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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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Tenant, 64, Therapy Dog Killed In Cluttered Wayne House Fire Tenant, 64, Therapy Dog Killed In Cluttered Wayne House Fire Tenant, 64, Therapy Dog Killed In Cluttered Wayne House Fire
Tenant, 64, Therapy Dog Killed In Cluttered Wayne House Fire A 64-year-old tenant living amid an enormous collection of tools, equipment and large buckets was killed, along with his therapy dog, in a Thursday night blaze in Wayne, authorities confirmed. The rented cabin on Ratzer Road had "debris everywhere," a responder said. "We're unsure if it had running water or even heat or electricity." Firefighters battled valiantly, but the 7:42 p.m. blaze quickly went to three alarms as flames blew through the roof. Robert Freudenberg and his dog, Popeye, were later found dead inside. All five township fire companies responded, along with a warming bus an…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Breaking News
Woman, 74, Struck By Car In Closter While Walking Grandson To School Bus Stop Woman, 74, Struck By Car In Closter While Walking Grandson To School Bus Stop Woman, 74, Struck By Car In Closter While Walking Grandson To School Bus Stop
Woman, 74, Struck By Car In Closter While Walking Grandson To School Bus Stop A 74-year-old Closter woman walking her grandson to the school bus stop Friday morning sustained a broken leg when she was struck in the crosswalk, authorities said. The victim and the 8-year-old boy – who wasn’t injured – were headed to the stop when she was struck by a Honda mini-van at the corner of Closter Dock Road and West Street just after 7:30 a.m., Police Chief Dennis Kaine said. She was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with a compound fracture of her lower leg, he said. The 42-year-old female driver, also from Closter, received several traffic summonses, the chi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgewood PD: 'I Panicked,' Says Drugged County Parks Driver Who Hit 10 Cars, Damaged Garage Ridgewood PD: 'I Panicked,' Says Drugged County Parks Driver Who Hit 10 Cars, Damaged Garage Ridgewood PD: 'I Panicked,' Says Drugged County Parks Driver Who Hit 10 Cars, Damaged Garage
Ridgewood PD: 'I Panicked,' Says Drugged County Parks Driver Who Hit 10 Cars, Damaged Garage UPDATE: A 22-year-old Bergen County Parks Department driver from Emerson who authorities said was high when he hit 10 vehicles with a county truck while trying to flee a crash in an underground Ridgewood parking garage told police that he panicked. Daniel Brancato -- who already had DUI and drug possession charges on his record -- was driving through the East Ridgewood Avenue underground parking garage just before 2:30 p.m. Wednesday when the 2003 Ford county dump truck hit the ceiling, police said. According to the official police report, Brancato told officers he panicked and drove out w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Feds Seize 23 Pounds Heroin/Fentanyl, $130,000 From Duo In Fort Lee High-Rise Drug Mill Feds Seize 23 Pounds Heroin/Fentanyl, $130,000 From Duo In Fort Lee High-Rise Drug Mill Feds Seize 23 Pounds Heroin/Fentanyl, $130,000 From Duo In Fort Lee High-Rise Drug Mill
Feds Seize 23 Pounds Heroin/Fentanyl, $130,000 From Duo In Fort Lee High-Rise Drug Mill Two men ran a heroin mill from one of the upper floors of a Fort Lee luxury high rise next to the George Washington Bridge, an indictment returned by a federal grand jury alleges. Carlos Mosquea-Diaz, 36, was arrested in the parking lot of the Modern in October by DEA agents who found a wine box filled with $130,000 in drug money in the trunk of his car, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said Thursday. In a trash room on the 42nd floor, agents found nearly 23 pounds of heroin and fentanyl, the U.S. attorney said. On the same floor, in a penthouse apartment sublet by 36-year-old Richard Fernand…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
FBI Busts Hillsdale Man, 60, On Child Porn Charges FBI Busts Hillsdale Man, 60, On Child Porn Charges FBI Busts Hillsdale Man, 60, On Child Porn Charges
FBI Busts Hillsdale Man, 60, On Child Porn Charges FBI agents on Thursday arrested a 60-year-old Hillsdale man who they said was collecting child pornography. Agents seized a computer and various storage devices from the home of Justin Madia, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. “The electronic storage devices contained peer-to-peer network software and multiple images of child pornography, including images of prepubescent children being sexually abused,” Carpenito said. Madia, whose LinkedIn profile said he’d most recently worked as an IKEA customer service manager after nearly 16 years at Best Buy, is charged with receipt of child pornogr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah Family Loses Everything In Fire Mahwah Family Loses Everything In Fire Mahwah Family Loses Everything In Fire
