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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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
EXCLUSIVE: Package That Cleared GWB Was Phony Pipe Bomb, Investigators Say EXCLUSIVE: Package That Cleared GWB Was Phony Pipe Bomb, Investigators Say EXCLUSIVE: Package That Cleared GWB Was Phony Pipe Bomb, Investigators Say
Exclusive: Package That Cleared GWB Was Phony Pipe Bomb, Investigators Say A suspicious package that closed the George Washington Bridge for more than two hours during Thursday night's rainstorm was actually a phony pipe bomb, Daily Voice has learned. The "inert device" found in the upper level's eastbound lane next to the median on the New Jersey side had a pipe bomb casing -- a symmetrical cylinder with two tied caps at either end -- but not all of the other components necessary to make it explosive, investigators said. Whoever called in the report may have been the person responsible for placing it there, investigators suspect. It was the only call received, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
SEE ANYTHING? Masked Bandits Kick In Door, Ransack Emerson Home SEE ANYTHING? Masked Bandits Kick In Door, Ransack Emerson Home SEE ANYTHING? Masked Bandits Kick In Door, Ransack Emerson Home
SEE Anything? Masked Bandits Kick In Door, Ransack Emerson Home Emerson police Friday morning released a surveillance image of burglars who made off with jewelry and cash from a borough home the night before. The homeowner called police at 8:45 p.m. after finding the front door of the home in the western end of town just off Forest Avenue kicked in, Capt. Michael McDermott said. There masked, hooded bandits ripped a front-door camera from the property and ransacked the second-floor bedrooms, during Thursday night's rainstorm, McDermott said. One of the trio was noticeably muscular, he said. "We don't know how long they were in the house" because the c…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
EXCLUSIVE: Package That Closed GWB Was Phony Pipe Bomb, Investigators Say EXCLUSIVE: Package That Closed GWB Was Phony Pipe Bomb, Investigators Say EXCLUSIVE: Package That Closed GWB Was Phony Pipe Bomb, Investigators Say
Exclusive: Package That Closed GWB Was Phony Pipe Bomb, Investigators Say A suspicious package that closed the George Washington Bridge for more than two hours during Thursday night's rainstorm was actually a phony pipe bomb, Daily Voice has learned. The "inert device" found in the upper level's eastbound lane next to the median on the New Jersey side had a pipe bomb casing -- a symmetrical cylinder with two tied caps at either end -- but not all of the other components necessary to make it explosive, investigators said. Whoever called in the report may have been the person responsible for placing it there, investigators suspect. It was the only call police rece…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bogota Stolen Car Chase Ends In Fort Lee: 2 Adults, 3 Teens Seized With Homemade Shotgun Bogota Stolen Car Chase Ends In Fort Lee: 2 Adults, 3 Teens Seized With Homemade Shotgun Bogota Stolen Car Chase Ends In Fort Lee: 2 Adults, 3 Teens Seized With Homemade Shotgun
Bogota Stolen Car Chase Ends In Fort Lee: 2 Adults, 3 Teens Seized With Homemade Shotgun An overnight police chase of a stolen SUV began in Bogota before dawn Thursday and ended in Fort Lee with a 15-year-old boy from Teaneck and two adults and two teens from Massachusetts in custody.  Police stopped the Honda CRV reported stolen out of Massachusetts on Palisade Avenue in Fort Lee just after 1 a.m. following the pursuit, responders said. One of those arrested, 20-year-old Joshua Coons, had a homemade pipe shotgun, authorities said. Also seized was Naddiar Jones, also 22. Both men are from Massachusetts, as were two girls -- 13 and 15 years old -- who also were taken in…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Your Community
Last Call Coming After 82 Years For Gill's Tavern In Cliffside Park Last Call Coming After 82 Years For Gill's Tavern In Cliffside Park Last Call Coming After 82 Years For Gill's Tavern In Cliffside Park
Last Call Coming After 82 Years For Gill's Tavern In Cliffside Park Drink up: A Cliffside Park watering hole that served more than three generations of patrons, making it not only one of the oldest bars in North Jersey but a familiar oasis in a world of constant change, is closing this winter. Owner/operator Barbara Lupica announced the Nov. 30 last call this week, while thanking “all of our friends and patrons for all of your support over the last 82 fabulous years.” Lupica said she’s also selling off “all memorabilia and supplies” to the public. Polish immigrant Adam Gill built the bar on the front lawn of a house he shared with his wife, Mary, and their…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Seven Hackensack Police Officers Promoted To Sergeant Seven Hackensack Police Officers Promoted To Sergeant Seven Hackensack Police Officers Promoted To Sergeant
