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
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Friends, Others Try To Aid Paterson Family Of 15 Who Lost Everything In Fire Friends, Others Try To Aid Paterson Family Of 15 Who Lost Everything In Fire Friends, Others Try To Aid Paterson Family Of 15 Who Lost Everything In Fire
Friends, Others Try To Aid Paterson Family Of 15 Who Lost Everything In Fire Born and raised in Paterson, Joe "Pancho" Hernandez has lived for his art ever since he was a boy. Needs have become more pressing, however, after a fire destroyed his family’s home, killing a 76-year-old resident. Friends, neighbors, loved ones and strangers have banded together to support more than a dozen members of the Hernandez family who were displaced by Tuesday’s blaze. "All this positive energy is really helping me and my family," said Hernandez, who uses the handle #VivaPanchoArt360. "I'm very touched and overwhelmed with gratitude." The body of Russel Mahan was found inside the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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WATCH THIS: Englewood Cat Burglar Tries Breaking In While Residents Are Home WATCH THIS: Englewood Cat Burglar Tries Breaking In While Residents Are Home WATCH THIS: Englewood Cat Burglar Tries Breaking In While Residents Are Home
Watch This: Englewood Cat Burglar Tries Breaking In While Residents Are Home An Englewood resident was home when surveillance cameras captured video of a burglar wearing a multi-colored windbreaker trying to break in. Even though lights go on, the hoodied intruder -- whose face and hands were covered -- tries opening a window, then cases the exterior of the house for a way to get in. The sneaker- and sweatpants-wearing burglar then hears the chirp of a police siren and flees into nearby woods. The East Hill homeowner posted Ring videos of the incident, which occurred between 10:30 and 11 p.m. Thursday. Police are hoping someone recognizes the distinctive jacket an…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Stalker Nabbed By Detectives Trying To Lure Clifton Girl, 13, For Sixth Time, Authorities Say Stalker Nabbed By Detectives Trying To Lure Clifton Girl, 13, For Sixth Time, Authorities Say Stalker Nabbed By Detectives Trying To Lure Clifton Girl, 13, For Sixth Time, Authorities Say
Stalker Nabbed By Detectives Trying To Lure Clifton Girl, 13, For Sixth Time, Authorities Say Clifton detectives who were watching rushed a 37-year-old city man as he tried luring a 13-year-old middle student into his car, authorities said Friday. It was no fewer than the sixth time that he’d approached the same girl, they said. The Christopher Columbus Middle School student told school officials that Samer K. Alamad of Clifton parked his car nearby as she walked to school the morning of April 22 and asked if she needed a ride, Police Lt. Robert Bracken said. School resource officers who investigated “learned that this was not the first time,” Bracken said. “In fact, it was determi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Little Ferry Woman Accused Of Stabbing 5-Day-Old Daughter Dead Posted Pic Hours Earlier Little Ferry Woman Accused Of Stabbing 5-Day-Old Daughter Dead Posted Pic Hours Earlier Little Ferry Woman Accused Of Stabbing 5-Day-Old Daughter Dead Posted Pic Hours Earlier
Little Ferry Woman Accused Of Stabbing 5-Day-Old Daughter Dead Posted Pic Hours Earlier 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
Maywood PD, State Police Produce Arrests In Cold Case Burglary, Recent Break-Ins Maywood PD, State Police Produce Arrests In Cold Case Burglary, Recent Break-Ins Maywood PD, State Police Produce Arrests In Cold Case Burglary, Recent Break-Ins
Maywood PD, State Police Produce Arrests In Cold Case Burglary, Recent Break-Ins Maywood police cracked a cold-case burglary and two recent break-ins in one shot. Officers were responding to an apartment burglary on April 13 when they got a call that someone had broken into another a block away, Detective Sgt. Matthew Parodi said Thursday. While borough Detective William Phayre reviewed area surveillance video, NJSP Detective Sgt. Dennis Cappello produced a sketch of a burglar who, Parodi said, turned out to be 50-year-old James Taylor of Carteret. Driving the getaway car, he said, was Tammy Harrell-Brayboy, also 50 of Carteret. Maywood police seized Harrell-Brayboy a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Man Caught Ringing Doorbells Masturbated In Front Of Woman, Carlstadt Police Charge Man Caught Ringing Doorbells Masturbated In Front Of Woman, Carlstadt Police Charge Man Caught Ringing Doorbells Masturbated In Front Of Woman, Carlstadt Police Charge
