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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West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
Private Passaic County Pilot Convicted Of Smuggling Kilos Of Cocaine In, $7.5M Out Private Passaic County Pilot Convicted Of Smuggling Kilos Of Cocaine In, $7.5M Out Private Passaic County Pilot Convicted Of Smuggling Kilos Of Cocaine In, $7.5M Out
Private Passaic County Pilot Convicted Of Smuggling Kilos Of Cocaine In, $7.5M Out Federal jurors convicted a private "cash jet" pilot from Ringwood of bringing hundreds of kilos of cocaine into New Jersey and New York, then laundering more than $7.5 million in proceeds back to Guyana. Khamraj Lall, 51, of Ringwood “used the proceeds of his cocaine empire” to buy jets, homes and cars, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said Friday. “He also paid more than $2 million in cash stuffed in suitcases to a Florida contractor to build an airplane hangar in Guyana,” Carpenito said. The Guyanese-born Lall -- who owned a private jet charter business called Exec Jet Club in Gai…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
VIDEO (RECOGNIZE HIM?): Broad-Daylight Bandit Robs Englewood 's New Rita's Ice, Reward Offered VIDEO (RECOGNIZE HIM?): Broad-Daylight Bandit Robs Englewood 's New Rita's Ice, Reward Offered VIDEO (RECOGNIZE HIM?): Broad-Daylight Bandit Robs Englewood 's New Rita's Ice, Reward Offered
Video (Recognize HIM?): Broad-Daylight Bandit Robs Englewood 's New Rita's Ice, Reward Offered Englewood's business district was busy when a brazen robber held up the newly-opened Rita's Italian Ice shop -- in full view of surveillance cameras. Wearing a hoodie and shorts, the robber entered the shop on bustling West Palisade Avenue around 1:15 p.m. Saturday carrying a large knife, Detective Capt. Tim Torell said. "He jumped over the counter, demanded money, then forced the register open, grabbed a handful of cash and took off," Torell said. The owner, who came out from in back, briefly scuffled with the robber, who broke free before stumbling on the way out and dropping t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority Police: GWB E-ZPass Toll Evader Owes $20,000+ Port Authority Police: GWB E-ZPass Toll Evader Owes $20,000+ Port Authority Police: GWB E-ZPass Toll Evader Owes $20,000+
Port Authority Police: GWB E-zpass Toll Evader Owes $20,000+ A driver caught blowing through E-ZPass at the George Washington Bridge owed more than $20,000 in tolls, authorities said. Juan Gutierrez, 33, of the Bronx was behind the wheel of a black Honda Pilot stopped just before 7 a.m Tuesday, said Lenis Rodrigues, a spokeswoman for Port Authority police said. PAPD police found that he had three outstanding E-ZPass accounts totaling $20,089 owed in tolls and fees combined. They arrested Gutierrez, issued him a summons charging him with theft of services and toll evasion and released him pending a hearing.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: Driver Captured, Charged In Route 46 Road Rage Shooting In Elmwood Park UPDATE: Driver Captured, Charged In Route 46 Road Rage Shooting In Elmwood Park UPDATE: Driver Captured, Charged In Route 46 Road Rage Shooting In Elmwood Park
Update: Driver Captured, Charged In Route 46 Road Rage Shooting In Elmwood Park UPDATE: Passaic County sheriff's officers captured a driver who police said fired a shot into another motorist's door during a road-rage incident Thursday afternoon on westbound Route 46 in Elmwood Park. They also recovered the 9mm handgun that was used, Police Chief Michael Foligno told Daily Voice. Joseph Ortiz, 22, of Paterson, was turned over to Elmwood Park police following the shooting just before 3 p.m. near the intersection of the highway and Boulevard, Foligno said. Sheriff's officers found him on Canal Street in Paterson, the chief said. A short time earlier, Ortiz got into an a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
SERIOUS INJURIES: Driver Putting On Sweatshirt Causes Head-On Franklin Lakes Crash, Police Say SERIOUS INJURIES: Driver Putting On Sweatshirt Causes Head-On Franklin Lakes Crash, Police Say SERIOUS INJURIES: Driver Putting On Sweatshirt Causes Head-On Franklin Lakes Crash, Police Say
Serious Injuries: Driver Putting On Sweatshirt Causes Head-On Franklin Lakes Crash, Police Say A teen driver was trying to put on a sweatshirt Thursday morning when her Jeep veered into oncoming traffic and slammed into a sedan, sending her and the other driver to the hospital with serious injuries, Franklin Lakes police said. Jessica Schlam, 19, of Franklin Lakes “was having difficulty” putting on the shirt when her 2017 Jeep Renegade veered across the double-yellow lane on northbound Pulis Avenue and rammed a 2017 Nissan Maxima driven by Mary Gaffney, 52, of Mahwah just before 7:30 a.m., Capt. John Bakelaar said. The Maxima “was pushed backwards off to the right side of the roadway…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen County Worker, 75, Hospitalized After Heart Attack At Darlington Park Bergen County Worker, 75, Hospitalized After Heart Attack At Darlington Park Bergen County Worker, 75, Hospitalized After Heart Attack At Darlington Park
