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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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Motorcyclist Hospitalized After Hitting Deer On 9W Motorcyclist Hospitalized After Hitting Deer On 9W
Motorcyclist Hospitalized After Hitting Deer On 9W A motorcyclist from Bergenfield was hospitalized after hitting a deer on Route 9W in Alpine, authorities said. The 22-year-old rider's Honda struck the deer on the road's southbound side just south of Alpine Scout Camp shortly before 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Alpine Police Chief Christopher Belcolle said. Members of the Demarest Volunteer Ambulance Corps took her to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries to his shoulder and upper arm. The deer fled, he said.

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Bergen School District Ends Contract With Pentagon Official Who Mocked 'White Folx' Bergen School District Ends Contract With Pentagon Official Who Mocked 'White Folx'
Bergen School District Ends Contract With Pentagon Official Who Mocked 'White Folx' A Bergen County school district is ending its consulting contract with a self-described "woke" federal agency chief who has made publicly disparaging comments about whites. The comments made by Kelisa Wing -- including her being "exhausted at these white folx" -- ignited calls for her ouster last week as the chief officer for diversity, equity and inclusion in the U.S. Department of Defense's education branch. The controversy is also being felt on the local level in Cresskill, where Wing has provided "diversity and inclusion training" for its Board of Education employees for the past 18 mo…

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SUV Slams Into Tree In Glen Rock SUV Slams Into Tree In Glen Rock
SUV Slams Into Tree In Glen Rock No injuries were reported after an SUV slammed into a tree in Glen Rock. The female driver screamed at a photographer not to take pictures following the 1:30 p.m. crash on Cornwall Road near Fairmount Avenue on Sunday, Sept. 18. Neither she nor a young boy in the backseat were injured. Five Star Towing removed the Hyundai Tucson.  Borough police are investigating the cause.

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Stabbing In Hackensack Park: Suspect, Victim Both In Custody Stabbing In Hackensack Park: Suspect, Victim Both In Custody
Stabbing In Hackensack Park: Suspect, Victim Both In Custody A man who was stabbed in a Hackensack park and his assailant were both arrested, responders said. The circumstances weren't immediately clear following the stabbing in Foschini Park late Sunday afternoon, Sept. 18. The victim, who was stabbed in the leg, was expected to survive, responders said. He was in police custody when he went into surgery at Hackensack University Medical Center. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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TERRIFYING MOMENT: Carjackers Rush Lyndhurst Mom With Child In Back Seat TERRIFYING MOMENT: Carjackers Rush Lyndhurst Mom With Child In Back Seat
Terrifying Moment: Carjackers Rush Lyndhurst Mom With Child In Back Seat The rampant crime wave involving stolen vehicles took a terrifying turn when a Lyndhurst mother was rushed by two carjackers as she pulled her SUV into her garage with her child in the back seat. Three bandits in all were "casing the area targeting high-end vehicles" in an Audi stolen out of Elizabeth a short time before the frightening incident on Sanford Avenue around noon Thursday, Sept. 15, Lyndhurst Police Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. "One of them forcefully opened the driver's side door," Auteri said. "He ordered the woman out of the vehicle. "However, we believe he was startle…

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Man Killed, Woman Critical In Shooting At Border Of Paterson, Prospect Park Man Killed, Woman Critical In Shooting At Border Of Paterson, Prospect Park
Man Killed, Woman Critical In Shooting At Border Of Paterson, Prospect Park A 45-year-old man was killed and a 28-year-old woman critically wounded in an overnight shooting at the border of Paterson and Prospect Park, authorities confirmed. Police responding to the shooting found both victims on the Paterson side of Belle Avenue off Hopper Street shortly before 2 a.m., Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Acting Paterson Police Chief Bert Ribeiro said in a joint announcement. Both were taken to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, where the man was pronounced dead, they said. Detectives from Valdes’s office and Ribeiro’s department were jointly inves…

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New Milford Man Charged With Trafficking Child Porn New Milford Man Charged With Trafficking Child Porn
New Milford Man Charged With Trafficking Child Porn A self-employed New Milford man was charged with collecting and sharing child pornography, authorities announced. Shaboo Williams, 29, was arrested during a court-approved search of his Faller Drive apartment in the New Milford Estates section of town on Thursday, Sept. 15, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Musella’s investigators had discovered that Williams “used the Internet to view, download, possess and distribute items depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent children,” the prosecutor said. They charged him with possessing and distributing child pornography and …

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Senior Fair Lawn Driver Hospitalized Following Crash At Busy Glen Rock Intersection Senior Fair Lawn Driver Hospitalized Following Crash At Busy Glen Rock Intersection
Senior Fair Lawn Driver Hospitalized Following Crash At Busy Glen Rock Intersection A senior driver from Fair Lawn was hospitalized following a crash at a busy Glen Rock intersection. The victim was conscious and alert while being tended to by police and EMTs from the Glen Rock Volunteer Ambulance Corps after her Honda Civic collided with a Jeep Commander at the corner of Maple and Glen avenues around 6:15 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17. She was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center. An elderly male passenger with her was uninjured. The Honda Civic and Jeep Commander collided at the corner of Maple and Glen avenues in Glen Rock.Boyd A. Loving Citywide Towing removed …

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SUV Crashes Through Front Door Of Wood-Ridge Townhouse SUV Crashes Through Front Door Of Wood-Ridge Townhouse
SUV Crashes Through Front Door Of Wood-Ridge Townhouse An SUV plowed through the front door of a townhouse apartment, causing severe damage, at a recently built development in Wood-Ridge. Firefighters extricated the male driver, who witnesses said appeared to be OK, following the crash at the Willows at Wesmont Station -- near the athletic complex and baseball field off Veterans Drive -- around 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17. He was taken by ambulance to Hackensack University Medical Center. Nutchies Service removed and towed the Acura MDX, which had knocked out a huge hole between the front door and first-floor window. Firefighters extrica…

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Authorities Try To ID Man Struck, Killed By Train In Rutherford Authorities Try To ID Man Struck, Killed By Train In Rutherford
Authorities Try To ID Man Struck, Killed By Train In Rutherford A man was rendered unidentifiable when he was struck and killed by a commuter train in Rutherford. Police found the dismembered body after responding to the call near the intersection of Park and East Erie avenues just west of the Rutherford train station shortly after 8 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 17. He'd been struck by the Bergen County Line No. 1854 train, which left Waldwick at 7:35 a.m. and was due to arrive in Hoboken at 8:20 a.m., NJ TRANSIT's Jim Smith said. It apparently wasn't an accident, responders at the scene said. It was also the second violent death in roughly 14 hours in Rutherf…

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