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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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Bergen Prosecutor: Philly Car Salesman Caught With 4+ Pounds Of Hidden Heroin In Route 95 Stop Bergen Prosecutor: Philly Car Salesman Caught With 4+ Pounds Of Hidden Heroin In Route 95 Stop
Bergen Prosecutor: Philly Car Salesman Caught With 4+ Pounds Of Hidden Heroin In Route 95 Stop A car salesman from Philadelphia had more than four pounds of heroin stashed in two secret compartments of a vehicle stopped by Bergen County detectives as he headed south on Route 95 in Ridgefield, authorities said. Prosecutor Mark Musella said Diovin Emma Urena-Abreu, 29, was alone when he was stopped and taken into custody Wednesday by members of his Narcotic Task Force. Urena-Abreu, a Long Island native who previously lived in the Bronx, was booked into the Bergen County Jail on first-degree drug possession charges following his arrest. A judge ordered him released under New Jersey’s …

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SEEN HIM? Upper Saddle River Police Chase Down Montvale Serial Masturbator, Seek Any Victims SEEN HIM? Upper Saddle River Police Chase Down Montvale Serial Masturbator, Seek Any Victims
Seen HIM? Upper Saddle River Police Chase Down Montvale Serial Masturbator, Seek Any Victims A convicted serial public masturbator was chased and arrested by Upper Saddle River police who said they caught him trespassing Friday on school property where he’d once been arrested for indecent exposure. Officers Colin Gurney and Michael Riedel pursued Marty Napoleon, 38, of Montvale into the woods near the Emil A. Cavallini Middle School after spotting him just after 1 p.m. on a mountain bike in Lyons Park, Detective Lt. Edward Kane said. Napoleon spit at one officer and attempted to head butt another after they caught him, he said. He was carrying pot, hash, and drug paraphernalia…

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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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Teaneck Police Capture Fleeing Driver, 22, Following Bergenfield Stabbing Teaneck Police Capture Fleeing Driver, 22, Following Bergenfield Stabbing
Teaneck Police Capture Fleeing Driver, 22, Following Bergenfield Stabbing A 22-year-old Teaneck woman with a criminal history was captured moments after police said she stabbed a man in Bergenfield early Friday evening. The 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 a short time later by Teaneck police, authorities confirmed. The incident comes two days after Gilead was jailed briefly for two outstanding warrants from 2016. One involved the same Camry that …

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Prosecutor: 5th Grade Teacher Had Dozens Of Child Porn Images Prosecutor: 5th Grade Teacher Had Dozens Of Child Porn Images
Prosecutor: 5th Grade Teacher Had Dozens Of Child Porn Images A Tenafly elementary school teacher was arrested by investigators who found five dozen child pornography images belonging to him stored on a cloud, authorities confirmed Friday. Pasquale Bernaldo-Antonelli, 42, remained held in the Bergen County Jail, charged with child endangerment by possessing and/or viewing images of child pornography and/or abuse following his arrest the day before by detectives from Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella's office. Cyber Crimes Unit investigators traced a child-porn complaint from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in January to…

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Norwood Gym Settles Federal Complaint For Cancelling Disabled Child's Birthday Party Norwood Gym Settles Federal Complaint For Cancelling Disabled Child's Birthday Party
Norwood Gym Settles Federal Complaint For Cancelling Disabled Child's Birthday Party A Norwood gym cancelled a child’s birthday party after learning that the youngster and guests have disabilities, said federal authorities who secured a court settlement requiring the company to ensure equal access in the future. Paragon School of Artistic Gymnastics violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by “refusing to make reasonable modifications to its program and then excluding children on the basis of disability,” U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. The school “required parents of any child with a disability that wanted to participate in a Paragon birthday party to provide …

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Second Midland Park Vehicle In Three Days Plows Into Building Second Midland Park Vehicle In Three Days Plows Into Building
Second Midland Park Vehicle In Three Days Plows Into Building Three days after a motorist drove an SUV onto an entrance ramp of a Midland Park dental office, another driver crashed her sedan into the front door of a data processing office a half-mile down the road. The elderly driver was trying to park when her Volvo 960 lurched forward into Commerce Register Inc. on Godwin Avenue, in a building that also houses Peter's Fish Market. She was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood with what responders said were minor injuries. The crash caused significant structural damage, closing the business indefinitely and requiring a borough building inspecto…

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Cliffside Park Fugitive Held On NYPD Warrant For Gang Assault Cliffside Park Fugitive Held On NYPD Warrant For Gang Assault
Cliffside Park Fugitive Held On Nypd Warrant For Gang Assault A repeat-offending ex-con from Cliffside Park was captured after the NYPD came to town with a warrant, authorities said. Now New York City authorities are trying to extradite him. City detectives went to his mother's Anderson Avenue apartment looking for 27-year-old Jason Martinez, who was wanted in connection with a gang assault, authorities said. Other law enforcement agencies wanted Martinez, too. Records show an outstanding warrant for skipping court for obstruction during a domestic violence arrest in Cliffside Park in 2016. Martinez is also facing charges of burglarizing a restauran…

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UPDATE: Worker From Hunterdon, 37, Killed In Crash At American Dream Mall UPDATE: Worker From Hunterdon, 37, Killed In Crash At American Dream Mall
Update: Worker From Hunterdon, 37, Killed In Crash At American Dream Mall A worker from Hunterdon County who was hospitalized after a collision at the American Dream mall in East Rutherford on Wednesday died of his injuries. Eric Papenfuhs, 37, of Hampton, was brought to the trauma unit at Hackensack University Medical Center with life-threatening injuries after a Bobcat utility vehicle that he was operating crashed into the back of a flatbed truck around 2:15 p.m., authorities said. Papenfuhs was working for Sentinel Systems of Hewitt, they said. The UTV he was operating is similar to a golf cart, a source told Daily Voice. Once known as Xanadu and long co…

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UPDATE: 5th Grade Teacher Had Dozens Of Child Porn Images, Bergen Investigators Charge UPDATE: 5th Grade Teacher Had Dozens Of Child Porn Images, Bergen Investigators Charge
Update: 5th Grade Teacher Had Dozens Of Child Porn Images, Bergen Investigators Charge A Tenafly elementary school teacher was arrested by investigators who said they found 32 child pornography images belonging to him stored on a cloud. Pasquale Bernaldo-Antonelli, 42, remained held in the Bergen County Jail on Friday, charged with child endangerment by possessing and/or viewing images of child pornography and/or abuse following his arrest the day before by detectives from Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella's office. The investigators said they traced a child-porn complaint from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in January to Bernaldo-Antonelli. …

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