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

Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
'Tis the Season For Porch Piracy, So Don't Be A Victim 'Tis the Season For Porch Piracy, So Don't Be A Victim 'Tis the Season For Porch Piracy, So Don't Be A Victim
'Tis the Season For Porch Piracy, So Don't Be A Victim Porch piracy has become more rampant than ever, now that more than half of holiday season shoppers buy online. Not only that: Tens of millions of people each year have holiday decorations stolen. Yes, there are organized crews who follow delivery drivers and others who case specific neighborhoods, police say. But "it is most often a crime of convenience," Monica Eaton-Cardone, co-founder and COO of the risk-mitigation firm Chargebacks911, told InsuranceQuotes.com. "The thief sees a package sitting unattended and simply grabs it.” Nearly 26 million Americans had a holiday pac…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Serial Robber Who Held Up Fort Lee, Hasbrouck Heights Banks, Targeted Englewood, Gets 5 Years Serial Robber Who Held Up Fort Lee, Hasbrouck Heights Banks, Targeted Englewood, Gets 5 Years Serial Robber Who Held Up Fort Lee, Hasbrouck Heights Banks, Targeted Englewood, Gets 5 Years
Serial Robber Who Held Up Fort Lee, Hasbrouck Heights Banks, Targeted Englewood, Gets 5 Years A serial bank robber from the Bronx was sentenced to five years in federal prison Tuesday for holding up banks in Fort Lee and Hasbrouck Heights and planning to hit another in Englewood before federal agents nabbed him. Eddy Cruz, 42, must serve out the entire sentence because there's no parole in the federal prison system. Cruz admitted in August that he robbed a TD Bank branch in Fort Lee on Feb. 13, 2017 and another in Hasbrouck Heights five days later, wearing a mask to disguise his identity both times and handing the tellers notes demanding cash. He said he also robbed a PNC Bank…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn PD: Late-Morning DWI Motorist Slams SUV Into Pole Fair Lawn PD: Late-Morning DWI Motorist Slams SUV Into Pole Fair Lawn PD: Late-Morning DWI Motorist Slams SUV Into Pole
Fair Lawn PD: Late-Morning DWI Motorist Slams SUV Into Pole A 56-year-old Fair Lawn woman registered three times the legal limit on a breath test late Tuesday morning after slamming her SUV into a utility pole, authorities said. The woman wasn’t seriously injured in the crash just after 11 a.m. on Plaza Road and Howard Avenue. She was released to a responsible adult after being charged and her Subaru Outback was to remain held for 12 hours, under John’s Law. “It is not worth it,” borough police said in a Facebook post. “Take an Uber or Lyft or some other means besides getting behind the wheel!” ****** ALSO SEE: A 17-year-old passenger was br…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Cliffside Park Laborer Had Sex With Two Pre-Teens, ICE Issues Deportation Detainer Prosecutor: Cliffside Park Laborer Had Sex With Two Pre-Teens, ICE Issues Deportation Detainer Prosecutor: Cliffside Park Laborer Had Sex With Two Pre-Teens, ICE Issues Deportation Detainer
Prosecutor: Cliffside Park Laborer Had Sex With Two Pre-Teens, ICE Issues Deportation Detainer Federal immigration authorities have placed a detainer for deportation hearings on a Cliffside Park laborer accused of having sex with two different children each under 13 years old. A judge in Hackensack ordered that Jairo N. Jocon, a 37-year-old Guatemalan national, remained held in the Bergen County Jail following his arrest last week on sexual assault and child endangerment charges, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. A detention hearing was scheduled for this Wednesday in Hackensack. If a judge orders his release, new Bergen County Sheriff Anthony Cureton told Daily Voic…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Newburgh, NY
Breaking News
Walden Woman Busted On Heroin Charges After Traffic Stop Walden Woman Busted On Heroin Charges After Traffic Stop Walden Woman Busted On Heroin Charges After Traffic Stop
Walden Woman Busted On Heroin Charges After Traffic Stop A Walden woman who was stopped for failing to signal a turn not only was driving an unregistered vehicle without a license – she was also carrying heroin, police in New Jersey said. Police said they busted Tanja Strickland, 28, on charges of having the drugs, along with paraphernalia and a hypodermic needle after stopping her car just off Route 208 in Fair Lawn – an hour or so drive from her home. They said they also gave her summonses for failing to signal a turn, operating an unregistered vehicle and driving while on the suspended list.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
