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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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TRADING UP? Brazen Thief Tries To Steal Luxury Mercedes While Owner Fuels Up On Route 4 TRADING UP? Brazen Thief Tries To Steal Luxury Mercedes While Owner Fuels Up On Route 4
Trading UP? Brazen Thief Tries To Steal Luxury Mercedes While Owner Fuels Up On Route 4 A driver who ducked into a Route 4 Dunkin Donuts while gassing up nearly lost his luxury SUV to a brazen thief who took his wallet and $500 in cash, authorities said. The victim was fueling up his Mercedes G-Class wagon at the BP station on the westbound highway when the thief arrived in a Mercedes sedan reported stolen out of Toms River around 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Englewood Police Lt. Fred Pulice said. The bandit snuck into the G-wagon apparently assuming he'd drive off with it but wound up snatching a bag that had the wallet and cash in it from the vehicle, the lieutenant said. For those …

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Route 95 Tractor-Trailer Fire Jams Morning Rush Route 95 Tractor-Trailer Fire Jams Morning Rush
Route 95 Tractor-Trailer Fire Jams Morning Rush Firefighters doused an early morning tractor-trailer blaze that jammed early rush-hour traffic on Route 95. Flames spread across the highway after the fire broke out on the highway's southbound side near mile marker 117 in Ridgefield around 5 a.m., responders said.The rig, toting plastic corrugated tubing, was fully involved when firefighters arrived. Fort Lee firefighters brought a tanker and engine to assist. The blaze was knocked down within 20 minutes and under control within another half-hour, with firefighters briefly hitting hot spots. No injuries were reported.

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Bergen Prosecutor: Man Living Near School Forced Kids To Send Nude Pics, Other Victims Possible Bergen Prosecutor: Man Living Near School Forced Kids To Send Nude Pics, Other Victims Possible
Bergen Prosecutor: Man Living Near School Forced Kids To Send Nude Pics, Other Victims Possible A man who lives steps from an East Rutherford grammar school exchanged obscene photos with juveniles, threatened to share images of those who wouldn’t send him more and deleted nude photos of a 14-year-old girl after investigators got wise to him, authorities said. And that's not all. There may be additional victims, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Thursday. Damien Imbriano, a 22-year-old facilities coordinator, “used the Internet to engage in conduct (that) would debauch the morals of a child, sent obscene material to a child, and engaged in extortion by threatening to share se…

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HERO: Englewood Cliffs Officer Rescues Assault Victim, Assailant Jailed HERO: Englewood Cliffs Officer Rescues Assault Victim, Assailant Jailed
Hero: Englewood Cliffs Officer Rescues Assault Victim, Assailant Jailed An Englewood Cliffs police officer rescued an assault victim, then subdued her assailant with help from backups, authorities said. The victim fled to safety after Officer Marc Krapels came upon the assault on Johnson Avenue while on patrol, Detective Lt. Ronald Waldt said. Waldt and Officer Regan assisted in arresting Angel Ballesteros, 31, of Union City after he became combative, the lieutenant said. Additional units from Englewood arrived as Ballesteros was taken into custody, he said. One officer sustained a minor injury but refused treatment, Waldt said. A Superior Court judge in Hac…

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Feds: NJ Service Station Manager Admits Stealing $78,000 From Amtrak, Regular Customers Feds: NJ Service Station Manager Admits Stealing $78,000 From Amtrak, Regular Customers
Feds: NJ Service Station Manager Admits Stealing $78,000 From Amtrak, Regular Customers A New Jersey service station manager admitted stealing $78,000 from more than 17 customers, including Amtrak, through bogus charges for gas, federal authorities said. Umer Hassan Mir, 40, of South Amboy told a federal judge in Newark on Tuesday that he deposited the charges into the coffers of a Delta gas station in Metuchen, then siphoned off the proceeds in cash from the register over the course of 3½ years. Some of the bogus charges were entered on fuel credit cards leased by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) and assigned to Amtrak vehicles, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger…

