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
Beneficiary Of NJ Bail Reform: Meet Jaime Bauer Beneficiary Of NJ Bail Reform: Meet Jaime Bauer Beneficiary Of NJ Bail Reform: Meet Jaime Bauer
Beneficiary Of NJ Bail Reform: Meet Jaime Bauer When it comes to offenders “known to police,” Jaime Bauer is near the top of the list in Wyckoff. He's become something of a poster child for opponents of bail reform. It didn’t take long for responding Officer Michael Scalise to identify Bauer, 30, while reviewing surveillance images recorded by a Hurley Road resident whose bicycle was stolen earlier this month, Lt. Joseph Soto said. Detectives later arrested Bauer, charged him with theft and criminal trespassing and sent him to the Bergen County Jail. Barely 24 hours later, a judge ordered him released under New Jersey’s 2017 bail reform…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Ex-Con Had Kilo+ Of Heroin, Three Guns, $15,000 Cash In Lyndhurst Street-Drug Factory Police: Ex-Con Had Kilo+ Of Heroin, Three Guns, $15,000 Cash In Lyndhurst Street-Drug Factory Police: Ex-Con Had Kilo+ Of Heroin, Three Guns, $15,000 Cash In Lyndhurst Street-Drug Factory
Police: Ex-Con Had Kilo+ Of Heroin, Three Guns, $15,000 Cash In Lyndhurst Street-Drug Factory Police from different counties teamed up to seize more than a kilo of heroin, three guns and nearly $15,000 while arresting an ex-con who they said operated a drug factory at his Lyndhurst apartment. Abdur Rahim-Jamal Smallwood, 42, also had a pound and a half of pot, more than six ounces of cocaine, dozens of Suboxone strips and a small bag of Ectascy (see photos above), they said. It began with a tip, investigated by Paterson detectives, of dealing outside the Silk City strip club at First Avenue and East 19th Street (Route 20), city Police Director Jerry Speziale said Saturday. Paterson…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Bergen County PBA Local 134 Vows To Undo Disgraced Former Sheriff's Damage Bergen County PBA Local 134 Vows To Undo Disgraced Former Sheriff's Damage Bergen County PBA Local 134 Vows To Undo Disgraced Former Sheriff's Damage
Bergen County PBA Local 134 Vows To Undo Disgraced Former Sheriff's Damage In a letter to the editor, the president of Bergen County Sheriff's PBA Local 134 promised that members of the department will "try to undo the damage" to all law enforcement by disgraced former sheriff Michael Saudino's "racist, homophobic and hateful statements." ****** LETTER TO THE EDITOR: "Our Union's Executive Board has reviewed the recorded conversation engaged in by Sheriff Michael Saudino on January 16, 2018 following Governor Murphy's gubernatorial inauguration. "There is no excuse for making racist, homophobic and hateful statements, at a time when …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Clifton Pedestrian, 64, Killed Clifton Pedestrian, 64, Killed Clifton Pedestrian, 64, Killed
Clifton Pedestrian, 64, Killed A 64-year-old pedestrian was struck and killed at a Garden State Parkway overpass in Clifton by a car driven by a 20-year-old city motorist, authorities said. Galia Bacheva was pronounced dead shortly after the 7:48 p.m. crash Friday between East Fourth and Fifth streets near her Lakeview Avenue home, authorities said. The driver of the Honda remained at the scene, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Clifton Police Chief Mark Centurione said in a joint release. No summonses were immediately issued, but an investigation was continuing, they said. Valdes asked that anyone who mi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Federal Indictment: Paterson Officer Assaulted Hospital Patient, Recorded It On Cellphone Federal Indictment: Paterson Officer Assaulted Hospital Patient, Recorded It On Cellphone Federal Indictment: Paterson Officer Assaulted Hospital Patient, Recorded It On Cellphone
Federal Indictment: Paterson Officer Assaulted Hospital Patient, Recorded It On Cellphone A federal grand jury indicted a Paterson police officer on Friday on civil rights charges of assaulting a suicidal hospital patient with another officer and recording it on his cellphone. Surveillance video shows Roger Then, 29, of Paterson pushing the victim to the ground this past March after fellow city officer Ruben McAusland punched him in the face while he was sitting in a wheelchair in a hallway at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, the grand jury indictment alleges. Moments earlier, the victim apparently threw some type of object down the hall. A second video, shot by Then, show…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
