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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Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Fire In Lodi Industrial Building Doused Fire In Lodi Industrial Building Doused Fire In Lodi Industrial Building Doused
Fire In Lodi Industrial Building Doused Sprinklers helped douse a fire in a Lodi industrial building Sunday night. Firefighters "were met with heavy smoke and an activated sprinkler head," the borough fire department said. Crews stretched a hose line into the building, located the source of the fire and extinguished it, the department said. No injuries were reported. Firefighters from Garfield, Saddle Brook and Wallington assisted their colleagues at the Del Glenn Avenue blaze. Their Rochelle Park and Maywood colleagues covered the borough for them. The Lodi Fire Prevention Bureau was investigating the cause. ****** ALS…

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Bogota Car Fire Doused Bogota Car Fire Doused Bogota Car Fire Doused
Bogota Car Fire Doused No one was hurt in a car fire in Bogota late Friday, authorities said. Police and firefighters from Bogota and Ridgefield Park responded to the 11:45 p.m. fire on Palisade Avenue at Route 80, Police Sgt. Geoffrey Cole said. Bogota firefighters quickly doused the blaze.

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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Car Slides Off Garden State Parkway Ramp In Elmwood Park Car Slides Off Garden State Parkway Ramp In Elmwood Park Car Slides Off Garden State Parkway Ramp In Elmwood Park
Car Slides Off Garden State Parkway Ramp In Elmwood Park A sedan took out a light pole and skidded down an embankment off the northbound Garden State Parkway in Elmwood Park Saturday afternoon. There was no immediate word on injuries following the crash, which occurred just after 2 p.m. as the driver pulled off the parkway onto Route 46.

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Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
HUD: Paramus Landlord Refuses To Rent To Black Mom, Uses 'N' Word, 'White Power,' 'KKK' HUD: Paramus Landlord Refuses To Rent To Black Mom, Uses 'N' Word, 'White Power,' 'KKK' HUD: Paramus Landlord Refuses To Rent To Black Mom, Uses 'N' Word, 'White Power,' 'KKK'
HUD: Paramus Landlord Refuses To Rent To Black Mom, Uses 'N' Word, 'White Power,' 'KKK' A Paramus landlord texted racial slurs to a black mom while refusing to rent her an apartment, said federal housing authorities who’ve charged him with discrimination. John Graham “denied the opportunity to rent a two-bedroom apartment that was advertised on Craigslist because [the woman and her young son] are African-American,” the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) said. Graham asked the woman to come see the apartment the same day that she called him after seeing the ad, the HUD complaint says. She said she couldn't and he hung up, it says. Then came a text exchange …

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Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Lyndhurst Police Veteran Completes Prestigious DEA Program Lyndhurst Police Veteran Completes Prestigious DEA Program Lyndhurst Police Veteran Completes Prestigious DEA Program
Lyndhurst Police Veteran Completes Prestigious DEA Program It’s not every local police officer who’s selected for special DEA training in Quantico, VA, but Lyndhurst has one: Sgt. Richard Pizzuti. Pizzuti recently completed a two-week leadership program after being chosen by the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Domestic Field Division. During the Drug Unit Commanders Academy (DUCA), he studied: personality assessment tools; situational leadership skill building/refreshment; various situational management issues. He also participated with his peers in an interactive Distinguished Leadership Panel Interview. Participants we…

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
You Can Help Wayne Police, Marines Make Christmas Special For Needy Youngsters You Can Help Wayne Police, Marines Make Christmas Special For Needy Youngsters You Can Help Wayne Police, Marines Make Christmas Special For Needy Youngsters
You Can Help Wayne Police, Marines Make Christmas Special For Needy Youngsters Wayne police hope to again make dreams come true for less fortunate children with their 9th annual "Toys for Tots" collection drive. PBA Local #136, department U.S. Marine veterans and their colleagues hope to boost the momentum they've built over the years, Capt. Laurence W. Martin said. The drive begins this Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, and continues through Dec. 13. New, unwrapped toys are being sought for children of any age -- but there is a special need for boys and girls ages 3 through 8. Collection boxes will be found at either Wayne police headquarters or the township pub…

