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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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GOTCHA! Ex-Con Charged With Shooting Haskell Man In Paterson GOTCHA! Ex-Con Charged With Shooting Haskell Man In Paterson
Gotcha! Ex-Con Charged With Shooting Haskell Man In Paterson Investigators cracked the July 4th weekend shooting of a Haskell man in Paterson with the arrest of an ex-con in Haledon, authorities said. Juan Pereyra, 32, was captured by Haledon police in the area of Belmont Avenue and Tilt Street shortly after 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, they said. Detectives had identified Pereyra in the July 2 shooting of a 36-year-old Haskell resident in the area of Prospect Street and Market Street in Paterson. Responding officers that night found a crime scene but no victim. That’s because he’d gone to St. Joseph’s Wayne Medical Center in a private vehicle, authorities…

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NJ Woman Who Pulled $400,000 GoFundMe Scam With Homeless Vet, Ex-BF Gets Federal Prison Time NJ Woman Who Pulled $400,000 GoFundMe Scam With Homeless Vet, Ex-BF Gets Federal Prison Time
NJ Woman Who Pulled $400,000 GoFundMe Scam With Homeless Vet, Ex-BF Gets Federal Prison Time UPDATE: A New Jersey woman who helped pull a scam that conned 14,000 GoFundMe donors across the country out of $400,000 to purportedly benefit a homeless veteran is headed to federal prison. Katelyn McClure, 32, of Bordentown got a far lighter sentence under the terms of her plea deal with the government than did her former boyfriend, Mark D’Amico, who concocted the cruel scheme. McClure was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Camden on Thursday to a plea-bargained year and a day in a federal penitentiary. D’Amico, the "mastermind," earlier this year got 27 months in a fed pen in exchange …

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Ex-Con Charged With Attempted Murder Of Rapper In Edgewater Brought To Bergen Ex-Con Charged With Attempted Murder Of Rapper In Edgewater Brought To Bergen
Ex-Con Charged With Attempted Murder Of Rapper In Edgewater Brought To Bergen An ex-con accused of shooting Bronx rapper “Lil TJay” and a companion during a robbery attempt in Edgewater last month is now in the custody of authorities in Bergen County. Mohamed Konate, 27, who was also wounded in a shootout with the victims, remains held in the county jail after being extradited from New York City. Investigators said Konate walked up, pulled a gun and demanded money and jewelry from the rapper and two of his friends, Antoine Boyd, 22, and Jeffrey Valdez, 24, both from the Bronx, as they sat in a Dodge Durango at the upscale Promenade shopping center around midnight Ju…

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SUV In Crash Rolls Into Ridgewood Police Car SUV In Crash Rolls Into Ridgewood Police Car
SUV In Crash Rolls Into Ridgewood Police Car An SUV involved in an accident in Ridgewood rolled into a police car, authorities said. The BMW X1 wasn't occupied -- or in park -- when it was separated from the first vehicle on Franklin Avenue at North Broad Street near the village train station Thursday afternoon, Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke said It rolled into the police cruiser, which also was unoccupied, the chief said. No injuries were reported. No injuries were immediately reported in the crash near the Ridgewood train station.Boyd A. Loving

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Driver Who Exited Vehicle On Route 287 Seriously Injured In Chain-Reaction Crash: State Police Driver Who Exited Vehicle On Route 287 Seriously Injured In Chain-Reaction Crash: State Police
Driver Who Exited Vehicle On Route 287 Seriously Injured In Chain-Reaction Crash: State Police A driver was struck by his own vehicle in a chain-reaction crash after he got out in the middle of Route 287 in the middle of the night, authorities said. Investigators don't yet know why the victim's Chevy Camaro was stopped in the middle of the southbound highway near mile marker 63.6 in Mahwah shortly after 2:30 a.m. Thursday, New Jersey State Police Sgt. Philip Curry said. What they do know is that the driver got out and a Kenworth dump truck rear-ended the Camaro, which then hit him, Curry said. The Camaro continued off the road into a tree, the sergeant said. A medical chopper was r…

