Jerry DeMarco

Senior Reporter

[email protected]

FOLLOW ON

Facebook Twitter Linkedin

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.

Jerry DeMarco's Contributions

Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities: Police Raid Paterson Strip Club-Turned-Prostitution Hub Authorities: Police Raid Paterson Strip Club-Turned-Prostitution Hub Authorities: Police Raid Paterson Strip Club-Turned-Prostitution Hub
Authorities: Police Raid Paterson Strip Club-Turned-Prostitution Hub Dancers at a Paterson strip club openly solicited customers for sex, then kicked up a portion of the proceeds to management, said authorities who raided the place after undercover officers posed as patrons. Citizen complaints led to the quality-of-life undercover probe of the Moonlight Lounge on Market Street, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. The officers, in turn, were “solicited for sexual acts in exchange for currency on the [ABC-]licensed premises,” he said. Members of the city ABC/Vice Unit, assisted by drug and patrol officers, raided the business just after 11 p.m. Frid…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Lyndhurst Man Chokes Out Ex-GF, Authorities Charge Lyndhurst Man Chokes Out Ex-GF, Authorities Charge Lyndhurst Man Chokes Out Ex-GF, Authorities Charge
Lyndhurst Man Chokes Out Ex-GF, Authorities Charge A Lyndhurst man choked out his ex-girlfriend, then brought her to the emergency room, authorities said. Hackensack police took Hatem Ghandour, 33, into custody at Hackensack University Medical Center after staff there contacted them, Lyndhurst Detective Sgt. Vincent Auteri said early Saturday. The 31-year-old Fair Lawn victim told them that Ghandour attacked and choked her for no reason in his Lyndhurst apartment early Friday, the sergeant said. She briefly lost consciousness, he said. Ghandour -- who once accidentally shot himself and was arrested in March for violating a restraining ord…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
VIDEO: Wild Multi-Town Police Chase Ends In Crash, Arrest At GWB VIDEO: Wild Multi-Town Police Chase Ends In Crash, Arrest At GWB VIDEO: Wild Multi-Town Police Chase Ends In Crash, Arrest At GWB
Video: Wild Multi-Town Police Chase Ends In Crash, Arrest At GWB VIDEO: A Rockland driver who was captured on the George Washington Bridge after he rammed a police car at the toll plaza during a wild chase through several Northeast Bergen towns was ordered released by a judge less than 24 hours later. Demarest police tried to stop a Toyota Camry driven by 29-year-old Joseph Russo, of Leif Boulevard in Congers, at 4:30 p.m. Friday. Russo kept going, nearly hitting a police officer, as well as a PSE&G employee, authorities said. Demarest officers pursued the vehicle south on Route 9W before Englewood Cliffs and Palisades Interstate Parkway Police pick…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Worker, 53, Falls Three Stories From Tenafly Building Worker, 53, Falls Three Stories From Tenafly Building Worker, 53, Falls Three Stories From Tenafly Building
Worker, 53, Falls Three Stories From Tenafly Building A 53-year-old laborer was conscious after falling three stories Friday from a scaffold outside a Tenafly condominium complex, authorities said. He was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with a head and shoulder injury after the 2:45 p.m. mishap behind the Browning House on West Clinton Avenue, Police Chief Robert Chamberlain said. The Garfield victim "was unsure how far he'd fallen," the chief said, "but other workers at the scene believed he'd been on the third-story level just prior to falling." Police, the Tenafly Volunteer Ambulance Corps and paramedics responded, Chamberlai…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities: Airport Uber Imposter Drags Palisades Park Woman, 65, With Car Authorities: Airport Uber Imposter Drags Palisades Park Woman, 65, With Car Authorities: Airport Uber Imposter Drags Palisades Park Woman, 65, With Car
Authorities: Airport Uber Imposter Drags Palisades Park Woman, 65, With Car A phony Uber driver dragged a 65-year-old Palisades Park woman with his car, injuring her, after driving her home from Newark Airport, said authorities who arrested him Friday. The victim had just gotten off a plane on Aug. 7 when Wilson Gomez approached her at the airport carrying an Uber sign, police said. She accepted the offer even though she hadn't booked a ride with him through the popular ridesharing app, Capt. Anthony Muccio said. After negotiating a fare on the way to Palisades Park, the woman told police, she began to suspect something was up. So she called her son on her cellph…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Prospect Park Detectives Crack Burglary Spree Prospect Park Detectives Crack Burglary Spree Prospect Park Detectives Crack Burglary Spree
Prospect Park Detectives Crack Burglary Spree A pair of Prospect Park police investigators cracked a half-dozen borough car burglaries several others in surrounding towns with the arrest of a 20-year-old Paterson man. Detective Sgt. Walter Richmond and Detective Arthur Canestrino obtained surveillance video from several locations that pointed to Justin Tapia, Capt. Ammen Matari said. Soon after, they raided his home, finding items stolen during the borough break-ins and arresting him, Matari said. Tapia was sent to the Passaic County Jail pending a hearing in Central Judicial Processing Court in Paterson on six counts each of burglary…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities: Stolen Motorcycle Rider Critically Injured In Paterson Crash Authorities: Stolen Motorcycle Rider Critically Injured In Paterson Crash Authorities: Stolen Motorcycle Rider Critically Injured In Paterson Crash
Authorities: Stolen Motorcycle Rider Critically Injured In Paterson Crash A 24-year-old Paterson man remained in critical condition Friday after crashing a stolen motorcycle the night before, authorities said. Johnny Zea-Garay was aboard the 2017 Kawasaki when it collided with a BMW at the intersection of 20th and Railroad avenues in Paterson around 6:30 p.m. Thursday, they said. The 47-year-old BMW driver wasn’t injured, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Troy Oswald said in a joint announcement. Zea-Garay was brought to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, they said. Anyone who might have witnessed the crash or has other in…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Wood-Ridge Man, 19, Gathered 600 Child Porn Files Prosecutor: Wood-Ridge Man, 19, Gathered 600 Child Porn Files Prosecutor: Wood-Ridge Man, 19, Gathered 600 Child Porn Files
Prosecutor: Wood-Ridge Man, 19, Gathered 600 Child Porn Files A 19-year-old Wood-Ridge man collected 600 child porn images from the Dark Web, authorities charged. Jha Harezod remained held Friday in the Bergen County Jail pending an Aug. 28 first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said his Cyber Crimes Unit seized hundreds of files “depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children,” during a raid Wednesday at Harezod’s Johnson Drive home. He got them through a collection of websites on an encrypted network that can't be found using traditional search engines …

