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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Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Judge Releases Ridgewood Police Officer Charged With Sexting Purported Girl, 15 Judge Releases Ridgewood Police Officer Charged With Sexting Purported Girl, 15 Judge Releases Ridgewood Police Officer Charged With Sexting Purported Girl, 15
Judge Releases Ridgewood Police Officer Charged With Sexting Purported Girl, 15 UPDATE: A judge in Hackensack on Thursday allowed the release -- with conditions -- of a Ridgewood police officer accused of having sex chats on Tinder with what he thought was a 15-year-old girl but was really an undercover detective with the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office. Peter J. Tuchol Jr., 28, can remain free until he's tried, pleads guilty or has the charges dropped, but he cannot have unsupervised visits with children nor use any dating apps or sites, Superior Court Judge Susan J. Steele ordered. He also had to surrender his firearm and passport and must report to probation servi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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RECOGNIZE HIM? Video Shows $32,000+ Park Ridge Bank Robbery RECOGNIZE HIM? Video Shows $32,000+ Park Ridge Bank Robbery RECOGNIZE HIM? Video Shows $32,000+ Park Ridge Bank Robbery
Recognize HIM? Video Shows $32,000+ Park Ridge Bank Robbery UPDATE (MAY 9, 2019): As coincidences go, it's odd: A bogus 911 "active shooter" call that brought a SWAT team and swarms of other responders to a Park Ridge home had nothing to do with a bank robbery across town that occurred at almost the same time, authorities said. Questions of a possible connection arose after authorities last week announced that Austin Parks, 48, of Spring Valley had been charged with making the April 17 call. However, a senior law enforcement official told Daily Voice that the call was "unrelated...oddly" to the robbery at nearly the same time of an Oritani Bank bran…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
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New Lyndhurst Chief Zeroes In On Quality-Of-Life Issues, Safety, Police/Public Relationships New Lyndhurst Chief Zeroes In On Quality-Of-Life Issues, Safety, Police/Public Relationships New Lyndhurst Chief Zeroes In On Quality-Of-Life Issues, Safety, Police/Public Relationships
New Lyndhurst Chief Zeroes In On Quality-Of-Life Issues, Safety, Police/Public Relationships New Lyndhurst Police Chief Richard Jarvis Jr. isn’t wasting time setting the tone of his administration, beginning with preserving the quality of life for residents and merchants. Improving relations between police and the public is also a priority for Jarvis, a former lieutenant who was sworn to run the department last week. The new chief already has a list of goals that include: Aggressively targeting speeders, with “a specific concentration on residential streets, school zones and in high pedestrian areas”; Using both enforcement and education to address the growing number of pedestria…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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NYPD: Hasbrouck Heights Professor Charged With Attempted Arson, Endangerment At St. Patrick's NYPD: Hasbrouck Heights Professor Charged With Attempted Arson, Endangerment At St. Patrick's NYPD: Hasbrouck Heights Professor Charged With Attempted Arson, Endangerment At St. Patrick's
Nypd: Hasbrouck Heights Professor Charged With Attempted Arson, Endangerment At St. Patrick's UPDATE: A philosophy professor from Hasbrouck Heights was charged with attempted arson and reckless endangerment for trying to enter St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan with four gallons of gasoline, two cans of lighter fluid and lighters Wednesday night, the NYPD said Thursday. Marc Lamparello, a 37-year-old East Rutherford native who'd been staying at a hotel in the city, was carrying a one-way ticket to Rome when he was arrested, police said. He remained held at the NYPD's Midtown North Precinct on Thursday as reports emerged that he'd also been arrested by Essex County sherif…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
SEE ANYTHING? Two Pedestrians Struck Across From Police HQ In Paterson, One Still Serious SEE ANYTHING? Two Pedestrians Struck Across From Police HQ In Paterson, One Still Serious SEE ANYTHING? Two Pedestrians Struck Across From Police HQ In Paterson, One Still Serious
SEE Anything? Two Pedestrians Struck Across From Police HQ In Paterson, One Still Serious One of two pedestrians struck by a car across from police headquarters in Paterson a day earlier remained hospitalized Thursday with serious injuries, authorities said. Guillermo Gonzalez, 65, remained at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center after he and 62-year-old Edwin Gonzalez were struck by a 2013 Toyota Prius on Church Street, near Broadway, just after 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, authorities said. Edwin Gonzalez was released from the hospital after being treated for minor injuries, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Troy Oswald said in a joint release.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Missing Paterson Girl, 15, Abducted, Raped By Illegal Immigrant Headed To Chicago Police: Missing Paterson Girl, 15, Abducted, Raped By Illegal Immigrant Headed To Chicago Police: Missing Paterson Girl, 15, Abducted, Raped By Illegal Immigrant Headed To Chicago