City-Bound Commuter Bus Catches Fire Near 'Spaghetti Bowl' In Wayne City-Bound Commuter Bus Catches Fire Near 'Spaghetti Bowl' In Wayne City-Bound Commuter Bus Catches Fire Near 'Spaghetti Bowl' In Wayne
City-Bound Commuter Bus Catches Fire Near 'Spaghetti Bowl' In Wayne No injuries were reported after a Manhattan-bound commuter bus caught fire Tuesday morning near the “spaghetti bowl” in Wayne. The driver extinguished the small fire on the rear undercarriage of the 194 bus from Butler after pulling over on southbound Route 23 near where it meets Route 23 and 80 around 7 a.m., NJ Transit spokesman Jim Smith said. Other buses were dispatched to collect the 54 passengers, he said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Edgewater Couple Made Woman Sex Slave, Prosecutor Says Edgewater Couple Made Woman Sex Slave, Prosecutor Says Edgewater Couple Made Woman Sex Slave, Prosecutor Says
Edgewater Couple Made Woman Sex Slave, Prosecutor Says An Edgewater couple with a youngster in their home made a sex slave out of a woman whom they held captive there, authorities said. Tyrone T. Washington, 33, who is unemployed, and 28-year-old dancer Shameka M. Lambert were arrested after an investigation by Edgewater police and members of the Bergen County prosecutor’s Special Victims Unit and Special Investigations Squad, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said Monday. Edgewater police got a report over the weekend that the victim “was being forced to engage in prostitution” by the couple, who were “holding her against her will fo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Glen Rock PD: Son, 35, Of Tailgating Mom Caught With Heroin Glen Rock PD: Son, 35, Of Tailgating Mom Caught With Heroin Glen Rock PD: Son, 35, Of Tailgating Mom Caught With Heroin
Glen Rock PD: Son, 35, Of Tailgating Mom Caught With Heroin A vehicle passenger was due in court this week to answer charges of having several bags of heroin when Glen Rock police stopped his mother for tailgating on southbound Route 208 during the evening rush. Officer John Tarantino spotted a fold of heroin “within immediate reach” of passenger Daniel S. Abdulla, 35, of Hawthorne as he approached the car just before 5:30 p.m. Nov. 12, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. A search turned up nine bags of the drug, an empty and a straw that Abdulla apparently used to snort the heroin, he said. Abdulla was released pending a hearing on drug-related char…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Child Porn-Sharing NJ Retiree, 78, Headed To Prison For Four Years Child Porn-Sharing NJ Retiree, 78, Headed To Prison For Four Years Child Porn-Sharing NJ Retiree, 78, Headed To Prison For Four Years
Child Porn-Sharing NJ Retiree, 78, Headed To Prison For Four Years A 78-year-old retiree from Central Jersey was sentenced to four years in state prison Monday for trafficking child pornography. Arnold Kay of Linden will be under parole supervision for life and must register as a sex offender once he’s released. Kay pleaded guilty to child porn distribution charges earlier this year in exchange for leniency. He was one of 28 people busted in 2014 during “Operation Predator Alert,” a multi-agency child pornography sweep. By sharing kiddie porn online, Kay “participated in a criminal network that promotes and perpetuates the brutal sexual exploitation of …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn Crash: Passenger, 90, Suffers Compound Thumb Fracture After Van Runs Stop Sign Fair Lawn Crash: Passenger, 90, Suffers Compound Thumb Fracture After Van Runs Stop Sign Fair Lawn Crash: Passenger, 90, Suffers Compound Thumb Fracture After Van Runs Stop Sign
Fair Lawn Crash: Passenger, 90, Suffers Compound Thumb Fracture After Van Runs Stop Sign A 90-year-old passenger suffered a severely broken thumb in a Fair Lawn crash Monday morning. A 50-year-old Elmwood Park man driving his 2017 Mercedes van on Willow Avenue ran a stop sign at 17th Street, where it hit a 2009 Camry carrying two Paterson women just before 10:30 a.m., Sgt. Brian Metzler said. The Camry was pushed into a parked 2000 Lexus, damaging it, as well, he said. The Camry driver, 59, complained of chest pains and was taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson along with her elderly passenger, who had a compound thumb fracture, the sergeant said. The van …

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