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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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
HERO: Elmwood Park Firefighter Who Works As NJ Transit Dispatcher Helps Nab Burglary Suspect HERO: Elmwood Park Firefighter Who Works As NJ Transit Dispatcher Helps Nab Burglary Suspect HERO: Elmwood Park Firefighter Who Works As NJ Transit Dispatcher Helps Nab Burglary Suspect
Hero: Elmwood Park Firefighter Who Works As NJ Transit Dispatcher Helps Nab Burglary Suspect Elmwood Park volunteer firefighter Greg Thompson isn't anyone to mess with. A suspected burglar who punched a police officer after climbing out the window of a neighborhood home on Thursday found out the hard way, authorities said. Thompson, who works as a dispatcher for New Jersey Transit and lives nearby, tackled the fleeing 16-year-old suspect before police Lt. John Harris quickly him into custody. Harris was among the officers who responded to the call of a teen climbing out the Lee Street window around 11:40 a.m., Police Chief Michael Foligno said. The intruder was described as …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
'Not My Proudest Moment,' Says Man Rescued After 20-Foot Plunge At Paterson Great Falls 'Not My Proudest Moment,' Says Man Rescued After 20-Foot Plunge At Paterson Great Falls 'Not My Proudest Moment,' Says Man Rescued After 20-Foot Plunge At Paterson Great Falls
'Not My Proudest Moment,' Says Man Rescued After 20-Foot Plunge At Paterson Great Falls A 29-year-old man who had to be rescued after falling more than 20 feet at the Paterson Great Falls considers himself lucky to walk away with bumps and bruises. Police briefly detained the man before quickly releasing him Wednesday evening after determining what had happened. An ambulance took him to the hospital, where he was treated before being released. The Maywood man said he and a friend had visited the nearby Paterson Museum before heading over to the falls. "I got curious -- I was an idiot," he said Thursday. "There'a little walkway that brings you down," he added. "I crossed ov…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
THIS SUNDAY: Pink Heals Rallies First Responders For Special Waldwick, Cliffside Park Boys THIS SUNDAY: Pink Heals Rallies First Responders For Special Waldwick, Cliffside Park Boys THIS SUNDAY: Pink Heals Rallies First Responders For Special Waldwick, Cliffside Park Boys
This Sunday: Pink Heals Rallies First Responders For Special Waldwick, Cliffside Park Boys Two special young boys will be treated to a parade of first responders this Sunday in Waldwick, thanks to Pink Heals of Bergen County. Both Cole McKeon of Waldwick and Austin “AJ” Katchen of Cliffside Park were diagnosed months apart last year with Stage 4 neuroblastoma, a type of cancer that attacks certain types of nerve tissue. Before his first birthday, AJ had successful tumor resection surgery, the first of several operations. He’s also undergone chemotherapy that kept him hospitalized several months. Doctors declared AJ in remission last summer, but his immunotherapy and radiation t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Former Lodi, North Bergen Ex-Con Charged With Trying To Burn Down Franklin Lakes Home Former Lodi, North Bergen Ex-Con Charged With Trying To Burn Down Franklin Lakes Home Former Lodi, North Bergen Ex-Con Charged With Trying To Burn Down Franklin Lakes Home
Former Lodi, North Bergen Ex-Con Charged With Trying To Burn Down Franklin Lakes Home A career criminal from North Jersey was charged with trying to burn down a Franklin Lakes home Wednesday night. Keith Koeppel, 61, was being held Thursday in the Bergen County Jail pending a court appearance. He's charged with arson with the potential to cause death or serious injury and criminal mischief. Firefighters needed about a half-hour to douse the two-alarm blaze at the single family home on southbound Route 208 late Wednesday. An arson-investigating K-9 unit was then summoned. An arson-investigating K-9 unit was then summoned. Koeppel was subsequently taken into custody. O…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Teaneck Fugitive Wanted For Fort Lee Domestic Violence Attempted Murder Surrenders At BC Jail Teaneck Fugitive Wanted For Fort Lee Domestic Violence Attempted Murder Surrenders At BC Jail Teaneck Fugitive Wanted For Fort Lee Domestic Violence Attempted Murder Surrenders At BC Jail
