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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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Mahwah Police Heroes Honored For Reviving Center For Food Action Manager, Donate Defibrillator Mahwah Police Heroes Honored For Reviving Center For Food Action Manager, Donate Defibrillator Mahwah Police Heroes Honored For Reviving Center For Food Action Manager, Donate Defibrillator
Mahwah Police Heroes Honored For Reviving Center For Food Action Manager, Donate Defibrillator HEROES: A 62-year-old warehouse manager at Mahwah's Center for Food Action site was in full cardiac arrest when a group of township police officers responded last July. Using CPR and an automated external defibrillator, they kept Babar Khawaja of Ramsey alive. His pulse returned and he began breathing en route to the hospital, said Detective Michael Grassi, the president of Mahwah PBA Local #143. “B.K.,” as he’s called, made a full recovery and returned to work. He also posed for a photo Friday – along with his wife, Bushra, a CFA maintenance worker – as members of the PBA executive board…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Hawthorne Hit-Run Driver, 65, Remains Jailed After Death Of Pedestrian Struck In Glen Rock Hawthorne Hit-Run Driver, 65, Remains Jailed After Death Of Pedestrian Struck In Glen Rock Hawthorne Hit-Run Driver, 65, Remains Jailed After Death Of Pedestrian Struck In Glen Rock
Hawthorne Hit-Run Driver, 65, Remains Jailed After Death Of Pedestrian Struck In Glen Rock UPDATE: A 65-year-old Hawthorne widow remained jailed pending a detention hearing on vehicular manslaughter charges following the overnight death of a hit-and-run victim in Glen Rock. The victim, Biagio Lembo, also 65, died late Wednesday at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson, family members said. As Daily Voice reported on Thursday, Marina M. Lee -- who originally was charged with leaving the scene of a crash that caused injury -- surrendered to detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office to face upgraded counts. Besides vehicular manslaughter, Lee is charged with…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Elmwood Park Woman Charged, Boyfriend Hospitalized With Knife Wound In Saddle Brook Incident Elmwood Park Woman Charged, Boyfriend Hospitalized With Knife Wound In Saddle Brook Incident Elmwood Park Woman Charged, Boyfriend Hospitalized With Knife Wound In Saddle Brook Incident
Elmwood Park Woman Charged, Boyfriend Hospitalized With Knife Wound In Saddle Brook Incident UPDATE: An Elmwood Park woman was jailed Friday after injuring her boyfriend with a pocket knife during an incident at friend's house in Saddle Brook, police said. Leonor O'Hara, 23, was charged with aggravated assault, making terroristic threats and weapons possession following the 7 a.m. incident at a home on Saddle River Road near Saddle River County Park, Police Chief Robert Kugler said. The 23-year-old Morris County man was hospitalized with a cut on his finger "either through a defensive attempt to thwart off an attempted thrust of the knife or an attempt by the suspect…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Bergen Prosecutor: Teen Caught With 1,400 Child Porn Images, Some Young As 3 Years Old Bergen Prosecutor: Teen Caught With 1,400 Child Porn Images, Some Young As 3 Years Old Bergen Prosecutor: Teen Caught With 1,400 Child Porn Images, Some Young As 3 Years Old
Bergen Prosecutor: Teen Caught With 1,400 Child Porn Images, Some Young As 3 Years Old A 17-year-old Bergen County boy was caught with 1,400 child pornography images featuring kids as young as 3, authorities said. Cyber Crimes Unit detectives executed a search warrant Friday at the teen’s house in connection with an Internet child pornography investigation, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. The boy “used two different electronic devices to view and possess approximately 1,400 digital files depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children as young as approximately three-years-old,” the prosecutor said. Detectives took the boy into pr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Tactical Teams Deployed At Mosques Throughout Bergen Following New Zealand Massacre Tactical Teams Deployed At Mosques Throughout Bergen Following New Zealand Massacre Tactical Teams Deployed At Mosques Throughout Bergen Following New Zealand Massacre
Tactical Teams Deployed At Mosques Throughout Bergen Following New Zealand Massacre Mosques throughout Bergen County were getting extra attention Friday following the massacre of 49 worshippers in New Zealand. Bergen County’s Rapid Deployment Team and members of the Regional SWAT team were patrolling the areas around the mosques, where Muslims gathered Friday on what is considered a holy day for the weekly jum’a prayer. “After consulting with [state] Homeland Security and Preparedness officials, we increased the protection over concerns about copycat attacks,” Bergen County Prosecutor’s Chief of Detectives Robert Anzilotti said. The units were activated at 10 a.m. and wer…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Paterson Co-Op That Threatened Eviction Over Grieving Daughter's Support Dog Must Pay $20,000 Paterson Co-Op That Threatened Eviction Over Grieving Daughter's Support Dog Must Pay $20,000 Paterson Co-Op That Threatened Eviction Over Grieving Daughter's Support Dog Must Pay $20,000
