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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Newark, NJ
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Newark Store Owner Admits Pocketing $750,000 Of Taxpayer Money In Federal Food Voucher Scam Newark Store Owner Admits Pocketing $750,000 Of Taxpayer Money In Federal Food Voucher Scam Newark Store Owner Admits Pocketing $750,000 Of Taxpayer Money In Federal Food Voucher Scam
Newark Store Owner Admits Pocketing $750,000 Of Taxpayer Money In Federal Food Voucher Scam A now-former Newark store owner 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 himself,”…

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West Milford, NJ
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Police ID Pedestrian, 28, Struck On Route 23 In West Milford Police ID Pedestrian, 28, Struck On Route 23 In West Milford Police ID Pedestrian, 28, Struck On Route 23 In West Milford
Police ID Pedestrian, 28, Struck On Route 23 In West Milford Authorities on Thursday said they didn’t know the condition of a 28-year-old Hewitt man who was struck by a sedan on Route 23 the night before. Joseph Lanzo was airlifted to Morristown Medical Center after being struck just after 9:30 p.m. near the Grasshopper Irish Pub on the northbound highway near Cross Road. Artem Samsonov, 27, of Pinebrook, was behind the wheel of the 2013 Lexus that struck Lanzo – and was, in turn, rear-ended by a 2014 Ford Escape driven by a 57-year-old Oak Ridge woman, Sgt. Anthony Parrello said. A landing zone was set up for AirMed One at the Paradise Kroll School…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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Hillsdale Man, 54, Pinned By Fallen Car Pronounced Dead At Scene Hillsdale Man, 54, Pinned By Fallen Car Pronounced Dead At Scene Hillsdale Man, 54, Pinned By Fallen Car Pronounced Dead At Scene
Hillsdale Man, 54, Pinned By Fallen Car Pronounced Dead At Scene UPDATE: A few good Samaritans helped responding police officers lift a vehicle off a 54-year-old Hillsdale man who was changing a tire when it fell, killing him, authorities said. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene soon after the 7:20 p.m. accident Wednesday on Colonial Boulevard near Maple Avenue, borough police Detective Travis Woods said. Also responding were borough detectives and EMS, as well as the Bergen County Sheriff’s Bureau of Criminal Identification, which collected evidence, including the vehicle, Woods said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Tractor-Trailer Topples Traffic Light In Hawthorne Tractor-Trailer Topples Traffic Light In Hawthorne Tractor-Trailer Topples Traffic Light In Hawthorne
Tractor-Trailer Topples Traffic Light In Hawthorne A traffic signal continued to work Thursday afternoon after it got topped by a tractor-trailer in Hawthorne. Municipal DPW workers responded to Wagaraw Road and Lafayette Avenue to separate the pole from the trailer. Lafayette was temporarily closed between Wagaraw and Washington Avenue. PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving (above), Michael Jannicelli (below) Traffic light toppled in Hawthorne.Michael Jannicelli for DAILY VOICE Traffic light toppled in Hawthorne.Michael Jannicelli for DAILY VOICE

