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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Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Janitor, 38, Sexually Assaulted Garfield Girl Over Two-Year Span, Authorities Charge Janitor, 38, Sexually Assaulted Garfield Girl Over Two-Year Span, Authorities Charge Janitor, 38, Sexually Assaulted Garfield Girl Over Two-Year Span, Authorities Charge
Janitor, 38, Sexually Assaulted Garfield Girl Over Two-Year Span, Authorities Charge A janitor from Paterson repeatedly sexually assaulted a Garfield girl, said authorities who took him into custody. Garfield police learned that Christopher Staten “engaged in sexual activities with a juvenile under the age of sixteen on numerous occasions over the past two years in Garfield,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Wednesday. City police notified Musella’s Special Victims Unit, and the subsequent investigation produced his arrest last Friday, the prosecutor said. Staten, who turned 38 on Wednesday, has remained held since then at Bergen New Bridge Medical Center in Para…

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Garfield-Lodi, NJ
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'Granddaughter In Trouble': Garfield Detectives Save Would-Be Victim From Losing $7,500 'Granddaughter In Trouble': Garfield Detectives Save Would-Be Victim From Losing $7,500 'Granddaughter In Trouble': Garfield Detectives Save Would-Be Victim From Losing $7,500
'Granddaughter In Trouble': Garfield Detectives Save Would-Be Victim From Losing $7,500 A thief nearly pulled off a “granddaughter in trouble” phone scam, but Garfield police grabbed him before he could collect $7,500 from the elderly target, authorities said. Manuel Robinson, 39, of Hazelton, PA, told the would-be victim his granddaughter in Florida had been arrested the night before and needed the money for bail, Capt. Richard Uram said Wednesday. After following Robinson’s instructions to send the cash to a DeWitt Street address in Garfield, the intended spoke with his granddaughter, Uram said. She immediately called Garfield police Wednesday morning, the captain said. De…

