Jerry DeMarco

Senior Reporter

[email protected]

FOLLOW ON

Facebook Twitter Linkedin

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.

Jerry DeMarco's Contributions

Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: ICE Detainer Slapped On Hillsdale Stolen Car Thief Who Crashed In WTP UPDATE: ICE Detainer Slapped On Hillsdale Stolen Car Thief Who Crashed In WTP UPDATE: ICE Detainer Slapped On Hillsdale Stolen Car Thief Who Crashed In WTP
Update: ICE Detainer Slapped On Hillsdale Stolen Car Thief Who Crashed In WTP Federal authorities issued a detainer on a 21-year-old Guatemalan national living in Hillsdale who led police on a chase that ended in a crash Thursday night in Washington Township. Ronald Gabriel Xiloj Alvarado remained held Friday in the Bergen County Jail on charges out of both towns that include theft and resisting arrest. Alvarado was initially taken by ambulance to New Bridge Medical Center in Paramus for treatment of a head injury after slamming the sedan, stolen out of Hillsdale, into a utility pole at the corner of Clinton and Washington avenues during a brief chase. It was one o…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Tenafly Swim Instructor, 23, Charged With Sexually Abusing Pre-Teen Tenafly Swim Instructor, 23, Charged With Sexually Abusing Pre-Teen Tenafly Swim Instructor, 23, Charged With Sexually Abusing Pre-Teen
Tenafly Swim Instructor, 23, Charged With Sexually Abusing Pre-Teen A swim instructor from Tenafly “engaged in sexual acts” with a pre-teen over the course of two years, authorities charged. Kevin Guo, a 23-year-old Tenafly High School and Ramapo College graduate, wrote on lessons.com that he worked at Tenakill and gives private lessons. Tenafly police received a report last Saturday that Guo “engaged in sexual acts with a child under the age of thirteen in Tenafly over the course of two years,” Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said Friday. He didn't elaborate. Calo’s Special Victims Unit and Tenafly police investigated and arrested Guo on a tr…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities: Discarded Cigarette Caused Fire That Killed Montvale Woman, 77 Authorities: Discarded Cigarette Caused Fire That Killed Montvale Woman, 77 Authorities: Discarded Cigarette Caused Fire That Killed Montvale Woman, 77
Authorities: Discarded Cigarette Caused Fire That Killed Montvale Woman, 77 UPDATE: A fire that killed a 77-year-old Montvale widow in her home last weekend was ignited by a discarded cigarette, authorities said Friday. The blaze that tore through the North Avenue home of Ninette Grannis broke out just before 1 p.m. Sunday. "When the Montvale Police and Fire Departments arrived on the scene, the single-family residence was consumed by heavy fire," Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said Friday. Grannis "was unaccounted for and presumed to be inside," he said. Her remains were later located, Calo said. "The cause of the fire was determined to be accident…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
KNOW HIM? (VIDEO) Clifton PD Seeks Help Identifying Porch Pirate KNOW HIM? (VIDEO) Clifton PD Seeks Help Identifying Porch Pirate KNOW HIM? (VIDEO) Clifton PD Seeks Help Identifying Porch Pirate
Know HIM? (Video) Clifton PD Seeks Help Identifying Porch Pirate Clifton police released a video Friday in an effort to find someone who can positively identify a porch pirate who swiped packages while traveling in a commercial van. The Belgrade Avenue package thefts occurred around 11:30 a.m. Dec. 11, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. The thief was seen getting into and out of a commercial red GMC van with the business name "All Services Construction" out of 131 Moonachie Avenue in Moonachie and a telephone number of 888-327-5066. “The vehicle was not stolen,” Bracken said. He refused to comment when asked whether the business was cooperating. Anyon…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
On Your Side
Wells Fargo To Pay States $575M To Resolve Customer Ripoff Claims: NJ, NY, CT Get $34M Wells Fargo To Pay States $575M To Resolve Customer Ripoff Claims: NJ, NY, CT Get $34M Wells Fargo To Pay States $575M To Resolve Customer Ripoff Claims: NJ, NY, CT Get $34M
Wells Fargo To Pay States $575M To Resolve Customer Ripoff Claims: NJ, NY, CT Get $34M Wells Fargo Bank has agreed to pay $575 million – including more than $34 million combined to New Jersey, New York and Connecticut – to settle charges that it engaged in a variety of sales, lending, and other improper business practices for more than a decade. The bank also has agreed to pay more than $385 million to 850,000 auto finance customers who were wrongly charged premiums, interest, and fees for forced-place collateral protection insurance, even though they already had the coverage. That includes payments to more than 51,000 customers whose cars were repossessed, according to the m…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Tappan-Blauvelt, NY
Breaking News
Dominican Sister Of Sparkill, 81, Cited After Crashing Car Into NJ House Dominican Sister Of Sparkill, 81, Cited After Crashing Car Into NJ House Dominican Sister Of Sparkill, 81, Cited After Crashing Car Into NJ House
Dominican Sister Of Sparkill, 81, Cited After Crashing Car Into NJ House An 81-year-old member of the Dominican Sisters of Sparkill received a careless driving summons after a ministry-owned car she was driving ripped a hole in the side of a Bergen County home on Christmas morning. Sister Margaret McPartland of Bardonia mistakenly put the car into reverse instead of drive, sending it careening across a Franklin Lakes street, over a lawn and through an attached garage of the single-family house, borough police Capt. John Bakelaar said. Sister McPartland was hospitalized as a precaution but wasn't seriously injured, responders said. "Crews first used mechanical s…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Blue Skies At Night (VIDEO): NJ Sees Glow Cast By Con Ed Transformer Explosion In Queens Blue Skies At Night (VIDEO): NJ Sees Glow Cast By Con Ed Transformer Explosion In Queens Blue Skies At Night (VIDEO): NJ Sees Glow Cast By Con Ed Transformer Explosion In Queens
Blue Skies At Night (Video): NJ Sees Glow Cast By Con Ed Transformer Explosion In Queens The glow from a transformer explosion Thursday night in Queens could be seen from New Jersey. "Arcing" at the Con Ed substation at a 31st Street in Astoria cast a blue glow over a massive cloud of smoke that could be seen for miles (see video by Peter Zanin, above). It also closed down La Guardia Airport, delayed the MTA's No. 7 train and sent power surges through parts of the borough. "There was a brief electrical fire at our substation in Astoria, which involved some electrical transformers and caused a transmission dip in the area," Consolidated Edison tweeted at 10:37 p.m. "We're …