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Driver, 76, Knocked Down, Pinned By Own Car Outside Oakland Care Center Driver, 76, Knocked Down, Pinned By Own Car Outside Oakland Care Center
Driver, 76, Knocked Down, Pinned By Own Car Outside Oakland Care Center A 76-year-old driver was pinned beneath her own vehicle during a visit to a rehab and health care center in Oakland, authorities said. The victim forgot to put her 2018 Nissan Rogue in park when she got out in the lot of the Oakland Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center off Breakneck Road on Wednesday, Police Capt. Timothy Keenan said. The Rogue rolled backwards, knocking the driver down and pinning her beneath it, the captain said. Members of the Oakland Care Center and Oakland First Aid Squad tended to the woman while firefighters raised the vehicle to remove her, he said. She was taken …

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Traveler Caught Trying To Bring Loaded Gun Aboard JFK Flight, TSA Says Traveler Caught Trying To Bring Loaded Gun Aboard JFK Flight, TSA Says
Traveler Caught Trying To Bring Loaded Gun Aboard JFK Flight, TSA Says A traveler was arrested at JFK Airport when he tried to bring a loaded gun onto a plane, authorities said. A TSA officer spotted the handgun on the checkpoint X-ray machine’s monitor after the Yonkers resident placed his belongings on the conveyor belt at the Queens airport security checkpoint on Wednesday, TSA Spokesperson Lisa Farbstein said. Port Authority police were summoned, seized the 9mm handgun -- which was loaded with seven bullets -- and arrested the man on a weapons charge, Farbstein said. Passengers can travel with firearms only in checked baggage and if they're properly pack…

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SEEN THEM? Police Seek Help Finding Arsonists Who Set Fire At Clifton Gynecologist's Office SEEN THEM? Police Seek Help Finding Arsonists Who Set Fire At Clifton Gynecologist's Office
Seen Them? Police Seek Help Finding Arsonists Who Set Fire At Clifton Gynecologist's Office One of them wore a Spiderman mask, the other a mask of another character, Clifton police said. Both are believed responsible for an arson fire that severely damaged a medical office building. The blaze was started on the second floor of the building on Clifton Avenue near Paulison Avenue around 12:30 a.m. June 30. The site houses an OB-GYN and infertility clinic. Clifton firefighters doused the flames, after which evidence of arson was found, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. Police released an image of two people arriving just prior to the fire. ANYONE who might know who they are or w…

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GOTCHA! Fugitive Accused Of Trying To Run Down Clifton Police Officer Captured In Belleville GOTCHA! Fugitive Accused Of Trying To Run Down Clifton Police Officer Captured In Belleville
Gotcha! Fugitive Accused Of Trying To Run Down Clifton Police Officer Captured In Belleville A fugitive wanted for hitting a Clifton police officer with his car was captured in Belleville by a Passaic County sheriff's detective and U.S. Marshals. Alberto Maymi-Sepulveda, 42, of Clifton, was exiting the Bank of America on Washington Street when Detective Luis Pagan and his federal companions snatched him up on Wednesday, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. Maymi-Sepulveda had eluded a manhunt for just over a month. Officers were responding to a June 18 report of a possible crime in progress on Valley Road near Gillies Street, Clifton Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said la…

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60s FLASHBACK: Rainbow-Colored Party Bus With Riders On Roof Stopped By Police On NJ Highway 60s FLASHBACK: Rainbow-Colored Party Bus With Riders On Roof Stopped By Police On NJ Highway
60s Flashback: Rainbow-Colored Party Bus With Riders On Roof Stopped By Police On NJ Highway Police couldn't believe their eyes. Cruising along westbound Route 4 in Paramus was a converted school bus with several people riding on the roof. Draped in flowers and sashes, the ramshackle Sixties time machine had makeshift scaffolding, a ladder in back, and a traffic cone wrapped in colorful fabric in front to resemble a unicorn's horn. The side was painted in rainbow stripes, the front fender in pink. Atop the party bus was an easy chair, a cooler and a clutch of riders. The customers might've considered it groovy, but the fuzz didn't dig it at all. They said they were headed fr…

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