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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Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Oakland Businessman 'Set Up House' In Franklin Township Resident's Home Police: Oakland Businessman 'Set Up House' In Franklin Township Resident's Home Police: Oakland Businessman 'Set Up House' In Franklin Township Resident's Home
Police: Oakland Businessman 'Set Up House' In Franklin Township Resident's Home A Franklin Lakes resident returned home in the middle of the night to find an apparently homeless businessman from Oakland staying there, said authorities who arrested the alleged intruder. The Scioto Drive resident called police after pulling up around 1:40 a.m. Sunday and finding an unknown car parked in his driveway, Capt. John Bakelaar said. Responding officers found Peter McElkenny, 43, hiding inside, the captain said. Once a respected businessman, McElkenny apparently had been squatting in an unrented house on Lakeshore Drive in Oakland for several months before the landlord became a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgefield Gas Explosion Victim, 48, Dies Ridgefield Gas Explosion Victim, 48, Dies Ridgefield Gas Explosion Victim, 48, Dies
Ridgefield Gas Explosion Victim, 48, Dies UPDATE: A 48-year-old Ridgefield man who was burned on 80% of his body in an explosion that leveled his home on Monday succumbed to his injuries, authorities said Tuesday. Mark Schellack, who lived alone, was rescued from beneath the rubble of his garage by an off-duty police officer who lives nearby and two uniformed borough officers following the explosion on Abbott Avenue near Elizabeth Street just before 11:30 a.m. Monday. He was first taken to Hackensack University Medical Center before being flown to Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, where he was later pronounced dead earl…

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by Jerry DeMarco & Cecilia Levine
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
SEE ANYTHING? Route 3 Gas Station Attendant Fights Off Masked Armed Robber SEE ANYTHING? Route 3 Gas Station Attendant Fights Off Masked Armed Robber SEE ANYTHING? Route 3 Gas Station Attendant Fights Off Masked Armed Robber
SEE Anything? Route 3 Gas Station Attendant Fights Off Masked Armed Robber A Route 3 gas station attendant in Clifton fought off a masked robber who was armed with a handgun, police said. The robber – described as white, thin, dressed all in black and carrying a backpack -- accosted the attendant in the booth of the BP station on the westbound highway around 1 a.m. Friday, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. However, the attendant pushed him out of the booth, sending him running into a nearby wooded area, Bracken said. Police established a perimeter and searched for the robber with the help of a Passaic County sheriff’s K-9, with no luck, the lieutenant said. An…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
RECOGNIZE HIM? Englewood Police Seek Stranger Who Groped Woman At Pool RECOGNIZE HIM? Englewood Police Seek Stranger Who Groped Woman At Pool RECOGNIZE HIM? Englewood Police Seek Stranger Who Groped Woman At Pool
Recognize HIM? Englewood Police Seek Stranger Who Groped Woman At Pool Englewood police sought the public’s help finding a stranger who they said groped a woman at a city apartment complex after offering her money. The victim told police she was sitting in a chair at the Vivian Apartments indoor pool on Sterling Boulevard when he approached her “rapidly moving his hands and up and down near the center of his torso, Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said. The man -- who spoke no English, had yellow teeth and reeked of cigarettes -- sat on a small table near the woman, then “motioned to her and tapped his upper thigh in what the victim believes was an attempt…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Leonia PD: PalPark Driver Stabs Passenger In Leg, Then Flags Down Ambulance Leonia PD: PalPark Driver Stabs Passenger In Leg, Then Flags Down Ambulance Leonia PD: PalPark Driver Stabs Passenger In Leg, Then Flags Down Ambulance
Leonia PD: PalPark Driver Stabs Passenger In Leg, Then Flags Down Ambulance A Palisades Park driver stabbed his passenger in the leg and then flagged down an ambulance in Leonia, said police who arrested him. Haori Jin, 36, stopped the Englewood Hospital and Medical Center ambulance on Fort Lee Road just after midnight Sunday, police Capt. Scott Tamagny said. The passenger was hospitalized with a knife wound that wasn’t life-threatening, Tamagny said. Police, meanwhile, arrested Jin, who the captain said had stabbed his passenger in the leg during an argument on Highwood Avenue in Leonia. Jin remained held Monday in the Bergen County Jail pending an appearance in…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
SUV Crashes Into Lodi Insurance Office Next To 7-Eleven That Was Hit Two Weeks Ago, 4 Injured SUV Crashes Into Lodi Insurance Office Next To 7-Eleven That Was Hit Two Weeks Ago, 4 Injured SUV Crashes Into Lodi Insurance Office Next To 7-Eleven That Was Hit Two Weeks Ago, 4 Injured
SUV Crashes Into Lodi Insurance Office Next To 7-Eleven That Was Hit Two Weeks Ago, 4 Injured Four people were hospitalized after an SUV crashed into an insurance office in a Lodi shopping center -- right next to a convenience store that was slammed into by a sedan two weeks ago. The extent of injuries weren't immediately known, although at least two of the victims at the Old Towne Center on Main Plaza didn't appear seriously hurt. The Hyundai Santa Fe plowed into the Allstate Insurance office around 4 p.m., injuring four, Police Lt. Robert Salerno said. This comes after an 86-year-old driver's sedan slammed into the entrance of the 7-Eleven next door. The driver, who turns 87…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: Victim, 48, In Ridgefield House Explosion Dies UPDATE: Victim, 48, In Ridgefield House Explosion Dies UPDATE: Victim, 48, In Ridgefield House Explosion Dies
Update: Victim, 48, In Ridgefield House Explosion Dies UPDATE: A 48-year-old Ridgefield man who was burned on 80% of his body when an explosion leveled his Ridgefield home on Monday succumbed to his injuries, authorities said Tuesday. Mark Schellack, who lived alone, was rescued from beneath the rubble of his garage by an off-duty police officer who lives nearby and two uniformed borough officers following the explosion on Abbott Avenue near Elizabeth Street just before 11:30 a.m. Monday. He was first taken to Hackensack University Medical Center before being flown to Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston. Family members summoned a prie…

