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
Breaking News
Feds: Dominican National Nabbed At Newark Airport With 6½ Pounds Of Cocaine Sewn Into Vest Feds: Dominican National Nabbed At Newark Airport With 6½ Pounds Of Cocaine Sewn Into Vest Feds: Dominican National Nabbed At Newark Airport With 6½ Pounds Of Cocaine Sewn Into Vest
Feds: Dominican National Nabbed At Newark Airport With 6½ Pounds Of Cocaine Sewn Into Vest A Dominican national got off a flight at Newark Airport with 6½ pounds of cocaine sewn into his vest, said federal authorities who seized him moments later. Jose Manuel Jimenez Jimenez, 46, arrived from Santo Domingo on Friday and was busted by officers during a screening, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said Monday. He was scheduled for a detention hearing in court Monday afternoon and was expected to remain in federal custody. Carpenito credited the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations, New Jersey Division and officers of Customs and Border Protection. As…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Ex-Con, 73, Charged With Robbing Englewood, Hackensack Banks Of $13,000 Ex-Con, 73, Charged With Robbing Englewood, Hackensack Banks Of $13,000 Ex-Con, 73, Charged With Robbing Englewood, Hackensack Banks Of $13,000
Ex-Con, 73, Charged With Robbing Englewood, Hackensack Banks Of $13,000 A 73-year-old ex-con from Englewood robbed a Hackensack bank of $10,000 last October and an Englewood bank of $3,000 earlier this month, authorities charged. John Nottingham was turned over to the FBI after a caller seeking a reward tipped off the local CrimeStoppers group, Englewood Detective Capt. Timothy Torell said Monday. Nottingham approached a teller at the Valley National Bank on Hackensack Avenue just before 12:30 p.m. Oct. 20  wearing a black watch cap, green jacket, and black gloves, with his face partially concealed by a gray cloth, authorities said at the time, Torell said. H…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Shopper From Wayne Struck Outside Old Tappan Foodtown Hospitalized Shopper From Wayne Struck Outside Old Tappan Foodtown Hospitalized Shopper From Wayne Struck Outside Old Tappan Foodtown Hospitalized
Shopper From Wayne Struck Outside Old Tappan Foodtown Hospitalized A 50-year-old Wayne woman was hospitalized after being struck by a vehicle Sunday afternoon in front of the Foodtown in Old Tappan, authorities said. The Old Tappan First Aid Corps took the woman to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood after she complained of pain to both feet and ankles, Police Chief Thomas Shine said Monday. She was walking behind the vehicle at the BiState Plaza shopping center when the driver backed out of the space and struck her around 4:30 p.m., Shine said. No summonses were issued pending the final results of an investigation that was continuing, the chief said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Glen Rock Train Station Tree Topples Glen Rock Train Station Tree Topples Glen Rock Train Station Tree Topples
Glen Rock Train Station Tree Topples Somewhere in a row of SUVs parked at the train station in Glen Rock was one covered by a fallen tree Monday morning. High winds with extreme gusts downed trees and snapped branches in various areas of North Jersey overnight. Workers were out removing debris and sawing fallen trees for disposal. Service on the Main Line wasn't affected by the parking lot mishap in Glen Rock. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this article. Toppled tree at train station in Glen Rock.Boyd A. Loving

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Former Mahwah EMT Captain Who Operates Day Care Center Viewed Images Of Nude Kids Prosecutor: Former Mahwah EMT Captain Who Operates Day Care Center Viewed Images Of Nude Kids Prosecutor: Former Mahwah EMT Captain Who Operates Day Care Center Viewed Images Of Nude Kids
Prosecutor: Former Mahwah EMT Captain Who Operates Day Care Center Viewed Images Of Nude Kids UPDATE: A former EMT captain and Mahwah councilman who co-owns and operates a children's day care center with his mother has a March 13 first appearance scheduled in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack following his arrest on charges of possessing child pornography, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said Monday. "A months-long investigation revealed that Jandris used the Internet to view and possess digital files depicting nude and sexually explicit prepubescent children," Calo said. The investigation began last September, the prosecutor said, after members o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Close Call: Glen Rock Police Sergeant Stops Drugged Motorist With Crack Empties In Stolen Car Close Call: Glen Rock Police Sergeant Stops Drugged Motorist With Crack Empties In Stolen Car Close Call: Glen Rock Police Sergeant Stops Drugged Motorist With Crack Empties In Stolen Car
