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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Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Jurors Quickly Convict Driver Caught By Lyndhurst PD With More Than ½ Pound Of Coke Jurors Quickly Convict Driver Caught By Lyndhurst PD With More Than ½ Pound Of Coke Jurors Quickly Convict Driver Caught By Lyndhurst PD With More Than ½ Pound Of Coke
Jurors Quickly Convict Driver Caught By Lyndhurst PD With More Than ½ Pound Of Coke It took jurors in Hackensack barely more than half an hour to convict a driver caught by a Lyndhurst police officer with more than a half-pound of cocaine. Superior Court Susan J. Steele ordered 37-year-old Orlando Hernandez held in the Bergen County Jail pending sentencing on convictions for first-degree drug possession with the intent to distribute it and possession of cocaine. Sgt. Paul Haggerty was on patrol on Sept. 21, 2015 when he saw a Volkswagen Passat with an improperly displayed temporary New Jersey registration and missing exterior mirror, according to the original police report…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack PD: City Pedestrian, 71, Crossing Against Light Struck By Pickup Near HUMC Hackensack PD: City Pedestrian, 71, Crossing Against Light Struck By Pickup Near HUMC Hackensack PD: City Pedestrian, 71, Crossing Against Light Struck By Pickup Near HUMC
Hackensack PD: City Pedestrian, 71, Crossing Against Light Struck By Pickup Near Humc A 71-year-old pedestrian sustained a head injury when he crossed against the light and was struck Friday morning by a pickup truck just steps from Hackensack University Medical Center, authorities said. The victim "could not recall what happened" after he was struck at the corner of Prospect Avenue and Essex Street just after 10 a.m., police Capt. Nicole Foley said. The 53-year-old Saddle Brook driver of the 2015 GMC Sierra pick-up told police at the scene that he had the green arrow as he turned left on Essex Street, she said. "A preliminary review of surveillance video in the area appear…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen Prosecutor: Investigators Raid Mini Heroin Factory Near Fairview School, Bust Couple Bergen Prosecutor: Investigators Raid Mini Heroin Factory Near Fairview School, Bust Couple Bergen Prosecutor: Investigators Raid Mini Heroin Factory Near Fairview School, Bust Couple
Bergen Prosecutor: Investigators Raid Mini Heroin Factory Near Fairview School, Bust Couple Investigators arrested a Fairview couple who they said were producing heroin for sale at a home up the street from an elementary school. Jose R. Ulloa, 30, and Stephanie Picinich, 28, were charged with narcotics drug counts, including maintaining or operating a drug-production facility. The investigation leading to Wednesday's warranted raid on the Day Avenue ranch house near Lincoln Elementary School -- and a block from the borough Board of Education building -- began last month, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. A judge the next day ordered both Ulloa and Picinich released with…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Obituaries
Funeral Scheduled For Wyckoff Man, 20, Killed In Motorcycle Crash During Police Chase Funeral Scheduled For Wyckoff Man, 20, Killed In Motorcycle Crash During Police Chase Funeral Scheduled For Wyckoff Man, 20, Killed In Motorcycle Crash During Police Chase
Funeral Scheduled For Wyckoff Man, 20, Killed In Motorcycle Crash During Police Chase A funeral for a 20-year-old Wyckoff man who was killed in a fiery motorcycle crash while being chased by police earlier this week is scheduled for Friday. Mourners were asked to gather at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Santangelo Funeral Home, 300 Main Street in Lodi for the funeral for Frank Lavato. A private cremation will follow. Born in Teaneck and raised in Wyckoff, Lovato managed the family business, LaSalle Landscaping and Construction in Hackensack. "I keep hoping to wake up from this nightmare but the truth is, you’re gone," wrote Lavato's girlfriend of six years, Lizza Thoma of Franklin La…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Ethics Complaint Filed Against Hackensack BOE Trustee Who Called LGBT Teaching 'Repugnant' Ethics Complaint Filed Against Hackensack BOE Trustee Who Called LGBT Teaching 'Repugnant' Ethics Complaint Filed Against Hackensack BOE Trustee Who Called LGBT Teaching 'Repugnant'
Ethics Complaint Filed Against Hackensack BOE Trustee Who Called LGBT Teaching 'Repugnant' A former Hackensack Board of Education member filed a complaint with the state School Ethics Commission on Thursday over a current trustee’s contention that new state laws that require teaching about LGBT history are “repugnant,” “incredibly disturbing” and “frankly shocking.” Frances Cogelja also wrote that the new laws, which require that the curriculum be incorporated in New Jersey middle and high school beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, are a waste of time. Former board member Jason Nunnermacker, in turn, filed the ethics complaint. Nunnermacker, an attorney from Hackensack, ac…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Uber Driver Had 2.2 Pounds Of Heroin, $5,200 Cash Stashed In Caddy Near GWB Prosecutor: Uber Driver Had 2.2 Pounds Of Heroin, $5,200 Cash Stashed In Caddy Near GWB Prosecutor: Uber Driver Had 2.2 Pounds Of Heroin, $5,200 Cash Stashed In Caddy Near GWB
