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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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Pursuits Are Back, And Paramus Police Are Already In The Plus Column Pursuits Are Back, And Paramus Police Are Already In The Plus Column
Pursuits Are Back, And Paramus Police Are Already In The Plus Column Paramus police -- no longer hamstrung by limits on pursuits -- captured a trio of teenage car thieves who crashed into a tree off Route 17 after they were caught prowling local neighborhoods, authorities said. Officer Kevin Grady was on patrol when he spotted the ski-masked bandits from Kearny scoping out vehicles around Polly Ann Terrace and Ivanhoe Drive in a Honda CRV shortly before 2 a.m. Wednesday, May 4, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. Grady tried to stop the SUV, which had been reported stolen out of Livingston, the chief said. The driver, 19-year-old Jason Cathcart, hit the ga…

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MURDER: Fair Lawn Man, 24, Held In Uncle's Bronx Slaying After Going To HUMC Emergency Room MURDER: Fair Lawn Man, 24, Held In Uncle's Bronx Slaying After Going To HUMC Emergency Room
Murder: Fair Lawn Man, 24, Held In Uncle's Bronx Slaying After Going To Humc Emergency Room A Fair Lawn man was being held in New Jersey in connection with the shooting death of his uncle in the Bronx. Detectives with the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office began investigating after Jonathan Mejia, 24, showed up at the emergency room at Hackensack University Medical Center with his mother on Tuesday, May 3, ranking law enforcement sources confirmed. The suspect's mother "reported that Mejia may have shot and killed his uncle in the Bronx" the night before -- in what's formally known as avunculicide -- and had become suicidal, one of them told Daily Voice. "She reported he did …

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STANDOFF ENDS: Lyndhurst Resident Who Turned Flamethrower On SWAT Team Surrenders STANDOFF ENDS: Lyndhurst Resident Who Turned Flamethrower On SWAT Team Surrenders
Standoff Ends: Lyndhurst Resident Who Turned Flamethrower On SWAT Team Surrenders UPDATE: A Lyndhurst man was charged with two counts of attempted murder for firing a flamethrower at SWAT team members during a 21-hour standoff. Robert C. Condit, 51, was also charged with nine counts of possession of prohibited weapons and ammunition, aggravated assault, violating a court order, obstruction of the law and unlawful use of a body vest, among other counts, criminal records in Superior Court in Hackensack show. Condit, who reportedly was angered after a judge ordered him to surrender his weapons, remained held in the Bergen County Jail on Thursday, May 5, after an exhaustive …

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UPDATE: Fire On Roof Of Hackensack University Medical Center Doused UPDATE: Fire On Roof Of Hackensack University Medical Center Doused
Update: Fire On Roof Of Hackensack University Medical Center Doused Firefighters doused a smokestack blaze on the roof of Hackensack University Medical Center. The two-alarm fire broke out around 1 p.m. Tuesday, May 3 and involved a generator smokestack with combustible materials around it, the Hackensack Fire Department wrote in a post. It was brought under control in about a half-hour. No injuries were reported. Mutual aid was provided by firefighters from Englewood and Teaneck. The Hackensack Fire Prevention Bureau was investigating the cause. Fire on roof of Hackensack University Medical Center.Jo Fehl for DAILY VOICE

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Motorist, 93, Survives Wild Crash-Filled Ride In Bergen Supermarket Parking Lot Motorist, 93, Survives Wild Crash-Filled Ride In Bergen Supermarket Parking Lot
Motorist, 93, Survives Wild Crash-Filled Ride In Bergen Supermarket Parking Lot A 93-year-old driver escaped serious injury when her SUV careened into the parking lot of a Wyckoff supermarket, crossing over the hood of one parked vehicle while damaging three others, authorities said. The borough driver initially backed her 2006 Ford Explorer into a 2021 Mercedes Benz in the parking lot of the local post office around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 3, Police Lt. Joseph Soto said. She told police her accelerator stuck when she put it in drive, sending the Explorer across Greenwood Avenue and into the Boulder Run Shopping Center, the lieutenant said. After hitting the curb, t…

