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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Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Swastikas, Racist Graffiti Spread From Pascack Valley HS To Hills Swastikas, Racist Graffiti Spread From Pascack Valley HS To Hills Swastikas, Racist Graffiti Spread From Pascack Valley HS To Hills
Swastikas, Racist Graffiti Spread From Pascack Valley HS To Hills A recent rash of hate symbols that have confounded officials and angered parents have spread from Pascack Valley High School to Pascack Hills. This time, swastikas and a racial slur against black were found Friday in a bathroom at Pascack Hills High in Montvale, Schools Supt. P. Erik Gundersen confirmed.It marks the first such recent incident at PHHS, joining three in less than two months at PVHS. Gundersen, finding himself having to address the troubling issue yet again, said district officials have two specific objectives -- educating the public and making sure whoever was respo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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Visitor Trying To Down Flaming Shot At Park Ridge American Legion Ignites Entire Face Visitor Trying To Down Flaming Shot At Park Ridge American Legion Ignites Entire Face Visitor Trying To Down Flaming Shot At Park Ridge American Legion Ignites Entire Face
Visitor Trying To Down Flaming Shot At Park Ridge American Legion Ignites Entire Face A man trying to do a flaming shot of grain alcohol at the Park Ridge American Legion Hall was rushed to the hospital Monday night with severe burns on his face, authorities said. Police officers who responded to the Ridge Avenue hall just after 6:30 p.m. found the 65-year-old Montvale man sitting at the bar holding a towel soaked in cold water on his face. It turned out the victim “attempted to drink grain alcohol in a shot glass that was lit on fire,” Capt. Joseph Rampolla said. “While the alcohol was burning, the victim raised the glass to his mouth. “At that time, the alcohol splashed u…

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn Police Boost Protection Following Threat To Middle School Fair Lawn Police Boost Protection Following Threat To Middle School Fair Lawn Police Boost Protection Following Threat To Middle School
Fair Lawn Police Boost Protection Following Threat To Middle School Fair Lawn police stepped up protection of borough schools on Tuesday following the discovery after Monday’s dismissal of what officials described as a “written threat on school property” against the Thomas Jefferson Middle School. “After an investigation and the advice and recommendation of the Fair Lawn Police Department,” borough schools “will remain open with an increased additional police presence” on Tuesday at all schools in the district, Schools Supt. Nicolas J. Norcia wrote in a message to parents. Norcia didn’t elaborate on the threat, noting that an “ongoing investigation” was und…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Police: Little Ferry DPW Workers Use Truck To Stop Sleeping Stoner's Wrong-Way Car Police: Little Ferry DPW Workers Use Truck To Stop Sleeping Stoner's Wrong-Way Car Police: Little Ferry DPW Workers Use Truck To Stop Sleeping Stoner's Wrong-Way Car
Police: Little Ferry DPW Workers Use Truck To Stop Sleeping Stoner's Wrong-Way Car Two quick-moving Little Ferry DPW workers used their truck to stop a car driven by a borough man who passed out on his way to work after getting stoned Monday morning, authorities said. Scott Karavitis and Michael Mickendrow spotted the red 2002 Acura driven by William Christmas, 38, heading north on Bergen Turnpike in the southbound lane at 8:40 a.m., Detective Sgt. Ronald M. Klein Jr. said. Mickendrow quickly maneuvered their truck in front of the Acura, which rear-ended it and came to a stop, Klein said. "He wasn't going very fast," the sergeant said, "but the crash did a significa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Kidnapper Admits Beating, Stabbing Ex, Binding Her In Christmas Lights, Driving From NJ To NC Kidnapper Admits Beating, Stabbing Ex, Binding Her In Christmas Lights, Driving From NJ To NC Kidnapper Admits Beating, Stabbing Ex, Binding Her In Christmas Lights, Driving From NJ To NC
Kidnapper Admits Beating, Stabbing Ex, Binding Her In Christmas Lights, Driving From NJ To NC A Manhattan man admitted Monday that he kidnapped his former lover in Newark by binding her in Christmas lights and then drove south toward Florida before federal authorities captured him in North Carolina. Rudolf Szoradi, 50, who pleaded guilty to kidnapping and interstate domestic violence, threatened to kill the victim while attacking her in his relative’s basement on Dec. 15, 2017, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. The woman, who’d gotten a protection order against Szoradi, was choked, punched, kicked and then stabbed and slashed with a knife before being tied up and taken across stat…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
