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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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
He Did It Again: Fair Lawn Detective Makes Another Arrest In Mailbox Check-Theft Spree He Did It Again: Fair Lawn Detective Makes Another Arrest In Mailbox Check-Theft Spree He Did It Again: Fair Lawn Detective Makes Another Arrest In Mailbox Check-Theft Spree
He Did It Again: Fair Lawn Detective Makes Another Arrest In Mailbox Check-Theft Spree The arrests continue to pile up for a Fair Lawn police detective who’s been tracking down checks stolen from a trio of post office drop boxes. A borough victim reported a $1,000 check that she’d mailed at the Radburn Post Office on Abbott Road was fraudulently cashed into another account, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Detective Paul Donohue investigated and arrested Kilver Paulino, 19 of Paterson. Paulino admitted he cashed the check, withdrew the money after the check cleared and kept $350, Metzler said. He said he gave the rest of the money to an unidentified person, the sergeant said. Paul…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Taxi Passenger Caught With 750 Bags Of Heroin in Paterson Computer Store Parking Lot Taxi Passenger Caught With 750 Bags Of Heroin in Paterson Computer Store Parking Lot Taxi Passenger Caught With 750 Bags Of Heroin in Paterson Computer Store Parking Lot
Taxi Passenger Caught With 750 Bags Of Heroin in Paterson Computer Store Parking Lot A passenger in an unmarked taxi was carrying 750 bags of heroin for sale when Passaic County sheriff’s detectives converged on him in a Paterson computer store parking lot, authorities said. Acting on a complaint, investigators approached the vehicle – which had an inactive fare light and no logos or insignias – in the Mirco Center parking lot on McLean Boulevard just after 6 p.m. Monday, Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. Passenger Tyrone Merchant Jr., 19, emerged from the taxi and was getting into another vehicle when they moved in, Berdnik said. Merchant, of Woodland Park, tried getting b…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Wayne Couple Admits Buying $4.5M Worth Of Food Stamps From Their Paterson Grocery Wayne Couple Admits Buying $4.5M Worth Of Food Stamps From Their Paterson Grocery Wayne Couple Admits Buying $4.5M Worth Of Food Stamps From Their Paterson Grocery
Wayne Couple Admits Buying $4.5M Worth Of Food Stamps From Their Paterson Grocery A married Wayne couple who managed a grocery store in Paterson under someone else's name admitted Wednesday in federal court that they bought $4.5 million worth of food stamps from customers. Ibrahim Zughbi, 65, and his 61-year-old wife, Miriam, opened Jamaica Meat Market, a medium-size grocery store, in January 2014. They were authorized to accept benefits provided by SNAP -- formerly known as the Food Stamp Program -- which is administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Noticing a high volume deducted electronically through SNAP debit card…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Woman Who Trashed Racy Clifton Easter Display Slapped With Summons Woman Who Trashed Racy Clifton Easter Display Slapped With Summons Woman Who Trashed Racy Clifton Easter Display Slapped With Summons
Woman Who Trashed Racy Clifton Easter Display Slapped With Summons UPDATE: A Clifton woman who trashed a local dentist's racy Easter display was charged with criminal mischief Wednesday. Desiree Shepstone, 37, "disassembled and damaged" five scantily-clad manequins erected by Wayne Gangi on his Grove Street lawn on Tuesday, city Police Sgt. Robert Anderson said. Gangi, who's created various attention-grabbing displays, said he dressed the dummies in lingerie as an homage to the late Hugh Hefner, who would have been 93 on Tuesday. Shepstone, in turn, cut the lingerie off and dismembered some of them -- a move that the man she lives with said was done purel…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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Multi-Vehicle Collision At Troublesome Midland Park Intersection Sends Two To Hospital Multi-Vehicle Collision At Troublesome Midland Park Intersection Sends Two To Hospital Multi-Vehicle Collision At Troublesome Midland Park Intersection Sends Two To Hospital
Multi-Vehicle Collision At Troublesome Midland Park Intersection Sends Two To Hospital Three vehicles collided Wednesday morning at a troublesome intersection in Midland Park, sending two occupants to the hospital, after one ran a stop sign, authorities said. Midland Park police, firefighters and EMS responded to the crash at Franklin and Erie avenues near the Ridgewood border. None of the injuries were considered life-threatening, Police Chief Michael Powderley said. Two summonses were issued, he said. Tow trucks removed two vehicles. Borough officials have been wrestling with how to make the intersection safer, recently holding a public discussion on the subject.  …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Multi-Vehicle Crash Jams Route 17 In Ho-Ho-Kus Multi-Vehicle Crash Jams Route 17 In Ho-Ho-Kus Multi-Vehicle Crash Jams Route 17 In Ho-Ho-Kus
