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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Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Popular Hospital Nurse From Ho-Ho-Kus Killed In Tragic Florida Boating Accident Popular Hospital Nurse From Ho-Ho-Kus Killed In Tragic Florida Boating Accident Popular Hospital Nurse From Ho-Ho-Kus Killed In Tragic Florida Boating Accident
Popular Hospital Nurse From Ho-Ho-Kus Killed In Tragic Florida Boating Accident Authorities in Florida said they were investigating the death of a popular Holy Name Medical Center nurse from Ho-Ho-Kus who was killed in a tragic boating accident. The boat got caught on a sandbar near the Lani Kai resort in Fort Myers, FL on March 8, authorities said. A group of people -- including Irene Doyle Sabo, 52 – then got out, presumably to help free it, authorities said. Sabo's husband, Joseph, apparently then put the motors in gear and tilted them to try and dislodge the craft, they said. Witnesses said they saw Irene Sabo get sucked under before seeing a body floating in the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Clifton Police Nab Shoplifter Who Drove There In Car Stolen In Hackensack, Authorities Say Clifton Police Nab Shoplifter Who Drove There In Car Stolen In Hackensack, Authorities Say Clifton Police Nab Shoplifter Who Drove There In Car Stolen In Hackensack, Authorities Say
Clifton Police Nab Shoplifter Who Drove There In Car Stolen In Hackensack, Authorities Say Clifton police nabbed a shoplifter who’d driven there in a car stolen out of Hackensack, authorities said. Responding to a report of a thief who’d just fled Corrado’s Market on Main Avenue, officers found Jean Carlos Santana-Maldonado, 29, of Paterson on a nearby street, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. They also recovered 1 1998 Honda Civic, reported stolen out of Hackensack, that contained several pieces of stolen property, Bracken said. Santana-Maldonado had driven there in the car, they said. After finding several outstanding warrants, police sent him to the Passaic County Jail, pen…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Crane Collapses Near Manhattan's Penn Station, Operator Injured Crane Collapses Near Manhattan's Penn Station, Operator Injured Crane Collapses Near Manhattan's Penn Station, Operator Injured
Crane Collapses Near Manhattan's Penn Station, Operator Injured A construction crane collapsed Monday night near Manhattan’s Penn Station, slightly injuring the operator’s foot, authorities said. There were no other injuries, they said. The more-than-20-foot "knuckleboom” crane was loading I-beams to build a sidewalk shed outside a Kmart near the entrance for the subway and Long Island Railroad when a hydraulic system failed while lifting high beams at 10:20 p.m., city officials said. Fleetwood Mac was closing a show at nearby Madison Square Garden when the mishap occurred.  The crash spilled fluid into the street, requiring a Hazmat response, aut…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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NJ Attorney General Investigating Death Of Fair Lawn Man, 25, After Paterson Bar Fight NJ Attorney General Investigating Death Of Fair Lawn Man, 25, After Paterson Bar Fight NJ Attorney General Investigating Death Of Fair Lawn Man, 25, After Paterson Bar Fight
NJ Attorney General Investigating Death Of Fair Lawn Man, 25, After Paterson Bar Fight UPDATE: The death of a 25-year-old Fair Lawn man at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center over the weekend following a scuffle at a Paterson tavern was being investigated by the state Attorney General's Office, authorities said Monday. Steven A. Sherlock was pronounced dead around 4 a.m. Sunday, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said, confirming a report in Daily Voice. He had been taken to the hospital by Paterson police for evaluation, Grewal said. The attorney general said a preliminary investigation showed that "Paterson police officers were dispatched to Duffy’s Bar and Tavern on River…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Mahwah Con Man, Partner Prey On Elderly In $1.6M Scam, Feds Charge Mahwah Con Man, Partner Prey On Elderly In $1.6M Scam, Feds Charge Mahwah Con Man, Partner Prey On Elderly In $1.6M Scam, Feds Charge
Mahwah Con Man, Partner Prey On Elderly In $1.6M Scam, Feds Charge Using an unlicensed real estate appraiser name Soprano, a pair of contracting con men – one from Mahwah, the other from Clifton – pocketed $1.6 million by targeting elderly victims in a reverse mortgage scam, federal authorities charged. Philip Puccio Jr., 40, of Mahwah, and Rafael Peralta, 46, of Clifton, convinced the homeowners to apply for the mortgages for home repairs, an indictment returned by a federal grand jury says. The duo then got unindicted co-conspirator Joseph Soprano to inflate the values of the homes on applications for home equity conversion mortgages (HECM), also known a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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New Jersey Officially Recognizes Ramapoughs, Powhatan As American Indian Tribes New Jersey Officially Recognizes Ramapoughs, Powhatan As American Indian Tribes New Jersey Officially Recognizes Ramapoughs, Powhatan As American Indian Tribes
