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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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
WATCH: Video Shows Mahwah Car Thief Trying Vehicles In Resident's Driveway WATCH: Video Shows Mahwah Car Thief Trying Vehicles In Resident's Driveway WATCH: Video Shows Mahwah Car Thief Trying Vehicles In Resident's Driveway
Watch: Video Shows Mahwah Car Thief Trying Vehicles In Resident's Driveway A bandit in a hoodie, gloves and sweatpants was caught on video trying doors on vehicles in a Mahwah driveway, said police who are investigating the theft of two luxury vehicles and the attempted theft of another. Key fobs were left in a BMW X5 and a Range Rover that were stolen overnight – likely by members of an organized group operating in the tri-state area, Mahwah Police Chief James N. Batelli said. Two nights later, a township officer tried stopping a late-model Jaguar that turned out to be reported stolen driving slowly through a residential area around 2:30 a.m., Batelli said. The …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Northvale PTO President Charged With Pocketing $9,000 Of GoFundMe Money For Orphans Northvale PTO President Charged With Pocketing $9,000 Of GoFundMe Money For Orphans Northvale PTO President Charged With Pocketing $9,000 Of GoFundMe Money For Orphans
Northvale PTO President Charged With Pocketing $9,000 Of GoFundMe Money For Orphans The president of the Northvale PTO was charged with pocketing $9,000 from a GoFundMe account established for three borough children who lost both parents. Kellyanne Carney, 43, was charged with misapplication of entrusted property after the Timpanaro family alerted police. According to Police Chief William Essmann, the family's “multiple attempts to contact the suspect both telephonically and via attorney were ignored." Sources told Daily Voice the family received only $1,000 of the money that was raised for Donald and Theresa Timpanaro's three children. Donald Timpanaro died in 2011…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: 8 Vehicles Hit, Driver Seriously Hurt In Utility Pole Crash That Closed Route 17 UPDATE: 8 Vehicles Hit, Driver Seriously Hurt In Utility Pole Crash That Closed Route 17 UPDATE: 8 Vehicles Hit, Driver Seriously Hurt In Utility Pole Crash That Closed Route 17
Update: 8 Vehicles Hit, Driver Seriously Hurt In Utility Pole Crash That Closed Route 17 The 42-year-old driver of a Toyota Corolla that toppled a Route 17 pole in Upper Saddle River on Sunday, closing the highway for hours, was seriously injured in the eight-vehicle crash, authorities confirmed on Monday. Also hospitalized with lesser injuries were both of the Irvington driver's female passengers -- one 28, from Newark, and the other 47, from East Orange, Detective Lt. Edward Kane said. The downed utility pole strung wires across the entire highway, stranding hundreds of motorists without exits on the southbound roadway near the Ramsey border just before 3 p.m. Eight vehicles…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Wayne Police: Officer Sniffs Out Unlicensed Driver With 250 Bags Of Heroin Wayne Police: Officer Sniffs Out Unlicensed Driver With 250 Bags Of Heroin Wayne Police: Officer Sniffs Out Unlicensed Driver With 250 Bags Of Heroin
Wayne Police: Officer Sniffs Out Unlicensed Driver With 250 Bags Of Heroin Trash that collected below the window of a car parked outside the Kings Inn in Wayne attracted the attention of a township police officer who authorities said found the driver carrying 250 bags of heroin stamped "KING OF DEATH." Officer Adrian Sulejmani was on a safety and security detail when he spotted the car at the Route 46 motel, Detective Capt. Laurence Martin said. Approaching the driver's side, he immediately smelled marijuana, Martin said. The driver, 38-year-old Larry Pulliam of Newark, didn't have a driver's license -- but did have a partially-smoked joint and an outst…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Bail Reform: Repeat Offender Charged In Fair Lawn Daytime Burglary Freed 6x In Six Months Bail Reform: Repeat Offender Charged In Fair Lawn Daytime Burglary Freed 6x In Six Months Bail Reform: Repeat Offender Charged In Fair Lawn Daytime Burglary Freed 6x In Six Months
Bail Reform: Repeat Offender Charged In Fair Lawn Daytime Burglary Freed 6x In Six Months A 33-year-old repeat offender who was arrested and then freed six times in three counties the past six months was nabbed by Fair Lawn police minutes after breaking into a home in broad daylight and stealing jewelry, a watch and more than $700 in cash, authorities said. This time, a judge ordered that Daniel Ulisse remain held in the Bergen County Jail. A Sutherland Drive woman called police just after 1 p.m. Thursday, saying she'd just spotted one of two men who knocked on her door minutes earlier leaving a neighbor's backyard, Sgt. Brian Metzler. Police found a window pried open, Metzler …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
