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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Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Two More Bergen Luxury Cars Stolen: How Many More Will There Be? It's Up To You Two More Bergen Luxury Cars Stolen: How Many More Will There Be? It's Up To You Two More Bergen Luxury Cars Stolen: How Many More Will There Be? It's Up To You
Two More Bergen Luxury Cars Stolen: How Many More Will There Be? It's Up To You Two different Franklin Lakes residents woke up Easter morning to find their luxury cars gone. A 2019 BMW was snatched from the driveway of a High Mountain home and a 2018 Mercedes Benz was taken from the driveway of an Algonquin Road home sometime before 10 a.m., police said. Two other cars were entered -- but didn’t have key fobs or valuables inside, so the thieves moved on, they said. Time and again, police have tried to explain to vehicle owners that they cannot be everywhere at once and that anyone who owns property bears some personal responsibility for securing it. Leaving a vehicle…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
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OFFICIAL: Garfield Woman, 58, Jumped To Death From IKEA Parking Garage In Paramus OFFICIAL: Garfield Woman, 58, Jumped To Death From IKEA Parking Garage In Paramus OFFICIAL: Garfield Woman, 58, Jumped To Death From IKEA Parking Garage In Paramus
Official: Garfield Woman, 58, Jumped To Death From IKEA Parking Garage In Paramus UPDATE: A 58-year-old Garfield woman whose body was found at the bottom of the IKEA parking garage in Paramus before dawn Monday jumped to her death, police said. A parking lot sweeper service employee found her body on the Route 17 side of the building at the foot of the parking garage just after 4:30 a.m., Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. Police found her car on the top level of the parking deck. Investigators determined that she'd driven to the top of the Ikea parking garage sometime after 7 p.m. Sunday, Ehrenberg said. "At some point, she locked the car that she had arrived in and…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Driver With Serious Head Injury Freed In Route 46 Rollover Crash In Clifton Driver With Serious Head Injury Freed In Route 46 Rollover Crash In Clifton Driver With Serious Head Injury Freed In Route 46 Rollover Crash In Clifton
Driver With Serious Head Injury Freed In Route 46 Rollover Crash In Clifton The driver of an SUV that snapped a utility pole and rolled over Saturday morning on rain-slicked eastbound Route 46 in Clifton sustained a head injury, responders said. The patient, who had to be extricated before being hospitalized, was conscious following the crash with another vehicle just before 9 a.m. near the Route 3 split, they said. Clifton police, firefighters and EMS responded to the crash, which closed the highway well past 10 a.m. while an investigation was conducted. The Passaic County prosecutor’s fatal accident investigation unit was notified, given the severity of the inju…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
VIDEO: Boy Who Flattened Mahwah Family's Inflatable Easter Duck Apologizes, Agrees To Pay VIDEO: Boy Who Flattened Mahwah Family's Inflatable Easter Duck Apologizes, Agrees To Pay VIDEO: Boy Who Flattened Mahwah Family's Inflatable Easter Duck Apologizes, Agrees To Pay
Video: Boy Who Flattened Mahwah Family's Inflatable Easter Duck Apologizes, Agrees To Pay In an era of home surveillance cameras and social media, a boy knocking over an inflatable Easter duck on a Mahwah homeowner’s lawn in broad daylight was bound to end in a conviction. Jonathan Marcus posted a video of the boy who broke away from the group he was with, rushed the duck and flattened it around 6:15 p.m. Thursday. At least one of the boys was wearing a Don Bosco jacket, said Marcus, who lives at the corner of Forest Road and Brook Court – across from Wilkes Deli in the township’s Fardale section – and decorates his property for several holidays each year. “The one who destroy…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Elmwood Park Detective Nabs Female Bank Robber From Teaneck, 22 Elmwood Park Detective Nabs Female Bank Robber From Teaneck, 22 Elmwood Park Detective Nabs Female Bank Robber From Teaneck, 22
Elmwood Park Detective Nabs Female Bank Robber From Teaneck, 22 An Elmwood Park detective nabbed a bank robber from Teaneck minutes after she fled with $331 from a Valley National branch on Friday, authorities said. Detective Michael Goldyn grabbed Gianna A. Baskerville, 22, as she headed west on Broadway away from the Elmwood Park bank, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. Baskerville "passed a note to a teller stating she had a gun demanding money but did not display a weapon," Foligno said. She fled west with the cash but didn't get very far. Goldyn arrested Baskerville without incident, the chief said. Baskerville has an arrest history for offense…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Snake KO's Power To Mahwah Hotel Complex For Hours Snake KO's Power To Mahwah Hotel Complex For Hours Snake KO's Power To Mahwah Hotel Complex For Hours
