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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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Oakland Police Officer Captures Philly Fugitive Oakland Police Officer Captures Philly Fugitive
Oakland Police Officer Captures Philly Fugitive An Oakland police officer captured a fugitive wanted in connection with a shooting in Philadelphia. Anton Sheldon Hicks, 40, remained held Wednesday in the Bergen County Jail pending extradition. Officer Bryan Rowin arrested Hicks, of Philadelphia, during a traffic stop Saturday on Skyline Drive, Detective Lt. Christian Eldridge said. Besides being charged as a fugitive from justice, Hicks received a summons for driving without a license, Eldridge said. Sgt. Bart Pagerie assisted. 

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UPDATE: 'Not A School Shooting,' Prosecutor Says After Teen Is Grazed In Brick UPDATE: 'Not A School Shooting,' Prosecutor Says After Teen Is Grazed In Brick
Update: 'Not A School Shooting,' Prosecutor Says After Teen Is Grazed In Brick UPDATE: A 16-year-old victim grazed in the arm by a shot on Tuesday was struck a quarter-mile from Brick Memorial High School and then ran there for help, authorities said. “It’s important for everyone to know this was not a school shooting," Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. EMS responded and treated the victim, who was taken to Ocean Medical Center following the 1:47 p.m. incident, the prosecutor and Brick Township Police Chief James Riccio said in a joint announcement. Area schools were placed on lockdown and then sheltered in place as a precaution. Students …

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Shuckin’ Sweet: Couple Finds Pearl In Closter Restaurant’s Oyster Shuckin’ Sweet: Couple Finds Pearl In Closter Restaurant’s Oyster
Shuckin’ Sweet: Couple Finds Pearl In Closter Restaurant’s Oyster A Tenafly couple dining at a popular new restaurant in Closter got a surprise from a sweet, petite oyster. Anton and Sheryl Schermer were enjoying an oyster sample at Stern & Bow on Schraalenburgh Road when he “bit down, wasn’t sure what it was and found a small pearl,” owner Russell Stern said. Pearls are extremely rare -- nature’s lottery, you could say. Oyster expert Kevin Joseph has shucked “thousands upon thousands upon thousands” of oysters and never found a pearl, Stern said. It was even more surprising that the pea-sized gem came from a Taylor Kumamoto, a tiny but plump oyste…

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FOUND! Missing Paterson Man, 27, Formerly Of Warren County, Safe, Sound FOUND! Missing Paterson Man, 27, Formerly Of Warren County, Safe, Sound
Found! Missing Paterson Man, 27, Formerly Of Warren County, Safe, Sound UPDATE: "I just wanted to reach out to if not a hundred people possibly a thousand who have done everything that they can to help me locate my son, Anthony," John Galione of Blairstown posted Wednesday night after the missing Paterson resident was found safe and sound. Anthony Galione, 27, "wanted me to thank everyone who reached out and with concern about his well-being," the relieved dad added.  "I personally can't thank you all enough for the enormous support through another trying time in my life," he wrote in a Facebook post. "I'm forever indebted to all of you. God bless you all.…

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Rooftop HVAC Short Clears Hackensack Staples Rooftop HVAC Short Clears Hackensack Staples
Rooftop HVAC Short Clears Hackensack Staples A rooftop air conditioning unit malfunctioned at a Staples store in Hackensack mid-Tuesday afternoon. The store was emptied while city firefighters tended to a burnt transformer in the HVAC unit at the Hackensack Avenue store just off Route 4. "Companies ventilated and the store was turned back over to the building owner," the Hackensack Fire Department said. "No injuries." At the scene.Douglas Lee for DAILY VOICE Douglas Lee for DAILY VOICE

