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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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: Out-Of-Control Sedan Driven By Woman, 91, Kills Man, 80, In Saddle Brook UPDATE: Out-Of-Control Sedan Driven By Woman, 91, Kills Man, 80, In Saddle Brook UPDATE: Out-Of-Control Sedan Driven By Woman, 91, Kills Man, 80, In Saddle Brook
Update: Out-Of-Control Sedan Driven By Woman, 91, Kills Man, 80, In Saddle Brook UPDATE: An out-of-control sedan driven by a 91-year-old woman struck and killed an 80-year-old man outside at a Saddle Brook shopping center just after noon Thursday. The driver was pulling into a parking spot when the Chevy jumped the curb and hit a pillar outside the Spencer Savings Bank at the Terra Mini Mall, spinning the sedan around, a witness told Daily Voice. She then accelerated for some reason, knocking down the victim and dragging him into a garbage can and a second pillar. He was killed instantly. "It looked like she didn't know she hit him at first," a witness told Daily…

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by Jerry DeMarco & Cecilia Levine
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Elmwood Park Woman, 91, Gets Careless Driving Summons In Death Of Saddle Brook Tailor, 80 Elmwood Park Woman, 91, Gets Careless Driving Summons In Death Of Saddle Brook Tailor, 80 Elmwood Park Woman, 91, Gets Careless Driving Summons In Death Of Saddle Brook Tailor, 80
Elmwood Park Woman, 91, Gets Careless Driving Summons In Death Of Saddle Brook Tailor, 80 UPDATE: A 91-year-old driver from Elmwood Park whose out-of-control sedan struck and killed an 80-year-old Saddle Brook man outside a local bank last week received a summons for careless driving, authorities said Monday. Dolores Voris also must under a medical evaluation by the state Motor Vehicle Commission if she wants to get her driver's license back, Saddle Brook Police Chief Robert Kugler said. Voris was pulling into a parking spot at 11:40 a.m. this past Thursday when her 2010 Chevrolet Malibu jumped the curb and hit a pillar outside the Spencer Savings Bank at the Terra Mini Mall, s…

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by Jerry DeMarco & Cecilia Levine
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Death Of Paterson Man, 39, In Crash Shakes Loved Ones, Friends Death Of Paterson Man, 39, In Crash Shakes Loved Ones, Friends Death Of Paterson Man, 39, In Crash Shakes Loved Ones, Friends
Death Of Paterson Man, 39, In Crash Shakes Loved Ones, Friends Loved ones and friends remained stunned and shaken Thursday as news continued to spread of a Paterson man’s death in a crash on Route 20. Dane Johnson, 39, was alone when his Dodge Caravan left the road and hit a utility pole near East 33rd Street just after 4:30 a.m. Wednesday, authorities said. “Dane was a class act both on and off of the field,” wrote Pepe Aragon, Johnson’s soccer coach at Herkimer Community College in upstate New York. “He was a true friend who always asked how family was doing.” “Great times we shared will always be etched in my heart,” added author Garold Gee Hamilto…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
BEWARE: 'Grandson In Trouble' Phone Scam Costs Elderly Saddle Brook Woman $7,500 BEWARE: 'Grandson In Trouble' Phone Scam Costs Elderly Saddle Brook Woman $7,500 BEWARE: 'Grandson In Trouble' Phone Scam Costs Elderly Saddle Brook Woman $7,500
Beware: 'Grandson In Trouble' Phone Scam Costs Elderly Saddle Brook Woman $7,500 Heartless phone scammers stole $7,500 from a frightened Saddle Brook woman who was fooled into thinking her grandson had just been arrested after an accident. They tried getting $7,300 more from her – only she was at the borough police station at the time reporting the first crime. The first caller told the victim on Tuesday that he’d been arrested for DWI after he rear-ended a pregnant woman’s car, Police Chief Robert Kugler said. “He also said he broke his nose and cut his lip, requiring stitches, had just been released from the hospital and was in custody of the police,” Kugler said. “…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Rochelle Park PD: Mailbox Check Thief Caught, Released Rochelle Park PD: Mailbox Check Thief Caught, Released Rochelle Park PD: Mailbox Check Thief Caught, Released
Rochelle Park PD: Mailbox Check Thief Caught, Released Fighting the recent rash of nationwide postal box thefts, Rochelle Park detectives said they nabbed a man who deposited a check swiped from a burglarized postal box. As with nearly all of the recent area arrests in these types of cases, the defendant is from Paterson. It began In late November 2018, when two boxes outside the borough post office on Rochelle Avenue were broken into and several pieces of mail stolen – particularly checks, Detective Sgt. James DePreta said. Last month, a resident told police a check sent to her credit card company never arrived, DePreta said. Investigators w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: Out-Of-Control Sedan Driven By Woman, 91, Strikes, Kills Man, 80, In Saddle Brook UPDATE: Out-Of-Control Sedan Driven By Woman, 91, Strikes, Kills Man, 80, In Saddle Brook UPDATE: Out-Of-Control Sedan Driven By Woman, 91, Strikes, Kills Man, 80, In Saddle Brook
Update: Out-Of-Control Sedan Driven By Woman, 91, Strikes, Kills Man, 80, In Saddle Brook UPDATE: An out-of-control sedan driven by a 91-year-old woman struck and killed an 80-year-old man outside at a Saddle Brook shopping center just after noon Thursday. The driver was pulling into a parking spot when the Chevy jumped the curb and hit a pillar outside the Spencer Savings Bank at the Terra Mini Mall, spinning the sedan around, a witness told Daily Voice. She then accelerated for some reason, knocking down the victim and dragging him into a garbage can and a second pillar. He was killed instantly. "It looked like she didn't know she hit him at first," a witness told Daily…

