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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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Police Responding To Clifton Car Burglary Spree Nab Ex-Con Wanted On Warrant Police Responding To Clifton Car Burglary Spree Nab Ex-Con Wanted On Warrant Police Responding To Clifton Car Burglary Spree Nab Ex-Con Wanted On Warrant
Police Responding To Clifton Car Burglary Spree Nab Ex-Con Wanted On Warrant Clifton detectives were trying to determine whether a wanted ex-con from East Orange whom they caught just before dawn was responsible for burglarizing vehicles in a local neighborhood. Officers responding to a call of a man testing door handles in the 500 block of Grove Street just before 6 a.m. Monday found 34-year-old Patrick Slaughter carrying latex gloves and several apparently stolen items, Detective Sgt. Robert Anderson said. Slaughter “was deceptive in his answers to basic questions and provided false information to the officers,” who nonetheless identified him, Anderson said. Slau…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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NJ Police Community Affairs Association Graduates 30+ Students Trained In Bergen NJ Police Community Affairs Association Graduates 30+ Students Trained In Bergen NJ Police Community Affairs Association Graduates 30+ Students Trained In Bergen
NJ Police Community Affairs Association Graduates 30+ Students Trained In Bergen Students from more than 30 universities and colleges were graduated last week from a Law Enforcement Career Development Course sponsored by the state Police Community Affairs Officers Association. The students completed 10 weeks of intense preparation by the staffs of Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo and Sheriff Anthony Cureton. It was the Police Community Affairs Officers Association's 10th year of operating the program in the region, said President William Schievella. "To date we have graduated more than 800 college students who have attended this free training," Schievella sa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
SEEN HIM? Authorities Seek Bergenfield Landscaper Charged In Fatal Stabbing SEEN HIM? Authorities Seek Bergenfield Landscaper Charged In Fatal Stabbing SEEN HIM? Authorities Seek Bergenfield Landscaper Charged In Fatal Stabbing
Seen HIM? Authorities Seek Bergenfield Landscaper Charged In Fatal Stabbing What apparently began as a bar fight became a fatal stabbing overnight in Bergenfield, said authorities who sought the public's help Monday in searching for the killer. A warrant is out for the arrest of Jose D. Perez Vasquez, 50 of Bergenfield, who was charged with murder and weapon possession after a 43-year-old man was found dead on Portland Avenue early Monday morning, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. A passing police officer found the bleeding, unresponsive Aguilar on Portland Avenue, a few steps from Armando's Bar on South Washington Avenue -- where law enforcement s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Jersey City, NJ
Your Community
MYSTERY SOLVED: Family In Portrait Found In Basement Came From North Bergen MYSTERY SOLVED: Family In Portrait Found In Basement Came From North Bergen MYSTERY SOLVED: Family In Portrait Found In Basement Came From North Bergen
Mystery Solved: Family In Portrait Found In Basement Came From North Bergen North Bergen native Joseph Bace thought he’d been scammed when he read a Daily Voice story about a portrait of his family taken more than 30 years that reportedly was found in the basement of a pizzeria in neighboring Fairview. “I instantly knew what it was and where it was from,” he said. “So I emailed my siblings. “Sure enough, it’s the real thing.” The owners of Margherita Pizza Cucina on Anderson Avenue were cleaning out the basement when they found the portrait. “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…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Your Community
MYSTERY SOLVED: Family In Decades-Old Portrait That Turned Up In Fairview Basement Found MYSTERY SOLVED: Family In Decades-Old Portrait That Turned Up In Fairview Basement Found MYSTERY SOLVED: Family In Decades-Old Portrait That Turned Up In Fairview Basement Found
Mystery Solved: Family In Decades-Old Portrait That Turned Up In Fairview Basement Found Joseph Bace thought he’d been scammed when he read a Daily Voice story about a portrait of his family taken more than 30 years that reportedly was found in the basement of a Fairview pizzeria. “I instantly knew what it was and where it was from,” he said. “So I emailed my siblings. “Sure enough, it’s the real thing.” The owners of Margherita Pizza Cucina on Anderson Avenue were cleaning out the basement when they found the portrait. “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 fam…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Police: 'I Killed My Baby,' Says Little Ferry Woman Charged With Murdering 5-Day-Old Daughter Police: 'I Killed My Baby,' Says Little Ferry Woman Charged With Murdering 5-Day-Old Daughter Police: 'I Killed My Baby,' Says Little Ferry Woman Charged With Murdering 5-Day-Old Daughter
