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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Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
North Arlington PD: Man, 20, Jailed After Tossing Knives At Officers In Brief SWAT Standoff North Arlington PD: Man, 20, Jailed After Tossing Knives At Officers In Brief SWAT Standoff North Arlington PD: Man, 20, Jailed After Tossing Knives At Officers In Brief SWAT Standoff
North Arlington PD: Man, 20, Jailed After Tossing Knives At Officers In Brief SWAT Standoff A 20-year-old North Arlington man who police said barricaded himself in his apartment after throwing kitchen knives at officers responding to a disturbance Tuesday night was jailed on several charges. Family members who called police allowed them into their Eagle Street apartment, where they found Jordan M. Crato-Montiero, shortly before 6:30 p.m., Lt. Robert J. Reilly said. The 5-foot-6-inch, 110-pound Crato-Montiero “began to curse at the officers,” then “threw kitchen knives at them as they retreated to safety and removed other family [members] from the residence,” Reilly said. Police s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Odd Coincidence: Bogus Park Ridge Active Shooter Call, Bank Robbery Unrelated, Authorities Say Odd Coincidence: Bogus Park Ridge Active Shooter Call, Bank Robbery Unrelated, Authorities Say Odd Coincidence: Bogus Park Ridge Active Shooter Call, Bank Robbery Unrelated, Authorities Say
Odd Coincidence: Bogus Park Ridge Active Shooter Call, Bank Robbery Unrelated, Authorities Say UPDATE (MAY 8, 2019): As coincidences go, it's odd: A bogus 911 "active shooter" call that brought a SWAT team and swarms of other responders to a Park Ridge home had nothing to do with a bank robbery across town that occurred at almost the same time, authorities said. Questions of a possible connection arose after authorities last week announced that Austin Parks, 48, of Spring Valley had been charged with making the April 17 call. However, a senior law enforcement official told Daily Voice that the call was "unrelated...oddly" to the robbery at nearly the same time of an Oritani Bank bran…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
New Hackensack Police Capt. Darrin DeWitt Sworn New Hackensack Police Capt. Darrin DeWitt Sworn New Hackensack Police Capt. Darrin DeWitt Sworn
New Hackensack Police Capt. Darrin DeWitt Sworn The Hackensack Police Department has a new captain. Capt. Darrin DeWitt was sworn to the position Tuesday in the City Council chambers surrounded by loved ones and colleagues. The department has undergone a massive restructuring -- with Capt. Peter Busciglio as the officer in charge --that has drawn praise from those in law enforcement as well as the public. DeWitt, who is highly respected among the rank and file, is the department's Investigative Divisions commander. DeWitt with family, others.COURTESY: Hackensack PD

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Your Community
THE ANSWER: Here's How North Bergen Family Portrait Turned Up In Fairview Basement THE ANSWER: Here's How North Bergen Family Portrait Turned Up In Fairview Basement THE ANSWER: Here's How North Bergen Family Portrait Turned Up In Fairview Basement
THE Answer: Here's How North Bergen Family Portrait Turned Up In Fairview Basement After Daily Voice found the North Bergen family whose decades-old portrait turned up in the basement of a Fairview pizzeria, another mystery remained: How did the photo get there in the first place? We now have that answer, too. It began when the owners of Margherita Pizza Cucina on Anderson Avenue found the portrait during a cleanup. “My husband was going to throw it away,” said Abir Abuali. “But I said, ‘No. I’m going to find them.’ The last thing I’d want if it was me is to have a family photo end up in a Dumpster.” Abuali took the photo home, cleaned it up and contacted Daily Voice. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
#JusticeForJenny: Caged 10-Week-Old Golden Was Drowned In West Milford Lake, Rescue Group Says #JusticeForJenny: Caged 10-Week-Old Golden Was Drowned In West Milford Lake, Rescue Group Says #JusticeForJenny: Caged 10-Week-Old Golden Was Drowned In West Milford Lake, Rescue Group Says
#JusticeForJenny: Caged 10-Week-Old Golden Was Drowned In West Milford Lake, Rescue Group Says UPDATE: A 10-week-old Golden Retriever puppy was alive when she was dumped into a West Milford lake, a local rescue group said after a Morris County woman was charged with killing her. Tonya Fea, 47, of Jefferson Township "reportedly confessed," The Last Resort Animal Rescue reported. "But, much to our horror, our worst fears were confirmed: The official [necropsy] report confirms that drowning was the cause of death," officials with the non-profit organization wrote. The dog "was intentionally drowned," they said. The Last Resort, which named the dog Jenny, had posted a reward that quic…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Oakland Dad Arrested After Bringing Son, 4, To Court While High Police: Oakland Dad Arrested After Bringing Son, 4, To Court While High Police: Oakland Dad Arrested After Bringing Son, 4, To Court While High
