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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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Fleeing Driver Crashes At Route 208 Entrance: Passaic County Sheriff Fleeing Driver Crashes At Route 208 Entrance: Passaic County Sheriff
Fleeing Driver Crashes At Route 208 Entrance: Passaic County Sheriff A reckless driver led Passaic County sheriff's officers on a pursuit that ended in a crash at a Route 208 on-ramp. Officers spotted the Audi sedan with New York plates being driven recklessly "without regard to any other vehicles or pedestrian on or near the road" in the area of Route 20 and Maple Avenue in Paterson shortly before 11 p.m. Sunday, Passaic County Sheriff Richard Berdnik said. Officers pursued the sedan less than a mile to the entrance to northbound Route 208 in Fair Lawn, where it crashed, the sheriff said. The seized the driver, Tylee Leon Blunt, 22, of the Bronx, he said.…

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Beware Rampant Monkeypox Myths, Fear Mongering, Fake News, NJ Officials Warn Beware Rampant Monkeypox Myths, Fear Mongering, Fake News, NJ Officials Warn
Beware Rampant Monkeypox Myths, Fear Mongering, Fake News, NJ Officials Warn Myths about monkeypox are spreading much faster than the disease itself, New Jersey officials said in updating a web page dedicated to debunking myths. The viral spread of fake news is “sparking new confusion about the virus among the public,” a review by the Analysis Bureau of the state Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness found. This includes “misleading videos, falsely attributed information and the recycling of COVID-19 conspiracies,” which officials say is “causing dissent.” “As we see an attempt to sow discord in New Jersey and throughout our country through the spread of dis…

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NJ Rapper Fetty Wap Cops To Drug Conspiracy In Exchange For 5-Year Minimum In Federal Prison NJ Rapper Fetty Wap Cops To Drug Conspiracy In Exchange For 5-Year Minimum In Federal Prison
NJ Rapper Fetty Wap Cops To Drug Conspiracy In Exchange For 5-Year Minimum In Federal Prison Paterson rapper Fetty Wap must spend at least five years in federal prison in exchange for pleading guilty to his role in a multi-million-dollar drug trafficking ring, authorities said. The platinum-selling rapper – whose real name is William Junior Maxwell II – had been charged last year with conspiring to transport more than 100 kilos of heroin, fentanyl and cocaine from the West Coast for sale in New Jersey and on Long Island. Rather than risk a possible life sentence at trial, Maxwell took a deal from the government, pleading guilty in U.S. Eastern District Court in Central Islip, Long …

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Tow Truck Driver Responds To Ridgewood Call Impaired, Arrested By Police Tow Truck Driver Responds To Ridgewood Call Impaired, Arrested By Police
Tow Truck Driver Responds To Ridgewood Call Impaired, Arrested By Police A tow truck driver from Bergenfield was impaired when he responded to a call in Ridgewood, then left both doors of his rig open and split, said police who found him hoofing it a block or so away. The owner of the disabled car requested a tow behind the Daily Treat Restaurant on East Ridgewood Avenue late Sunday afternoon. Andrew Velardo, 34, showed up and began "acting oddly," Ridgewood Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke said. The owner said he refused to let Velardo take his car because he appeared impaired. Then he called police. Luthcke said Velardo responded by walking off, "leaving his…

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Firefighters Extricate Dump Truck Driver After Multi-Vehicle Rollover Closes Route 287 Firefighters Extricate Dump Truck Driver After Multi-Vehicle Rollover Closes Route 287
Firefighters Extricate Dump Truck Driver After Multi-Vehicle Rollover Closes Route 287 As he recuperated in a hospital bed, a dump truck driver from Bergen County who miraculously survived a horrific crash on Route 287 worried about the fate of his dog. The pooch bolted as rescuers arrived at the scene of the noontime rollover on the northbound highway in Mahwah on Monday. No one knew where he'd gone. Then on Tuesday, state Department of Transportation workers found the little fella sitting on the side of the road not far from the scene. New Jersey State Police brought the dog to Hackensack University Medical Center, where preparations were already being made for 29-year-ol…