Man Caught Ringing Doorbells Masturbated In Front Of Woman, Carlstadt Police Charge A North Bergen man caught ringing doorbells in a Carlstadt neighborhood turned out to be the same one who masturbated in front of a local woman the day before, police said Thursday. Bobby Ortiz, 30, told officers responding to an 8 a.m. call Sunday in the area of 6th Street and Division Avenue that he was staying at a relative’s house, Police Chief Thomas Nielsen said. The officers noticed that Ortiz bore a resemblance to a man who a female driver said exposed himself to her around 5 p.m. Saturday as she sat in her car, Nielsen said. Officers who responded to her didn’t find a suspect at t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Jersey City, NJ
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North Bergen Man Ringing Doorbells Masturbated In Front Of Woman, Police Charge North Bergen Man Ringing Doorbells Masturbated In Front Of Woman, Police Charge North Bergen Man Ringing Doorbells Masturbated In Front Of Woman, Police Charge
North Bergen Man Ringing Doorbells Masturbated In Front Of Woman, Police Charge A North Bergen man caught ringing doorbells in a Bergen County neighborhood turned out to be the same one who masturbated in front of a local woman the day before, police said Thursday. Bobby Ortiz, 30, told officers responding to an 8 a.m. call Sunday that he was staying at a relative’s house, Carlstadt Police Chief Thomas Nielsen said. The officers noticed that Ortiz bore a resemblance to a man who a female driver said exposed himself to her around 5 p.m. Saturday as she sat in her car, Nielsen said. Officers who responded to her didn’t find a suspect at the time, the chief noted. The w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
VIDEO: Englewood Police Charge 12 Students In Recorded High School Brawl VIDEO: Englewood Police Charge 12 Students In Recorded High School Brawl VIDEO: Englewood Police Charge 12 Students In Recorded High School Brawl
Video: Englewood Police Charge 12 Students In Recorded High School Brawl A dozen students at Dwight Morrow High School in Englewood were being charged by police for a brawl earlier this week, authorities said. School officials also planned suspensions for them of five to 10 days, they said. Making the task easier for police and school officials is a video of Tuesday’s melee (posted above). Six adults students are being charged with failing to disperse, Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said Thursday. Five underage students are receiving delinquency complaints for the same offense, he said. The student accused of starting the braw;, also a minor, was receivi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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VIDEO: Single Rt 46W Lane In Teterboro Reopens, Hit-Run Driver Who Took Out Hydrant Sought VIDEO: Single Rt 46W Lane In Teterboro Reopens, Hit-Run Driver Who Took Out Hydrant Sought VIDEO: Single Rt 46W Lane In Teterboro Reopens, Hit-Run Driver Who Took Out Hydrant Sought
Video: Single Rt 46W Lane In Teterboro Reopens, Hit-Run Driver Who Took Out Hydrant Sought UPDATE: Moonachie police hope someone saw the hit-and-run driver whose commercial vehicle slammed into a fire hydrant in Teterboro on Tuesday, flooding Route 46 and indefinitely closing the westbound lanes. “We got the call of a possible water main break,” Police Chief Richard Behrens said. “When we got there the fire hydrant was knocked off and water was flowing.” The damage at the highway’s intersection with Hollister Road was expected to keep the road closed indefinitely, Suez Water said. Anyone who saw something or has information that can help find whoever was responsible was asked…

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