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.

Jerry DeMarco's Contributions

Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Franklin Lakes Ex-Con Had 1,160 Kiddie Porn Images, Chatted With Kids Online Prosecutor: Franklin Lakes Ex-Con Had 1,160 Kiddie Porn Images, Chatted With Kids Online Prosecutor: Franklin Lakes Ex-Con Had 1,160 Kiddie Porn Images, Chatted With Kids Online
Prosecutor: Franklin Lakes Ex-Con Had 1,160 Kiddie Porn Images, Chatted With Kids Online A sales clerk from Franklin Lakes caught with 1,160 images of child pornography had been having sexually explicit chats with youngsters, said authorities who are trying to find more possible victims. Matthew K. McKim, 31, who was arrested following a raid on his Summit Avenue home on Friday, remained held Monday in the Bergen County Jail, records show. An investigation “revealed that McKim used the Internet to view and possess approximately 1,160 digital files depicting nude or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children, accessed online social media applications using the sc…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: New Milford Girl, 16, Found In Teaneck UPDATE: New Milford Girl, 16, Found In Teaneck UPDATE: New Milford Girl, 16, Found In Teaneck
Update: New Milford Girl, 16, Found In Teaneck Family members said a 16-year-old New Milford girl went missing over the weekend. ** UPDATE: Cynthia Frank was found safe in Teaneck Wednesday ** Cynthia Frank is a little over 5 feet tall and about 125 pounds, with reddish-brown shoulder-length hair, they said. She was wearing black leggings, a purple zippered jacket and black Ugg-type boots when she was last seen on Charles Street heading toward Madison Avenue around 2 p.m. Saturday, loved ones said. She's apparently run away before, those who know her said. Anyone who sees her, or know where to find Cynthia, is asked to contact New Mi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Paramus Golf Course Emergency Landing: Pilot Was Just On PBS Documentary Paramus Golf Course Emergency Landing: Pilot Was Just On PBS Documentary Paramus Golf Course Emergency Landing: Pilot Was Just On PBS Documentary
Paramus Golf Course Emergency Landing: Pilot Was Just On PBS Documentary UPDATE: In a random coincidence, a teacher featured in a PBS special about aviation this past week was involved in an emergency landing at the Paramus Golf Course early Sunday afternoon. Three minor injuries were reported after the 1984 fixed-wing, single-engine Mooney M20K made an emergency landing around 12:30 p.m. on the fairway of the 9th hole off Paramus Road. "Three minor injuries, none serious" -- two adults and a child, Paramus Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg told Daily Voice. A third adult on the plane, which the FAA said was headed to Poughkeepsie from Lincoln Park, wasn't injure…

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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
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Again? Mahwah Grandparents With Drug-Dealing History Busted For Selling Oxy, Xanax, More Again? Mahwah Grandparents With Drug-Dealing History Busted For Selling Oxy, Xanax, More Again? Mahwah Grandparents With Drug-Dealing History Busted For Selling Oxy, Xanax, More
Again? Mahwah Grandparents With Drug-Dealing History Busted For Selling Oxy, Xanax, More Two grandparents busted on similar charges in Rockland County were running an opioid distribution ring in Mahwah, according to police who said they arrested them with Oxycodone, Xanax and DAB for sale – as well as $16,000 in proceeds -- after a raid on their home. Linda Famelico, 61, who has a history of similar arrests in Rockland and Bergen counties, was arrested Friday night at a local restaurant where she works as a delivery person, Police Chief James N. Batelli said. Moments earlier, her husband, 62-year-old Aniello Famelico, was taken into custody during a court-approved search of the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgefield Park Firefighters Free Woman In Crash Ridgefield Park Firefighters Free Woman In Crash Ridgefield Park Firefighters Free Woman In Crash
Ridgefield Park Firefighters Free Woman In Crash Firefighters extricated a woman after her car landed on his side in a crash in Ridgefield Park early Friday evening. An ambulance took her to a nearby hospital with injuries that responders didn't consider serious after the 6:15 p.m. crash on Central Avenue near Third Street. There were no other occupants.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Rekindled Fire Guts Fair Lawn House Rekindled Fire Guts Fair Lawn House Rekindled Fire Guts Fair Lawn House
Rekindled Fire Guts Fair Lawn House A rekindled fire gutted a Fair Lawn house on Friday. All Fair Lawn fire companies – along with Fair Lawn Heavy Rescue, police and EMS -- responded to what initially was a two-alarm blaze in the 900 block of Bellair Avenue at 4:45 p.m. that was quickly doused. Everyone got out safely and no injuries were reported. The blaze rekindled five hours later, extending to the second floor. ****** UPDATE: Two fundraisers are helping the Horowitz family, who lost nearly everything in the fire. ******  Smoke billowed from the Bellaire Avenue home.COURTESY: Fair Lawn FD Saddle Brook firefighter…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Manager From South Hackensack Embezzled $150,000 From Fair Lawn Pediatric Office Prosecutor: Manager From South Hackensack Embezzled $150,000 From Fair Lawn Pediatric Office Prosecutor: Manager From South Hackensack Embezzled $150,000 From Fair Lawn Pediatric Office
Prosecutor: Manager From South Hackensack Embezzled $150,000 From Fair Lawn Pediatric Office The former office manager for a Fair Lawn pediatric practice swiped $150,000 from his employer’s bank and Amazon accounts to pay his own bills and buy himself things, authorities said. Nicholas Caruso, 49, of South Hackensack, "gained access to his employer’s business checking account and used online banking and bill pay services to pay his own personal expenses,” Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. “Those expenses included credit card and vehicle finance charges. “Caruso also established an Amazon account in his employer’s name, which was attached to the business checkin…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Lodi 3rd-Graders Who Supported Local Police Get Surprise Pizza Party Lodi 3rd-Graders Who Supported Local Police Get Surprise Pizza Party Lodi 3rd-Graders Who Supported Local Police Get Surprise Pizza Party
Lodi 3rd-Graders Who Supported Local Police Get Surprise Pizza Party After reading the story “My Rows and Piles of Coins,” students at a Lodi local elementary school took the life lesson and gave back to their community. In the story, the main character saves his coins to buy a bicycle for his family to get back and forth to work. The 51 Washington School third graders, in turn, saved up their coins, created a Christmas money tree and donated it to Lodi PBA Local #26, along with a signed card. As a thank-you for their kindness, generosity and respect for their local law enforcement officers, PBA President Javier Hernandez, members of the local’s executive b…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
NJ: Passaic Man Collects $60,000 Of Insurance On Bogus Heart Attack, Stroke, Parkinson's Claims NJ: Passaic Man Collects $60,000 Of Insurance On Bogus Heart Attack, Stroke, Parkinson's Claims NJ: Passaic Man Collects $60,000 Of Insurance On Bogus Heart Attack, Stroke, Parkinson's Claims
NJ: Passaic Man Collects $60,000 Of Insurance On Bogus Heart Attack, Stroke, Parkinson's Claims A heart attack, a stroke, Parkinson’s disease and coronary artery disease: Todd Eckel of Passaic County claimed he had them all – and collected $60,000 in insurance payouts for the bogus ailments, said authorities who charged him with fraud. Eckel, 47, of Pompton Lakes, “submitted forged documents showing medical treatments for illnesses he did not have” between February 2016 and November 2017, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. American Heritage Life Insurance Company, a subsidiary of Allstate, paid Eckel $20,000 for each of three claims before getting wise, an indictment return…

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