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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Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Thefts Continue: Drop Boxes Pried Open, Mail Stolen In Ridgewood, Glen Rock, Midland Park Thefts Continue: Drop Boxes Pried Open, Mail Stolen In Ridgewood, Glen Rock, Midland Park Thefts Continue: Drop Boxes Pried Open, Mail Stolen In Ridgewood, Glen Rock, Midland Park
Thefts Continue: Drop Boxes Pried Open, Mail Stolen In Ridgewood, Glen Rock, Midland Park Someone used a crow bar to pry open a postal drop box in front of the Ridgewood Post Office on Ridgewood Avenue over the weekend. This time, though, the thieves left nearly a dozen pieces of mail behind. It was the second time in a week that bandits hit that same box in front of the East Ridgewood Avenue post office. Two other drop boxes on North Walnut Street, next to the post office, were broke into, as well. Another two were discovered broken into on Monday -- one at the corner of East Ridgewood Avenue and Cottage Place, the other on Cottage Place in front of the Ridgewood Board of Educ…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Former Football Star Charged In Elmwood Park Cellphone Robbery -- After Returning To Store Former Football Star Charged In Elmwood Park Cellphone Robbery -- After Returning To Store Former Football Star Charged In Elmwood Park Cellphone Robbery -- After Returning To Store
Former Football Star Charged In Elmwood Park Cellphone Robbery -- After Returning To Store Once considered one of the top high school football prospects in the country, a now-34-year-old Paterson man was charged with Friday's strong-armed robbery of cellphones from an Elmwood Park Verizon store. Chenry Lewis was arrested Saturday after he returned to the Route 46 store, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. Then he smiled for his mugshot. The night before, Lewis used force to flee with the phones, turning what began as a snatch-and-run into a robbery, the chief said. Authorities have "no idea" why Lewis went back, Foligno said. He remained held Sunday in the Bergen County Jail. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
OD Victim Revived After Ringing Saddle Brook Doorbells: Her 2nd Narcan Save In Three Days OD Victim Revived After Ringing Saddle Brook Doorbells: Her 2nd Narcan Save In Three Days OD Victim Revived After Ringing Saddle Brook Doorbells: Her 2nd Narcan Save In Three Days
OD Victim Revived After Ringing Saddle Brook Doorbells: Her 2nd Narcan Save In Three Days A drug user who'd just gotten off a bus in Saddle Brook was revived by responding police officers after she suffered a drug overdose while ringing doorbells looking for help Saturday afternoon, authorities said. It was the second time in three days that police used Narcan to save her. The 31-year-old New York City woman passed out on the NJ Transit bus, awoke, then got off on Saddle River Road near Cambridge Avenue, Police Chief Robert Kugler said. Residents called police after she began ringing doorbells, he said. Officers who found the woman unresponsive administered NARCAN, which b…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Authorities: Homeless Man, 24, Commits Suicide At Route 3 Gas Station In Clifton Authorities: Homeless Man, 24, Commits Suicide At Route 3 Gas Station In Clifton Authorities: Homeless Man, 24, Commits Suicide At Route 3 Gas Station In Clifton
Authorities: Homeless Man, 24, Commits Suicide At Route 3 Gas Station In Clifton UPDATE: A 24-year-old homeless man who'd been sleeping in his car shot himself dead at a gas station on Route 3 in Clifton late Saturday morning, authorities said. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene from a gunshot wound to the head, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Clifton Police Chief Mark Centurione said in a joint statement. Police were called to the BP station on the westbound side of the highway after the man's body was found in his Nissan Maxima shortly before 11 a.m., they said. "The initial investigation indicates that the wound was self-…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Murder Charge Filed In Stabbing Death Of Paterson Man Who Assaulted Girlfriend Prosecutor: Murder Charge Filed In Stabbing Death Of Paterson Man Who Assaulted Girlfriend Prosecutor: Murder Charge Filed In Stabbing Death Of Paterson Man Who Assaulted Girlfriend
Prosecutor: Murder Charge Filed In Stabbing Death Of Paterson Man Who Assaulted Girlfriend A Paterson relative of a woman being assaulted by her boyfriend was charged with murder after he stabbed and killed the man, authorities said. Relatives rushed to intervene when Christopher Jackson, 47, attacked the woman at a home at the corner of Lexington and Crosby avenues just after 5:30 p.m. Friday, they said Saturday. Virgil Thomas, 54, grabbed a knife and stabbed Jackson in the back, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said in a joint announcement with Paterson Police Chief Troy Oswald. Jackson, also of Paterson, was pronounced dead at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Seemed Real: Walmart Customer Caught With $3,660 In Counterfeit Bills, Saddle Brook PD Says Seemed Real: Walmart Customer Caught With $3,660 In Counterfeit Bills, Saddle Brook PD Says Seemed Real: Walmart Customer Caught With $3,660 In Counterfeit Bills, Saddle Brook PD Says
