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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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Hasbrouck Heights Nab Four After Victim Is Beaten, Robbed On Street Hasbrouck Heights Nab Four After Victim Is Beaten, Robbed On Street Hasbrouck Heights Nab Four After Victim Is Beaten, Robbed On Street
Hasbrouck Heights Nab Four After Victim Is Beaten, Robbed On Street It didn't take long for Hasbrouck Heights police to collar four young teens -- three of them from Hackensack -- who authorities said robbed another on the street after punching him in the face. The borough victim said the muggers approached him in the 200 block of Raymond Street just after 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Detective Lt. Michael Colaneri He said he was "punched in the face, thrown to the ground, and his Apple I-Phone and $80 in cash were taken," Colaneri said. The robbers fled in a blue vehicle, he said. Within an hour, borough police had detained two suspects, Colaneri said. The next…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Three Hospitalized On Their Own, One Transported After Stabbing/Slashing Outside Paterson Bar Three Hospitalized On Their Own, One Transported After Stabbing/Slashing Outside Paterson Bar Three Hospitalized On Their Own, One Transported After Stabbing/Slashing Outside Paterson Bar
Three Hospitalized On Their Own, One Transported After Stabbing/Slashing Outside Paterson Bar Three men and two women fled the scene of a stabbing/slashing overnight Saturday outside a Paterson nightspot, witnesses told police. None of the injuries was considered life-threatening, although one victim was stabbed in the kidney area during the attack just after 3 a.m. on the corner of McBride and Glover avenues near the Woodland Park border, responders said. By sheer luck, members of a private ambulance crew were passing by at the time and rendered aid before police and city EMS arrived. Three of the victims got to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center on their own, responders said. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Fair Lawn Rescue Squad Applauds Bagel Shop Owner Fair Lawn Rescue Squad Applauds Bagel Shop Owner Fair Lawn Rescue Squad Applauds Bagel Shop Owner
Fair Lawn Rescue Squad Applauds Bagel Shop Owner Members of the Fair Lawn Rescue Squad formally thanked one of their best local benefactors when they awarded a plaque to Neil Samoilis of River Road Hot Bagels. Samoilis and his business "have helped the squad tremendously over the years, helping us raise money through donations," Fair Lawn Rescue Squad President Nicholas Nobre said. "The family-owned business has built a great bond with our members," Nobre said. "We consider them part of the family."

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Quiet Paterson Neighborhood, Busy THC Dealers Police: Quiet Paterson Neighborhood, Busy THC Dealers Police: Quiet Paterson Neighborhood, Busy THC Dealers
Police: Quiet Paterson Neighborhood, Busy THC Dealers A quiet neighborhood betrayed what Paterson police said a city couple packaging various forms of THC for sale might have mistaken as proctective cover for their operation. Narcotics detectives got a tip pointing to the tiny home on Garrison Street, just off Broadway, which city Police Director Jerry Speziale said “doesn’t have a lot of vehicle or pedestrian traffic” – ordinarily, anyway. Investigators kept watch and were soon led across town to another home, this one in the 800 block of 22nd Street. An evening raid there Tuesday turned up dozens of THC vape cartridges, jars of edibles and …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Peekskill, NY
Breaking News
Police: Peekskill Athlete In Trio Who Cashed Victim's $2,000 Check With Bogus Driver's License Police: Peekskill Athlete In Trio Who Cashed Victim's $2,000 Check With Bogus Driver's License Police: Peekskill Athlete In Trio Who Cashed Victim's $2,000 Check With Bogus Driver's License
Police: Peekskill Athlete In Trio Who Cashed Victim's $2,000 Check With Bogus Driver's License A Peekskill athlete was among a trio of accused ID thieves thwarted -- this time by bank employees and police in New Jersey -- after they tried cashing a bogus check for $2,000 using a driver’s license they’d created from an innocent victim’s personal information, authorities said. One of the thieves presented the license, which had the same name as the payee on the check, issued by a New York City business, Wyckoff Police Lt. Joseph Soto said. Police soon after arrested Somoya L. Jimerson, a 22-year-old track and field athlete from of Peekskill; Jaquaya I. Grant, 28, and Emmett J. Bru…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Unlicensed Driver Nabbed By Saddle Brook Police Officer Turns Out To Be Escaped Fugitive Unlicensed Driver Nabbed By Saddle Brook Police Officer Turns Out To Be Escaped Fugitive Unlicensed Driver Nabbed By Saddle Brook Police Officer Turns Out To Be Escaped Fugitive
