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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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Two Hospitalized, House Uninhabitable After Fair Lawn Crash Two Hospitalized, House Uninhabitable After Fair Lawn Crash Two Hospitalized, House Uninhabitable After Fair Lawn Crash
Two Hospitalized, House Uninhabitable After Fair Lawn Crash An older woman and a younger man were hospitalized after she plowed a sedan into a Fair Lawn home Thursday afternoon, severely damaging it. His injuries appeared more serious than hers. The municipal building inspector ruled the house uninhabitable after the crash on Brighton Place at Plaza Road North. Officials said they were condemning the residence. PSE&G was summoned because a gas line was compromised. Tire tracks a block away indicate the car may have struck a curb and swerved down the block before hitting the house. "Either she had a medical emergency or swerved to av…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Truck Knocks Sedan Through Rear Of Little Ferry Garage Truck Knocks Sedan Through Rear Of Little Ferry Garage Truck Knocks Sedan Through Rear Of Little Ferry Garage
Truck Knocks Sedan Through Rear Of Little Ferry Garage An owner parking his pickup truck accidentally plowed into his car Thursday afternoon, knocking it through the wall of a Little Ferry garage and bringing a borough building inspector along with police and firefighters. Firefighters had to free the uninjured driver after Summit Circle crash because of the narrowness of the space, Police Chief Ralph Verdi said. The impact sent the sedan that was parked there straight into the backyard, along with various items that were in the garage.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Lyndhurst PD: Special Needs Adult Charged With Asking Boy On Street If He Was Gay, Needed Ride Lyndhurst PD: Special Needs Adult Charged With Asking Boy On Street If He Was Gay, Needed Ride Lyndhurst PD: Special Needs Adult Charged With Asking Boy On Street If He Was Gay, Needed Ride
Lyndhurst PD: Special Needs Adult Charged With Asking Boy On Street If He Was Gay, Needed Ride A special needs adult from Belleville was taken into custody after he approached a 15-year-old Lyndhurst boy, asked if he was gay, then offered him a ride home, authorities said. "At no point did the suspect make or attempt to make physical contact with the juvenile," Detective Vincent Auteri said Thursday. The teen told police he was walking home when 52-year-old Jeffrey Nobile approached him in the area of Kingsland and Riverside avenues around 7:30 p.m. Friday. Using his real name, he introduced himself, then asked the boy if he was gay and needed a ride, Auteri said. The boy ran and c…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Woman With Wig Disguise Drags Clifton Officer, Crashes After High-Speed Multi-County Chase Woman With Wig Disguise Drags Clifton Officer, Crashes After High-Speed Multi-County Chase Woman With Wig Disguise Drags Clifton Officer, Crashes After High-Speed Multi-County Chase
Woman With Wig Disguise Drags Clifton Officer, Crashes After High-Speed Multi-County Chase A Clifton police officer escaped serious injury when he was dragged by a car driven by a fleeing woman involved in a chase that ended with a head-on collision in Kearny – and included a police-cruiser crash on the New Jersey Turnpike. It began when two men and two women pulled a dine-and-dash at the Applebee’s restaurant on Route 3 Wednesday night, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. Two of the women were wearing wigs at the time, Bracken said. Employees grabbed one of the men as the crew ran from the restaurant. The other three fled, the lieutenant said. Soon after, police spotted a Toyot…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Convicted Bank Robber Accused Of Holding Up Hackensack TD Branch Convicted Bank Robber Accused Of Holding Up Hackensack TD Branch Convicted Bank Robber Accused Of Holding Up Hackensack TD Branch
Convicted Bank Robber Accused Of Holding Up Hackensack TD Branch A convicted bank robber was captured Wednesday and charged with holding up a Hackensack TD Bank branch two months ago, authorities said. City police were with FBI agents and colleagues from other agencies who scooped up Myron V. Anderson Jr., 38, in West Orange around 2 p.m. Wednesday, they said. Anderson is suspected in several North Jersey bank robberies, including one Monday at a TD branch in Sussex County. Hackensack police said he also robbed a TD branch on River Street, near the FDU campus, of nearly $950 on Nov. 13. Area schools were locked down as police searched him following the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Clifton Patrol Officer May Have Cracked Area Car Burglary Spree Clifton Patrol Officer May Have Cracked Area Car Burglary Spree Clifton Patrol Officer May Have Cracked Area Car Burglary Spree
