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.

Jerry DeMarco's Contributions

Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Rush-Hour Rollover In Maywood Takes Down Street Sign Rush-Hour Rollover In Maywood Takes Down Street Sign Rush-Hour Rollover In Maywood Takes Down Street Sign
Rush-Hour Rollover In Maywood Takes Down Street Sign A commercial van struck a street sign and rolled over in a busy Maywood intersection during Tuesday's evening rush. The 29-year-old driver climbed out of the vehicle after the crash at the corner Spring Valley and Maywood avenues just before 5:30 p.m. The driver, who wasn't injured, said he blinked and, before he knew it, had struck and downed the street sign. The vehicle is owned by Duct Mate Installation, based in neighboring Hackensack.  The driver, 29, said he blinked and, before he knew it, he'd hit the pole holding the street sign.John Wyman for DAILY VOICE

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
BIG GULP: Sedan Plows Into Front Door Of Lodi 7-Eleven BIG GULP: Sedan Plows Into Front Door Of Lodi 7-Eleven BIG GULP: Sedan Plows Into Front Door Of Lodi 7-Eleven
BIG Gulp: Sedan Plows Into Front Door Of Lodi 7-Eleven An 86-year-old driver's arm was bruised when her older-model sedan slammed into the entrance of a Lodi 7-Eleven Tuesday morning. The driver, who turns 87 on Thursday, otherwise seemed OK after the crash just before 10:30 a.m. at the Main Street convenience store. She declined medical attention and was given a ride home. The early-90s Toyota Camry pushed a sign against the entrance, shattering a glass door and the windshield and deploying a front airbag. The sedan pushed a sign up against the entrance, shattering a glass door.John Wyman for DAILY VOICE She declined medical attention…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Glen Rock Businesswoman Gives Brokerage Firm Bank Info, Loses $5,400, Police Say Glen Rock Businesswoman Gives Brokerage Firm Bank Info, Loses $5,400, Police Say Glen Rock Businesswoman Gives Brokerage Firm Bank Info, Loses $5,400, Police Say
Glen Rock Businesswoman Gives Brokerage Firm Bank Info, Loses $5,400, Police Say A Glen Rock entrepreneur lost $5,400 after she gave her bank account information to a brokerage firm, authorities said. The victim told police she applied for a business loan with two different brokerage firms, providing one of them with the username and password to her bank account, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Both lenders apparently deposited funds in her account that exceeded the loan amount, he said. “When she attempted to return the excess funds, she was notified by her bank that a fraudulent transaction had occurred,” the chief said. Borough detectives were investigating.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Sedan Slams Into Totowa Firehouse Sedan Slams Into Totowa Firehouse Sedan Slams Into Totowa Firehouse
Sedan Slams Into Totowa Firehouse A driver sustained injuries that responders said weren't life-threatening after a sedan slammed into the side of a Totowa firehouse early Tuesday. The white Mercedes smashed into the side of Fire Rescue Co. 4 on Mitchell Avenue just before 5:30 a.m. Building officials were determining whether the structure was safe. No one inside the building was injured, authorities said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Swastika Found At Glen Rock School Police: Swastika Found At Glen Rock School Police: Swastika Found At Glen Rock School
Police: Swastika Found At Glen Rock School A swastika was found drawn on the wall of a bathroom shared by Glen Rock's high school and middle school last week, authorities said Monday. "There are no suspects, nor has a specific intended target been identified," Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. "A bias incident follow-up was completed by the Detective Bureau based upon limited information [made] available from school officials" following last Tuesday's discovery, the chief said.  

