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
Paterson Gunfire Continues: Two Shootings, Three Victims Paterson Gunfire Continues: Two Shootings, Three Victims Paterson Gunfire Continues: Two Shootings, Three Victims
Paterson Gunfire Continues: Two Shootings, Three Victims Authorities Saturday morning confirmed two overnight shootings in Paterson, one of which involved two victims who got themselves to the hospital. The first shooting, on North Straight Street at 1:20 a.m., involved a 44-year-old man whose injuries weren’t considered life-threatening. He was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center. Then, just before 6 a.m., city police responded to shots fired in the area of East 23rd Street and 12th Avenue. They found evidence of a crime scene but no victim, authorities said. A short time later, St. Joe’s notified them that two men – one 35, the othe…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
SEEN HIM? Police ID Driver's Suspected Shooter, Seek Public's Help Finding Him SEEN HIM? Police ID Driver's Suspected Shooter, Seek Public's Help Finding Him SEEN HIM? Police ID Driver's Suspected Shooter, Seek Public's Help Finding Him
Seen HIM? Police ID Driver's Suspected Shooter, Seek Public's Help Finding Him Authorities sought the public’s help finding a man who they said shot another man in the head as he sat in a parked car three months ago. An arrest warrant was issued for 25-year-old city resident Qualil “Kupz” Moore, they said Friday. The 40-year-old victim was found just before 7 a.m. June 22 in the driver's seat of a Nissan Altima parked next to a Power Gas service station on Park Avenue near East 22nd Street, authorities said. He was taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in critical condition but survived, they said. City officials designated the 5th Ward area one of more than…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Garbage Truck Leaks Fluid Throughout Hawthorne Apartment Complex Garbage Truck Leaks Fluid Throughout Hawthorne Apartment Complex Garbage Truck Leaks Fluid Throughout Hawthorne Apartment Complex
Garbage Truck Leaks Fluid Throughout Hawthorne Apartment Complex A garbage truck leaked hydraulic fluid throughout a Hawthorne apartment complex early Friday evening. Some streets at the Lafayette Hills complex were temporarily closed while the spill was cleaned up. Responders included members of the borough Fire Department, Rescue Squad and Special Operations unit. Michael Jannicelli contributed to this account.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Teaneck Immigrant Admits Bribing Federal Employee For Special Visa Teaneck Immigrant Admits Bribing Federal Employee For Special Visa Teaneck Immigrant Admits Bribing Federal Employee For Special Visa
Teaneck Immigrant Admits Bribing Federal Employee For Special Visa A Teaneck man admitted Friday that he tried bribing a State Department to take care of a non-immigrant visa that allows Dominican nationals to enter the U.S. Luis Santos, 27, told a federal judge in Trenton that he paid the U.S. consular adjudicator $2,381 for a favorable outcome. A nonimmigrant visa (NIV) is issued to a person with permanent residence outside the U.S. who seeks admission here temporarily for tourism, medical treatment, business or temporary work or study. U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito credited special agents of the State Department’s Diplomatic Security Service with inves…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
HEROES: Allendale Officers Resuscitate 1-Month-Old Girl HEROES: Allendale Officers Resuscitate 1-Month-Old Girl HEROES: Allendale Officers Resuscitate 1-Month-Old Girl
Heroes: Allendale Officers Resuscitate 1-Month-Old Girl A one-month-old girl wasn’t breathing when Allendale Police Officers Kevin Azevedo and Alex Helmer found her after responding to a frantic 911 call from her grandmother. Azevedo started CPR immediately and, after several seconds, the baby “began to take gasping breaths but was still in distress,” Police Chief George Scherb said. Azevedo “continued until her color returned and she began to cry,” the chief said. “Once she began breathing again, Officer Helmer assisted in monitoring her condition until the arrival of EMS.” They took it from there, he said. For their actions on Aug. 12, Azeve…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Sheriff Saudino: Enrollment Open For Bergen Citizens Police Academy Sheriff Saudino: Enrollment Open For Bergen Citizens Police Academy Sheriff Saudino: Enrollment Open For Bergen Citizens Police Academy
