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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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
PD: Worker Injured After Falling Through Roof Of Fair Lawn Auto Dealership Was On Cleanup Job PD: Worker Injured After Falling Through Roof Of Fair Lawn Auto Dealership Was On Cleanup Job PD: Worker Injured After Falling Through Roof Of Fair Lawn Auto Dealership Was On Cleanup Job
PD: Worker Injured After Falling Through Roof Of Fair Lawn Auto Dealership Was On Cleanup Job UPDATE: A member of a crew cleaning up trash on the roof of a Fair Lawn auto dealership Sunday morning tripped and fell 25 feet through a skylight to the showroom below, authorities said. The worker -- a New York man working for Eagle Construction of Haledon -- sustained a head injury after the noontime mishap at Glen Toyota, police Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Police forced their way into the Maple Avenue dealership, which is closed on Sundays, to get to him, Metzler said. The Fair Lawn Volunteer Ambulance Corps took him to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson, the sergeant said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Wayne Schools Locked Down: Fugitive Burglar, Accomplice Caught After Home Break-In Wayne Schools Locked Down: Fugitive Burglar, Accomplice Caught After Home Break-In Wayne Schools Locked Down: Fugitive Burglar, Accomplice Caught After Home Break-In
Wayne Schools Locked Down: Fugitive Burglar, Accomplice Caught After Home Break-In One burglar claimed he’d been carjacked while another fought furiously with police who chased him down after the pair broke into a Wayne home and stole a TV, jewelry and watches, authorities said. Area schools were locked down after a neighbor reported the Sherwood Street burglary just before noon Friday, Detective Capt. Laurence Martin said. Off-duty Detective Mike Polifrone was leaving an extra-duty assignment when he spotted the burglars’ fleeing car and pulled it over on Alps Road at McDonald Drive, Martin said. In the back seat of the beige Honda Accord he saw a Vizio TV. The lone oc…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Cabbie Captures Illegal Immigrant With Knife Who Robbed Woman At Cliffside Park Bus Stop Cabbie Captures Illegal Immigrant With Knife Who Robbed Woman At Cliffside Park Bus Stop Cabbie Captures Illegal Immigrant With Knife Who Robbed Woman At Cliffside Park Bus Stop
Cabbie Captures Illegal Immigrant With Knife Who Robbed Woman At Cliffside Park Bus Stop HERO: A courageous cab driver chased down and captured an illegal immigrant who’d just robbed a woman at knifepoint at a Cliffside Park bus stop early Monday, authorities said. The 53-year-old victim at first thought that Elias Guarcas, 30, was trying to catch the bus as he ran toward her on Palisade Avenue near the corner of Day Avenue just after 6:30 a.m., Lt. Vincent Capano said. “Then he stopped, pulled out a knife and told her to give him all her money,” Capano said. “All she had was $10 in her hand, so he grabbed that,” the lieutenant said. “Then he demanded a black bag she had wrapp…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Driver Reaching For Dropped Cell Phone Slams Van Into Waldwick Service Station, Police Charge Driver Reaching For Dropped Cell Phone Slams Van Into Waldwick Service Station, Police Charge Driver Reaching For Dropped Cell Phone Slams Van Into Waldwick Service Station, Police Charge
Driver Reaching For Dropped Cell Phone Slams Van Into Waldwick Service Station, Police Charge UPDATE: A driver reaching down to pick up his dropped cell phone sent a van crashing into a Waldwick service station Monday morning, knocking out a chunk of the building, police said. The driver, who wasn’t injured, received a summons for using his cell phone while driving, following the crash at Randy’s Auto Service on Crescent Avenue, Lt. Thomas J. Dowling said. The heating/air conditioning van “took out a section of wall that also housed the shut off switches to the gas pumps,” Dowling said. “The gas pumps shut down immediately with the crash.” Waldwick firefighters worked to stabilize …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Man Who Slashed, Stabbed Rutherford Woman Surrenders In Blood-Stained Clothes Police: Man Who Slashed, Stabbed Rutherford Woman Surrenders In Blood-Stained Clothes Police: Man Who Slashed, Stabbed Rutherford Woman Surrenders In Blood-Stained Clothes
Police: Man Who Slashed, Stabbed Rutherford Woman Surrenders In Blood-Stained Clothes UPDATE: A Jersey City man accused of repeatedly slashing and stabbing a 24-year-old Rutherford woman Monday morning was still wearing blood-stained clothing when he surrendered to authorities who charged him with attempted murder, police told Daily Voice. Family members alerted to the manhunt brought Gabriel Mercado, 22, to the Essex County Sheriff's Department in Newark, where Rutherford detectives picked him up, Capt. Patrick Feliciano said. "He was still wearing clothing with blood on it," Feliciano said. The victim was in surgery at Hackensack University Medical Center after …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgefield Park Man, 19, Shot Outside Home, Authorities Consider Possible Botched Robbery Ridgefield Park Man, 19, Shot Outside Home, Authorities Consider Possible Botched Robbery Ridgefield Park Man, 19, Shot Outside Home, Authorities Consider Possible Botched Robbery