Unlicensed Driver Nabbed By Saddle Brook Police Officer Turns Out To Be Escaped Fugitive A Saddle Brook patrol officer making a traffic stop caught an escaped fugitive from Kentucky. Officer Joseph Scrafani ran a computer check after stopping the vehicle on eastbound Route 46 and discovered not only that Peter J. Griffin, 33, Route 46 had both a suspended driver's license and registration. He was also wanted on a fugitive warrant out of Franklin County. Griffin escaped from a minimum-security facility after being convicted in January 2016 of first-degree methamphetamine possession, records show. He remained held in the Bergen County Jail pending extradition proceedi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
VIDEO: Watch Clerk Try To Grab Gun From Englewood Convenience Store Robber VIDEO: Watch Clerk Try To Grab Gun From Englewood Convenience Store Robber VIDEO: Watch Clerk Try To Grab Gun From Englewood Convenience Store Robber
Video: Watch Clerk Try To Grab Gun From Englewood Convenience Store Robber An Englewood convenience store clerk tries to grab an armed robber's gun in store surveillance video released Friday. Released by police, the second video above show the bandit -- his face covered by a mask and a hoodie --going into the Stop & Go Deli & Grocery on Lafayette Place around 8 p.m. Tuesday and pointing a gun at two clerks behind the counter. The first video shows him diving across the counter, grabbing cash from the register and fending off the courageous clerk. Police said he then ran west on Rosemont Place and got into a dark-colored vehicle that eventually trave…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Wyckoff PD Nabs ID Thieves Who Tried Cashing Victim's $2,000 Check With Bogus Driver's License Wyckoff PD Nabs ID Thieves Who Tried Cashing Victim's $2,000 Check With Bogus Driver's License Wyckoff PD Nabs ID Thieves Who Tried Cashing Victim's $2,000 Check With Bogus Driver's License
Wyckoff PD Nabs ID Thieves Who Tried Cashing Victim's $2,000 Check With Bogus Driver's License Yet another group of ID thieves was thwarted -- this time by bank employees and police in Wyckoff -- after they tried cashing a bogus check for $2,000 using a driver’s license they’d created from an innocent victim’s personal information, authorities said. One of the thieves presented the license, which had the same name as the payee on the check, issued by a New York City business, Lt. Joseph Soto said. Police soon after arrested Somoya L. Jimerson, a 22-year-old track and field athlete from of Peekskill; Jaquaya I. Grant, 28, and Emmett J. Bruce III, 23, both of the Bronx, the lieute…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
SWAT Standoff Ends In Harrington Park: Barricaded Man Hospitalized, Streets Reopened SWAT Standoff Ends In Harrington Park: Barricaded Man Hospitalized, Streets Reopened SWAT Standoff Ends In Harrington Park: Barricaded Man Hospitalized, Streets Reopened
SWAT Standoff Ends In Harrington Park: Barricaded Man Hospitalized, Streets Reopened A SWAT-team standoff of more than 2½ hours ended peacefully in Harrington Park Thursday afternoon with a troubled man being taken for a psychiatric evaluation. Streets were closed around Burkhardt Lane, where the incident occurred at a residence, and Herron Court, where a staging area was set up. A Bergen County Regional SWAT team, a negotiations unit and police from Harrington Park and Norwood were among the responders, along with borough ambulances. The 25-year-old man was taken to New Bridge Medical Center in Paramus after being talked out of the home, responders said. An older woman w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Paramus Firefighters Douse Lexus Blaze Outside Route 17 Stop & Shop Paramus Firefighters Douse Lexus Blaze Outside Route 17 Stop & Shop Paramus Firefighters Douse Lexus Blaze Outside Route 17 Stop & Shop
Paramus Firefighters Douse Lexus Blaze Outside Route 17 Stop & Shop Paramus firefighters doused an engine blaze in a Lexus sedan parked outside the Route 17 Stop & Shop early Thursday evening. No injuries were reported at the incident at supermarket on the highway's northbound side. A tow truck removed the heavily scorched vehicle. Paramus police also responded. At the scene.Boyd A. Loving A tow truck removed the heavily scorched vehicle.Boyd A. Loving Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this report. ****** ALSO SEE: Two special needs students and three workers were safely removed to a nearby store after a school van caught fire…

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