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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Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Arrangements Made For West Caldwell Resident From North Arlington Killed In Tragic Accident Arrangements Made For West Caldwell Resident From North Arlington Killed In Tragic Accident Arrangements Made For West Caldwell Resident From North Arlington Killed In Tragic Accident
Arrangements Made For West Caldwell Resident From North Arlington Killed In Tragic Accident Arrangements have been finalized for a 51-year-old New Jersey father of two who was one of two linemen electrocuted Monday while on a job in Warwick, N.Y. Derrick Paris, a North Arlington native who lived with his family in West Caldwell the past 15 years, was on an assignment with E-J Electric for Orange & Rockland Utilities when he and co-worker Justin McLoughlin, 28, of Trenton, Ga., were killed. Both Paris and his partner were veterans with decades of experience between them, authorities said. A Mass was scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday at St. Stephens Church, 141 Washington Avenue in…

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Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Breaking News
Morris County Ex-Con Admits Exploding Bomb, Illegally Collecting Weapons Morris County Ex-Con Admits Exploding Bomb, Illegally Collecting Weapons Morris County Ex-Con Admits Exploding Bomb, Illegally Collecting Weapons
Morris County Ex-Con Admits Exploding Bomb, Illegally Collecting Weapons An ex-con from Morris County admitted in federal court in Newark on Wednesday that he detonated a bomb at a lake, owned explosive devices and illegally collected a cache of guns and ammo. Christopher Faschan, 31, of Landing, pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of destructive devices and being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Faschan showed the bomb to an unidentified woman on Feb. 1 in Stanhope, then detonated it at Lake Lackawanna, Carpenito said. “That’s something that could easily be put under someone’s car, not that I would do…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Feds: Quartet Stole $450,000 In Checks From Bergen, Passaic, Morris, Essex Mailboxes Feds: Quartet Stole $450,000 In Checks From Bergen, Passaic, Morris, Essex Mailboxes Feds: Quartet Stole $450,000 In Checks From Bergen, Passaic, Morris, Essex Mailboxes
Feds: Quartet Stole $450,000 In Checks From Bergen, Passaic, Morris, Essex Mailboxes Four men stole $450,000 in checks from mailboxes in Bergen, Passaic, Morris, Essex, and Middlesex counties, said federal authorities who caught three and were seeking the fourth. “Some of the mail collection boxes were broken into with the use of pry bars, usually late at night,” U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said Wednesday. Although the checks weren’t made payable to them, the defendants deposited the checks at ATMs and then “withdrew the proceeds from the accounts before the fraud was discovered,” usually in less than 24 hours, Carpenito said. Charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Your Community
What's The Deal? Residents Nationwide Ask Amazon Where 'Surprise' Package Came From What's The Deal? Residents Nationwide Ask Amazon Where 'Surprise' Package Came From What's The Deal? Residents Nationwide Ask Amazon Where 'Surprise' Package Came From
What's The Deal? Residents Nationwide Ask Amazon Where 'Surprise' Package Came From Hundreds of Allendale residents recently joined tens of thousands of fellow Americans nationwide in reporting an item delivered through Amazon that they didn't order – in this instance, an iPhone screen protector. “Tossed it in the trash,” wrote one of the recipients. “Sketchy.” “I got one to my house and to my office. Neither for phones I have,” another added. “Have been getting them too. Not once, but 3 times already,” another said. “So weird.” Should they be worried? Probably not, experts say. A flood of deliveries of an unordered item is usually part of a scam known as “brushing,” i…

