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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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Firefighters Injured, Homes Damaged By Brush Blaze Overlooking Greenwood Lake Firefighters Injured, Homes Damaged By Brush Blaze Overlooking Greenwood Lake
Firefighters Injured, Homes Damaged By Brush Blaze Overlooking Greenwood Lake UPDATE: A resident conducting an illegal burn on a hill overlooking Greenwood Lake ignited a rapidly-spreading brush fire Saturday that engulfed one home, damaged two others and sent two firefighters to the hospital, authorities confirmed. The resident was burning wood and debris in a fire pit when the brush caught fire and flames spread up the hill in the Hewitt section of West Milford, a little over a half-mile from the New York State border, shortly before 12:30 p.m., March 18, West Milford Fire Marshal Michael Moscatello said. Two firefighters were transported from the scene to Chilton …

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Stubborn Blaze At Former Fish-Farming Company In Clifton Doused (Twice) Stubborn Blaze At Former Fish-Farming Company In Clifton Doused (Twice)
Stubborn Blaze At Former Fish-Farming Company In Clifton Doused (Twice) Firefighters doused a stubborn warehouse blaze in Clifton, then extinguished it again on Saturday. Work was being done on the former site of Bakkafrost, one of the world's largest fish-farming companies, when the fire apparently broke out on the second floor and then shot through a roof vent shortly after 5 p.m. March 17, responders said. Firefighters were barely 20 minutes into the job when they were pulled from the softening roof and relied on ladder trucks. 610 Brighton Road, CliftonJeff Gumbman And just in time, as an inner ceiling collapsed. No injuries were reported. Clifton, P…

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Atlantic City Councilman In Bigger Trouble Now, Charged By Feds With Voter, Unemployment Fraud Atlantic City Councilman In Bigger Trouble Now, Charged By Feds With Voter, Unemployment Fraud
Atlantic City Councilman In Bigger Trouble Now, Charged By Feds With Voter, Unemployment Fraud An Atlantic City councilman who was accused last year of assaulting his wife and endangering his daughter was busted by federal authorities for voter and unemployment fraud. MD Hossain Morshed, 49, a Democrat who represents the city’s Fourth Ward, was charged in a complaint unsealed Friday, March 17, in U.S. District Court in Camden. Morshed falsified voter registrations, lied to the FBI and filed bogus unemployment benefit claims with the state, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. According to Sellinger, Morshed gave a prospective voter in the June 2019 primary a pre-filled voter regi…

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MUM'S THE WORD: Particulars Of Passaic Holdup With Gunshots Withheld MUM'S THE WORD: Particulars Of Passaic Holdup With Gunshots Withheld
MUM'S THE Word: Particulars Of Passaic Holdup With Gunshots Withheld No number of robbers nor descriptions of them were disclosed by authorities following an early evening holdup of a Passaic pharmacy in which they said shots were fired. Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Passaic Police Chief Luis A. Guzman didn’t identify the business that was robbed shortly before 6 p.m. Thursday, March 16. Responders said it was FAS Pharmacy on Van Houten Avenue off Main Street. Valdes and Guzman didn’t say how much money, drugs or other valuables, if any, were taken in a brief statement released around 4:30 p.m. Friday, nearly 24 hours after the incide…

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ROUTE 208 CRASH: Overdosed Driver, Passenger Revived With Narcan After SUV Rams Overpass Wall ROUTE 208 CRASH: Overdosed Driver, Passenger Revived With Narcan After SUV Rams Overpass Wall
Route 208 Crash: Overdosed Driver, Passenger Revived With Narcan After SUV Rams Overpass Wall Two drug overdose victims were revived after their SUV slammed into a concrete wall on a Route 208 overpass, Wyckoff police said. Police responding to the Russell Avenue overpass shortly after 10:30 p.m. Thursday, March 16, found both the driver of the 2019 Lincoln MKC and his passenger unconscious, Lt. Kevin Kasak said. The vehicle had crossed over the double-yellow line and before hitting the wall, the lieutenant said. Inside officers found an empty wax fold in which drugs apparently had been packaged, he said. The officers administered Narcan to both the 38-year-old driver from Montvill…

