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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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson PD: Armed Robber Captured With Loaded Gun Paterson PD: Armed Robber Captured With Loaded Gun Paterson PD: Armed Robber Captured With Loaded Gun
Paterson PD: Armed Robber Captured With Loaded Gun Paterson police captured an ex-con moments after he robbed two different victims with a loaded handgun, authorities said. Officers James Favia and Isiah Mills were responding to the first holdup just after 6 a.m. Saturday when a call of another came in, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. Each victim had a cellphone and about $100 taken at gunpoint – the first at 21st Avenue and East 21st Street, the second at 18th Avenue and E 24th Street, Speziale said. Mills grabbed 37-year-old Muta Williams on 24th Street and Park Avenue and found the gun – a Python .357 Magnum loaded with four…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Man Struck By Freight Train In Teaneck Man Struck By Freight Train In Teaneck Man Struck By Freight Train In Teaneck
Man Struck By Freight Train In Teaneck A man struck by a freight train in Teaneck Saturday afternoon was initially conscious although severely hemorrhaging and in need of an amputation, responders said. CPR was underway in the ambulance as it headed to Hackensack University Medical Center with a police escort following the incident at Amsterdam and Palisade avenues shortly before 4 p.m. It wasn't immediately clear whether the incident was considered accidental or deliberate. CSX police were investigating. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
VIDEO: Massive Fire Consumes Paterson Building Housing Drug, Alcohol Rehab Center VIDEO: Massive Fire Consumes Paterson Building Housing Drug, Alcohol Rehab Center VIDEO: Massive Fire Consumes Paterson Building Housing Drug, Alcohol Rehab Center
Video: Massive Fire Consumes Paterson Building Housing Drug, Alcohol Rehab Center Flames consumed a Paterson mill that housed a substance rehab center Saturday, collapsing walls and floors and sending plumes of smoke over Route 80 that could be seen for miles -- but firefighters kept the blaze from spreading. No injuries were reported at the Straight Street commercial building, which housed the Straight and Narrow rehab center operated by Catholic Charities of the Paterson Diocese. "That's a big hit for a lot of clients and staff in New Jersey," a substance-abuse professional affiliated with the program said, noting that the program served thousands, making it one of th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
A Year Sober: Recovering Allendale Addict’s Cycle Event Supplies Narcan For Responders A Year Sober: Recovering Allendale Addict’s Cycle Event Supplies Narcan For Responders A Year Sober: Recovering Allendale Addict’s Cycle Event Supplies Narcan For Responders
A Year Sober: Recovering Allendale Addict’s Cycle Event Supplies Narcan For Responders A recovering heroin user from Allendale celebrated a year of sobriety by sponsoring a stationary bike ride that helped help supply borough responders with Narcan. Emily Somerville, 22, organized the “Ride for Recovery,” a 45-minute cycle class in front of Define, Body and Mind, CKO Kickboxing, Dairy Queen and Asian Cuisine last week as a celebration for those in recovery. At the same time, she raised funds to re-supply the police and ambulance corps with the life-saving anti-opioid drug. “Like all medications, Narcan does expire,” Police Chief George Scherb said. “Each Allendale officer i…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Accused Hackensack Dealer Busted In Home Raid Near Child Center, School, Police HQ Accused Hackensack Dealer Busted In Home Raid Near Child Center, School, Police HQ Accused Hackensack Dealer Busted In Home Raid Near Child Center, School, Police HQ
Accused Hackensack Dealer Busted In Home Raid Near Child Center, School, Police HQ LOCATION, LOCATION: Hackensack drug detectives early Friday arrested an ex-con who they said was dealing pot and cocaine from a house next door to a  childcare center, down the block from a middle school and around the corner from police headquarters. David Hamblin, a 56-year-old British national, was charged with various drug counts and sent to the Bergen County Jail pending a detention hearing. Investigators obtained a warrant after Detective Nart Marza received complaints about drug dealing at the Union Street home, Capt. Peter Busciglio said. Hamblin has a criminal history, mostly…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
