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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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Wayne Police Turn Tables On 'Grandson Needs Bail Money' Scammers Who Victimized Elderly Couple Wayne Police Turn Tables On 'Grandson Needs Bail Money' Scammers Who Victimized Elderly Couple
Wayne Police Turn Tables On 'Grandson Needs Bail Money' Scammers Who Victimized Elderly Couple GOTCHA! An elderly couple had just handed over tens of thousands of dollars to a pair of “grandson-in-trouble” scammers and were about to surrender even more when Wayne police came to their rescue. The couple was already at the bank when their adult daughter reached out to township police –and just in time. Posing as a lawyer, one of the scammers had called and convinced the couple that a grandchild “had been involved in a car accident in New York City where a pregnant woman was involved and lost her baby,” Detective Capt. Dan Daly explained. The worried grandparents had already ponied up…

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UPDATE: Mahwah Woman Jailed For Shooting Up SUV In Former Waldwick Neighbor's Driveway UPDATE: Mahwah Woman Jailed For Shooting Up SUV In Former Waldwick Neighbor's Driveway
Update: Mahwah Woman Jailed For Shooting Up SUV In Former Waldwick Neighbor's Driveway UPDATE: A 40-year-old Mahwah woman was charged with shooting up an SUV parked in the driveway of a former neighbor in Waldwick. Megan Dzugay spent the night in jail after being seized in Mahwah by Waldwick detectives, assisted by Mahwah police and a Bergen County Regional SWAT team, Wednesday evening, Nov. 30, Waldwick Police Lt. Troy E. Seifert said. She's charged with unlawful possession of a handgun, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and criminal mischief resulting in property damage in connection with the 3:35 a.m. shooting on Grove Street in Waldwick. The 5-foot-4-inch gr…

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Paterson Man, 18, Charged With Shooting Totowa Motorist In Botched Robbery Attempt Paterson Man, 18, Charged With Shooting Totowa Motorist In Botched Robbery Attempt
Paterson Man, 18, Charged With Shooting Totowa Motorist In Botched Robbery Attempt An 18-year-old Paterson resident shot a Totowa man during a botched robbery, authorities charged. Wiziar Johnson is charged with attempted murder, among other counts, for the Nov. 15 shooting around midnight near the corner of Franklin and Mercer streets, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Acting Paterson Police Chief Bert Ribeiro said in a joint release. The 45-year-old victim – who was an intended robbery victim -- was immediately treated at the scene but denied further attention, they said Wednesday, Nov. 30. City police identified Johnson as the shooter, obtained an arrest…

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Body Of Missing Man With Rockland Ties Found At Garden State Parkway Rest Stop: Sources Body Of Missing Man With Rockland Ties Found At Garden State Parkway Rest Stop: Sources
Body Of Missing Man With Rockland Ties Found At Garden State Parkway Rest Stop: Sources The body of a missing Rockland County native was found at a Garden State Parkway rest stop in Montvale, New Jersey, just south of the state border, on Tuesday, Nov. 29, responders said. No foul play was suspected in the death of Brian Lenihan, they said. Lenihan, age 43, who most recently lived in Wilmington, North Carolina, was reported last seen on Friday, Nov. 18 in New Jersey. He reportedly still had ties to the Pearl River/Orangetown area. His body was found at the James Gandolfini Service Area in Montvale around noon Tuesday, sources told Daily Voice. New Jersey State Police are inv…

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Fort Lee PD: Ex-Con Busted With Pills, Imitation Gun, Cash Fort Lee PD: Ex-Con Busted With Pills, Imitation Gun, Cash
Fort Lee PD: Ex-Con Busted With Pills, Imitation Gun, Cash An ex-con from Fort Lee was busted with dozens of prescription pills, an imitation handgun and more than $5,000 in illicit proceeds, authorities said. Francisco Holguin, 32, was the subject of an investigation that eventually led to his arrest outside his apartment on Main Street between Jones Road and Maple Street, Fort Lee Police Capt. Edward Young said. Holguin was charged with drug and weapons offenses, including being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. He was sent to the Bergen County Jail and ordered released less than 24 hours later, under New Jersey’s 2017 bail reform la…

