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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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Hawthorne Police Officer, Motorist Hospitalized After Crash Hawthorne Police Officer, Motorist Hospitalized After Crash Hawthorne Police Officer, Motorist Hospitalized After Crash
Hawthorne Police Officer, Motorist Hospitalized After Crash A Hawthorne police officer and a motorist were hospitalized with injuries that responders said didn't appear life-threatening after a crash Saturday afternoon. The collision at the intersection of Diamond Bridge Avenue and Goffle Road sent a sedan down an embankment into Goffle Brook County Park. Hawthorne police, firefighters and EMS responded. A utility pole also was damaged. Both wrecked vehicles were removed from the scene by flatbed tow trucks. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this report.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
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Experienced Haworth Police Officer Promoted To Sergeant Experienced Haworth Police Officer Promoted To Sergeant Experienced Haworth Police Officer Promoted To Sergeant
Experienced Haworth Police Officer Promoted To Sergeant Haworth Police Sgt. James Morgan has handled a variety of important duties for his department. After six years as a patrol officer, he was sworn to his new rank this week. The department's designated juvenile officer, Morgan also assists detectives with criminal investigations, Detective Sgt. Justin Fox said. He also maintains all required Megan’s Law registration records. Morgan has compiled a large number of arrests, rescues and assists in his time as a patrol officer. A few years ago, he and a colleague rescued a suicidal woman who duct-taped a bag around her head after t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Prosecutor: Englewood Pre-Teen Endured Nine Years Of Sexual Abuse By Hackensack Man Prosecutor: Englewood Pre-Teen Endured Nine Years Of Sexual Abuse By Hackensack Man Prosecutor: Englewood Pre-Teen Endured Nine Years Of Sexual Abuse By Hackensack Man
Prosecutor: Englewood Pre-Teen Endured Nine Years Of Sexual Abuse By Hackensack Man A 64-year-old unemployed Hackensack man sexually abused an Englewood girl several times over the course of nine years, said authorities who arrested him. Authorities began investigating after Englewood police “received a report that Carl Johnson engaged in sexual acts with a child under the age of thirteen in Englewood on numerous occasions between 2009 and 2015,” Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said Friday. Johnson remained held Friday in the Bergen County Jail, charged with aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault by contact and child endangerment following his arrest last we…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Edgewater Police: Drunken Restaurant Patron Hits Pedestrian, 65, Tries To Flee Edgewater Police: Drunken Restaurant Patron Hits Pedestrian, 65, Tries To Flee Edgewater Police: Drunken Restaurant Patron Hits Pedestrian, 65, Tries To Flee
Edgewater Police: Drunken Restaurant Patron Hits Pedestrian, 65, Tries To Flee Edgewater police were headed to the call of a drunken patron at a Hudson River restaurant when the woman hit a 65-year-old man with her car, seriously injuring him, said authorities who arrested her. Responding to Thursday night's call from the Outback Steakhouse, Officers Ricardo Hernandez stopped Leila Miller, a 37-year-old local Realtor, as she drove through the shopping center parking lot in her 2019 Toyota Corolla, Detective Sgt. Tim Farrell said. As they were taking Miller into custody, another call came of a pedestrian being struck moments earlier in front of the Target store in the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Fair Lawn PD: Masseuses At 3 Spas Busted For Rubbing Undercover Officers The Wrong Way Fair Lawn PD: Masseuses At 3 Spas Busted For Rubbing Undercover Officers The Wrong Way Fair Lawn PD: Masseuses At 3 Spas Busted For Rubbing Undercover Officers The Wrong Way
Fair Lawn PD: Masseuses At 3 Spas Busted For Rubbing Undercover Officers The Wrong Way Masseuses at three different Fair lawn spas offered “sexual services” during massages, said police who busted them. Borough detectives went undercover after residents complained about “improper activity” at the massage parlors, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. They arrested 48-year-old Xiezhen Lin of Queens at Eva’s Spa and Chen Fengxia, 53, at Unique Massage, both on Fair Lawn Avenue, and 50-year-old Huazi Cui of Leonia at Good Time Spa on River Road, Metzler said. All were released after being issued summonses for engaging in prostitution, he said. Detectives also seized $665 from Fengxia as cr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