Paterson Co-Op That Threatened Eviction Over Grieving Daughter's Support Dog Must Pay $20,000 A Paterson co-op and its property management contractor will pay a former tenant $20,000 for trying to evict her and her daughter over an emotional support dog the girl got after her father’s death. Jerrica Spence had given the Brooks-Sloate Terrace Cooperative Association and its property management contractor a physician’s letter explaining that the dog, who was a gift, was critical to the daughter’s “ability to heal,” state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Friday. The girl suffered from “conduct disorder,” which Grewal said was “exacerbated by the death of her father.” State …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
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Facebook Scare Ends When 'Missing' 10-Year-Old Lyndhurst Boy Returns Home Fine Facebook Scare Ends When 'Missing' 10-Year-Old Lyndhurst Boy Returns Home Fine Facebook Scare Ends When 'Missing' 10-Year-Old Lyndhurst Boy Returns Home Fine
Facebook Scare Ends When 'Missing' 10-Year-Old Lyndhurst Boy Returns Home Fine What began as a social media scare ended when a 10-year-Lyndhurst boy who left home Thursday night after being punished returned roughly an hour later. The mom took to Facebook page after the boy walked out just after 8 p.m. Thursday. Along with a photo of him, she wrote: “Please, if you see my son, call 911. He ran off less than an hour ago. And please don’t overwhelm me with comments. Just if you see him call me or call the police. And prayers. All I ask for are prayers. “I joke around a lot and I can be a bitch but this is my child and I love him dearly. He is going through a rough tim…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Haledon PD: Mother, Son Sold Kids’ Cereal Laced With THC Haledon PD: Mother, Son Sold Kids’ Cereal Laced With THC Haledon PD: Mother, Son Sold Kids’ Cereal Laced With THC
Haledon PD: Mother, Son Sold Kids’ Cereal Laced With THC A mother and son were carrying dozens of bags of children’s cereal laced with edible THC, along with five pounds of pot and $14,000 in drug proceeds, when a Haledon police officer stopped their truck, authorities said. Officer Christian Clavo smelled raw marijuana after he stopped the 2002 Chevy Tahoe in a Belmont Avenue parking lot for not signaling a turn and found Connie Rivera, 48, who was driving, and Jason Rivera, 27, not wearing seatbelts, Lt. George Guzman said. After backups Sgt. Jessica Funes and Officer Andrea Len arrived, Guzman said, the trio found: 15 Fruit Loops, three Frui…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Elmwood Park Woman Charged, Boyfriend Hospitalized With Knife Wound In Saddle Brook Incident Elmwood Park Woman Charged, Boyfriend Hospitalized With Knife Wound In Saddle Brook Incident Elmwood Park Woman Charged, Boyfriend Hospitalized With Knife Wound In Saddle Brook Incident
Elmwood Park Woman Charged, Boyfriend Hospitalized With Knife Wound In Saddle Brook Incident UPDATE: An Elmwood Park woman was jailed Friday after injuring her boyfriend with a pocket knife during an incident at friend's house in Saddle Brook, police said. Leonor O'Hara, 23, was charged with aggravated assault, making terroristic threats and weapons possession following the 7 a.m. incident at a home on Saddle River Road near Saddle River County Park, Police Chief Robert Kugler said. The 23-year-old Morris County man was hospitalized with a cut on his finger "either through a defensive attempt to thwart off an attempted thrust of the knife or an attempt by the suspect to grab the kn…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Bogota Couple Sold Goods Stolen In Dozens Of Cellphone, Cosmetic Store Burglaries Prosecutor: Bogota Couple Sold Goods Stolen In Dozens Of Cellphone, Cosmetic Store Burglaries Prosecutor: Bogota Couple Sold Goods Stolen In Dozens Of Cellphone, Cosmetic Store Burglaries
Prosecutor: Bogota Couple Sold Goods Stolen In Dozens Of Cellphone, Cosmetic Store Burglaries A Bogota husband-and-wife team fenced goods stolen during dozens of burglaries of North Jersey cellphone and cosmetics stores, said authorities who arrested nine people during a massive law enforcement response. The victimized business included: Verizon stores on Route 17 North in East Rutherford and East Ridgewood Avenue in Ridgewood; an AT&T store on westbound Route 46 in Lodi; a cosmetics store on Van Brundt Street in Englewood. There was also a botched break-in at an AT&T store on northbound Route 17 in Paramus, authorities said. Those involved “typically used large tools to f…

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