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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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Cliffside Park Man, Other Good Samaritans Rush To Help Driver Trapped In Edgewater Crash Cliffside Park Man, Other Good Samaritans Rush To Help Driver Trapped In Edgewater Crash
Cliffside Park Man, Other Good Samaritans Rush To Help Driver Trapped In Edgewater Crash A Cliffside Park man and a few other good Samaritans rushed to help a driver who was trapped when her car landed on its side in a Wednesday morning crash in Edgewater. “I was in front of her around 8 a.m. when I heard a loud bang and looked in the rearview mirror to see a car turned on its side,” Russell Otero told Daily Voice. The front driver's side tire of the victim's Accord hit a Tesla's rear passenger side tire on River Road near Glenwood Avenue, "and that was enough to turn it onto its side," Edgewater Police Chief Donald Martin said. "They did not seem to be going at a high rate of…

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Police: Speeding Driver Loses Control, Crashes Into Van Outside Busy Route 17 Dunkin' Donuts Police: Speeding Driver Loses Control, Crashes Into Van Outside Busy Route 17 Dunkin' Donuts
Police: Speeding Driver Loses Control, Crashes Into Van Outside Busy Route 17 Dunkin' Donuts A driver was speeding Wednesday morning when her car careened off Route 17 and crashed into a construction van outside a Dunkin' Donuts in Carlstadt, authorities said. Neighboring Biggie’s Clam Bar was closed, but the Dunkin’ Donuts was busy with patrons when the Honda Civic veered off the roadway and slammed into the empty van in the mini-shopping center parking lot near Division Avenue around 8:15 a.m., Detective Sgt. John Cleary said. Carlstadt firefighters extricated the driver, who was hospitalized with neck and back injuries, Cleary said. The Honda was severely damaged, he said.

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VIDEO: Security Cam Captures Plunging Plane That Crashed In Middlesex VIDEO: Security Cam Captures Plunging Plane That Crashed In Middlesex
Video: Security Cam Captures Plunging Plane That Crashed In Middlesex UPDATE: A security camera owned by a couple who live nearby captured video of the final seconds before a small plane crashed Tuesday morning in a neighborhood in the Colonia section of Woodbridge in Middlesex County, killing its pilot. "This is so crazy and scary at the same time," wrote Divya Jain Bhuptani. "Our Nest cam just captured the footage of the plane that crashed near our house." Three houses caught fire near the corner of Princeton and Berkley avenues after the twin-engine Cessna 414A crashed into the neighborhood around 11 a.m. Tuesday, responders said. No one was home in any o…

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Driver Extricated, Hospitalized In New Milford Crash Driver Extricated, Hospitalized In New Milford Crash
Driver Extricated, Hospitalized In New Milford Crash New Milford firefighters extricated a borough driver following a crash Monday afternoon. The 45-year-old victim was taken to Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck after she complained of neck and back pain, Detective Lt. Kevin Van Saders said. The other driver, a 49-year-old Tenafly woman, wasn't injured in the 2:30 p.m. crash at Henley Avenue and Boulevard, he said. An investigation was continuing.

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ALERT: Bergen Sheriff Warns Citizens Not To Fall For Arrest-Threat Phone Scam ALERT: Bergen Sheriff Warns Citizens Not To Fall For Arrest-Threat Phone Scam
ALERT: Bergen Sheriff Warns Citizens Not To Fall For Arrest-Threat Phone Scam Bergen County Sheriff Anthony Cureton warned citizens again Tuesday about a phone scam by thieves impersonating department officers. The scammers are “spoofing” his office's general number, then posing as sheriff's officers threatening unsuspecting victims with arrest for what they say are outstanding summonses for failing to appear in court, he said. One scammer previously claimed to be with a "Division of Warrants and Citations" -- not an official title under the sheriff's command. “The Bergen County Sheriff's Office, IRS, Social Security, or any other legitimate business or governm…

