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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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Body Of Man Chased By Police Pulled From Passaic River Two Days Later Body Of Man Chased By Police Pulled From Passaic River Two Days Later
Body Of Man Chased By Police Pulled From Passaic River Two Days Later The death of a man whose body was recovered from the Passaic River following a police chase was being investigated by county and state authorities, a family member said she was told. Meanwhile, she and other loved ones wait in anguish for answers. Everyone agrees that the body retrieved from the river below Route 21 Monday evening was that of Thadius Wilder, a 35-year-old father of five from Passaic. Wilder, who had a history of drug arrests, was last seen running from police on that very same highway on Saturday, said his sister, Amber Wilder-Hunter. Wilder-Hunter filed a missing person…

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Englewood Maintenance Worker, 37, Charged With Raping Underage Teen Englewood Maintenance Worker, 37, Charged With Raping Underage Teen
Englewood Maintenance Worker, 37, Charged With Raping Underage Teen A maintenance worker from Englewood was charged with raping an underage girl. Lamelle Pulley, 37, remained held Wednesday in the Bergen County Jail awaiting a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack. The day before, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said, Englewood police notified members of his Special Victims Unit of the allegations that Pulley sexually assaulted a child who was under 16. Pulley was charged with aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault and child endangerment. 

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SEEN HIM? Muslim Boy, 15, From Clifton Has Been Missing Since April SEEN HIM? Muslim Boy, 15, From Clifton Has Been Missing Since April
Seen HIM? Muslim Boy, 15, From Clifton Has Been Missing Since April Police turned to the public for help finding a 15-year-old Muslim boy from Clifton who's been missing for more than three months. Veleriy Atajamov -- also known as "Nazeem" -- was reported missing by his family on April 28, Lt. Robert Bracken said. Nazeem fled a religious school that he attends at the Clifton Blue Mosque "for what are believed to be disciplinary reasons," Bracken said. "Since that time, numerous agencies have been searching for his whereabouts to no avail," the lieutenant said. Nazeem -- who was described as 6-foot-1 and 140 pounds -- was tracked to Brookly and may still …

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Man, 29, Shot Dead In Violent, Gang-Controlled Paterson Neighborhood Man, 29, Shot Dead In Violent, Gang-Controlled Paterson Neighborhood
Man, 29, Shot Dead In Violent, Gang-Controlled Paterson Neighborhood A 29-year-old man was shot and killed Tuesday night in Paterson, authorities confirmed. Responding officers found the as-yet-unidentified victim outside Julio’s Grocery on the corner of Park Avenue and East 19th Street around 9 p.m. Tuesday, they said. He'd been shot multiple times, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint announcement. The victim was taken to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, where they said he was later pronounced dead. Valdes and Baycora didn’t say whether any suspects had been arrested or identified. …

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Home Entered, BMW Stolen From Garage While Franklin Lakes Mom, Kids Slept Home Entered, BMW Stolen From Garage While Franklin Lakes Mom, Kids Slept
Home Entered, BMW Stolen From Garage While Franklin Lakes Mom, Kids Slept A Franklin Lakes homeowner and her children were asleep when someone broke in and stole her brand-new BMW before dawn Tuesday. The fob had been left in the 2023 sedan in an unlocked garage of a multi-million-dollar home on Algonquin Avenue near Franklin Lake Road shortly before 5:30 a.m., police said. The thief or thieves first went through the kitchen, dining room and main area of the house, the victim wrote in a social media post. Police briefly chased the unknown number of thieves but terminated the pursuit on Route 208 for safety reasons, Capt. Mark McCombs said. The Bergen County Sh…

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'Unfortunate Accident': Englewood Driver Who Hit Girl, 6, On Maywood Street Not At Fault: Chief 'Unfortunate Accident': Englewood Driver Who Hit Girl, 6, On Maywood Street Not At Fault: Chief
'Unfortunate Accident': Englewood Driver Who Hit Girl, 6, On Maywood Street Not At Fault: Chief UPDATE: A crash that critically injured a 6-year-old girl whose family had just moved to Maywood was a "serious and unfortunate accident" and not the fault of the 25-year-old driver from Englewood, the borough's police chief said. A delivery van that had stopped in front of a house on Spring Valley Road across from Memorial Park around noon Monday had obstructed the driver's view when the child ran out into the street, Maywood Police Chief Terence R. Kenny said Tuesday. Witnesses said the southbound Honda Civic knocked the youngster into the air. "The driver stopped immediately and remain…

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Young Child Whose Family Just Moved To Town Struck, Critically Injured On Busy Maywood Street Young Child Whose Family Just Moved To Town Struck, Critically Injured On Busy Maywood Street
Young Child Whose Family Just Moved To Town Struck, Critically Injured On Busy Maywood Street UPDATE: A young girl whose family had just moved to the neighborhood was struck and critically injured when she ran into traffic on a busy road alongside a popular park in Maywood, authorities confirmed. Witnesses said the 6-year-old child was knocked into the air when a southbound Honda Civic struck her as she dashed across Spring Valley Road between Memorial Park and her new home Monday afternoon, they said. She was last reported to be in critical condition with a traumatic head injury Tuesday at Hackensack University Medical Center. Although area residents have complained about vehicle…

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RAMPAGE: Accused Home Invader Charged With Stabbing Two Men In Hackensack RAMPAGE: Accused Home Invader Charged With Stabbing Two Men In Hackensack
Rampage: Accused Home Invader Charged With Stabbing Two Men In Hackensack A Hackensack man who was captured after a home invasion stabbed two men hours earlier, authorities charged. The victims flagged down a Hackensack police officer after being stabbed near the corner of Beech Street and Overlook Avenue on July 25, Detective Capt. Michael Antista said. Detective John Papanikolaou ultimately identified the assailant as Thomas Samuels, 20, he said. “A search warrant was conducted on a vehicle, video surveillance was obtained, and additional evidence was recovered during the investigation process,” Antista said. Later that night, police in South Hackensack captu…

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FBI: Groomed-For-Sex Indiana Girl, 15, Rescued After Paterson Man Pays Uber To Bring Her To NJ FBI: Groomed-For-Sex Indiana Girl, 15, Rescued After Paterson Man Pays Uber To Bring Her To NJ
FBI: Groomed-For-Sex Indiana Girl, 15, Rescued After Paterson Man Pays Uber To Bring Her To NJ A 22-year-old Paterson man showered a 15-year-old Indiana girl he'd met online with money, gifts and compliments before paying an Uber driver to bring her to him for sex, federal authorities said. Arnold Castillo "groomed" the girl, gaining her trust and alienating her from her family and other support systems before convincing her to leave Lawrence, IN, for New Jersey, the U.S. Attorney's Office for Southern Indiana charged. Castillo "paid and arranged for an Uber driver to pick up the minor and transport her across state lines to him," alleges to an FBI complaint on file in U.S. District …

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Van Toppled In North Haledon Crash Van Toppled In North Haledon Crash
Van Toppled In North Haledon Crash No serious injuries were reported in a collision that knocked a van onto its side in North Haledon. The van and SUV collided at the corner of Squaw Brook Road and North Haledon Avenue shortly before 8 a.m. Tuesday. An occupant had to be extricated by members of the North Haledon Volunteer Fire Company but didn't appear seriously injured, witnesses said. North Haledon police are investigating.

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