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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Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Oakland Multi-Vehicle Crash: Land Rover Upended, Police Car Struck Oakland Multi-Vehicle Crash: Land Rover Upended, Police Car Struck Oakland Multi-Vehicle Crash: Land Rover Upended, Police Car Struck
Oakland Multi-Vehicle Crash: Land Rover Upended, Police Car Struck A parked Oakland police SUV was struck during a Wednesday afternoon collision involving three other vehicles. A Land Rover ended up on its side after the crash with a Toyota sedan near the intersection of Yawpo Avenue and Ramapo Valley Road. A child and an adult with minor injuries were taken to Chilton Medical Center in Pompton Plains. Three others refused medical attention, including a woman whose car was rear-ended in the multi-vehicle collision, which pushed the marked police unit nearly 50 feet into another space. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this account.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
RECOGNIZE HIM? Passaic Contractor Says Burglar Swiped Job Site Tools RECOGNIZE HIM? Passaic Contractor Says Burglar Swiped Job Site Tools RECOGNIZE HIM? Passaic Contractor Says Burglar Swiped Job Site Tools
Recognize HIM? Passaic Contractor Says Burglar Swiped Job Site Tools A surveillance photo shows a man who a contractor says stole nearly $1,000 worth of plumbing tools from a Passaic job site. Workers who discovered the tools missing from the locked Gregory Avenue building first thing Monday morning immediately checked surveillance video, the contractor said. Several cameras captured the suspect's image from around 8:30 p.m. Friday, he said.  If you see or recognize him, please call Angelo Scalo: (973) 896-2556.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Jurors Convict 4 In Dog-Fighting Ring That Stretched From NJ To New Mexico Jurors Convict 4 In Dog-Fighting Ring That Stretched From NJ To New Mexico Jurors Convict 4 In Dog-Fighting Ring That Stretched From NJ To New Mexico
Jurors Convict 4 In Dog-Fighting Ring That Stretched From NJ To New Mexico Federal jurors needed six hours of deliberations to convict four men for their roles in a multi-state dog-fighting ring that stretched from New Jersey to New Mexico -- with various states in-between. The quartet conspired to “sponsor and exhibit dogs in animal fighting ventures and to buy, sell, possess, train, transport, deliver and receive dogs for purposes of having the dogs participate in animal fighting ventures,” U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said Wednesday. “Dog fighting is vicious and cruel,” Carpenito said. “And beyond the needless suffering it inflicts on animals, it exacts a toll…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
On Your Side
Everything Old Is New Again: Home Furnishings Shop Opens In Lyndhurst Everything Old Is New Again: Home Furnishings Shop Opens In Lyndhurst Everything Old Is New Again: Home Furnishings Shop Opens In Lyndhurst
Everything Old Is New Again: Home Furnishings Shop Opens In Lyndhurst Believing that a simple gesture can make a huge difference, Lyndhurst’s Lauren DiGioia Kapp aims to revive the downtown home furnishings business. Away from the cluttered, oversized highway discounters, Kapp will christen her Butterfly Effect Furnishings shop on Stuyvesant Avenue in Lyndhurst with an Oct. 27 grand opening. “I’ve had a passion for repurposing home decor, being creative and doing things on a budget,” the 36-year-old North Arlington native said. “I grew up learning how to make something old and beat up relevant to your own style. “My parents both loved turning something unlov…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
RECOGNIZE HIM? Suspect Wanted For Car Burglaries In Rochelle Park, Maywood, Hackensack RECOGNIZE HIM? Suspect Wanted For Car Burglaries In Rochelle Park, Maywood, Hackensack RECOGNIZE HIM? Suspect Wanted For Car Burglaries In Rochelle Park, Maywood, Hackensack
Recognize HIM? Suspect Wanted For Car Burglaries In Rochelle Park, Maywood, Hackensack Surveillance photos of a man wanted for burglarizing cars in Rochelle Park, Maywood and Hackensack and then using stolen credit cards were released Wednesday in the hopes that someone can identify him. The suspect, who had a young male accomplice, is in his 20s, slim, with a large tattoo on his arm, Rochelle Park Police Sgt. James DePreta said. He was seen wearing a large gold chain, medallion and bracelet. “He’s wanted for crimes committed over the weekend of Oct. 6,” DePreta said. If you see or know him, please call Rochelle Park PD: (201) 843-1515.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Garfield High School Shutdown: Instagram Shooting Rumor Unfounded, Police Say Garfield High School Shutdown: Instagram Shooting Rumor Unfounded, Police Say Garfield High School Shutdown: Instagram Shooting Rumor Unfounded, Police Say
