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
Hawthorne PD: OD’d Driver Of Truck Parked On Sidewalk Claimed Toilet Water Was Urine Sample Hawthorne PD: OD’d Driver Of Truck Parked On Sidewalk Claimed Toilet Water Was Urine Sample Hawthorne PD: OD’d Driver Of Truck Parked On Sidewalk Claimed Toilet Water Was Urine Sample
Hawthorne PD: OD’d Driver Of Truck Parked On Sidewalk Claimed Toilet Water Was Urine Sample A passed-out Greenwood Lake driver whose truck partially blocked a gas station entrance later scooped water from a toilet and claimed it was his urine sample, Hawthorne police charged. Officers responding to a call of an erratic driver found Patrick DiCola, 50, out cold behind the wheel of a 1987 Chevy Blazer parked on the sidewalk and partially in the station entrance, Detective Sgt. Matthew Hoogmoed said. The motor was still running, he said. “It took several attempts for officers to awake the driver,” who, Hoogmoed said, “kept falling asleep mid-conversation.” DiCola said he’d taken he…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Gone In 30 Seconds (VIDEO): Here's How Car Thieves Steal Unlocked Vehicles In Bergen, Elsewhere Gone In 30 Seconds (VIDEO): Here's How Car Thieves Steal Unlocked Vehicles In Bergen, Elsewhere Gone In 30 Seconds (VIDEO): Here's How Car Thieves Steal Unlocked Vehicles In Bergen, Elsewhere
Gone In 30 Seconds (Video): Here's How Car Thieves Steal Unlocked Vehicles In Bergen, Elsewhere Three car thieves hop out of a stolen vehicle in Fort Lee, test door handles on three SUVs and snatch the one that was unlocked and had the key fob inside. You can watch it happen. Fort Lee police made it simple to see the theft, which took barely half a minute. The crew pulled up to the latest victim's house just after 5:30 a.m. Sunday in another stolen vehicle, they said. All three hustled out and tested door handles. One of them was a winner. The loser: the owner who left the key fob in the unlocked vehicle and found it missing later. Police everywhere -- not just in Fort Lee -- have…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Bomb Note Discovered, Wallington Bowling Alley Evacuated Bomb Note Discovered, Wallington Bowling Alley Evacuated Bomb Note Discovered, Wallington Bowling Alley Evacuated
Bomb Note Discovered, Wallington Bowling Alley Evacuated UPDATE: "I've left a bomb somewhere," read a note that ended up clearing a Wallington bowling alley and bringing in tactical units. A cook found the note, written in black marker, behind a urinal pipe next to a stall in the men's bathroom at Bowlero just before 10 p.m. Saturday, Capt. Shawn Kudlacik said. The business was evacuated and Paterson Avenue briefly closed down. The Bergen County Sheriff's Bomb Squad and K-9 Unit swept the building without finding anything, eventually allowing patrons and employees to return, Kudlacik said. Detectives checked surveillance cameras and interviewed…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
SEEN HIM? Cliffside Park Police Release Images Of Assailant Who Stabbed, Beat Borough Resident SEEN HIM? Cliffside Park Police Release Images Of Assailant Who Stabbed, Beat Borough Resident SEEN HIM? Cliffside Park Police Release Images Of Assailant Who Stabbed, Beat Borough Resident
Seen HIM? Cliffside Park Police Release Images Of Assailant Who Stabbed, Beat Borough Resident Police hope someone recognizes a suspect who they said stabbed a longtime Cliffside Park resident outside his apartment. The 57-year-old victim had just parked his car and was headed home in the 600 block of Palisade Avenue on July 6 when he was rushed by the assailant, who'd been sitting on a nearby bench, Detective Capt. Vincent Capano said. The attacker punched him in the face, threw him to the ground and stabbed him in the arm and back with a folding knife before fleeing, Capano said. The victim was treated at Palisades Medical Center in North Bergen for serious injuries before being r…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Air Force Honors New Milford Airman For Anti-Suicide Work Among Vets, Responders Air Force Honors New Milford Airman For Anti-Suicide Work Among Vets, Responders Air Force Honors New Milford Airman For Anti-Suicide Work Among Vets, Responders
Air Force Honors New Milford Airman For Anti-Suicide Work Among Vets, Responders U.S. Air Force Technical Sgt. James P. Connors of New Milford has dedicated himself to combating suicide among the military and first responders -- from police to firefighters. For that reason, the force recently awarded the retired Teaneck firefighter its Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal. Connors distinguished himself through “leadership, ceaseless efforts and dedication” to the Save a Warrior program, which aims to reduce suicide among returning veterans, active service members and first responders with post-traumatic stress, the Air Force said in awarding him an Outstanding Volunteer …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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‘They Never Thought’: Rolex Watch Crew Busted In Series Of Violent Bergen Street Robberies ‘They Never Thought’: Rolex Watch Crew Busted In Series Of Violent Bergen Street Robberies ‘They Never Thought’: Rolex Watch Crew Busted In Series Of Violent Bergen Street Robberies
