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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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Crash In Englewood Cliffs Sends Driver, 74, Passenger, 73, To Hospital Crash In Englewood Cliffs Sends Driver, 74, Passenger, 73, To Hospital
Crash In Englewood Cliffs Sends Driver, 74, Passenger, 73, To Hospital A 74-year-old driver and her 73-year-old passenger were both hospitalized following a crash in Englewood Cliffs, authorities said. A 51-year-old Englewood Cliffs motorist was behind the wheel of a westbound 2020 Honda Odyssey on Chestnut Street when it collided with a 2021 Infinity QX5 headed south on Summit Street shortly before 11:30 a.m. Sunday, Detective Lt. Ronald F Waldt said. The Hondo driver didn't require medical attention, but the 70-something female occupants of the Infiniti -- both also of Englewood Cliffs -- complained of pain and were taken to Hackensack University Medical Ce…

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Gang Leader Gets 22 Years Without Parole For Smuggling Heroin, Fentanyl Into NJ Prison Gang Leader Gets 22 Years Without Parole For Smuggling Heroin, Fentanyl Into NJ Prison
Gang Leader Gets 22 Years Without Parole For Smuggling Heroin, Fentanyl Into NJ Prison A Hudson County gang leader must spend the next 22 years in a federal penitentiary for trafficking heroin and fentanyl into a New Jersey state prison. Noel "Kuko" Salgado, 41, was serving time when he had associates on the outside sneak the drugs into Bayside State Prison in Leesburg (Cumberland County), federal authorities said. One inmate who used the smuggled drugs suffered an overdose and was revived with Narcan after remaining senseless for nearly 20 minutes before having to be hospitalized, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. Salgado -- who headed the "Loyal Hoody Gang," a l…

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Gunman Threatens To Shoot Attendant, Robs Clifton Service Station Gunman Threatens To Shoot Attendant, Robs Clifton Service Station
Gunman Threatens To Shoot Attendant, Robs Clifton Service Station SEE ANYTHING? A gunman robbed a Clifton gas station of several hundred dollars in cash, authorities said. The hooded robber approached the Jersey Gas attendant at Lakeview and Crooks avenues with a gun around 4:30 a.m. Sunday, May 1, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. He threatened to shoot him if the attendant didn't hand over the cash, then took the money and ran. There isn't much of a description of him, hover. ANYONE who might have witnessed the robbery or its aftermath, or has information that can help identify the robber is asked to contact Clifton police: (973) 470-5900. ****** …

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Franklin Lakes Police Car Struck On Route 208, Rockland Driver Charged With DWI Franklin Lakes Police Car Struck On Route 208, Rockland Driver Charged With DWI
Franklin Lakes Police Car Struck On Route 208, Rockland Driver Charged With DWI A wrong-way driver was drunk when he crashed his sedan into a Franklin Lakes police car on Route 208, authorities said. Fortunately, no one was seriously injured when the collision occurred near Ewing Avenue and Route 287 shortly before 1 a.m. Saturday. Behind the wheel of the 2009 Acura, Franklin Lakes Police Capt. Mark McCombs said, was Samuel Ayeh-Brachie, 34, of Hillcrest, NY, a hamlet in Rockland County. Ayeh-Brachie was charged with DWI and received several other motor vehicle summonses before being released to a responsible adult under John's Law. The vehicles were removed by M…

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Driver Dragged From Mercedes, Thrown To Ground By Clifton Carjacker Driver Dragged From Mercedes, Thrown To Ground By Clifton Carjacker
Driver Dragged From Mercedes, Thrown To Ground By Clifton Carjacker A woman hanging campaign flyers in Clifton was pulled from her new Mercedes by a carjacker who threw her down before speeding off with the vehicle, authorities said. The 43-year-old victim told police she'd hung some fliers and got back into her car when she was grabbed by the shoulder and "forcibly removed" from the 2022 white GLE at Getty and Crooks Avenue around 7 p.m. Friday, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. Newark police found the vehicle found parked on Division Street around 8:30 p.m. that same night, he said. The woman wasn't seriously injured. ****** ALSO SEE: A gunman robbed …

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Paterson Police Seized 3 Loaded Guns From Two Juveniles, One Adult Paterson Police Seized 3 Loaded Guns From Two Juveniles, One Adult
Paterson Police Seized 3 Loaded Guns From Two Juveniles, One Adult Paterson police seized three loaded guns – one of which had been stolen – in a trio of separate incidents just days apart. Two of those taken into custody were each 17 years old, city public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. One of the juveniles bolted after seeing Detectives Yamil Pimienta, Muhammed Dombayci, Levis Qirjako, and John Rikowich approaching near the corner of Highland and Lyons streets, Speziale said. They chased the boy down and seized him behind a North York home near Sassafras Street, the director said. They then checked the route he took while fleeing through various …

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Last Of Season's Brushfires (Hopefully) Doused In Bergen County Park Last Of Season's Brushfires (Hopefully) Doused In Bergen County Park
Last Of Season's Brushfires (Hopefully) Doused In Bergen County Park Prime time for area brush fires neared its end with a late-weekend blaze in a Bergen County park. Young Kayden Hansen of Wetwood called in the fire in Pascack Brook County Brook off Emerson Road behind their house just after 7 p.m. Sunday, May 1. Borough police and firefighters were there instantly, as Westwood's bravest doused the flames. No injuries were reported. A shed reportedly was damaged. A report of a youth in a car that left the scene around the time of the fire was being investigated. ANYONE who might have seen something or has information about the possible cause of the fire …

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Wyckoff Firefighters Make Quick Work Of House Fire Wyckoff Firefighters Make Quick Work Of House Fire
Wyckoff Firefighters Make Quick Work Of House Fire Wyckoff firefighters quickly doused a house fire, preventing more serious damage. They responded to the Kingston Street blaze shortly before 9:30 a.m. Sunday, May 1, and had the two-alarm fire knocked down within 15 minutes. No injuries were reported. Waldwick, Ho-Ho-Kus and Ramsey firefighters were among the mutual aid responders. Companies were already being released before 10 a.m.

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SEE ANYTHING? Women Robbed At Route 46 Hotel SEE ANYTHING? Women Robbed At Route 46 Hotel
SEE Anything? Women Robbed At Route 46 Hotel A group of stick-up artists robbed two women at a Route 46 hotel, responders said. Authorities were trying to piece together details of the holdup at the Knights Inn in South Hackensack early Sunday, May 1. The women, both in their early 30s, apparently had been partying with the three Latino men and a woman when they were robbed of their cellphones. No injuries were immediately reported. Anyone with evidence or information that could help identify the robbers is asked to contact South Hackensack police: (201) 440-0042. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS 

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Mulch Fire Doused Outside Mahwah Housing Development Mulch Fire Doused Outside Mahwah Housing Development
Mulch Fire Doused Outside Mahwah Housing Development Firefighters doused a mulch blaze that spread to a Mahwah affordable housing development before it could do severe damage. The two-alarm fire broke out at the Ramapo Brae development off Stag Hill Road near Route 287 and the Ramapo RIver around 8:30 p.m. Friday, April 29. Township firefighters doused the Brae Lane blaze after it extended to one of the buildings. The main body was knocked down shortly after 9 p.m. and the fire was declared under control under an hour later.  No injuries were reported. The official cause wasn't immediately determined. Mutual aid responders either at t…

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