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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Newark, NJ
Breaking News
Newark Airport Arrivals, Departures Delayed For Investigation Of Plane That Skidded Off Runway Newark Airport Arrivals, Departures Delayed For Investigation Of Plane That Skidded Off Runway Newark Airport Arrivals, Departures Delayed For Investigation Of Plane That Skidded Off Runway
Newark Airport Arrivals, Departures Delayed For Investigation Of Plane That Skidded Off Runway A plane blew a tire and skidded off a runway at Newark Airport Saturday afternoon, delaying arrivals and departures while authorities investigated. All flights were resumed on a limited schedule less than an hour after the airport tweeted the emergency at 1:40 p.m., when an inbound flight from Denver went off the runway and got stuck in tall grass. "The NTSB has instructed that the aircraft in the earlier incident not be moved until investigators arrive," the airport said. A staircase was used to evacuate the plane. No injuries were immediately reported. The airport advised travelers to c…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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VIDEO: Watch Police Officers, K-9s Capture Accused Stolen Taxi Thief In Montvale Backyard VIDEO: Watch Police Officers, K-9s Capture Accused Stolen Taxi Thief In Montvale Backyard VIDEO: Watch Police Officers, K-9s Capture Accused Stolen Taxi Thief In Montvale Backyard
Video: Watch Police Officers, K-9s Capture Accused Stolen Taxi Thief In Montvale Backyard Home surveillance video shows a 21-year-old suspect accused of crashing a stolen taxi in Rockland County being captured in the backyard of a Montvale home. Evan Koulikov remained held Saturday in the Bergen County Jail pending extradition proceedings. He’s charged locally with being a fugitive from justice. Chased by police and a borough homeowner, Koulikov is seen hopping a fence into a Lark Lane backyard, then raising his hands and dropping to his knees when he realizes there’s no escape -- as a swarm of police, including three canines, surrounds him. “His wife said she never saw him ru…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
See What Bergen's Crisis Intervention Team Does, Enjoy Music, Food, More At County Park See What Bergen's Crisis Intervention Team Does, Enjoy Music, Food, More At County Park See What Bergen's Crisis Intervention Team Does, Enjoy Music, Food, More At County Park
See What Bergen's Crisis Intervention Team Does, Enjoy Music, Food, More At County Park Bergen County's Crisis Intervention Team invites the community to learn more about its unique work at an event featuring music, food and more. The June 30 event in the Ridgefield Park section of Overpeck Park runs from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. There will be entertainment, demonstrations, resource information, food trucks, events for kids and more. The CIT is an innovative certification training program for law enforcement, mental health providers and emergency-service professionals in dealing with people experiencing a mental health crisis. It's been proven to reduce arrests -- as well as injuri…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
On The Spot: Washington Township Police At Public Event Rush To Aid Downed Westwood Bicyclist On The Spot: Washington Township Police At Public Event Rush To Aid Downed Westwood Bicyclist On The Spot: Washington Township Police At Public Event Rush To Aid Downed Westwood Bicyclist
On The Spot: Washington Township Police At Public Event Rush To Aid Downed Westwood Bicyclist Washington Township police officers attending a public event rushed to the aid of a 70-something Westwood man who suffered a medical episode while riding his bicycle Saturday morning, authorities said. A call for a medical chopper was canceled, and the victim was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood by ambulance following the incident on Pascack Road just after 10 a.m., Lt. John Calamari said. The officers were at David's Bagels, barely a mile from the scene, having another of their popular "Coffee With a Cop" events, when it happened, Calamari said. "Luckily, there were plenty of off…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Swimmer, 67, Confirmed Drowned In Long-Distance Event Between Tappan Zee, GWB Swimmer, 67, Confirmed Drowned In Long-Distance Event Between Tappan Zee, GWB Swimmer, 67, Confirmed Drowned In Long-Distance Event Between Tappan Zee, GWB
Swimmer, 67, Confirmed Drowned In Long-Distance Event Between Tappan Zee, GWB UPDATE: The long-distance swimmer believed drowned during the next-to-last-leg of a 120-mile marathon was an internationally-recognized AIDS researcher, activist and former professor at the University of North Carolina. A spotter saw Charles Van der Horst, 67, of Chapel Hill go under and not reappear near the foot of the "Little Red Lighthouse" at Fort Washington Park near the George Washington Bridge just after 3 p.m. Friday, the U.S. Coast Guard said. Van der Horst, a native of the upstate New York town of Olean, was participating in a 15.7-mile leg of the 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim from…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
