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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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NJSP: Driver Of Disabled Vehicle Struck, Killed On Garden State Parkway In Bergen County NJSP: Driver Of Disabled Vehicle Struck, Killed On Garden State Parkway In Bergen County
Njsp: Driver Of Disabled Vehicle Struck, Killed On Garden State Parkway In Bergen County A driver from New York State was killed when he and his disabled vehicle were struck overnight on the Garden State Parkway, authorities said. The 35-year-old Orange County resident was headed south in his Acura when it was involved in another accident shortly before midnight Sunday in Washington Township, New Jersey State Police Trooper II Charles Marchan said. The Walden, NY man got out, after which he and his car were struck by a Chrysler minivan -- killing him -- at milepost 165.9, the trooper said. His identity was temporarily being withheld pending next-of-kin notification. Further i…

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Gym Fire Doused Off Route 17 Gym Fire Doused Off Route 17
Gym Fire Doused Off Route 17 Firefighters doused an early-morning commercial blaze off Route 17. The two-alarm fire broke out in a building that houses Powerhouse Gym on McKee Drive in Mahwah around 7 a.m. Firefighters had it knocked down in under a half-hour. Island Road was temporarily closed. No injuries were reported. Mahwah firefighters brought their fan boat to ventilate the building. Mutual aid responders requested either at the scene or in coverage included firefighters from Ramsey, Montvale, Ridgewood and Ho-Ho-Kus, as well as Hilburn, Hillcrest, Sloatsburg, Suffern and Tallman.

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Police: Robber Assaults Bergenfield T-Mobile Store Employee, Flees With iPhone Police: Robber Assaults Bergenfield T-Mobile Store Employee, Flees With iPhone
Police: Robber Assaults Bergenfield T-Mobile Store Employee, Flees With iPhone A robber assaulted a T-Mobile store employee in Bergenfield before fleeing with an iPhone 13, authorities said. The robber was black, wearing a black long-sleeve shirt, blue jeans and a medical mask, when he entered the South Washington Avenue store off Main Street at 3:30 p.m. Friday, Police Lt. William Duran said. He grabbed the phone, punched the female employee in the face and fled to a waiting blue sedan with two occupants, the lieutenant said. The victim said her eye was nearly swollen shut. She refused medical attention, Duran said. ANYONE who might have seen something, or has secu…

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Tractor-Trailer Fire Closes Route 17 Tractor-Trailer Fire Closes Route 17
Tractor-Trailer Fire Closes Route 17 A rush-hour fire incinerated the cab of a tractor-trailer on Route 17. The rig ignited on the southbound highway in Ramsey just before the Franklin Turnpike exit and across from the Shannon Rose restaurant, sending a column of black smoke skyward that could be seen for miles. Police temporarily closed both sides of the highway as members of the Ramsey Fire Department and Rescue Squad doused the late afternoon blaze with help from their Mahwah colleagues. They fortunately kept the flames from reaching golf cart batteries being hauled in the trailer. The driver got out OK.Mark Cotz The …

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'Drop The Gun!': Video Shows NJ Police Officer Shooting Fleeing Suspect 'Drop The Gun!': Video Shows NJ Police Officer Shooting Fleeing Suspect
'Drop The Gun!': Video Shows NJ Police Officer Shooting Fleeing Suspect Footage from the body camera of a Paterson police officer who shot a fleeing suspect during a foot chase was released by Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes on Friday. "Drop the gun!" Officer Jerry Moravek shouts several times as he chases Khalif Cooper, 28, down John Street around 3:30 a.m. June 11. Suddenly, two shots ring out and Cooper falls face down in the street. Moravek handcuffs Cooper, who repeatedly says, "I don't got no gun." "Shots fired," the officer says into his radio. "Send ALS [Advanced Life Support] and supervisors. Send ALS." Moravek repeatedly asks for an ambul…