Garfield High School Shutdown: Instagram Shooting Rumor Unfounded, Police Say An Instagram post that closed Garfield High School for the day and canceled all afternoon athletic events Tuesday proved unfounded, authorities said. City detectives found the source of the Monday post, which read: "So I just heard someone threaded[sic] to shoot up the school tomorrow, no funny, spread the word ghs students!!!!""Through the investigation that continued into Tuesday, it was determined that there was no credible threat," Capt. Darren Sucorowski said. School administrators alerted police Monday night after someone spotted the post. Eventually, the Board of…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Two Hospitalized In Route 17 Crash With Tractor-Trailer, Box Truck In Saddle River Two Hospitalized In Route 17 Crash With Tractor-Trailer, Box Truck In Saddle River Two Hospitalized In Route 17 Crash With Tractor-Trailer, Box Truck In Saddle River
Two Hospitalized In Route 17 Crash With Tractor-Trailer, Box Truck In Saddle River Two people were hospitalized after a crash involving a tractor-trailer, a box truck and a Nissan Maxima on southbound Route 17 in Saddle River spun the sedan around. The sedan’s occupants were taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood with injuries that responders said weren’t life-threatening after the crash near East Allendale Avenue. The two truckers weren’t injured, they said. Separate tow trucks removed all three vehicles. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this account.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Children's Section Of Ridgefield Library Named For Beloved Firefighter Who Died In Line Of Duty Children's Section Of Ridgefield Library Named For Beloved Firefighter Who Died In Line Of Duty Children's Section Of Ridgefield Library Named For Beloved Firefighter Who Died In Line Of Duty
Children's Section Of Ridgefield Library Named For Beloved Firefighter Who Died In Line Of Duty TRIBUTE: Ridgefield Firefighter Michael McLaughlin was 51 when he answered his final alarm: While operating the tower ladder at a two-alarm blaze in 1996, the 10-year department veteran suffered a fatal heart attack. Loved ones, colleagues and grateful citizens proudly carry McLaughlin's memory – and now the children’s section of the borough library carries his name. McLaughlin’s death “was a huge blow to the department,” Fire Chief Michael Kees said at a dedication ceremony Monday night. “Mike was the guy everyone looked up to and was always glad to have around." Kees and McLaughlin’…

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by David Brierty & Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
SEEN HIM? Out-Of-Country Victim Scares Off Cliffside Park Burglar Through Security Video Chat SEEN HIM? Out-Of-Country Victim Scares Off Cliffside Park Burglar Through Security Video Chat SEEN HIM? Out-Of-Country Victim Scares Off Cliffside Park Burglar Through Security Video Chat
Seen HIM? Out-Of-Country Victim Scares Off Cliffside Park Burglar Through Security Video Chat SEEN HIM? Cliffside Park police are asking the public to help identify a burglar who was scared off when the victim spoke to him via security video chat. The man in the photo used a screwdriver to break into an apartment at 307 Gorge Road – at the corner of Walker Street – this past summer, Lt. Vincent Capano said. The victim was out of the country but has a surveillance camera that allowed him to talk to the intruder after he broke in just after 2 p.m. Aug. 23, Capano said. When he said he was calling the police, the burglar bolted, he said. The lieutenant asked that anyone who knows or …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
ICE Slaps Detainer On Ecuadorian National Charged With Having Sex With Palisades Park Pre-Teen ICE Slaps Detainer On Ecuadorian National Charged With Having Sex With Palisades Park Pre-Teen ICE Slaps Detainer On Ecuadorian National Charged With Having Sex With Palisades Park Pre-Teen
ICE Slaps Detainer On Ecuadorian National Charged With Having Sex With Palisades Park Pre-Teen ICE on Monday placed a detainer on an Ecuadorian national who was jailed after authorities charged him with repeatedly having sex with a Palisades Park pre-teen. Jose Tenecela, a 32-year-old day laborer, became a suspect after Palisades Park police received a tip that he’d had sex with the youngster over a three-year period, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. An investigation by Calo’s Special Victims Unit and borough police led to his arrest Friday on charges of aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault by contact and child endangerment, the prosecutor said. Tenecela won’t …

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