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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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Driver Sought Following Consecutive Hit-Run Crashes On GWB And In Fort Lee Driver Sought Following Consecutive Hit-Run Crashes On GWB And In Fort Lee
Driver Sought Following Consecutive Hit-Run Crashes On GWB And In Fort Lee Authorities were searching for a hit-and-run driver who they said fled consecutive crashes on the George Washington Bridge and in Fort Lee. A 40-year-old motorist from East Stroudsburg, PA told police she was headed north on Lemoine Avenue near Bridge Plaza North when a speeding vehicle struck her Honda Pilot while trying to pass her around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 18. The driver of the white 2007 Mini Cooper apparently was fleeing another crash moments earlier on the GWB, responders said. The car was last seen heading north toward Englewood Cliffs, they noted. A witness got the license p…

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UPDATE: Ex-Con Charged In Horrific SUV Crash That Killed One, Injured Others In Paterson UPDATE: Ex-Con Charged In Horrific SUV Crash That Killed One, Injured Others In Paterson
Update: Ex-Con Charged In Horrific SUV Crash That Killed One, Injured Others In Paterson A Florida ex-con with a massive criminal record was driving an SUV that killed one pedestrian and injured several others in a horrific crash in downtown Paterson, authorities revealed. Harold Rasbin, 31, already had grand theft auto convictions on his record – as well as a string of arrests for burglary, resisting arrest and assault dating back to when he was 15 – when a police officer responding to a call of an attempted break-in spotted him shortly after 3 p.m. Tuesday, authorities said. Rasbin took off on foot, hopped into a Honda that had been left running on Oliver Street and sped off…

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Passaic Man Gets 37 Years In Prison For Repeatedly Sexually Abusing Child Passaic Man Gets 37 Years In Prison For Repeatedly Sexually Abusing Child
Passaic Man Gets 37 Years In Prison For Repeatedly Sexually Abusing Child A Passaic man was sentenced to 37 years in prison for sexually abusing a young child over the course of three years. Gabriel Sunuc, 31, had rejected a deal from prosecutors, opting instead for a jury trial. He lost. The case presented to jurors in Paterson by Assistant Passaic County Prosecutor Alyssa DiSturco last fall included live testimony from the victim, the victim’s friend, mother and brother, a New Jersey State Police forensic scientist a detective from her office’s Special Victims Unit. The jury, in turn, convicted Sunuc of several aggravated sexual assault and sexual assault ch…

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Young Child Airlifted To Hospital After Near-Drowning In Bergen Backyard Pool Young Child Airlifted To Hospital After Near-Drowning In Bergen Backyard Pool
Young Child Airlifted To Hospital After Near-Drowning In Bergen Backyard Pool A young child was airlifted to Hackensack University Medical Center after nearly drowning in a backyard pool in Mahwah late Wednesday afternoon. The boy, 3, was breathing on his own but unconscious when first responders arrived at the Wyckoff Avenue home near the Ramsey border. He regained consciousness, however, and was picked up by AirMed 1 at the nearby George Washington School field, witnesses said. No further information was immediately available.

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DRUG RAID: Heroin, Ecstasy, Illegal Gun Seized, 2-Year-Old Found, Nine Adults Busted In Mahwah DRUG RAID: Heroin, Ecstasy, Illegal Gun Seized, 2-Year-Old Found, Nine Adults Busted In Mahwah
Drug Raid: Heroin, Ecstasy, Illegal Gun Seized, 2-Year-Old Found, Nine Adults Busted In Mahwah Noticeable numbers of people going in and out of a single-family home at all hours in a quiet Mahwah neighborhood were bound to draw attention, particularly since a repeat offender arrested a year ago on gun charges lives there. Police who subsequently raided the 2½ -story home in the township’s Fardale section Tuesday night ended up arresting him and eight other people. Members of the strike force found more than two ounces of heroin – the equivalent of nearly 600 folds of the drug -- along with nearly a pound of pot, some Ecstasy and a 9mm handgun with a high-capacity magazine, Capt. Guid…

