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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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Three 14-Year-Old Boys Grazed By Gunfire In Violent Paterson Neighborhood Three 14-Year-Old Boys Grazed By Gunfire In Violent Paterson Neighborhood
Three 14-Year-Old Boys Grazed By Gunfire In Violent Paterson Neighborhood Three 14-year-old Paterson boys shot in one of the city’s most violent, drug-infested areas sustained only superficial wounds, authorities said. The boy were struck in the area of Hamilton Avenue and Summer Street shortly before 8:45 p.m. Monday, they said. All three were taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center and released following treatment, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Troy Oswald said in a joint release. They didn’t confirm reports that they incident might be tied to a fatal Sept. 22 shooting near the corner of 12th Avenue and East 23rd S…

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Clifton Police Chase Down Bike-Riding Pre-Dawn Burglary Suspect From Passaic Clifton Police Chase Down Bike-Riding Pre-Dawn Burglary Suspect From Passaic
Clifton Police Chase Down Bike-Riding Pre-Dawn Burglary Suspect From Passaic A burglar went car to car on a bicycle in Clifton overnight before police chased down and subdued him after a struggle, authorities said. Officers responding to a burglary call on Madison Avenue around 3 a.m. found the bicycle on the sidewalk and soon began chasing 25-year-old Hector Torres-Duran of Passaic, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. For several blocks, Torres-Duran "continued to use residential yards as cover" before officers finally cornered him, Bracken said. Torres-Duran was charged with two counts of burglary, along with theft, resisting arrest and obstruction. He was sent t…

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Paterson PD: Ex-Con, 27, Bolts Traffic Stop With Loaded Handgun Paterson PD: Ex-Con, 27, Bolts Traffic Stop With Loaded Handgun
Paterson PD: Ex-Con, 27, Bolts Traffic Stop With Loaded Handgun An ex-con who ran from a traffic stop was carrying a loaded handgun, said Paterson police who chased him down. Officers James Iandoli and Joseph Rodriguez of their department’s Emergency Response Team stopped the Honda minivan, which had a brake light out, shortly before 8 p.m. Sunday in the area of Carroll and Fair streets, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. A computer check showed the van’s registration expired, he added. Iandoli smelled burnt marijuana as he spoke with the driver, 31-year-old Stanley Avent of Paterson – who, it turned out, had two outstanding warrants out of Ha…

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Police: Teaneck Woman Charged In Bergenfield Stabbing Also Tried To Run Down Victim With Car Police: Teaneck Woman Charged In Bergenfield Stabbing Also Tried To Run Down Victim With Car
Police: Teaneck Woman Charged In Bergenfield Stabbing Also Tried To Run Down Victim With Car UPDATE: A 22-year-old Teaneck woman with a criminal history was captured moments after police said she stabbed and tried to run over a Bergenfield man early Friday evening. The 25-year-old victim survived but was "sliced up pretty badly" following the incident on Morgan Street near the corner of Melrose Avenue, one responder said. The woman accused in the attack, Ashley Amanda Gilead, fled in a silver 2010 Toyota Camry but was captured by Teaneck police a short time later on Franklin Road, Police Chief Mustafa Rabboh confirmed Monday. The victim told police he was at first assaulted by Gil…

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Judge Frees Paramus Dad Accused Of Beating Infant Son, Grandmother Says Boy Is Healing Judge Frees Paramus Dad Accused Of Beating Infant Son, Grandmother Says Boy Is Healing
Judge Frees Paramus Dad Accused Of Beating Infant Son, Grandmother Says Boy Is Healing UPDATE: A 5-month-old Paramus boy who authorities said had his skull fractured and a rib and wrist broken by his father was recovering from injuries, his grandmother said. A judge in Hackensack ordered the release of the father – Avery Foote, 31 -- less than 24 hours after he was jailed, meanwhile. Roman Foote “was initially brought in to the ER for a virus he had been suffering from the week before,” his grandmother, Roseann Latona, wrote Monday. “After he had a seizure, that is when all of my little angel’s injuries were uncovered.” Fortunately, little Roman “is healing beautifully and s…