Seemed Real: Walmart Customer Caught With $3,660 In Counterfeit Bills, Saddle Brook PD Says A Saddle Brook Walmart customer was caught with $3,660 in counterfeit bills after trying to check out with bogus fifties, authorities said. Sade Scruggs, 25, of East Orange gave the cashier $450 in bills Friday night that a cashier immediately detected were phony, Police Chief Robert Kugler said. The cashier alerted security, who detained Scruggs. Saddle Brook Police Officer Christopher Verost responded and found her carrying more than a hundred more bogus $20 and $50 bills, Kugler said. Police charged Scruggs with forgery and released her pending a Jan. 11 first appearance in Central Jud…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities: Homeless Man, 24, Commits Suicide At Route 3 Gas Station In Clifton Authorities: Homeless Man, 24, Commits Suicide At Route 3 Gas Station In Clifton Authorities: Homeless Man, 24, Commits Suicide At Route 3 Gas Station In Clifton
Authorities: Homeless Man, 24, Commits Suicide At Route 3 Gas Station In Clifton UPDATE: A 24-year-old homeless man who'd been sleeping in his car shot himself dead at a gas station on Route 3 in Clifton late Saturday morning, authorities said. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene from a gunshot wound to the head, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Clifton Police Chief Mark Centurione said in a joint statement. Police were called to the BP station on the westbound side of the highway after the man's body was found in his Nissan Maxima shortly before 11 a.m., they said. "The initial investigation indicates that the wound was self-inflicted," the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Former Football Star Charged In Elmwood Park Cellphone Robbery -- After Returning To Store Former Football Star Charged In Elmwood Park Cellphone Robbery -- After Returning To Store Former Football Star Charged In Elmwood Park Cellphone Robbery -- After Returning To Store
Former Football Star Charged In Elmwood Park Cellphone Robbery -- After Returning To Store UPDATE: Once considered one of the top high school football prospects in the country, a now-34-year-old Paterson man was charged with Friday's strong-armed robbery of cellphones from an Elmwood Park Verizon store. Chenry Lewis was arrested Saturday after he returned to the Route 46 store, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. Then he smiled for his mugshot. The night before, Lewis used force to flee with the phones, turning what began as a snatch-and-run into a robbery, the chief said. Authorities have "no idea" why Lewis went back, Foligno said. He remained held Sunday in the Bergen C…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Monroe, NY
Breaking News
Orange County Pair Busted With Heroin, Suboxone, Police Say Orange County Pair Busted With Heroin, Suboxone, Police Say Orange County Pair Busted With Heroin, Suboxone, Police Say
Orange County Pair Busted With Heroin, Suboxone, Police Say Police arrested two Orange County men who they said were carrying heroin and suboxone when they were stopped in New Jersey. The driver, Lucas Sacher, 34, of Chester and his passenger, Michael Pollets, 34, of Middletown were charged with drug possession and released after the stop in Fair Lawn, police said. Fair Lawn is just north of Paterson -- a notorious source of street heroin -- and a drive of 45 minutes to an hour from Orange County.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Sister From Dominican Order, 81, Cited After Crashing Car Into Franklin Lakes House Sister From Dominican Order, 81, Cited After Crashing Car Into Franklin Lakes House Sister From Dominican Order, 81, Cited After Crashing Car Into Franklin Lakes House
Sister From Dominican Order, 81, Cited After Crashing Car Into Franklin Lakes House UPDATE: An 81-year-old member of the Dominican Sisters who was behind the wheel of a ministry-owned car that ripped a hole in the side of a Franklin Lakes home on Christmas morning received a careless driving summons, authorities said. Sister Margaret McPartland of Rockland County mistakenly put the car into reverse instead of drive, sending it careening across Pueblo Drive, over a lawn and through an attached garage of the single-family house, borough police Capt. John Bakelaar said. Although not seriously injured, Sister McPartland was hospitalized as a precaution, responders said. "Crew…

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