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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VIDEO: See Car Burglars, Thieves At Work In Your Neighborhood In Bergen Prosecutor's Warning VIDEO: See Car Burglars, Thieves At Work In Your Neighborhood In Bergen Prosecutor's Warning VIDEO: See Car Burglars, Thieves At Work In Your Neighborhood In Bergen Prosecutor's Warning
Video: See Car Burglars, Thieves At Work In Your Neighborhood In Bergen Prosecutor's Warning Car thieves and burglars can be seen at work in residents’ driveways in a video produced by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office as a warning to owners to not become a victim. “In the past few months, Bergen County has seen an increase in the theft of cars and cars being stolen,” Chief of Detectives Robert Anzilotti says in the video. “This is occurring in all areas of the county.” Thieves are “roaming quiet neighborhood overnight, coming onto your property and pulling on car door handles,” the chief said. Sometimes they already know whether or not a door will open: A telltale signal on l…

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Garfield-Lodi, NJ
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Lodi Police Nab Local Repeat Offender Wanted In Connecticut Lodi Police Nab Local Repeat Offender Wanted In Connecticut Lodi Police Nab Local Repeat Offender Wanted In Connecticut
Lodi Police Nab Local Repeat Offender Wanted In Connecticut Lodi police seized a local repeat offender wanted on a warrant out of Connecticut. Officer Kristopher Trumper was on a parking enforcement detail on Davis Drive when a license plate check turned up the fugitive warrant out of Wilton, CT for 26-year-old Hasan Roderick, Lt. Robert Salerno said. Roderick, who has a history of drug-related offenses, got out of the car and approached the officer, who ordered him back into the vehicle, Salerno said. Winafield called for backup after Roderick refused, the lieutenant said. Officers Jessie Winafield and Jeanette Velez then assisted in ta…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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Englewood PD: Officer Nabs Repeat Offender Trying To Get Into Home With Xanax, Large Knife Englewood PD: Officer Nabs Repeat Offender Trying To Get Into Home With Xanax, Large Knife Englewood PD: Officer Nabs Repeat Offender Trying To Get Into Home With Xanax, Large Knife
Englewood PD: Officer Nabs Repeat Offender Trying To Get Into Home With Xanax, Large Knife A repeat local offender with a history of drug-related arrests was carrying drugs for sale and a large kitchen knife when an alert Englewood police officer spotted him trying to get into a stranger’s home to elude him, authorities said. Officer Maciej Mlynaryk was on routine patrol Wednesday when he saw 20-year-old Trevaughn Samuels Whiteside in the area of Washington and Palisade places, Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said Friday. Seeing the police car, Whiteside entered someone’s property on Washington Place and tried to get in through the back door, Halstead said. Mlynaryk, knowin…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
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Phoned-In Bomb Threat On Bus To Dumont Unfounded, NJT Says Phoned-In Bomb Threat On Bus To Dumont Unfounded, NJT Says Phoned-In Bomb Threat On Bus To Dumont Unfounded, NJT Says
Phoned-In Bomb Threat On Bus To Dumont Unfounded, NJT Says Nothing suspicious was found after a caller claimed there was a bomb aboard a commuter bus headed to Dumont, authorities said. The #167 bus from midtown Manhattan's Port Authority terminal was stopped on Teaneck Road at State Street in Teaneck, cleared and searched around 8:45 p.m. Thursday, following the 911 call, NJ Transit's Kate Thompson said Friday morning. NJT police said they didn't find anything suspicious.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Lodi Police Seize $13,000, BMW In Raid On Accused Pot Dealer Lodi Police Seize $13,000, BMW In Raid On Accused Pot Dealer Lodi Police Seize $13,000, BMW In Raid On Accused Pot Dealer
Lodi Police Seize $13,000, BMW In Raid On Accused Pot Dealer Lodi detectives, uniformed officers and a Bergen County Regional SWAT team raided a local home, arrested a resident there who they said was selling pot and seized $13,000 in drug proceeds and a BMW, authorities said. Arrested in the 5 a.m. raid on Pasadena Avenue following an investigation by Detective Joseph Lanfrank was Nelson Montero-Fabio, 26, Police Chief Donald Scorzetti said. Montero-Fabio was charged with drug offenses and money laundering and released pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack. ****** ALSO SEE: Lodi police seized a local re…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
