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
UPDATE: Candle Ignites Maywood Garden Apartment Blaze, 10 Tenants Displaced, 2 Units Gone UPDATE: Candle Ignites Maywood Garden Apartment Blaze, 10 Tenants Displaced, 2 Units Gone UPDATE: Candle Ignites Maywood Garden Apartment Blaze, 10 Tenants Displaced, 2 Units Gone
Update: Candle Ignites Maywood Garden Apartment Blaze, 10 Tenants Displaced, 2 Units Gone Firefighters battled bone-chilling temperatures and stiff winds while dousing a Maywood garden apartment complex fire that apparently was ignited by a candle. Two apartments are a total loss and nearly a half-dozen others were severely damaged, displacing 10 residents, Maywood Police Capt. Terence Kenny said. The American Red Cross found them temporary lodging, the captain said. No injuries were reported. The blaze broke out around 9:30 p.m. on the second floor at the Maybrook Garden Apartments on Demarest Place, Kenny said. The last engine returned at 2 a.m., he said. No serious inj…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Allendale Police: How Are We Doing? Allendale Police: How Are We Doing? Allendale Police: How Are We Doing?
Allendale Police: How Are We Doing? Allendale residents and merchants are invited to assess the borough's police department as part of a process known as accreditation. Members of the department and borough employees also are encouraged to call during the scheduled phone-in period from 10-11 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 28. THE NUMBER: (201) 818-4428   Telephone comments will be fielded by an assessment team from the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police, whose members will examine “all aspects of the Allendale Police Department’s policies and procedures, management, operations, and support services,”&…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: Candle Ignites Maywood Garden Apartment Blaze, 10 Tenants Displaced, 2 Units Gone UPDATE: Candle Ignites Maywood Garden Apartment Blaze, 10 Tenants Displaced, 2 Units Gone UPDATE: Candle Ignites Maywood Garden Apartment Blaze, 10 Tenants Displaced, 2 Units Gone
Update: Candle Ignites Maywood Garden Apartment Blaze, 10 Tenants Displaced, 2 Units Gone Firefighters battled bone-chilling temperatures and stiff winds while dousing a Maywood garden apartment complex fire that apparently was ignited by a candle. Two apartments are a total loss and nearly a half-dozen others were severely damaged, displacing 10 residents, Maywood Police Capt. Terence Kenny said. The American Red Cross found them temporary lodging, the captain said. No injuries were reported. The blaze broke out around 9:30 p.m. on the second floor at the Maybrook Garden Apartments on Demarest Place, Kenny said. The last engine returned at 2 a.m., he said. Among those assist…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Monroe, NY
Breaking News
Man Who Stepped In Front Of Warwick-Bound Train In NJ Had Just Killed Roommate, Authorities Say Man Who Stepped In Front Of Warwick-Bound Train In NJ Had Just Killed Roommate, Authorities Say Man Who Stepped In Front Of Warwick-Bound Train In NJ Had Just Killed Roommate, Authorities Say
Man Who Stepped In Front Of Warwick-Bound Train In NJ Had Just Killed Roommate, Authorities Say A man struck and killed by a Warwick-bound commuter train in New Jersey on Saturday had just killed his roommate in their illegal basement apartment, authorities said. The body of the 25-year-old victim was found on the floor. He'd been beaten with a blunt object, authorities told Daily Voice. "There was a lot of blood throughout the place," one responder said after city police found the body in the MacArthur Avenue apartment around 10:30 p.m. Saturday and alerted the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office. Nearly 6½ hours earlier, the victim's 55-year-old roommate stepped in front of an NJ Tra…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: Garfield Train Suicide Victim, Slain Roommate Identified UPDATE: Garfield Train Suicide Victim, Slain Roommate Identified UPDATE: Garfield Train Suicide Victim, Slain Roommate Identified
Update: Garfield Train Suicide Victim, Slain Roommate Identified UPDATE: A man who committed suicide by running in front of a commuter train in Garfield on Saturday hours after law enforcement officials said he beat his roommate to death in their illegal basement apartment was identified Monday, along with the murder victim. Manuel Ortega-Pimentel, 55, "ran into the path" of an NJ Transit train on Saturday and was killed, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. "During an attempt to locate next of kin for Ortega-Pimentel, a check of his last known address was conducted and the basement apartment was checked by a resident of the first floor," t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Monroe, NY
