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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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn HS School Student Knocked Out As Car Careens Into House Fair Lawn HS School Student Knocked Out As Car Careens Into House Fair Lawn HS School Student Knocked Out As Car Careens Into House
Fair Lawn HS School Student Knocked Out As Car Careens Into House A 17-year-old passenger was briefly knocked unconscious early Monday afternoon when a sedan plowed into a tree, flagpole, wooden fence and front steps of a Fair Lawn house, responders said. He regained consciousness and was taken along with the driver, also a 17-year-old boy, to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson following the lunchtime crash on 20th Street near Eastern Drive, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. The boys -- both Fair Lawn High School students -- had to be helped from the 2017 Honda Civic, he said, adding that the passenger had a head injury and the driver a hand injury.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Obituaries
Oprah's Mom Died On Thanksgiving, Family Reveals Oprah's Mom Died On Thanksgiving, Family Reveals Oprah's Mom Died On Thanksgiving, Family Reveals
Oprah's Mom Died On Thanksgiving, Family Reveals Oprah Winfrey’s mother, Vernita Lee, died on Thanksgiving Day, her family confirmed on Monday. She was 83. Lee was laid to rest in a private ceremony. "After the passing of her mother, we’re sending well wishes to @Oprah and her family," OprahMagazine posted on Instagram. Born in segregated Mississippi, Vernita Lee gave birth to Oprah in 1954 with Vernon Winfrey. Oprah’s grandmother raised her until she was six, when she went to live with her mom in Milwaukee, where Lee worked as a housemaid. "I was asking the question ... what is a mother? What are you supposed to feel about your mother…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
$2,500 Mortgage Check, ID Stolen From Glen Rock Mailbox, Authorities Seek Other Victims $2,500 Mortgage Check, ID Stolen From Glen Rock Mailbox, Authorities Seek Other Victims $2,500 Mortgage Check, ID Stolen From Glen Rock Mailbox, Authorities Seek Other Victims
$2,500 Mortgage Check, ID Stolen From Glen Rock Mailbox, Authorities Seek Other Victims Thieves stole one Glen Rock resident’s $2,503 mortgage payment and another’s identity after breaking into the mailbox outside the borough post office, police said. The US Postal Inspection Service was investigating the break-in and thefts, while police try to determine whether there were any more victims. Officer Sarah Orsita was on patrol earlier this month when she spotted the damaged collection box outside the post office on Glen Avenue, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. She found “possible pry marks near the locking mechanism,” he said. Authorities couldn’t immediately determine wheth…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Whodunnit? Two Men Found Stabbed Outside Englewood 7-Eleven Whodunnit? Two Men Found Stabbed Outside Englewood 7-Eleven Whodunnit? Two Men Found Stabbed Outside Englewood 7-Eleven
Whodunnit? Two Men Found Stabbed Outside Englewood 7-Eleven Detectives were trying to determine whether two men found stabbed outside an Englewood convenience store before dawn Sunday were attacked by someone else or by each other. One of the victims, a 19-year-old man, was in the Intensive Care Unit at an undisclosed hospital after being stabbed in the stomach just before 5:30 a.m. outside the 7-Eleven on Tenafly Road near Monument Circle, Detective Capt. Timothy Torell said. He was expected to survive, Torell said. Meanwhile, a 24-year-old Queens man was released from the hospital after being treated for a knife wound in the back, he said. No we…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Weather
Gov’t Report: Climate Change Will Cost U.S. Lives, Hundreds Of Billions Of Dollars Gov’t Report: Climate Change Will Cost U.S. Lives, Hundreds Of Billions Of Dollars Gov’t Report: Climate Change Will Cost U.S. Lives, Hundreds Of Billions Of Dollars
Gov’t Report: Climate Change Will Cost U.S. Lives, Hundreds Of Billions Of Dollars Climate change isn’t just happening – it’s going to get much worse, warns a massive government report that proposes solutions that are severely at odds with President Trump’s policies. Extreme weather, changes in air quality and the spread of new diseases by insects will combine to cost the U.S. economy hundreds of billions of dollars in health, agricultural and infrastructure damage by the end of the century, warns Volume II of the National Climate Assessment, which was released Friday. "Earth’s climate is now changing faster than at any point in the history of modern civilization, primar…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Breaking News
