Jerry DeMarco

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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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Hackensack, NJ
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Devoted Community Servant Eugene Marshall Sr Of Hackensack Dies At 93 Devoted Community Servant Eugene Marshall Sr Of Hackensack Dies At 93 Devoted Community Servant Eugene Marshall Sr Of Hackensack Dies At 93
Devoted Community Servant Eugene Marshall Sr Of Hackensack Dies At 93 TRIBUTE: Eugene Marshall, Sr. of Hackensack loved his country and his community. He remained faithful throughout his life to building a better world, loved ones said. A celebration of life service was held at Calvary Baptist Church in Garfield on Saturday for Marshall, who recently passed away at 91. Born in Paterson on Nov. 29, 1929, Marshall attended middle school and high school in Hackensack, where he excelled in football and track. He attended Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, NC for a year before enlisted in the U.S. Army and serving a tour overseas. Following his honorable…

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Garfield-Lodi, NJ
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Flames Blow Through Windows Of Garfield Multi-Family Home Flames Blow Through Windows Of Garfield Multi-Family Home Flames Blow Through Windows Of Garfield Multi-Family Home
Flames Blow Through Windows Of Garfield Multi-Family Home Flames shot out the second-floor windows and into the eaves of a Garfield multi-family home on Sunday. Firefighters needed a little over 20 minutes to knock down the bulk of the Harrison Avenue blaze after it broke out around 2:15 p.m. The two-alarm fire displaced a couple of families whose members all got out OK, responders said. EMS treated a firefighter for a minor injury at the scene. Flames shot through the windows of the Harrison Avenue home in Garfield.Damien Danis for DAILY VOICE Mutual aid responders included fellow firefighters from Elmwood Park, Saddle Brook and Wallington. …

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Hackensack, NJ
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$1M Mega Millions Ticket Sold In NJ, Jackpot Balloons To $600M $1M Mega Millions Ticket Sold In NJ, Jackpot Balloons To $600M $1M Mega Millions Ticket Sold In NJ, Jackpot Balloons To $600M
$1M Mega Millions Ticket Sold In NJ, Jackpot Balloons To $600M He or she might be a runner up, but someone in New Jersey bought a Mega Millions lottery ticket worth $1 million. One of five second-prize winners in Friday's blockbuster $520 million lottery, the lucky customer bought the ticket at at Jersey Bagel & Food Mart on Sicklerville Road in Sicklerville, lottery officials said. In doing so, he joined others from Massachusetts, California and Georgia, as well as a winner from New York whose ticket is worth $2 million thanks to the 2x Megaplier. Players had a 1 in 12,607,306 shot to win the second prize by matching five white ball numbers.…