Breaking News
Man Who Stepped In Front Of Warwick-Bound Train In NJ Had Just Killed Roommate, Authorities Say Man Who Stepped In Front Of Warwick-Bound Train In NJ Had Just Killed Roommate, Authorities Say Man Who Stepped In Front Of Warwick-Bound Train In NJ Had Just Killed Roommate, Authorities Say
Man Who Stepped In Front Of Warwick-Bound Train In NJ Had Just Killed Roommate, Authorities Say UPDATE: A man struck and killed by a Warwick-bound commuter train in New Jersey on Saturday had just killed his roommate in their illegal basement apartment, authorities said. The body of the 25-year-old victim was found on the floor. He'd been beaten with a blunt object, authorities told Daily Voice. "There was a lot of blood throughout the place," one responder said after city police found the body in the MacArthur Avenue apartment around 10:30 p.m. Saturday and alerted the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office. Nearly 6½ hours earlier, the victim's 55-year-old roommate stepped in front of a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: Garfield Train Suicide Victim, Slain Roommate Identified UPDATE: Garfield Train Suicide Victim, Slain Roommate Identified UPDATE: Garfield Train Suicide Victim, Slain Roommate Identified
Update: Garfield Train Suicide Victim, Slain Roommate Identified UPDATE: A man who committed suicide by running in front of a commuter train in Garfield on Saturday hours after law enforcement officials said he beat his roommate to death in their illegal basement apartment was identified Monday, along with the murder victim. Manuel Ortega-Pimentel, 55, "ran into the path" of an NJ Transit train on Saturday and was killed, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. "During an attempt to locate next of kin for Ortega-Pimentel, a check of his last known address was conducted and the basement apartment was checked by a resident of the first floor," th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson Officials Raid, Close Hookah Lounge Where Couple Was Shot Paterson Officials Raid, Close Hookah Lounge Where Couple Was Shot Paterson Officials Raid, Close Hookah Lounge Where Couple Was Shot
Paterson Officials Raid, Close Hookah Lounge Where Couple Was Shot One of the last hookah lounges shut down by Paterson authorities is now a daycare center – so what will become of the latest, which was closed before dawn Saturday after authorities slapped the owner with 20 violations? Vice and ABC detectives, assisted by uniformed officers and city firefighters, found “various ignited hookahs pipes” when they raided the Besan Café on East Railway Avenue at 1:25 a.m., Police Director Jerry Speziale said. They seized 69 hookahs and various accessories, as well as $1,657 in proceeds from the owner, Fhaid Abuawad, Speziale said. Police also found a Pietro Be…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
3,000 Heroin Folds, 1,000 Ecstasy Pills Seized, Three Busted In Paterson Raid 3,000 Heroin Folds, 1,000 Ecstasy Pills Seized, Three Busted In Paterson Raid 3,000 Heroin Folds, 1,000 Ecstasy Pills Seized, Three Busted In Paterson Raid
3,000 Heroin Folds, 1,000 Ecstasy Pills Seized, Three Busted In Paterson Raid Paterson police seized more than 3,000 folds of heroin and nearly 1,000 Ecstasy pills while arresting three men during a raid, authorities said. City Narcotics Division detectives also found another nine ounces of heroin and three ounces of cocaine during the Thursday afternoon bust at a two-family house in the 100 block of North 10th Street, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Residents Aneueriz Morel and Jose Castillo, both 37, were charged with operating a drug facility, along with various possession counts. Police also arrested 49-year-old Marco Cintron of Grand Street, who Speziale s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Responders Lift Car Off Struck Pedestrian In Dumont, Hit For Second Time In Month Responders Lift Car Off Struck Pedestrian In Dumont, Hit For Second Time In Month Responders Lift Car Off Struck Pedestrian In Dumont, Hit For Second Time In Month
Responders Lift Car Off Struck Pedestrian In Dumont, Hit For Second Time In Month UPDATE: Dumont police and firefighters lifted a car off a pedestrian who was pinned beneath it after being struck Friday night -- the second time she'd been hit in under a month, responders said. The victim, who is in her late 40s, was in stable condition after being struck by the small sedan around 6:40 p.m. at New Milford Avenue and Concord Street, they said. She apparently had a fractured ankle and burns on her back from the exhaust. She was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center. The area was cordoned off while authorities collected evidence. The same woman had been struck rec…

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