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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Hackensack, NJ
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Hackensack PD: Man Struck Walking His Bicycle In Middle Of Road Hackensack PD: Man Struck Walking His Bicycle In Middle Of Road Hackensack PD: Man Struck Walking His Bicycle In Middle Of Road
Hackensack PD: Man Struck Walking His Bicycle In Middle Of Road A man walking his bicycle in the middle of a busy Hackensack street late Wednesday was struck and thrown over the hood of a Jeep whose driver was trying to avoid colliding with another vehicle, police said. Wayne Methner, 48, of Hackensack sustained injuries to his pelvis, lower back and right leg in the 10:25 p.m. crash on River Street near Anderson Street (Cedar Lane), Capt. Nicole Foley said. Methner, who was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, was “ conscious and alert but also seemed confused and could not provide an account of the accident,” Foley said. The 37-year-old dri…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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NYPD: Hasbrouck Heights Man Seized With Gas Cans, Charcoal Fluid, Lighters At St. Patrick's NYPD: Hasbrouck Heights Man Seized With Gas Cans, Charcoal Fluid, Lighters At St. Patrick's NYPD: Hasbrouck Heights Man Seized With Gas Cans, Charcoal Fluid, Lighters At St. Patrick's
Nypd: Hasbrouck Heights Man Seized With Gas Cans, Charcoal Fluid, Lighters At St. Patrick's Two days after a devastating fire at Notre Dame in Paris, a Hasbrouck Heights man was caught 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. The suspect -- identified by a local law enforcement source as Marc Lamparello, 37 -- parked a minivan on Fifth Avenue, "left the car there for some time and walked around the area," Deputy NYPD Commissioner John Miller said. He later returned to the minivan and removed a pair of two-gallon plastic cans of gasoline, a plastic bag with two bags of …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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UPDATE (VIDEO): Bogus Park Ridge Active Shooter Call, Bank Robbery Unrelated, Authorities Say UPDATE (VIDEO): Bogus Park Ridge Active Shooter Call, Bank Robbery Unrelated, Authorities Say UPDATE (VIDEO): Bogus Park Ridge Active Shooter Call, Bank Robbery Unrelated, Authorities Say
Update (Video): Bogus Park Ridge Active Shooter Call, Bank Robbery Unrelated, Authorities Say UPDATE (MAY 8, 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
Ridgewood, NJ
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PHOTOS: Sedan Clips Tree, Overturns In Ridgewood PHOTOS: Sedan Clips Tree, Overturns In Ridgewood PHOTOS: Sedan Clips Tree, Overturns In Ridgewood
Photos: Sedan Clips Tree, Overturns In Ridgewood A driver escaped injury in a rollover crash Wednesday afternoon in Ridgewood. Her 4-door Ford Fusion clipped a tree before overturning halfway down the 100 block of North Pleasant Avenue. A flatbed tow truck righted and removed the wrecked sedan. Ridgewood police, firefighters and EMS responded. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this account. Ridgewood rollover.Boyd A. Loving

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Paterson PD: Trio Busted With 8,900 Heroin Bags, $4,117 In Drug Cash Paterson PD: Trio Busted With 8,900 Heroin Bags, $4,117 In Drug Cash Paterson PD: Trio Busted With 8,900 Heroin Bags, $4,117 In Drug Cash
Paterson PD: Trio Busted With 8,900 Heroin Bags, $4,117 In Drug Cash Paterson police seized 8,900 heroin folds and $4,117 in proceeds while arresting two city residents and one from Pennsylvania on Wednesday, authorities said.  At roughly a gram of heroin per envelope, that's nearly 20 pounds of the drug. City detectives were conducting an investigation when they busted the trio while seizing the smack and cash. Those charged: Don Gonzalez, 29, of Paterson; Jocquice Timmons, 24, of Paterson; Veronica Keeley, 37, of Stroudsburg, PA (formerly of New Milford).

