Jerry DeMarco

Senior Reporter

[email protected]

FOLLOW ON

Facebook Twitter Linkedin

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.

Jerry DeMarco's Contributions

Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
PHOTOS: Hackensack Crash Temporarily Halts Train Service PHOTOS: Hackensack Crash Temporarily Halts Train Service PHOTOS: Hackensack Crash Temporarily Halts Train Service
Photos: Hackensack Crash Temporarily Halts Train Service Commuter train service was briefly suspended after two vehicles collided Tuesday evening at a Hackensack railroad crossing. No injuries were reported after the Jeep and wagon collided at Clinton and Terrace places, sending the Jeep onto the railroad right-of-way next to the tracks, shortly before 7 p.m. Both vehicles had to be towed. NJ Transit's Pascack Valley Line was held up until the wreckage was cleared. Both vehicles had to be towed.COURTESY: Rich Gelber Pascack Valley Line was held up until the wreckage was cleared.COURTESY: Rich Gelber PHOTOS: Courtesy RICH GELBER

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Cliffside Park PD: North Bergen Thief, 15, Hits Other Teen With Stolen Car Cliffside Park PD: North Bergen Thief, 15, Hits Other Teen With Stolen Car Cliffside Park PD: North Bergen Thief, 15, Hits Other Teen With Stolen Car
Cliffside Park PD: North Bergen Thief, 15, Hits Other Teen With Stolen Car A 15-year-old North Bergen boy driving a stolen car struck another teen in Cliffside Park, then was captured as he tried to flee along with a passenger who'd been involved in a chase-related police shooting last month, authorities said. The Lexus, stolen out of North Bergen a short time earlier, struck the 17-year-old victim Sunday afternoon in the 300 block of Washington Avenue, Capt. Vincent Capano said. The driver and his passenger got out, then drove up the block and parked after having words with the victim, Capano said Tuesday. Responding police officers grabbed the driver, who still…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Newark, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Good Samaritan Who Helped Bloomfield Neighbor Move Beaten With Hammer Police: Good Samaritan Who Helped Bloomfield Neighbor Move Beaten With Hammer Police: Good Samaritan Who Helped Bloomfield Neighbor Move Beaten With Hammer
Police: Good Samaritan Who Helped Bloomfield Neighbor Move Beaten With Hammer A friendly Bloomfield neighbor paid a steep price for his kindness when he was beaten with a hammer near MetLife Stadium, authorities said. Rutherford police didn't have to look for the suspect: He turned up at the hospital where the victim was being treated. The 31-year-old victim apparently let neighbor Joseph Valente, 66, stay at his place after Valente and his girlfriend split up. After a lengthy stay, the neighbor convinced Valente to take a room at the Extended Stay America just off Route 3, Rutherford Police Capt. Patrick Feliciano said. They were unpacking Valente's valuables from…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Neighbor Who Helped Transient Move To Rutherford Hotel Beaten With Hammer Police: Neighbor Who Helped Transient Move To Rutherford Hotel Beaten With Hammer Police: Neighbor Who Helped Transient Move To Rutherford Hotel Beaten With Hammer
Police: Neighbor Who Helped Transient Move To Rutherford Hotel Beaten With Hammer A friendly neighbor paid a steep price for his kindness when he was beaten with a hammer outside a Rutherford hotel, authorities said. Police didn't have to look for the suspect: He turned up at the hospital where the victim was being treated. The victim -- a 31-year-old Bloomfield man -- let neighbor Joseph Valente, 66, stay at his place after Valente and his girlfriend split up, Rutherford police said. After a lengthy stay, the neighbor convinced Valente to take a room at the Extended Stay America just off Route 3, Capt. Patrick Feliciano said. They were unpacking Valente's valuables fr…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
FEDERAL CASE: Ex-Paterson Police Officer Admits Beating, Robbing Suspects, Ordinary Citizens FEDERAL CASE: Ex-Paterson Police Officer Admits Beating, Robbing Suspects, Ordinary Citizens FEDERAL CASE: Ex-Paterson Police Officer Admits Beating, Robbing Suspects, Ordinary Citizens
Federal CASE: Ex-Paterson Police Officer Admits Beating, Robbing Suspects, Ordinary Citizens A now-former Paterson police officer is headed to federal prison for at least 2½ years after admitting Tuesday that he beat and robbed suspects as well as ordinary citizens. Frank Toledo, 30, is one of seven rogue officers that the U.S. government has recently helped the city police department remove from its ranks, authorities in Paterson said. Toledo pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Newark to conspiring to violate citizens’ civil rights in the Silk City as part of a deal with federal prosecutors that will bring him a shorter prison sentence than if he’d been convicted at a…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
BAIL REFORM: Immigrant In Cliffside Park Sex Assault Caught With Good Samaritans' Help Released BAIL REFORM: Immigrant In Cliffside Park Sex Assault Caught With Good Samaritans' Help Released BAIL REFORM: Immigrant In Cliffside Park Sex Assault Caught With Good Samaritans' Help Released
Bail Reform: Immigrant In Cliffside Park Sex Assault Caught With Good Samaritans' Help Released A good Samaritan couple helped catch an assailant who grabbed a woman between the legs and then threw her down on a Cliffside Park street, authorities said. A judge in Hackensack released him less than 24 hours later, records show. The victim was on her cellphone on Day Avenue when Dario Camey Curruchichi, 29, came up behind her on Saturday, borough police Capt. Vincent Capano said. Curruchichi -- listed in jail records as an Ecuadoran citizen -- put his hands between her legs and grabbed the woman's vagina, Capano said. The startled victim turned and was thrown to the ground, he said. Cu…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
SEE ANYTHING? Woman, 56, Robbed At Gunpoint At Route 46 Bus Stop, Saddle Brook Police Say SEE ANYTHING? Woman, 56, Robbed At Gunpoint At Route 46 Bus Stop, Saddle Brook Police Say SEE ANYTHING? Woman, 56, Robbed At Gunpoint At Route 46 Bus Stop, Saddle Brook Police Say
SEE Anything? Woman, 56, Robbed At Gunpoint At Route 46 Bus Stop, Saddle Brook Police Say CAUGHT! (UPDATE): A Saddle Brook man pulled a knife on police who arrested him for robbing a commuter's purse as she stood at a Route 46 bus stop, authorities said. https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/saddlebrook/police-fire/caught-saddle-brook-ex-con-charged-with-robbing-woman-at-route-46-bus-stop/772362/ ****** ORIGINAL STORY: A 56-year-old commuter told police she was robbed by a bandit who pointed a gun at her at a Route 46 bus stop in Saddle Brook. The Brooklyn woman said she was waiting for a New York City-bound bus in the shelter on the side of the eastbound highway at 6th Street whe…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hero Pulls Teaneck Driver From SUV That Barreled Into Hackensack River Hero Pulls Teaneck Driver From SUV That Barreled Into Hackensack River Hero Pulls Teaneck Driver From SUV That Barreled Into Hackensack River
Hero Pulls Teaneck Driver From SUV That Barreled Into Hackensack River The Teaneck driver and passenger of an SUV that barreled down an embankment into the Hackensack River on Tuesday got out safely, thanks to a good Samaritan. The 64-year-old driver from Teaneck mistakenly hit the gas, sending the 2002 Mercedes 330 out of the chute at the Spotless Auto Laundry on River Street and down into the water, authorities said. "The area is not barricaded to prevent vehicles from going straight instead of turning," Police Capt. Nicole Foley said. "She drove out of the car wash and straight into the river." A witness, 31-year-old Oriolos Ran of Guttenberg, jumped into …

