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
Cold Case Nearly Closed: Wayne Detective Busts 2, Seeks Third In Pre-Dawn Bakery Robbery Cold Case Nearly Closed: Wayne Detective Busts 2, Seeks Third In Pre-Dawn Bakery Robbery Cold Case Nearly Closed: Wayne Detective Busts 2, Seeks Third In Pre-Dawn Bakery Robbery
Cold Case Nearly Closed: Wayne Detective Busts 2, Seeks Third In Pre-Dawn Bakery Robbery A Wayne police detective working a 5-year-old local bakery robbery assembled the pieces that led to charges against two Paterson men, as authorities continue the search for a third suspect. Detective David Hoppe pored over “all the files of evidence along with interviews of witness and suspects” stemming from the 3:55 a.m. Valentine’s Day 2013 holdup of Gencarelli’s Bakery on Valley Road by three armed men, Detective Capt. Laurence Martin said Friday. Hoppe then charged Raul Revilla, 34, of Paterson in June with robbery, burglary, theft, conspiracy and various weapons counts, Martin said. …

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Driver, 58, Gets Worst Of Elmwood Park Brawl With Passaic Sheriff's Detectives Driver, 58, Gets Worst Of Elmwood Park Brawl With Passaic Sheriff's Detectives Driver, 58, Gets Worst Of Elmwood Park Brawl With Passaic Sheriff's Detectives
Driver, 58, Gets Worst Of Elmwood Park Brawl With Passaic Sheriff's Detectives A 58-year-old Paterson driver got the worst of a brawl with Passaic County sheriff’s detectives who chased him to Elmwood Park following a drug deal, authorities said. The investigators watched as Roger Gulbrandsen stopped a Range Rover in front of a storefront on Main Street in Paterson, where another driver, 23-year-old Dean M.Kousa from Wayne, had parked a short time earlier, Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. After a brief drug deal with Kousa’s passenger, 20-year-old Adam I. Omar of Fair Lawn, Omar, Gulbrandsen sped off, followed by Detective Sgt. Americo Escobar and Detectives Joseph Ro…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Searchers Recover Body Of Hackensack Swimmer Who Drowned In River Searchers Recover Body Of Hackensack Swimmer Who Drowned In River Searchers Recover Body Of Hackensack Swimmer Who Drowned In River
Searchers Recover Body Of Hackensack Swimmer Who Drowned In River Searchers Tuesday afternoon recovered the body of Jose Cortez from the Hackensack River, whose friends told police he drowned while trying to swim across to Bogota. The 39-year-old's body was recovered from behind the Costco just before 3 p.m. -- 48 hours after he went under -- and was being removed. Searchers pinpointed it early Monday evening but were unable to retrieve it due to the current. "Between the tide and the darkness [they] just couldn’t get him -- it’s all muck," one responder said. They waited until the 2:30 p.m. low tide, then were able to retrieve the body. Friends told p…

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Police: Glen Rock HS Student Tries To Sell Adderall On Snapchat Police: Glen Rock HS Student Tries To Sell Adderall On Snapchat Police: Glen Rock HS Student Tries To Sell Adderall On Snapchat
Police: Glen Rock HS Student Tries To Sell Adderall On Snapchat A 17-year-old Glen Rock High School student was caught trying to sell Adderall online, borough police said Tuesday. School administrators helped identify the teen, who “sent SnapChat messages to numerous students attempting to sell Adderall tablets, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. “It was determined that the Adderall had been prescribed to the student…who subsequently attempted to sell some of the tablets for a profit,” the chief said. Police filed a delinquency complaint against the student, who was released to a parent pending a hearing in the Family Part of Superior Court in Hackens…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen Tech Students Make Donated Humvee Street Legal For Hackensack Police Department Bergen Tech Students Make Donated Humvee Street Legal For Hackensack Police Department Bergen Tech Students Make Donated Humvee Street Legal For Hackensack Police Department
Bergen Tech Students Make Donated Humvee Street Legal For Hackensack Police Department Doing their part for public safety, a group of students in the Bergen County Technical School Basic Auto Body Class helped convert a donated Humvee to join the Hackensack Police Department’s fleet. The vehicles are used for high-water rescues in the city – which have been happening more frequently with the increased rainfall this year. The latest addition brings the department’s total to three and comes from Fort Dix through the LESO 1033 Program. “The students painted the vehicle as part of a school project for us,” said Officer Frank R. McCall, a traffic investigator with the department.…

