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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Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Paramus Police Pursuit: Car Thieves Left Ski-Masked Partner Behind Paramus Police Pursuit: Car Thieves Left Ski-Masked Partner Behind Paramus Police Pursuit: Car Thieves Left Ski-Masked Partner Behind
Paramus Police Pursuit: Car Thieves Left Ski-Masked Partner Behind Two masked car thieves approached by police in a Paramus neighborhood in the middle of the night left behind their partner, who was arrested while they eluded pursuing officers, authorities said. Police began searching for a black Range Rover after a Route 17 Exxon station attendant said they stole gas just after 3 a.m. Tuesday, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. They got another call just before 4 a.m. of two occupants from a similar vehicle walking through residents’ driveways on Highland Avenue, he said. Officer William Stallone found the parked Range Rover – which had been reported …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Tappan-Blauvelt, NY
Breaking News
Nyack Man Charged In Theft Of $150,000 Worth Of Copper From Hardware Manufacturer Nyack Man Charged In Theft Of $150,000 Worth Of Copper From Hardware Manufacturer Nyack Man Charged In Theft Of $150,000 Worth Of Copper From Hardware Manufacturer
Nyack Man Charged In Theft Of $150,000 Worth Of Copper From Hardware Manufacturer A Nyack man conspired with two accomplices to steal more than $150,000 worth of copper from a North Jersey hardware manufacturer, authorities charged. Police arrested the trio after a manager at Elgen/Capital Hardware Inc. in the Bergen County town of Closter reported large quantities of copper missing from the business. Now-former employee Eliseo Adorno, 47, worked with Alvaro Baca, 27, of Roselle, New Jersey, who was the company's shipping manager, and trucker Dimitris M. Hatsis, also 27, of Norwalk, Connecticut, to steal the metal, authorities said. Baca “was able to manipulate the comp…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Norwalk, CT
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Norwalk Trucker Charged In Theft Of $150,000 Worth Of Copper Norwalk Trucker Charged In Theft Of $150,000 Worth Of Copper Norwalk Trucker Charged In Theft Of $150,000 Worth Of Copper
Norwalk Trucker Charged In Theft Of $150,000 Worth Of Copper A trucker from Norwalk conspired with two accomplices to steal more than $150,000 worth of copper from a hardware manufacturer in New Jersey, authorities charged. Police arrested the trio after a manager at Elgen/Capital Hardware Inc. in the Bergen County town of Closter reported large quantities of copper missing from the business. Eliseo Adorno, 47, worked with Alvaro Baca, 27, of Roselle, New Jersey, who was the company's shipping manager, and trucker Dimitris M. Hatsis, also 27, of Norwalk, to steal the metal, authorities said. Baca “was able to manipulate the computer system to order …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Elizabeth, NJ
Breaking News
Trio Fences $150,000 Worth Of Stolen Copper Stolen In Elizabeth, Linden Trio Fences $150,000 Worth Of Stolen Copper Stolen In Elizabeth, Linden Trio Fences $150,000 Worth Of Stolen Copper Stolen In Elizabeth, Linden
Trio Fences $150,000 Worth Of Stolen Copper Stolen In Elizabeth, Linden A now-former manager and two accomplices stole more than $150,000 worth of copper from a hardware manufacturer and sold it in Elizabeth and Linden, authorities said. Detectives charged Alvaro Baca of Roselle, Dimitris M. Hatsis of Norwalk, CT, both 27, and Eliseo Adorno, 47, of Nyack with theft and conspiracy. A three-month probe leading to their arrests began after a manager at Elgen/Capital Hardware Inc. in the Bergen County town of Closter reported large quantities of copper missing from the business, police there said Thursday. Baca, who worked as a shipping manager, “was able to manip…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Driver, 90, Slams Brand-New Sedan Into Hackensack High-Rise Driver, 90, Slams Brand-New Sedan Into Hackensack High-Rise Driver, 90, Slams Brand-New Sedan Into Hackensack High-Rise
Driver, 90, Slams Brand-New Sedan Into Hackensack High-Rise A 90-year-old driver refused medical attention after crashing his brand new sedan into a Hackensack high-rise Thursday morning, police said. The Hackensack man's 2019 Hyundai Sonata damaged the window and brick façade of a vacant first-floor apartment in the 9:40 a.m. Prospect Avenue crash, Capt. Nicole Foley said. He told police that he "was trying to exit onto Prospect Avenue when the vehicle suddenly accelerated," Foley said. City firefighters secured the damaged areas, Foley said, adding that the building wasn't structurally compromised. No summonses were immediately issued. The Traff…

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by Jerry DeMarco & Cecilia Levine