GSP Montvale Crash: Four Injured, Two Seriously, After BMW Overturns, Catches Fire GSP Montvale Crash: Four Injured, Two Seriously, After BMW Overturns, Catches Fire GSP Montvale Crash: Four Injured, Two Seriously, After BMW Overturns, Catches Fire
GSP Montvale Crash: Four Injured, Two Seriously, After BMW Overturns, Catches Fire Two medical choppers flew two seriously injured victims to Hackensack University Medical Center after a BMW carrying four people overturned and caught fire Sunday afternoon on the northbound Garden State Parkway in Montvale. Two other victims were transported by ambulance St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center after the rollover crash at milepost 170.6 just after 6 p.m., Trooper Alejandro Goez told Daily Voice. The northbound highway after Exit 171 remained closed as the NJSP Fatal Accident and Crime Scene Investigation units began investigating just after 7:30 p.m. Woodcliff Lake firefighte…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
PHOTOS: Utility Pole Crash Strings Wires Across Route 17, Closes Highway PHOTOS: Utility Pole Crash Strings Wires Across Route 17, Closes Highway PHOTOS: Utility Pole Crash Strings Wires Across Route 17, Closes Highway
Photos: Utility Pole Crash Strings Wires Across Route 17, Closes Highway The 42-year-old driver of a Toyota Corolla that toppled a Route 17 pole in Upper Saddle River on Sunday, closing the highway for hours, was seriously injured in the eight-vehicle crash, authorities confirmed on Monday. Also hospitalized with lesser injuries were both of the Irvington driver's female passengers -- one 28, from Newark, and the other 47, from East Orange, Detective Lt. Edward Kane said. The downed utility pole strung wires across the entire highway, stranding hundreds of motorists without exits on the southbound roadway near the Ramsey border just before 3 p.m. Eight vehicles…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Cliffside Park Police Find Nearly Kilo Of Heroin In Minivan, Arrest Venezuelan National, 61 Cliffside Park Police Find Nearly Kilo Of Heroin In Minivan, Arrest Venezuelan National, 61 Cliffside Park Police Find Nearly Kilo Of Heroin In Minivan, Arrest Venezuelan National, 61
Cliffside Park Police Find Nearly Kilo Of Heroin In Minivan, Arrest Venezuelan National, 61 A routine traffic stop by Cliffside Park police turned up nearly two pounds of heroin in a minivan driven by a 63-year-old Venezuelan national, authorities said. Jairo O. Lamk Alvarez of Caracos had only a passport as identification when Officer Roy Kesenci stopped the Dodge Caravan as it headed north on Anderson Avenue Friday night because he was talking on his cellphone, Lt. Vincent Capano said. Capano and Detective Daniel Murtagh joined Kesenci at the scene. After receiving Alvarez’s consent to search the vehicle, they found the drugs stashed inside a back seat, the lieutenant said. Al…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
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Skateboarder Injured In Ridgewood Crash Skateboarder Injured In Ridgewood Crash Skateboarder Injured In Ridgewood Crash
Skateboarder Injured In Ridgewood Crash A skateboarder was conscious and alert after being struck by a car in Ridgewood Saturday night. The victim sustained a head injury and was taken by a Ridgewood ambulance to The Valley Hospital after the 8:30 p.m. crash at the intersection of East Ridgewood Avenue and Hope Street. Glen Rock police assisted their village colleagues at the scene. There was no immediate word on possible summonses. Police interviewed several witnesses. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this report.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Three Stabbed In Overnight Paterson Fight Three Stabbed In Overnight Paterson Fight Three Stabbed In Overnight Paterson Fight
Three Stabbed In Overnight Paterson Fight Two stabbing victims showed up at the hospital on their own and a third was found by police after an overnight brawl in Paterson, authorities said. None of their injuries were life-threatening, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Troy Oswald said in a joint announcement. Police responding to the 2:50 a.m. call on East 25th Street found a 40-year-old stabbing victim, they said, adding that he was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center. They discovered soon after that two other men – one 30, from Woodland Park and the other 25, from Paterson – had sho…

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