Ridgefield Park Man, 19, Shot Outside Home, Authorities Consider Possible Botched Robbery UPDATE: Authorities were exploring the possibility that a 19-year-old Ridgefield Park man shot in the leg outside his house Sunday was targeted for a robbery. The 19-year-old victim was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center alert and conscious with a minor wound in his thigh after the Gordon Street shooting around 3:30 p.m., they said. He described his assailant as two men in their 20s, both about 5-foot-10 each with athletic buildings, village Police Lt. Joseph Rella said. One was wearing a grey hoodie and a black mask that was partially covering his face, Rella said.  The second…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
PD: Worker Injured After Falling Through Roof Of Fair Lawn Auto Dealership Was On Cleanup Job PD: Worker Injured After Falling Through Roof Of Fair Lawn Auto Dealership Was On Cleanup Job PD: Worker Injured After Falling Through Roof Of Fair Lawn Auto Dealership Was On Cleanup Job
PD: Worker Injured After Falling Through Roof Of Fair Lawn Auto Dealership Was On Cleanup Job UPDATE: A member of a crew cleaning up trash on the roof of a Fair Lawn auto dealership Sunday morning tripped and fell 25 feet through a skylight to the showroom below, authorities said. The worker -- a New York man working for Eagle Construction of Haledon -- sustained severe injuries to his head after the noontime mishap at Glen Toyota, police Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Police forced their way into the Maple Avenue dealership, which is closed on Sundays, to get to him, Metzler said. The Fair Lawn Volunteer Ambulance Corps took him to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson, the s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Breaking News
NYC College Tennis Player, 20, Dies In Fiery Cresskill Monument Crash NYC College Tennis Player, 20, Dies In Fiery Cresskill Monument Crash NYC College Tennis Player, 20, Dies In Fiery Cresskill Monument Crash
NYC College Tennis Player, 20, Dies In Fiery Cresskill Monument Crash UPDATE: A 20-year-old college tennis player from Queens was killed when his speeding vehicle slammed into the Camp Merritt Memorial Monument in Cresskill and burst into flames before dawn Saturday, authorities told Daily Voice. Video from a gas station at the circle shows the crash and explosion, which tore off the front of the 2016 Infiniti Q50, split the rest in two and hurled Christian Gloria about 75 feet just before 4:30 a.m. Gloria played tennis in high school and was listed on the ASA College team in Manhattan. "Any factors such as impairment are all still under investigation,&…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Your Community
Weather Postpones Lyndhurst Special Needs Super Bowl Weather Postpones Lyndhurst Special Needs Super Bowl Weather Postpones Lyndhurst Special Needs Super Bowl
Weather Postpones Lyndhurst Special Needs Super Bowl Thanks to a unique bond between Lyndhurst High School's football players and an appreciative group of teens, the area's only Special Needs Super Bowl kicks off on Oct. 22. The LHS varsity coaches will face members of the Special Angels recreation program in their second annual flag football game at the high school, with the varsity players guiding their young charges. The game was originally scheduled for Monday, but weather forced organizers to reschedule. Deborah Wertalik, president of the 13-year-old Special Angels program, promises an unforgettable event. “The coaches will play, and t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson Man Charged With Having Cybersex With Girl, 13 Paterson Man Charged With Having Cybersex With Girl, 13 Paterson Man Charged With Having Cybersex With Girl, 13
Paterson Man Charged With Having Cybersex With Girl, 13 A 31-year-old Paterson man had cybersex with a 13-year-old girl, said authorities who arrested him. Daquan Tyshon Thomas was arrested at his job in West Caldwell by members of the Passaic County Sheriff Richard Berdnik’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force after getting a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). Thomas “enticed [the girl] to engage in sexual activity via private communications” that were “recorded and later sent to the victim,” Berdnik said. He remained held Saturday in the Passaic County Jail, charged with two counts each of sexual …

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