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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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Huge Chunk Of Façade Falls From Hackensack Nursing Home Huge Chunk Of Façade Falls From Hackensack Nursing Home
Huge Chunk Of Façade Falls From Hackensack Nursing Home UPDATE: An exterior wall collapse forced the relocation of dozens of residents within a Hackensack nursing home and rehabilitation center. No injuries were reported after a large portion of the façade fell from the Regent Care Center on Polifly Road near Essex Street around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 13, responders said. It appeared the damage was cosmetic and not structural, they said, but that would have to be determined by a city engineer. The more than 60 residents in the affected area were moved to a different wing of the facility. City police, firefighters and building officials w…

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Authorities: Englewood Rape Victim Thought Family Friend Was Her Husband Authorities: Englewood Rape Victim Thought Family Friend Was Her Husband
Authorities: Englewood Rape Victim Thought Family Friend Was Her Husband A landscaper raped a sleeping Englewood woman after borrowing her husband’s car and using his keys to get into their home, authorities said. The victim told police she at first thought it was her husband who’d climbed into bed with her. She turned around after a few minutes and was horrified to find that she'd been penetrated by Ulises Ramirez Argueta, a 31-year-old El Salvador national known to the couple, they said. The husband told investigators he'd just gotten to work on Monday, April 11, when Argueta asked if he could borrow his car "to go buy some empanadas,” a complaint on file in …

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Bergen County 18-Year-Old Jailed In Bogus Gun Threat Against Local High School Bergen County 18-Year-Old Jailed In Bogus Gun Threat Against Local High School
Bergen County 18-Year-Old Jailed In Bogus Gun Threat Against Local High School A college student from Bergen County was jailed in New York State after authorities said he phoned in a bogus gun threat to a New Jersey high school. Luke Natoli, 18, blocked the number he was calling from when he threatened to “bring a gun to a sport’s practice” on Tuesday afternoon, April 12, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Wednesday. “First responders and school officials took measures to ensure the safety of the campus while members of [Musella’s] Cyber Crimes Unit and the Montvale Police Department initiated an investigation to trace the call,” the prosecutor said. It didn…

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Coffee Shop Manager Moonlighting As Food Runner Charged With Leading NJ Child Porn Ring Coffee Shop Manager Moonlighting As Food Runner Charged With Leading NJ Child Porn Ring
Coffee Shop Manager Moonlighting As Food Runner Charged With Leading NJ Child Porn Ring A Route 23 donut shop manager who moonlights as a food runner for a Route 46 Tex-Mex restaurant was also leading a child porn trafficking network, authorities charged. Imad Uddin, 24, of Paterson shared child sex abuse videos on Facebook Messenger, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. Videos shared by Uddin depict making children ranging from two to 12 years old "engaged in sexual acts," Berdnik said in a joint news release with Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes. Members of his sheriff’s Internet Crime Against Children Task Force arrested Uddin, a Bangladeshi immigrant, a…

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Man, 92, Presumed Drowned After Leaving Walker, Wallet, Keys, Clothes On Hudson River Pier Man, 92, Presumed Drowned After Leaving Walker, Wallet, Keys, Clothes On Hudson River Pier
Man, 92, Presumed Drowned After Leaving Walker, Wallet, Keys, Clothes On Hudson River Pier A 92-year-old Edgewater man was presumed drowned after a ferry captain found his walker, wallet and other belongings on a Hudson River pier just south of the George Washington Bridge. The New York Waterway captain summoned borough police after finding the resident’s items, which also included a jacket, gloves, a hat and keys, on the pier at the Edgewater Marina on River Road shortly before 6:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 13, Chief Donald Martin said. The man entered the marina around 3 a.m. and “made his way towards the ferry terminal that is located to the rear of the marina,” Martin said Wedne…