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Grammy-Winning Jazz Drummer Killed In Bronx Grammy-Winning Jazz Drummer Killed In Bronx Grammy-Winning Jazz Drummer Killed In Bronx
Grammy-Winning Jazz Drummer Killed In Bronx A Grammy Award-winning jazz drummer was killed in the Bronx over the weekend when his girlfriend and another man assaulted him, the NYPD said. Lawrence "Lo" Leathers, 37, was found dead in a stairwell Sunday outside the East 141 Street apartment he shared with Lisa Harris, police said. Another man, 28-year-old Sterling Aguilar of Brooklyn, had gotten Leathers into a chokehold while Harris, 41, punched him in the head, they said. Police charged Aguilar and Harris with assault. Charges could be upgraded depending on the results of an autopsy, they said. Leathers won both Grammies as part of…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Tombstone Pins Bayonne Woman, 67, At North Arlington Cemetery Tombstone Pins Bayonne Woman, 67, At North Arlington Cemetery Tombstone Pins Bayonne Woman, 67, At North Arlington Cemetery
Tombstone Pins Bayonne Woman, 67, At North Arlington Cemetery Two women were visiting a grave site at a North Arlington cemetery when one leaned on a tombstone that fell onto the other, pinning her, authorities said. North Arlington police got the stone off the 67-year-old Bayonne woman at Holy Cross Cemetary off Ridge Road early Saturday, Police Chief Scott Hedenberg said. She was taken to Jersey City Medical Center with arm and leg injuries that weren't considered life-threatening, the chief said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Weekend Haul: Franklin Lakes Police Continue Picking Off Route 208 Drivers, Most For Warrants Weekend Haul: Franklin Lakes Police Continue Picking Off Route 208 Drivers, Most For Warrants Weekend Haul: Franklin Lakes Police Continue Picking Off Route 208 Drivers, Most For Warrants
Weekend Haul: Franklin Lakes Police Continue Picking Off Route 208 Drivers, Most For Warrants A series of weekend traffic stops on Route 208 yielded Franklin Lakes police a half-dozen arrests – most of them of people wanted on warrants. They also included a 32-year-old West Nyack man charged with DWI just after 11:30 p.m. Sunday. Officer Matthew Geyer made that arrest, as well as one just before 7:30 a.m. Saturday of a 29-year-old Clifton man on marijuana and drug paraphernalia possession charges. Moments after that one, Sgt. William Zangara arrested Sean Levy, 48 of Atlantic Highlands, who was wanted on warrants out of Hillsdale and Middletown, Capt. John Bakelaar said Monday. Ju…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Passaic Prosecutor: Accused Con Artist Busted In $6,200 ‘Grandson In Trouble’ Phone Scam Passaic Prosecutor: Accused Con Artist Busted In $6,200 ‘Grandson In Trouble’ Phone Scam Passaic Prosecutor: Accused Con Artist Busted In $6,200 ‘Grandson In Trouble’ Phone Scam
Passaic Prosecutor: Accused Con Artist Busted In $6,200 ‘Grandson In Trouble’ Phone Scam A South Jersey woman was part of a group of thieves who conned an innocent victim out of $6,200 through the “grandson in trouble” phone scam, authorities charged. Greisy Breton, 40, of Cherry Hill had the money wired into an account she controlled at a Paterson bank after the elderly victim in Texas was told it was needed to bail a relative out of jail, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said Monday. Members of the prosecutor’s Financial Crimes Unit arrested Breton, who was released on theft charges pending a June 12 first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Paterson…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Pharmacy Manager Rescues 83-Year-Old Glen Rock Scam Victim Pharmacy Manager Rescues 83-Year-Old Glen Rock Scam Victim Pharmacy Manager Rescues 83-Year-Old Glen Rock Scam Victim
Pharmacy Manager Rescues 83-Year-Old Glen Rock Scam Victim An alert pharmacy manager kept an 83-year-old Glen Rock resident from being further victimized by a phone scammer, police said. The victim had already bought a $500 Google Play gift card and given an online thief the numbers on it when she returned to the CVS on Rock Road to buy another, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. The woman had been using her computer when a spam “security warning” popped onto the screen, telling her the machine had a virus and giving her a number to call for help, Ackermann said. Following an operator’s instructions, she bought the first gift card thinking it would…

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