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
Sheriff: Mom Dimes Out Heroin-Selling Son After Paterson Chase Sheriff: Mom Dimes Out Heroin-Selling Son After Paterson Chase Sheriff: Mom Dimes Out Heroin-Selling Son After Paterson Chase
Sheriff: Mom Dimes Out Heroin-Selling Son After Paterson Chase A Paterson mom snitched on her drug-dealing son after he tried hiding from detectives who’d seen him toss 450 bags of heroin during a foot chase, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Bernik said. Another man was arrested, as well, when he tried blocking the sheriff’s officers while repeatedly cursing at them, Berdnik said. Members of his narcotics bureau had seen 22-year-old Marquis L. Wedderburn park a Kia sedan near the dead end of East 31st Street, the sheriff said. Wedderburn left the car running as he got out, he said, then approached another vehicle at the intersection of 14th Avenue. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Dump Truck Tips In Old Tappan Dump Truck Tips In Old Tappan Dump Truck Tips In Old Tappan
Dump Truck Tips In Old Tappan A dump truck keeled over Wednesday afternoon in Old Tappan, dumping a load of dirt at a work site. The driver reportedly was OK after the crash on Orangeburg Road near Dearborn Drive, barely a mile from the Rockland County border. Contractors have been dumping truckloads of fill to level off a residential backyard for nearly a year, neighbors said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Meet Palisades Park’s Newest Police Officers Meet Palisades Park’s Newest Police Officers Meet Palisades Park’s Newest Police Officers
Meet Palisades Park’s Newest Police Officers Attrition and an expanding community have been met in Palisades Park with the addition of six new police officers with diverse skills and backgrounds. They are: Kevin Choi, 24, formerly a special police officer in neighboring Ridgefield; William Duarte, a 27-year-old former special police officer in the borough; Martin Kim, a 31-year-old U.S. Marine Corps veteran who served two tours of duty in Afghanistan; Brian Kunz, 24, a former special police officer in the borough; Michael McDermott, 27, the borough Fire Department battalion chief; Robert Then, 23, a borough police dispatcher. With th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Rochelle Park Burglary Suspect Nabbed Heading Into Court On Other Charge Rochelle Park Burglary Suspect Nabbed Heading Into Court On Other Charge Rochelle Park Burglary Suspect Nabbed Heading Into Court On Other Charge
Rochelle Park Burglary Suspect Nabbed Heading Into Court On Other Charge A man suspected of committing a trio of Rochelle Park burglaries was arrested when he showed up for court in Hackensack on another charge – and was found carrying documents stolen during one of the break-ins, authorities said. Ismael Estrella, 38, of Forest Hills, Queens, also had bogus driver’s licenses and credit cards created using the identity of one of the victims with him when he was taken into custody outside the Bergen County Courthouse, they said. Detective Sgt. Jim DePreta originally arrested Estrella after spotting him on Madison Avenue six days after the Dec. 4 burglaries. Estr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Hidden Cam Catches Caregiver Abusing Stroke Victim, 90, In Park Ridge, Authorities Charge Hidden Cam Catches Caregiver Abusing Stroke Victim, 90, In Park Ridge, Authorities Charge Hidden Cam Catches Caregiver Abusing Stroke Victim, 90, In Park Ridge, Authorities Charge
Hidden Cam Catches Caregiver Abusing Stroke Victim, 90, In Park Ridge, Authorities Charge A hidden camera caught a home health aide assaulting a 90-year-old stroke victim at an assisted living facility in Park Ridge, said authorities who arrested her. The micro-surveillance “Safe Care Cam” unit caught Mitsou Gottheim, 50, of Nanuet on video “physically assaulting the elderly woman, who is bedridden and unable to communicate verbally because of a stroke,” 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. Gottheim –…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
SEE ANYTHING? Shots Fired From One Car At Another On Route 46 In Clifton, Witnesses Sought SEE ANYTHING? Shots Fired From One Car At Another On Route 46 In Clifton, Witnesses Sought SEE ANYTHING? Shots Fired From One Car At Another On Route 46 In Clifton, Witnesses Sought
SEE Anything? Shots Fired From One Car At Another On Route 46 In Clifton, Witnesses Sought Several shots were fired from one car at another on Route 46 in Clifton, said authorities who sought the public’s help Wednesday identifying the vehicle. The shooter unloaded sometime between noon and 2 p.m. Monday in the westbound stretch between Routes 20 and 21, authorities said. No injuries were reported, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Clifton Police Chief Mark Centurione said in a joint release. They asked that anyone who saw something or has information that could help investigators use the prosecutor’s tips line at 1-877-370-PCPO or [email protected] or call …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Two Sought In Reported Overnight Home Invasion In Garfield Two Sought In Reported Overnight Home Invasion In Garfield Two Sought In Reported Overnight Home Invasion In Garfield
Two Sought In Reported Overnight Home Invasion In Garfield Police were investigating a reported overnight home invasion in Garfield. Two men reportedly beat a male resident, apparently for money, in a small Cedar Street home off Belmont Avenue. It was unclear how much, if any, was taken. The Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification collected evidence. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Tenafly PBA Angered By Councilman's Comments About Police Shooting Kids Tenafly PBA Angered By Councilman's Comments About Police Shooting Kids Tenafly PBA Angered By Councilman's Comments About Police Shooting Kids
Tenafly PBA Angered By Councilman's Comments About Police Shooting Kids As if police don’t already have enough grief: A Tenafly councilman has angered officers in his town with a racially-charged comment. School officials had been considering replacing a single resource officer -- who primarily patrols the high school and occasionally the middle school – with recently-retired armed police officers in all district buildings. Last week, a member of a Tenafly Facebook group posted a link about an armed guard on Long Island who left his gun in a school bathroom. In response, Councilman Max Basch wrote: “If they had an armed guard on duty the kid with a toy gun wou…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
PSEG Adds Gate Lock, 'No Trespassing' Signs To Glen Rock Property -- All Stolen PSEG Adds Gate Lock, 'No Trespassing' Signs To Glen Rock Property -- All Stolen PSEG Adds Gate Lock, 'No Trespassing' Signs To Glen Rock Property -- All Stolen
Pseg Adds Gate Lock, 'No Trespassing' Signs To Glen Rock Property -- All Stolen Tired of thefts and vandalism on its Glen Rock property, PSE&G installed “No Trespassing” signs and a gate lock – that were all promptly stolen, police said. The utility at first installed a gate secured with a chain and padlock that were taken from at the Highland Road entrance to its right-of-way, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. PSE&G secured the gate with an internal lock and added 'No Trespassing' that quickly vanished, the chief said. An investigation was continuing, he said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Doubling Back Does In Car Burglar, South Hackensack Police Say Doubling Back Does In Car Burglar, South Hackensack Police Say Doubling Back Does In Car Burglar, South Hackensack Police Say
Doubling Back Does In Car Burglar, South Hackensack Police Say Returning to the scene got a career car burglar caught by a South Hackensack police detective, authorities said. Detective Brian Kropp reviewed home surveillance footage after a car was broken into and an iPad and pair of Chanel sunglasses were stolen, Capt. Robert Kaiser said Monday. Kropp worked the case and, with help from Hackensack police, arrested 58-year-old Kevin Gresham of Hackensack. On Friday night, Gresham returned to the same street and was arrested, Kaiser said. He was charged with burglary and sent to the Bergen County Jail. A judge hours later ordered Gresham released pen…

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