Bergen County Worker, 75, Hospitalized After Heart Attack At Darlington Park A 75-year-old Bergen County employee who had a heart attack behind the wheel of a county vehicle Thursday afternoon at Darlington County Park in Mahwah was later revived at the hospital, authorities said. The New Milford man was driving a pickup truck that "went off the path and into some brush" on a road along the golf course just after 3 p.m., township police Capt. Stuart Blank said. Responders said they conducted CPR, administered several shocks from a defibrillator and continued to do so while taking the victim to Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern. The victim's daughter and …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Thank Facebook: Norwood Police ID Lost Woman, Family En Route From Philly Thank Facebook: Norwood Police ID Lost Woman, Family En Route From Philly Thank Facebook: Norwood Police ID Lost Woman, Family En Route From Philly
Thank Facebook: Norwood Police ID Lost Woman, Family En Route From Philly Norwood police trying to identify a lost, confused woman who turned up in town used various identification and missing-persons databases – even facial recognition technology – and in the end got a quick return from Facebook. “There were more than 700,000 hits,” Police Chief Jeffrey Krapels said. “A woman in Nebraska saw it and contacted us.” The wayward 60-something woman, whom borough DPW workers found sitting on a Livingston Street bench earlier this week, is “completely non-verbal,” Krapels said. She’d been missing for six months, he said. The woman – whose identity was being withheld …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Arrest Made In Ambush Paintball Attack On Paterson Boy, 14, At Front Door Arrest Made In Ambush Paintball Attack On Paterson Boy, 14, At Front Door Arrest Made In Ambush Paintball Attack On Paterson Boy, 14, At Front Door
Arrest Made In Ambush Paintball Attack On Paterson Boy, 14, At Front Door Authorities charged a 21-year-old Paterson man with seriously injuring a 14-year-old city boy by blasting him with a paintball gun at his front door. Edwin I. Perez surrendered to police Thursday morning after shooting the boy 20 to 25 times at close range on Monday in the area of 11th Avenue, authorities said. He was charged with aggravated assault, child endangerment and weapons offenses and ordered to appear in Central Judicial Processing Court in Paterson Thursday afternoon, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Troy Oswald said in a joint release. Brian…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: Ex-Con Captured, Charged In Route 46 Road Rage Shooting In Elmwood Park UPDATE: Ex-Con Captured, Charged In Route 46 Road Rage Shooting In Elmwood Park UPDATE: Ex-Con Captured, Charged In Route 46 Road Rage Shooting In Elmwood Park
Update: Ex-Con Captured, Charged In Route 46 Road Rage Shooting In Elmwood Park UPDATE: Passaic County sheriff's officers captured a 22-year-old ex-con who police said fired a shot into another driver's door during a road-rage incident Thursday afternoon on westbound Route 46 in Elmwood Park. They also recovered the 9mm handgun that was used, Police Chief Michael Foligno told Daily Voice. A judge ordered that Joseph Ortiz of Paterson remain held in the Bergen County Jail on first-degree attempted murder, aggravated assault and various weapons charges -- including being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. Passaic County sheriff's officers found Ortiz on Canal…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
SEEN THEM? Video Shows Convenience Store Burglars Stealing Cash, Smokes, Lottery Tickets SEEN THEM? Video Shows Convenience Store Burglars Stealing Cash, Smokes, Lottery Tickets SEEN THEM? Video Shows Convenience Store Burglars Stealing Cash, Smokes, Lottery Tickets
Seen Them? Video Shows Convenience Store Burglars Stealing Cash, Smokes, Lottery Tickets In-the-act surveillance video shows two members of a burglary crew who Fairview police said stole cash, cigarettes and scratch-off lottery tickets -- some of them winners -- from a trio of borough convenience stores. The burglarized delis -- Good News (twice) Big Max and Fair Ridge -- are all on Bergen Boulevard, Lt. Michael Martic said. Each time, the bandits pried open the front door, then stole the scratch-off tickets, cartons of cigarettes, cash and even cash registers, he said. Some of the tickets were cashed – for no more than $50 – but others were voided in time to prevent the thiev…

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