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Paterson Detectives Seize Five Guns, Three In One Car Paterson Detectives Seize Five Guns, Three In One Car
Paterson Detectives Seize Five Guns, Three In One Car Three young occupants of a car stopped by Paterson detectives were each found toting guns during a three-day period in which city investigators seized five firearms altogether. The seizures began after Detectives Kenneth Kerwin, Suquan Gary, Joseph Aboyoun, and Mustafa Dombayci saw a drug deal go down in the 80 block of Carroll Street last Tuesday night, Paterson Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. The investigators moved in after discovering that a 2017 Honda Civic being used in the sale had been reported stolen out of New York the day before, Speziale said. As they approached, ex…

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Clifton PD: Garfield Victims Chase Down, Disarm Crowbar-Swinging Robber Clifton PD: Garfield Victims Chase Down, Disarm Crowbar-Swinging Robber
Clifton PD: Garfield Victims Chase Down, Disarm Crowbar-Swinging Robber A man who snatched two scooters in Garfield swung a crowbar at the pursuing owners but was quickly disarmed before being seized by Clifton police, authorities said. Julio Rivera, 45, of Vineland grabbed the scooters in Garfield and fled into Clifton pursued by the victims, Clifton Police Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. Rivera told his pursuers he had a gun, then began swinging the crowbar, the lieutenant said. Police who responded to the scene at Parker and Ackerman avenues found that they'd disarmed Rivera. He fought with police, who eventually subdued Rivera and took him into custody…

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GOTCHA! Gunman Who Carjacked Couple Captured Thanks To Police Drone: NJ Authorities GOTCHA! Gunman Who Carjacked Couple Captured Thanks To Police Drone: NJ Authorities
Gotcha! Gunman Who Carjacked Couple Captured Thanks To Police Drone: NJ Authorities A gunman who carjacked a couple waiting to pick up food outside an Elizabeth restaurant was captured by police thanks to a Newark police drone that followed their Mercedes to Jersey City, authorities said. Rahmel Belle, 22, of Jersey City, and another man were both wearing masks when they got out of a car behind the couple on Morris Avenue around 7:30 p.m. this past April 23, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said. Pointing a grey handgun with a laser at them, Belle ordered the victims out of the Mercedes and took their keys, cellphones and other valuables – as well as $…

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HOMICIDES: Garfield, Paterson Men In Their 20s Slain In Separate Shootings HOMICIDES: Garfield, Paterson Men In Their 20s Slain In Separate Shootings
Homicides: Garfield, Paterson Men In Their 20s Slain In Separate Shootings Two men – one from Garfield, the other from Paterson – were shot and killed in the Silk City within 5½ hours of one another. Off-duty officers heard shots, came running and found a crime scene but no victim at 51 Colonial Avenue around 10:30 p.m. Friday, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said. The 29-year-old city man who was shot had been taken in a private vehicle to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, they said. Uniformed officers were later dispatched around 4 a.m. to the corner of North Main Street a…

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Good Samaritan Rescues Hudson River Boaters As Yacht Goes Down In Smoke Good Samaritan Rescues Hudson River Boaters As Yacht Goes Down In Smoke
Good Samaritan Rescues Hudson River Boaters As Yacht Goes Down In Smoke A good Samaritan rescued a group of boaters whose yacht caught fire and sank in the Hudson River on Saturday. All eight quickly got to safety as North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue boats moved in and began spraying the 48-foot vessel around 3:30 p.m., responders and witnesses said. The bulk of the blaze was in the boat's sleeping quarters, "which makes it difficult to extinguish," NHRFR Capt. Jason Hodge said. A #Boatonfire on #hudsonriver Edgewater which just capcized. @CNN @ABC @NBC @1010WINS @ pic.twitter.com/Xhd3hixH1r — Daisy Khan (@DaisyKhan) August 20, 2022 Onlookers gathered …

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