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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Ex-Mets Tied To Biggest Drug Bust In Dominican Republic History Ex-Mets Tied To Biggest Drug Bust In Dominican Republic History Ex-Mets Tied To Biggest Drug Bust In Dominican Republic History
Ex-Mets Tied To Biggest Drug Bust In Dominican Republic History Retired former New York Mets players Octavio Dotel and Luis Castillo were among several people arrested or named by authorities Tuesday in one of the biggest international drug-trafficking rings in their native Dominican Republic’s history. Dotel, 45, who at one time also pitched for the Yankees, was arrested and second baseman Castillo, 43, identified as a member of the cocaine and opioid empire of César “The Abuser” Peralta, who remained a fugitive, Dominican Attorney General Jean Alain Rodríguez said Tuesday. The case was the “largest operation against organized crime ever conducted in t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
SEEN HIM? Endangered Newark Man Last Spotted Leaving Clifton Clinic More Than Week Ago SEEN HIM? Endangered Newark Man Last Spotted Leaving Clifton Clinic More Than Week Ago SEEN HIM? Endangered Newark Man Last Spotted Leaving Clifton Clinic More Than Week Ago
Seen HIM? Endangered Newark Man Last Spotted Leaving Clifton Clinic More Than Week Ago He has a hitch in his step and is missing the tip of his left pinkie. Police from Clifton to Newark are hoping someone sees or knows where to find him. Michael Davis, 57, of Newark went missing after leaving a Clifton health services program nearly a week and a half ago, they said. “We have exhausted all efforts and are relying on the public's assistance in locating Mr. Davis,” Clifton Police Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said early Wednesday. Davis wasn’t on the shuttle bus that was supposed to take him back to his Ridge Street home after leaving Adult Family Health Services on Orchard Str…

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Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Lineman Electrocuted In Warwick Was North Arlington Native Lineman Electrocuted In Warwick Was North Arlington Native Lineman Electrocuted In Warwick Was North Arlington Native
Lineman Electrocuted In Warwick Was North Arlington Native A 51-year-old North Arlington native was one of two linemen electrocuted Monday while on a job in Warwick, N.Y., authorities confirmed. Derrick Paris, a father of two who lived in West Caldwell, was on an assignment with E-J Electric for Orange & Rockland Utilities when he and co-worker Justin McLoughlin, 28, of Trenton, Ga., were killed. Both Paris and his partner were veterans with decades of experience between them, authorities said. A Mass was scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday at St. Stephens Church, 141 Washington Avenue in Kearny, with burial to follow in Holy Cross Cemetery, 340…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Health Scare: 62 Tons Of Chicken Products Recalled Health Scare: 62 Tons Of Chicken Products Recalled Health Scare: 62 Tons Of Chicken Products Recalled
Health Scare: 62 Tons Of Chicken Products Recalled Tip Top Poultry, Inc. is recalling nearly 62 tons of fully cooked poultry products that may be contaminated by listeria, federal authorities said Tuesday. The recall involves chicken products with the “Tip Top,” Perdue,” “Gordon,” “Sysco” and “West Creek” labels, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) said. The items were shipped to hotels, restaurants, and institutions nationwide, the FSIS said, adding that federal authorities were concerned that the products may still be in institutional freezers. They urged that anyone who’s bought the products no…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Wayne Police Officer Braves Flames, Dog Dies In House Fire Wayne Police Officer Braves Flames, Dog Dies In House Fire Wayne Police Officer Braves Flames, Dog Dies In House Fire
Wayne Police Officer Braves Flames, Dog Dies In House Fire Flames and smoke kept a Wayne police officer from rescuing a dog who died in a house fire, authorities said. Township police, firefighters and First Aid Squad members responded to what began as a garage fire on Sycamore Terrace around 8:20 a.m. Tuesday, Detective Capt. Christian Wittig said. A resident told Corporal Robert Feeney that her dog was inside, Wittig said. Feeney went in trying to rescue the dog but had to retreat after several attempts due to the fire and smoke, the captain said. Firefighters retrieved the dog, but resuscitation efforts failed, Wittig said. Corporal Robert Hi…

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Highland Lakes-Vernon, NJ
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Feds: Weapons Arsenal, White Supremacist Material Seized From Sussex County Man In Van Crash Feds: Weapons Arsenal, White Supremacist Material Seized From Sussex County Man In Van Crash Feds: Weapons Arsenal, White Supremacist Material Seized From Sussex County Man In Van Crash
Feds: Weapons Arsenal, White Supremacist Material Seized From Sussex County Man In Van Crash A Sussex County man who was once stabbed in a biker bar brawl was found with an assortment of illegal weapons and ammo, along with white supremacist and racially-charged propaganda, after he crashed his van, federal authorities said. NJ State Police said they spotted some of the arsenal in a white Chevy Express van driven by Joseph Rubino, 57, of Lafayette Township, after it crashed into a tree off Route 80 in Allamuchy on July 24. A medical chopper took Rubino and his passenger, 55-year-old Kenneth Coe of Bayonne, to Morristown Medical Center, the NJSP said at the time. The federal Bureau…

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