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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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities: Pedestrian, 36, Killed In Route 3 Weekend Crash In Clifton Was Visiting From India Authorities: Pedestrian, 36, Killed In Route 3 Weekend Crash In Clifton Was Visiting From India Authorities: Pedestrian, 36, Killed In Route 3 Weekend Crash In Clifton Was Visiting From India
Authorities: Pedestrian, 36, Killed In Route 3 Weekend Crash In Clifton Was Visiting From India Authorities had to delay publicly identifying a 36-year-old Indian native who was struck and killed before dawn Sunday on westbound Route 3 in Clifton as they sought to notify his next of kin. Virender Garg -- who was visiting the United Sttates -- was pronounced dead a short time after the 12:06 a.m. crash in the area of Main Avenue, authorities said. He was struck by a Toyota Matrix driven by a 57-year-old Sparta man who wasn’t injured and remained at the scene, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Clifton Police Chief Mark Centurione said in a joint release Monday afternoon. …

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Driver Critically Injured In Route 202 Crash In Mahwah Driver Critically Injured In Route 202 Crash In Mahwah Driver Critically Injured In Route 202 Crash In Mahwah
Driver Critically Injured In Route 202 Crash In Mahwah UPDATE: An 18-year-old driver from Towaco remained in critical condition Tuesday after a Route 202 crash that spun his Corvette around, directly into the path of an oncoming car, authorities said. Kyle Cooney as headed north on Ramapo Valley Road/Route 202 when he lost control of the 1992 ‘vette, which slid sideways into the southbound lane as he came around a curve just after 3:30 p.m. Monday, Police Chief James N. Batelli said. The Chevy side-swiped a 2018 Volkswagon driven by a 49-year-old Riverdale man, causing minor damage – but the impact sent the Corvette spinning, the chief said. I…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Monsey, NY
Breaking News
Asphalt Truck Rolls Off I-87 In Sloatsburg Asphalt Truck Rolls Off I-87 In Sloatsburg Asphalt Truck Rolls Off I-87 In Sloatsburg
Asphalt Truck Rolls Off I-87 In Sloatsburg There was no immediate word on possible injuries after a truck loaded with asphalt rolled off the New York State Thruway in Sloatsburg early Monday. The crash occurred around 8:30 a.m. near Exit 15 for Routes 287 and 17. Witnesses said the truck rolled one and a half times.