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Paterson, NJ
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Authorities: Undercover Paterson Police Work Both Sides Of Street, Bust 12 Hookers, 26 Johns Authorities: Undercover Paterson Police Work Both Sides Of Street, Bust 12 Hookers, 26 Johns Authorities: Undercover Paterson Police Work Both Sides Of Street, Bust 12 Hookers, 26 Johns
Authorities: Undercover Paterson Police Work Both Sides Of Street, Bust 12 Hookers, 26 Johns Female Paterson police posing as prostitutes Tuesday night bagged 26 johns, while their male colleagues snatched up a dozen streetwalkers who offered them sex for money, authorities said. It was the second time in little over a month that ABC/Vice unit detectives worked both sides of Van Houten and E.18th streets at what continues to be an open-air prostitution market, city Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said Wednesday. Paterson police conducted a similar sting in the exact same spot on July 2, arresting 27 johns and 14 hookers, authorities said at the time. This time, a total of 38…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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No Joke: Soda Bottle 'Bombs' Found At Route 46 Industrial Park In Hasbrouck Heights No Joke: Soda Bottle 'Bombs' Found At Route 46 Industrial Park In Hasbrouck Heights No Joke: Soda Bottle 'Bombs' Found At Route 46 Industrial Park In Hasbrouck Heights
No Joke: Soda Bottle 'Bombs' Found At Route 46 Industrial Park In Hasbrouck Heights Two improvised devices made with soda bottles and a combustible concoction brought the Bergen County Sheriff's Bomb Squad to an industrial complex just off Route 46 in Hasbrouck Heights Tuesday night, responders said. The building was evacuated before the tactical unit did a controlled detonation of the so-called soda bottle bombs and a hazardous materials unit removed them, they said. The sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification collected evidence. Authorities didn't immediately say what was inside. An investigation into who was responsible was continuing, they said. "Works bombs" hav…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson Man, 61, Killed Working On Car With Nephew Paterson Man, 61, Killed Working On Car With Nephew Paterson Man, 61, Killed Working On Car With Nephew
Paterson Man, 61, Killed Working On Car With Nephew A 61-year-old Paterson man was killed Tuesday night when he was pinned beneath a car that he and his nephew had been working on, authorities said. Christ Olsen Rochelyn, 28, was behind the wheel when the 2004 BMW 325 pinned his uncle, Kesnel Rochelyn, shortly after 6:30 p.m., they said. The uncle was pronounced dead at the scene, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Troy Oswald said in a joint release. Both "were working on the vehicle together" when the accident occurred, they said. City firefighters removed the body from beneath the car nearly 45 minutes…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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West Milford PD: Owner Arrested Retrieving Lost Bag Filled With Opioids From Police West Milford PD: Owner Arrested Retrieving Lost Bag Filled With Opioids From Police West Milford PD: Owner Arrested Retrieving Lost Bag Filled With Opioids From Police
West Milford PD: Owner Arrested Retrieving Lost Bag Filled With Opioids From Police A West Milford man was busted when he to went to collect a misplaced bag of medications from police, authorities said. An officer from another department turned the black messenger bag over to township police after finding it while working a road construction detail on Union Valley Road near Sussex Drive, police said. Inside, Officer Stephen Herzog reported finding prescription bottles with the name of George Richards, 58, several bottles without labels and a “large quantity” of opioid pain killers. He contacted Richards, who showed up at headquarters to collect his bag. Detectives Nichol…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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No-Shave October? Yankee Fans Eye New State Law That Prohibits Facial Hair Discrimination No-Shave October? Yankee Fans Eye New State Law That Prohibits Facial Hair Discrimination No-Shave October? Yankee Fans Eye New State Law That Prohibits Facial Hair Discrimination
No-Shave October? Yankee Fans Eye New State Law That Prohibits Facial Hair Discrimination A New York State measure signed into law this week by Gov. Cuomo has some sports fans wondering what that could mean for the Yankees. The new law prohibits employers from what could be considered racial discrimination against workers by forcing them to do certain things with their hair. It’s intended to allow employees to keep dreadlocks, cornrows, braids, twists, and fades, among other styles, but it also has raised certain questions among followers of the neatly-trimmed Bronx bombers. Where have you gone, Sparky Lyle? Late New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner established a policy …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Skittish Kitten Rescued From GWB Traffic Available For Adoption Skittish Kitten Rescued From GWB Traffic Available For Adoption Skittish Kitten Rescued From GWB Traffic Available For Adoption
Skittish Kitten Rescued From GWB Traffic Available For Adoption A kitten who was rescued from traffic on the lower level of the George Washington Bridge was available for adoption, authorities said. A motorist called GWB Port Authority Police Command station after scooping up the skittish kitty, who'd been dodging cars and other vehicles Monday afternoon, authority spokeswoman Lenis Rodrigues said. Port Authority police who retrieved the feline named her Highway, she said. They then arranged residence at the Bergen County Animal Shelter, where Highway was available for adoption, Rodrgues said Tuesday.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
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Teaneck Personal Trainer Sexually Assaulted Minor, Authorities Charge Teaneck Personal Trainer Sexually Assaulted Minor, Authorities Charge Teaneck Personal Trainer Sexually Assaulted Minor, Authorities Charge
Teaneck Personal Trainer Sexually Assaulted Minor, Authorities Charge A married personal fitness trainer from Teaneck sexually assaulted a minor, said authorities who arrested him. August Samek, a 46-year-old Canadian national, remained held Tuesday in the Bergen County Jail following his arrest the day before on aggravated sexual assault and child endangerment charges, records show. He has a first appearance scheduled Friday in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack. He was taken into custody following an investigation by Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella’s Special Victims Unit and Teaneck police, the prosecutor said. ****** ALSO SEE: A 20-y…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Police: Lyft Rider Caught Giving Companion Oral Sex In Back Seat Punches Driver In Face Police: Lyft Rider Caught Giving Companion Oral Sex In Back Seat Punches Driver In Face Police: Lyft Rider Caught Giving Companion Oral Sex In Back Seat Punches Driver In Face
Police: Lyft Rider Caught Giving Companion Oral Sex In Back Seat Punches Driver In Face A 20-year-old Lyft passenger from Elmwood Park punched a driver in the face after he caught her giving a companion oral sex in the back seat, Hawthorne police said. Both she and her companion were arrested and charged after he threw something at the car, damaging it, authorities said. The driver flagged down a police officer at 4:15 a.m., saying that he “heard a noise in the rear seat” of his 2017 Honda Accord and “found the female performing oral sex on the man,” Detective Sgt. Matthew Hoogmoed said. He stopped and asked them to get out, then got punched in the face by Ashley Williams, Ho…

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