Mahwah Family Loses Everything In Fire UPDATE: A Mahwah family of four lost just about all of their belongings in a morning fire. Anthony Covello sustained a minor burn on his hand and his wife, Kari, was treated for smoke inhalation from the Oweno Place fire, which broke out in a small boiler room around 7 a.m., authorities said. Township police Township Officers Keith Iorio and Rob Birney got the couple and their two children out of the house and to a neighbor’s home, then turned extinguishers on the blaze, Police Chief James N. Batelli said. Unfortunately, "the flames quickly spread throughout the house,” Batelli said. “Th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Wayne PD: Father-Son Team Stayed At Hotel Next To Burglarized Route 46 Pizza Restaurant Site Wayne PD: Father-Son Team Stayed At Hotel Next To Burglarized Route 46 Pizza Restaurant Site Wayne PD: Father-Son Team Stayed At Hotel Next To Burglarized Route 46 Pizza Restaurant Site
Wayne PD: Father-Son Team Stayed At Hotel Next To Burglarized Route 46 Pizza Restaurant Site A father-son burglary team shuttled to and from the construction site of a new Wayne pizza restaurant while staying at a hotel next door, said police who arrested them. Police were called after a side-door burglar alarm was activated at the new site of Ah’ Pizz on Route 46 just after 10 p.m. last Thursday, Detective Capt. Laurence Martin said. Nicholas V. Yacullo, 49, and Michael V. Yacullo, 26, were spotted by Detectives Ken Hart, Mark Ciavirella and John Malenich on surveillance video at the business -- formerly the Tilted Kilt -- Martin said. The Yacullos, whose last known address …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Grandma-Killing Ex-Con In $2,400 Glen Rock, Lyndhurst Lottery Scam Suspected In Statewide Spree Grandma-Killing Ex-Con In $2,400 Glen Rock, Lyndhurst Lottery Scam Suspected In Statewide Spree Grandma-Killing Ex-Con In $2,400 Glen Rock, Lyndhurst Lottery Scam Suspected In Statewide Spree
Grandma-Killing Ex-Con In $2,400 Glen Rock, Lyndhurst Lottery Scam Suspected In Statewide Spree UPDATE: An ex-con being chased by police from Glen Rock, Lyndhurst and Newark crashed his getaway car and was taken into custody in connection with nearly $2,400 in lottery ticket thefts, authorities said. Jason DeMatteo -- who is suspected in a string of similar fast-talking cons that stretch from Bergen County to the Jersey Shore -- served more than eight years in state prison after being convicted of killing a 70-year-old Bayonne grandmother in a February 2009 car crash while he was high on cocaine, records show. Glen Rock and Lyndhurst detectives investigating lottery ticket thefts in t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Second Fort Lee Senior Towers Tenant In Four Days Jumps To Death Second Fort Lee Senior Towers Tenant In Four Days Jumps To Death Second Fort Lee Senior Towers Tenant In Four Days Jumps To Death
Second Fort Lee Senior Towers Tenant In Four Days Jumps To Death A 63-year-old woman became the second tenant at a Fort Lee senior high rise in four days to jump to her death -- this time from the 10th floor, police confirmed. Police began CPR after responding to the 1:45 p.m. call Wednesday at the Malcolm Towers on Main Street before turning the victim over to EMS, Capt. Matthew Hintze said. On Sunday, an 81-year-old woman jumped to her death from the 14th floor of the same building. Both deaths were deemed suicides pending further investigation.

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Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Lyndhurst Police Officer's SUV Rear-Ended During Snow Squall Lyndhurst Police Officer's SUV Rear-Ended During Snow Squall Lyndhurst Police Officer's SUV Rear-Ended During Snow Squall
Lyndhurst Police Officer's SUV Rear-Ended During Snow Squall A Lyndhurst police officer was OK after his SUV was rammed from behind during Wednesday's snow squalls. The unidentified officer was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with minor injuries following the 4:18 p.m. crash on the northbound Route 17 loop, Acting Detective Sgt. Vincent Auteri said. The 58-year-old North Bergen driver of the Honda Accord that hit his police vehicle was treated at the scene and released, he said. "It is believed that [he] had trouble negotiating the curve in the roadway as a result of the poor conditions from the inclement weather," he said. The Accord…

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