'Move Over' Violator: Closter College Student Injures Officer At Crash Scene, PIP Police Charge 'Move Over' Violator: Closter College Student Injures Officer At Crash Scene, PIP Police Charge 'Move Over' Violator: Closter College Student Injures Officer At Crash Scene, PIP Police Charge
'Move Over' Violator: Closter College Student Injures Officer At Crash Scene, PIP Police Charge A 21-year-old college student from Closter had to be stopped after his car struck and severely injured a Palisades Interstate Police officer who was investigating a crash in Englewood Cliffs, authorities said. Officer Martin Clancy got back into his cruiser and chased down Tyler Chung after his arm was struck by the mirror of Chung’s 2007 Lexus on the northbound PIP just before 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, police said. Chung – whose LinkedIn profile says he is studying computer engineering at Villanova University -- was processed and released pending a court hearing. He’s charged with: leaving the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Mahwah Dealer Had Pounds Of Pot, Hash Oil, Edibles, Buyers Being Investigated Police: Mahwah Dealer Had Pounds Of Pot, Hash Oil, Edibles, Buyers Being Investigated Police: Mahwah Dealer Had Pounds Of Pot, Hash Oil, Edibles, Buyers Being Investigated
Police: Mahwah Dealer Had Pounds Of Pot, Hash Oil, Edibles, Buyers Being Investigated A Mahwah man stopped for careless driving on Thanksgiving morning was trucking a pound and a half of pot, a pound of hash oil, 20 packages of marijuana edibles and $2,600 in suspected drug cash, police said. Officer Timothy Letavish stopped a 2003 Infiniti driven by 23-year-old Lebo L. Xhelo for “driving in a careless manner” on Ramapo Valley Road around 3 a.m. Thursday, Police Chief James Batelli said. Suspecting that Xhelo was high, Letavish, a trained drug recognition expert, ordered him out of the vehicle, the chief said. As Xhelo got out, the officer smelled burnt marijuana on hi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Ramsey Police: How Are We Doing? Ramsey Police: How Are We Doing? Ramsey Police: How Are We Doing?
Ramsey Police: How Are We Doing? Ramsey residents and merchants are invited to assess their city's police department as part of a process known as accreditation. Members of the department and city employees also are encouraged to call during the scheduled phone-in period from 10-11 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 10. THE NUMBER: (201) 327-1700  Telephone comments will be fielded by an assessment team from the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police that will examine “all aspects of the Ramsey Police Department’s policies and procedures, management, operations, and support services,” Police Chief Bryan&nb…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Thanksgiving Day Blaze Displaces A Dozen Little Ferry Families Thanksgiving Day Blaze Displaces A Dozen Little Ferry Families Thanksgiving Day Blaze Displaces A Dozen Little Ferry Families
Thanksgiving Day Blaze Displaces A Dozen Little Ferry Families A Thanksgiving Day fire displaced residents of a dozen Little Ferry garden apartments. Twelve more units in another building were evacuated, as well, but only briefly. No injuries were reported in the 8 p.m. blaze, which apparently began in a kitchen and stretched through the entire cockloft of the Ledgewood Terrace building on Liberty Avenue, members of Little Ferry Hook & Ladder Company 1 said. The American Red Cross was providing temporary housing for the condo residents who were displaced by the two-alarm blaze. “Despite cold conditions and the Thanksgiving holiday, the main body o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen Law Enforcement Feeds The Needy At Thanksgiving Bergen Law Enforcement Feeds The Needy At Thanksgiving Bergen Law Enforcement Feeds The Needy At Thanksgiving
Bergen Law Enforcement Feeds The Needy At Thanksgiving Members of Bergenfield PBA Local 309 put together and distributed 10 Thanksgiving Day baskets for families in need, while Bergen County Sheriff Anthony Cureton and members of his staff continued a week-long holiday tour. The Bergenfield baskets were made possible by donations from the members and their families, who bought the items, assembled the baskets and delivered them. On Thursday, Cureton’s crew -- who collected more than 700 turkeys during this year's drive -- brought Thanksgiving dinner to the needy at Thomas Jefferson Middle School in Teaneck.  Sheriff Cureton's crew collecte…

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