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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Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Animal Control Forced To Euthanize New Milford Raccoons Who Were Stabbed, Burned Animal Control Forced To Euthanize New Milford Raccoons Who Were Stabbed, Burned Animal Control Forced To Euthanize New Milford Raccoons Who Were Stabbed, Burned
Animal Control Forced To Euthanize New Milford Raccoons Who Were Stabbed, Burned UPDATE: Two raccoons who police said a New Milford man stabbed and poured bleach on had to be euthanized, animal control authorities said Thursday. "It was horrible," said Carol Tyler, the owner/operator of Tyco Animal Control, which serves 25 Bergen County municipalities. "It's pretty disturbing." Tyler didn't describe the raccoons' condition. However, responders said they had hair burned off their faces and paws, as well as blistered skin and stab wounds. Officers responding to a cruelty report on Canterbury Lane were met by Patrick Biondo, 54, who brought them to a cage on his deck wh…

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Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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Police Urge Precautions After Coyote Kills 96-Year-Old Wyckoff Grandma's Chihuahua Police Urge Precautions After Coyote Kills 96-Year-Old Wyckoff Grandma's Chihuahua Police Urge Precautions After Coyote Kills 96-Year-Old Wyckoff Grandma's Chihuahua
Police Urge Precautions After Coyote Kills 96-Year-Old Wyckoff Grandma's Chihuahua A coyote killed a 96-year-old Wyckoff grandmother's chihuahua, prompting area alerts. Hartman was snatched Tuesday night from just outside Doris Heitman's back door in a wooded Spring Meadow retirement community Tuesday night. Her Heitman's grandson went into the woods with a kitchen knife and retrieved the dog’s body a short time later. "He was my best friend. He was my helper," said Heitman, whose husband, George, died two years ago "We were growing old together," she told News12 New Jersey. "I'm gonna miss him terribly." “Wyckoff Police responded and documented the incident and i…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Elmwood Park Police Officer Dragged By Fleeing Acme Shoplifter Elmwood Park Police Officer Dragged By Fleeing Acme Shoplifter Elmwood Park Police Officer Dragged By Fleeing Acme Shoplifter
Elmwood Park Police Officer Dragged By Fleeing Acme Shoplifter An Elmwood Park police officer escaped serious injury Wednesday afternoon when a shoplifter dragged him with her car. Latonya Hendricks, 42, of Paterson shoved an Acme security guard who tried to stop her and fled with more than $200 worth of merchandise, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. Officer Matt Ausslander, who was among the responders, opened the driver’s side door of Hendricks’s car to try and arrest her when she threw the vehicle into reverse, dragging him, the chief said. Backup officers helped nab Hendricks, who kicked, punched and spit at them, Foligno said. Ausslander was tr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Teaneck Vending Machine, Jukebox Company Owner Admits Stealing $368,783 From Pension Fund Teaneck Vending Machine, Jukebox Company Owner Admits Stealing $368,783 From Pension Fund Teaneck Vending Machine, Jukebox Company Owner Admits Stealing $368,783 From Pension Fund
Teaneck Vending Machine, Jukebox Company Owner Admits Stealing $368,783 From Pension Fund A well-known Teaneck businessman whose vending machine and jukebox company paid five figures last year to settle a copyright infringement suit admitted Wednesday in federal court in Newark that he embezzled $368,783 from the business' employee pension fund. Howard Preschel, 63,  founded and served as the trustee for the pension fund established by CMG Vending Inc., which operated, leased, and rented vending machines throughout New Jersey and New York, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. He began skimming the money from the fund as early as November 2010, and by April 201…

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Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
New Milford Man Charged With Stabbing, Pouring Bleach On Pesky Raccoons New Milford Man Charged With Stabbing, Pouring Bleach On Pesky Raccoons New Milford Man Charged With Stabbing, Pouring Bleach On Pesky Raccoons
New Milford Man Charged With Stabbing, Pouring Bleach On Pesky Raccoons A New Milford man who said he was pestered by raccoons literally took matters into his own hands – and was arrested for stabbing and pouring bleach on two of them. Patrick Biondo, 54, brought officers responding to a cruelty report to a cage on his Canterbury Lane deck where they found the raccoons “in poor health, with stab wounds and burns,” Detective Lt. Kevin Van Saders said Wednesday. Biondo told them that he was “attempting to exterminate the raccoons due to them being a constant nuisance on his deck,” Van Saders said. “Upon further investigation, it was determined that Biondo had po…