Teaneck Fugitive Wanted For Fort Lee Domestic Violence Attempted Murder Surrenders At BC Jail UPDATE: With a posse on his tail, a Teaneck man accused of stabbing his roommate in Fort Lee turned himself in, authorities said. Asim B. Ouhuru, 33, was taken to Bergen New Bridge Medical Center after surrendering at the Bergen County Jail on River Street in Hackensack, Capt. Daniel Zusi said. Ouhuru was headed directly back to the jail Friday afternoon after an evaluation, he said. A man whom Ouhuru lived with was hospitalized with stab wounds in what the captain said was a domestic assault at 1 Executive Drive at 6:55 a.m. Thursday. Ouhuru ran to a nearby Delta gas station on westbound…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
NJ Temporarily Suspends License Of Hasbrouck Heights Internist, 67, Charged In Two Sex Assaults NJ Temporarily Suspends License Of Hasbrouck Heights Internist, 67, Charged In Two Sex Assaults NJ Temporarily Suspends License Of Hasbrouck Heights Internist, 67, Charged In Two Sex Assaults
NJ Temporarily Suspends License Of Hasbrouck Heights Internist, 67, Charged In Two Sex Assaults UPDATE: A veteran Hasbrouck Heights internist who's charged with sexually assaulting two female patients during office visits had his license temporarily suspended, authorities announced Thursday. Carl J. Renner, 67, a North Bergen native who lives in Glen Rock, was taken into custody by Hasbrouck Heights police at Heights Medical, 288 Boulevard, on June 6. He was at first charged with sexually assaulting a patient at his office three days earlier. Authorities later added additional charges stemming from what they said were reported sexual assaults on another patient during two separa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Passenger Freed In Emerson Crash Passenger Freed In Emerson Crash Passenger Freed In Emerson Crash
Passenger Freed In Emerson Crash A passenger was hospitalized after being extricated by Paramus firefighters following a Thursday morning crash in Emerson. Members of the Paramus Rescue Squad freed the woman after the crash around 9:30 a.m. on Soldier Hill Road at Forest Avenue at the border of both towns. The driver refused medical attention. Local police also responded. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this report and took the photo.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Another ER Walk-In: Teen Shot In Paterson Another ER Walk-In: Teen Shot In Paterson Another ER Walk-In: Teen Shot In Paterson
Another ER Walk-In: Teen Shot In Paterson A 17-year-old boy turned up at the hospital after being shot in the leg overnight in Paterson, responders said. The shooting apparently occurred at Cianci Street and Van Houten streets around 1:50 a.m. Police arrived to find the victim got to the emergency room at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center with a bullet wound in his lower right leg, responders said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
'Not My Proudest Moment,' Says Man Rescued After 20-Foot Plunge At Paterson Great Falls 'Not My Proudest Moment,' Says Man Rescued After 20-Foot Plunge At Paterson Great Falls 'Not My Proudest Moment,' Says Man Rescued After 20-Foot Plunge At Paterson Great Falls
'Not My Proudest Moment,' Says Man Rescued After 20-Foot Plunge At Paterson Great Falls A 29-year-old man who had to be rescued after falling more than 20 feet at the Paterson Great Falls considers himself lucky to walk away with bumps and bruises. Police briefly detained the man before quickly releasing him Wednesday evening after determining what had happened. An ambulance took him to the hospital, where he was treated before being released. The Maywood man said he and a friend had visited the nearby Paterson Museum before heading over to the falls. "I got curious -- I was an idiot," he said Thursday. "There'a little walkway that brings you down," he added. "I crossed ov…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Boy, 8, Hit By Jeep On Passaic Street Boy, 8, Hit By Jeep On Passaic Street Boy, 8, Hit By Jeep On Passaic Street
Boy, 8, Hit By Jeep On Passaic Street An 8-year-old boy was hospitalized with bumps and bruises after being struck by a Jeep in Passaic early Wednesday evening, authorities said. No summonses were issued to the driver of the Wrangler, which hit the boy on Brook Avenue near the corner of Mineral Spring Avenue around 5:30 p.m., police said. Hatzolah EMS of Passaic Clifton took him to St. Joseph's Regional Hospital, they said, adding that the injuries weren't serious.

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