Police: Oakland Dad Arrested After Bringing Son, 4, To Court While High Oakland police arrested a local dad who they said brought his 4-year-old son to court with him to answer drug-related charges while he was high. Jared Spingler, 37, was "heavily under the influence" of some type of narcotic when Officers Jonathan Coleman and Bryan Rowin found him sitting in Municipal Court with his son last Thursday, Lt. Christian Eldridge said. They arrested Spingler on charges of child endangerment and driving while under the influence of drugs, he said. Spingler, his now-ex-wife and their son were featured in news stories after the boy beat cancer in 2015, just before h…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
#JusticeForJenny: Caged 10-Week-Old Golden Was Drowned In West Milford Lake, Rescue Group Says #JusticeForJenny: Caged 10-Week-Old Golden Was Drowned In West Milford Lake, Rescue Group Says #JusticeForJenny: Caged 10-Week-Old Golden Was Drowned In West Milford Lake, Rescue Group Says
#JusticeForJenny: Caged 10-Week-Old Golden Was Drowned In West Milford Lake, Rescue Group Says UPDATE: A 10-week-old Golden Retriever puppy was alive when she was dumped into a West Milford lake, a local rescue group said after a Morris County woman was charged with killing her. Tonya Fea, 47, of Jefferson Township "reportedly confessed," The Last Resort Animal Rescue reported. "But, much to our horror, our worst fears were confirmed: The official [necropsy] report confirms that drowning was the cause of death," officials with the non-profit organization wrote. The dog "was intentionally drowned," they said. The Last Resort, which named the dog Jenny, had posted a reward that quic…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Explosions Rock Area In Saddle Brook Fire Explosions Rock Area In Saddle Brook Fire Explosions Rock Area In Saddle Brook Fire
Explosions Rock Area In Saddle Brook Fire Neighbors reported hearing explosions in a smoky Tuesday afternoon fire in a Saddle Brook home. The 64-year-old homeowner got safely out of the Lanza Avenue residence after the fire broke out shortly before 1:50 p.m., Police Chief Robert Kugler said. However, a half-dozen or so house cats of hers may or may not have made it, the chief said. The two-alarm blaze collapsed the rear of the home and tore through the rest, he said, adding that homes on either side were damaged by heat and flames. Saddle Brook firefighters were joined by their colleagues from Elmwood Park, Fair Lawn, Garfield, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Director Of Fair Lawn Early Learning Center Helps Police Find Parents Of Wandering Toddler Director Of Fair Lawn Early Learning Center Helps Police Find Parents Of Wandering Toddler Director Of Fair Lawn Early Learning Center Helps Police Find Parents Of Wandering Toddler
Director Of Fair Lawn Early Learning Center Helps Police Find Parents Of Wandering Toddler A Fair Lawn toddler found wandering alone wasn't able to help police find his parents -- but the director of a local early learning center was, authorities said. Confusion between the parents and the boy’s grandmother over who was watching him left him wandering alone around dinnertime Monday, Sgt. Brian Metzler said Tuesday. Police were called after he was found on Westmoreland Avenue around 5:30 p.m., Metzler said. Because the boy was non-verbal -- and no one had reported him missing -- police had a mystery on their hands. So they went to Jessica DeMott, director of the Lightbridge Acad…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgefield PD: Hackensack Pedestrian, 24, Struck By SUV Was Drunk Ridgefield PD: Hackensack Pedestrian, 24, Struck By SUV Was Drunk Ridgefield PD: Hackensack Pedestrian, 24, Struck By SUV Was Drunk
Ridgefield PD: Hackensack Pedestrian, 24, Struck By SUV Was Drunk A 26-year-old pedestrian was drunk when he was struck by an SUV while crossing a Ridgefield street Monday night, authorities said. The Hackensack man was crossing Grand Avenue from west to east in the 600 block when he was struck by a 2005 Honda Pilot around 10:30 p.m., Deputy Police Chief Robert Meurer said. “There are no crosswalks in the area,” Meurer noted. The victim remained in stable condition Tuesday at Hackensack University Medical Center with head pain and scrapes, the deputy chief said. No summonses were issued to the driver, he said.

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