Close Call: Glen Rock Police Sergeant Stops Drugged Motorist With Crack Empties In Stolen Car A Glen Rock police sergeant prevented a potential tragedy when he stopped a drugged, unlicensed repeat offender driving a stolen car and carrying a large knife and four empty crack vials, authorities said. Sgt. Greg Carter was on patrol along Ackerman Avenue when he spotted the car with a broken tail light stopped at a traffic light at Rock Road, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said Monday. A quick computer check returned a hit on a stolen auto, he said. Seeing Carter, 28-year-old Malvin Tavarez of Passaic pulled a quick U-turn, the chief said. The officer stopped him, backed up by Officers B…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah Mayor's Nominee For Police Chief Boasts Experience, Skill, Reputation Mahwah Mayor's Nominee For Police Chief Boasts Experience, Skill, Reputation Mahwah Mayor's Nominee For Police Chief Boasts Experience, Skill, Reputation
Mahwah Mayor's Nominee For Police Chief Boasts Experience, Skill, Reputation His law enforcement credentials and reputation extend beyond Mahwah's borders, and on Friday new Police Chief Stephen Jaffe will take office, pending approval by the township council, after being appointed by Mayor John Roth to replace retiring Chief James N. Batelli. The council scheduled a special meeting this Wednesday to publicly vote on the mayor’s appointment following a closed session with Jaffe. Experience and skill favored the 17-year captain, who has served as the department’s executive officer – and No. 2 in command under Batelli – Roth said. “He brings the most extensive comman…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
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11 Hospitalized, Several Serious, After Van Slams Head-On Into Tree Near NJ/Rockland Border 11 Hospitalized, Several Serious, After Van Slams Head-On Into Tree Near NJ/Rockland Border 11 Hospitalized, Several Serious, After Van Slams Head-On Into Tree Near NJ/Rockland Border
11 Hospitalized, Several Serious, After Van Slams Head-On Into Tree Near NJ/Rockland Border Several people were seriously injured when a passenger van headed toward Rockland County slammed head-on into a tree on the Palisades Interstate Parkway in Alpine before dawn Sunday, sending 11 victims in all to the hospital, responders said. None of the injuries appeared life-threatening, however, PIP Police Officer-In-Charge Lt. Jock Watkins Jr. said. The 14-passenger Ford E350 passenger van was carrying a group of Hasidic adults and children when the veered off the roadway and hit the 24-inch tree dead center around 2:45 a.m. near Exit 3 of the northbound highway. Occupants told po…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
PIP Police: Rockland Man Beat Uber Driver, Tried To Choke Him With Seat Belt PIP Police: Rockland Man Beat Uber Driver, Tried To Choke Him With Seat Belt PIP Police: Rockland Man Beat Uber Driver, Tried To Choke Him With Seat Belt
PIP Police: Rockland Man Beat Uber Driver, Tried To Choke Him With Seat Belt A Rockland man beat and tried to choke an Uber driver, said Palisades Interstate Parkway police who arrested him. The 21-year-old driver from Haverstraw pulled over and alerted an officer who’d stopped another vehicle on the southbound PIP in Englewood Cliffs Friday night that he’d just been assaulted, Officer-in-Charge Lt. Jock Watkins Jr. said. Joseph P. Coyle, 44, of Stony Point had beaten him and tried to choke him with a seatbelt, the driver told the officer. Coyle was arrested on charges of aggravated assault, aggravated assault with a weapon, two counts of resisting arrest and tresp…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: Former Mahwah EMT Captain Who Operates Day Care Center Freed After Child Porn Arrest UPDATE: Former Mahwah EMT Captain Who Operates Day Care Center Freed After Child Porn Arrest UPDATE: Former Mahwah EMT Captain Who Operates Day Care Center Freed After Child Porn Arrest
Update: Former Mahwah EMT Captain Who Operates Day Care Center Freed After Child Porn Arrest UPDATE: A former EMT captain and Mahwah councilman who co-owns and operates a children's day care center with his mother has a March 13 first appearance date in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack following his arrest on charges of possessing child pornography, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said Monday. "A months-long investigation revealed that Jandris used the Internet to view and possess digital files depicting nude and sexually explicit prepubescent children," Calo said. The investigation began last September, the prosecutor said, after members of his Cybe…

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