Seven Hackensack Police Officers Promoted To Sergeant The transformation of the Hackensack Police Department continued this week with the promotion of seven officers to sergeant. Mayor John Labrosse swore in Sgts. Sean Briggs, Matthew Swetits, Luis Dominguez, John Knapp, Mark DelCarpio, John Dalton and Franklin Bay as families, loved ones and fellow officers looked on. "These new Sergeants are a huge asset to the department,” Capt. Peter Busciglio said. “They will be steering the department in the right direction moving forward. “I want to congratulate them for their previous hard work that qualified them to receive this promotion,” said Bus…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Breaking News
Handyman From Morristown Charged With Sexually Assaulting Pre-Teen In Demarest Handyman From Morristown Charged With Sexually Assaulting Pre-Teen In Demarest Handyman From Morristown Charged With Sexually Assaulting Pre-Teen In Demarest
Handyman From Morristown Charged With Sexually Assaulting Pre-Teen In Demarest Federal immigration authorities placed a detainer on a self-employed handyman living in Morristown who investigators said sexually assaulted a pre-teen while working at a Demarest home. Alejandro Velasquez Martinez, a 44-year-old Colombian national, was arrested in Demarest after police received a report of a sexual assault, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Thursday. Following a detention hearing on Wednesday, a judge ordered that he remain held in the Bergen County Jail on charges of aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault and child endangerment. He will remain there until his…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Franklin Lakes Officer Injured In Brief Stolen SUV Chase Franklin Lakes Officer Injured In Brief Stolen SUV Chase Franklin Lakes Officer Injured In Brief Stolen SUV Chase
Franklin Lakes Officer Injured In Brief Stolen SUV Chase A Franklin Lakes police officer wasn't seriously injured in a crash with a stolen SUV during a pre-dawn pursuit Thursday, authorities said. A Highwoods Drive resident called police just after 2:45 a.m. to report someone trying to break into his vehicle, Capt. John Bakelaar said. Responding Officer Nicholas Klein spotted a white, undetermined-type vehicle and a black Range Rover traveling together in the area, Bakelaar said. He tried stopping them, leading to a brief pursuit ended when Klein's cruiser collided with the Range Rover on Colonial Road near Summit Avenue, the captain said. The …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
South Hackensack Go-Go Bar Patron Smashed In Face With Beer Bottle, North Bergen Man Charged South Hackensack Go-Go Bar Patron Smashed In Face With Beer Bottle, North Bergen Man Charged South Hackensack Go-Go Bar Patron Smashed In Face With Beer Bottle, North Bergen Man Charged
South Hackensack Go-Go Bar Patron Smashed In Face With Beer Bottle, North Bergen Man Charged A South Hackensack go-go bar patron needed 15 stitches after a North Bergen man smashed him in the face with a beer bottle, authorities said. Thomas Malik, 23, was jailed Wednesday after what witnesses told police was an unprovoked attack at the Blush Gentlemen's Club at 1:45 a.m. Aug. 12, Capt. Robert Kaiser said. The 40-year-old victim was treated at Hackensack University Medical Center. Malik, meanwhile, remained held Thursday in the Bergen County Jail pending court action on charges of aggravated assault and unlawful weapons possession. Malik was delivering pizzas in 2013 when author…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Harassed Fair Lawn Man Stabbed With Turban Needle, Arrest Made Police: Harassed Fair Lawn Man Stabbed With Turban Needle, Arrest Made Police: Harassed Fair Lawn Man Stabbed With Turban Needle, Arrest Made
Police: Harassed Fair Lawn Man Stabbed With Turban Needle, Arrest Made A 22-year-old Fair Lawn man who tried to get another to stop sending him harassing text messages was stabbed with a turban needle, police said. Fair Lawn police took Japneet Chani, also 22, into custody after being called to Southern Drive at Urban Place, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. The victim "had gone to a residence on 26th Street to approach [Chani] about unwanted harassing text messages," Metzler said, when Chani stabbed him with a salai -- a needle that is used to secure hair inside a turban. The Fair Lawn Volunteer Ambulance Corps treated the victim at the scene, the sergeant said. Pol…

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