Prosecutor: Uber Driver Had 2.2 Pounds Of Heroin, $5,200 Cash Stashed In Caddy Near GWB A day after Hackensack police said they busted an Uber Eats driver caught masturbating outside a customer’s home, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced the arrest of an Uber driver from the Bronx who he said was carrying more than two pounds of heroin and $5,200 in proceeds. Detectives from Musella’s office stopped 58-year-old Ramon Reyes in Fort Lee and found a hidden compartment in his 2009 Cadillac Escalade holding the drugs and money, the prosecutor said. A judge later released Reyes with conditions pending further court action on charges of possessing heroin for sale and mone…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Feds Indict Man Accused Of Shooting David Ortiz On Heroin, Cocaine Trafficking Charges Feds Indict Man Accused Of Shooting David Ortiz On Heroin, Cocaine Trafficking Charges Feds Indict Man Accused Of Shooting David Ortiz On Heroin, Cocaine Trafficking Charges
Feds Indict Man Accused Of Shooting David Ortiz On Heroin, Cocaine Trafficking Charges A federal grand jury in New Jersey on Thursday indicted the Paterson man accused of shooting baseball legend David “Big Papi” Ortiz on heroin- and cocaine-dealing charges. Rolfi Ferreira-Cruz, 25, also is charged in the indictment returned in Newark with carrying a gun while committing a drug crime, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Ferreira-Cruz has been imprisoned in the Dominican Republic on attempted murder charges since the June 9 attempt on the former Red Sox superstar's life earlier this month. He's been wanted, as well, for a pair of street robberies in Clifton last year. Ferrei…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
8 New Lyndhurst Police Officers Sworn 8 New Lyndhurst Police Officers Sworn 8 New Lyndhurst Police Officers Sworn
8 New Lyndhurst Police Officers Sworn Four new Lyndhurst police officers are headed to the academy while four more have entered the department’s orientation training after being sworn in. Mayor Robert Giangeruso, accompanied by Police Chief Richard Jarvis, swore in the new hires, who bring the total number of officers in the department to 53. Assigned to the patrol division after completing orientation: Angel Batista, an Essex County sheriff’s officer since 2017, is a decorated U.S Army combat veteran who served two tours of duty in Afghanistan during the Global War on Terror and Operation Enduring Freedom; Thomas R. Seick…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Body Of Renowned Researcher Who Drowned In Hudson Swim Between Tappan Zee, GWB Recovered Body Of Renowned Researcher Who Drowned In Hudson Swim Between Tappan Zee, GWB Recovered Body Of Renowned Researcher Who Drowned In Hudson Swim Between Tappan Zee, GWB Recovered
Body Of Renowned Researcher Who Drowned In Hudson Swim Between Tappan Zee, GWB Recovered UPDATE: The body of an internationally-recognized AIDS researcher and activist who drowned during the next-to-last-leg of a 120-mile marathon was recovered from the Hudson River, authorities confirmed. A kayaker alerted the NYPD after spotting the body of Charles Van der Horst, 67, of Chapel Hill, NC Tuesday morning, they said. It was brought to the Dyckman Street Boat Marina. The Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Marine Services Bureau assisted the NYPD Harbor Patrol Unit in the recovery. A spotter saw Van der Horst go under and not reappear near the foot of the "Little Red Lightho…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Elmwood Park Police ID Fugitive Driver Accused Of Stabbing Alleged Attackers On Route 46 Elmwood Park Police ID Fugitive Driver Accused Of Stabbing Alleged Attackers On Route 46 Elmwood Park Police ID Fugitive Driver Accused Of Stabbing Alleged Attackers On Route 46
Elmwood Park Police ID Fugitive Driver Accused Of Stabbing Alleged Attackers On Route 46 UPDATE: A driver accused of stabbing two men who were in a group that beat him on Route 46 in Elmwood Park Wednesday afternoon was identified as a Miami, Florida resident. Police were checking area hospitals to see if Danny Vlado had gone to their emergency rooms after the 4:30 p.m incident, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. The gang of four knocked Vlado to the ground, then kicked and punched him outside their home, above a mini-shopping strip on the highway's eastbound side (see photo), Foligno said. Vlado stabbed two of them -- one in the head, the other in the hand, the chief said. …

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