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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New City, NY
Breaking News
Wanted Rockland Woman Nabbed In New Jersey Wanted Rockland Woman Nabbed In New Jersey Wanted Rockland Woman Nabbed In New Jersey
Wanted Rockland Woman Nabbed In New Jersey A repeat offender wanted in Rockland was captured by authorities in New Jersey. Catherine Beltempo, 34, was wanted on charges that include larceny- and forgery-related offenses at the Suffern Walmart, Ramapo police said. Beltempo, who has had several recent addresses, including in Airmont, has a lengthy adult criminal history, records show. She was being held on a fugitive warrant Thursday in the Bergen County Jail pending an extradition hearing.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Passaic Sheriff: Detectives Nab Dealer With 250 Heroin Folds Laced With Deadly Fentanyl Passaic Sheriff: Detectives Nab Dealer With 250 Heroin Folds Laced With Deadly Fentanyl Passaic Sheriff: Detectives Nab Dealer With 250 Heroin Folds Laced With Deadly Fentanyl
Passaic Sheriff: Detectives Nab Dealer With 250 Heroin Folds Laced With Deadly Fentanyl A man peering into unoccupied vehicles in one of Paterson’s highest-crime areas was carrying 250 envelopes of heroin for sale laced with potentially fatal fentanyl, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. Detectives watching a stretch of East 24th Street between 17th and 18th avenues spotted 25-year-old Dhamis T. Perry looking into the unoccupied vehicles “while constantly looking around” him, Berdnik said. Detectives approached Perry and smelled marijuana on him, the sheriff said. This prompted a search that turned up the heroin, along with a small bag of marijuana, in his right …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: Spark From Electrical Cord Ignites Paper Dust Fire At Marcal Plant UPDATE: Spark From Electrical Cord Ignites Paper Dust Fire At Marcal Plant UPDATE: Spark From Electrical Cord Ignites Paper Dust Fire At Marcal Plant
Update: Spark From Electrical Cord Ignites Paper Dust Fire At Marcal Plant UPDATE: A crane ran over an extension cord, sparking a fire in a bowl of paper dust that spread in a building at the Marcal Paper in Elmwood Park Wednesday night, authorities said. Firefighters needed less than 90 minutes to extinguish the blaze. No injuries were immediately reported in the two-alarm fire, which began at the complex at Market and River streets around 7:45 p.m. The crane, which operates on a long track, ran over the cord, igniting a spark that lit the paper dust bowl in Building 10, said Police Chief Michael Foligno, who is also the borough administrator. Firefighters…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Edgewater Onlooker Draws Fire For Posting Photo Of Decomposed Hudson Floater Edgewater Onlooker Draws Fire For Posting Photo Of Decomposed Hudson Floater Edgewater Onlooker Draws Fire For Posting Photo Of Decomposed Hudson Floater
Edgewater Onlooker Draws Fire For Posting Photo Of Decomposed Hudson Floater An employee at an Edgewater company drew criticism for tweeting photos Wednesday of a decomposed body floating in the Hudson River. Because the body hadn’t washed up, Edgewater police notified the NYPD Harbor Patrol, which has jurisdiction of the river, just before 11:30 a.m., Detective Sgt. Timothy Farrell said. They “took custody of the body and were attempting to identify” him, Farrell said. Meanwhile, the 115 River Road employee who took the photos while on his lunch break decided it best to remove the shots. “Had to delete that [stuff],” he tweeted later. “I don’t need that attention…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Girl, 17, Struck By Minivan In Hasbrouck Heights Girl, 17, Struck By Minivan In Hasbrouck Heights Girl, 17, Struck By Minivan In Hasbrouck Heights
Girl, 17, Struck By Minivan In Hasbrouck Heights A teenage girl was going to be OK after she was struck by a minivan Wednesday night in Hasbrouck Heights. The 17-year-old was crossing Boulevard headed east in the crosswalk at Columbus Avenue when she was struck, Detective Lt. Michael Colaneri said . Her mother was with her when the teen was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with hip and leg injuries, he said. The 50-year-old minivan driver from Lyndhurst was issued a summons for failing to yield to a pedestrian.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Newburgh, NY
Breaking News
Orange County Driver Had 99 Heroin Bags, 16 Syringes In Route 23 Stop, NJ Police Charge Orange County Driver Had 99 Heroin Bags, 16 Syringes In Route 23 Stop, NJ Police Charge Orange County Driver Had 99 Heroin Bags, 16 Syringes In Route 23 Stop, NJ Police Charge
