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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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Hit-Run Lodi Driver Injures Clifton Girl, 12 Hit-Run Lodi Driver Injures Clifton Girl, 12 Hit-Run Lodi Driver Injures Clifton Girl, 12
Hit-Run Lodi Driver Injures Clifton Girl, 12 A 12-year-old Clifton girl briefly lost consciousness after being struck by a car whose driver kept going, authorities said. A patrol unit found the 48-year-old Lodi driver parked in his Honda Civic on East 4th Street, a few blocks from the scene of Sunday's 2:30 p.m. crash, Clifton Police Lt. Robert Bracken said. The girl was taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson after the coupe struck her as she crossed Lakeview Avenue near Roosevelt Avenue outside the Dollar General store, Bracken said. She was alert and conscious, with several cuts and bruises, when EMTs arrived, he…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Fire Doused At Mahwah Restaurant Fire Doused At Mahwah Restaurant Fire Doused At Mahwah Restaurant
Fire Doused At Mahwah Restaurant Unsuspecting patrons continued dining at a Mahwah restaurant after a fire broke out on the roof, authorities said. No one was injured in the afternoon blaze at Namaste India, they said.  "They were doing a patch job on the roof and the tar ignited," one said. "They tried to douse with a garden hose." Flames spread down into the walls on the northeast corner of the building. The building wasn't evacuated until firefighters arrived in response to an alarm triggered by the blaze, responders said. Township firefighters and Mahwah Rescue 1 members were assisted by their colleagues from S…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Fearless Englewood Homeowner Pursues Burglar Out Window, Police Seize Suspect, Repeat Offender Fearless Englewood Homeowner Pursues Burglar Out Window, Police Seize Suspect, Repeat Offender Fearless Englewood Homeowner Pursues Burglar Out Window, Police Seize Suspect, Repeat Offender
Fearless Englewood Homeowner Pursues Burglar Out Window, Police Seize Suspect, Repeat Offender A fearless Englewood homeowner just missed tackling a burglar before he leaped out her kitchen window and fled, only to be captured three weeks later by city detectives. The First Street homeowner told police she arrived home the afternoon of July 1 to find a man standing in her yard. “When she asked him what his purpose was for being there, he said he lived next door,” Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said. “The resident then noticed that her living room window was wide open,” Halstead said. “Knowing that she had not left it like that, she immediately became suspicious.” She rushed i…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
SEE ANYTHING? Victim Knocked Cold, Run Over In Palisades Park: Driver, Others Sought SEE ANYTHING? Victim Knocked Cold, Run Over In Palisades Park: Driver, Others Sought SEE ANYTHING? Victim Knocked Cold, Run Over In Palisades Park: Driver, Others Sought
SEE Anything? Victim Knocked Cold, Run Over In Palisades Park: Driver, Others Sought A 33-year-old man remained hospitalized in critical but stable condition Friday after he was knocked out during a fight and then accidentally run over by an SUV outside a Palisades Park karaoke bar. Authorities were searching for three men who beat the victim, as well as for the driver, all of whom fled following last Sunday’s 2:14 a.m. incident outside Rock 21 Bar & Karaoke off Bergen Boulevard. "Surveillance video recovered from the area indicates that the victim was assaulted by three unknown males and left unconscious in the eastbound lane of East Palisade Boulevard, west of the int…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Palisades Parkway PD: Fleeing Driver Crashes, Bolts Palisades Parkway PD: Fleeing Driver Crashes, Bolts Palisades Parkway PD: Fleeing Driver Crashes, Bolts
Palisades Parkway PD: Fleeing Driver Crashes, Bolts A fleeing driver crashed and ran after police broke off an overnight chase Friday on the Palisades Interstate Parkway. Officers tried stopping the speeding BMW sedan as it headed south on the parkway in Englewood Cliffs shortly after 2 a.m., Lt. Jock H. Watkins Jr. said. The driver, in turn, “accelerated and refused to pull onto the shoulder,” Watkins said. “The officers chose to terminate the pursuit within seconds due to the high rate of speed and the suspect’s [driving] becoming erratic,” the lieutenant said. They lost sight of the Bimmer, then eventually found it on the right shoulder…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Emerson PD Busts Reputed Brooklyn Counterfeiting Crew With Dozens Of Bogus Bills Emerson PD Busts Reputed Brooklyn Counterfeiting Crew With Dozens Of Bogus Bills Emerson PD Busts Reputed Brooklyn Counterfeiting Crew With Dozens Of Bogus Bills