VIDEO: Massive Fire Consumes Paterson Building Housing Drug, Alcohol Rehab Center VIDEO: Massive Fire Consumes Paterson Building Housing Drug, Alcohol Rehab Center VIDEO: Massive Fire Consumes Paterson Building Housing Drug, Alcohol Rehab Center
Video: Massive Fire Consumes Paterson Building Housing Drug, Alcohol Rehab Center Flames consumed a Paterson mill that housed a substance rehab center Saturday, collapsing walls and floors and sending plumes of smoke over Route 80 that could be seen for miles -- but firefighters kept the blaze from spreading. No injuries were reported at the Straight Street commercial building, which housed the Straight and Narrow rehab center operated by Catholic Charities of the Paterson Diocese. "That's a big hit for a lot of clients and staff in New Jersey," a substance-abuse professional affiliated with the program said, noting that the program served thousands, making it one of th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
BMWs Collide On Rainy Route 17 In Hasbrouck Heights BMWs Collide On Rainy Route 17 In Hasbrouck Heights BMWs Collide On Rainy Route 17 In Hasbrouck Heights
BMWs Collide On Rainy Route 17 In Hasbrouck Heights A Lyndhurst driver told Hasbrouck Heights police that his brakes locked, sending his BMW into another on Route 17 during Thursday night's rainstorm. Neither he nor the other driver -- also 25, from Watchung -- was seriously injured in the crash on the northbound highway near Ottawa Lane just after midnight, Lt. Michael Colaneri said. The Lyndhurst driver was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, Colaneri said. The northbound lanes were temporarily closed for the wreckage cleanup and police investigation, the lieutenant said. Both vehicles were towed, he said. The state Department…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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Police: Man Chased By Gang Shot In Cliffside Park, Bullet Goes Right Through Police: Man Chased By Gang Shot In Cliffside Park, Bullet Goes Right Through Police: Man Chased By Gang Shot In Cliffside Park, Bullet Goes Right Through
Police: Man Chased By Gang Shot In Cliffside Park, Bullet Goes Right Through A 24-year-old ex-con shot in the back in a Cliffside Park alleyway while being chased by a gang Thursday night had the bullet go right through his shoulder, authorities said. Bergen County prosecutor’s detectives joined borough police in searching for the seven or so gang members who chased the victim east on Walker Street and then through the Third Street alley to Second Street, where they said he was shot just after 11:30 p.m. Thursday. The small-caliber slug came out through his shoulder, they said. The victim -- who was expected to be released Friday from Hackensack University Medical …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Responders Rescue Seriously Injured Worker In Fair Lawn Construction Fall Responders Rescue Seriously Injured Worker In Fair Lawn Construction Fall Responders Rescue Seriously Injured Worker In Fair Lawn Construction Fall
Responders Rescue Seriously Injured Worker In Fair Lawn Construction Fall Fair Lawn responders rescued a worker who fell from a scaffold onto concrete footing at a construction site early Friday. Borough firefighters and Fair Lawn Rescue Squad members who brought a ladder and a Stokes basket got the 51-year-old worker safely out of the trench at the River Road site behind the CVS shortly before 8 a.m., police Sgt. Brian Metzler said. He’d fallen 10 or so feet at the site, where a senior complex is being built, Metzler said. The Fair Lawn Volunteer Ambulance Corps took the victim to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson with several injuries – none of …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
DRIVE-BY: Three Shot, One Dead, Outside Paterson High-Rise Complex DRIVE-BY: Three Shot, One Dead, Outside Paterson High-Rise Complex DRIVE-BY: Three Shot, One Dead, Outside Paterson High-Rise Complex
Drive-by: Three Shot, One Dead, Outside Paterson High-Rise Complex One of three men wounded in a drive-by shooting outside a Paterson high-rise complex Thursday night died of his injuries, authorities said Friday morning. A city police shot spotter reported 18 rounds fired from a silver Honda with tinted windows outside the Riverview Terrace complex on Presidential Boulevard around 7 p.m. Shadire Scott, 19, of Paterson was pronounced dead at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center two hours later, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Troy Oswald said in a joint release. Also struck were 38-year-old Santos Lantigua of Jersey C…

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