New Jersey Officially Recognizes Ramapoughs, Powhatan As American Indian Tribes State officials announced Monday that they are officially recognizing the Ramapough Mountain Indians as an American Indian tribe since 1980. In a separate settlement, state authorities acknowledged that New Jersey also officially recognizes the Powhatan Renape Nation, from South Jersey, during that same time period. The move allows both tribes to qualify for various federal and state benefits, including “all privileges provided by the Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990,” state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. That means now being able to legally label and sell traditional arts and c…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Growing Threat: NJ Authorities Discover Untraceable ‘Ghost Guns’ In Major Drug Takedown Growing Threat: NJ Authorities Discover Untraceable ‘Ghost Guns’ In Major Drug Takedown Growing Threat: NJ Authorities Discover Untraceable ‘Ghost Guns’ In Major Drug Takedown
Growing Threat: NJ Authorities Discover Untraceable ‘Ghost Guns’ In Major Drug Takedown State authorities working a drug investigation seized a half-dozen “ghost gun” assault rifles, along with parts for two more, while arresting a dozen men who they said trafficked weapons and drugs. Concern has been growing among law enforcement nationwide as more criminals assemble do-it-yourself “ghost guns” with a variety of machinery, including 3-D printers, from online mail-order kits. The results are unregistered weapons that don’t have serial numbers, making them impossible to trace, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Monday. “Assault rifles like these pose an especially deadly t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Justice Department: Ramapough Indians' Denial Of Religious Freedom Complaint Should Proceed Justice Department: Ramapough Indians' Denial Of Religious Freedom Complaint Should Proceed Justice Department: Ramapough Indians' Denial Of Religious Freedom Complaint Should Proceed
Justice Department: Ramapough Indians' Denial Of Religious Freedom Complaint Should Proceed A denial of religious freedom complaint filed by the Ramapough Mountain Indians against the township of Mahwah is ready to be heard, the U.S. Justice Department said Monday. Township officials claimed the Ramapoughs did not “exhaust the variance process at the local level" before filing a federal lawsuit against the township for preventing them from having religious services and educational instruction on 13.5 acres of ceremonial land off Halifax Road -- an area known as “Sweet Water.” The Justice Department disagreed, saying the tribe should be able to proceed with its complaint&…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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Sleeping Emerson Man Ejected From Bed In Wild Chain-Reaction Crash Sleeping Emerson Man Ejected From Bed In Wild Chain-Reaction Crash Sleeping Emerson Man Ejected From Bed In Wild Chain-Reaction Crash
Sleeping Emerson Man Ejected From Bed In Wild Chain-Reaction Crash A sleeping Emerson man was ejected from his bed when a speeding SUV with a 1-year-old boy in the back seat slammed through a dead-end guardrail and hit a parked sedan on the other side so hard that it careened into his house. The 2018 Honda was headed south on Sullivan Street in Westwood around 9:30 a.m. Saturday when it crashed through the guardrail at Emerson/Westwood border, Emerson Police Capt. Michael McDermott said. After sideswiping a parked van, the SUV kept going for another block, where it smashed into a sedan -- sending it careening across the street and into a house at the corne…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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Franklin Lakes PF: Three Traffic Stops In 24 Hours All Net Arrests On Outstanding Warrants Franklin Lakes PF: Three Traffic Stops In 24 Hours All Net Arrests On Outstanding Warrants Franklin Lakes PF: Three Traffic Stops In 24 Hours All Net Arrests On Outstanding Warrants
Franklin Lakes PF: Three Traffic Stops In 24 Hours All Net Arrests On Outstanding Warrants Three weekend traffic stops in less than 24 hours turned up a trio of drivers each wanted for skipping court in other towns, Franklin Lakes police said. The first came at 10:23 PM, when Officer Ryan Sweeney stopped Andrew Uvegas, 28, of Warwick, NY on Colonial Road and found warrants out of Maywood and Ringwood, Capt. John Bakelaar said. An hour and 20 minutes later, Officer Eric Rosado stopped Jahayra Azcona-Perez, 28, on High Mountain Road, and found a warrant out of Paterson, the captain said. The following night, at 10:36 p.m., Officer Nicole Tani stopped Steven Mones, 23, of Ramsey al…

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