Jerry DeMarco

Senior Reporter

[email protected]

FOLLOW ON

Facebook Twitter Linkedin

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

Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Stashing Pot In A Storage Unit? Dumb Move, Say Fair Lawn Police Who Seized Four Pounds Stashing Pot In A Storage Unit? Dumb Move, Say Fair Lawn Police Who Seized Four Pounds Stashing Pot In A Storage Unit? Dumb Move, Say Fair Lawn Police Who Seized Four Pounds
Stashing Pot In A Storage Unit? Dumb Move, Say Fair Lawn Police Who Seized Four Pounds The thing about trying to stash several pounds of marijuana in a storage unit: People will smell it. Just ask Fair Lawn police. Investigators called to Life Storage on Wagaraw Road could smell it, too, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. With help from a Bergen County Sheriff’s Department K-9 team, narcotics Detectives Brian Rypkema, Anthony Lugo and Mark Wyka figured out which unit to obtain a search warrant for. Inside they found four pounds of pot, along with packaging materials, that they said a Paterson dealer stashed there, Metzler said. The renter, 34-year-old Milton Hall, was released after …

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Wallington PD: Driver Asleep At Wheel Had Heroin Folds Taped To Bra Wallington PD: Driver Asleep At Wheel Had Heroin Folds Taped To Bra Wallington PD: Driver Asleep At Wheel Had Heroin Folds Taped To Bra
Wallington PD: Driver Asleep At Wheel Had Heroin Folds Taped To Bra A Wallington driver found passed out behind the wheel outside a local 7-Eleven had 100 folds of heroin taped to her bra, police said. Sgt. Paul Stolarz, a recognized drug expert, noticed that the woman’s eyes were droopy and “she appeared to be emotionally detached from answering questions posed to her,” Capt. Shawn Kudlacik said. “She was fumbling through paperwork and had trouble making eye contact.” Christina Maiella, 27, needed help getting out of the car and had to hold onto it for balance, Kudlacik said. After falling a series of dexterity tests, she was taken into custody, he said. …