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
SEE ANYTHING? Pair Hops Getaway Ride After Crashing BMW Into Route 17 Pole In Rochelle Park SEE ANYTHING? Pair Hops Getaway Ride After Crashing BMW Into Route 17 Pole In Rochelle Park SEE ANYTHING? Pair Hops Getaway Ride After Crashing BMW Into Route 17 Pole In Rochelle Park
SEE Anything? Pair Hops Getaway Ride After Crashing BMW Into Route 17 Pole In Rochelle Park Two men bailed out of a rental car and hopped into a dump truck after toppling a utility pole, downing wires that began to burn on northbound Route 17 in Rochelle Park early Friday, authorities said. The white BMW also hit a couple of parked vehicles, as well, around 7:15 a.m., Detective Sgt. James DePreta said. The two black occupants, who appeared in their early 20s, apparently hitched a ride from the dump truck driver, DePreta said. PSE&G responded and the highway was eventually reopened. Anyone who might have seen something or captured video is asked to contact Rochelle Park polic…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
One Injured In Two-Car Hawthorne Crash One Injured In Two-Car Hawthorne Crash One Injured In Two-Car Hawthorne Crash
One Injured In Two-Car Hawthorne Crash One person was hospitalized after a two-vehicle crash during the morning rush in Hawthorne. A Volkwagen took down a street sign and hit a light pole Lafayette and Warburton avenues around 8:15 a.m. Both the VW and the Nissan were towed from the scene. Hawthorne police, DPW workers and Volunteer Ambulance Corps members responded, along with an ambulance from the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood.

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Prev Page 1006 of 2958 1,004 1,005 1,006 1,007 1,008 Next
10,051 - 10,060 of 29,573 articles