused Driver Freed In Tri-State Pickpocket Crew Theft From Teaneck Woman, 88, In New Milford A member of a Philadelphia pickpocket crew whose tri-state area victims included an 88-year-old Teaneck woman in New Milford was arrested in Florida and brought to New Jersey to face charges. Soon after, a judge in Hackensack ordered 44-year-old Tyrone Scott released from the Bergen County Jail, with conditions, under New Jersey’s 2017 bail reform law. Meanwhile, authorities continued searching for his accused accomplices. A man identified as Malik Johnson, 50, snatched the elderly Teaneck victim’s wallet – containing credit cards and personal ID – after she walked away from her shopping c…

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Burning Wires Fall In Ramsey, Jam Area Traffic Burning Wires Fall In Ramsey, Jam Area Traffic
Burning Wires Fall In Ramsey, Jam Area Traffic Ramsey firefighters doused separate mini-blazes sparked Monday by downed utility lines blocks apart. Burning wires fell on Lake Street at Franklin Turnpike in front of Eastwick College and on Canterbury Drive, spreading to some brush. PSE&G shut down power to the area so that firefighters could extinguish the blazes. Lake Street was temporarily closed in both directions from Franklin Turnpike to Debaun Avenue, creating a traffic mess. No injuries were reported. Borough police and the Ramsey Rescue Squad also responded. Lake Street was closed from Franklin Turnpike to Debaun Avenu…

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Police: DWI Driver In Three-Car Ridgewood Crash With Injuries Was 5X Legal Limit Police: DWI Driver In Three-Car Ridgewood Crash With Injuries Was 5X Legal Limit
Police: DWI Driver In Three-Car Ridgewood Crash With Injuries Was 5X Legal Limit A Ridgewood man with a reckless DWI offense already on his record registered five times the legal blood-alcohol limit after he caused a three-car crash that sent him and others to the hospital, village police said. Neil Teresinski, 36, was charged with assault by auto, reckless driving and two counts of DWI after his Toyota SUV crashed at the intersection of Linwood and Maple avenues on Oct. 22, they said. More serious charges could follow against Teresinski, who registered more than a .40% alcohol concentration in his blood, Ridgewood police said in a release issued Sunday night by Detecti…

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Detectives Investigate Swastikas Found In Ridgewood High School Bathroom Detectives Investigate Swastikas Found In Ridgewood High School Bathroom
Detectives Investigate Swastikas Found In Ridgewood High School Bathroom Three swastikas were found in a Ridgewood High School bathroom stall last month, village police said Sunday. The swastikas were discovered "rubbed on a surface" of the stall on Oct. 18 and were being treated as a bias crime, police said in a release issued Sunday by Detective Sgt. Michael W. Lembo. "The surface was cleaned and there was no permanent damage," the release says. Ridgewood detectives were investigating.

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GoFundMe Launched For Maywood Man Charged With Killing Woman Outside Hackensack Party GoFundMe Launched For Maywood Man Charged With Killing Woman Outside Hackensack Party
GoFundMe Launched For Maywood Man Charged With Killing Woman Outside Hackensack Party UPDATE: A GoFundMe campaign seeks to raise money toward "fair representation" for a 21-year-old Maywood man charged with killing a 19-year-old Bloomingdale woman who'd been with him at a party in a Hackensack high-rise apartment. Fund raising for Michael T. Gaffney is necessary "in a world where the media is able to spin anything to match their agenda," wrote his 22-year-old sister, Samantha Gaffney, who organized the campaign. Gaffney recklessly caused the death of Francis Victoria Garcia, who was with him in the back seat of a car parked on the top level of a garage at 140 Prospect Avenu…

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Maywood Man, 21, Charged With Killing Bloomingdale Woman In Car Outside Hackensack Party Maywood Man, 21, Charged With Killing Bloomingdale Woman In Car Outside Hackensack Party
Maywood Man, 21, Charged With Killing Bloomingdale Woman In Car Outside Hackensack Party UPDATE: A 21-year-old Maywood man was charged with reckless manslaughter Saturday following an autopsy on a 19-year-old Bloomingdale woman who'd been with him at a party in a Hackensack high-rise apartment. Michael T. Gaffney recklessly caused the death of Francis Victoria Garcia, who was with him in the back seat of a car parked on the top level of a garage at 140 Prospect Avenue, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. "Compression injuries" were found around Garcia's neck, indicating that asphyxiation killed her -- and not a drug overdose -- according to the Bergen County Medical Ex…

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Police: Inattentive Driver Rolls Sedan, Hits Other Vehicles At Busy Cliffside Park Intersection Police: Inattentive Driver Rolls Sedan, Hits Other Vehicles At Busy Cliffside Park Intersection
Police: Inattentive Driver Rolls Sedan, Hits Other Vehicles At Busy Cliffside Park Intersection An inattentive driver rolled her sedan while hitting two other vehicles near a busy Cliffside Park intersection Saturday afternoon, police said. The driver climbed out of her Toyota Camry and was later taken to Palisades Medical Center in North Bergen with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening, Detective Capt. Vincent Capano said. Traffic was stopped at a red light on Edgewater Avenue at Anderson Avenue when the 30-something driver, headed east, sideswiped a Nissan Altima, Capano said. The Altima rolled and struck a Nissan Rogue near Dewey Avenue outside the Food Bazaar shoppin…

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Morris County Motorcyclist, 39, Killed In Upper Bergen GSP Crash Involving Rockland Driver Morris County Motorcyclist, 39, Killed In Upper Bergen GSP Crash Involving Rockland Driver
Morris County Motorcyclist, 39, Killed In Upper Bergen GSP Crash Involving Rockland Driver A 39-year-old Morris County motorcyclist was killed in a Friday night crash on the Garden State Parkway in Washington Township, authorities said. Preliminary indications were that a southbound Honda sedan driven by a 43-year-old Nanuet man "entered the lane of travel" of a Yamaha motorcycle driven by Simon Kerns of Chatham near Exit 166 just after 6 p.m., NJ State Trooper Charles Marchan said. The Yamaha struck the left side of the Honda, ejecting Kerns, the trooper said. A witness told Daily Voice it appeared he'd been thrown nearly 30 feet. Kerns was later pronounced dead at The Valley …

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