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by Jerry DeMarco & Cecilia Levine
West Milford, NJ
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Boiler Room Accident Injures Worker, Clears Lakeland Regional HS Boiler Room Accident Injures Worker, Clears Lakeland Regional HS Boiler Room Accident Injures Worker, Clears Lakeland Regional HS
Boiler Room Accident Injures Worker, Clears Lakeland Regional HS A boiler room accident Thursday morning injured an electrician and cleared Lakeland Regional High School in Wanaque. The 57-year-old worker arced a wire, causing a breaker to blow, around 8:10 a.m, Wanaque Police Capt. Kenneth Farina said. Contrary to other media reports, there wasn’t an explosion, Farina emphasized. The electrician was taken to Chilton Hospital with minor cuts and burns and students and staff returned to the building, Farina said. Lakeland Regional serves students from Ringwood and Wanaque.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Kidnapped, Sexually Abused Woman Flees To Fort Lee Gas Station, Police Nab Ex-Boyfriend Kidnapped, Sexually Abused Woman Flees To Fort Lee Gas Station, Police Nab Ex-Boyfriend Kidnapped, Sexually Abused Woman Flees To Fort Lee Gas Station, Police Nab Ex-Boyfriend
Kidnapped, Sexually Abused Woman Flees To Fort Lee Gas Station, Police Nab Ex-Boyfriend A woman who was kidnapped, sexually assaulted and beaten by her ex-boyfriend escaped, got to a Fort Lee gas station and called police, who captured him moments later, authorities said. Englewood police assisted in nabbing Harrideo Persaud, a 59-year-old truck driver from South Richmond Hill, Queens, following Sunday afternoon’s attack, Capt. Matthew Hintze said Wednesday. The woman told police that Persaud “contacted her to assist him with picking up a vehicle in New Jersey,” Hintze said. On their way there, he said, Persaud “held the victim against her will and sexually assaulted her…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Hawthorne Detectives Charge Three In Mailbox Thefts Of $5,000 In Checks Hawthorne Detectives Charge Three In Mailbox Thefts Of $5,000 In Checks Hawthorne Detectives Charge Three In Mailbox Thefts Of $5,000 In Checks
Hawthorne Detectives Charge Three In Mailbox Thefts Of $5,000 In Checks Hawthorne detectives cut into the growing problem of mailbox theft by charging three Paterson men with cashing $5,000 worth of stolen checks in separate incidents. The victim in one of the thefts told police she mailed the checks at the borough post office sometime during the holidays. Soon after, she discovered the checks “had been altered and deposited into other accounts that she did not authorize,” Detective Sgt. Matthew Hoogmoed said. Borough detectives reviewed surveillance video and obtained subpoenas, then arrested Jayson Chinchay, 22, and Josty Guitierrez, 18, Hoogmoed said. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Hasbrouck Heights Man Charged In Lodi Stabbing Hasbrouck Heights Man Charged In Lodi Stabbing Hasbrouck Heights Man Charged In Lodi Stabbing
Hasbrouck Heights Man Charged In Lodi Stabbing Lodi detectives this week charged a Hasbrouck Heights man in a September stabbing. Robert K. Wichowski, 25, remained held Wednesday in the Bergen County Jail, charged with three counts of aggravated assault and two weapons offenses. The 26-year-old victim was stabbed in the area of Roosevelt Avenue last Sept. 16 during an argument, Lt. Robert Salerno said. Lodi detectives identified Wichowski and arrested him Monday following a months-long investigation, Salerno said.

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