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Special Police Officer IDs Brooklyn Boy, 15, Who Threatened To Blow Up Lyndhurst High School Special Police Officer IDs Brooklyn Boy, 15, Who Threatened To Blow Up Lyndhurst High School
Special Police Officer IDs Brooklyn Boy, 15, Who Threatened To Blow Up Lyndhurst High School A sharp-eyed Lyndhurst special police officer nabbed a 15-year-old boy from Brooklyn who authorities said made a 911 call threatening to blow up the township high school. A Bergen County communications dispatcher told Lyndhurst police shortly after noon on Oct. 7 that an unknown caller using anonymizing technology claimed there was a bomb inside the high school, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. The school was locked down and all 852 students, along with teachers and staff, were escorted out by Lyndhurst police. The Bergen County sheriff’s bomb and K-9 squads checked inside and out and d…

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Body Of Missing Man With Rockland Ties Found At Garden State Parkway Rest Stop: Sources Body Of Missing Man With Rockland Ties Found At Garden State Parkway Rest Stop: Sources
Body Of Missing Man With Rockland Ties Found At Garden State Parkway Rest Stop: Sources The body of a missing Rockland County native was found at a Garden State Parkway rest stop in Montvale, just south of the state border, on Tuesday, responders said. No foul play was suspected in the death of Brian Lenihan, they said. Lenihan, 43, who most recently lived in Wilmington, North Carolina, was reported last seen on Nov. 18 in New Jersey. He reportedly still had ties to the Pearl River/Orangetown area. His body was found at the James Gandolfini Service Area in Montvale around noon on Nov. 29, sources told Daily Voice. New Jersey State Police are investigating. ****** ALSO SEE:…

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Tractor Goes Up In Flames On Route 287 Tractor Goes Up In Flames On Route 287
Tractor Goes Up In Flames On Route 287 A driver bailed out before his tractor went up in flames Tuesday afternoon on Route 287, responders said. Local police and then firefighters found the trailer-less rig fully involved at mile marker 65.3 on the highway's southbound side in Mahwah shortly after 3:30 p.m. Nov. 29. Mahwah's finest quickly doused the flames. New Jersey State Police are investigating. Firefighters found the trailer-less rig fully involved at mile marker 65.3 on the southbound side of Route 287 in Mahwah shortly after 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 29.SPECIAL to DAILY VOICE ALSO SEE: Two people were killed in a sin…

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Boy, 16, Struck, Seriously Injured By Pickup In New Milford Boy, 16, Struck, Seriously Injured By Pickup In New Milford
Boy, 16, Struck, Seriously Injured By Pickup In New Milford A 16-year-old boy was seriously injured when he was struck by a pickup truck Tuesday night in New Milford, authorities confirmed. The boy was apparently headed across Madison Avenue at River Road when he was struck by the utility company vehicle shortly before 6 p.m., Police Chief Brian Clancy said. An ambulance from Holy Name Medical Center took him to Hackensack University Medical Center with what the chief said were serious injuries. A police officer rode in the rig with the boy, Clancy said, adding that his department is investigating the cause. ****** ALSO SEE: Two people were …

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SMASH BURGLARS: Photos Show Destructive Wyckoff Jewelry Thieves At Work SMASH BURGLARS: Photos Show Destructive Wyckoff Jewelry Thieves At Work
Smash Burglars: Photos Show Destructive Wyckoff Jewelry Thieves At Work PHOTOS: Three burglars who smashed their way into a Wyckoff jewelry store cleared broken glass from the front of the shop, loaded a plastic trash can with bling and fled, security images released by police show. Township police released the images while trying to identify the trio who struck Devon Fine Jewelry in the Wyckoff Square shopping center over the weekend. Officers who responded to an alarm down the street from police headquarters found the front door glass smashed shortly before 12:30 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 27, Lt. Joseph Soto said. Authorities asked that anyone who might have wit…

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