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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Englewood Girl, 3, Wanders From Home To Busy Business District Late At Night Twice, Mom Charged Englewood Girl, 3, Wanders From Home To Busy Business District Late At Night Twice, Mom Charged Englewood Girl, 3, Wanders From Home To Busy Business District Late At Night Twice, Mom Charged
Englewood Girl, 3, Wanders From Home To Busy Business District Late At Night Twice, Mom Charged A 3-year-old Englewood girl who wanted ice cream wandered from home late at night and ended up in the city’s busy commercial district not once but twice in the same week, said authorities who charged her mother with child endangerment. Both times, concerned adults found the toddler and notified police, Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said. The first night, one of several motorists who saw the Hillside Avenue girl crossing the busy intersection of East Palisade Avenue and Engle Street at 11:20 p.m. held onto her until police arrived, Halstead said. Unfortunately, the girl couldn’t prov…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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HEROES: Westwood Police, Good Sams Save Life Of Man Struck By Commuter Train HEROES: Westwood Police, Good Sams Save Life Of Man Struck By Commuter Train HEROES: Westwood Police, Good Sams Save Life Of Man Struck By Commuter Train
Heroes: Westwood Police, Good Sams Save Life Of Man Struck By Commuter Train A 46-year-old Westwood man who responders said was drunk when he was whacked by a commuter train during an evening rainstorm owes his life to several heroes. Looking toward his second year as the borough’s top law enforcement officer, Chief Michael Pontillo says his own squad’s response to the incident "just shows the quality of officers we have in Westwood.” Praise also goes to a pair of good Samaritans who came to the man’s aid after he suffered a devastating pelvic injury around 8:15 p.m. Friday. Edson Zarte of Passaic, who witnessed the incident, tried using a belt as a tourniquet whil…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Paterson Police Take Councilman Into Custody For Violating Wife's Restraining Order Paterson Police Take Councilman Into Custody For Violating Wife's Restraining Order Paterson Police Take Councilman Into Custody For Violating Wife's Restraining Order
Paterson Police Take Councilman Into Custody For Violating Wife's Restraining Order Paterson Councilman Luis Velez was taken into custody outside Tuesday night's City Council meeting by authorities who said he violated a restraining order obtained by his wife, according to several reports. Velez, who represents the 5th Ward, reportedly was issued a summons and released after being accused of threatening his wife, Evelyn Sanchez, during a phone call with another person. The couple has dueled publicly, with each accusing the other of domestic violence. Velez "got another woman," Sanchez posted on Facebook. "I found a text." The fourth-degree disorderly charges don't affect…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: Bogus 'Shots Fired' 911 Call Made Before $32,000+ Park Ridge Bank Robbery UPDATE: Bogus 'Shots Fired' 911 Call Made Before $32,000+ Park Ridge Bank Robbery UPDATE: Bogus 'Shots Fired' 911 Call Made Before $32,000+ Park Ridge Bank Robbery
Update: Bogus 'Shots Fired' 911 Call Made Before $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
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
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Morris Assisted Living Manager Admits Stealing Elderly Patient’s $237,000 For Cars, Rent, More Morris Assisted Living Manager Admits Stealing Elderly Patient’s $237,000 For Cars, Rent, More Morris Assisted Living Manager Admits Stealing Elderly Patient’s $237,000 For Cars, Rent, More
Morris Assisted Living Manager Admits Stealing Elderly Patient’s $237,000 For Cars, Rent, More The business manager of a Morris County assisted living facility admitted Wednesday that she stole $237,000 from an elderly patient and used it to buy fine clothing, jewelry, cars and more. Marcella Drakeford, 46, of Jensen Beach, FL, also paid her rent and utilities, as well as bills for dental work with the victim’s money, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito added. Drakeford -- formerly of Hackensack and Englewood -- got limited access to the victim’s checking account after agreeing in December 2016 to manage her financial affairs and pay for her care, the U.S. attorney said. What neither the …

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