NJPBA Prez: 'Salacious' Newspaper Report On Police Use Of Force Slanted, Selfish, Irresponsible NJPBA Prez: 'Salacious' Newspaper Report On Police Use Of Force Slanted, Selfish, Irresponsible NJPBA Prez: 'Salacious' Newspaper Report On Police Use Of Force Slanted, Selfish, Irresponsible
Njpba Prez: 'Salacious' Newspaper Report On Police Use Of Force Slanted, Selfish, Irresponsible A story from NJ Advance Media on law enforcement use of force will look to develop controversy and discontent by providing data with little context about the use of force officers are required to use.  Police officers face an unparalleled challenge of saving lives, restoring peace, and bringing criminals to justice.  The situations they face are dynamic and involve split-second decisions. They are not done within the safety and security of a newsroom. The actions they take can mean life or death.  In 2016 alone over 1,800 New Jersey Police Officers were assaulted while doing…

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by Patrick Colligan
Hackensack, NJ
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Grewal's New Rules: NJ Sheriffs Can No Longer Hold Immigrants Charged With Crimes For ICE Grewal's New Rules: NJ Sheriffs Can No Longer Hold Immigrants Charged With Crimes For ICE Grewal's New Rules: NJ Sheriffs Can No Longer Hold Immigrants Charged With Crimes For ICE
Grewal's New Rules: NJ Sheriffs Can No Longer Hold Immigrants Charged With Crimes For ICE New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal on Thursday ordered county sheriffs to ignore ICE detainers if a local judge orders the release of a suspected illegal immigrant who’s been charged with a crime. Grewal also prohibited police and jail operators from holding a detainee arrested for a minor crime “past the time he or she would otherwise be released from custody simply because ICE has submitted an immigration detainer.” Not only that, he forbade them from even notifying ICE of their release. “With respect to detainees charged with violent or serious offenses – such as murder, rape,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Legalize Prostitution Instead Of Pot, Former NJ Lt. Governor Says Legalize Prostitution Instead Of Pot, Former NJ Lt. Governor Says Legalize Prostitution Instead Of Pot, Former NJ Lt. Governor Says
Legalize Prostitution Instead Of Pot, Former NJ Lt. Governor Says Former New Jersey Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno says she’d rather see the state legalize prostitution than recreational marijuana. “Clearly, there is a budget gap -- otherwise we wouldn't have a tax amnesty in New Jersey right now,” she told Fox 5’s Chasing News. “Let's go someplace else that is not going to hurt our children." "If we legalize prostitution, it's between two consenting adults,” said Guadagno, a Republican former county prosecutor who served as Chris Christie’s second-in-comman before losing the gubernatorial election last November to Democrat Phil Murphy, who favors legalizing rec…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Driver, 20, Who Survived Horrific Route 287 Crash In Mahwah Can't Recall How It Happened Driver, 20, Who Survived Horrific Route 287 Crash In Mahwah Can't Recall How It Happened Driver, 20, Who Survived Horrific Route 287 Crash In Mahwah Can't Recall How It Happened
Driver, 20, Who Survived Horrific Route 287 Crash In Mahwah Can't Recall How It Happened A South Carolina woman whose sedan slammed into the back of a tractor-trailer on the shoulder of Route 287 in Mahwah earlier this month says she can't remember what happened. Jordyn Carol King, 20, initially told Daily Voice "with 100% certainty" that an initial report from authorities that she apparently fell asleep behind the wheel wasn't true. "It was what it is being reported as: an accident,” she said. In a GoFundMe campaign that she has since launched for herself, King now says that "many details of the wreck are difficult for me to recall." Following the Nov. 15 crash, she writes, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Lodi Truck Driver, 21, Gathered, Shared Child Porn Prosecutor: Lodi Truck Driver, 21, Gathered, Shared Child Porn Prosecutor: Lodi Truck Driver, 21, Gathered, Shared Child Porn
Prosecutor: Lodi Truck Driver, 21, Gathered, Shared Child Porn A tow truck driver from Lodi trafficked child pornography, said authorities who arrested him. Cody T. Wurttemberger, 21, collected, viewed and shared images “depicting nude or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children,” Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said Thursday. Wurttemberger was arrested during a raid of his Main Street home on Wednesday and charged with possession of child pornography, Calo said. He remained held in the Bergen County Jail pending a detention hearing Thursday in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack. The prosecutor thanked Lodi polic…

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