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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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Elmwood Park Pedestrian, 80, Killed Just 150 Feet From Home Elmwood Park Pedestrian, 80, Killed Just 150 Feet From Home Elmwood Park Pedestrian, 80, Killed Just 150 Feet From Home
Elmwood Park Pedestrian, 80, Killed Just 150 Feet From Home UPDATE: Frank Pezza was walking to his Elmwood Park home when he was struck by two vehicles Thursday night -- just steps from his front door. It was foggy and rainy when a car driven by a nurse heading to work from Garfield slammed into the 80-year-old Pezza just before 6:30 p.m., barely 150 feet from his River Drive home, authorities said. Pezza was crossing River Drive from east to west and had possibly just gotten off of the bus from New York City, authorities said. He was in the middle of the road when he was hit, hurling him from one lane into another, responders said. A se…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Authorities: 82-Year-Old Paterson Man Charged With Attempted Murder Amid City Shooting Spike Authorities: 82-Year-Old Paterson Man Charged With Attempted Murder Amid City Shooting Spike Authorities: 82-Year-Old Paterson Man Charged With Attempted Murder Amid City Shooting Spike
Authorities: 82-Year-Old Paterson Man Charged With Attempted Murder Amid City Shooting Spike An 82-year-old Paterson man was charged with attempted murder for shooting another man during what has become a tumultuous pre-Christmas week in the Silk City. Another victim was killed in a rash of shootings in just over three hours Wednesday night, as a tumultuous week for the city continued. Police were looking for the shooter in that case, along with a few recent others. The escalating gunfire comes amid an ongoing FBI investigation that has produced guilty pleas from three city police officers and pending charges against two others. The body of Lexander Torres, 23, was found on …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Elmwood Park Pedestrian, 80, Killed Just 150 Feet From His Home Elmwood Park Pedestrian, 80, Killed Just 150 Feet From His Home Elmwood Park Pedestrian, 80, Killed Just 150 Feet From His Home
Elmwood Park Pedestrian, 80, Killed Just 150 Feet From His Home UPDATE: Frank Pezza was walking to his Elmwood Park home when he was struck by two vehicles Thursday night -- just steps from his front door. It was foggy and rainy when a car driven by a nurse heading to work from Garfield slammed into the 80-year-old Pezza just before 6:30 p.m., barely 150 feet from his River Drive home, authorities said. Pezza was crossing River Drive from east to west and had possibly just gotten off of the bus from New York City, authorities said. He was in the middle of the road when he was hit, hurling him from one lane into another, responders said. A second vehic…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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PHOTOS: Two Hospitalized, RR Sign Smashed In Midland Park Crash PHOTOS: Two Hospitalized, RR Sign Smashed In Midland Park Crash PHOTOS: Two Hospitalized, RR Sign Smashed In Midland Park Crash
Photos: Two Hospitalized, RR Sign Smashed In Midland Park Crash Two victims were hospitalized and a railroad crossing sign was flattened in a Thursday afternoon crash in Midland Park. Both were taken by ambulances to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood with injuries that responders said weren’t life-threatening after the cross at Goffle Road and Lake Avenue. Midland Park, Wyckoff and Ridgewood police responded, along with Midland Park firefighters and EMS and Wyckoff EMS. A flatbed tow truck removed both wrecks from the scene. A railroad crossing signal belonging to the New York Susquehanna & Western Railway was obliterated. Boyd A. Loving cont…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Pedestrian, 65, Struck And Killed In Hawthorne Was Meeting His Daughter For Coffee Pedestrian, 65, Struck And Killed In Hawthorne Was Meeting His Daughter For Coffee Pedestrian, 65, Struck And Killed In Hawthorne Was Meeting His Daughter For Coffee
Pedestrian, 65, Struck And Killed In Hawthorne Was Meeting His Daughter For Coffee A 65-year-old pedestrian struck and killed Wednesday night in Hawthorne was headed to meet his daughter for coffee, a friend said. Calvin Graham of Hawthorne succumbed to his injuries at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center after he was struck around 7:40 p.m. on Goffle Road near the intersection of Douglas Avenue and the southbound exit ramps for Route 208, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Hawthorne Police Chief Richard McAuliffe said in a joint release Thursday afternoon. Behind the wheel of the 2011 BMW 328i that hit him was a 17-year-old Little Falls girl. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