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Feds: Wallington Doc, Fair Lawn Drug Store Owners Defraud US Workers' Comp Out Of $10 Million Feds: Wallington Doc, Fair Lawn Drug Store Owners Defraud US Workers' Comp Out Of $10 Million Feds: Wallington Doc, Fair Lawn Drug Store Owners Defraud US Workers' Comp Out Of $10 Million
Feds: Wallington Doc, Fair Lawn Drug Store Owners Defraud US Workers' Comp Out Of $10 Million Postal workers traveled from as far as Florida and Georgia to visit a Wallington doctor who helped the owners of a Fair Lawn pharmacy defraud a federal workers’ compensation program out of $10 million, authorities said. Federal agents on Tuesday raided the Morrissee Avenue home-office of Dr. Mark Filippone, 71, whom they accused of submitting bogus reports that allowed hundreds of now-former U.S. Postal Service employees to submit disability claims for injuries they purportedly suffered on the job. Filippone, a licensed physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist, also prescribed “expen…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Aggravated Assault: Edgewater Officers Injured In Scuffle With Target Shoplifter Aggravated Assault: Edgewater Officers Injured In Scuffle With Target Shoplifter Aggravated Assault: Edgewater Officers Injured In Scuffle With Target Shoplifter
Aggravated Assault: Edgewater Officers Injured In Scuffle With Target Shoplifter What began as shoplifting put a man behind bars after he assaulted two Edgewater police officers, authorities said. Joseph Holman, 36, had been going in and out of the Target on River Road, changing his shirt each time and stuffing electronics into his backpack, Detective Sgt. Timothy Farrell said. Summoned by security, Sgt. Brian VanWettering and Officer Daniel Massuda said they confronted Holman in the electronics section, found him carrying stolen goods and began to take him into custody. Holman resisted, however, Farrell said. Both officers sustained cuts and bruises in a struggle to …

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Prev Page 1021 of 2958 1,019 1,020 1,021 1,022 1,023 Next
10,201 - 10,210 of 29,573 articles