Clifton Patrol Officer May Have Cracked Area Car Burglary Spree Clifton police believe they caught a man overnight who's responsible for a recent string of vehicle burglaries. Samuel Padilla, 42, of Paterson was carrying burglary tools, as well as stolen earbuds, cellphones, LED lights, sunglasses and jewelry when Officer Michael Warnet stopped him on Warren Street around 12:30 a.m. Thursday, authorities said. He also was carrying several knives, crack pipes and a hypodermic needle, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. Padilla has been suspicious, given the 15 or so car break-ins that have occurred within the area the past few weeks, Bracken said. In ad…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn Police Revive Driver Whose Car Rolled Into Bank Fair Lawn Police Revive Driver Whose Car Rolled Into Bank Fair Lawn Police Revive Driver Whose Car Rolled Into Bank
Fair Lawn Police Revive Driver Whose Car Rolled Into Bank Fair Lawn police used CPR to revive a driver whose car rolled into a TD Bank branch after a medical episode Thursday morning. The 59-year-old victim was unresponsive when he was taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson after his 2003 Ford Escape hit the the front wall and cigarette disposal at the Maple Avenue bank just before 8:30 a.m., Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Witnesses said the car was parked in front of the bank when it abruptly lurched forward, then reversed back into the spot before a good Samaritan got into the vehicle and put it in park, Metzler said. "It is b…

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by Jerry DeMarco
New City, NY
Breaking News
Hidden Cam Catches Caregiver From Nanuet Abusing Stroke Victim, 90, Authorities Charge Hidden Cam Catches Caregiver From Nanuet Abusing Stroke Victim, 90, Authorities Charge Hidden Cam Catches Caregiver From Nanuet Abusing Stroke Victim, 90, Authorities Charge
Hidden Cam Catches Caregiver From Nanuet Abusing Stroke Victim, 90, Authorities Charge A hidden camera caught a caregiver from Nanuet assaulting a 90-year-old stroke victim at an assisted living facility in Bergen County, said authorities who arrested her. The micro-surveillance “Safe Care Cam” unit caught Mitsou Gottheim, 50, on video “physically assaulting the elderly woman, who is bedridden and unable to communicate verbally because of a stroke,” New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Wednesday. It is the first time that police charges have been filed against a caregiver as a result of video captured through the relatively-new state program, authorities said. G…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
VIDEO: 4-Alarm Paterson Multi-Building Blaze Displaces 20, No Serious Injuries Reported VIDEO: 4-Alarm Paterson Multi-Building Blaze Displaces 20, No Serious Injuries Reported VIDEO: 4-Alarm Paterson Multi-Building Blaze Displaces 20, No Serious Injuries Reported
Video: 4-Alarm Paterson Multi-Building Blaze Displaces 20, No Serious Injuries Reported UPDATE: Twenty-people were displaced by a Paterson fire that raged for hours Wednesday night, blowing through the roof of one of two buildings. Miraculously, no one was seriously injured, Mayor Andre Sayegh said. The blaze apparently broke out in an alleyway between the corner building on Madison Avenue at 21st Avenue above a T-Mobile store and an adjoining multi-family building on the avenue, just off westbound Route 80, Fire Chief Brian McDermott said. The four-alarm fire quickly blew through the roof of the second building, with wind fanning the flames. Firefighters with ladder trucks …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
HERO: Courageous Port Authority PD Recruit Who Returned To Training With Cancer Laid To Rest HERO: Courageous Port Authority PD Recruit Who Returned To Training With Cancer Laid To Rest HERO: Courageous Port Authority PD Recruit Who Returned To Training With Cancer Laid To Rest
Hero: Courageous Port Authority PD Recruit Who Returned To Training With Cancer Laid To Rest Port Authority police turned out in force Wednesday, joined by other members of the law enforcement community, to lay to rest a courageous PAPD recruit who valiantly returned to training while fighting cancer -- only to have it take his life. Michael Joseph Kelly, 31, was originally a member of the 115th Port Authority Police Academy Recruit Training Class in 2017 but had to withdraw after having emergency colon surgery, colleagues said. He nonetheless “displayed incredible courage, strength and determination battling his illness and returned as a member of the 117th Recruit Training Class”…

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