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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Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Old Tappan Police: DWI Hit-Run Driver Tracked Down, Jailed After Seriously Injuring Pedestrian Old Tappan Police: DWI Hit-Run Driver Tracked Down, Jailed After Seriously Injuring Pedestrian Old Tappan Police: DWI Hit-Run Driver Tracked Down, Jailed After Seriously Injuring Pedestrian
Old Tappan Police: DWI Hit-Run Driver Tracked Down, Jailed After Seriously Injuring Pedestrian UPDATE: Old Tappan police tracked down a DWI motorist from town after she struck a pedestrian and took off early Tuesday afternoon, authorities said. Officers arrested Meredith Lubell, 33, after finding her at her DeWolf Road home, Police Chief Thomas Shine said. Moments earlier, the chief said, she struck the 41-year-old Paterson victim with her Jeep in the parking lot of the Bi-State Plaza on Old Tappan Road – exactly a mile from her house. A witness gave police a license plate number that led directly to Lubell following the 12:35 p.m. 911 call, he said. Police charged her with DWI, as…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Authorities: 'Runner' At Hackensack PD Steered Accident Victims To Local Chiropractor Authorities: 'Runner' At Hackensack PD Steered Accident Victims To Local Chiropractor Authorities: 'Runner' At Hackensack PD Steered Accident Victims To Local Chiropractor
Authorities: 'Runner' At Hackensack PD Steered Accident Victims To Local Chiropractor A Hackensack chiropractor from Saddle Brook paid a city police department employee to steer accident victims to him, said authorities who arrested both of them. Dr. Andrew Perrone, 50, paid Carmen Ballestas to convince victims filing or collecting accident reports to go to his Perrone Family Wellness clinic on Spring Valley Avenue for treatment, authorities allege. Ballestas 59, "was taken out of the [Hackensack PD] building months ago by prosecutors and has been suspended since," an official with direct knowledge of the arrest told Daily Voice. According to Bergen County Prosecutor Mark M…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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Prosecutor: Hudson Trio Busted, Ridgefield Officer Fires Shot During Chase Prosecutor: Hudson Trio Busted, Ridgefield Officer Fires Shot During Chase Prosecutor: Hudson Trio Busted, Ridgefield Officer Fires Shot During Chase
Prosecutor: Hudson Trio Busted, Ridgefield Officer Fires Shot During Chase A Hudson County trio was arrested on drug charges after a brief stolen-car chase in which a Ridgefield police officer fired a shot, authorities said. No was injured in the chase, which ended when the stolen BMW’s driver stopped near the intersection of Shaler Boulevard and Elizabeth Street early last Wednesday afternoon, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The officer tried stopping 21-year-old Lawrence Major Finn of North Bergen for driving recklessly, Musella said. Finn kept going, however before stopping roughly two minutes later, he added. Finn was charged with receiving stolen…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
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Morris County Woman Admits Smuggling $2M In U.S. Aircraft Parts To Iranian Airlines Morris County Woman Admits Smuggling $2M In U.S. Aircraft Parts To Iranian Airlines Morris County Woman Admits Smuggling $2M In U.S. Aircraft Parts To Iranian Airlines
Morris County Woman Admits Smuggling $2M In U.S. Aircraft Parts To Iranian Airlines A Morristown woman admitted in federal court Tuesday that she helped smuggle $2 million worth of aircraft parts to Iran. Joyce Eliabachus, 52, took a plea deal from the government at the same that time that charges were announced against an Iranian resident for his role in the scheme. Peyman Amiri Larijani, 33, was charged with conspiracy to violate Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations (ITSR), conspiracy to commit money laundering and conspiracy to smuggle goods from the U.S. Larijani was also charged in federal court in the District of Columbia in two separate indictments unseal…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Former Bergen Catholic Football Star Charged With Selling LSD In Drug Sting Former Bergen Catholic Football Star Charged With Selling LSD In Drug Sting Former Bergen Catholic Football Star Charged With Selling LSD In Drug Sting
Former Bergen Catholic Football Star Charged With Selling LSD In Drug Sting A former Bergen Catholic High School football standout was arrested after selling LSD to an undercover Bergen County prosecutor’s detective, authorities said. Shqipron Idrizi, 19, who made headlines as a Crusaders’ first-team All-Bergen linebacker, was ordered released by a judge, with conditions, on Saturday after spending less than 24 hours in the Bergen County Jail. He was charged with drug distribution after separate drug buys during a sting last month and this month, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. At 6 feet and 205 pounds, Idrizi led Bergen Catholic in tackles (105), tack…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Accused Paterson Heroin, Cocaine Dealer Busted In Elmwood Park Sting Accused Paterson Heroin, Cocaine Dealer Busted In Elmwood Park Sting Accused Paterson Heroin, Cocaine Dealer Busted In Elmwood Park Sting
