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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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Home Burglary That Wasn't Brings Police To Quiet Bergen Neighborhood Home Burglary That Wasn't Brings Police To Quiet Bergen Neighborhood
Home Burglary That Wasn't Brings Police To Quiet Bergen Neighborhood A home burglary call that brought local police and backups from surrounding towns to a quiet Park Ridge neighborhood turned into something else, authorities confirmed. K9 units also responded to the call of two intruders ransacking the home off Park Avenue and fleeing out the back around 7:30 p.m. Sunday, responders said. It turns out a troubled relative of the homeowners had apparently concocted the story, they said. He was brought to Bergen New Bridge Medical Center in Paramus for an evaluation. No charges were filed or were expected to be, borough police said. They thanked “all the res…

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Unlicensed, Uninsured Garfield Driver Charged With DWI After Hitting Parked Cars Unlicensed, Uninsured Garfield Driver Charged With DWI After Hitting Parked Cars
Unlicensed, Uninsured Garfield Driver Charged With DWI After Hitting Parked Cars An unlicensed 59-year-old Garfield driver was drunk when he slammed his uninsured vehicle into two parked cars, authorities said. James F. Brown sustained minor injuries in the crash at VanWinkle and Summit avenues behind the Palisade Avenue post office shortly after 8 p.m. Saturday, April 9, Capt. Richard Uram said. Firefighters removed Brown and handle him over to EMS. He was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, the captain said. Police charged Brown with DWI, reckless driving, careless driving, driving without a license and driving without insurance, he said.

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Two Hospitalized After Rear-Ending Tractor-Trailer On Route 17 Two Hospitalized After Rear-Ending Tractor-Trailer On Route 17
Two Hospitalized After Rear-Ending Tractor-Trailer On Route 17 Two occupants were hospitalized with minor injuries after their vehicle rear-ended a tractor-trailer on Route 17, authorities said. The first victim was out of the car and the second was extricated by firefighters following the crash on the northbound highway near Mountainside Avenue in Mahwah around 2:30 p.m. Monday, April 11, Mayor Jim Wysocki said. The driver of the rig kept going, apparently unaware that it had been hit, the mayor said. Both victims were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, responders said. No other information was immediately available. ANYONE with additio…

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One Dead In Ferocious Overnight East Orange Fire One Dead In Ferocious Overnight East Orange Fire
One Dead In Ferocious Overnight East Orange Fire UPDATE: A 76-year-old man who lived alone was killed in a ferocious overnight fire that ravaged his East Orange, authorities confirmed. The body of Albert Prince was found on the first floor of the Hawthorne Avenue home off Winthrop Terrace around 2:15 a.m. Monday, April 11, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II said. Prince was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators were trying to determine what caused the blaze, which consumed much of the house. It was deemed a two-alarmer on arrival and was declared under control around 4 a.m. 53 Hawthorne Avenue, East OrangeJ…

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TRAFFIC NIGHTMARE: Truck Hauling Prosecco Knocked Over, Southbound Route 17 Shut Down TRAFFIC NIGHTMARE: Truck Hauling Prosecco Knocked Over, Southbound Route 17 Shut Down
Traffic Nightmare: Truck Hauling Prosecco Knocked Over, Southbound Route 17 Shut Down UPDATE: A notorious stretch of southbound Route 17 remained closed after a tractor-trailer knocked a box truck onto its side at the border of Paramus and Rochelle Park. So was the exit from eastbound Route 4 onto 17. An International tractor-trailer hauling cases of prosecco was in the left lane at the bottleneck headed into Rochelle Park when it was clipped on the right by a Freightliner around 11:15 a.m. Monday, April 11, Paramus Deputy Police Chief Robert Guidetti said. The impact knocked the International into the median and onto its side, gashing a saddle tank that wound up spilling …

