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
Mahwah Settles State Lawsuit Charging Township With Discriminating Against Orthodox Jews Mahwah Settles State Lawsuit Charging Township With Discriminating Against Orthodox Jews Mahwah Settles State Lawsuit Charging Township With Discriminating Against Orthodox Jews
Mahwah Settles State Lawsuit Charging Township With Discriminating Against Orthodox Jews Mahwah has settled a lawsuit brought by state authorities accusing the township of discriminating against Orthodox Jews primarily from Rockland County. A $350,000 payment from the town won’t have to be made if it can go four years without adopting any future ordinances “that impose similar, discriminatory restrictions,” Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. Grewal's predecessor, Acting Attorney General Christopher Porrino, brought the suit last year after the Township Council adopted what his office said were two discriminatory ordinances -- one banning non-residents from using Mahwah’s p…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
West Nile Virus Kills Popular Lodi Little League Coach, 62 West Nile Virus Kills Popular Lodi Little League Coach, 62 West Nile Virus Kills Popular Lodi Little League Coach, 62
West Nile Virus Kills Popular Lodi Little League Coach, 62 A popular longtime Little League baseball coach from Lodi died of the West Nile virus over the weekend -- the first in New Jersey this year. Fred J. Maikisch, 62, was diagnosed a little over a week earlier, loved ones said. He remained on a respirator in intensive care, but the virus “caused such severe damage” to his vital organsthat there was “no hope for recovery,” his sister-in-law said. He died Saturday. Maikisch, an IKEA salesman who was married with two children, was a member of the Lodi Old Timers Association and a Lodi Little League coach for more than 20 years. He also was such…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Motorcyclist Struck By Sedan In Woodcliff Lake Motorcyclist Struck By Sedan In Woodcliff Lake Motorcyclist Struck By Sedan In Woodcliff Lake
Motorcyclist Struck By Sedan In Woodcliff Lake A motorcyclist was hospitalized with what authorities said weren't life-threatening injuries after being struck by a car Monday morning in Woodcliff Lake. The driver in the 10:45 a.m. crash on County Road "looked to be in her late 70s or early 80s," a witness said. The motorcyclist "was pretty shaken up but should be OK," a responder at the scene said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Let's Do It Again: Rutherford Firefighters 'Rescue Mania 2' Returns To Felician Let's Do It Again: Rutherford Firefighters 'Rescue Mania 2' Returns To Felician Let's Do It Again: Rutherford Firefighters 'Rescue Mania 2' Returns To Felician
Let's Do It Again: Rutherford Firefighters 'Rescue Mania 2' Returns To Felician Former wrestling stars The Patriot and Bull James, along with Rutherford’s own Chris "Crowbar" Ford and Jarret “Bright Lights Foster” Gaeta, will be among the combatants at this coming weekend's “Rescue Mania 2: Big Blue Rescue." Fans young and old can meet their heroes --  including late additions Jake “The Snake” Roberts and Supercrazy -- before the Sept. 23 extravaganza at Felician University. The family-friendly event is staged by the Rutherford Fire Department’s Engine 2 and Rescue 5, Rutherford Junior Football / Cheering and the school. BCB Bank is sponsoring it. It al…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Sex Offender Who Worked For Clifton Recreation Arrested For Not Reporting Move From Virginia Sex Offender Who Worked For Clifton Recreation Arrested For Not Reporting Move From Virginia Sex Offender Who Worked For Clifton Recreation Arrested For Not Reporting Move From Virginia
Sex Offender Who Worked For Clifton Recreation Arrested For Not Reporting Move From Virginia For roughly a year, Nathaniel Lewis worked for the Clifton Recreation Department without officials knowing that he was a convicted sex offender from Virginia, Daily Voice has learned. Then last month he was taken into custody on a warrant out of Virginia following a traffic stop in Essex County. Last Thursday, he was brought to the Passaic County Jail and charged with failing to register as a sex offender and unlawfully obtaining employment in a youth-serving organization. A detention hearing was scheduled for Tuesday in Central Judicial Processing Court in Paterson. Lewis, 37, moved to E…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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58-Year Minimum For Paterson Gunman Who Shot, Killed One Man In Face, Wounded Other In Back 58-Year Minimum For Paterson Gunman Who Shot, Killed One Man In Face, Wounded Other In Back 58-Year Minimum For Paterson Gunman Who Shot, Killed One Man In Face, Wounded Other In Back