Police: 'I Killed My Baby,' Says Little Ferry Woman Charged With Murdering 5-Day-Old Daughter UPDATE: Family members were having dinner when a 29-year-old Little Ferry woman grabbed a knife, locked the bedroom door and stabbed her crying 5-day-old daughter in the throat, killing her, records show. Hiralbahen Bhavsar initially told police in a 911 call Thursday night that her husband had a knife and was trying to kill her, court records show. Family members had stopped responding officers from taking the husband into custody at the Liberty Street garden apartment when, according to court documents, the mother emerged from the bedroom and said, "I did it. I killed my baby." The offic…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
#JusticeForJenny: Morris County Woman Charged With Dumping 10-Week-Old Puppy In Lake #JusticeForJenny: Morris County Woman Charged With Dumping 10-Week-Old Puppy In Lake #JusticeForJenny: Morris County Woman Charged With Dumping 10-Week-Old Puppy In Lake
#JusticeForJenny: Morris County Woman Charged With Dumping 10-Week-Old Puppy In Lake UPDATE: A Morris County woman was arrested Tuesday and charged with drowning a caged 10-week-old Golden Retriever puppy in a West Milford lake. Tonya Fea, 47, of Jefferson Township "reportedly confessed," The Last Resort Animal Rescue announced Tuesday. "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 quickly ballooned to $12,000, thanks…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Little Ferry Woman Who Stabbed 5-Day-Old Daughter Dead Charged With Murder Prosecutor: Little Ferry Woman Who Stabbed 5-Day-Old Daughter Dead Charged With Murder Prosecutor: Little Ferry Woman Who Stabbed 5-Day-Old Daughter Dead Charged With Murder
Prosecutor: Little Ferry Woman Who Stabbed 5-Day-Old Daughter Dead Charged With Murder UPDATE: Family members were having dinner when a 29-year-old Little Ferry woman grabbed a knife, locked the bedroom door and stabbed her crying 5-day-old daughter in the throat, killing her, records show. Hiralbahen Bhavsar initially told police in a 911 call Thursday night that her husband had a knife and was trying to kill her, court records show. Family members had stopped responding officers from taking the husband into custody at the Liberty Street garden apartment when, according to court documents, the mother emerged from the bedroom and said, "I did it. I killed my baby." The …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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US Attorney For NJ: Ukrainian Who Pushed 100M Malware Ads Worldwide Extradited From Netherlands US Attorney For NJ: Ukrainian Who Pushed 100M Malware Ads Worldwide Extradited From Netherlands US Attorney For NJ: Ukrainian Who Pushed 100M Malware Ads Worldwide Extradited From Netherlands
US Attorney For NJ: Ukrainian Who Pushed 100M Malware Ads Worldwide Extradited From Netherlands A Ukrainian national accused of infecting computers worldwide with more than 100 million pieces of malware was extradited from the Netherlands after being tracked down by the U.S. Secret Service and Dutch authorities, the government said Friday. Oleksii Petrovich Ivanov, 31, infected the computers –100 of them in New Jersey – using what’s known as “malvertising,” U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Craig Carpenito said. The scheme was particularly dangerous, Carpenito said, because “it uses online ads to target millions of unsuspecting Internet users engaged in activities as routine as booking the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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K-9s, Partners Graduate From Bergen County Sheriff's Training Academy K-9s, Partners Graduate From Bergen County Sheriff's Training Academy K-9s, Partners Graduate From Bergen County Sheriff's Training Academy
K-9s, Partners Graduate From Bergen County Sheriff's Training Academy The two newest sets of partners with one of the largest, most active law enforcement K-9 units in New Jersey were graduated on Friday. Graduating after nine months of rigorous physical and academic exercises at the Bergen County Sheriff’s K-9 Training Academy were: BCSO Officer Sohrab Muossavian and Cash; BCSO Officer Justin Epifano and Johny. Clinton Township Police Sgt. John Tiger and Tapko, with Bergen County Sheriff Anthony CuretonCOURTESY: Bergen County Sheriff They were joined by Clinton Township Police Sgt. John Tiger and Tapko (above). Sheriff’s K-9 Officers Joseph Cutrona …

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