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Pair Charged In Stabbing Of Clifton Man, 52, Who Resisted Robbery Pair Charged In Stabbing Of Clifton Man, 52, Who Resisted Robbery Pair Charged In Stabbing Of Clifton Man, 52, Who Resisted Robbery
Pair Charged In Stabbing Of Clifton Man, 52, Who Resisted Robbery Authorities charged two men with a Clifton street robbery that left a victim stabbed. Herrey Gonzalez, 20, of Passaic and 21-year-old Joao Silva of Clifton are charged with first-degree attempted murder and robbery, as well as weapons offenses. Two men told police they were walking near Kulick Street and Central Avenue when the robbers, wearing facial coverings, approached them and demanded their valuables around 8:30 p.m. Dec. 5. The pair refused, at which point Gonzalez stabbed one of them in the abdomen, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Clifton Police Chief Mark Cent…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Bail Reform: Pair In Paterson Drug Deal Had 12 Combined Warrants, $30G Unpaid Child Support Bail Reform: Pair In Paterson Drug Deal Had 12 Combined Warrants, $30G Unpaid Child Support Bail Reform: Pair In Paterson Drug Deal Had 12 Combined Warrants, $30G Unpaid Child Support
Bail Reform: Pair In Paterson Drug Deal Had 12 Combined Warrants, $30G Unpaid Child Support One man busted during a Paterson drug deal before dawn Thursday was wanted on eight warrants and the other on four – including one for failing to pay nearly $30,000 in child support, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. Sheriff’s Officer Angelo Calabro was patrolling the area of Hamilton and Carroll Street shortly before 4 a.m. when he saw Louis Allen, 52, sell heroin to 41-year-old Nelson Ford, the sheriff said. Calabro grabbed the city men and found Allen carrying a bundle of heroin and 10 small bags of crack, Berdnik said. Ford, meanwhile, had four bundles of heroin, 19 syrin…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
SEEN HIM? He Stole A Baby Jesus Nativity Statue, Glen Rock Police Say SEEN HIM? He Stole A Baby Jesus Nativity Statue, Glen Rock Police Say SEEN HIM? He Stole A Baby Jesus Nativity Statue, Glen Rock Police Say
Seen HIM? He Stole A Baby Jesus Nativity Statue, Glen Rock Police Say Glen Rock police asked the public for help finding a man who they said snatched a baby Jesus from a home nativity scene the morning after Christmas. The accused thief, believed to be in his early 20s, took the statue from the front yard of a South Highwood home just before 7 a.m., said police, who released surveillance images. They asked that anyone who sees, recognizes or knows where to find him to call Glen Rock detectives: (201) 670-3948 or (201) 670-3947. ****** SEE ANYTHING? Glen Rock police asked residents in neighborhoods barely a mile and a half apart to check their exterior surve…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Prev Page 1136 of 2958 1,134 1,135 1,136 1,137 1,138 Next
11,351 - 11,360 of 29,573 articles