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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Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgewood Mom: Thief Rang Up $1,000 In Mahwah, Wyckoff Library Fines Using Son’s Card Ridgewood Mom: Thief Rang Up $1,000 In Mahwah, Wyckoff Library Fines Using Son’s Card Ridgewood Mom: Thief Rang Up $1,000 In Mahwah, Wyckoff Library Fines Using Son’s Card
Ridgewood Mom: Thief Rang Up $1,000 In Mahwah, Wyckoff Library Fines Using Son’s Card A Ridgewood mom was facing $1,000 in fines from public libraries in Mahwah and Wyckoff for overdue items that she said were checked out by someone using her 12-year-old son’s library card. The Mountain Avenue resident said the unknown thief someone got hold of her son’s card and checked out 46 items from the two libraries in a single day. She was on the hook for the fines until she could prove otherwise, she said. Police in Mahwah and Wyckoff were investigating.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: Female Totowa Driver, 83, Killed In Head-On Wayne Rollover Crash UPDATE: Female Totowa Driver, 83, Killed In Head-On Wayne Rollover Crash UPDATE: Female Totowa Driver, 83, Killed In Head-On Wayne Rollover Crash
Update: Female Totowa Driver, 83, Killed In Head-On Wayne Rollover Crash UPDATE: An 83-year-old Totowa driver was killed when her car crossed the double-yellow line and slammed head-on into an oncoming vehicle in Wayne early Saturday evening, authorities said Sunday morning. Township police conducted CPR on Marcelina Carino within minutes of the 5:44 p.m. crash on Valley Road near Birchwood Terrace, but she was pronounced dead soon after, responders told Daily Voice. Carino was behind the wheel of a northbound 2012 Honda Civic that crossed the double-yellow lines and crashed into another vehicle, which struck a third and overturned, they said. The occupants of …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Lyndhurst Building In Danger Of Collapse After Pickup Slams Into Storefront Lyndhurst Building In Danger Of Collapse After Pickup Slams Into Storefront Lyndhurst Building In Danger Of Collapse After Pickup Slams Into Storefront
Lyndhurst Building In Danger Of Collapse After Pickup Slams Into Storefront A Lyndhurst building was deemed in danger of collapse after a pickup truck slammed into a storefront Saturday night. "We're concerned about a possible collapse," Police Chief James O'Connor told Daily Voice.  "The building was evacuated of all tenants, all utilities have been cut and the road has been closed until a structural engineer can inspect it," the chief said. The 43-year-old Lyndhurst driver told police he looked down at a piece of paper for a moment as he headed south on Stuyvesant Avenue around 9:40 p.m., O'Connor said. The pickup crossed over, mounted the c…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
100+ Boy Scouts Witness Air, Water Search For Female GWB Jumper 100+ Boy Scouts Witness Air, Water Search For Female GWB Jumper 100+ Boy Scouts Witness Air, Water Search For Female GWB Jumper
100+ Boy Scouts Witness Air, Water Search For Female GWB Jumper As more than 100 Boy Scouts looked on, authorities searched the Hudson River Saturday night for a woman who jumped from the George Washington Bridge. Air and water craft began searching the river after her car was found abandoned in the middle of the bridge's lower level.  A short time later, a recovery effort was launched. The upper level has a suicide-prevention fence. The lower level doesn't. The youngsters were at an annual retreat sponsored by the Newark Catholic Committee on Scouting at Ross Dock picnic area along the river in the Fort Lee section of Palisades Interstate Park. The …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Driver Ignores Cones After Paramus Route 17 Crash, Injures Bergen Sheriff's Officer Driver Ignores Cones After Paramus Route 17 Crash, Injures Bergen Sheriff's Officer Driver Ignores Cones After Paramus Route 17 Crash, Injures Bergen Sheriff's Officer
Driver Ignores Cones After Paramus Route 17 Crash, Injures Bergen Sheriff's Officer A Bergen County sheriff's officer on an overnight traffic accident detail on Route 17 in Paramus was fine briefly hospitalized after a motorist went through the cones and struck his vehicle, authorities said. The initial crash involved a tractor-trailer and another vehicle on the northbound highway near A&S Drive around 3 a.m. A fuel spill had to be cleaned up after the wreckage was cleared, requiring cones to be placed to close two lanes, borough police said. Around 4:30, a driver headed up the highway went through the blocked area and struck Bergen County Sheriff's Officer Robert Dub…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Police Don't Know ID Of Victim Struck, Killed By SUV In Elmwood Park, Seek Public's Help Police Don't Know ID Of Victim Struck, Killed By SUV In Elmwood Park, Seek Public's Help Police Don't Know ID Of Victim Struck, Killed By SUV In Elmwood Park, Seek Public's Help