Multi-Vehicle Crash Jams Route 17 In Ho-Ho-Kus A minivan driver was hospitalized in a multi-vehicle crash that closed two lanes of northbound Route 17 Wednesday morning in Ho-Ho-Kus. Three vehicles had to be towed from the scene near Hollywood Avenue. The injured female driver was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood with what appeared to be minor injuries. Ho-Ho-Kus police and EMS responded. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this article. A minivan driver was hospitalized with minor injuries in the northbound Route 17 crash in Ho-Ho-Kus.Boyd A. Loving

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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'Operation Brace Yourself': Feds Smash $1B Medical Fraud Scheme Targeting Elderly, Disabled 'Operation Brace Yourself': Feds Smash $1B Medical Fraud Scheme Targeting Elderly, Disabled 'Operation Brace Yourself': Feds Smash $1B Medical Fraud Scheme Targeting Elderly, Disabled
'Operation Brace Yourself': Feds Smash $1B Medical Fraud Scheme Targeting Elderly, Disabled Federal authorities charged 24 people in connection with a $1.2 billion health-care kickback scheme that used a network of foreign call centers to sell hundreds of thousands of seniors and disabled patients orthopedic braces that they didn't need -- on the government's dime. Those charged in "Operation Brace Yourself" – seven of them in New Jersey – included the CEOs, COOs and others associated with five telemedicine companies, the owners of dozens of durable medical equipment (DME) companies and three licensed medical professionals, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Some of them controll…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
South Hackensack Handyman Charged With Molesting Pre-Teenage Girl South Hackensack Handyman Charged With Molesting Pre-Teenage Girl South Hackensack Handyman Charged With Molesting Pre-Teenage Girl
South Hackensack Handyman Charged With Molesting Pre-Teenage Girl An undocumented 52-year-old handyman living in South Hackensack molested a pre-teenage girl over the course of a couple of years, authorities charged. ICE put a detainer on Segundo Calle-Calle, an Ecuadoran national who remained held in the Bergen County Jail following his April 1 arrest. Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo Hackensack police contacted his Special Victims Unit after receiving a report that Calle-Calle “engaged in sexual acts with a juvenile under the age of thirteen in South Hackensack.” Detectives from the unit arrested Calle-Calle on charges of sexual assault by c…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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Westwood College Student, 20, Sexually Assaulted Pre-Teen, Authorities Charge Westwood College Student, 20, Sexually Assaulted Pre-Teen, Authorities Charge Westwood College Student, 20, Sexually Assaulted Pre-Teen, Authorities Charge
Westwood College Student, 20, Sexually Assaulted Pre-Teen, Authorities Charge A 20-year-old college student from Westwood was charged with sexually abusing a pre-teen. Christian Pena-Ortiz was arrested following an investigation produced by a tip from the state Division of Child Protection and Permanency that he'd "engaged in sexual contact" with a minor under 13, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor said Tuesday. He’s charged with two counts of aggravated sexual assault – one from last month and another from last June -- and one of child endangerment. Pena-Ortiz remained held Tuesday in the Bergen County Jail pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Cou…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Hasbrouck Heights PD: Drunk Saddle Brook Driver Crashes Vintage Corvette, Registers 2X Limit Hasbrouck Heights PD: Drunk Saddle Brook Driver Crashes Vintage Corvette, Registers 2X Limit Hasbrouck Heights PD: Drunk Saddle Brook Driver Crashes Vintage Corvette, Registers 2X Limit
Hasbrouck Heights PD: Drunk Saddle Brook Driver Crashes Vintage Corvette, Registers 2X Limit A Saddle Brook driver who crashed his 35-year-old Corvette in front of Hasbrouck Heights police registered more than twice the legal limit for alcohol on a breath test, authorities said. The officers were driving behind 66-year-old Thomas Kerrigan around 2 a.m. Sunday when he lost control of the 1984 Chevy, which hopped the curb and slammed into a pedestrian crossing signal at Boulevard and Baldwin Avenue, Lt. Michael Colaneri Jr. said. Kerrigan, who wasn’t seriously injured, tried to get out but was ordered to stay in the car and turn off the ignition, Colaneri said. After failing a field…

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