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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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SCHOOL SCARE: Northern Valley HS Staffer Collapses, Heroes Respond SCHOOL SCARE: Northern Valley HS Staffer Collapses, Heroes Respond
School Scare: Northern Valley HS Staffer Collapses, Heroes Respond No students were in the immediate area when a staff member collapsed and stopped breathing at Northern Valley Regional High School in Old Tappan, authorities said. Luckily police were. The staffer had gone to the Technology Department on the second floor for help with a computer issue when he suffered a medical episode shortly after 10:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 30, they said. As fortune would have it, help was right downstairs. Police Sgt. Eugene Wilkins was conducting a school security walk-through with Class III Officers Michael Foti and Thomas Tully when a staffer came running at 10:40 a.m.…

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Fire Ravages Wayne Home Fire Ravages Wayne Home
Fire Ravages Wayne Home What apparently began as a deck fire became a raging blaze doused by Wayne's bravest. Everyone got out safely and no injuries were reported in the three-alarm fire, which broke out on Urban Club Road just off Valley Road near the North Jersey Country Club shortly before 3 a.m. Friday, Sept. 30. All of Wayne's five fire companies responded as flames spread to the upper floors of the $1.1 million, 3,400-square-foot Colonial, built in 1999. The main body was quickly knocked down and the fire was declared under control less than a half-hour after the call. Responders at the scene requested a …

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UPDATE: Body Of Female GWB Jumper Recovered From Hudson River UPDATE: Body Of Female GWB Jumper Recovered From Hudson River
Update: Body Of Female GWB Jumper Recovered From Hudson River The body of a woman who jumped from the George Washington Bridge was pulled from the Hudson River less than an hour after her abandoned vehicle was found on the span, Port Authority officials said. A search began after the vehicle was discovered on the westbound lower level around 6:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 30, they said. The NYPD Harbor Unit retrieved the body about three miles south of the bridge shortly before 7:30 a.m. and brought it to a pier on the Upper Manhattan side across from Edgewater, Port Authority police said. ****** The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (formerly known as the…

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Family Cat Killed In Lyndhurst House Fire Family Cat Killed In Lyndhurst House Fire
Family Cat Killed In Lyndhurst House Fire A family's cat died in a smoky basement fire in Lyndhurst, responders at the scene said. Borough firefighters assisted by their colleagues from North Arlington quickly doused the Forest Avenue blaze near Ridge Road, which broke out in the 2½-story, wood-frame house around 10:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 29. No injuries were reported. Lyndhurst firefighters assisted by their colleagues from North Arlington quickly doused the Forest Avenue blaze.Jo Fehl for DAILY VOICE There was extensive smoke damage, responders said. Authorities were investigating the cause, which they didn't believe was s…

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SCHOOL LOCKDOWN: Hackensack Police Capture Knife-Wielding Man Wanted For Attacking Woman SCHOOL LOCKDOWN: Hackensack Police Capture Knife-Wielding Man Wanted For Attacking Woman
School Lockdown: Hackensack Police Capture Knife-Wielding Man Wanted For Attacking Woman A Hackensack grade school was locked down as police pursued -- and then captured -- a knife-wielding Morris County man who they said had just assaulted and terrorized a local woman. Officer Aaron Rios and Police Officer Stanislav Tovbin heard "loud arguing" coming from a Railroad Avenue home while responding to a 911 call late Wednesday morning, Sept. 28, said Capt. Michael Antista, the officer in charge of the department. The frantic emerged and told them that she'd just been restrained by 19-year-old Jean Paul Rubio, the captain said. Rubio "attempted to strangle her, bit her lip and ref…

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SEE ANYTHING? Paramus Mom Returning Home Interrupts Burglars SEE ANYTHING? Paramus Mom Returning Home Interrupts Burglars
SEE Anything? Paramus Mom Returning Home Interrupts Burglars A Paramus mother who returned home after dropping off her children at school interrupted a pair of burglars, igniting an area manhunt. The intruders bolted after the homeowner, who lives off Pascack Road near the Cedar Park and Beth El cemeteries, showed up Thursday morning, Sept. 29, authorities said. Their getaway car was described as small and dark-colored, with no license plate. A Bergen County Sheriff's K-9 Unit responded, along with police from surrounding towns and the sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification, which collected evidence. ANYONE who might have noticed something -- …

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Social Studies Teacher Sues Local Bergen County District Over Suspension For Hitler Assignments Social Studies Teacher Sues Local Bergen County District Over Suspension For Hitler Assignments
Social Studies Teacher Sues Local Bergen County District Over Suspension For Hitler Assignments A Bergen County grade-school social studies teacher who was indefinitely suspended over assignments about Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany claims the district superintendent told him that he’d upset “Jewish people” in town and then ordered him to “fix” it. In a lawsuit filed against the Woodcliff Lake School District, Robert Welsh of Park Ridge says he was made a “scapegoat” amid complaints from parents because he’s a “socially conservative Christian in a community with a large Jewish population.” Welsh, 53, wrote a letter to the parents explaining why he considered the lesson necessary and ap…

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PD: Rochelle Park Officer Nabs Cooking-Grease Thief Behind Route 17 Steakhouse PD: Rochelle Park Officer Nabs Cooking-Grease Thief Behind Route 17 Steakhouse
PD: Rochelle Park Officer Nabs Cooking-Grease Thief Behind Route 17 Steakhouse A grease bandit who was caught red-handed behind a Route 17 restaurant is suspected in a series of similar thefts that have saturated the area. Rashan Nix, 44, of Newark, has an extensive criminal history in several New Jersey counties and Pennsylvania and has joined the growing number of cooking oil thieves, investigators say. Rochelle Park Police Officer Chris Kiszka was on patrol around 1 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 28, when he spotted an unmarked Ford van with expired temporary plates parked behind the LongHorn Steakhouse on northbound Route 17 near the Maywood border, Lt. James M. DePreta s…

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Mahwah Tree Worker Severely Injured In 40-Foot Fall Mahwah Tree Worker Severely Injured In 40-Foot Fall
Mahwah Tree Worker Severely Injured In 40-Foot Fall A tree worker in Mahwah was airlifted with severe injuries after falling 40 or so feet, authorities said. AirMed One was summoned to Glasgow Terrace -- between Route 202 and West Ramapo Avenue -- around 9 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 28. The chopper was called out of concern over area traffic jams created when a car carrier hauling hybrid vehicles caught fire on Route 17. SEE: Car Carrier Of Hybrids Catches Fire, Closes Route 17 (PHOTOS) It landed at NJ Crush FC North Field near Ramapo College, then flew the worker to St. Joseph's University Medical Center. OSHA was notified.

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SWATTING: Shotgun Shooting Report In Fair Lawn Proves Bogus SWATTING: Shotgun Shooting Report In Fair Lawn Proves Bogus
Swatting: Shotgun Shooting Report In Fair Lawn Proves Bogus A bogus call of a shotgun shooting brought Fair Lawn police to a quiet cul-de-sac. Officers who responded to the 11:45 p.m. call on Maywood Court off Morlot Avenue and Route 208 on Tuesday, Sept. 27, "rang the doorbell and spoke with all parties in the home," Police Sgt. Brian Metzler said. "They were also given permission to inspect the home with negative results to the call," he said. Schools have been locked down and innocent people frightened at the sight of SWAT teams because of "swatters." Earlier this year, one of them used bogus local phone number to call in a series of threats th…

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