Accused Paterson Heroin, Cocaine Dealer Busted In Elmwood Park Sting An undercover Bergen County prosecutor’s investigator bought a total of 450 bags of heroin and 20 bags of cocaine in Elmwood Park in separate deals from a Paterson man who was taken into custody, authorities said. Diarre Chitty, 19, who is unemployed, was targeted in the sting after authorities received a tip that he was dealing in town, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Chitty, of Lyon Street, was taken into custody Friday in Elmwood Park after a series of sales, Musella said. A judge ordered him released pending further court action after a detention hearing. Chitty is charged…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Ex-Husband Pours Gasoline Around Hackensack Woman's Home, Car, Police Charge Ex-Husband Pours Gasoline Around Hackensack Woman's Home, Car, Police Charge Ex-Husband Pours Gasoline Around Hackensack Woman's Home, Car, Police Charge
Ex-Husband Pours Gasoline Around Hackensack Woman's Home, Car, Police Charge A would-be arsonist poured gasoline around his ex-wife's Hackensack house, then fled as police arrived, said authorities who arrested him a short time later. Wildemar Dangcil, 37, of Jersey City surrendered to city Detective Kley Peralta early Thursday evening in Teterboro after police found his car abandoned at a Little Ferry shopping center, Capt. Peter Busciglio said. His ex-wife was parked in her car in the driveway outside her Kent Street home around 5:30 p.m. when Dangcil, of Gifford Avenue, poured the gasoline from a red plastic container around it, Busciglio said. "She was able to…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities: Hackensack Stock Clerk Who Filed Scam Complaint Was Posing As Someone Else Authorities: Hackensack Stock Clerk Who Filed Scam Complaint Was Posing As Someone Else Authorities: Hackensack Stock Clerk Who Filed Scam Complaint Was Posing As Someone Else
Authorities: Hackensack Stock Clerk Who Filed Scam Complaint Was Posing As Someone Else A supermarket stock clerk from Hackensack presented a bogus ID stolen from a Florida resident when she filed a complaint with city police claiming she’d been scammed by someone else, said authorities who arrested her. Jayne D. Garrido-Contreras, 55, had been using the fake non-driver ID obtained from the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC) since November 2011, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. She then got another in her own name in November, he said. Using the bogus ID and a fake Social Security card, Garrido-Contreras opened three bank accounts -- and in January filed the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Hasbrouck Heights Internist From Glen Rock, 67, Sexually Assaulted Patient, Authorities Charge Hasbrouck Heights Internist From Glen Rock, 67, Sexually Assaulted Patient, Authorities Charge Hasbrouck Heights Internist From Glen Rock, 67, Sexually Assaulted Patient, Authorities Charge
Hasbrouck Heights Internist From Glen Rock, 67, Sexually Assaulted Patient, Authorities Charge UPDATE: A veteran internist from Glen Rock who was arrested at his Hasbrouck Heights office sexually assaulted a patient, authorities charged. One of the last of the “house call” doctors, 67-year-old Dr. Carl J. Renner was taken into custody by Hasbrouck Heights police at Heights Medical, 288 Boulevard, early Thursday evening, Daily Voice reported last week. The North Bergen native remained held Tuesday in the Bergen County Jail after a judge denied his release during a detention hearing on Friday. Renner "sexually assaulted a patient at his medical practice during a routine doctor visit,"…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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Englewood PD: Gunman Caught In Violence-Plagued Neighborhood Blasting House With Paintballs Englewood PD: Gunman Caught In Violence-Plagued Neighborhood Blasting House With Paintballs Englewood PD: Gunman Caught In Violence-Plagued Neighborhood Blasting House With Paintballs
Englewood PD: Gunman Caught In Violence-Plagued Neighborhood Blasting House With Paintballs In a neighborhood plagued by violence, Englewood police chased down a man who they said peppered a house with paintballs from what looked like a genuine weapon. Responding Officer Adolfo Gutierrez spotted 18-year-old Sammuel Castillo running from the Mattlage Place home near Shepard Avenue after the shots were fired from a car that had pulled up there shortly before 7:30 p.m. Monday, Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said. Castillo was carrying what looked like a long gun -- actually a paintball gun, Halstead said. He tossed it alongside a house before being taken into custody, the depu…

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