Police Don't Know ID Of Victim Struck, Killed By SUV In Elmwood Park, Seek Public's Help Elmwood Park police asked the public for help Saturday morning identifying a man who was struck and killed the night before on a notorious stretch of Broadway (Route 4) where another man was killed just a month earlier. The victim was struck by an eastbound 2014 Ford Explorer near the 7-Eleven and Orange Avenue around 10 p.m., Police Chief Michael Foligno said. He was pronounced dead at the scene, Foligno said. The Bergen County Prosecutor's Fatal Accident Investigations Unit responded along with the county sheriff's Burea of Criminal Identification, which collected evidence. The chief de…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Elmwood Park Police Identify Pedestrian Killed Crossing Route 4 Elmwood Park Police Identify Pedestrian Killed Crossing Route 4 Elmwood Park Police Identify Pedestrian Killed Crossing Route 4
Elmwood Park Police Identify Pedestrian Killed Crossing Route 4 Elmwood Park police on Sunday identified a 47-year-old Paterson man struck and killed Friday night on Broadway (Route 4). A family member identified Edier Lopez at the Bergen County Medical Examiner's Office, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. "Our hearts and prayers go out to the family during this difficult time," the chief said.  Edier was struck by an eastbound 2014 Ford Explorer near the 7-Eleven and Orange Avenue around 10 p.m. Friday, Foligno said. He was pronounced dead at the scene, the chief said. The Bergen County Prosecutor's Fatal Accident Investigations Unit respo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Elmwood Park PD: Fleeing Tenafly Driver Who Nearly Dragged Officer Caught Elmwood Park PD: Fleeing Tenafly Driver Who Nearly Dragged Officer Caught Elmwood Park PD: Fleeing Tenafly Driver Who Nearly Dragged Officer Caught
Elmwood Park PD: Fleeing Tenafly Driver Who Nearly Dragged Officer Caught Elmwood Park police tracked down and arrested a Tenafly motorist who they said sped off, nearly dragging a uniformed officer with him, following a Friday morning traffic stop. William Ennis, 27, was charged with aggravated assault on a police officer, eluding and obstruction of justice. Officers Joseph Pride and Keith Hartmann stopped the vehicle on River Drive near Slater Drive around 11:30 a.m., Police Chief Michael Foligno said. Ennis “quickly became uncooperative… and refused to comply with specific instructions,” he said. “As the situation escalated, [Pride] ordered [Ennis] out of th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Two Hawthorne Crashes: New Jeep Collides With Sedan On Route 208 In One Two Hawthorne Crashes: New Jeep Collides With Sedan On Route 208 In One Two Hawthorne Crashes: New Jeep Collides With Sedan On Route 208 In One
Two Hawthorne Crashes: New Jeep Collides With Sedan On Route 208 In One A driver was hospitalized with a head injury after a chain-reaction crash Friday on southbound Route 208 in Hawthorne.  A Jeep and a sedan were removed by tow trucks after they collided near the Lincoln Avenue overpass. The victim was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson. Three occupants in another two-vehicle crash in front of the ballfields on Wagaraw Road late Friday afternoon received medical attention at the scene and refused hospitalization. A tow truck removed a sedan involved in the crash. Michael Jannicelli contributed to this account. ****** ALSO SEE: An …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities: Hawthorne Blimpie's Fire Set By Owner Authorities: Hawthorne Blimpie's Fire Set By Owner Authorities: Hawthorne Blimpie's Fire Set By Owner
Authorities: Hawthorne Blimpie's Fire Set By Owner An arson fire at a Blimpie’s sandwich shop in Hawthorne two months ago was set by the owner, authorities charged. Robert Pinero, 34, of North Bergen was arrested Friday and charged with aggravated arson and conspiracy, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Hawthorne Police Chief Richard McAuliffe said in a joint release. Pinero and another man entered the strip mall store on Wagaraw Road just before 1 a.m. Aug. 18, minutes before the fire call came in, Valdes and McAuliffe said. Investigators found “number points of origin, as well as what appeared to be an incendiary device,” th…

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