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
Prosecutor: Autopsy Will Determine How Paranoid Paterson Man Died In Police Custody Prosecutor: Autopsy Will Determine How Paranoid Paterson Man Died In Police Custody Prosecutor: Autopsy Will Determine How Paranoid Paterson Man Died In Police Custody
Prosecutor: Autopsy Will Determine How Paranoid Paterson Man Died In Police Custody UPDATE: An autopsy will determine how a paranoid Paterson man died in police custody, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said Tuesday. Jameek Lowery, 27, “appeared agitated” when he came to police headquarters at 3:45 a.m. Saturday after calling 911 twice, Valdes said. The first time, at 2:45 a.m., he said “he had taken Ecstasy and was paranoid,” the prosecutor said. EMS took him by ambulance to the hospital, but Lowery “left after becoming erratic,” she said. Lowery called again at 3:42 a.m. “reporting that people were trying to kill him in the area of Broadway and Memorial Driv…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Prosecutor: Hackensack PD Lieutenant Put GPS On Estranged Wife's Car, Charged With Stalking Prosecutor: Hackensack PD Lieutenant Put GPS On Estranged Wife's Car, Charged With Stalking Prosecutor: Hackensack PD Lieutenant Put GPS On Estranged Wife's Car, Charged With Stalking
Prosecutor: Hackensack PD Lieutenant Put GPS On Estranged Wife's Car, Charged With Stalking A Hackensack police lieutenant hid a tracking device in his estranged wife's car, said authorities who charged him with stalking and burglary. Richard Levis, 48, who lives in Butler, was arrested after an investigation by Oakland police and members of Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo's Confidential Investigations Unit. He became a target after his estranged wife "discovered a GPS in her vehicle and that Levis had been using the device to track her whereabouts," Calo said. Levis remained free pending a Jan. 23 first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hac…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Garfield Man Charged With Attempted Murder For Shooting Accused Car Burglar Due In Court Friday Garfield Man Charged With Attempted Murder For Shooting Accused Car Burglar Due In Court Friday Garfield Man Charged With Attempted Murder For Shooting Accused Car Burglar Due In Court Friday
Garfield Man Charged With Attempted Murder For Shooting Accused Car Burglar Due In Court Friday 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. Omar Smadiya, who owns and operates a moving and storage company, also is charged with possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose (meaning: the gun is legal, but the use of it wasn't) and possession of high-capacity magazines. Smadiya remained held Thursday in the Bergen County Jail pending Friday's court appearance. It was just before 3:30 a.m. Tuesday when he armed himself with a Gloc…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: Fire Engulfs Wayne Home, Investigators Probe Cause UPDATE: Fire Engulfs Wayne Home, Investigators Probe Cause UPDATE: Fire Engulfs Wayne Home, Investigators Probe Cause
Update: Fire Engulfs Wayne Home, Investigators Probe Cause Investigators were trying to determine what ignited a fast-moving fire that destroyed a Wayne home early Tuesday afternoon. No serious injuries were immediately reported in the three-alarm inferno, which broke out at 4 Skyview Drive around 1:20 p.m., township police Detective Capt. Laurence Martin said. A man found at the scene by Officer David Fox was taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center to treated for smoke inhalation, Martin said. Firefighters continued to douse pockets after the 3,500-square-foot building collapsed. A possible cause hadn't yet been determined. Neighbors who…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson Drug Factory: 5,774 Heroin Folds, Pound Of Heroin/Cocaine, Gun, Ammo Seized, 4 Busted Paterson Drug Factory: 5,774 Heroin Folds, Pound Of Heroin/Cocaine, Gun, Ammo Seized, 4 Busted Paterson Drug Factory: 5,774 Heroin Folds, Pound Of Heroin/Cocaine, Gun, Ammo Seized, 4 Busted
Paterson Drug Factory: 5,774 Heroin Folds, Pound Of Heroin/Cocaine, Gun, Ammo Seized, 4 Busted A Paterson drug factory had reinforced metal bars on the windows, a metal gate for a front entrance and a surveillance system, said police who seized 5,774 glassine envelopes of heroin and nearly a pound combined of heroin and cocaine, along with a handgun, a high-capacity magazine and several dozen rounds of ammo. Narcotics Division detectives arrested four men while raiding the Market Street rear apartment behind a beauty salon just off Mill Street, where Police Director Jerry Speziale said drugs were packaged and sold -- often to replenish other area dealers' supplies. Along with the her…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Pot Dispensaries Banned In Lyndhurst Pot Dispensaries Banned In Lyndhurst Pot Dispensaries Banned In Lyndhurst