‘They Never Thought’: Rolex Watch Crew Busted In Series Of Violent Bergen Street Robberies An elite unit of prosecutor’s detectives cracked a violent street spree in several Bergen County towns with the arrests of three adults – two of them from New York City – and a Georgia juvenile who targeted victims they figured had money, authorities announced Monday. Jabri L. Moore, 30, of Gorge Road in Cliffside Park, the 17-year-old juvenile from Douglasville, GA and the other two – Jamaris Gray, 20, and Jaylen Nichols, 19, of the Bronx -- all unemployed -- targeted victims wearing Rolex watches, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. They strong-armed victims in Paramus, Englewood…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
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Jumper, 28, Plunges Two Stories From Garden State Parkway In Paramus Jumper, 28, Plunges Two Stories From Garden State Parkway In Paramus Jumper, 28, Plunges Two Stories From Garden State Parkway In Paramus
Jumper, 28, Plunges Two Stories From Garden State Parkway In Paramus An emotionally distraught man was hospitalized after he plunged 20 or so feet from a Garden State Parkway overpass Monday afternoon in Paramus. Officers found the 28-year-old attempted suicide victim on westbound Midland Avenue below the GSP's northbound side, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. He suffered a possible broken ankle, we well as foot and extremity injuries, Ehrenberg said. The man, who is believed to be from Paterson, was conscious when being taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, the chief said. Washington Township police assisted. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: Armed Robbery Of Wayne Gas Station Where OD Driver Killed Similar To Pequannock Holdup UPDATE: Armed Robbery Of Wayne Gas Station Where OD Driver Killed Similar To Pequannock Holdup UPDATE: Armed Robbery Of Wayne Gas Station Where OD Driver Killed Similar To Pequannock Holdup
Update: Armed Robbery Of Wayne Gas Station Where OD Driver Killed Similar To Pequannock Holdup Authorities suspect the masked bandit who this weekend robbed a Route 23 Delta gas station in Wayne where a horrific heroin-involved crash killed three people earlier this year also held up a Pequannock Delta station two weeks ago. The attendant told uniformed Wayne officers who responded to the northbound Route 23 Delta station around 8:30 p.m. Saturday "displayed a semiautomatic handgun and demanded money," Capt. Christian Wittig said. Authorities didn't say how much was taken, although responders told Daily Voice the preliminary estimate was about $700. "The victim turned over money to …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
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Lodi House Fire Rekindles Lodi House Fire Rekindles Lodi House Fire Rekindles
Lodi House Fire Rekindles UPDATE: Lodi firefighters returned to the scene of an early-morning house blaze after it rekindled a few hours later. No injuries were reported in the Avenue D blaze, which initially broke out just after 5:30 a.m. Monday and was contained to the upper floor.  Lodi firefighters, who were assisted by their colleagues from Hackensack, Saddle Brook and Wallington, returned three hours later to extinguish the rekindled flames. The Lodi Fire Prevention Bureau was investigating to determine the cause.  No injuries were reported.Damien Danis for DAILY VOICE The Avenue D blaze in Lodi broke…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Lyndhurst Police Chase Ends In Crash, Arrest Lyndhurst Police Chase Ends In Crash, Arrest Lyndhurst Police Chase Ends In Crash, Arrest
Lyndhurst Police Chase Ends In Crash, Arrest A car thief was captured by Lyndhurst police after crashing a brand-new SUV into a traffic signal during a pre-dawn chase, authorities said Monday. Fredy Felix, 18, of Passaic started out walking the streets of Lyndhurst around 4:30 a.m., testing door handles for unlocked vehicles, several of which he found, Detective Sgt. Vincent Auteri said. After taking an assortment of valuables from those cars, the sergeant said, Felix got into an unlocked 2019 Toyota RAV 4 purchased just days earlier -- and found the valet key in the glove compartment. Soon after, Officer Mark Rivera tried pulling th…

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