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Paterson, NJ
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Man Shot In Paterson Robbery Seeks Treatment At Jersey Shore Hospital Man Shot In Paterson Robbery Seeks Treatment At Jersey Shore Hospital Man Shot In Paterson Robbery Seeks Treatment At Jersey Shore Hospital
Man Shot In Paterson Robbery Seeks Treatment At Jersey Shore Hospital A Monmouth County man who was shot during a robbery in Paterson showed up at a hospital in Red Bank, authorities said. The 27-year-old victim from Sea Bright sought treatment at Hackensack Meridian Health Riverview Medical Center around 11 a.m. Friday, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a release Saturday. He’d been shot by a robber near the corner of Putnam Street and Rosa Parks Boulevard, nearly 60 miles away, they said. The victim was transferred to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune City, Valdes and Baycora said.…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Smiling 'Podium Guy' From Capitol Riot Arrested On Federal Warrant In Florida Smiling 'Podium Guy' From Capitol Riot Arrested On Federal Warrant In Florida Smiling 'Podium Guy' From Capitol Riot Arrested On Federal Warrant In Florida
Smiling 'Podium Guy' From Capitol Riot Arrested On Federal Warrant In Florida Authorities arrested a Florida father of five who was photographed carrying House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s lectern during this week's riot at the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. Local residents who saw the viral photo of the smiling man in the red, white and blue wool Trump hat immediately dimed out Adam Christian Johnson, 36, of Parrish, FL after the FBI sought help identifying him and others whose images was captured in Wednesday's melee. He remained held on a federal U.S. Marshals warrant in the Pinellas County Jail in Clearwater, records show. That brings the total to more than 80 people…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Sheriff: Former Paterson Eastside Football Standout Busted With 259 Heroin Folds For Sale Sheriff: Former Paterson Eastside Football Standout Busted With 259 Heroin Folds For Sale Sheriff: Former Paterson Eastside Football Standout Busted With 259 Heroin Folds For Sale
Sheriff: Former Paterson Eastside Football Standout Busted With 259 Heroin Folds For Sale Passaic County sheriff's officers busted a former Paterson Eastside High School athlete with 259 heroin folds for sale during a mid-afternoon stop, authorities said. Detectives stopped a car with tinted windows and a temporary New Jersey license plate that was driven by Jahmiek Williams, 20, moments after it left a 21st Avenue gas station shortly before 3 p.m. Friday, Sheriff Richard Berdnik said. They'd targeted the station, at the corner of Summer Street, after "receiving several tips about street-level narcotics distribution in the parking lot," the sheriff said. The sheriff's investiga…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Allendale Pedestrian, 63, Struck By Pickup Allendale Pedestrian, 63, Struck By Pickup Allendale Pedestrian, 63, Struck By Pickup
Allendale Pedestrian, 63, Struck By Pickup An Allendale pedestrian was hospitalized after being struck by a pickup truck Friday night, authorities said. The 63-year-old woman was crossing West Orchard Street when she was struck by a Dodge Ram turning left off Franklin Turnpike shortly before 6:45 p.m., Police Chief George Scherb said. She was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with undetermined injuries, Scherb said. The 23-year-old male driver, who also lives in the borough, remained at the scene. Allendale police notified the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office and were investigating. Waldwick and Saddle River police a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
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HEROES: Paramus Officers Rescue Driver In Fiery Crash On Route 17 Pedestrian Bridge HEROES: Paramus Officers Rescue Driver In Fiery Crash On Route 17 Pedestrian Bridge HEROES: Paramus Officers Rescue Driver In Fiery Crash On Route 17 Pedestrian Bridge
Heroes: Paramus Officers Rescue Driver In Fiery Crash On Route 17 Pedestrian Bridge PHOTOS/VIDEO: Two Paramus police officers rescued a trapped driver whose out-of-control SUV climbed the steps of a Route 17 pedestrian bridge and caught fire. The 42-year-old motorist from Harriman, NY, told police his 2016 Range Rover hit something on the northbound highway shortly before 10 p.m. Thursday, Deputy Police Chief Robert Guidetti said. He lost control of the vehicle, which crashed onto the stairway of a highway pedestrian bridge just south of Linwood Avenue and burst into flames, Guidetti said. Officers Thomas Holden and Nicholas Perna arrived instantly, opened the rear hatch…

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Hackensack, NJ
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500 NJ National Guard Members Join State Troopers In DC For 'Peaceful Transfer Of Power' 500 NJ National Guard Members Join State Troopers In DC For 'Peaceful Transfer Of Power' 500 NJ National Guard Members Join State Troopers In DC For 'Peaceful Transfer Of Power'
500 NJ National Guard Members Join State Troopers In DC For 'Peaceful Transfer Of Power' Five hundred members of the New Jersey National Guard were expected to remain in Washington, D.C. through the Jan. 20 inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, Gov. Murphy said Thursday. The Guard members were being deployed over a few days, joining nearly 75 state troopers who rushed to the district after rioters stormed the Capitol building during Wednesday’s ceremonial confirmation of the presidential election results, the governor said. Their assignment is to “assist in the peaceful transfer of power,” Murphy said. “They will likely be there at least through the inauguration.” Virgin…

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Newark, NJ
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Ex-Newark Police Officer Goes To Fed Pen For 9 Years For Kickback Scheme Ex-Newark Police Officer Goes To Fed Pen For 9 Years For Kickback Scheme Ex-Newark Police Officer Goes To Fed Pen For 9 Years For Kickback Scheme
Ex-Newark Police Officer Goes To Fed Pen For 9 Years For Kickback Scheme A former Newark police officer is headed to federal prison for the next nine years for paying kickbacks to a corrupt official for a private security contract. Janell Robinson, 45, of Newark must serve just about all of the entire sentence because there’s no parole in the federal prison system. Jurors in U.S. District Court in Newark convicted Robinson last February of conspiring in a massive corruption scheme with Linda Watkins Brashear, the former executive director of the Newark Watershed Conservation and Development Corporation (NWCDC). The NWCDC provided water to half a million New Jer…

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