Pot Dispensaries Banned In Lyndhurst Lyndhurst has joined the municipalities in New Jersey that have banned any type of marijuana dispensary. "We are very pleased to have this ordinance," township police Detective Vincent Auteri said. "For our township to allow marijuana dispensaries would be counterintuitive to all the drug awareness and substance abuse programs we provide. "The Mayor and Board of Commissioners, with guidance from the Lyndhurst Municipal Alliance, is sending the right message, which is that our community is focusing on health and safety and not money," Auteri said. The governing body agreed that pot dispensa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
VIDEO: Minivan Goes Up In Flames Off Route 3 In Clifton VIDEO: Minivan Goes Up In Flames Off Route 3 In Clifton VIDEO: Minivan Goes Up In Flames Off Route 3 In Clifton
Video: Minivan Goes Up In Flames Off Route 3 In Clifton Clifton firefighters doused a fast-moving minivan fire Monday morning. No injuries were reported in the incident, which occurred at the Allwood Road off-ramp from westbound Route 3. The state Department of Environmental Protection was notified of a 10-gallon gasoline spill that was cleaned up. For more fire-related video, go to: Demonracer2 (YouTube)

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Wayne PD: Reckless Driver, Passenger Stopped With Half-Pound Crack, $6,725 Drug Money Wayne PD: Reckless Driver, Passenger Stopped With Half-Pound Crack, $6,725 Drug Money Wayne PD: Reckless Driver, Passenger Stopped With Half-Pound Crack, $6,725 Drug Money
Wayne PD: Reckless Driver, Passenger Stopped With Half-Pound Crack, $6,725 Drug Money A Wayne police officer found more than a half-pound of crack for sale and $6,725 in proceeds while arresting two men after stopping their Jeep. Officer Ryan Vallaro was conducting safety and security patrols along the Route 46 business corridor when he spotted the suspicious vehicle 2016 Jeep Patriot improperly parked at The Kings Motor Inn, Detective Capt. Laurence W. Martin said. Seeing him, the driver suddenly threw the Jeep into reverse and drove onto eastbound Route 46, cutting off several cars while heading toward eastbound Route 80, Martin said. Vallaro stopped the vehicle on the ra…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Judge Orders Driver Held In Fatal Paterson Pedestrian Crash Judge Orders Driver Held In Fatal Paterson Pedestrian Crash Judge Orders Driver Held In Fatal Paterson Pedestrian Crash
Judge Orders Driver Held In Fatal Paterson Pedestrian Crash A judge ordered that a driver from Florida accused in a multi-vehicle crash that killed a pedestrian in Paterson last week remain held in the Passaic County Jail. A Buick Encore driven Alvin W. Mootoo, 46, blew a stop sign at the corner of 18th Avenue and East 24th Street and struck a silver 2008 Accord just after 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, authorities said. The impact sent the sedan into another Honda Accord, where 31-year-old Jorge Alberto Pena Mesa of Newark was standing, talking to the driver, Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Troy Oswald said in a joint release. Mesa, w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Glen Rock Homeowner Targeted? $20,000 Worth Of Fish Tank Equipment Swiped, Along With Cash, Oxy Glen Rock Homeowner Targeted? $20,000 Worth Of Fish Tank Equipment Swiped, Along With Cash, Oxy Glen Rock Homeowner Targeted? $20,000 Worth Of Fish Tank Equipment Swiped, Along With Cash, Oxy
Glen Rock Homeowner Targeted? $20,000 Worth Of Fish Tank Equipment Swiped, Along With Cash, Oxy More than $20,000 worth of fish tank equipment was reported taken – along with $2,200 in cash and prescribed Oxycodone – during what a Glen Rock homeowner believes was a targeted burglary. A friend who was checking on the house contacted the Nottingham Road homeowner after he discovered that a large fish tank in the basement had been tampered with, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. The owner reported lights, pumps, electronics and corals related to the maintenance of fish tanks stolen, along with the cash and pills. Possible pry marks were found on an interior door, Ackermann said, adding …

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