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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Ex-Con Captured After Two Shot In Paterson Ex-Con Captured After Two Shot In Paterson Ex-Con Captured After Two Shot In Paterson
Ex-Con Captured After Two Shot In Paterson Authorities arrested a Paterson ex-con on attempted murder charges for firing at a group of people, hitting two of them, authorities said. Richard Adams, 29, was captured a short time after Thursday afternoon’s shooting on Rosa Parks Boulevard, they said. Adams also is charged with various weapons offenses, including being a convicted felon in possession of a handgun, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Troy Oswald. A man was gunned down a short time earlier on Temple Street near Circle Avenue – Paterson’s first death by gunfire this year – when police we…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Bergen Law Enforcement Ramps Up Security For Passover Bergen Law Enforcement Ramps Up Security For Passover Bergen Law Enforcement Ramps Up Security For Passover
Bergen Law Enforcement Ramps Up Security For Passover With Passover coming, Bergen County's top law enforcement officials convened with their counterparts from the towns and community leaders for a public safety briefing in Hackensack. Sheriff Anthony Cureton and Prosecutor Dennis Calo said additional resources wil be deployed synagogues, neighborhoods with higher Jewish populations, and other potentially sensitive locations during the religious holiday, which runs from Friday evening, April 19, to Saturday evening, April 27. As with many major holidays, increased traffic is expected on the roads and at shopping centers. In addition, law enfor…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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20th Shooting Victim This Year In Paterson Becomes First To Die, Authorities Seek Witnesses 20th Shooting Victim This Year In Paterson Becomes First To Die, Authorities Seek Witnesses 20th Shooting Victim This Year In Paterson Becomes First To Die, Authorities Seek Witnesses
20th Shooting Victim This Year In Paterson Becomes First To Die, Authorities Seek Witnesses The first person killed by gunfire in Paterson this year fell on the city's west side Thursday afternoon, authorities said. Another person, 21, was struck in the leg and wounded but expected to survive the 3:30 p.m. shooting on Temple Street above Circle Avenue. The other victim, 24, was struck several times and died less than a half-hour later, responders said. Forty-five or so minutes after that, two other Paterson men -- one 30, the other 32 -- were shot near the intersection of Rosa Parks Boulevard and Governor Street. Both victims in that shooting were taken to St. Joseph's…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Wayne PD: Car Burglar Who Victimized Elderly Identified, Caught By Detective Wayne PD: Car Burglar Who Victimized Elderly Identified, Caught By Detective Wayne PD: Car Burglar Who Victimized Elderly Identified, Caught By Detective
Wayne PD: Car Burglar Who Victimized Elderly Identified, Caught By Detective Wayne police identified and arrested a local drug user who they said burglarized a half-dozen elderly residents cars. Joseph Derissio, 21, removed coins and other items from unlocked cars at the Edward Sisco Village, Detective Capt. Laurence Martin said Thursday. Detective Ken Hart identified Derissio as the suspect and had hi come to headquarters, where he was charged Wednesday with six counts of burglary and one of heroin possession, Martin said. He was sent to the Passaic County Jail to await a detention hearing. ****** ALSO SEE: Claiming he’d only just been released for carrying…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Evacuations Ordered After Struck Canister Releases 'Vapor Cloud' Near Hawthorne Ballfield Evacuations Ordered After Struck Canister Releases 'Vapor Cloud' Near Hawthorne Ballfield Evacuations Ordered After Struck Canister Releases 'Vapor Cloud' Near Hawthorne Ballfield
Evacuations Ordered After Struck Canister Releases 'Vapor Cloud' Near Hawthorne Ballfield A "vapor cloud" released when a work crew accidentally punctured a buried canister containing a volatile chemical near a Hawthorne ballfield on Thursday. More than three dozen people were evacuated from nearby homes and businesses while the state DEP recovered the canister, which contained Methyltrichlorosilane, in an auxiliary parking lot, police Detective Sgt. Matthew Hoogmoed said. The chemical, which is "highly flammable and reacts violently with water," Hoogmoed said. "After the canister was punctured, it spilled a yellow tinted fluid into the dirt and a vapor cloud was released," th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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Online Threat To Park Ridge High School Staffer Brings SWAT Units, Activates Shelter-In-Place Online Threat To Park Ridge High School Staffer Brings SWAT Units, Activates Shelter-In-Place Online Threat To Park Ridge High School Staffer Brings SWAT Units, Activates Shelter-In-Place