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities Suspect Gang Killed Victim In One Part Of Paterson, Robbed Relatives In Another Authorities Suspect Gang Killed Victim In One Part Of Paterson, Robbed Relatives In Another Authorities Suspect Gang Killed Victim In One Part Of Paterson, Robbed Relatives In Another
Authorities Suspect Gang Killed Victim In One Part Of Paterson, Robbed Relatives In Another What seems likely gang-related incidents left a 27-year-old Paterson man dead in the back seat of his car in an east-end drug neighborhood late Friday and relatives victimized in a home invasion across town hours later. Akean Williams was found just after 11:30 p.m. with “obvious gunshot wounds” in his Nissan Altima, parked outside a Carribean restaurant at the corner of 10th Avenue near East 28th Street, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Troy Oswald said in a joint announcement. He was pronounced dead at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center. The area is…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
In And Out: Fugitive In Fair Lawn Attempted Murder Caught, Released In And Out: Fugitive In Fair Lawn Attempted Murder Caught, Released In And Out: Fugitive In Fair Lawn Attempted Murder Caught, Released
In And Out: Fugitive In Fair Lawn Attempted Murder Caught, Released UPDATE: Just days after a Fair Lawn woman accused of shooting a man in the face in an attempted murder was released from jail, a fugitive charged with trying to cover for her was captured -- and then let go, as well. A judge on Thursday ordered Isaiah Lee released, barely 24 hours after a three-week manhunt ended with his arrest. Lee, 35, was one of three people who authorities said lied to investigators following an attempted murder in an apartment above a Fair Lawn craft beer bar. Sharese Peeples, 32, was charged with attempted murder after she, Lee and a third man claimed the victim wa…

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Two-For-One: Paterson Cocaine Dealer, Elmwood Park Buyer Busted, Sheriff Says Two-For-One: Paterson Cocaine Dealer, Elmwood Park Buyer Busted, Sheriff Says Two-For-One: Paterson Cocaine Dealer, Elmwood Park Buyer Busted, Sheriff Says
Two-For-One: Paterson Cocaine Dealer, Elmwood Park Buyer Busted, Sheriff Says An Elmwood Park cocaine buyer and a Paterson dealer were both grabbed by Passaic County sheriff’s detectives who witnessed the sale, authorities said. Phillip Patilla, 44, was charged after the detectives found 14 zip-locking bags of the drug and $220 in proceeds in his pants pocket and 11 more ounces of raw cocaine packaged in five knotted bags in his 17th Avenue apartment, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. Patilla also had a cutting agent and several empty bags there, the sheriff said. The detectives also arrested 44-year-old Trevis Muckle moments after Berdnik said he boug…

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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Your Community
Saddle Brook Man Boosts 80s Versus 90s Party 'Battle' To Aid Grandma With Kidney Disease Saddle Brook Man Boosts 80s Versus 90s Party 'Battle' To Aid Grandma With Kidney Disease Saddle Brook Man Boosts 80s Versus 90s Party 'Battle' To Aid Grandma With Kidney Disease
Saddle Brook Man Boosts 80s Versus 90s Party 'Battle' To Aid Grandma With Kidney Disease Boosted by a victory by researchers, a Saddle Brook man is hosting a blow-out “Battle of the Decades” (the 80s and 90s) fundraiser to help his grandmother deal with a little-known kidney disease. Some of the proceeds from the fourth annual fundraiser at the Ridgefield Park Knights of Columbus hall will go toward finding a cure for polycystic kidney disease, otherwise known as PKD, said TJ Sullivan. The rest goes toward raising money for “the inevitable transplant surgery and costly medical bills our family will need to face,” he said. Theresa LaBarck – or "MomMom" as Sullivan calls her – …

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