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Car Thieves Ram Police Vehicle While Fleeing Mahwah Neighborhood Car Thieves Ram Police Vehicle While Fleeing Mahwah Neighborhood
Car Thieves Ram Police Vehicle While Fleeing Mahwah Neighborhood A Mahwah police vehicle was struck overnight by car thieves fleeing a private community on the wrong side of the road. Township police responding to a stolen vehicle report had converged on Rio Vista when a gray Chrysler suddenly roared up Seminary Drive on the wrong side of the tree-lined median shortly before 2:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 2. The Chrysler hit the parked patrol car with its front driver's side as it reached Ramapo Valley Road (Route 202) and kept going. Police pursued the vehicle on Route 202 toward Oakland, then lost sight of it near Navajo Way. No serious injuries were reporte…

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SWATTING: Tactical Units, Hackensack Police Respond To Another Bogus Call From Same Number SWATTING: Tactical Units, Hackensack Police Respond To Another Bogus Call From Same Number
Swatting: Tactical Units, Hackensack Police Respond To Another Bogus Call From Same Number Yet another in a series of bogus "emergency" calls brought a SWAT team and other responders to a Hackensack home while forcing yet another high school lockdown early Tuesday afternoon. The May  3 "swatter" used the same bogus local phone number that was connected to a series of threats to Hackensack High School in March, city Police Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. Students, staff and particularly parents and law enforcers had grown irritated by the recent string of calls, including one in which a threat was made to shoot up the school. This time, members of a Bergen County Regional SWAT Tea…

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Ex-Con Caught With Loaded Gun After Girlfriend Maces Him, Elmwood Park Police Say Ex-Con Caught With Loaded Gun After Girlfriend Maces Him, Elmwood Park Police Say
Ex-Con Caught With Loaded Gun After Girlfriend Maces Him, Elmwood Park Police Say An Elmwood Park woman Maced her ex-con boyfriend, dialed 911, then refused to cooperate after responding officers found him carrying a gun, authorities said. The Elmwood Terrace Apartments tenant summoned police shortly after 5:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 3, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. Responding officers stopped convicted felon Demetrius Balmer Jr., 24, as he left her apartment, Foligno said. "You're not searching me," Balmer told them. Then he ran, the chief said. Backup officers quickly caught Balmer, who was carrying a Walther Arms PK380 pistol in a fanny pack, Foligno said. His …

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Police: Hit-Run Driver Nabbed By Wood-Ridge PD Had Loaded Gun In Waistband, Large Knife In Car Police: Hit-Run Driver Nabbed By Wood-Ridge PD Had Loaded Gun In Waistband, Large Knife In Car
Police: Hit-Run Driver Nabbed By Wood-Ridge PD Had Loaded Gun In Waistband, Large Knife In Car A hit-and-run driver was carrying a gun loaded with hollow-point bullets along with a large butcher knife when Wood-Ridge police found him, authorities said. Brandon Morales, 18, of Passaic had pulled into dead-ended Sussex Road when Sgt. Joseph Rutigliano and Officer Mark Torsiello found him and a woman in a severely damaged 2009 Audi A4 around 2:30 p.m. Monday, April 2, Capt. Joseph Biamonte said. The Audi had been involved in a hit and run without injuries moments earlier on Passaic Street, the captain said. Rutigliano and Torsiello spotted the knife while speaking with Mo…

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'I'll Kill You!' Robber Captured After Threatening Pharmacy Clerk In Haledon Holdup 'I'll Kill You!' Robber Captured After Threatening Pharmacy Clerk In Haledon Holdup
'I'll Kill You!' Robber Captured After Threatening Pharmacy Clerk In Haledon Holdup A robber was nabbed by Haledon police moments after he fled a Rite Aid with a fistful of twenties by pretending to be armed, authorities said. Dwayne Hayes, 49, of Paterson was wearing a black coat, a black hat and a black surgical mask when he approached the clerk at the Haledon Avenue store with his hand stuffed into his jacket pocket shortly after 8:30 p.m. Monday, April 2, Capt. George Guzman, Jr. said. “Do not make sudden movements. I have a gun in my right pocket. I'll kill you!” Guzman said Hayes told the clerk. The victim reported handing Hayes some cash that he snatched before run…

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