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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Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Pre-Dawn Diner Brawler Pepper-Sprayed By North Arlington Police Pre-Dawn Diner Brawler Pepper-Sprayed By North Arlington Police Pre-Dawn Diner Brawler Pepper-Sprayed By North Arlington Police
Pre-Dawn Diner Brawler Pepper-Sprayed By North Arlington Police North Arlington police had to pepper-spray an unruly diner patron who got physical with them, authorities said. Sebastian Echeverri , 21, “became disorderly and verbally confrontational” with officers responding to a 4:20 a.m. brawl Sunday at the Arlington Diner, Police Chief Scott Hedenberg said. Echeverri “ignored repeated instructions by officers, and eventually grabbed one officer, attempting to immobilize his arm and hand,” Hedenberg said. Echeverri got more combative as the officer tried to arrest him, so he got sprayed, the chief said. This allowed police to take him into custody a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
West Milford PD: Detectives ID, Seize Supermarket Parking Lot Purse Snatcher West Milford PD: Detectives ID, Seize Supermarket Parking Lot Purse Snatcher West Milford PD: Detectives ID, Seize Supermarket Parking Lot Purse Snatcher
West Milford PD: Detectives ID, Seize Supermarket Parking Lot Purse Snatcher A West Milford detective tracked down and charged a 59-year-old Greenwood Lake man with knocking down a woman in the parking lot of a local supermarket when he tried to snatch her purse, authorities said. Detective Michael Malfetti got a huge assist from Greenwood Lake Detective Leanne Gayler in busting Robert Owens Jr. on attempted robbery charges. The victim was walking to the ShopRite off Marshall Hill Road after just parking when Owens pulled up alongside her the morning of Feb. 25 and asked where he could find Frank’s Pizza, Police Chief Timothy Storbeck said Thursday. As she turned t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Former Valley Hospital, North Bergen Priest Named In Abuse List Shot Dead In Nevada Former Valley Hospital, North Bergen Priest Named In Abuse List Shot Dead In Nevada Former Valley Hospital, North Bergen Priest Named In Abuse List Shot Dead In Nevada
Former Valley Hospital, North Bergen Priest Named In Abuse List Shot Dead In Nevada Authorities in Nevada were searching for the killer of an accused sex-abusing priest who once served at a parish in North Bergen and as a chaplain at The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood. Police said they found the body of 70-year-old John Capparelli during a pre-dawn welfare check Saturday at his home in the city of Henderson, just outside Las Vegas. He'd been shot once in the neck, they said. Capparelli's name was included on a list that the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark (RCAN) released last month of 200 or so New Jersey priests "credibly accused of sexual abuse." SEE: Dozens Of…

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by Jerry DeMarco & Kathy Reakes
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Driver, 67, Crushed Beneath Fallen Brick Pallet In Ramsey Driver, 67, Crushed Beneath Fallen Brick Pallet In Ramsey Driver, 67, Crushed Beneath Fallen Brick Pallet In Ramsey
Driver, 67, Crushed Beneath Fallen Brick Pallet In Ramsey A driver was crushed beneath a pile of bricks that fell on him during a delivery Tuesday in Ramsey, authorities said. Responding police officers lifted the pallet of slate-type pavers off the 67-year-old driver following the mishap at an Alida Place residence just before 11:30 a.m., Ramsey Police Chief Bryan Gurney said. Member of the Ramsey Ambulance Corps and Valley Hospital Paramedics moved the victim to a landing zone provided by the Ramsey Rescue Squad at Adorno Fathers on Darlington Avenue, Gurney said. An AirMed One chopper then flew him to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Four Shot In Violent Paterson Drug Neighborhood Four Shot In Violent Paterson Drug Neighborhood Four Shot In Violent Paterson Drug Neighborhood
Four Shot In Violent Paterson Drug Neighborhood Four men were shot Monday night in a Paterson neighborhood notorious for violence and drug dealing. All were expected to survive their injuries, authorities said. City police responding to a mini market at 12th Avenue and 23rd Street found the quartet. Two are from Paterson – one 23 and the other 27 -- while the others, 20 and 18, are from Garfield, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Troy Oswald said in a joint statement. All were taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson for treatment. Valdes asked that anyone who might have seen som…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Two Accused Dealers, Six Buyers Charged In Paterson Sports Bar Raid Two Accused Dealers, Six Buyers Charged In Paterson Sports Bar Raid Two Accused Dealers, Six Buyers Charged In Paterson Sports Bar Raid