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Bergen Man Admits Conning Seniors Out Of $1.6M While Awaiting Sentencing For Similar Scam Bergen Man Admits Conning Seniors Out Of $1.6M While Awaiting Sentencing For Similar Scam
Bergen Man Admits Conning Seniors Out Of $1.6M While Awaiting Sentencing For Similar Scam A Bergen County man admitted in federal court that he ran a mail-fraud scheme that conned senior citizens out of more than $1.6 million while awaiting sentencing for his role in a similar fraud, authorities said. Ryan Young, 40, of Upper Saddle River, had pleaded guilty in February 2018 to participating in a large-scale international mail-fraud scheme that fleeced victims of $50 million. The scammer sent fraudulent prize notification letters to victims in the U.S. and other countries falsely claiming that they’d won money or valuable prizes, such as luxury cars, federal authorities said. V…

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Bronco Driver Injured In Paramus Crash Says Box Truck Hit, Split Bronco Driver Injured In Paramus Crash Says Box Truck Hit, Split
Bronco Driver Injured In Paramus Crash Says Box Truck Hit, Split An injured driver told police her Ford Bronco was struck Friday morning in Paramus by a large box truck that kept going. The driver, 60, walked to a Paramus EMS ambulance after the crash at South Paramus Road and Mack Center Drive just off the Garden State Parkway at 10 a.m. March 17. The Bronco had to be towed with a severely damaged front end. Paramus police are investigating. ANYONE who might have witnessed the crash or has information that could help identify the truck or driver is asked to contact the Paramus PD: (201) 262-3400. Boyd A. Loving took the photo and contributed to this…

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Firefighters Douse Overnight Freight Train Blaze In Maywood Firefighters Douse Overnight Freight Train Blaze In Maywood
Firefighters Douse Overnight Freight Train Blaze In Maywood A rolling dumpster fire of sorts was doused overnight in Maywood after a blaze ignited in a railroad car carrying construction debris and trash. Maywood Avenue was closed from Central to East Hunter Avenue after the train came to a stop, blocking the crossing, just after midnight Friday, March 17. Concern was initially expressed over a car purportedly carrying hazardous materials five or so car-lengths away, but firefighters contained the blaze. The train apparently passed through Elmwood Park and Saddle Brook with the flaming car before eventually stopping. It proceeded to the rail yard …

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Convicted Pedophile Delivery Driver Charged With Trafficking Child Porn In Bergen (Again) Convicted Pedophile Delivery Driver Charged With Trafficking Child Porn In Bergen (Again)
Convicted Pedophile Delivery Driver Charged With Trafficking Child Porn In Bergen (Again) A convicted sex offender from Hackensack who works as a delivery driver was arrested after authorities said he returned to trafficking child porn. Jonah Llull, 27, served three years in state prison following convictions for forcing an underage teen into sex in 2013 and possessing child pornography in 2016, records show. He was released from custody in June 2019. Detectives from Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella’s Cyber Crimes Unit seized Llull following a warranted search of his apartment in the Quail Heights development on Prospect Avenue in Hackensack on Thursday, March 16. Llull,…

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Video Shows Paterson Non-Violence Activist Bursting From Bathroom With Knife When He's Shot Video Shows Paterson Non-Violence Activist Bursting From Bathroom With Knife When He's Shot
Video Shows Paterson Non-Violence Activist Bursting From Bathroom With Knife When He's Shot Najee Seabrooks gripped two bloody knives, at least one of which he'd been cutting himself with in his bathroom, as a knot of Paterson police officers in tactical gear tried to talk him into surrendering, video released by the New Jersey Attorney General's Office on Thursday shows. Seabrooks, a respected and admired non-violence activist, was in the middle of what family members said was apparently a drug-induced mental health crisis that March 3 morning. He held two knives within view that he refused to let go of and told police that had a gun, which state Attorney General Matthew Platkin…

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