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by Jerry DeMarco & Cecilia Levine
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities: Boy, 16, Was Driving SUV That Killed Motorcyclist In Clifton Authorities: Boy, 16, Was Driving SUV That Killed Motorcyclist In Clifton Authorities: Boy, 16, Was Driving SUV That Killed Motorcyclist In Clifton
Authorities: Boy, 16, Was Driving SUV That Killed Motorcyclist In Clifton An SUV that struck and killed a 25-year-old motorcyclist in Clifton Friday night was driven by a 16-year-old boy, said authorities who took the teen into custody. The boy was driving a 2013 Hyundai Tuscon that slammed into the 2006 Suzuki at the intersection of Paulison and Union avenues around 9 p.m. Friday, ejecting Nadeem Asfour of Paterson, authorities said. Asfour was taken to St. Mary’s Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, they said. The juvenile, who wasn’t injured, remained held in the Essex County Juvenile Detention Center in Newark after being served with a delinquency complai…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack PD: School Dropoff Mom Who Blocked Traffic Bites One Officer, Punches, Kicks Others Hackensack PD: School Dropoff Mom Who Blocked Traffic Bites One Officer, Punches, Kicks Others Hackensack PD: School Dropoff Mom Who Blocked Traffic Bites One Officer, Punches, Kicks Others
Hackensack PD: School Dropoff Mom Who Blocked Traffic Bites One Officer, Punches, Kicks Others A Hackensack mother who blocked a lane of traffic while dropping her child off at school Monday morning bit a police lieutenant on the neck, punched a captain in the chest and kicked a third officer before being subdued, authorities said. After a license plate check found that the registration for the vehicle driven by Parona Brown was expired, police Lt. Tina Cappadonna asked her to park and allow a growing line of other parents at Fairmount Elementary School to drop off their children while she spoke to her around 8:30 a.m., Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. Brown, 30, "refused to cooperate," DeW…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Monsey, NY
Breaking News
Man Struck, Killed In NJ By Spring Valley Commuter Train, Service Suspended Man Struck, Killed In NJ By Spring Valley Commuter Train, Service Suspended Man Struck, Killed In NJ By Spring Valley Commuter Train, Service Suspended
Man Struck, Killed In NJ By Spring Valley Commuter Train, Service Suspended A man was struck and killed in New Jersey by a commuter train that left from Spring Valley 15 minute earlier, authorities said. Service was suspended in both directions after the man was struck at 7:25 a.m. just west of the Park Ridge train station, New Jersey Transit's Nathan Rudy said. The 1612 train left Spring Valley at 7:10 a.m. for Secaucus Junction and had 180 customers and a crew aboard, Rudy said. NJ Transit buses and private carriers picked up the passengers, he said. NJT police were investigating.

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