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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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Leonia PD: Officer Recognizes Burglar Caught On Video, Arrest Made At Probation Office Leonia PD: Officer Recognizes Burglar Caught On Video, Arrest Made At Probation Office Leonia PD: Officer Recognizes Burglar Caught On Video, Arrest Made At Probation Office
Leonia PD: Officer Recognizes Burglar Caught On Video, Arrest Made At Probation Office A Leonia police officer investigating a burglary at the borough recreation center recognized the culprit on surveillance video, leading to his arrest a short time later, authorities said. Tyquan Foster, 23, was wearing the same clothing when Detective Michael Jennings, Detective Sgt. Chris Garris and Capt. Scott Tamagny found him reporting to his probation officer, Police Chief Thomas Rowe said. Recreation Department employees discovered the burglary early Monday and notified police. Video shows Foster breaking in through the front door on Saturday and forcing his way into the main office,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Now-Former Elmwood Park Mayor Calls Voter Fraud Charges 'Politically Motivated' Now-Former Elmwood Park Mayor Calls Voter Fraud Charges 'Politically Motivated' Now-Former Elmwood Park Mayor Calls Voter Fraud Charges 'Politically Motivated'
Now-Former Elmwood Park Mayor Calls Voter Fraud Charges 'Politically Motivated' Now-former Elmwood Park Mayor Francesco Caramagna contends that voter fraud charges brought against him by the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office were politically motivated. Caramagna, who resigned from office after prosecutors accused him of filling in ballots for voters, maintained his "complete innocence" and vowed to fight what he characterized as "politically motivated" charges, in a resignation letter sent Monday to Acting Borough Clerk Erin Delaney. Caramagna, 74, also said he resigned "with sadness and a heavy heart" after consulting family, friends and a defense attorney. He claim…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Elmwood Park Mayor Charged With Voter Fraud, Resigns Elmwood Park Mayor Charged With Voter Fraud, Resigns Elmwood Park Mayor Charged With Voter Fraud, Resigns
Elmwood Park Mayor Charged With Voter Fraud, Resigns Elmwood Park Mayor Francesco Caramagna resigned from office after being charged with election fraud for filling in ballots for voters, authorities confirmed Monday. As Daily Voice reported last week, an investigation by the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office produced the charges against "Frank" Caramagna, 74, who became the first Democratic mayor of the borough in 47 years when he was elected to the post in 2017. Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said his office received a complaint earlier this month that Caramagna "interfered with the election process with regard to applications …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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Prosecutor: Washington Township Father, 34, Sexually Assaulted Pre-Teen, Recorded It Prosecutor: Washington Township Father, 34, Sexually Assaulted Pre-Teen, Recorded It Prosecutor: Washington Township Father, 34, Sexually Assaulted Pre-Teen, Recorded It
Prosecutor: Washington Township Father, 34, Sexually Assaulted Pre-Teen, Recorded It A married Washington Township father who works elsewhere as a paramedic sexually assaulted a pre-teen at least twice – and recorded it, authorities charged. Cesar Fallas-Urena, 34, who is married and has a 2½-year-old son, was arrested following a tip from the state Division of Child Protection and Permanency, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said Monday. A judge, following a detention hearing on Saturday, ordered that Fallas-Urena remain held in the Bergen County Jail pending further court action. He ic charged with aggravated sexual assault, manufacturing child pornography and…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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RECOGNIZE THEM? Fairview Pizzeria Owner Tries To Identify Family In Portrait Found In Basement RECOGNIZE THEM? Fairview Pizzeria Owner Tries To Identify Family In Portrait Found In Basement RECOGNIZE THEM? Fairview Pizzeria Owner Tries To Identify Family In Portrait Found In Basement
Recognize Them? Fairview Pizzeria Owner Tries To Identify Family In Portrait Found In Basement A portrait of an unknown family that turned up in the basement of a Fairview pizzeria has the owner’s wife trying to find out who they are so she can return it. Abir Abuali had no luck with the previous owners of the Anderson Avenue building where her husband operates Margherita Pizza Cucina. She even tried the Bergen County Board of Taxation, which helped her find the owners before them. "It wasn’t theirs, either,” Abuali said. There's no telling exactly how old the framed portrait is. Abuali isn't stopping, though. “I’m going to get the names of the first owners of the building,”  sh…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Pickup Slams Into Utility Pole Near Route 46 Entrance In Lodi Pickup Slams Into Utility Pole Near Route 46 Entrance In Lodi Pickup Slams Into Utility Pole Near Route 46 Entrance In Lodi