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Intruder Rapes Englewood Woman With Three Kids In Home, Authorities Charge Intruder Rapes Englewood Woman With Three Kids In Home, Authorities Charge
Intruder Rapes Englewood Woman With Three Kids In Home, Authorities Charge A landscaper raped a sleeping Englewood woman after borrowing her husband’s car and using his keys to get into their home, authorities said. The victim told police she at first thought it was her husband who’d climbed into bed with her. She turned around after a few minutes and was horrified to find that she'd been penetrated by Ulises Ramirez Argueta, a 31-year-old El Salvador national known to the couple, they said. The husband told investigators he'd just gotten to work on Monday, April 11, when Argueta asked if he could borrow his car "to go buy some empanadas,” a complaint on file in …

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Weapon-Wielding Suspect Shot, Killed In Edison, State Authorities Say Weapon-Wielding Suspect Shot, Killed In Edison, State Authorities Say
Weapon-Wielding Suspect Shot, Killed In Edison, State Authorities Say UPDATE: A man wielding a "sharp-edged weapon" was shot and killed by police at an apartment complex near the Menlo Park Mall in Edison, state authorities said. Officers responding to a call at the Margate apartment complex on Judson Street encountered the suspect shortly after 3:45 p.m. Tuesday, April 12, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said. "During the encounter, two officers discharged their service weapon, fatally wounding the individual," Platkin said. "A sharp-edged weapon was recovered near the decedent. "Officers and emergency medical personnel rendered f…

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FBI: ‘Sextortion’ Of Teen Boys Is Increasing, Here's What Parents, Guardians Should Know FBI: ‘Sextortion’ Of Teen Boys Is Increasing, Here's What Parents, Guardians Should Know
FBI: ‘Sextortion’ Of Teen Boys Is Increasing, Here's What Parents, Guardians Should Know Reports of adults ‘sextorting’ teenage boys into sending them sexual videos or photos online are booming, particularly involving victims 14 to 17 years old, the FBI warns. In 2021 alone, its Internet Crime Complaint Center received more than 18,000 sextortion-related complaints of various types, the bureau announced on Wednesday, April 13. A growing number involved late-teen boys targeted by predators posing as someone else, federal authorities said. It ordinarily begins with a contact through social media or on a gaming site. The adult predator or scammer "convinces the child to s…

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Fired Bergen Employee Captured, Charged With Threatening To 'Kill Everyone' At Former Job Fired Bergen Employee Captured, Charged With Threatening To 'Kill Everyone' At Former Job
Fired Bergen Employee Captured, Charged With Threatening To 'Kill Everyone' At Former Job UPDATE: An employee recently let go by a Bergen County ground beef and burger producer threatened to "kill everyone inside of the building" and told police that they'd "better get there" to stop him, authorities said. A SWAT team and colleagues from neighboring towns joined Carlstadt police at the Wonder Meats Inc. headquarters on Broad Street following the threats Tuesday evening, April 12. They later arrested ex-con Mark Brownridge, 46, at Penn Station in Newark with help from New Jersey Transit police after tracking him overnight on his cellphone. Brownridge, most recently of Hackensac…

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Franklin Lakes Driver, 87, Hits Fort Lee Women — One Of Them 77 — In Wyckoff Franklin Lakes Driver, 87, Hits Fort Lee Women — One Of Them 77 — In Wyckoff
Franklin Lakes Driver, 87, Hits Fort Lee Women — One Of Them 77 — In Wyckoff UPDATE: An SUV driven by an 87-year-old Franklin Lakes motorist struck two women from Fort Lee as they crossed a Wyckoff street, sending both to the hospital, authorities said. The older pedestrian, 77, suffered "serious but non-life-threatening injuries to her upper body" after they were struck by a 2010 Chevy at the intersection of Wyckoff and Cedar Hill avenues around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 13, Lt. Joseph Soto said. The other woman, 42, sustained head and face injuries, he said. Sgt. Kevin Pinches and Officers Robert Schlossberg and Kenneth Marcoux secured the scene and rendered aid…

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