Sheriff Saudino: Enrollment Open For Bergen Citizens Police Academy Enrollment is open for the 22nd class of the Bergen County Citizen’s Police Academy, an eight-week course designed to give residents a working knowledge of law enforcement policies and tactics, Sheriff Michael Saudino said.   Bergen County residents 18 and older are eligible to participate. “One of the most important components of law enforcement is fostering strong relationships with the community,” Saudino said. “Our Citizen’s Police Academy gives residents firsthand knowledge of the important work police do to enhance public safety and protect Bergen County residents.” The academy is of…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Monsey, NY
Breaking News
Gunman Admits Robbing Hotels In Ramapo, Nanuet, Elsewhere Gunman Admits Robbing Hotels In Ramapo, Nanuet, Elsewhere Gunman Admits Robbing Hotels In Ramapo, Nanuet, Elsewhere
Gunman Admits Robbing Hotels In Ramapo, Nanuet, Elsewhere A 46-year-old man admitted that he robbed employees at a Howard Johnson's in Airmont and a Hilton Garden Inn in Nanuet, along with those at a dozen other hotels in New Jersey. Tremone Burnett of Essex County told a federal judge in Newark that he tied the victims’ hands and feet in some of the holdups. SEE: Gunman Robs Cash From Paramus Hotel He also fired the gun during a hotel robbery at a Sheraton in Weehawken, federal prosecutors said. Burnett robbed the hotels during an eight-week crime spree that began in April 2014, authorities said. These included New Jersey hotels in Secaucus, N…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Gunman Admits Robbing Hotels In Paramus, Rockland, Elsewhere Gunman Admits Robbing Hotels In Paramus, Rockland, Elsewhere Gunman Admits Robbing Hotels In Paramus, Rockland, Elsewhere
Gunman Admits Robbing Hotels In Paramus, Rockland, Elsewhere An Essex County man admitted that he robbed employees at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Paramus at gunpoint, along with those at 13 other hotels in New Jersey and Rockland County. Tremone Burnett, 46, of Orange told a federal judge in Newark that he tied the victims’ hands and feet in some of the holdups. SEE: Gunman Robs Cash From Paramus Hotel He also fired the gun during a hotel robbery at a Sheraton in Weehawken, federal prosecutors said. Among the victimized hotels were a Howard Johnson's in Airmont and a Hilton Garden Inn in Nanuet, they said. Burnett robbed the hotels during an eight-w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgefield Park Man Gets House Arrest For $495,000 'Shotgun' Real Estate Scheme Ridgefield Park Man Gets House Arrest For $495,000 'Shotgun' Real Estate Scheme Ridgefield Park Man Gets House Arrest For $495,000 'Shotgun' Real Estate Scheme
Ridgefield Park Man Gets House Arrest For $495,000 'Shotgun' Real Estate Scheme A Ridgefield Park man was sentenced Thursday to three years of supervised release, including one year of house arrest for using bogus information and simultaneous loan applications at various banks to fraudulently obtain home equity lines of credit -- a practice known as “shotgunning.” Rafael Popoteur, 65, admitted in federal court in Newark in June 2017 that he conspired with real estate broker Michael Arroyo, 60, of the Bronx, who was sentenced Thursday to 21 months in federal prison. From 2012 through January 2014, Arroyo and others conspired to fraudulently obtain multiple home equity l…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Your Community
Back To School Means Ice Cream, Face Painting, More For Mahwah Kids Back To School Means Ice Cream, Face Painting, More For Mahwah Kids Back To School Means Ice Cream, Face Painting, More For Mahwah Kids
Back To School Means Ice Cream, Face Painting, More For Mahwah Kids “Back to school” got really good for a group of Mahwah youngsters, thanks to the Silberstein Group at Keller William's Valley Realty and several other local businesses. “As a Realtor, I sell homes to families moving into town. It can be challenging to make new friends,” said Gary Silberstein, who spearheaded the free event at Memorial Field for 100 or so members of his Mahwah Moms and Dads Facebook group and their children. “This was also a way of bringing the parents together before the kids got submerged in after-school activities,” he said. In addition to a Good Humor ice cream truck, t…

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