Orange County Driver Had 99 Heroin Bags, 16 Syringes In Route 23 Stop, NJ Police Charge A driver from Florida in Orange Couty was found carrying 99 folds of heroin and 16 hypodermic syringes during a Route 23 traffic stop, police in New Jersey said. Wayne Township Police Officers Adrian Sulejmansi and Tomasz Cydzik stopped the 2006 Chevrolet commercial van for equipment violations on the northbound highway at the Pequannock border, Detective Capt. Laurence Martin said. They arrested 38-year-old Michael Paul Cooper after finding the heroin – stamped UBER in red ink – along with the syringes, three prescription pills and several glassine bags and cotton swabs, Martin said. Mart…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Wayne PD: Officers Nab NY Driver With 99 Heroin Bags, 16 Syringes On Route 23 Wayne PD: Officers Nab NY Driver With 99 Heroin Bags, 16 Syringes On Route 23 Wayne PD: Officers Nab NY Driver With 99 Heroin Bags, 16 Syringes On Route 23
Wayne PD: Officers Nab NY Driver With 99 Heroin Bags, 16 Syringes On Route 23 Two Wayne police officers found a New York State driver carrying 99 folds of heroin and 16 hypodermic syringes during a Route 23 traffic stop. Officer Adrian Sulejmansi and Tomasz Cydzik stopped the 2006 Chevrolet commercial van for equipment violations on the northbound highway at the Pequannock border, Detective Capt. Laurence Martin said. They arrested 38-year-old Michael Paul Cooper of Florida, NY, after finding the heroin – stamped UBER in red ink – along with the syringes, three prescription pills and several glassine bags and cotton swabs, Martin said. Martin was charged with variou…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Garfield Man Who Shot Confessed Car Burglar In Back Charged With Attempted Murder Garfield Man Who Shot Confessed Car Burglar In Back Charged With Attempted Murder Garfield Man Who Shot Confessed Car Burglar In Back Charged With Attempted Murder
Garfield Man Who Shot Confessed Car Burglar In Back Charged With Attempted Murder UPDATE: A 37-year-old Garfield business owner who shot a car burglar in the back before dawn Tuesday is scheduled for a first court appearance on attempted murder charges Friday in Hackensack. https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/garfield/police-fire/garfield-man-charged-with-attempted-murder-for-shooting-accused-car-burglar-due-in-court-friday/746741/ ****** ORIGINAL STORY: Authorities upgraded charges to attempted murder against a 37-year-old Garfield business owner who shot a car burglar in the back before dawn Tuesday. Omar Smadiya was carrying a Glock 19 Gen 4 handgun when he found…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Clifton Porch Pirate Strikes Again, Caught Again, Police Say Clifton Porch Pirate Strikes Again, Caught Again, Police Say Clifton Porch Pirate Strikes Again, Caught Again, Police Say
Clifton Porch Pirate Strikes Again, Caught Again, Police Say A Clifton man accused last month of stealing tens of thousands of dollars of items – including packages from porches, tools and landscaping equipment – was caught pushing a brand-new stolen snowblower up the street, authorities said Wednesday. Kazimir Poplawski, 42, also had with a "torpedo" style heater – also stolen, they said. Poplawski, who has a history of drug offenses and probation violations in both Passaic and Bergen counties, spent six days in the Passaic County Jail before a judge ordered him released last month under New Jersey’s 2017 bail reform law. Police had charged him wit…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Registered Edgewater Sex Offender Charged With Fondling Drunken Man On New Year's Registered Edgewater Sex Offender Charged With Fondling Drunken Man On New Year's Registered Edgewater Sex Offender Charged With Fondling Drunken Man On New Year's
Registered Edgewater Sex Offender Charged With Fondling Drunken Man On New Year's A registered sex offender from Edgewater remained held in the Bergen County Jail after being charged with fondling a drunken man on New Year's Day. Steve Evans, 45, is accused of “touching [the victim’s] buttocks, penis and testicles over the clothing while [the victim] was mentally and physically incapacitated due to alcohol intoxication” sometime after the clock struck midnight on Jan. 1, a complaint against him alleges. Evans – who was convicted in Passaic County in 2006 of luring and child endangerment – was arrested Monday following an investigation and charged with aggravated criminal…

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