Snake KO's Power To Mahwah Hotel Complex For Hours A snake estimated at nearly 10 feet long knocked out power for several hours to the Sheraton Mahwah Hotel near the Rockland County border.  Monday's outage at the hotel off Routes 287 and 17 and the NY State Thruway lasted about 4½ hours, Mahwah Fire Chief Michael Roe said. It began around 11 a.m., he said, after the snake got tangled in some switching gear on the property.  A fire alarm sounded as soon as an Orange and Rockland Utilities crew restored power, bringing Mahwah Fire Companies 1 and 2, Roe said. No problems were found, he said. Just a dead snake. ****** ALSO SEE (…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
REWARD OFFERED: Woman Shot In Foot In Englewood, Other Bullet Misses Hitting Sleeping Kids REWARD OFFERED: Woman Shot In Foot In Englewood, Other Bullet Misses Hitting Sleeping Kids REWARD OFFERED: Woman Shot In Foot In Englewood, Other Bullet Misses Hitting Sleeping Kids
Reward Offered: Woman Shot In Foot In Englewood, Other Bullet Misses Hitting Sleeping Kids A reward was offered for information leading to the arrest of the gunman who shot a woman in the foot and sent a bullet flying through the wall of an Englewood home where several children were sleeping Thursday night. The shots were fired just before 10 p.m. on Mattlage Place, sending the 39-year-old victim to the hospital and a bullet through the wall. Police went door to door on Thursday, seeking witnesses and urging anyone who sees something to say something. Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead asked that anyone who might have seen something or has information that could help find who…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Hook, Line And Stinger: Undercover Paterson Police Bust 52 Prostitutes, Johns Hook, Line And Stinger: Undercover Paterson Police Bust 52 Prostitutes, Johns Hook, Line And Stinger: Undercover Paterson Police Bust 52 Prostitutes, Johns
Hook, Line And Stinger: Undercover Paterson Police Bust 52 Prostitutes, Johns Dozens of men who flocked to a notorious Paterson neighborhood looking for hookers were surprised – and arrested – when some of the streetwalkers turned out to be undercover city police officers. At the same time, police posing as johns rolled up to genuine working girls, then busted those who solicited them. In less than a day, 57 people were arrested – among them, 21 accused prostitutes and 31 alleged johns, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. The others were busted on drug offenses, he said. The sweep was the type of quality-of-life initiative that Speziale said is vital to police work…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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Wyckoff PD: Driver Ticketed For Being Unlicensed Busted For Getting Right Back Behind Wheel Wyckoff PD: Driver Ticketed For Being Unlicensed Busted For Getting Right Back Behind Wheel Wyckoff PD: Driver Ticketed For Being Unlicensed Busted For Getting Right Back Behind Wheel
Wyckoff PD: Driver Ticketed For Being Unlicensed Busted For Getting Right Back Behind Wheel Wyckoff police stopped an unlicensed motorist for the second time in two hours when he ignored orders to leave his car until a valid driver could pick it up, authorities said. Officer Robert Schlossberg first pulled over 23-year-old Melvin Acosta-Espinal of New York City for a traffic violation on Wyckoff Avenue just after 2:30 a.m., Lt. Joseph Soto said. Acosta-Espinal received a summons for driving while on the suspended list and was told to leave the vehicle in a nearby parking lot until a valid driver was available to get it, Soto said. At 4:20 a.m., Kaitlyn Maglione saw Acosta-Espinal…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Passaic PD: Clifton Man Exposed Himself To City Girls Passaic PD: Clifton Man Exposed Himself To City Girls Passaic PD: Clifton Man Exposed Himself To City Girls
Passaic PD: Clifton Man Exposed Himself To City Girls A Clifton man twice exposed himself to young girls while walking down a Passaic street, said police who identified him, tracked him down and arrested him. Passaic police arrested 49-year-old Kenny Gastone at his job in Nutley, charging him with several counts of lewdness, Police Chief Luis Guzman said. “There was no physical contact” with the youngsters, the chief said. Gastone was identified “through eyewitness accounts and strong investigative work,” Guzman said. He was sent to the Passaic County Jail pending a detention hearing on four counts each of child endangerment and lewdness.

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