Police: Missing Paterson Girl, 15, Abducted, Raped By Illegal Immigrant Headed To Chicago UPDATE (10/1/2019): A federal grand jury has returned charges against an illegal immigrant living in Passaic County who authorities said abducted and raped a 15-year-old Paterson girl he took to Ohio. Juan Carlos Morales-Pedraza, a 33-year-old Ecuadorian national who’d been deported in 2010 but snuck back into the U.S., abducted the girl this past April and transported her to Ohio “with the intent that she engage in sexual activity,” U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. A superseding indictment returned by a grand jury in U.S. District Court in Newark charges Morales-Pedraza with kidnapping,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Hawthorne Apartment Building Janitor Hid Camera To Spy On Female Tenant, Police Charge Hawthorne Apartment Building Janitor Hid Camera To Spy On Female Tenant, Police Charge Hawthorne Apartment Building Janitor Hid Camera To Spy On Female Tenant, Police Charge
Hawthorne Apartment Building Janitor Hid Camera To Spy On Female Tenant, Police Charge A Hawthorne maintenance man hid a camera in a woman’s apartment, recording her at least four times, said authorities who arrested him. The Hawthorne Square Apartments summoned police to the Forest Avenue complex after finding the camera in the ductwork, Detective Sgt. Matthew Hoogmoed said Thursday. Police identified 52-year-old Oscar Martinez as the culprit after checking the camera’s microSD card and finding personal photos of him and his family on it, Hoogmoed said. Martinez, who’s been with the complex since they opened last year, was charged with burglary, criminal mischief and invas…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Head Of Franklin Lakes Child Psychology Clinic Sexually Assaulted Pre-Teen Prosecutor: Head Of Franklin Lakes Child Psychology Clinic Sexually Assaulted Pre-Teen Prosecutor: Head Of Franklin Lakes Child Psychology Clinic Sexually Assaulted Pre-Teen
Prosecutor: Head Of Franklin Lakes Child Psychology Clinic Sexually Assaulted Pre-Teen A 78-year-old Franklin Lakes child psychologist who operates a clinic for public and private schools sexually assaulted a pre-teen at least twice, said authorities who arrested him. Lorenzo Puertas, the executive director of Psych-Ed Services Inc., was taken into custody following an investigation that began with a tip to the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office from the state Division of Child Protection and Permanency, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said Wednesday. Puertas, who is married, is charged with sexual assault by contact and child endangerment at his Commanche Lane h…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Passaic Sheriff: Probation Violator Nabbed With Dozens Of Bogus Credit, Gift Cards, More Passaic Sheriff: Probation Violator Nabbed With Dozens Of Bogus Credit, Gift Cards, More Passaic Sheriff: Probation Violator Nabbed With Dozens Of Bogus Credit, Gift Cards, More
Passaic Sheriff: Probation Violator Nabbed With Dozens Of Bogus Credit, Gift Cards, More Two Passaic County sheriff’s detectives who tracked down and arrested a Paterson man wanted on a probation violation found him carrying 19 bogus credit cards, three phony health insurance cards and more, authorities said. Warrant Squad Detectives Scott Stracco and Louis Pagan seized 29-year-old Jean C. Santana on Auburn Street early Tuesday for violating probation by being caught with a weapon, shoplifting and receiving stolen property, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. During the arrest, they found him with the cards, which also included a state Department of Human Services “…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Missing Paterson Girl, 15, Abducted, Raped By Illegal Immigrant Headed To Chicago Police: Missing Paterson Girl, 15, Abducted, Raped By Illegal Immigrant Headed To Chicago Police: Missing Paterson Girl, 15, Abducted, Raped By Illegal Immigrant Headed To Chicago
Police: Missing Paterson Girl, 15, Abducted, Raped By Illegal Immigrant Headed To Chicago An illegal immigrant from Mexico had a missing 15-year-old girl from Paterson he’d abducted and raped with him when an Ohio state trooper pulled his car over earlier this week, authorities said. Juan Carlos Morales-Pedraza, a 35-year-old Ecuadorian national who previously had been deported but snuck back into the U.S., “forced the girl to perform acts on him” and was taking her to Chicago, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said in a statement. A trooper stopped a 2013 Nissan Sentra driven by Morrales-Pedraza on westbound Route 80 in Lucas County on Tuesday for failing to move over, the highway …

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