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No Bail Reform In This Court: Judge Orders Accused Prospect Park Shooter From Midland Park Held No Bail Reform In This Court: Judge Orders Accused Prospect Park Shooter From Midland Park Held
No Bail Reform In This Court: Judge Orders Accused Prospect Park Shooter From Midland Park Held A state court judge in Paterson has refused to release a Midland Park man charged in a Prospect Park shooting. That defendant, Rahjshone Newkirk, 23, and borough resident Tylaire Clark, 22, had been sought by police after two people reported being shot at on Hopper Street around 6 p.m. Feb. 2, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Prospect Park Police Chief Ammen Matari said in a joint release. Their vehicle was struck, but the victims’ weren’t wounded, they said. Borough police nabbed Newkirk on North 8th Street last Thursday, May 12.  Despite a state bail reform law that …

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Double Rollover Jams Route 17 Double Rollover Jams Route 17
Double Rollover Jams Route 17 Northbound Route 17 was temporarily closed following a double-rollover crash in Ramsey. All of the occupants of the Jeep and minivan involved got out safely following the 8 a.m. crash Wednesday, May 18, near the QuickChek just north of East Allendale Avenue, responders said. Injuries didn't appear serious. Ramsey police, firefighters and rescue unit members quickly responded along with Upper Saddle River police and EMS from The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, witnesses said. The northbound highway was jammed with morning commuters and commercial drivers as the wreckage was cleared and evid…

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Prosecutor: Speeding SUV Kills One, Injures Others, Hits Parked Police Car In Downtown Paterson Prosecutor: Speeding SUV Kills One, Injures Others, Hits Parked Police Car In Downtown Paterson
Prosecutor: Speeding SUV Kills One, Injures Others, Hits Parked Police Car In Downtown Paterson UPDATE:  A Florida ex-con with a massive criminal record was driving an SUV that killed one pedestrian and injured several others in a horrific crash in downtown Paterson, authorities revealed. Harold Rasbin, 31, already had grand theft auto convictions on his record – as well as a string of arrests for burglary, resisting arrest and assault dating back to when he was 15 – when a police officer responding to a call of an attempted break-in spotted him shortly after 3 p.m. Tuesday, authorities said. Rasbin took off on foot, hopped into a Honda that had been left running on Oliver Street and…

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One Dead, Others Injured: Police Vehicle Struck In Chain-Reaction Paterson Crash One Dead, Others Injured: Police Vehicle Struck In Chain-Reaction Paterson Crash
One Dead, Others Injured: Police Vehicle Struck In Chain-Reaction Paterson Crash UPDATE: A Florida ex-con with a massive criminal record was driving an SUV that killed one pedestrian and injured several others in a horrific crash in downtown Paterson, authorities revealed. Harold Rasbin, 31, already had grand theft auto convictions on his record – as well as a string of arrests for burglary, resisting arrest and assault dating back to when he was 15 – when a police officer responding to a call of an attempted break-in spotted him shortly after 3 p.m. Tuesday, authorities said. Rasbin took off on foot, hopped into a Honda that had been left running on Oliver Street …

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Police Sergeant Justified In Shooting Hudson Valley Man During Struggle Over Gun, AG Says Police Sergeant Justified In Shooting Hudson Valley Man During Struggle Over Gun, AG Says
Police Sergeant Justified In Shooting Hudson Valley Man During Struggle Over Gun, AG Says A police sergeant was justified in fatally shooting a New York man who jumped him and tried taking his gun during a furious struggle on the shoulder of the Garden State Parkway, a grand jury has found. New Jersey State Police Staff Sgt. Randall Wetzel ended what had been a series of interactions between Dutchess County resident Maurice Gordon, age 28, of Poughkeepsie, and law enforcers in Brick Township, Waretown, Stafford, and, ultimately, Bass River in New Jersey, in an encounter two years ago that was captured on video. New Jersey law required a grand jury review of the incident des…

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