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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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Paint Thinner? Two Hospitalized By Fumes At Ridgewood Treatment Plant In Glen Rock Paint Thinner? Two Hospitalized By Fumes At Ridgewood Treatment Plant In Glen Rock Paint Thinner? Two Hospitalized By Fumes At Ridgewood Treatment Plant In Glen Rock
Paint Thinner? Two Hospitalized By Fumes At Ridgewood Treatment Plant In Glen Rock Two employees at Ridgewood’s wastewater treatment plant in Glen Rock were hospitalized Saturday morning after being overcome by fumes. Two Ridgewood Water employees and a Glen Rock DPW employee "detected a foreign odor coming from inside the treatment center and went inside to investigate" around 7:30 a.m., Glen Rock Police Lt. Christopher McInerney said. "During their brief investigation, they began to feel sick and exited." Two of the employees were taken to The Valley Hospital, McInerney said. The third refused medical attention, he said. Glen Rock police, firefighters and EMS were joi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Ex-Elmwood Park Fire Captain Charged With Embezzling $100,000 From Department Ex-Elmwood Park Fire Captain Charged With Embezzling $100,000 From Department Ex-Elmwood Park Fire Captain Charged With Embezzling $100,000 From Department
Ex-Elmwood Park Fire Captain Charged With Embezzling $100,000 From Department A now-former Elmwood Park fire captain stole nearly $100,000 from the department, said authorities who arrested him. Robert E. Daubenberger, a 55-year-old former volunteer captain, was charged with theft by deception, forgery and falsifying records after surrendering to authorities, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Friday. The single, unemployed Daubenberger, who was the department’s treasurer, drew attention after fire officials told police that more than $48,000 was missing from Defender Company #2’s accounts and over $50,000 from the Elmwood Park Fireman’s Relief Association’s …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Paramus Man Charged With Death Threats To Parents Of Local Schoolchildren Paramus Man Charged With Death Threats To Parents Of Local Schoolchildren Paramus Man Charged With Death Threats To Parents Of Local Schoolchildren
Paramus Man Charged With Death Threats To Parents Of Local Schoolchildren A Paramus man sent letters threatening the parents of children at a local school, authorities said. Parents in Hackensack and West Milford, as well as in Paramus, “received letters threatening serious bodily injury and death to them and their family members,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Friday. A joint investigation by members of Musella’s Intelligence & Counterterrorism Unit with Paramus and Hackensack police and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service determined that Stanley Lenkiewicz, 49, “sent the threatening letters to parents of students at a school in Paramus and to a …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Paramus PD: Two More Members Of Auto Theft Ring Caught Returning To Same Neighborhood Paramus PD: Two More Members Of Auto Theft Ring Caught Returning To Same Neighborhood Paramus PD: Two More Members Of Auto Theft Ring Caught Returning To Same Neighborhood
Paramus PD: Two More Members Of Auto Theft Ring Caught Returning To Same Neighborhood Two members of an auto theft ring believed responsible for a rash of vehicle thefts and burglaries in Paramus weren’t tough to find, police said Friday. Having already seized one suspect before dawn the day before, officers received a call of two suspicious-looking men in the area of Linwood Avenue and Godwin Road around 5:30 a.m., Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. Officer Michael Boccher spotted and stopped Michael Acosta, 18, of Paterson and Edras Mendoza, 20, of Passaic, moments later, Ehrenberg said. Both told officers they were headed to the Jersey Place home of relatives, but poli…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Englewood Boy, 2, Rushed To Hospital After Ingesting Thyroid Meds Englewood Boy, 2, Rushed To Hospital After Ingesting Thyroid Meds Englewood Boy, 2, Rushed To Hospital After Ingesting Thyroid Meds
Englewood Boy, 2, Rushed To Hospital After Ingesting Thyroid Meds A 2-year-old Englewood boy who ingested thyroid medication was conscious and alert when taken to the hospital Friday, authorities said. Responding officers were met in the lobby of the William Street building by the boy’s father, who said he’d taken an unknown amount of the medication, Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said. The boy was “alert, conscious and responsive” when EMS took him to nearby Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, Halstead said. Detectives were investigating, as was the state Division of Child Protection and Permanency, the deputy chief said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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TRIBUTE: Selfless Saddle Brook Police Vet With Heart Of Gold Succumbs To Cancer TRIBUTE: Selfless Saddle Brook Police Vet With Heart Of Gold Succumbs To Cancer TRIBUTE: Selfless Saddle Brook Police Vet With Heart Of Gold Succumbs To Cancer