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Oakland PD: Accused Counterfeiter Released Under Bail Reform Does It Again Oakland PD: Accused Counterfeiter Released Under Bail Reform Does It Again Oakland PD: Accused Counterfeiter Released Under Bail Reform Does It Again
Oakland PD: Accused Counterfeiter Released Under Bail Reform Does It Again Only a month after he was busted with more than $650 in counterfeit $10 and $20 bills in Haworth, a Fairview man was caught by an Oakland detective with what authorities said was nearly $1,000 in bogus bills -- along with recent purchase receipts from several area stores.Andrew Lochard, 29, has a criminal record that also includes arrests in 2017 on forgery and money laundering charges in Hillsdale and falsely claiming to have a bomb in Paramus. JB Pet Supply summoned Oakland police Monday after Lochard tried passing a phony $20 bill, Detective Lt. Christian Eldridge said. Soon after, Eldri…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Palisades Park Barber Does Laser Surgery, Damages Woman's Face, Authorities Charge Palisades Park Barber Does Laser Surgery, Damages Woman's Face, Authorities Charge Palisades Park Barber Does Laser Surgery, Damages Woman's Face, Authorities Charge
Palisades Park Barber Does Laser Surgery, Damages Woman's Face, Authorities Charge A Palisades Park barbershop owner gave a woman laser treatment that severely damaged her face, said authorities who arrested him for illegally practicing medicine. Young Hwan Choi, the 72-year-old owner of Shil La Barber Shop on Broad Avenue, was charged with aggravated assault and the unlicensed practice of medicine. Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said his detectives and their borough colleagues investigated after the victim alerted them earlier this month of the November 2017 procedure. “The surgery caused significant bodily injury, including scars [that] were visible on the…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
East Rutherford Software Engineer Charged With Trafficking 310 Child Porn Files East Rutherford Software Engineer Charged With Trafficking 310 Child Porn Files East Rutherford Software Engineer Charged With Trafficking 310 Child Porn Files
East Rutherford Software Engineer Charged With Trafficking 310 Child Porn Files A software engineer from East Rutherford was caught trafficking 310 child pornography files, said authorities who arrested him. Dean M. Desrosiers, 49, was charged with distribution of child pornography following a raid last week at his Mozart Street home, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. Desrosiers, who Calo said is divorced, was booked into the Bergen County Jail on Friday and ordered released by a judge hours later, under New Jersey’s 2017 bail reform law. He’s scheduled for a Feb. 13 first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack. Calo thanked Eas…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Breaking News
POLICE: Swerving Pequannock Driver Registers Nearly 4x Legal Blood-Alcohol Limit POLICE: Swerving Pequannock Driver Registers Nearly 4x Legal Blood-Alcohol Limit POLICE: Swerving Pequannock Driver Registers Nearly 4x Legal Blood-Alcohol Limit
Police: Swerving Pequannock Driver Registers Nearly 4x Legal Blood-Alcohol Limit A swerving driver from Pequonnock stopped by police in the middle of the afternoon on Route 23 registered nearly four times the legal limit on a blood-alcohol test, authorities said. Alerted by citizens to a vehicle that was “all over the road,” Wayne police officers Tomasz Cydzik and Adrian Sulejmani stopped the 2015 Toyota Sienna on the northbound highway near the Pequannock border at 3:15 p.m. Jan. 12, Detective Capt. Laurence Martin said. Hitesh J Patel, 43, had “bloodshot eyes and droopy eyelids,” along with a trio of mini bottles of vodka, Martin said. Police got Patel out of the car…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen Sheriff's Command Staff Sworn: Nearly A Century Combined Of Law Enforcement Experience Bergen Sheriff's Command Staff Sworn: Nearly A Century Combined Of Law Enforcement Experience Bergen Sheriff's Command Staff Sworn: Nearly A Century Combined Of Law Enforcement Experience
Bergen Sheriff's Command Staff Sworn: Nearly A Century Combined Of Law Enforcement Experience Bergen County Sheriff Anthony Cureton’s team of executive officers were sworn in at a public ceremony Monday afternoon in Hackensack. Executive Undersheriff Vincent Quatrone, Undersheriffs Jin Sung Kim and David Borzotta and Chief Warrant Officer Cora Taylor all took the oaths of office at Two Bergen County Plaza. “We have comprised a team of qualified individuals who are representative of our diverse Bergen County community, with over 100 years of experience across the law enforcement profession,” Cureton said. Borzotta worked for the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office for 25 years, nearl…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Hillsdale Schools Chief: Perceived Threat To Middle School Deemed Harmless Hillsdale Schools Chief: Perceived Threat To Middle School Deemed Harmless Hillsdale Schools Chief: Perceived Threat To Middle School Deemed Harmless
Hillsdale Schools Chief: Perceived Threat To Middle School Deemed Harmless What a Hillsdale middle schooler considered a threat was deemed "non-specific and not credible" by borough police and county prosecutor's detectives, authorities said Monday. The seeds of the incident were sown last week when someone began sharing an inappropriate photo of a girl that made its way to some students, parents said. “The girl has ties to someone in Hillsdale, so some of the kids know her,” one said. District officials asked parents following the incident to talk with their children about blocking and preventing “the transmission of inappropriate pictures,” Schools Supt. R…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
SWAT Incident Ends, Barricaded Cliffside Park Man Removed From Home SWAT Incident Ends, Barricaded Cliffside Park Man Removed From Home SWAT Incident Ends, Barricaded Cliffside Park Man Removed From Home
SWAT Incident Ends, Barricaded Cliffside Park Man Removed From Home UPDATE: A five-hour standoff with a troubled man who barricaded himself in a Cliffside Park home ended peacefully early Monday evening. The man was taken to New Bridge Medical Center in Paramus at 5:25 p.m. after several rounds of tear gas were shot into the home at Glen Road and Aurora Avenue, Police Chief Richard Gaito told Daily Voice. The man’s wife was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with a bruise on her head, which brought police -- and, later, a Bergen County Regional SWAT team and a negotiator. There was no immediate word on whether or what charges would be filed. Po…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Paramus Middle School Principal: Social Media Post That Brought Police 'No Cause For Concern' Paramus Middle School Principal: Social Media Post That Brought Police 'No Cause For Concern' Paramus Middle School Principal: Social Media Post That Brought Police 'No Cause For Concern'
Paramus Middle School Principal: Social Media Post That Brought Police 'No Cause For Concern' UPDATE: A social media post that brought Paramus police to a borough middle school on Monday turned out harmless, according to the principal. “The police were made aware of something that was posted and deemed inappropriate on a student’s social media account,” East Brook Middle School Principal Thomas J. LoBue wrote to parents. “After conducting their investigation, we were told that there was no cause for concern,” LoBue said. “The police were here at East Brook to brief us and make us aware of their findings. “Please know that the school day began as usual, everything is fine, and your …

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Prev Page 1116 of 2958 1,114 1,115 1,116 1,117 1,118 Next
11,151 - 11,160 of 29,573 articles