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
Trying To Stay Fresh? Glen Rock PD Says Pair Stole Deodorant, Gum In Bulk Trying To Stay Fresh? Glen Rock PD Says Pair Stole Deodorant, Gum In Bulk Trying To Stay Fresh? Glen Rock PD Says Pair Stole Deodorant, Gum In Bulk
Trying To Stay Fresh? Glen Rock PD Says Pair Stole Deodorant, Gum In Bulk Two Glen Rock police officers chased down a shoplifting duo – one from Lyndhurst, the other from Hawthorne -- who swiped 63 containers of deodorant and nearly two dozen packs of gum from a local CVS, authorities said. Both had fled the Rock Road store, but Sgt. Bryan Scott grabbed one on Main Street near Bradford Street 208 after an employee described them to a 911 operator, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Sgt. Scott McGovern got the other trying to flee along the NJ Transit Main Line railroad tracks under Route 208, Ackermann said. Officers recovered $168 of $666 worth of items taken bu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Hole Repair Jams Westbound Route 80 Traffic Hole Repair Jams Westbound Route 80 Traffic Hole Repair Jams Westbound Route 80 Traffic
Hole Repair Jams Westbound Route 80 Traffic UPDATE: Overnight repairs had to be made on a hole that opened on westbound Route 80 in Woodland Park after a drainpipe pipe below it collapsed. Monday night rush-hour traffic was backed up to the George Washington Bridge. The crack in the pipe, which connects basins at the median to the right shoulder, created a hole between the two left lanes. Drivers were urged to take alternate routes. Work begins in earnest.Contributed photo At least two lanes of westbound Route 80 in Woodland Park were compromised.Contributed photo At least two lanes of westbound Route 80 in Woodland Park …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Breaking News
Passaic Sheriff: Morris Security Company Worker, 48, Sexted, Sent Gifts To 12-Year-Old Girl Passaic Sheriff: Morris Security Company Worker, 48, Sexted, Sent Gifts To 12-Year-Old Girl Passaic Sheriff: Morris Security Company Worker, 48, Sexted, Sent Gifts To 12-Year-Old Girl
Passaic Sheriff: Morris Security Company Worker, 48, Sexted, Sent Gifts To 12-Year-Old Girl A 12-year-old Totowa girl received sexually explicit texts and a gift in the mail from a 48-year-old Morris County man who works for an Essex County security company, said authorities who arrested him Monday. Michael J. Chiuchiolo Jr. of Riverdale “communicated with the child for several weeks” before her mother discovered the texts, which purported to be from a man in his late teens, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. After being contacted by the mother, sheriff’s detectives found that Chiuchiolo originally connected with the girl online through a live video streaming website,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Hole Repair Jams Westbound Route 80 Traffic Hole Repair Jams Westbound Route 80 Traffic Hole Repair Jams Westbound Route 80 Traffic
Hole Repair Jams Westbound Route 80 Traffic UPDATE: Overnight repairs had to be made on a hole that opened on westbound Route 80 in Woodland Park after a drainpipe pipe below it collapsed. Monday night rush-hour traffic was backed up to the George Washington Bridge. The crack in the pipe, which connects basins at the median to the right shoulder, created a hole between the two left lanes. Drivers were urged to take alternate routes. Three lanes in all could be compromised, a road crew said.Contributed photo Contributed photos ****** ALSO SEE: A 12-year-old Totowa girl received sexually explicit texts and a gift in the mail fr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
All-Out ‘Hot Spots’ Blitz Nets Paterson Police 14 Arrests, 988 Tickets, $6,700 In Drug Money All-Out ‘Hot Spots’ Blitz Nets Paterson Police 14 Arrests, 988 Tickets, $6,700 In Drug Money All-Out ‘Hot Spots’ Blitz Nets Paterson Police 14 Arrests, 988 Tickets, $6,700 In Drug Money
All-Out ‘Hot Spots’ Blitz Nets Paterson Police 14 Arrests, 988 Tickets, $6,700 In Drug Money Several Paterson police squads united for an all-out blitz that in only eight hours produced 14 arrests, 988 motor vehicle summonses and the seizure of a combined 66 bags of cocaine and pot, along with $6,700 in drug proceeds, authorities said. Throughout that entire time, they said, the city streets were quiet. Participating in the “Crime Suppression Detail,” from 10 p.m. Saturday to 4 a.m. Sunday, were officers from the police department’s Special Investigations Division, Emergency Response Team, Narcotics Unit and Traffic Unit. “Designated violent crime ‘Hot Spots’ throughout the c…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Priest Admits Sexually Abusing Girl, First Conviction For NJ Clergy Abuse Task Force Priest Admits Sexually Abusing Girl, First Conviction For NJ Clergy Abuse Task Force Priest Admits Sexually Abusing Girl, First Conviction For NJ Clergy Abuse Task Force