Emerson PD Busts Reputed Brooklyn Counterfeiting Crew With Dozens Of Bogus Bills Several accused members of a Brooklyn counterfeiting crew that's been operating in North Jersey were carrying dozens of bogus bills when Emerson police stopped them, authorities said Friday. An alert was issued after the crew passed a couple of fakes at a Fairview QuickChek on Monday. Emerson police spotted their four-door Toyota and pulled it over around 1 a.m. Thursday. The occupants reportedly claimed they’d been playing basketball in the area. After smelling burnt marijuana, officers reported finding more than two dozen counterfeit $100 bills and a fifty. Serial numbers apparentl…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
NYPD: Device Found In Backpack Of Man Who Jumped In Front Of NYC Train No Threat NYPD: Device Found In Backpack Of Man Who Jumped In Front Of NYC Train No Threat NYPD: Device Found In Backpack Of Man Who Jumped In Front Of NYC Train No Threat
Nypd: Device Found In Backpack Of Man Who Jumped In Front Of NYC Train No Threat UPDATE: A suspicious device found in the backpack of a man who jumped in front of a train in Queens Friday morning was deemed safe by the NYPD's bomb squad. The as-yet-unidentified 68-year-old man jumped in front of the A train around 6:45 a.m. at 80th Street in Ozone Park, the NYPD said. The department summoned the bomb squad and shut down the area after responders reported finding the "suspicious device" -- described as a pipe capped at both ends -- in his backpack. It was later deemed safe. The man was taken in critical condition to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in Richmond Hill, the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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Three Passengers Hospitalized, Driver Cited, After Vehicle Rolls In Oakland Three Passengers Hospitalized, Driver Cited, After Vehicle Rolls In Oakland Three Passengers Hospitalized, Driver Cited, After Vehicle Rolls In Oakland
Three Passengers Hospitalized, Driver Cited, After Vehicle Rolls In Oakland Three passengers were hospitalized with minor injuries after their vehicle rolled into a ditch in Oakland on Thursday, authorities said. Responding police, firefighters and First Aid Squad members found the vehicle on its passenger side off Skyline Drive around 12:45 p.m., Detective Lt. Christian Eldridge said. The three passengers were removed from the 2017 Nissan and taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, the lieutenant said. The Ringwood driver, who wasn’t injured, received a careless driving summons, Eldridge said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Hackensack Man Slams Windshield With Sledgehammer, Flees Police: Hackensack Man Slams Windshield With Sledgehammer, Flees Police: Hackensack Man Slams Windshield With Sledgehammer, Flees
Police: Hackensack Man Slams Windshield With Sledgehammer, Flees A Hackensack man smashed a car windshield with a sledgehammer in the parking lot of a local supermarket, then led police on a brief chase Thursday afternoon before being caught in Ridgefield Park, authorities said. Responding Hackensack officers tried to stop Gary Jones, who sped off in an older-model BMW after damaging a vehicle at the West Pleasantview Avenue Stop & Shop across from his home around 2:45 p.m., Capt. Francesco Aquila said. The officers chased Jones onto Route 80 before terminating the pursuit due to safety concerns. After hearing the alert, Bogota police and Bergen Cou…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Store Owner From Teaneck Admits Pocketing $750,000 Of Taxpayer Money In Food Voucher Scam Store Owner From Teaneck Admits Pocketing $750,000 Of Taxpayer Money In Food Voucher Scam Store Owner From Teaneck Admits Pocketing $750,000 Of Taxpayer Money In Food Voucher Scam
Store Owner From Teaneck Admits Pocketing $750,000 Of Taxpayer Money In Food Voucher Scam A now-former store owner from Teaneck who was captured after fleeing the country admitted Thursday that he scammed the federal government out of more than $750,000 through a federal food voucher scheme. Jamil Bader, 60, put a small grocery store that he owned on Clinton Avenue in Newark in another person’s name because he’d been banned from participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) because of similar wrongdoing, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. This time, Bader admitted, he “repeatedly exchanged SNAP benefits for cash and kept a portion of the proceeds for him…

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