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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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UPDATE: Fire Ravages Paterson Multi-Family Home UPDATE: Fire Ravages Paterson Multi-Family Home
Update: Fire Ravages Paterson Multi-Family Home An initial report of trapped occupants thankfully proved unfounded as Paterson firefighters contained and doused a fierce overnight blaze that destroyed a multi-family home early Wednesday. A neighbor was taken to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center to be treated for smoke inhalation, responders said. No other injuries were reported. The fire ignited on the second floor of the Hamilton Avenue home between Rosa Parks Boulevard and East 18th Street shortly after midnight March 29, officials said. It instantly went to two alarms as flames roared through the 2½-story wood-frame structure, f…

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NJ Parole Board Denies Release Of Convicted Bergen Child Sex Offender NJ Parole Board Denies Release Of Convicted Bergen Child Sex Offender
NJ Parole Board Denies Release Of Convicted Bergen Child Sex Offender UPDATE: The New Jersey Parole Board has denied what had been the announced release of a convicted sex offender from Fair Lawn. "An administrative hold has been placed against this offender's parole date and he will not be released at this time," Tanya A. Milton, coordinator of the board's Victim Services Unit, wrote to a parent of one of the victims. No reason was given. Jack Anderson, 28, was originally scheduled to be released "on or about" Thursday, March 30. The board will review the hold and determine whether to release or continue to incarcerate Anderson. He'd been the subject of a…

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CHILD SEX STING: German Traveler Busted At NJ Hotel After Flying In: Authorities CHILD SEX STING: German Traveler Busted At NJ Hotel After Flying In: Authorities
Child SEX Sting: German Traveler Busted At NJ Hotel After Flying In: Authorities A German man who flew to the United States for what he thought would be sex with children 10 and 11 years old at a New Jersey hotel was instead arrested by undercover officers, authorities said. Christian Stefan Walther, 38, of Erfurt, Germany, communicated with two officers via email, phone, and an encrypted messaging app about his “desire for sexual encounters with young children,” U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. The officers had posed as members of a group of child predators who had access to young children, he said.  Walther, who called himself a "perv to some extent," sen…

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GET THIS: Two Teen Drivers, One 15, Nabbed With Stolen Cars On Palisades Interstate Parkway GET THIS: Two Teen Drivers, One 15, Nabbed With Stolen Cars On Palisades Interstate Parkway
GET This: Two Teen Drivers, One 15, Nabbed With Stolen Cars On Palisades Interstate Parkway A 15-year-old boy drove a stolen car up the Palisades Interstate Parkway to pick up a 17-year-old friend with another stolen vehicle that had become disabled, authorities said. PIP Police Officer Matthew Levine pulled up to the scene of a 2016 Hyundai parked behind a disabled 2015 Hyundai on the parkway’s northbound shoulder in Alpine shortly before 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 28, Lt. Raymond E. Walter said. Levine immediately took the 2016 vehicle’s 15-year-old driver into custody, the lieutenant said. The disabled vehicle’s driver bolted into the woods, he said. Parkway police requested …

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Student In Glen Rock Among Those Receiving Mass Shooting Threat From Upstate NY: Police Student In Glen Rock Among Those Receiving Mass Shooting Threat From Upstate NY: Police
Student In Glen Rock Among Those Receiving Mass Shooting Threat From Upstate NY: Police A threat of a mass shooting at a middle school in New York State last week somehow made its way to Glen Rock, where authorities said a student received a disturbing message. The Glen Rock High School student went directly to administrators before the day began last Thursday, March 23, to report it, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. The threat involved what the chief called “a potential act of violence” at a middle school nearly 75 miles north, in the Putnam County, NY, town of Carmel. "Hello! Would you like to be a part of a GFMS mass shooting?" sources said a TikTok friend request asked. …

