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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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Bad Heart Killed NJ Man, 73, While In Police Custody, Grand Jury Finds Bad Heart Killed NJ Man, 73, While In Police Custody, Grand Jury Finds
Bad Heart Killed NJ Man, 73, While In Police Custody, Grand Jury Finds Newark police bore no responsibility in the death from heart disease of a 73-year-old man who collapsed in the back seat of a patrol car, a state grand jury has found. Juan Restrepo of Summit had been taken into custody by officers who'd responded to a report of an intoxicated man behind the wheel of a vehicle on June 15, 2020, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said. “He was then transported to [an] NJ TRANSIT station, where officials attempted to obtain a Breathalyzer reading,” the attorney general said. “A reading was not able to be obtained.” Restrepo “was subsequent…

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HEROES: Softball Player Not Breathing, No Pulse Revived By New Milford Police HEROES: Softball Player Not Breathing, No Pulse Revived By New Milford Police
Heroes: Softball Player Not Breathing, No Pulse Revived By New Milford Police A player had just collapsed at New Milford's new softball field when police arrived and found an off-duty nurse tending to him. He wasn't breathing and had no pulse, Police Chief Brian Clancy said. Officers Dennis Calacione and Kyle Hill, Sgt. Michael Lafrano and Detective Przemyslaw Boinski began CPR on the 43-year-old victim at Knights Field off River Road shortly before 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13, the chief said. "They did compressions and rescue breathing and also used the Automated External Defibrillator (AED)," Clancy said. After a few minutes, the man came around, he said, Clanc…

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HEROES: Paterson Firefighters Lift Jitney Bus Off Struck Pedestrian HEROES: Paterson Firefighters Lift Jitney Bus Off Struck Pedestrian
Heroes: Paterson Firefighters Lift Jitney Bus Off Struck Pedestrian A group of heroic Paterson firefighters didn't have time to retrieve special equipment, so they grabbed hold of a dollar bus and lifted it off a woman who'd just been struck, authorities said. The pinned 53-year-old victim was alert and conscious after the accident on McBride Avenue near Hoxey Street shortly after 10:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14, Fire Chief Brian McDermott said. With no time to waste, four firefighters hoisted the jitney bus and pulled her out, he said. The victim might not have survived if they hadn't, McDermott said, adding that the heroes went "beyond their limits" to sa…

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PARTY TIME: NJ Park Police Union Prez Accused Of Running Up $160,000 Tab On Members' Dime PARTY TIME: NJ Park Police Union Prez Accused Of Running Up $160,000 Tab On Members' Dime
Party Time: NJ Park Police Union Prez Accused Of Running Up $160,000 Tab On Members' Dime A former New Jersey park police union chief indulged himself on the members’ dime, spending $160,000 in dues on dinners at upscale restaurants, airfare and out-of-state trips unrelated to the local's business, authorities charged. Chris Smith, 48, of the Warren County town of Hope, “will now pay his dues,” Thomas Eicher, executive director of the New Jersey Office of Public Integrity and Accountability, said after a grand jury returned an indictment charging him with theft. Smith tapped the funds of two unions he led in a “continuous theft scheme” between 2014 and 2019, when Smith was presi…

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Toddler Struck In Emerson Toddler Struck In Emerson
Toddler Struck In Emerson A tragedy was avoided when a 2-year-old child playing on a scooter in the street was struck in Emerson by a vehicle backing out of a driveway, responders said. A neighbor on Dogwood Lane shouted, getting the driver to stop, shortly before 5 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14, Police Chief Michael Mazzeo said. The child had cuts and bruises on her head, face, chest and arms but was conscious and alert when taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, responders said.

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NJ Bank Robber From Out Of State Takes Plea, Admits Threatening To Shoot Teller, Customers NJ Bank Robber From Out Of State Takes Plea, Admits Threatening To Shoot Teller, Customers
NJ Bank Robber From Out Of State Takes Plea, Admits Threatening To Shoot Teller, Customers An Iowa man admitted robbing a bank in Secaucus, federal authorities said. Jose Luis Martinez, 32, pointed a long-barreled gun at a teller in the Bank of America on Park Plaza Drive around 5 p.m. Jan. 5, 2017, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said. Martinez, who was wearing glasses, an Everlast hoodie and two wool caps, told the teller that he’d “shoot her and other customers if she did not comply,” the U.S. attorney said. He then fled with an undisclosed amount of cash. A grand jury in U.S. District Court in Newark subsequently returned an indictment charging Martinez wit…

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Recent Cliffside Park HS Grad From Fairview, 20, Charged With Statutory Rape Recent Cliffside Park HS Grad From Fairview, 20, Charged With Statutory Rape
Recent Cliffside Park HS Grad From Fairview, 20, Charged With Statutory Rape A Fairview man who turned 20 earlier this month is charged with sexually assaulting a teenager who was four years younger. Cristian Argueta remained held in the Bergen County Jail on Wednesday, Sept. 14, pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack, following his arrest the day before. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said a report from Fairview police that Argueta sexually assaulted a victim no more than 15 years old in their borough led to the arrest by members of his Special Victims Unit. In New Jersey, the crime of statutory rape is committed when …

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Sheriff Cureton: Enrollment Open For Bergen Citizens Police Academy Sheriff Cureton: Enrollment Open For Bergen Citizens Police Academy
Sheriff Cureton: Enrollment Open For Bergen Citizens Police Academy Enrollment is open for the 27th class of the Bergen County Citizen’s Police Academy, a 10-week course designed to give residents a working knowledge of law enforcement policies and tactics, Sheriff Anthony Cureton said. Bergen County residents 18 and older are eligible to participate, the sheriff said Wednesday, Sept. 14. “One of the most important components of law enforcement is fostering strong relationships with the community,” Cureton said. “Our Citizen’s Police Academy gives residents first-hand knowledge of the important work police do to enhance public safety and protect Bergen Co…

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Worldwide Ransomware Rampage: Iranians Hack NJ Town, PA Domestic Violence Shelter, Feds Charge Worldwide Ransomware Rampage: Iranians Hack NJ Town, PA Domestic Violence Shelter, Feds Charge
Worldwide Ransomware Rampage: Iranians Hack NJ Town, PA Domestic Violence Shelter, Feds Charge Federal authorities are offering a $10 million reward to help locate a trio of Iranian nationals who held the computer systems of a New Jersey town, a domestic violence shelter in Pennsylvania and hundreds of other victims across the U.S. and abroad hostage in a series of hack attacks. Using Microsoft’s BitLocker security tool, the hackers locked up and then stole secure files before sending ransom notes – some of which were spit out on the victims’ printers, the FBI said on Wednesday, Sept. 14. The unidentified shelter ended up paying $13,000 in bitcoin to retrieve its files, according to …

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Unfounded Threat Clears Ridgewood Private School Unfounded Threat Clears Ridgewood Private School
Unfounded Threat Clears Ridgewood Private School A private school in Ridgewood was evacuated following what police said was an unfounded threat. The unspecified threat came in via email to The Holmstead School, a non-profit extended-year middle/high school on Hope Street, on Monday, Sept. 12, Capt. Forest Lyons said. Two Bergen County sheriff's dogs were brought in, along with a member of the sheriff's Bomb Squad, to help village police completely search the building, the captain said. Nothing of note was found and everyone was allowed to return about an hour later, Lyons said. Ridgewood police are investigating. Boyd A. Loving took th…

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