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Sex Assault Charges Dropped Against Former Bergenfield HS Athlete At PA School Sex Assault Charges Dropped Against Former Bergenfield HS Athlete At PA School Sex Assault Charges Dropped Against Former Bergenfield HS Athlete At PA School
Sex Assault Charges Dropped Against Former Bergenfield HS Athlete At PA School Authorities in Pennsylvania have dropped sex assault charges against a former Bergenfield High School athlete. A judge in Adams County threw out the charges of aggravated indecent assault against Kyle Schnellbacher, an 18-year-old freshman at Gettysburg College, at the request of prosecutors who said they had insufficient evidence to proceed, records show Schellbacher, who wrestled, played baseball and ran track at Bergenfield High School before being graduated last year, was arrested in October following what authorities said was an alleged incident at his dorm room. The county is picking…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Glen Rock PD: SUV Driver Who Tried Talking To Girls Was Harmless Glen Rock PD: SUV Driver Who Tried Talking To Girls Was Harmless Glen Rock PD: SUV Driver Who Tried Talking To Girls Was Harmless
Glen Rock PD: SUV Driver Who Tried Talking To Girls Was Harmless UPDATE: An elderly driver who pulled up to two young Glen Rock girls and said something they couldn't understand wasn't up to no good, police said. After interviewing adult witnesses, Detective Lucas Doney identified and found the SUV driver, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. "While this incident was understandably concerning to all of us, our investigation has confirmed that no criminal act was committed," the chief said. Doney "has spoken to the families of the two young girls involved and the case has been closed, the chief added. The girls told police they were walking on Rutland Road…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Passaic Sheriff: Out-Of-State Driver With Unzipped Pants Caught With 200 Heroin Folds Passaic Sheriff: Out-Of-State Driver With Unzipped Pants Caught With 200 Heroin Folds Passaic Sheriff: Out-Of-State Driver With Unzipped Pants Caught With 200 Heroin Folds
Passaic Sheriff: Out-Of-State Driver With Unzipped Pants Caught With 200 Heroin Folds A nervous New York State driver more than 50 miles from home was carrying 200 heroin folds when he was stopped by a Passaic County sheriff’s officer in a Paterson drug neighborhood, authorities said. Law enforcement in the Silk City is on the lookout for out-of-state buyers, Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. Those caught “will be investigated and ultimately arrested,” he said. PCSO Officer Eric Blesing pulled over a black Pontiac on River and May streets for a traffic violation in the area of East 16th Street and 6th Avenue early Wednesday evening, Berdnik said. The driver, 34-year-old Kyl…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Wayne PD: Driver Nabbed Headed Homeward With 85 Bags Of Heroin Wayne PD: Driver Nabbed Headed Homeward With 85 Bags Of Heroin Wayne PD: Driver Nabbed Headed Homeward With 85 Bags Of Heroin
Wayne PD: Driver Nabbed Headed Homeward With 85 Bags Of Heroin Two Wayne police officers on a Route 23 commercial district safety and security detail nabbed a driver from Butler with 85 bags of heroin, authorities said. Ara Kouyoumdjian, 34, had the bags -- stamped "I AM BACK" -- in fully and partially sealed bricks when Officers Adrian Sulejmani and Tomasz Cydzik stopped him on the northbound highway just before 7:30 p.m. Wednesday for a cracked windshield, Detective Capt. Laurence Martin said. The 2000 Ford Taurus also had an expired inspection sticker, the captain said. Kouyoumdjian was sent to the Passaic County Jail pending a detention hearing. …

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Bergenfield, NJ
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Bergenfield Pedestrian, 21, Remains Critical After Crash Bergenfield Pedestrian, 21, Remains Critical After Crash Bergenfield Pedestrian, 21, Remains Critical After Crash
Bergenfield Pedestrian, 21, Remains Critical After Crash A 21-year-old Bergenfield man remained in critical condition after a Jeep driven by a 76-year-old Garfield man struck him Wednesday night, authorities said. Okechukwu Iloabanafor was "waiting by the double-yellow lines for the northbound traffic to stop" on South Prospect Avenue when he was struck by the southbound 2014 Wranger just after 7:30 p.m., Capt. Mustafa Rabboh said. Iloabanafor "sustained serious injuries and was transported by ambulance to Hackensack University Medical Center," Rabboh said. Borough police were investigating with the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Fatal Accide…

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