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Breaking News
Closter PD: Manager, Accomplices Steal $150,000 Worth Of Copper From Hardware Manufacturer Closter PD: Manager, Accomplices Steal $150,000 Worth Of Copper From Hardware Manufacturer Closter PD: Manager, Accomplices Steal $150,000 Worth Of Copper From Hardware Manufacturer
Closter PD: Manager, Accomplices Steal $150,000 Worth Of Copper From Hardware Manufacturer A now-former manager and two accomplices stole more than $150,000 worth of copper from a Closter hardware manufacturer and then sold it out of county, authorities said. Closter detectives charged Alvaro Baca of Roselle, Dimitris M. Hatsis of Norwalk, CT, both 27, and Eliseo Adorno, 47, of Nyack with theft and conspiracy, Detective Sgt. Vincent Aiello said Thursday. A three-month probe leading to their arrests began after a manager at Elgen/Capital Hardware Inc. reported large quantities of copper missing from the business, Aiello said. Baca, who worked as a shipping manager, “was able to m…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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Cliffside Park PD: Distraught Man Tries To Take Officer's Gun Cliffside Park PD: Distraught Man Tries To Take Officer's Gun Cliffside Park PD: Distraught Man Tries To Take Officer's Gun
Cliffside Park PD: Distraught Man Tries To Take Officer's Gun A distraught Cliffside Park man grabbed a borough police officer's gun but was wrestled to the ground and arrested before he could get it out of the holster, authorities said. The officer accompanied Michael Russell, 37, to a Division Street home to collect some of his things Wednesday after he was served with a restraining order, Capt. Vincent Capano said. When no one answered, Russell became agitated, lunged at the officer and tried to pull his service weapon from its holster, Capano said. The officer subdued Russell and returned him to headquarters to be charged, the captain said. Russ…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Car Burglary Trio Nabbed At Mahwah Condo Complex Police: Car Burglary Trio Nabbed At Mahwah Condo Complex Police: Car Burglary Trio Nabbed At Mahwah Condo Complex
Police: Car Burglary Trio Nabbed At Mahwah Condo Complex Mahwah police captured a trio of overnight car burglars from Pascack Valley thanks to an alert patrol officer and several residents, authorities said. Officer Dan Stewart spotted a woman attempting to avoid attention by leaning back in the driver’s seat of a 2004 Ford Explorer parked at the Paddington Square condo complex just after 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, Police Chief Stephen Jaffe said. Sage Maxon, 18, of Washington Township, “claimed she was there to pick up a friend who lived nearby,” Jaffe said. A check of the address she gave Stewart turned out bogus, the chief said. A search of the ve…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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'Columbus Day' Still Sails In Glen Rock: 'Indigenous Peoples Day' Downed 'Columbus Day' Still Sails In Glen Rock: 'Indigenous Peoples Day' Downed 'Columbus Day' Still Sails In Glen Rock: 'Indigenous Peoples Day' Downed
'Columbus Day' Still Sails In Glen Rock: 'Indigenous Peoples Day' Downed "Columbus Day" isn’t getting changed to “Indigenous Peoples’ Day” in Glen Rock – not after an overflow group of Italian-Americans turned out in force to convince the Borough Council to vote down the move Wednesday night. The council nixed the name change by a 7-0 vote, ending what had been weeks of turmoil that opponents said was roiled by out-of-town activists. “We move on with a much better respect and understanding of all sides of the issue, including the significance of this holiday to our Italian-American residents and neighbors that often goes well beyond the man that it is named for,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgewood PD: Brooklyn Woman Tried To Pass Bogus Benjamin, Gave Them Fake Name Ridgewood PD: Brooklyn Woman Tried To Pass Bogus Benjamin, Gave Them Fake Name Ridgewood PD: Brooklyn Woman Tried To Pass Bogus Benjamin, Gave Them Fake Name
Ridgewood PD: Brooklyn Woman Tried To Pass Bogus Benjamin, Gave Them Fake Name Police nabbed a Brooklyn woman who they said tried to pass a counterfeit hundred-dollar bill at a Ridgewood pizzeria and then gave them a fake name when they stopped her. With help from their Glen Rock colleagues, village officers responding to the call from the South Maple Avenue pizza shop stopped an Infiniti sedan with four occupants early Monday evening.  They took Kayla Jones, 30, into custody on charges of forgery, possession of a hypodermic needle and paraphernalia and hindering arrest, Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke said. She was released pending court action.

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