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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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
BEWARE: Don't Fall For Facebook 'Secret Sister' Gift Exchange BEWARE: Don't Fall For Facebook 'Secret Sister' Gift Exchange BEWARE: Don't Fall For Facebook 'Secret Sister' Gift Exchange
Beware: Don't Fall For Facebook 'Secret Sister' Gift Exchange A seasonal scam is back: By participating in a Facebook "secret sister" gift exchange, you won’t receive anything – you’ll just be a fool. It began three Christmases ago, according to Snopes.com, when social media users began getting messages urging them to send a gift worth $10 to someone on a “sister list.” In return, the post said, they would get them three dozen presents – that’s right: 36 -- the come-on read. All you have to do, the bogus request says, is send a gift to the first “sister” on the list, move the second one the list to first and put your own name in the No. 2 spot. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Recent Little Ferry Car Burglary Victim Chases Down Thief Who Broke Into Neighbor's Car Police: Recent Little Ferry Car Burglary Victim Chases Down Thief Who Broke Into Neighbor's Car Police: Recent Little Ferry Car Burglary Victim Chases Down Thief Who Broke Into Neighbor's Car
Police: Recent Little Ferry Car Burglary Victim Chases Down Thief Who Broke Into Neighbor's Car A recent car burglary victim from Little Ferry helped police catch a repeat offender who'd just broken into his neighbor's car early Sunday. The Good Samaritan followed 20-year-old Jason Castro down Merhrhof Road after seeing him inside his neighbor's car just before dawn, Detective Sgt. Ronald Klein Jr. said. "It's him!" the 50-year-old resident said, pointing out Castro to responding Officers Carl Strunk, James Rose, Angelo Ratto, and George Shaihanian, the sergeant said. Castro, who lives on Lincoln Street, is familiar to police. His record includes parole violations and arrests last y…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
NJ Bail Reform Strikes Again: Judge Frees Fair Lawn Woman Accused Of Shooting Man In Face NJ Bail Reform Strikes Again: Judge Frees Fair Lawn Woman Accused Of Shooting Man In Face NJ Bail Reform Strikes Again: Judge Frees Fair Lawn Woman Accused Of Shooting Man In Face
NJ Bail Reform Strikes Again: Judge Frees Fair Lawn Woman Accused Of Shooting Man In Face Police were shocked to learn that a Fair Lawn woman charged with attempted murder after authorities said she shot a man in the face was released from jail over the weekend. Sharese Peeples spent nine days in the Bergen County Jail before a judge ordered her release with conditions, pending further court action, under New Jersey's 2017 bail reform law. "We’re usually quiet about this stuff, but the [law enforcement community] is just shocked," one said. "We get that there are people who can't afford bail, and so [bail reform] lets them stay out and work," the officer told Daily Voice. "But …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Police Seek Help Finding Hit-Run SUV That Struck Bicyclist In Tenafly Police Seek Help Finding Hit-Run SUV That Struck Bicyclist In Tenafly Police Seek Help Finding Hit-Run SUV That Struck Bicyclist In Tenafly
Police Seek Help Finding Hit-Run SUV That Struck Bicyclist In Tenafly UPDATE: A self-employed garment salesman from Cresskill was behind the wheel of a hit-and-run vehicle that injured a bicyclist in Tenafly this past weekend, said authorities who arrested him. A witness captured the license plate of the fleeing vehicle and reported it to police, leading to the arrest of 61-year-old Peter Lee, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said Thursday. Lee was driving recklessly when he struck the 28-year-old victim at 4:15 p.m. on County Road, Calo said interviews with witnesses and surveillance video shows. Surveillance video from a local business shows ano…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
2nd Discovery Of Swastikas At Pascack Valley HS In 6 Weeks Comes At Particularly Troubling Time 2nd Discovery Of Swastikas At Pascack Valley HS In 6 Weeks Comes At Particularly Troubling Time 2nd Discovery Of Swastikas At Pascack Valley HS In 6 Weeks Comes At Particularly Troubling Time