Tribute: Selfless Saddle Brook Police Vet With Heart Of Gold Succumbs To Cancer TRIBUTE: It is with deepest regret and sadness that our department announces the passing of Saddle Brook Police Officer Michael Juliano. Mike, 47, passed in the early morning hours of Aug. 1 (Thursday) due to complications related to his battle with pancreatic cancer. After it was detected in February, Mike was re-assigned from police patrol division and placed on modified assignment and duty hours to accommodate his medical treatments and procedures, which became necessary for his immediate future. Mike was a fighter and wasn't looking at his condition awaiting the Grim Reaper – but, rath…

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by Saddle Brook Police Chief Robert Kugler
Paterson, NJ
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Man Struck By Commuter Train In Paterson Hospitalized Man Struck By Commuter Train In Paterson Hospitalized Man Struck By Commuter Train In Paterson Hospitalized
Man Struck By Commuter Train In Paterson Hospitalized A man was taken to the hospital in critical condition after being struck by a commuter train in Paterson Thursday night, NJ Transit said. The 1134 Main Bergen County Line train left Suffern at 10:30 p.m. bound for arrival in Hoboken at 10:59 p.m., NJT’s Kate Thompson said. It had 42 passengers aboard when it struck the man soon after on Van Houten Street between Straight Street and Memorial Drive, she said. He was extricated and taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in critical condition, she said. Although initial reports were that two people were involved, Thompson said that onl…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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STANDOFF: Park Ridge Police Sergeant Talks Out Armed Barricaded Gun Collector STANDOFF: Park Ridge Police Sergeant Talks Out Armed Barricaded Gun Collector STANDOFF: Park Ridge Police Sergeant Talks Out Armed Barricaded Gun Collector
Standoff: Park Ridge Police Sergeant Talks Out Armed Barricaded Gun Collector UPDATE: An agitated weapons collector who barricaded himself in a Park Ridge basement with a loaded gun during a family dispute finally emerged peacefully nearly 2½ hours later, thanks to a local police sergeant, authorities said. The 32-year-old former U.S. Army veteran had been drinking when he had words with his mother, grabbed a rifle and went to the basement of the Johnsvale Road home around 9:15 p.m., they said. Police were aware that he had "a large cache of weapons at the ready," Police Chief Joseph Madden said Friday morning. Inside the house were at least 30 legally-registered we…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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UPDATE: Barricaded Park Ridge Gun Collector, 32, Surrenders Peacefully UPDATE: Barricaded Park Ridge Gun Collector, 32, Surrenders Peacefully UPDATE: Barricaded Park Ridge Gun Collector, 32, Surrenders Peacefully
Update: Barricaded Park Ridge Gun Collector, 32, Surrenders Peacefully UPDATE: An agitated weapons collector who barricaded himself in a Park Ridge basement with a loaded gun during a family dispute finally emerged peacefully nearly 2½ hours later, thanks to a local police sergeant, authorities said. The 32-year-old former U.S. Army veteran had been drinking when he had words with his mother, grabbed a rifle and went to the basement of the Johnsvale Road home around 9:15 p.m., they said. Police were aware that he had "a large cache of weapons at the ready," Police Chief Joseph Madden said Friday morning. Inside the house were at least 30 legally-registered we…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Child, 2, Pulled From Paterson Backyard Pool Rushed To Hospital With Police Escort Child, 2, Pulled From Paterson Backyard Pool Rushed To Hospital With Police Escort Child, 2, Pulled From Paterson Backyard Pool Rushed To Hospital With Police Escort
Child, 2, Pulled From Paterson Backyard Pool Rushed To Hospital With Police Escort Paterson police detectives were called to investigate after a 2-year-old potential drowning victim was brought to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center Thursday night. The call to the backyard pool at Elberon Avenue came in around 6 p.m. Police provided an escort to the hospital while CPR was being conducted. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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