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HEARTLESS: Grandson-In-Trouble Scammers ‘Settle’ For $4G From Senior Who Couldn’t Afford More HEARTLESS: Grandson-In-Trouble Scammers ‘Settle’ For $4G From Senior Who Couldn’t Afford More
Heartless: Grandson-In-Trouble Scammers ‘Settle’ For $4G From Senior Who Couldn’t Afford More Phone scammers who told a Fair Lawn senior that her grandson was in trouble settled for half the $8,000 that he supposedly needed for bail money after she told them she didn’t have it, authorities said. The callers were in for a surprise, though: The would-be victim notified police, who were waiting when the Bronx pair showed up to collect. The passenger got out after both pulled up to the woman's Plymouth Drive home, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. That’s when police moved in, he said. Elvin Guzman, 32, was seized, charged with theft and released under New Jersey’s bail reform law of 2017. the…

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Fire Destroys One Prospect Park Home, Ravages Another Fire Destroys One Prospect Park Home, Ravages Another
Fire Destroys One Prospect Park Home, Ravages Another Firefighters from surrounding towns rushed to aid their colleagues in Prospect Park after a noontime house fire spread to a neighboring home. Initial reports of an occupant possibly trapped thankfully proved unfounded after the fire broke out on the second floor of the primary North 11 Street home, off Fairview Avenue, around 11:30 a.m. Council President Anand Shah called for prayers for those who lost their homes and belongings in the destructive blaze, which topped out at five alarms for coverage. Mayor Mohamed T. Khairullah praised the first responders who braved not only the fire itse…

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SEE ANYTHING? Arson Investigators Probe String Of Suspicious Fires At Bergen Park SEE ANYTHING? Arson Investigators Probe String Of Suspicious Fires At Bergen Park
SEE Anything? Arson Investigators Probe String Of Suspicious Fires At Bergen Park A half-dozen suspicious fires at a county park in Elmwood Park over the past several months have drawn the scrutiny of local and county investigators. No one was injured in any of the brush fires that began last December at Artesian Fields, a passive park with walking and running trails, said Police Chief Michael Foligno, who is also the borough administrator. The most recent was mid-Friday morning. Elmwood Park firefighters doused them all relatively quickly, Foligno said. Foligno's detectives are investigating with their colleagues from the Bergen County Prosecutor's Arson Investigation…

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Former Bergen Resident, 44, Charged With Sexually Assaulting Pre-Teen Former Bergen Resident, 44, Charged With Sexually Assaulting Pre-Teen
Former Bergen Resident, 44, Charged With Sexually Assaulting Pre-Teen A former Old Tappan resident was charged with repeatedly sexually assaulting a local child, authorities said. Nikolaos Chlios, a 44-year-old audio/video installer who lives with his wife in Queens, remained held Friday in the Bergen County Jail while awaiting a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Old Tappan police this past May notified members of his Special Victims Unit of allegations against Chlios of sexually assaulting a child “on multiple occasions.” Detectives arrested Chlios on Tuesday following an investig…

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70-Something Brothers Who Owned Popular Jersey Shore Pizzeria Face Sentencing For Lying To IRS 70-Something Brothers Who Owned Popular Jersey Shore Pizzeria Face Sentencing For Lying To IRS
70-Something Brothers Who Owned Popular Jersey Shore Pizzeria Face Sentencing For Lying To IRS UPDATE: The saga of two brothers in their 70s who got caught paying the employees of their popular Jersey Shore pizzeria under the proverbial table is nearing its end. The once-proud co-owners of Mario's Pizzeria in Ocean City, Giuseppe "Joe" Cannuscio, 74, and Ernesto Cannuscio, 70, are scheduled to be sentenced for tax evasion this fall. Both men took deals from the government rather than risk trial, pleading guilty in federal court in Camden to conspiring to evade taxes within a couple weeks of one another. Employees at Mario's, which was founded in 1977, were paid off the books over th…

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