58-Year Minimum For Paterson Gunman Who Shot, Killed One Man In Face, Wounded Other In Back A Paterson man who killed one man by shooting him in the face and wounded another by shooting him in the back must serve nearly 58 years in state prison before he'll be eligible for parole. Tamaj Lemmon, 21, fired at three men near the corner of Straight and Montgomery streets after they'd emerged from a nearby bar in April 2017, prosecutors said. Two were struck in the back, they said. One victim fled and survived his injuries. Lemmon, meanwhile, walked up to the other, who was lying on the ground after being struck five times, and shot him in the face, authorities said. Lemmon was home…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Ramsey Gas Station Blaze: Driver, 44, OK After Car Plows Through Pumps Ramsey Gas Station Blaze: Driver, 44, OK After Car Plows Through Pumps Ramsey Gas Station Blaze: Driver, 44, OK After Car Plows Through Pumps
Ramsey Gas Station Blaze: Driver, 44, OK After Car Plows Through Pumps A 44-year-old driver walked away unscathed early Sunday after her Mercedes barreled over gas pumps and crashed into a Ramsey service station, igniting a fully-involved fire. The Delta station on Franklin Turnpike just off southbound Route 17 had been the site of KC’s Kustom Auto Services, operated by 49-year-old Kasey "KC" Checke, who died in a motorcycle crash in Hawthorne earlier this summer.  It was taken over by his wife, Tracy Clemente Checke. "No one was hurt," she wrote on Facebook just before noon. "Most of our stuff was out of the shop, but doesn't make it…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Middletown-Wallkill, NY
Breaking News
Woman Raped In Port Jervis, Authorities Say Woman Raped In Port Jervis, Authorities Say Woman Raped In Port Jervis, Authorities Say
Woman Raped In Port Jervis, Authorities Say An attacker raped a woman in Port Jervis and fled just after midnight Saturday, authorities said. Initial details were sketchy. The assailant apparently followed the victim on foot from Franklin Street before the attack on Barcelow Street near Church Street, authorities said. The victim was taken to Bon Secours Community Hospital, they said. Detectives were searching for area surveillance video.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Chlorine Gas Leak Contained At Fair Lawn Water Treatment Plant Chlorine Gas Leak Contained At Fair Lawn Water Treatment Plant Chlorine Gas Leak Contained At Fair Lawn Water Treatment Plant
Chlorine Gas Leak Contained At Fair Lawn Water Treatment Plant Chlorine gas leaking from two canisters at the Fair Lawn Water Treatment plant on Saturday brought a host of responders and was quickly contained. Fair Lawn and Hawthorne firefighters and the borough Heavy Rescue unit were dispatched to the Cadmus Place facility along with Bergen County HazMat and an ambulance from Saddle Brook. Although some responders reported burns, none required immediate medical attention. No evacuations of area homes were evacuated.  A high school football game being played directly across the street from the plant also wasn't affected. Boyd A. Loving contributed to…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Last Of Passaic Nightclub Robbers Gets More Favorable Federal Prison Deal Last Of Passaic Nightclub Robbers Gets More Favorable Federal Prison Deal Last Of Passaic Nightclub Robbers Gets More Favorable Federal Prison Deal
Last Of Passaic Nightclub Robbers Gets More Favorable Federal Prison Deal His accomplices each got more than 10 years in federal prison, but Jimmy “Flip” Cooper can expect a few years less -- thanks to a plea deal -- for his role in the gunpoint robbery of $26,084 from a Passaic nightclub. Cooper, 33, of Irvington became the last of the trio to accept q government offer to plead guilty for his role in the Sept. 6, 2015 holdup, which was followed by a high-speed chase through Passaic, Newark, and East Orange. There’s no parole in the federal prison system, which means that Cooper -- along with Keontrae “Taz” Lawrence of South Orange, and Shaheed “Aboo” Blamahsah o…

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