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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Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Oakland PD: Debris Trail Leads To Hit-Run DWI Driver Oakland PD: Debris Trail Leads To Hit-Run DWI Driver Oakland PD: Debris Trail Leads To Hit-Run DWI Driver
Oakland PD: Debris Trail Leads To Hit-Run DWI Driver A drunk driver fled the scene after his sedan slammed into a utility pole, said Oakland police who had little trouble tracking him down. Officers responding to Saturday’s crash on Ramapo Valley Road near Pawnee Avenue “located parts to a dark-colored 2017 Infinity Q50 and followed a trail in the roadway from the crash scene to a residence on Blackfoot Trail,” Capt. Christian Eldridge said. In the driveway they found Steven Scalabrini, 27, the captain said. Scalabrini, an estimating engineer who previously worked in building management for the borough school district (2008-2012), was taken …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Landscaper Overcome By Mower Fumes At Washington Township Condo Complex Dies Landscaper Overcome By Mower Fumes At Washington Township Condo Complex Dies Landscaper Overcome By Mower Fumes At Washington Township Condo Complex Dies
Landscaper Overcome By Mower Fumes At Washington Township Condo Complex Dies UPDATE: A 26-year-old landscaper died after he and a co-worker were overcome by lawnmower carbon monoxide fumes Tuesday morning in a trailer in Washington Township, authorities said. There was no word yet on the second victim's condition. Police found both on the ground, not breathing, at the 17-acre Washington Pond condominium complex off Pascack Road and Linwood Avenue just after 8 a.m. CPR was conducted on both at the scene before they were rushed to The Valley Hospital. Both from West New York, the men "appeared to be overcome by the fumes of a running lawnmower in the trailer," D…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Clifton Driver, 15, Passenger Jump From Moving Stolen Car Police: Clifton Driver, 15, Passenger Jump From Moving Stolen Car Police: Clifton Driver, 15, Passenger Jump From Moving Stolen Car
Police: Clifton Driver, 15, Passenger Jump From Moving Stolen Car A 15-year-old boy and a companion jumped from a stolen car while it was moving before dawn Tuesday during a brief police chase in Clifton that ended with him in custody. Officer Jessenia Levy was patrolling the area of Hazel Street and Grant Avenue around 1:20 a.m. when she spotted the 2004 Honda Accord, which had been reported stolen a day earlier, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. She tried pulling the car over, with assistance from Sgt. Robert Domski and Officer Edgar Duran. Suddenly, both the driver and front-seat passenger jumped from the Honda, which crashed into a nearby car, Brack…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
CAUGHT! Driver Wanted In Road-Rage Death Of Off-Duty NYC Firefighter Nabbed In NJ CAUGHT! Driver Wanted In Road-Rage Death Of Off-Duty NYC Firefighter Nabbed In NJ CAUGHT! Driver Wanted In Road-Rage Death Of Off-Duty NYC Firefighter Nabbed In NJ
Caught! Driver Wanted In Road-Rage Death Of Off-Duty NYC Firefighter Nabbed In NJ Police captured a Brooklyn parolee wanted for questioning in the slaying of an off-duty city firefighter in a road-rage incident. U.S. Marshals and the NYPD took purported gang member Joseph Desmond and his girlfriend into custody after tracking them down at the Circle Motor Lodge in South Amboy -- where Routes 35 and 9 converge near the Garden State Parkway and the Raritan River. Desmond had been driving a 2006 silver Infiniti with the New York State license plate JEA-2402 when the confrontation with 33-year-old Faizel Coto occurred around 4:45 a.m. Sunday on the Belt Parkway near Bay…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Motorists Pull Driver From Burning Car After Crash On Route 208 In Wyckoff Motorists Pull Driver From Burning Car After Crash On Route 208 In Wyckoff Motorists Pull Driver From Burning Car After Crash On Route 208 In Wyckoff
Motorists Pull Driver From Burning Car After Crash On Route 208 In Wyckoff Motorists bolted from their vehicles and pulled an unconscious driver from a Volvo that burst into flames Monday night after careening off Route 208 in Wyckoff and hitting a boulder and a tree. The 21-year-old Chester, NY driver was taken to a local hospital after his 2006 Volvo crashed between Cedar Hill and Russell avenues around 7:30 p.m., Lt. Joseph Soto said. Charges against him were pending, Soto said. Route 208’s northbound lanes were closed until 4:30 a.m. for an investigation and cleanup. The state Department of Environmental Protection also responded “to remove hazardous material…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