2nd Discovery Of Swastikas At Pascack Valley HS In 6 Weeks Comes At Particularly Troubling Time Although some suspect the work of ignorant delinquents, the discovery of swastikas for the second time in six weeks at Pascack Valley High School comes at a time that most say makes it particularly troubling. Most notably, there was the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting – the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in U.S. history – by a man who authorities said posted Nazi symbols online. Before that, there were the five swastikas found drawn in shaving cream outside Jewish homes on a Haworth street on Halloween morning. And there was a recent report that incidents of swastika painting have increased t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Waldwick Police Revive OD'd Van Driver At Intersection Waldwick Police Revive OD'd Van Driver At Intersection Waldwick Police Revive OD'd Van Driver At Intersection
Waldwick Police Revive OD'd Van Driver At Intersection A trio of Waldwick police officers revived a heroin-carrying driver who passed out from an overdose behind the wheel of a van stopped at an intersection, authorities said Saturday. Sgt. David Passaretti and Officers Dylan Ritondale and Michael Sinclair began CPR after finding the 30-year-old driver on the ground next to the van, which was stopped at Sheridan Avenue and East Prospect Street, just before 2 p.m. Friday, Lt. Thomas J. Dowling said. He was unresponsive, with a faint pulse, the lieutenant said. Once the officers revived him, the driver was taken to The Valley Hospital, Dowling s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Paramus Schools Chief Reaches Out To Parents After Judge Releases Fatal Bus Crash Video Paramus Schools Chief Reaches Out To Parents After Judge Releases Fatal Bus Crash Video Paramus Schools Chief Reaches Out To Parents After Judge Releases Fatal Bus Crash Video
Paramus Schools Chief Reaches Out To Parents After Judge Releases Fatal Bus Crash Video Paramus district officials immediately reached out to parents after learning that a judge ordered New Jersey State Police to release a traffic camera video of a May bus crash that killed a borough middle school student and one of her teachers. Daily Voice won't be publishing the video out of concern for its readers. Gannett Co., the parent company of NorthJersey.com., sued for access to the video -- recorded by a state Department of Transportation traffic camera -- after State Police refused. In a message to readers on Friday, Gannett wrote: "Our reasons were twofold: As journalists, we m…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
84 Busted In Paterson Drug Sweep, 930 Heroin Bags, 259 Crack Vials Seized 84 Busted In Paterson Drug Sweep, 930 Heroin Bags, 259 Crack Vials Seized 84 Busted In Paterson Drug Sweep, 930 Heroin Bags, 259 Crack Vials Seized
84 Busted In Paterson Drug Sweep, 930 Heroin Bags, 259 Crack Vials Seized A staggering 84 people were arrested in a multi-pronged Paterson drug sweep prompted by citizens’ complaints. City Narcotics Division detectives led the Auburn Street initiative, which turned up 930 glassine envelopes of heroin, 259 vials of crack and five ounces of cocaine, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. They also seized more than $1,900 in drug proceeds, Speziale said. The sweep focused on both dealers and buyers in “a well-known location where many drug arrests have occurred,” the director said. The accused dealers, all of Paterson, included: Christian Cody, 24; Chandra Edwards…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Three Mahwah Family Members Nabbed In Pot Distribution Bust Three Mahwah Family Members Nabbed In Pot Distribution Bust Three Mahwah Family Members Nabbed In Pot Distribution Bust
Three Mahwah Family Members Nabbed In Pot Distribution Bust A Mahwah man and his parents were charged with having various bags of pot for sale in their house, authorities said. Following an investigation sparked by a tip, Detective Sgt. Kevin Hebert, Detectives Eric Larsen and Michael Grassi and Sgt. Timothy O'Hara stopped a 2015 Dodge Ram pickup truck driven by 24-year-old David J. Blue on Konight Court, Police Chief James Batelli said Friday. Speaking with Blue, they “quickly noticed a strong odor of raw marijuana emanating from the vehicle,” the chief said. After finding Blue carrying a vape containing a cartridge of THC, the officers searched t…

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