Two Accused Dealers, Six Buyers Charged In Paterson Sports Bar Raid An undercover operation led to a raid on a Paterson sports bar and the arrests of eight people on a whopping 32 combined charges, authorities said. Working together, investigators from the city’s vice and narcotics unit infiltrated the Terrace Inn on Totowa Avenue, seizing 10 bags of cocaine and few hundred dollars in alleged proceeds, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. The joint operation also produced 11 Alcohol Beverage Control (ABC) charges against the business, he said. Arrested were two alleged dealers: Ramon Rivera, 47, of Haledon, and Brian R. Wichowski, 28, of Little Falls – eac…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Your Community
'Day At The Gym' Offered For Donations To Help Dozens Of Families Displaced By Fort Lee Fire 'Day At The Gym' Offered For Donations To Help Dozens Of Families Displaced By Fort Lee Fire 'Day At The Gym' Offered For Donations To Help Dozens Of Families Displaced By Fort Lee Fire
'Day At The Gym' Offered For Donations To Help Dozens Of Families Displaced By Fort Lee Fire Nearly a month after 45 families lost everything in a fire that roared through their Fort Lee apartment building, a day at the gym is being offered in exchange for donations. Retro Fitness in Fort Lee is offering a workout or class in exchange for a gift card in any amount this Saturday from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m., said Michele Petrillo, a member of the Linwood Park Board of Directors who's been helping the victims. Although it didn't claim any lives and produced only three minor injuries, the Valentine's Day blaze displaced everyone living in the five-story brick Edwin Avenue building behind the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Breaking News
SUVs Collide In Demarest, One Hits House SUVs Collide In Demarest, One Hits House SUVs Collide In Demarest, One Hits House
SUVs Collide In Demarest, One Hits House No serious injuries were reported after SUVs collided in Demarest, sending one smack into a house. The crash occurred Knickerbocker Road and Hardenburgh Avenue just before dusk Sunday. Demarest police, firefighters and the Volunteer Ambulance Corps responded. Haworth police assisted with traffic control.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Driver Hospitalized After Tractor-Trailer Totals Kia Approaching Little Ferry Bridge Driver Hospitalized After Tractor-Trailer Totals Kia Approaching Little Ferry Bridge Driver Hospitalized After Tractor-Trailer Totals Kia Approaching Little Ferry Bridge
Driver Hospitalized After Tractor-Trailer Totals Kia Approaching Little Ferry Bridge A 29-year-old Lodi woman was hospitalized with minor injuries Monday after her Kia and a tractor-trailer collided approaching the Hackensack River bridge in Little Ferry, authorities said. The tractor-trailer "was making a left going south on Bergen Turnpike onto 46 East when they crashed, pushing the Kia into a [utility] pole," Detective Sgt. Ronald Klein Jr. said following the noontime collision. "It's unclear at this point who was at fault." The woman was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center after Little Ferry and Hackensack firefighters extricated her from the car, Klein said. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson Couple Busted With Drug Trove: Cocaine, Ecstasy, Oxy, MDMA, More, Police Say Paterson Couple Busted With Drug Trove: Cocaine, Ecstasy, Oxy, MDMA, More, Police Say Paterson Couple Busted With Drug Trove: Cocaine, Ecstasy, Oxy, MDMA, More, Police Say
Paterson Couple Busted With Drug Trove: Cocaine, Ecstasy, Oxy, MDMA, More, Police Say A Paterson couple were busted with a huge variety of drugs for sale, including three-quarters of a pound of cocaine and hundreds of Ecstasy, Oxycodone, Xanax and Percocet pills, authorities said. Besides the cocaine, Police Director Jerry Speziale said Victor Melecio, 27, and 28-year-old IsaMaria Bonilla of Jefferson Street were caught with: 178 Ecstacy pills; 80 suboxone film strips; 37 Oxycodone pills, following the sale of nine others; 36 Xanax tabs, having sold two; 20 Endocet pills; 8 Percocet pills; Eight baggies of MDMA; More than five ounces of pot packaged in 43 containe…

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