PHOTOS: Pink Heals, Bergen Responders Help Boy, 2, With Cancer Deliver Toys To Ailing Kids PHOTOS: Pink Heals, Bergen Responders Help Boy, 2, With Cancer Deliver Toys To Ailing Kids PHOTOS: Pink Heals, Bergen Responders Help Boy, 2, With Cancer Deliver Toys To Ailing Kids
Photos: Pink Heals, Bergen Responders Help Boy, 2, With Cancer Deliver Toys To Ailing Kids Assisted by members of Pink Heals and police and firefighters from several Bergen County towns, an inspiring 2-year-old boy with cancer delivered toys collected during a "hero's parade" for him to other ailing youngsters at Tomorrow’s Children Hospital in Hackensack. The parade for Declan Hagerty two weeks ago brought firefighters and other responders in more than 100 emergency vehicles from across New Jersey to Lebanon, where he and his family live. No sooner had it ended than preparations began for shipping toys collected during the event some 55 or so miles in a U-Haul from Hunterdon Co…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Paterson HS Teacher Who Offered Students Money For Sex Sentenced To 3 Years In Prison Paterson HS Teacher Who Offered Students Money For Sex Sentenced To 3 Years In Prison Paterson HS Teacher Who Offered Students Money For Sex Sentenced To 3 Years In Prison
Paterson HS Teacher Who Offered Students Money For Sex Sentenced To 3 Years In Prison A former Paterson high school teacher who admitted offering to pay students for sex was sentenced to a plea-bargained three years in state prison. Thomas Weir, a 56-year-old former teacher at John F. Kennedy High School in Paterson, was arrested on five years ago after authorities learned that he was having sexually explicit chats with three students of the school over Facebook and through text messages. Weir "was seeking to engage in sexual acts with the students in exchange for money," Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said.In exchange for a more lenient sentence, Weir plea…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
CAUGHT! Driver Wanted In Road-Rage Death Of Off-Duty NYC Firefighter Nabbed In NJ CAUGHT! Driver Wanted In Road-Rage Death Of Off-Duty NYC Firefighter Nabbed In NJ CAUGHT! Driver Wanted In Road-Rage Death Of Off-Duty NYC Firefighter Nabbed In NJ
Caught! Driver Wanted In Road-Rage Death Of Off-Duty NYC Firefighter Nabbed In NJ Police captured a Brooklyn parolee wanted for questioning in the slaying of an off-duty city firefighter in a road-rage incident. U.S. Marshals and the NYPD took purported gang member Joseph Desmond and his girlfriend into custody after tracking them down at the Circle Motor Lodge in South Amboy -- where Routes 35 and 9 converge near the Garden State Parkway and the Raritan River. Desmond had been driving a 2006 silver Infiniti with the New York State license plate JEA-2402 when the confrontation with 33-year-old Faizel Coto occurred around 4:45 a.m. Sunday on the Belt Parkway near Bay 8th …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Westwood Officer Fired Shot After Accused Old Tappan Burglar Refused To Drop Weapon Prosecutor: Westwood Officer Fired Shot After Accused Old Tappan Burglar Refused To Drop Weapon Prosecutor: Westwood Officer Fired Shot After Accused Old Tappan Burglar Refused To Drop Weapon
Prosecutor: Westwood Officer Fired Shot After Accused Old Tappan Burglar Refused To Drop Weapon UPDATE: A Westwood police officer fired a single shot during an overnight confrontation with a man who refused to drop a weapon moments after he tried to break into an Old Tappan residence, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said Monday. Dustin Van Riper, 22, fled the Old Tappan residence after borough police arrived there before dawn Friday, Calo said. Westwood police found him a short time later in a Mill Street backyard, he said. When officers from the Westwood Police Department approached Van Riper, "he disregarded their instructions to drop the weapon," the prosecutor said. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Allendale Business District Blocked Off, SWAT Team Seizes Troubled Man In Shooting Threat Allendale Business District Blocked Off, SWAT Team Seizes Troubled Man In Shooting Threat Allendale Business District Blocked Off, SWAT Team Seizes Troubled Man In Shooting Threat
Allendale Business District Blocked Off, SWAT Team Seizes Troubled Man In Shooting Threat After more than an hour of trying to reach him, a SWAT team broke into an apartment along Allendale's restaurant row late Sunday and seized a man who purportedly threatened to shoot someone. West Allendale Avenue was closed to all traffic while negotiators unsuccessfully tried to make contact with the 20-something man by cellphone and bullhorn after Police Chief George Scherb said he "threatened to shoot a family member." Scherb said his officers at first "entered the apartment to talk with him" around 10 p.m. but then "realized this was a situation for the SWAT team." Eventually, a B…

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