'Tis The Season To 'Drive Sober Or Get Pulled Over' 'Tis The Season To 'Drive Sober Or Get Pulled Over' 'Tis The Season To 'Drive Sober Or Get Pulled Over'
'Tis The Season To 'Drive Sober Or Get Pulled Over' The annual end-of-the-year "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" crackdown officially begins nationwide this Friday with saturation patrols and sobriety checkpoints. Through New Year's Day 2019, local and state law enforcement officers will be out and about -- on highways and local roads -- looking for drunk or drugged drivers. They hope to make the roads safer and educate the public about the dangers of driving impaired. Nationally, more than 10,000 people die each year in drunk driving crashes. The associated "societal cost" is estimated to be $37 billion annually. Law enforcement agencies p…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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More Checks Reported Stolen, Cashed From Postal Boxes In Glen Rock, Fair Lawn More Checks Reported Stolen, Cashed From Postal Boxes In Glen Rock, Fair Lawn More Checks Reported Stolen, Cashed From Postal Boxes In Glen Rock, Fair Lawn
More Checks Reported Stolen, Cashed From Postal Boxes In Glen Rock, Fair Lawn More victims have come forward to report checks stolen -- and later cashed -- from mailboxes outside post offices in Glen Rock and Fair Lawn, authorities said. Several other towns have had similar incidents in recent weeks. The latest reports came from a Glen Rock man who mailed a $3,101.56 check from the collection box outside the Glen Avenue post office on Nov. 11 only to have it cashed by thieves, Glen Rock Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Another resident who mailed three checks totaling $897.17 on the same day also had those stolen and cashed, the chief said. These were added to rep…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Newburgh, NY
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Orange County Driver Nabbed With 100 Bags Of Heroin, More, Police Say Orange County Driver Nabbed With 100 Bags Of Heroin, More, Police Say Orange County Driver Nabbed With 100 Bags Of Heroin, More, Police Say
Orange County Driver Nabbed With 100 Bags Of Heroin, More, Police Say An Orange County man driving with his license suspended had 100 bags of heroin, along with some cocaine and marijuana, in his car when it was stopped just off Route 208 in New Jersey, authorities there said. Officer T.J. Graziani found Paul M. Sosler, 37, of Florida, carrying the drugs after a routine traffic stop, Glen Rock (NJ) Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Sosler was charged with various drug counts and released pending a first appearance this Friday in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack. Police also gave him summonses for driving with a suspended license, failing …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Glen Rock PD: Officer Nabs Orange County, NY, Driver With 100 Bags Of Heroin, More Glen Rock PD: Officer Nabs Orange County, NY, Driver With 100 Bags Of Heroin, More Glen Rock PD: Officer Nabs Orange County, NY, Driver With 100 Bags Of Heroin, More
Glen Rock PD: Officer Nabs Orange County, NY, Driver With 100 Bags Of Heroin, More A Glen Rock police officer nabbed a suspended Orange County driver with 100 bags of heroin, along with some cocaine and marijuana, authorities said. Officer T.J. Graziani stopped the car Thursday night on Lincoln Avenue, just off Route 208 and found the Paul M. Sosler, 37, of Florida, NY, carrying the drugs, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Sosler was charged with various drug counts and released pending a first appearance this Friday in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack. Police also gave him summonses for driving with a suspended license, failing to signal a turn, failing t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Lyndhurst PD: Story-Telling Ex-Con Just Released From Prison Has No Defense For Loaded Gun Lyndhurst PD: Story-Telling Ex-Con Just Released From Prison Has No Defense For Loaded Gun Lyndhurst PD: Story-Telling Ex-Con Just Released From Prison Has No Defense For Loaded Gun
Lyndhurst PD: Story-Telling Ex-Con Just Released From Prison Has No Defense For Loaded Gun An ex-con paroled just four months ago had an answer for everything after a Lyndhurst police officer pulled him over, authorities said – except for why he had a loaded handgun in his trunk. Vincent Chan-Guillen, 28, of Elizabeth quickly steered a Nissan Maxima into the parking lot of a Polito Avenue business when he realized Officer Joseph White was about to pull him over Friday afternoon, Detective Vincent Auteri said. He then “parked haphazardly among other vehicles,” Auteri said. Confronted by White, Chan-Guillen said he’d just left work on Valley Brook Avenue and wanted to see if he co…

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