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Fair Lawn Businessman Charged With Pocketing $250G From Investor Fair Lawn Businessman Charged With Pocketing $250G From Investor Fair Lawn Businessman Charged With Pocketing $250G From Investor
Fair Lawn Businessman Charged With Pocketing $250G From Investor A self-employed Fair Lawn contractor embezzled $250,000 from an investor, authorities charged. Wilfried Werner, 56, who also works in real estate, received the money as a property investment but used it for himself instead, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Members of Musella’s Financial Crimes Unit arrested him in Fair Lawn on Tuesday, the prosecutor said. Werner, previously of Wyckoff, was charged with theft by deception and released pending an Aug. 7 a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack, the prosecutor said. Records show several judgments agai…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Clifton Stolen Auto Chase Ends In Crash, Detention Of Passaic Teens Clifton Stolen Auto Chase Ends In Crash, Detention Of Passaic Teens Clifton Stolen Auto Chase Ends In Crash, Detention Of Passaic Teens
Clifton Stolen Auto Chase Ends In Crash, Detention Of Passaic Teens Two Passaic teens led Clifton police on a high-speed overnight stolen-car chase that ended when they crashed into a business sign, authorities said. A patrol officer tried pulling over the vehicle after it repeatedly crossed over the dotted line and alternately sped up and slowed down on westbound Route 3 shortly before 1:30 a.m. Thursday, Sgt. Robert Anderson said. The car eventually stopped in the right lane, prompting the officer to tell the 16-year-old driver on his PA system to pull it to the shoulder, Anderson said. The teen hit the gas instead, accelerating onto Allwood Road, he sai…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
Pedestrian Struck On Route 23 In West Milford, Medical Chopper Summoned Pedestrian Struck On Route 23 In West Milford, Medical Chopper Summoned Pedestrian Struck On Route 23 In West Milford, Medical Chopper Summoned
Pedestrian Struck On Route 23 In West Milford, Medical Chopper Summoned Authorities on Thursday said they didn’t know the condition of a 28-year-old Hewitt man who was struck by a sedan on Route 23 the night before. Joseph Lanzo was airlifted to Morristown Medical Center after being struck just after 9:30 p.m. near the Grasshopper Irish Pub on the northbound highway near Cross Road. Artem Samsonov, 27, of Pinebrook, was behind the wheel of the 2013 Lexus that struck Lanzo – and was, in turn, rear-ended by a 2014 Ford Escape driven by a 57-year-old Oak Ridge woman, Sgt. Anthony Parrello said. A landing zone was set up for AirMed One at the Paradise Kroll School…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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Raised Car Falls On, Kills Man In Hillsdale Raised Car Falls On, Kills Man In Hillsdale Raised Car Falls On, Kills Man In Hillsdale
Raised Car Falls On, Kills Man In Hillsdale A few good Samaritans helped responding police officers lift a vehicle off a 54-year-old Hillsdale man who was changing a tire when it fell, killing him, authorities said. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene soon after the 7:20 p.m. accident Wednesday on Colonial Boulevard, borough police Detective Travis Woods said. Also responding were borough detectives and EMS, as well as the Bergen County Sheriff’s Bureau of Criminal Identification, which collected evidence, including the vehicle, Woods said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
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Closter PD: Driver Of Unlocked Stolen Car In Chase Crash Tracked Down In Jersey City Closter PD: Driver Of Unlocked Stolen Car In Chase Crash Tracked Down In Jersey City Closter PD: Driver Of Unlocked Stolen Car In Chase Crash Tracked Down In Jersey City
Closter PD: Driver Of Unlocked Stolen Car In Chase Crash Tracked Down In Jersey City Closter police tracked down a Jersey City man who they said fled during a stolen-car chase earlier this year. Justin Howard, 19, was charged with eluding, resisting arrest and receiving stolen property stemming from the Feb. 4 incident. Closter police were actually chasing two stolen vehicles around 3 a.m. that morning when the one that Howard was in crashed at the Alpine border, Detective Sgt. Vincent Aiello said. The occupants bailed out, ran through a large estate in Alpine and made their getaway in an unlocked car whose owner left the key fob inside, he said. Working with the Jersey C…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
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Police: Rutherford Pedestrian Hit-Run May Have Back Story Police: Rutherford Pedestrian Hit-Run May Have Back Story Police: Rutherford Pedestrian Hit-Run May Have Back Story
Police: Rutherford Pedestrian Hit-Run May Have Back Story Rutherford police sought the public's help finding the driver of an SUV that struck a pedestrian on a residential street Wednesday morning in what may have been more than an accident. The black Volkswagen kept going toward East Passaic Avenue after hitting the 31-year-old victim from Rutherford on Eastern Way just south of Highland Cross near Route 17 around 8 a.m., Capt. Patrick Feliciano said. Witnesses told police an Hispanic man in his 40s was behind the wheel, he said. The victim was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with some scratches and bruises, the captain said. Dete…

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