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Teaneck Man, 33, Kills Himself In Car Teaneck Man, 33, Kills Himself In Car
Teaneck Man, 33, Kills Himself In Car A suicidal man shot and killed himself in a car parked on a Teaneck street before dawn Monday, responders said. The 33-year-old man's estranged wife summoned police, who found him in his car near the corner of Bogert Street and Queen Anne Road near Votee Park around 3:30 a.m., they said. He pulled the trigger as officers approached, they said. Life-saving efforts continued before EMS arrived, during the ride to Hackensack University Medical Center, where he was eventually pronounced dead.

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Police: Construction Workers Stop Drunk Driver Going Wrong Way On Route 23 In West Milford Police: Construction Workers Stop Drunk Driver Going Wrong Way On Route 23 In West Milford
Police: Construction Workers Stop Drunk Driver Going Wrong Way On Route 23 In West Milford Construction workers prevented a tragedy when they stopped a drunk pickup truck driver who was headed the wrong way on Route 23, West Milford police said. The employees took the key from Dillon Hoffman, 23, of Hawthorne after stopping his southbound Chevy in the northbound construction lanes around 11 p.m., they said. Hoffman was arrested for DWI after failing standard field sobriety tests, police said after the Sept. 20 incident. He was also charged with driving the wrong-way on a one-way road and later released to a friend pending an appearance in West Milford Municipal Court, they said.

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Fair Lawn Native Gets 7½ Years In Russian Pot Bust, Becomes Pawn In Proposed Prisoner Swap Fair Lawn Native Gets 7½ Years In Russian Pot Bust, Becomes Pawn In Proposed Prisoner Swap
Fair Lawn Native Gets 7½ Years In Russian Pot Bust, Becomes Pawn In Proposed Prisoner Swap A 26-year-old Fair Lawn native was sentenced in Russia to 7½ years in prison for having a third of an ounce of pot in her bag, in what has become an international incident involving an alleged hacker held for the United States by authorities in Israel. Naama Issachar, who was born and raised in Fair Lawn before moving to Israel when she was 16, was returning there after a three-month trip to India this past April when police at the Moscow airport grabbed her as she boarded a connecting flight to Tel Aviv. Russian authorities prosecuted her on drug smuggling charges -- rather than simple pos…

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Authorities: Next-Door Garfield Neighbor Of Accused Teacher Also Had Child Porn, 30,525 Images Authorities: Next-Door Garfield Neighbor Of Accused Teacher Also Had Child Porn, 30,525 Images
Authorities: Next-Door Garfield Neighbor Of Accused Teacher Also Had Child Porn, 30,525 Images The Garfield neighbor of a Tenafly fifth grade teacher who was charged with possession of child porn had similar images of his own -- 30,525 of them, authorities said. Leonardo L. Perez, 18, was arrested on Thursday, the same day as teacher Pasquale Bernaldo-Antonelli, and joined his Ray Street neighbor in the Bergen County Jail, authorities said. Perez was arrested by Cyber Crimes Unit detectives who conducted a warranted search at his house and found that he “used the Internet to view, download, or possess approximately 30,525 digital files depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubes…

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Paramus Dad Fractured Infant Son's Skull, Rib, Wrist, Prosecutor Says Paramus Dad Fractured Infant Son's Skull, Rib, Wrist, Prosecutor Says
Paramus Dad Fractured Infant Son's Skull, Rib, Wrist, Prosecutor Says A security guard from Paramus intentionally fractured his infant son’s skull, broke a rib and wrist and caused retinal bleeding, said authorities who arrested him. Avery Foote, 31, remained held Friday in the Bergen County Jail, charged with aggravated assault and abuse of the nearly 5-month-old infant named Roman. He was arrested after an ambulance brought the baby to Hackensack University Medical Center “after the baby appeared to be in distress,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The infant “sustained a skull fracture, a broken rib, a broken wrist and had a retinal bleed, all …

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