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Pedestrian, 76, Clings To Life After Being Struck By PSE&G Truck In Bergenfield Pedestrian, 76, Clings To Life After Being Struck By PSE&G Truck In Bergenfield Pedestrian, 76, Clings To Life After Being Struck By PSE&G Truck In Bergenfield
Pedestrian, 76, Clings To Life After Being Struck By PSE&G Truck In Bergenfield A 76-year-old Bergenfield man sustained a critical head injury after he was struck by a PSE&G truck outside his home Friday morning, authorities said. Robert Armbruster was struck around 10:20 a.m.as he crossed South Washington Avenue heading east from the Magnolia Court apartments, Capt. Mustafa Rabboh said. The 55-year-old driver had just turned left, heading south, from Magnolia Street, he said.  Due to the severity of the injury, the Bergen County Fatal Accident Investigation Unit was called to assist in the investigation, the captain said. The Bergenfield Volunteer Ambulance Corp…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Saudino Resigns As Sheriff Over Racist, Homophobic Remarks Saudino Resigns As Sheriff Over Racist, Homophobic Remarks Saudino Resigns As Sheriff Over Racist, Homophobic Remarks
Saudino Resigns As Sheriff Over Racist, Homophobic Remarks Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino announced his resignation Friday afternoon -- as did Executive Undersheriff George Buono, Undersheriff Robert Colaneri, Undersheriff Brian Smith and Undersheriff Joseph Hornyak -- following the release of secretly-recorded racist and homophobic comments by the sheriff. The announcement came as multiple sources told Daily Voice of the existence of other equally incriminating audio. Less than 20 minutes after the announcement, the Bergen County Courthouse was evacuated in response to an unspecified threat. The sheriff's office provides security to the cou…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
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UPDATE: Veteran Newsman/Church Historian From Bergenfield Devoted Himself To Others UPDATE: Veteran Newsman/Church Historian From Bergenfield Devoted Himself To Others UPDATE: Veteran Newsman/Church Historian From Bergenfield Devoted Himself To Others
Update: 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
Paterson, NJ
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Paterson Shooting Suspect Crashes, Nabbed By Pursuing Police Paterson Shooting Suspect Crashes, Nabbed By Pursuing Police Paterson Shooting Suspect Crashes, Nabbed By Pursuing Police
Paterson Shooting Suspect Crashes, Nabbed By Pursuing Police A shooting suspect tried to elude Paterson police but crashed his car while fleeing, bailed out and was corralled less than a block away, authorities said. Joshua Washington, 25, had been identified as having shot a 22-year-old Prospect Park victim on Sept. 1 in the area of Highland and Sparrow Street, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Troy Oswald said in a joint announcement. Police spotted Washington behind the wheel of a vehicle in the area of Lafayette and Summer Street and tried to stop him on Wednesday, authorities said. He “initially pulled over, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Clifton PD: Alert Officer Finds Family's Stolen Minivan, Arrests Thief Clifton PD: Alert Officer Finds Family's Stolen Minivan, Arrests Thief Clifton PD: Alert Officer Finds Family's Stolen Minivan, Arrests Thief
Clifton PD: Alert Officer Finds Family's Stolen Minivan, Arrests Thief A Clifton police officer on the lookout for a stolen minivan quickly found it and arrested the thief, authorities said. Officer Jomarcell Urena responded to the Vale Avenue owner’s 3 a.m. call of her 2005 Chrysler Town & Country minivan being taken sometime within the previous four hours, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. Urena was checking the area when he spotted the minivan turning onto Broad Street from Fenner Avenue, Bracken said. He stopped the vehicle and arrested the driver – identified as 18-year-old Nicolas Chaparro of Clifton – on theft and receiving stolen property charges…

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