Online Threat To Park Ridge High School Staffer Brings SWAT Units, Activates Shelter-In-Place An online threat to staff at Park Ridge High School proved unfounded, said authorities who activated a shelter-in-place Thursday as a precaution. All school activities were canceled for the remainder of the day after borough police, assisted by two roving Bergen County Regional SWAT units and their police colleagues from Montvale and Woodcliff Lake, responded, Capt. Joseph Rampolla said. The tactical squad helped escort the students during dismissal, the captain said. An investigation into the source was continuing, he said. Anyone who has information that can help find whoever was r…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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‘Can You Buy Me Ammo?’ Hackensack Police Nab Brooklyn Man Carrying Concealed Gun ‘Can You Buy Me Ammo?’ Hackensack Police Nab Brooklyn Man Carrying Concealed Gun ‘Can You Buy Me Ammo?’ Hackensack Police Nab Brooklyn Man Carrying Concealed Gun
‘Can You Buy Me Ammo?’ Hackensack Police Nab Brooklyn Man Carrying Concealed Gun Hackensack police said they caught a man carrying a gun after he asked a stranger to buy him ammunition. The civilian called police immediately, saying the suspect approached him outside a South Summit Avenue apartment building Wednesday afternoon and asked, “Can you buy me ammo?” He offered to pay him $200, said the caller, adding that he refused the requests both times. Officer Kevin Small found the suspect inside the nearby 7-Eleven at West Pleasant Avenue, Captain Peter Busciglio said. Small and backup Officer Matthew DeBonis approached Naazym Huger, 25, and questioned him, Busciglio …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Wayne PD: Just-Released Heroin User Causes Commotion At Supermarket When Caught With Crack Wayne PD: Just-Released Heroin User Causes Commotion At Supermarket When Caught With Crack Wayne PD: Just-Released Heroin User Causes Commotion At Supermarket When Caught With Crack
Wayne PD: Just-Released Heroin User Causes Commotion At Supermarket When Caught With Crack Claiming he’d only just been released for carrying 140 envelopes of heroin, a user with visible track marks on his arm drew a crowd by shouting at Wayne detectives who said he was carrying six bags of crack and several unused folds of smack when they found him staggering from store to store in a commercial district. Detectives Skylar Cauceglia and Vincent Ricciardelli first spotted a 2014 Toyota in the area of the Hamburg Turnpike Quick Chek before watching it go to the Circle K store and then Trader Joe’s, Detective Capt. Laurence Martin said. Each time, 32-year-old Paul C. Drake Jr. got o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
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Haworth PD: Out-Of-State Uber Driver Had Illegal BB Gun Stashed Under Seat Haworth PD: Out-Of-State Uber Driver Had Illegal BB Gun Stashed Under Seat Haworth PD: Out-Of-State Uber Driver Had Illegal BB Gun Stashed Under Seat
Haworth PD: Out-Of-State Uber Driver Had Illegal BB Gun Stashed Under Seat Haworth police charged an Uber driver with weapons offenses after finding a BB gun that resembled the real thing in her car, authorities said Friday. Officer Kevin McKeary stopped a car driven by 23-year-old Karleen C. Rodriguez of Yonkers on Schraalenburgh Road for several motor vehicle violations, Detective Sgt. Justin Fox said. Smelling the odor of burning marijuana, he searched the vehicle, where he found the weapon stashed under the passenger seat, Fox said. Rodriguez couldn't explain why she had the weapon, which New Jersey requires a gun permit to purchase, the sergeant said. She w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Head Injury Victim Who Fell Down Ramapo Reservation Ravine Airlifted To Hospital Head Injury Victim Who Fell Down Ramapo Reservation Ravine Airlifted To Hospital Head Injury Victim Who Fell Down Ramapo Reservation Ravine Airlifted To Hospital
Head Injury Victim Who Fell Down Ramapo Reservation Ravine Airlifted To Hospital A medical chopper was called for a 61-year-old hiker from Mahwah who responders said was seriously injured when he fell down a ravine at the Ramapo Reservation early Wednesday evening. The hiker was on a trail when "he lost his balance and fell back into a ravine, striking his head on a rock," Sgt. Michael Blondin said. Police officers found the man bleeding profusely from the head, Blondin said.  He was conscious when Mahwah EMS put him into the ambulance, the sergeant said. He was transported to Continental Soldiers Field, where Mahwah Fire Companies 2 and 4 set up a landing zone f…

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