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Nozzle Behavior: Oopsie! Woman Pepper-Sprays Herself In Glen Rock Dunkin' Donuts Dispute Nozzle Behavior: Oopsie! Woman Pepper-Sprays Herself In Glen Rock Dunkin' Donuts Dispute
Nozzle Behavior: Oopsie! Woman Pepper-Sprays Herself In Glen Rock Dunkin' Donuts Dispute If you’re going to carry pepper spray, it’s always best to know how to use it. A 21-year-old Fair Lawn woman tried – and failed – during some type of squabble with a 46-year-old man at the Dunkin Donuts on Prospect Street in Glen Rock, local police said. “During the dispute, the woman took out a small canister of pepper spray and somehow managed to spray herself with it,” Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Responding officers rendered aid to the woman, who refused further medical attention, the chief said. Meanwhile, the man she was arguing with drove to police headquarters, he said. Beca…

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Undercover Sting Nails North Bergen Man Selling Half-Ounce Of Coke: Bergen Prosecutor Undercover Sting Nails North Bergen Man Selling Half-Ounce Of Coke: Bergen Prosecutor
Undercover Sting Nails North Bergen Man Selling Half-Ounce Of Coke: Bergen Prosecutor A North Bergen man was busted for allegedly selling a half ounce of cocaine to an undercover detective in Paramus, authorities said. Jose A. Hernandez, a 48-year-old construction worker, also had Adderall and Oxycodone for sale with him when he was arrested on Monday, March 27, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Hernandez “distributed approximately 15 grams of cocaine to an undercover detective,” the prosecutor said, adding that a search of his vehicle “revealed additional suspected Adderall pills, Oxycodone tablets, and packaging material.” Hernandez remained held Tuesday in the …

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SUV Slams Into Whole Foods In Ridgewood, Serious Damage Done (PHOTOS) SUV Slams Into Whole Foods In Ridgewood, Serious Damage Done (PHOTOS)
SUV Slams Into Whole Foods In Ridgewood, Serious Damage Done (Photos) An Audi packed with stuff plowed into the Whole Foods store in Ridgewood Tuesday afternoon. The 2018 Q5 hit the Godwin Avenue building in the wrong spot -- a corner by the automatic doors -- causing apparent structural damage around 1:45 p.m. March 28. The elderly female driver was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood with unspecified injuries as various items stacked to the roof tumbled out a door of the vehicle. The crash seriously damaged the vehicle and the Whole Foods building in Ridgewood on Tuesday, March 28.Kyle Mazza/UNF News for DAILY VOICE No one could initially say why…

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Ex-Trump PAC Exec Who Blamed 'That B****' Hillary Clinton For Probe Indicted By Feds In NJ Ex-Trump PAC Exec Who Blamed 'That B****' Hillary Clinton For Probe Indicted By Feds In NJ
Ex-Trump PAC Exec Who Blamed 'That B****' Hillary Clinton For Probe Indicted By Feds In NJ A former pro-Trump PAC exec who blamed "that b**** Hillary Clinton" for his troubles with the law swindled more than two dozen investors out of $7 million, an indictment returned Tuesday by a federal grand jury in Newark alleges. U.S. Homeland Security agents a year ago this month smashed the alleged Ponzi scheme that they said New Jersey-based businessman David Schamens, 65, used to fund a lavish lifestyle. Now comes a March 28 indictment that charges him with wire fraud, securities fraud and money laundering. Schamens, of Greensboro, North Carolina, used some of the investment money fro…

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Stolen Car Driver Says She's Returning It To Owner: Lyndhurst PD Stolen Car Driver Says She's Returning It To Owner: Lyndhurst PD
Stolen Car Driver Says She's Returning It To Owner: Lyndhurst PD A driver wanted on multiple warrants told a Lyndhurst police officer who stopped her in a stolen SUV that she was returning it to the owner, authorities said. Toshi Gray, 49, of East Orange was carrying illegal prescription drugs and paraphernalia when Officer Nicollette Villani stopped an Acura MDX on Kingsland and Riverside avenues around 2:30 a.m. Monday, March 27, Lt. Vincent Auteri said. Gray told Villani she knew that the SUV was stolen and was bringing it back to its owner, the lieutenant said. She was arrested and charged with receiving stolen property and minor drug and parapherna…

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