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UPDATE: Ex-Con Charged In Paterson DoorDash Driver Murder UPDATE: Ex-Con Charged In Paterson DoorDash Driver Murder
Update: Ex-Con Charged In Paterson DoorDash Driver Murder The assailant who shot and killed a DoorDash driver as she made a delivery in Paterson earlier this month followed the victim from the pickup at a drive-through fast-food window to her destination before ambushing her, authorities said. The killer's accused driver, 34-year-old ex-con Quadir Whitaker of East Orange, was arrested Monday afternoon and charged with murder and weapons offenses in the cold-blooded killing of 43-year-old Petra Rhoden the night of Oct. 4. The actual shooter had been neither arrested nor identified as of early Tuesday afternoon, however. Nor did authorities suggest…

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RISKY RESCUE: Rappel Team Above, Officers Below Pluck Trapped Female Trio From Palisades RISKY RESCUE: Rappel Team Above, Officers Below Pluck Trapped Female Trio From Palisades
Risky Rescue: Rappel Team Above, Officers Below Pluck Trapped Female Trio From Palisades A rappel team from above the Palisades teamed up with a marine officer below to rescue three out-of-state hikers who'd become trapped on a cliff above the Hudson River. The women left the marked trail Monday afternoon and were caught on steep, boulder-filled terrain in the Alpine section of Palisades Interstate Park near what's known as the Giant Stairs, PIP Police Lt. Jock Watkins Jr. said. The hikers -- one from San Gabriel, CA, another from Warminster, PA, both 24, and a 25-year-old from Quincy, MA -- gave PIP police their coordinates, which helped rescuers locate them, Watkins said. Th…

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OPEN SECRET: After-Hours Paterson Club That Served Minors Raided, 19-Year-Old Operators Busted OPEN SECRET: After-Hours Paterson Club That Served Minors Raided, 19-Year-Old Operators Busted
Open Secret: After-Hours Paterson Club That Served Minors Raided, 19-Year-Old Operators Busted Paterson police raided an after-hours club that they said was operated by two 19-year-olds, served minors and even advertised on social media. Arrested were Amber Fischer and Myeisha Zuñiga, both of Paterson, who city Police Director Jerry Speziale said also had more than a pound and a half of pot for sale at the illegal club, known as "Harlem Nights." Speziale said Fisher and Zuñiga “caused or risked widespread injury or damage” by operating the Main Street business just off Park Street, which advertised on Facebook and Instagram beginning in August. Besides the criminal charges against b…

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Fair Lawn PD: Officer Busts Upstate NY Trio With Heroin On Route 4 Fair Lawn PD: Officer Busts Upstate NY Trio With Heroin On Route 4
Fair Lawn PD: Officer Busts Upstate NY Trio With Heroin On Route 4 A Fair Lawn police officer nabbed an upstate New York trio with heroin during a stop on Route 4, authorities said. All three have criminal histories, records show. The driver, identified as Marvin Parada, 32, of Kingston, “initially gave false information during questioning” by Officer Geovanny Buitron following Saturday night’s stop on the eastbound highway at Paramus Road, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Parada’s criminal history includes giving false information to police in Kingston who were investigating a 2016 stabbing because he was on parole and a heroin arrest in Saugerties the year befor…

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Teaneck PBA Hopes Reflective Vest, Coat Helps Motorists See Business District Fixture, 79 Teaneck PBA Hopes Reflective Vest, Coat Helps Motorists See Business District Fixture, 79
Teaneck PBA Hopes Reflective Vest, Coat Helps Motorists See Business District Fixture, 79 At 79, Patty Mare has become a familiar figure in Teaneck, assisting local merchants as she shuttles from storefront to storefront. But not everyone instantly sees her as she crosses busy Cedar Lane. Concerned for Mare's safety, members of Teaneck PBA Local #215 gave her a reflective vest and winter coat. Mare, who is developmentally disabled, lives near bustling Cedar Lane with her sister, Susie. “She’s a fixture in town and has been walking her ‘route’ up and down the business district for years,” Detective Lt. Seth B. Kriegel said. “Her unofficial job has been as a courier of sorts fo…

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