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Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
TRIBUTE: Veteran Newsman/Church Historian From Bergenfield Devoted Himself To Others TRIBUTE: Veteran Newsman/Church Historian From Bergenfield Devoted Himself To Others TRIBUTE: Veteran Newsman/Church Historian From Bergenfield Devoted Himself To Others
Tribute: Veteran Newsman/Church Historian From Bergenfield Devoted Himself To Others It was only a few days before he was struck crossing the street in front of the Bergenfield apartment complex where he lived that 76-year-old Robert Armbruster was laughing and sharing memories with former colleagues let go from New Jersey’s largest newspaper a decade ago. Although his professional life was spent as a longtime copy editor at The Star-Ledger, Robert Armbruster devoted himself to helping others – building libraries for seminaries and schools in the Philippines and serving meals to the homeless in and around Bergenfield. Prayers were raised after word spread that Ambruster, fo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Glen Rock Police Supervisors Nab CVS Shoplifting Suspects Glen Rock Police Supervisors Nab CVS Shoplifting Suspects Glen Rock Police Supervisors Nab CVS Shoplifting Suspects
Glen Rock Police Supervisors Nab CVS Shoplifting Suspects Police supervisors get their hands dirty, too: A pair of Glen Rock police sergeants nabbed a couple – one of them a career offender who they said just shot up heroin -- after they shoplifted more than $725 worth of merchandise from a local CVS. Police Chief Dean Ackermann joined Sgts. Bryan Scott and Scott McGovern after they caught 52-year-old James Zottarelli just after 10 a.m. Monday in front of the Elmwood Avenue home where police said he’s been staying. Zottarelli has a criminal history dating back nearly 25 years, with dozens of arrests for drug-related crimes, as well as a host of pa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Asphalt Truck Rolls Near Jersey Exit Off NY State Thruway Asphalt Truck Rolls Near Jersey Exit Off NY State Thruway Asphalt Truck Rolls Near Jersey Exit Off NY State Thruway
Asphalt Truck Rolls Near Jersey Exit Off NY State Thruway There was no immediate word on possible injuries after a truck loaded with asphalt rolled off the New York State Thruway early Monday. The crash occurred around 8:30 a.m. near Exit 15 for Routes 287 and 17 in Sloatsburg. Witnesses said the truck rolled one and a half times.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
SEE ANYTHING? Police Seek Vehicle That Bicyclist Said Hit Him On Route 46 In Teterboro SEE ANYTHING? Police Seek Vehicle That Bicyclist Said Hit Him On Route 46 In Teterboro SEE ANYTHING? Police Seek Vehicle That Bicyclist Said Hit Him On Route 46 In Teterboro
SEE Anything? Police Seek Vehicle That Bicyclist Said Hit Him On Route 46 In Teterboro Moonachie police sought the public's help Monday finding a vehicle that a Hasbrouck Heights bicyclist said struck him in Teterboro on his way to work last week. The 48-year-old man bicyclist walked to the Shell service station on Franklin Avenue in Hasbrouck Heights around 3:30 a.m. last Tuesday, Sept. 18, Moonachie Detective Sgt. Anthony Fugniti said. He told police he'd been struck from behind a short time earlier while riding on the dirt path on eastbound Route 46 in Teterboro, the sergeant said. The vehicle then took off, the man said. Hasbrouck Heights EMS took him to Hackensack Univ…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: DWI Driver Jailed In Route 4 Rollover Crash UPDATE: DWI Driver Jailed In Route 4 Rollover Crash UPDATE: DWI Driver Jailed In Route 4 Rollover Crash
Update: DWI Driver Jailed In Route 4 Rollover Crash UPDATE: A Fair Lawn motorist was charged with aggravated assault, DWI and reckless driving for an overnight crash on Route 4 in Paramus that left another driver in critical condition. The victim was driving a 2006 Jeep Cherokee that struck from behind in the westbound highway's center lane by a 2011 Audi A4 driven by 24-year-old Herbert Reynoso, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo. Vladimir Diaz, whose Jeep struck a utility pole, was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, where Calo said he was listed in critical condition.  Reynoso’s sedan continued more than 250 yards bef…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Couple Hit By Car In Dumont Couple Hit By Car In Dumont Couple Hit By Car In Dumont
Couple Hit By Car In Dumont Two pedestrians struck by a sedan in Dumont were hospitalized Saturday night with injuries that responders said weren’t life-threatening. The fifty-something couple were walking over the CSX railroad crossing on New Milford Avenue near Dumont High School when they were struck by the westbound vehicle, responders said. Both the man and woman were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with head injuries, they said, adding that she also had a hip injury. 

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: DWI Driver Arrested In Route 4 Rollover Crash UPDATE: DWI Driver Arrested In Route 4 Rollover Crash UPDATE: DWI Driver Arrested In Route 4 Rollover Crash
Update: DWI Driver Arrested In Route 4 Rollover Crash UPDATE: A Fair Lawn motorist was charged with aggravated assault, DWI and reckless driving for an overnight crash on Route 4 in Paramus that left another driver in critical condition. The victim was driving a 2006 Jeep Cherokee that struck from behind in the westbound highway's center lane by a 2011 Audi A4 driven by 24-year-old Herbert Reynoso, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo. Vladimir Diaz, whose Jeep struck a utility pole, was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, where Calo said he was listed in critical condition.  Reynoso’s sedan continued more than 250 yards bef…

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