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.

Jerry DeMarco's Contributions

Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Haworth PD: Out-Of-State Travelers Had Liquid THC, Nearly 100 Xanax Haworth PD: Out-Of-State Travelers Had Liquid THC, Nearly 100 Xanax Haworth PD: Out-Of-State Travelers Had Liquid THC, Nearly 100 Xanax
Haworth PD: Out-Of-State Travelers Had Liquid THC, Nearly 100 Xanax A Haworth police officer who stopped an out-of-state driver for not using a turn signal found him and a passenger carrying liquid THC, as well as nearly 100 Xanax, authorities said. Officer Andrew Soltes smelled pot after stopping 25-year-old Alexi Emmanuel Negron at Massachusetts Avenue and Seneca Trace, Detective Sergeant Justin Fox said. He found Negron carrying liquid THC cartridges and drug paraphernalia, the sergeant said. Both also had various vapes and pipes for ingesting the drugs, he said. His passenger, Emmanuel Ramirez-Colon, 28, of Middletown, NY, also had the cartridges, as …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack Trucker With Prior Sex Arrest Charged With Raping Pre-Teen Hackensack Trucker With Prior Sex Arrest Charged With Raping Pre-Teen Hackensack Trucker With Prior Sex Arrest Charged With Raping Pre-Teen
Hackensack Trucker With Prior Sex Arrest Charged With Raping Pre-Teen A truck driver from Englewood with a prior sex charge on his record raped a local girl for nearly three years, beginning in her pre-teens, said authorities who arrested him. Willie Drone, 54, “engaged in sexual activity” beginning when the girl was under 13 years old and continuing until his arrest Tuesday, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. Because the girl was underage, the crimes constitute statutory rape, authorities said. Following a Wednesday first appearance, a Central Judicial Processing Court judge in Hackensack ordered that Drone remain held in the Bergen County Ja…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Glen Rock Hit-Run Victim, 65, Dies, Charges Upgraded Against Hawthorne Driver Glen Rock Hit-Run Victim, 65, Dies, Charges Upgraded Against Hawthorne Driver Glen Rock Hit-Run Victim, 65, Dies, Charges Upgraded Against Hawthorne Driver
Glen Rock Hit-Run Victim, 65, Dies, Charges Upgraded Against Hawthorne Driver EXCLUSIVE: A 65-year-old Hawthorne widow now faces vehicular manslaughter charges following the overnight death of a hit-and-run victim who was struck as he crossed a street carrying groceries in Glen Rock nine days ago. The victim, also 65, died Wednesday night at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson, family members said. Detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office, in turn, made arrangements for the driver, Marina M. Lee, to surrender to them Thursday afternoon to face upgraded charges. Lee was found with her damaged Chevy Tahoe in a Godwin Avenue parking lot in Mi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Maywood Detectives Make Arrest In Sex Abuse Of Girl, 14 Maywood Detectives Make Arrest In Sex Abuse Of Girl, 14 Maywood Detectives Make Arrest In Sex Abuse Of Girl, 14
Maywood Detectives Make Arrest In Sex Abuse Of Girl, 14 A 14-year-old Maywood girl was sexually abused by a Belleville man, said authorities show arrested him. Carlos Cardenas, 40, of Belleville was arrested by borough detectives after investigating a claim from another law enforcement agency that the girl was victimized in town last summer, Police Chief Joseph Natale said. Cardenas was released under New Jersey’s 2017 bail reform law pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack. He’s charged with aggravated criminal sexual contact and child endangerment.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
HEROES: Port Authority Police Revive Heart Attack Victim, 73, At Newark Airport HEROES: Port Authority Police Revive Heart Attack Victim, 73, At Newark Airport HEROES: Port Authority Police Revive Heart Attack Victim, 73, At Newark Airport
Heroes: Port Authority Police Revive Heart Attack Victim, 73, At Newark Airport A group of Port Authority police officers brought an unresponsive man back to life at Newark Airport. The 73-year-old victim's pulse had stopped when a TSA agent alerts Sgt. Anthony Giordano and Officers Steve Collegio, Jorge Fujita, Kyle Cherrick, Evangelos Mageros and Michael Raccioppi at a Terminal C checkpoint around 4 p.m. Tuesday, Port Authority Spokeswoman Lenis Rodrigues said. The officers used a defibrillator and conducted CPR, Rodrigues said. "After 15 minutes the man’s pulse returned and he began breathing," she said. He was taken to the nearest hospital for an evaluation.&nbs…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
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PHOTOS: Car Goes Up In Flames At Lodi Dunkin' Donuts PHOTOS: Car Goes Up In Flames At Lodi Dunkin' Donuts PHOTOS: Car Goes Up In Flames At Lodi Dunkin' Donuts
Photos: Car Goes Up In Flames At Lodi Dunkin' Donuts A sedan went up in flames outside the Dunkin' Donuts in Lodi early Thursday afternoon. No injuries were reported in the 1:20 p.m. Main Street blaze, which was doused by borough firefighters. It happened quickly Thursday at the Dunkin' Donuts on Main Street in Lodi.DAILY VOICE photo It happened quickly Thursday at the Dunkin' Donuts on Main Street in Lodi.DAILY VOICE photo