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Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Duh! Wallington Thief Caught By Home Security Camera He Stole, Police Say Duh! Wallington Thief Caught By Home Security Camera He Stole, Police Say Duh! Wallington Thief Caught By Home Security Camera He Stole, Police Say
Duh! Wallington Thief Caught By Home Security Camera He Stole, Police Say One thing a thief probably shouldn't steal is a home security camera, as Wallington police demonstrated. For one thing, its very purpose is to identify anyone who doesn't belong on your property, which police said included Yimy Garcia-Medina, 38, of Fairview. The owner received cellphone alerts that someone was trying to dismantle the camera, set 10 feet up a tree in front of the Tulip Place house, Detective Capt. Shawn Kudlacik said. The owner took screenshots of Garcia-Medina -- who ended up using his own phone to try and access the camera, the captain said. Made things pretty easy for …

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Pascack Valley, NJ
Your Community
Jing-A Da Bells: Legendary Italian Christmas Song Has Sequel, Thanks To WTP Music Teacher Jing-A Da Bells: Legendary Italian Christmas Song Has Sequel, Thanks To WTP Music Teacher Jing-A Da Bells: Legendary Italian Christmas Song Has Sequel, Thanks To WTP Music Teacher
Jing-A Da Bells: Legendary Italian Christmas Song Has Sequel, Thanks To WTP Music Teacher A decades-old Christmas tune made famous by an Italian-American singer from Lyndhurst now has a big, brassy sequel that aims to "jing-a da bells" all the way. The original “Dominick the Donkey” was a novelty number recorded nearly 60 years ago by Lou Monte, a Bronx-born vocalist named Luigi Scaglione who grew up in Lyndhurst. Monte, who died in 1989, didn’t occupy the rarefied airwaves of Sinatra, Dean Martin or Connie Francis. But he did became a household name in several New Jersey neighborhoods – and across the U.S. – with the song “Pepino the Italian Mouse.” Now comes the sequel t…

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Paterson, NJ
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Wayne PD: Trio With Stolen Motorcycle All Wanted On Warrants Elsewhere Wayne PD: Trio With Stolen Motorcycle All Wanted On Warrants Elsewhere Wayne PD: Trio With Stolen Motorcycle All Wanted On Warrants Elsewhere
Wayne PD: Trio With Stolen Motorcycle All Wanted On Warrants Elsewhere Three men caught by Wayne police with a stolen motorcycle were all wanted on warrants from other towns, authorities said. Najee C. Patron, 20, of Clifton, was charged with having the stolen vehicle after police responded to a call of motorcycles racing on Clark and Kurland Streets early Saturday evening, Capt. Laurence Martin said. He was wanted out of Little Falls, Martin said. Computer checks on two others with him found that 19-year-old Michael Nunez of Clifton was wanted out of Carlstadt and Garfield, while Stephen Rodriguez, 20, was wanted out of Carlstadt, the captain said. Rodrigue…

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Northern Valley, NJ
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Haworth Police Treating 'Cabbage Night' Shaving Cream Swastikas As Bias Incident Haworth Police Treating 'Cabbage Night' Shaving Cream Swastikas As Bias Incident Haworth Police Treating 'Cabbage Night' Shaving Cream Swastikas As Bias Incident
Haworth Police Treating 'Cabbage Night' Shaving Cream Swastikas As Bias Incident UPDATE: Haworth police said they found no evidence that anyone was targeted by five swastikas drawn in shaving cream on a borough street during last week's "Cabbage Night." They nonetheless were treating the Halloween-morning discovery as a bias incident. "We wholeheartedly and completely condemn any symbol of hate," Sgt. Justin Fox said Monday. "An investigation is continuing to determine who was responsible." Following law enforcement guidelines, borough police also alerted the state Division of Criminal Justice, the State Police and the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office. The first …

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Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Crane Needed In Paramus Rollover Crane Needed In Paramus Rollover Crane Needed In Paramus Rollover
Crane Needed In Paramus Rollover A heavy-duty tow truck with a crane was needed to remove an SUV that took out a couple of traffic signs when it tumbled down an embankment Monday afternoon in Paramus. No one was injured in the Paramus Road rollover onto Bergen County parks property just after noon. Borough police and firefighters were among the responders. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this account.

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