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Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Coyote Kills 96-Year-Old Wyckoff Grandma's Chihuahua, Police Urge Precautions Coyote Kills 96-Year-Old Wyckoff Grandma's Chihuahua, Police Urge Precautions Coyote Kills 96-Year-Old Wyckoff Grandma's Chihuahua, Police Urge Precautions
Coyote Kills 96-Year-Old Wyckoff Grandma's Chihuahua, Police Urge Precautions A coyote killed a 96-year-old Wyckoff grandmother's chihuahua, prompting area alerts. Hartman was snatched Tuesday night from just outside Doris Heitman's back door in a wooded Spring Meadow retirement community Tuesday night. Her Heitman's grandson went into the woods with a kitchen knife and retrieved the dog’s body a short time later. "He was my best friend. He was my helper," said Heitman, whose husband, George, died two years ago "We were growing old together," she told News12 New Jersey. "I'm gonna miss him terribly." “Wyckoff Police responded and documented the incident and immedi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
HEROES: Port Authority Police Snatch Suicidal Jumper From GWB Railing HEROES: Port Authority Police Snatch Suicidal Jumper From GWB Railing HEROES: Port Authority Police Snatch Suicidal Jumper From GWB Railing
Heroes: Port Authority Police Snatch Suicidal Jumper From GWB Railing Port Authority police grabbed a suicidal woman before she could jump from the lower level of the George Washington Bridge before dawn Wednesday. Responding to several calls, Officer Terrance McPike found the 36-year-old Bronx woman standing on the other side of the railing on the bridge's New Jersey-bound side at 2:30 a.m., said Steve Coleman, the Port Authority's deputy director of media. The woman, who "appeared very distraught," had left a gold minivan parked on the bridge with its flashers on, he said. The westbound lower level was closed as McPike began talking with the woman, giving …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Overnight Clifton Stolen Car Chase Begins In Lyndhurst, Ends In Hackensack Crash Overnight Clifton Stolen Car Chase Begins In Lyndhurst, Ends In Hackensack Crash Overnight Clifton Stolen Car Chase Begins In Lyndhurst, Ends In Hackensack Crash
Overnight Clifton Stolen Car Chase Begins In Lyndhurst, Ends In Hackensack Crash A Lyndhurst police officer pursued a stolen car through six towns overnight Wednesday before the driver crashed and bailed out in Hackensack. Officer Mark Rivera saw the driver of the silver Ford Focus reported stolen out of Clifton make an improper right turn onto Riverside Avenue from Valley Brook Avenue around 12:30 a.m., Detective Sgt. Vincent Auteri said. Rivera tried to pull the driver over, but he kept going, making unsafe lane changes and crossing over the double yellow line into Rutherford, he said. Speeds topped out at 55 mph as the pursuit continued onto Jackson Avenue and into …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
SUV Crashes Into Fence On Route 17 In Ridgewood SUV Crashes Into Fence On Route 17 In Ridgewood SUV Crashes Into Fence On Route 17 In Ridgewood
SUV Crashes Into Fence On Route 17 In Ridgewood A Mercedes SUV ended up atop a chainlink fence between a tree and a highway sign after a two-vehicle Wednesday morning rush-hour crash on northbound Route 17 in Ridgewood. No injuries were reported. Tow trucks were summoned to removed both wrecks. Village police responded. AftermathBoyd A. Loving Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this account.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Vertical Hold: Dump Truck Trailer Gets Wedged Under Route 17 Overpass In Mahwah Vertical Hold: Dump Truck Trailer Gets Wedged Under Route 17 Overpass In Mahwah Vertical Hold: Dump Truck Trailer Gets Wedged Under Route 17 Overpass In Mahwah
Vertical Hold: Dump Truck Trailer Gets Wedged Under Route 17 Overpass In Mahwah Two heavy-duty wreckers working back-to-back were needed to remove a dump truck trailer that jammed both a Route 17 overpass in Mahwah and the northbound Tuesday evening rush. The driver received a careless driving summons after the 4:40 p.m. mishap at the MacArthur Boulevard overpass, which left only one passable lane on the highway a little over two miles south of the Rockland County border. Firefighters cleaned up a hydraulic fluid spill. The state DOT was called to determine whether there was any structural damage to the overpass. Two heavy-duty wreckers were needed to get the tra…

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