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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TRIBUTE: Loss Of Popular WWII Vet Joseph Brammer, 94, Felt Far And Wide TRIBUTE: Loss Of Popular WWII Vet Joseph Brammer, 94, Felt Far And Wide TRIBUTE: Loss Of Popular WWII Vet Joseph Brammer, 94, Felt Far And Wide
Tribute: Loss Of Popular WWII Vet Joseph Brammer, 94, Felt Far And Wide Some legends make their names in particular towns. Not Joseph Brammer, one of the last of our country’s "greatest generation" of World War II veterans. Brammer death Monday at 94 was felt beyond his native Hackensack, where "Lucky," as they called him, operated Brammer Construction for many years. It was felt at American Legion Post #876 in River Edge, where the decorated Navy veteran of World War ll was an ambitious poppy seller and was awarded and named poppy chairman, surgeon and quartermaster. Likewise, it was felt at American Legion Post #170 in Rochelle Park. It extended much furth…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Reports: Reputed Mob Boss 'Franky Boy' Cali Gunned Down, Run Over Outside Staten Island Home Reports: Reputed Mob Boss 'Franky Boy' Cali Gunned Down, Run Over Outside Staten Island Home Reports: Reputed Mob Boss 'Franky Boy' Cali Gunned Down, Run Over Outside Staten Island Home
Reports: Reputed Mob Boss 'Franky Boy' Cali Gunned Down, Run Over Outside Staten Island Home One of the last of the reputed old-school mob bosses, Gambino crime family chief Francesco Cali, was gunned down and run over in front of his Staten Island home Wednesday night, city authorities confirmed. “Franky Boy” Cali, 53, was shot several times and run over by a blue pickup truck in the island’s Todt Hill section around 9:15 p.m., according to multiple reports. Witnesses reported hearing at least a half-dozen shots, police said. The reputed mob boss was pronounced dead at Staten Island University Hospital North, they said. Cali, whose low-key style was a throwback contrast to flamb…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: Authorities ID Teens Killed In Ringwood Crash UPDATE: Authorities ID Teens Killed In Ringwood Crash UPDATE: Authorities ID Teens Killed In Ringwood Crash
Update: Authorities ID Teens Killed In Ringwood Crash UPDATE: Authorities Wednesday night identified the two former Lakeland Regional High School students killed in a crash hours earlier in Ringwood. Victor Weinpel, 19, of Wanaque, lost control of a 1999 Toyota Corolla after it hit a guardrail on Greenwood Lake Turnpike north of Skyline Drive around 3:15 p.m., authorities said. The sedan crossed into the oncoming lane and was T-boned by a 2014 Chevy commercial van. Weinpel and his passenger, a 17-year-old boy from West Milford identified by family and friends as John Carlson, were pronounced dead at the scene. The van driver, 64-year-old Pa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
SWAT Standoff: Mahwah Dispatcher Convinces Man Who Fired Gun In Home To Surrender SWAT Standoff: Mahwah Dispatcher Convinces Man Who Fired Gun In Home To Surrender SWAT Standoff: Mahwah Dispatcher Convinces Man Who Fired Gun In Home To Surrender
SWAT Standoff: Mahwah Dispatcher Convinces Man Who Fired Gun In Home To Surrender A Mahwah man who fired a gun in his home and then called police to tell them about it was taken for a psychiatric evaluation after a brief standoff Wednesday. The 57-year-old Apple Ridge Community resident emerged peacefully, carrying the weapon and his cellphone, with which he’d been talking to a police dispatcher who coaxed him out. The Westervelt Lane resident called shortly before 4:30 p.m., saying “shots have been fired in my home,” said Capt. Stephen Jaffe, the department’s officer in charge. The man explained that he “thought he heard someone [who] have tried to enter his home in th…

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