Pickup Slams Into Utility Pole Near Route 46 Entrance In Lodi A two-vehicle crash Monday morning sent a pickup truck head-on into a utility pole near eastbound Route 46 in Lodi, authorities said. The pickup continued on after the initial crash at Harrison Avenue and Outwater Lane before ramming the pole near the Saddle Brook border, Lt. Robert Salerno said. Injuries were minor and police were investigating, Salerno said. Meanwhile, Outwater Lane remained closed between Westminster Pl to the Route 46 ramp while the wreckage was removed and PSE&G repaired the pole.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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SEE ANYTHING? Ridgefield Woman, 28, Struck, Killed By Tow Truck, Police Seek Witnesses SEE ANYTHING? Ridgefield Woman, 28, Struck, Killed By Tow Truck, Police Seek Witnesses SEE ANYTHING? Ridgefield Woman, 28, Struck, Killed By Tow Truck, Police Seek Witnesses
SEE Anything? Ridgefield Woman, 28, Struck, Killed By Tow Truck, Police Seek Witnesses Ridgefield police sought witnesses after a 28-year-old pedestrian was struck and killed by a tow truck over the weekend. Yoon Hee Ko, of Ridgefield, was crossing Broad Avenue heading west at Pleasantview Terrace at 9:15 a.m. Saturday when she was struck by the 1999 Chevrolet C600 flatbed tow truck, Deputy Police Chief Robert Meurer said. Police and EMS rendered first aid to the pedestrian, who later was pronounced dead at Hackensack University Medical Center. Her name continued to be withheld while authorities try to contact a next of kin. The 33-year-old driver from Bergenfield remai…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Unlicensed Hit-Run Driver Who Seriously Injured Boy, 15, On Bike Captured By Paterson Police Unlicensed Hit-Run Driver Who Seriously Injured Boy, 15, On Bike Captured By Paterson Police Unlicensed Hit-Run Driver Who Seriously Injured Boy, 15, On Bike Captured By Paterson Police
Unlicensed Hit-Run Driver Who Seriously Injured Boy, 15, On Bike Captured By Paterson Police Paterson police captured a speeding, unlicensed BMW driver who hit a 15-year-old boy on a bicycle and then took off Sunday afternoon, leaving him in the middle of the street, authorities said. The sedan was "traveling at a high rate of speed" through the intersection of Summer and Oak streets when it struck the boy around 4:30 p.m., Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Vincent Gil, 24, got out of the Beamer and offered to help the boy but got back in and took off after a witness called police to report the crash, Speziale said. Responding officers found the boy lying on his back in the mid…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Ramsey Police Officer, Borough EMS Worker Revive Heart Attack Victim, 22, At Gym Ramsey Police Officer, Borough EMS Worker Revive Heart Attack Victim, 22, At Gym Ramsey Police Officer, Borough EMS Worker Revive Heart Attack Victim, 22, At Gym
Ramsey Police Officer, Borough EMS Worker Revive Heart Attack Victim, 22, At Gym A Ramsey police officer and EMS worker revived a 22-year-old who went into cardiac arrest at a local gym on Sunday. Marc Greenwood, a Ramsey Ambulance Corps member and Mahwah police dispatcher, was at Retro Fitness off Route 17 when the victim collapsed, Police Chief Bryan Gurney said. Greenwood, who used to work at the same gym, began CPR. Officer Bryan Stevens arrived soon after and brought the victim back to full consciousness with one shock from a defibrillator, the chief said. Ramsey EMS took him to the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson Ex-Con Convicted Of Helping Flood Bergen, Passaic, Rockland Suburbs With Heroin Paterson Ex-Con Convicted Of Helping Flood Bergen, Passaic, Rockland Suburbs With Heroin Paterson Ex-Con Convicted Of Helping Flood Bergen, Passaic, Rockland Suburbs With Heroin
Paterson Ex-Con Convicted Of Helping Flood Bergen, Passaic, Rockland Suburbs With Heroin A Paterson ex-con is headed to federal prison for at least 10 years after being convicted of participating in a ring that distributed heroin by the pound in Bergen, Passaic and Rockland counties. Reinaldo “Memo” Rodriguez, 30, was part of a network that that stretched from the Bronx to Paterson and into suburban towns in all three counties, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. He was arrested last year with a large amount of heroin, as well as a gun that, as a convicted felon, he was prohibited from having, the U.S. attorney said. Rodriguez, also known as “Killa,” had been in federal custod…

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