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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Career Burglar With More Than 2 Dozen Arrests Charged In Clifton Jewelry Heist Career Burglar With More Than 2 Dozen Arrests Charged In Clifton Jewelry Heist Career Burglar With More Than 2 Dozen Arrests Charged In Clifton Jewelry Heist
Career Burglar With More Than 2 Dozen Arrests Charged In Clifton Jewelry Heist Clifton detectives cracked the theft of a large amount of jewelry from a residence with the arrest of a Haledon ex-con with a history of more than two dozen arrests -- mostly for burglary. Detectives investigating the Feb. 12 break-in on Rooney Street developed Jose Malave Jr. as a suspect, Lt. Robert Bracken said. Malave had broken in through a basement window, Bracken said. Malave spent two days in the Bergen County Jail last month before a judge ordered his release following an arrest for a burglary in Park Ridge. He's also awaiting trial on burglary charges in Bloomfield, among others…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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SEEN IT? Hackensack PD Searches For Hit-Run SUV That Struck Fleeing Repeat Offender, 17 SEEN IT? Hackensack PD Searches For Hit-Run SUV That Struck Fleeing Repeat Offender, 17 SEEN IT? Hackensack PD Searches For Hit-Run SUV That Struck Fleeing Repeat Offender, 17
Seen IT? Hackensack PD Searches For Hit-Run SUV That Struck Fleeing Repeat Offender, 17 A 17-year-old repeat offender from Hackensack who at first hid under a car and then tried to run from police was struck by an SUV whose driver kept going Tuesday afternoon. Police were looking for a newer-model dark-colored (possibly brown or pewter) Hyundai Santa Fe that lost its driver's side mirror, Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. The juvenile, who wasn't seriously injured, was wanted for an Oct. 26 armed robbery with a handgun and for failing to appear in the Family Division of Superior Court on previous complaints, among other offenses, DeWitt said. Aware that he may be the area, several c…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson Resident, 76, Killed In Fire Paterson Resident, 76, Killed In Fire Paterson Resident, 76, Killed In Fire
Paterson Resident, 76, Killed In Fire Authorities were investigating a Paterson fire that killed a 76-year-old resident despite neighbors' efforts to rescue him. The three-alarm fire broke out just after 6:30 p.m Tuesday at 650 East 26th Street. The body of Russel Mahan was found inside the severely damaged two-family home, authorities said. No other injuries were reported. There was no immediate indication of what may have caused the fire. Various agencies united to investigate: the Paterson police and fire departments and the Passaic County prosecutor’s and sheriff’s offices. At the scene.Michael Jannicelli for DAILY …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack Police Search For Hit-Run SUV That Struck Wanted Offender, 17 Hackensack Police Search For Hit-Run SUV That Struck Wanted Offender, 17 Hackensack Police Search For Hit-Run SUV That Struck Wanted Offender, 17
Hackensack Police Search For Hit-Run SUV That Struck Wanted Offender, 17 A 17-year-old repeat offender from Hackensack who at first hid under a car and then tried to run from police was struck by an SUV whose driver kept going Tuesday afternoon. Police were looking for a newer-model dark-colored (possibly brown or pewter) Hyundai Santa Fe that lost its driver's side mirror, Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. The juvenile, who wasn't seriously injured, was wanted for an Oct. 26 armed robbery with a handgun and for failing to appear in the Family Division of Superior Court on previous complaints, among other offenses, DeWitt said. Aware that he may be the area, several ci…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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Brawl At Dwight Morrow HS In Englewood: Involved Students Barred From Returning During Probe Brawl At Dwight Morrow HS In Englewood: Involved Students Barred From Returning During Probe Brawl At Dwight Morrow HS In Englewood: Involved Students Barred From Returning During Probe