NJ State Police Chase Ends In Fair Lawn Crash, Foot Pursuit, Arrests NJ State Police Chase Ends In Fair Lawn Crash, Foot Pursuit, Arrests NJ State Police Chase Ends In Fair Lawn Crash, Foot Pursuit, Arrests
NJ State Police Chase Ends In Fair Lawn Crash, Foot Pursuit, Arrests Two suspects were in custody after a State Police chase ended in a crash and foot pursuit Friday afternoon in Fair Lawn. A trooper began chasing the black Nissan Rogue with New York license plates on eastbound Route 80 a short time earlier, Sgt. Lawrence Peele said. Both suspects bailed out and went in opposite directions after the vehicle rear-ended a van at 30th and Broadway (Route 4) around 3 p.m., he said. State troopers caught one, while two Fair Lawn detectives and a patrol officer nabbed the other. A special program that began last fall providing full-time police protection in Fai…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: Five Mumps Cases Confirmed At Bergen County Jail, Lockdown Continues UPDATE: Five Mumps Cases Confirmed At Bergen County Jail, Lockdown Continues UPDATE: Five Mumps Cases Confirmed At Bergen County Jail, Lockdown Continues
Update: Five Mumps Cases Confirmed At Bergen County Jail, Lockdown Continues Five Bergen County Jail inmates were confirmed with mumps, authorities said Friday. "The Bergen County Department of Health Services has received confirmation of five of the 6 suspected cases of mumps in the Bergen County Jail with no additional cases at this time being reported," said Michael Pagan, a spokesman for County Executive Jim Tedesco. "A sixth suspected case was negative." A lockdown continued at the jail. The lockdown will be lifted on July 6 if no new cases are found, authorities said. "Isolation means no additional inmates accepted and no one out until we're comfortable that…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Swimmer, 67, Confirmed Drowned In Long-Distance Event Between Tappan Zee, GWB Swimmer, 67, Confirmed Drowned In Long-Distance Event Between Tappan Zee, GWB Swimmer, 67, Confirmed Drowned In Long-Distance Event Between Tappan Zee, GWB
Swimmer, 67, Confirmed Drowned In Long-Distance Event Between Tappan Zee, GWB A 67-year-old long-distance swimmer who went missing Friday in the Hudson River drowned, authorities confirmed early Saturday. What initially had been a search became a "recovery effort," the Coast Guard said. The unidentified swimmer was participating in a 15.7-mile next-to-last leg of the “8 Bridges Hudson River Swim” -- which began at the Tappan Zee Bridge and was headed to the George Washington Bridge -- when a spotter saw him go under and not reappear near the foot of the "Little Red Lighthouse" at Fort Washington Park, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The Coast Guard joined the NYPD Habor …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
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Police: Eighth-Grader Stabs Rutherford Principal With Folding Knife At Graduation Practice Police: Eighth-Grader Stabs Rutherford Principal With Folding Knife At Graduation Practice Police: Eighth-Grader Stabs Rutherford Principal With Folding Knife At Graduation Practice
Police: Eighth-Grader Stabs Rutherford Principal With Folding Knife At Graduation Practice A 14-year-old Rutherford eighth-grader stabbed a school principal several times in the chest with a folding knife during graduation practice Friday afternoon before throwing his hands up in surrender, police said. Union School Principal Kurt Schweitzer was treated for injuries that weren't life-threatening, Lt. Marc A. Amatucci said. The principal was leading his school's 8th-grade graduation in the Washington School gymnasium around 9:30 a.m. when the boy "ran across the gym and proceeded to thrust the knife, striking the chest of the principal several times," Amatucci said. The boy …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Englewood Police Revive Heart Attack Victim With Assist From Postal Supervisor Englewood Police Revive Heart Attack Victim With Assist From Postal Supervisor Englewood Police Revive Heart Attack Victim With Assist From Postal Supervisor
Englewood Police Revive Heart Attack Victim With Assist From Postal Supervisor POLICE HEROES: A trio of Englewood police officers revived a heart attack victim with an assist from a local postal supervisor. It happened quickly: One second, 67-year-old mail handler Aubrey Harvey was standing by the timeclock talking with the Englewood postmaster, the same as he always does before his morning break -- the next he was gasping for air on the floor. Harvey, who's been with the U.S. Postal Service nearly 50 years, "was having what looked like a seizure," supervisor Ramón Maldonado said. "He was totally unresponsive and gasping for air." A 911 dispatcher told him someone ne…

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