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GOTCHA! Twilight Car Burglar In Bergen Nabbed By Off-Duty Passaic County Sheriff’s Officer GOTCHA! Twilight Car Burglar In Bergen Nabbed By Off-Duty Passaic County Sheriff’s Officer
Gotcha! Twilight Car Burglar In Bergen Nabbed By Off-Duty Passaic County Sheriff’s Officer An out-of-town vehicle burglar picked the wrong neighborhood, police in Franklin Lakes said. An off-duty Passaic County sheriff’s officer nabbed Tony Amandee Smith of Monroe Township (Middlesex County) on Colonial Road shortly before 7 p.m. Saturday, April 9, Capt. Mark McCombs said. The officer kept Smith in custody until borough officers collected him, McCombs said. Smith was booked and sent to the Bergen County Jail, where he remained on Monday while awaiting a first appearance on burglary, resisting arrest by eluding and hindering apprehension charges.  He also was wanted on a wa…

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FOUND! Missing Teen Turns Up Near Home FOUND! Missing Teen Turns Up Near Home
Found! Missing Teen Turns Up Near Home UPDATE: A massive search ended when a missing 17-year-old boy with autism from Hawthorne was found. Christopher Dougherty was last seen near his home on Prescott Avenue around 6:30 a.m. Monday, April 11, police said. Authorities were concerned because he wasn't wearing any shoes and had on shorts Police K9s were brought in and a New Jersey State Police helicopter was in the air. He was found at North 8th Street and Mohawk Ave barely a half-dozen blocks from home, police said.

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Driver Hospitalized After Italian Food Delivery Truck Destroys Traffic Light In Paramus Driver Hospitalized After Italian Food Delivery Truck Destroys Traffic Light In Paramus
Driver Hospitalized After Italian Food Delivery Truck Destroys Traffic Light In Paramus The driver of a refrigerated truck was hospitalized following a morning crash that uprooted a traffic light in Paramus. The victim was driving for Anacapri Foods in Cranford, which supplies pizzerias and restaurants, when he apparently suffered a medical episode on South Farview Avenue shortly before 9:30 a.m., responders at the scene said. The extent of his injuries couldn’t immediately be determined. Farview Avenue was closed in both directions near Paramus Fire Company 4 while Belfi’s Towing and a local electrical company worked to remove the traffic light. The crash severely dama…

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NJ State Police ID Man Hospitalized After Bailing Out Of Moving Vehicle On Rt 287 NJ State Police ID Man Hospitalized After Bailing Out Of Moving Vehicle On Rt 287
NJ State Police ID Man Hospitalized After Bailing Out Of Moving Vehicle On Rt 287 UPDATE: New Jersey State Police identified a man who was seriously injured when he bailed from a moving vehicle on busy Route 287. Passenger David Chavez, 27, of Livingston "exited" a Kenworth tractor pulling a flatbed trailer as it headed south on the highway in Riverdale shortly before 6 p.m. Saturday, April 9, New Jersey State Police Sgt. Philip Curry said. Chavez's father, who was driving, told responders that his son "just opened the door out of nowhere" and pitched onto the highway's southbound side in Riverdale, one said. "Luckily he wasn't struck by anyone," a responder s…

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CAPTURED: Violent Jersey City Fugitive Wanted In Maryland Busted For Shoplifting In Wayne CAPTURED: Violent Jersey City Fugitive Wanted In Maryland Busted For Shoplifting In Wayne
Captured: Violent Jersey City Fugitive Wanted In Maryland Busted For Shoplifting In Wayne A violent fugitive from Jersey City who's wanted in Maryland remained held in the Passaic County Jail after he was busted for shoplifting, authorities said. Authorities in Anne Arundel County, MD are seeking the extradition of Jonathan D. Peralta, 37, to answer a theft charge there, Wayne Police Detective Capt. Dan Daly said. Officers also discovered outstanding warrants out of Hoboken, Paramus, East Brunswick and Lawrence Township after security at Macy’s in the Willowbrook Mall seized him, Daly said. Peralta has an extensive criminal history that includes an arrest for a gunpoint robber…

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