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SERIAL CALLER: Midwest Woman Jailed For Threatening To Blow Up Ramsey Police HQ SERIAL CALLER: Midwest Woman Jailed For Threatening To Blow Up Ramsey Police HQ
Serial Caller: Midwest Woman Jailed For Threatening To Blow Up Ramsey Police HQ A Midwest woman who once set fire to garbage bins outside a middle school -- and then contacted authorities to confess -- was charged this week with threatening to blow up Ramsey police headquarters. The threat by Amber Schadewald, 24, "led to a search of the building, parking lot and departmental and personal vehicles by Bergen County sheriff's bomb dogs" back in January, Ramsey Police Chief Brian Lyman said. The subsequent investigation led to Schandewald, who "was believed to be in a group home in Minnesota at the time she made the threat," Lyman said Thursday. Schadewald has a history…

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Stolen Car Driver, 15, Passenger Captured By Cresskill Police, Bergen Sheriff's Officer Stolen Car Driver, 15, Passenger Captured By Cresskill Police, Bergen Sheriff's Officer
Stolen Car Driver, 15, Passenger Captured By Cresskill Police, Bergen Sheriff's Officer A 15-year-old driver and 16-year-old passenger from Newark were captured after heading down a dead end in Cresskill in a stolen car, authorities said. Sgt. Paul Connelly was on patrol shortly after 11:30 p.m. Wednesday when he spotted the 2022 Audi Q3 on Truman Drive, Detective Sgt. John Birnie said. The driver hit the gas and sped off as he approached, the sergeant said. Connelly followed the vehicle before the driver, unfamiliar with the neighborhood, turned down tiny, dead-ended North Pond Road, he said. The driver quickly surrendered while an undetermined number of passengers bolted. …

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Crash Closes Busy Road At Bergen-Rockland Border Crash Closes Busy Road At Bergen-Rockland Border
Crash Closes Busy Road At Bergen-Rockland Border A busy thoroughfare at the Bergen-Rockland border was temporarily closed following a crash early Wednesday evening. A Kia Soul slammed head-on into a utility pole near the corner of Spring Valley and Upper Saddle River roads in Montvale, a little over 100 yards from the border. There was no immediate word on injuries. A utility crew was summoned to make repairs. The subcompact SUV had to be towed. The crash temporarily closed Spring Valley Road in Montvale near the Rockland County border.Pamela Stetson for DAILY VOICE

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Passaic County Man Admits Laundering More Than $2.8 Million For International Drug Cartels Passaic County Man Admits Laundering More Than $2.8 Million For International Drug Cartels
Passaic County Man Admits Laundering More Than $2.8 Million For International Drug Cartels UPDATE: A Passaic County man admitted laundering more than $2.8 million in drug cash for international cartels operating in New Jersey and New York, authorities announced. Enmanuel Nunez-Reyes, 29, of Paterson became the fifth of six county residents charged in the case to take a deal from the government rather than face trial. Nunez-Reyes told a federal judge in Newark via videoconference that he accepted more than $2.8 million in cash and bought more than 100 cashier’s checks at local bank branches in New Jersey and elsewhere, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. It was all "part of …

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Train Service In NW Bergen Disrupted By Man Standing On Tracks Train Service In NW Bergen Disrupted By Man Standing On Tracks
Train Service In NW Bergen Disrupted By Man Standing On Tracks Commuter rail service was disrupted in northwest Bergen County after a man stood on the tracks Wednesday afternoon and refused to move, authorities said. Police were called as NJ TRANSIT diverted at least two trains around the man, who parked himself between the Ho-Ho-Kus and Waldwick stations around 3:30 p.m. The man finally relented and walked to the Ho-Ho-Kus station at Brookside Avenue and 1st Street, where he was taken into custody. Ho-Ho-Kus police charged him with minor drug possession before turning him over to NJ TRANSIT police. Boyd A. Loving took the photo and contributed to th…

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