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Man Struck By Freight Train In Teaneck Man Struck By Freight Train In Teaneck Man Struck By Freight Train In Teaneck
Man Struck By Freight Train In Teaneck A 28-year-old man clung to life early Thursday after being struck by a northbound freight train overnight in Teaneck, authorities said. Police responding to the call just after 12:30 a.m. found the victim beneath a train car off Windsor Road near Route 4, Police Chief Glenn O’Reilly said. He was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with severe, life-threatening injuries, the chief said. Police were investigating the cause.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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11 Years Running: Upper Saddle River PBA Fills Christmas Wish Lists For Needy Children 11 Years Running: Upper Saddle River PBA Fills Christmas Wish Lists For Needy Children 11 Years Running: Upper Saddle River PBA Fills Christmas Wish Lists For Needy Children
11 Years Running: Upper Saddle River PBA Fills Christmas Wish Lists For Needy Children For the 11th consecutive year, members of Upper Saddle River PBA Local #218 participated in CUMAC’s Christmas Wish-List program for needy youngsters. CUMAC, located in Paterson, is a non-for-profit dedicated to alleviating hunger in Passaic County and throughout New Jersey. PBA Local #218 received 20 holiday wishes from needy children of all ages -- for toys, books, jackets, diapers and more. There’s still time to contribute or volunteer. Go to: www.cumac.org or call (973) 742-5518.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
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Ridgewood, Glen Rock Police Nab Shoplifting Crew Led By Career Offender Ridgewood, Glen Rock Police Nab Shoplifting Crew Led By Career Offender Ridgewood, Glen Rock Police Nab Shoplifting Crew Led By Career Offender
Ridgewood, Glen Rock Police Nab Shoplifting Crew Led By Career Offender At 50 years old, Barry Green has spent most of his adult life behind bars. He was back there Thursday after Ridgewood and Glen Rock police teamed up to grab him and other accused members of a shoplifting crew – all of whom were wanted on several warrants from other towns. Alerted by their village colleagues, Glen Rock police stopped a minivan at the corner of Glen Avenue and South Maple Avenue after the group was involved in a shoplifting attempt Wednesday afternoon at the Franklin Avenue Stop & Shop in Ridgewood, Detective Capt. Forest Lyons said. Those arrested included Green, a care…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Santa Would Blush: Bergen PBA Toy Drive Hums With Teamwork, Smiles, Blessings (PHOTOS, VIDEO) Santa Would Blush: Bergen PBA Toy Drive Hums With Teamwork, Smiles, Blessings (PHOTOS, VIDEO) Santa Would Blush: Bergen PBA Toy Drive Hums With Teamwork, Smiles, Blessings (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
Santa Would Blush: Bergen PBA Toy Drive Hums With Teamwork, Smiles, Blessings (Photos, Video) “We filled three military trucks,” police veteran Don Nicoletti said Wednesday afternoon as officers, National Guard members and others continued piling immense bags of presents into vehicles at the Closter firehouse. The 30th annual Bergen County PBA Toy Drive, helmed by Nicoletti, not only set a record for the number of law enforcement agencies involved – a whopping 53. It may also have been the most efficient transfer ever of toys, board games electronics and more all brought to the firehouse, sorted, bagged and taken to hospitals and other locations for terminally ill, ailing and needy…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Pedestrian, 65, Struck And Killed In Hawthorne Was Meeting Daughter For Coffee Pedestrian, 65, Struck And Killed In Hawthorne Was Meeting Daughter For Coffee Pedestrian, 65, Struck And Killed In Hawthorne Was Meeting Daughter For Coffee
Pedestrian, 65, Struck And Killed In Hawthorne Was Meeting Daughter For Coffee A 65-year-old pedestrian struck and killed Wednesday night in Hawthorne was headed to meet his daughter for coffee, a friend said. Calvin Graham of Hawthorne succumbed to his injuries at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center after he was struck around 7:40 p.m. on Goffle Road near the intersection of Douglas Avenue and the southbound exit ramps for Route 208, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Hawthorne Police Chief Richard McAuliffe said in a joint release Thursday afternoon. Behind the wheel of the 2011 BMW 328i that hit him was a 17-year-old Little Falls girl. "The investiga…

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