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Paterson's 13th Homicide This Year Matches All Of 2018, One Brother Dies, Other Is Wounded Paterson's 13th Homicide This Year Matches All Of 2018, One Brother Dies, Other Is Wounded
Paterson's 13th Homicide This Year Matches All Of 2018, One Brother Dies, Other Is Wounded A Paterson man was slain and his brother wounded in what was the city’s 16th homicide of the year and sixth shooting death in a month and a half, authorities said. The death of 38-year-old Anthony Anglin on Sunday night outside a home at 21 Belle Avenue was also the 13th killing in Paterson since the beginning of July – the same number in the city for all of 2018. A private vehicle brought both brothers to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Troy Oswald said in a joint release. Fabian Anglin, 42, was treated for a guns…

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Medical Episode Sends Sedan Barreling Into Ridgewood Backyard Medical Episode Sends Sedan Barreling Into Ridgewood Backyard
Medical Episode Sends Sedan Barreling Into Ridgewood Backyard A driver was hospitalized with injuries that responders didn’t consider life-threatening after his sedan barreled into a Ridgewood backyard Monday night. Village firefighters used a chain saw to create an opening so that a flatbed tow truck could remove the four-door Buick from behind the Rock Road home. An ambulance took the driver to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood. Assisting were police from Fair Lawn, Glen Rock and Hawthorne, along with Ridgewood EMS.

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VIDEO: Plane Crashes Into Central Jersey Home With Pilot Aboard VIDEO: Plane Crashes Into Central Jersey Home With Pilot Aboard
Video: Plane Crashes Into Central Jersey Home With Pilot Aboard UPDATE: A security camera owned by a couple who live nearby captured video of the final seconds before a small plane crashed Tuesday morning in a neighborhood in the Colonia section of Woodbridge in Middlesex County, killing its pilot. "This is so crazy and scary at the same time," wrote Divya Jain Bhuptani. "Our Nest cam just captured the footage of the plane that crashed near our house." Three houses caught fire near the corner of Princeton and Berkley avenues after the twin-engine Cessna 414A crashed into the neighborhood around 11 a.m. Tuesday, responders said. No one was home in any o…

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TENSE STANDOFF: Ex-Con Trying 'Suicide-By-Cop' At Lyndhurst Hotel Tased Instead, Police Say TENSE STANDOFF: Ex-Con Trying 'Suicide-By-Cop' At Lyndhurst Hotel Tased Instead, Police Say
Tense Standoff: Ex-Con Trying 'Suicide-By-Cop' At Lyndhurst Hotel Tased Instead, Police Say A violent ex-con pulled down his pants and insisted that police shoot him in a tense confrontation that began with him choking a woman and ended with officers tasing him at a Lyndhurst hotel, authorities said. Lyndhurst Police Sgt. Paul Haggerty and Officer Steven Batista responded to a 911 call just after 12:30 a.m. Monday at the Quality Inn on Polito Avenue, where a 42-year-old Belleville woman told them that Anthony Pate had attacked her, Detective Sgt. Vincent Auteri said. The woman, who had neck bruises, warned them that he was drunk, Auteri said. Pate, 43, of Belleville already had a…

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Fire Ravages Teaneck Home, Two Minor Injuries Reported Fire Ravages Teaneck Home, Two Minor Injuries Reported
Fire Ravages Teaneck Home, Two Minor Injuries Reported A firefighter and a civilian were treated for minor injuries at the scene after an overnight house fire Tuesday ravaged a Teaneck home, responders said. All of the occupants got out safely in the second-floor Van Buskirk Road home fire, which blew through a front window and pushed into the attic. Firefighters had the two-alarm blaze knocked down less than 45 minutes after the 12:48 a.m. call. The Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corps tended to the injuries. Hackensack and Englewood firefighters also responded to the scene, while their colleagues from Bergenfield, Bogota and Ridgefield Park c…

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