Priest Admits Sexually Abusing Girl, First Conviction For NJ Clergy Abuse Task Force A massive investigation by New Jersey authorities into the sexual abuse of young boys by Roman Catholic priests has produced its first conviction -- by a priest who admitted abusing a young girl. Fr. Thomas P. Ganley, 63, of Phillipsburg admitted abusing the girl from 1990 through 1994, -- from when she was 14 until she was 17 -- while he was a priest at St. Cecelia Church in the Iselin section of Woodbridge. The charges were the first brought by the New Jersey Clergy Abuse Task Force, which state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal created last September to investigate allegations …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Drugged Driver Flees After Route 80 Pileup In Teterboro, Caught In Elmwood Park Drugged Driver Flees After Route 80 Pileup In Teterboro, Caught In Elmwood Park Drugged Driver Flees After Route 80 Pileup In Teterboro, Caught In Elmwood Park
Drugged Driver Flees After Route 80 Pileup In Teterboro, Caught In Elmwood Park UPDATE: A pickup truck driver who caused a multi-vehicle crash on eastbound Route 80 in Teterboro over the weekend that seriously injured her juvenile passenger ran from the scene but was later captured in Elmwood Park, State Police said. The Chevy pickup driven by Jaquina Sharron Davis, a 46-year-old repeat drug offender from Paterson, left the roadway and then re-entered it, crashing into a Subaru, at milepost 66 just after 8:30 p.m. Saturday, State Police Sgt. Lawrence Peele said. The Subaru, in turn, hit a Honda, he said. Davis, who was carrying heroin and crack, bailed out and ran, th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Motorcyclist Remains Critical After Route 46 Crash In Clifton Motorcyclist Remains Critical After Route 46 Crash In Clifton Motorcyclist Remains Critical After Route 46 Crash In Clifton
Motorcyclist Remains Critical After Route 46 Crash In Clifton A Totowa motorcyclist remained in critical condition Monday after crashing on Route 46 in Clifton the day before, authorities said. James Kopec, 37, lost control and was thrown from the 2015 Honda VT7 on the eastbound highway by Fette Ford just after 12:30 p.m. Sunday, authorities said. He was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Clifton Police Chief Mark Centurione said in a joint announcement. No other vehicles were involved, they said. Valdes asked that anyone who may have witnessed the crash contact her office’s tip…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Firefighters Douse Ramsey Basement Blaze Firefighters Douse Ramsey Basement Blaze Firefighters Douse Ramsey Basement Blaze
Firefighters Douse Ramsey Basement Blaze Firefighters doused a basement blaze in Ramsey Monday afternoon. No one was injured in the smoky two-alarm fire on Grove Street. Ramsey Rescue and borough firefighters were joined by their colleagues from Mahwah, Allendale, Wyckoff and Franklin Lakes, as well as borough police, the Ramsey Ambulance Corps and the borough OEM.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
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KNOW HER? Police Trying To ID Critically Injured Woman Found On Northvale Freight Train Tracks KNOW HER? Police Trying To ID Critically Injured Woman Found On Northvale Freight Train Tracks KNOW HER? Police Trying To ID Critically Injured Woman Found On Northvale Freight Train Tracks
Know HER? Police Trying To ID Critically Injured Woman Found On Northvale Freight Train Tracks Authorities were trying to determine how a woman found critically injured on the freight train tracks in Northvale early Monday got there -- as well as who she is.The Asian woman, who appears to be in her 70s, was found around 8 a.m. on the railroad tracks south of Clinton Avenue, Police Chief William Essmann. Weather conditions canceled a medical chopper, so Englewood Hospital and Medical Center personnel took her to Hackensack University Medical Center, the chief said. Essmann's detectives were working with CSX Police special agents to determine whether she was struck by a train…

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