Brawl At Dwight Morrow HS In Englewood: Involved Students Barred From Returning During Probe Some students were told not to return for at least a day following a Tuesday afternoon brawl at Dwight Morrow High School in Englewood that was quickly broken up by school security and staff, police said. A boy was treated at the school for a minor eye injury following the 1 p.m. incident in the school's south building, Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said. It wasn't immediately clear what ignited the melee, which the deputy chief said involved male students throwing punches and female students shouting at each other. "From information gleaned to this point, the fight involved rival f…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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UPDATE: South Hackensack Boy, 16, In Stepbrother's Fatal Stabbing Suffered Neck Injury UPDATE: South Hackensack Boy, 16, In Stepbrother's Fatal Stabbing Suffered Neck Injury UPDATE: South Hackensack Boy, 16, In Stepbrother's Fatal Stabbing Suffered Neck Injury
Update: South Hackensack Boy, 16, In Stepbrother's Fatal Stabbing Suffered Neck Injury UPDATE: A 16-year-old South Hackensack boy who authorities say stabbed his older stepbrother dead in self-defense was hospitalized with a severe neck injury, Daily Voice has learned. "He's lucky he wasn't paralyzed," a source with direct knowledge of the incident said. No charges had been filed in connection with the stabbing death of Ismael Fajardo, 18, during the confrontation at their Hoffman Street home over the weekend. Police responding to a 911 call found Fajardo bleeding and unresponsive in a second-floor bedroom, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. He's suffered "s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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Robbers Mug Englewood Construction In Broad Daylight Robbers Mug Englewood Construction In Broad Daylight Robbers Mug Englewood Construction In Broad Daylight
Robbers Mug Englewood Construction In Broad Daylight A construction worker trying to chase a trio of robbers who mugged him in Englewood got a ride from a good Samaritan but lost them when they hopped over backyard fences in a local neighborhood, police said Tuesday. One of the muggers grabbed a construction cone and smacked the worker with it, knocking him to the ground, outside Lexus of Englewood on Rockwood Place, just before 3:30 p.m. Monday, Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said. The other two then pummeled him with punches, the deputy chief said. He dropped his cellphone, which one of the assailants snatched up before all three ran…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Bloodied, Shirtless, Screaming Man Seized By Mahwah Police Bloodied, Shirtless, Screaming Man Seized By Mahwah Police Bloodied, Shirtless, Screaming Man Seized By Mahwah Police
Bloodied, Shirtless, Screaming Man Seized By Mahwah Police Residents remained inside their homes as Mahwah police seized a bloodied, shirtless, shoeless man early Tuesday. Marvin Corominal, 24, of Mahwah was pepper-sprayed after refusing to comply with officers' demands, Police Chief Stephen Jaffe said. Officers were called to a Catherine Avenue residence on a report of an out-of-control man around 8:40 a.m., a short time after children had left for school. Additional calls came in of Corominal running down the street with no shirt or shoes, bloodied by some type of injury, the chief said. Officer William Hunt found Corominal at the intersection …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Ridgefield Park PD: Stalker, 71, Stunned To Stop Stabbing Himself During Arrest Ridgefield Park PD: Stalker, 71, Stunned To Stop Stabbing Himself During Arrest Ridgefield Park PD: Stalker, 71, Stunned To Stop Stabbing Himself During Arrest
Ridgefield Park PD: Stalker, 71, Stunned To Stop Stabbing Himself During Arrest Ridgefield Park police had to use a stun gun to stop a 71-year-old accused stalker who began stabbing himself after they tried arresting him for violating a restraining order. Michael Krocka, 71, was found in his car on westbound Route 80 in Hackensack just before 9 a.m. Monday, Lt. Joseph Rella said. Krocka refused to get out when ordered to by Sgt. Todd Milo, then pulled what looked like a kitchen knife from his waistband, pointed it at Milo and began stabbing himself in the stomach with it, Rella said. Milo eventually had to discharge his stun gun to get Krocka to stop, the lieutenant s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Bergen Sheriff Conducts Pre-Ramadan Security Briefing Bergen Sheriff Conducts Pre-Ramadan Security Briefing Bergen Sheriff Conducts Pre-Ramadan Security Briefing
Bergen Sheriff Conducts Pre-Ramadan Security Briefing Bergen County Sheriff Anthony Cureton scheduled a pre-Ramadan briefing Tuesday night to discuss public safety precautions with law enforcement, religious, and community leaders. The Muslim holiday of Ramadan begins on the evening of Sunday, May 5. Cureton scheduled the 6:30 p.m. session Tuesday in the second-floor lineup room at 2 Bergen County Plaza.

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