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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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Obituaries
Arrangements Set For Beloved Fair Lawn Police Officer Edward Egan Arrangements Set For Beloved Fair Lawn Police Officer Edward Egan Arrangements Set For Beloved Fair Lawn Police Officer Edward Egan
Arrangements Set For Beloved Fair Lawn Police Officer Edward Egan Funeral arrangements have been set for popular Fair Lawn patrolman Edward Egan, who died Monday at his home. Visitation is scheduled from 2 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 15 at the Van Riper-Ellis-Broadway Baptist Church in Fair Lawn. A funeral service will begin at 7 p.m. at the church. Cremation will be private.  Egan, who had been with the borough police department 27 years, was battling cancer and had heart problems, colleagues said. "Ed Egan was a friend to many," the Fair Lawn Police Department said in a Facebook post. "He lived up to the Irish Proverb: 'A good friend is…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
VIDEO/PHOTOS: Firefighters Rescue Driver After Car Falls Into Brook Off Route 208 VIDEO/PHOTOS: Firefighters Rescue Driver After Car Falls Into Brook Off Route 208 VIDEO/PHOTOS: Firefighters Rescue Driver After Car Falls Into Brook Off Route 208
Video/Photos: Firefighters Rescue Driver After Car Falls Into Brook Off Route 208 Hawthorne firefighters rescued a driver whose car barreled down an embankment and over a wall into Goffle Brook near Route 208 Tuesday night. The woman was alert and thanking Hawthorne firefighters through tears of joy as they turned a ladder into a makeshift basket and carried her over the wall before she was placed on a gurney and taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital. The crash occurred just before 7 p.m. as she tried to turn onto northbound Route 208 from Goffle Road. Responders from several towns rushed to the scene. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this account. ****** ALSO SEE: A …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Manhunt Continues: Elmwood Park Police Search For Route 46 Motel Stabbing Suspect Manhunt Continues: Elmwood Park Police Search For Route 46 Motel Stabbing Suspect Manhunt Continues: Elmwood Park Police Search For Route 46 Motel Stabbing Suspect
Manhunt Continues: Elmwood Park Police Search For Route 46 Motel Stabbing Suspect Elmwood Park police were hunting a suspect who they believe stabbed and slashed a 21-year-old Hasbrouck Heights man at the Red Carpet Inn on Route 46 Tuesday morning. The victim was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center for treatment of injuries to his hands and arms following the 10:25 a.m. assault at the motel next to the Parkway Lanes bowling alley, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. Officials enacted a shelter-in-place at Gantner Avenue Elementary School for about an hour as a precaution while police searched the area for the assailant, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. The sh…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Seton Hall University Student Killed In Parking Garage Plunge Seton Hall University Student Killed In Parking Garage Plunge Seton Hall University Student Killed In Parking Garage Plunge
Seton Hall University Student Killed In Parking Garage Plunge A Seton Hall University student either fell or jumped to his death early Tuesday afternoon from the roof of a five-story parking deck on the school’s South Orange campus, responders said. The student broke both legs and sustained severe head and facial trauma and a collapsed lung in the 12:15 p.m. incident said responders who tried in vain to resuscitate him through CPR. He was pronounced dead a short time later at University Hospital in Newark. Foul play was not suspected, South Orange Police Chief Kyle Kroll said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Fallen Beams Across From Javits Center Fall Dangle Over West Side Highway Fallen Beams Across From Javits Center Fall Dangle Over West Side Highway Fallen Beams Across From Javits Center Fall Dangle Over West Side Highway
Fallen Beams Across From Javits Center Fall Dangle Over West Side Highway Two beams being lifted by a crane at a construction site across from the Javits Center fell Tuesday morning, closing the West Side Highway for several blocks. No injuries were reported after the incident just before 10 a.m., which the FDNY said left the beams “leaning precariously” over 12th Avenue off 34th Street, the FDNY said. Police closed the West Side Highway between West 38th and West 42nd as a result, jamming area traffic.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
One Caught, One Sought: Mahwah Resident Leads Police To Car Burglars One Caught, One Sought: Mahwah Resident Leads Police To Car Burglars One Caught, One Sought: Mahwah Resident Leads Police To Car Burglars
One Caught, One Sought: Mahwah Resident Leads Police To Car Burglars A resident led Mahwah police to a pair of pre-dawn car burglars, one of whom they caught and another they said they were close to tracking down. Police established a perimeter following the 3:30 a.m. call from a Miller Road resident who saw the pair enter his Jeep Wrangler parked in the driveway, Police Chief James N. Batelli said Tuesday. K-9 Remco was detailed, with Officer Robert Rapp, and immediately detected a scent, Batelli said. Less than a half-hour later, Officer Michael Connington spotted the pair near the intersection of Mahwah Alcott roads, he said. Seeing the officer, the pai…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Thief Diverts Attention Of Clifton Homeowner, 87, While Accomplice Steals Cash, Jewelry Thief Diverts Attention Of Clifton Homeowner, 87, While Accomplice Steals Cash, Jewelry Thief Diverts Attention Of Clifton Homeowner, 87, While Accomplice Steals Cash, Jewelry
Thief Diverts Attention Of Clifton Homeowner, 87, While Accomplice Steals Cash, Jewelry A thief posing as a utility worker kept an 87-year-old Clifton woman occupied while an accomplice stole jewelry and several thousand dollars in cash from her bedroom, authorities said. The thief knocked on the woman’s door around 4 p.m. Saturday, identified himself as a PSE&G employee and displayed a medal badge and a photo identification card, the victim told police. He then “indicated that he was in the area checking the water supply due to recent flooding and asked permission to enter the residence, to which the victim consented,” Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. The woman eventua…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Popular Fair Lawn Police Officer Edward Egan Dies Popular Fair Lawn Police Officer Edward Egan Dies Popular Fair Lawn Police Officer Edward Egan Dies
Popular Fair Lawn Police Officer Edward Egan Dies A popular Fair Lawn patrolman with severe health problems died at his home Monday.  Edward Egan, who had been with the borough police department nearly 20 years, was battling cancer and had heart problems, colleagues said. A funeral service and visitation is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 15. Egan who previously worked as a state corrections officer, had recently been on light duty, they said. The 51-year-old borough native was also a member of Fire Co. 2. "Ed was loved by all and had a heart of absolute gold," Fair Lawn PBA President Luis Vazquez said. "He will be missed.&q…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson PD: Ex-Con Caught Stashing Semi-Automatic Handgun In City 'Safe Streets' Sweep Paterson PD: Ex-Con Caught Stashing Semi-Automatic Handgun In City 'Safe Streets' Sweep Paterson PD: Ex-Con Caught Stashing Semi-Automatic Handgun In City 'Safe Streets' Sweep
Paterson PD: Ex-Con Caught Stashing Semi-Automatic Handgun In City 'Safe Streets' Sweep As detectives watched, a Clifton ex-con who was in a large group causing a disturbance on a notorious Paterson street corner pulled a gun from his waistband and stashed it behind a garbage can, authorities said. The arrest was part of a special initiative over the weekend to fight crime and disorder -- and included participation not only by city police but also city firefighters, the Passaic County Prosecutor's Office and the federal Office of Homeland Security (HSI), authorities said. The "Safe Streets" operation turned up seven illegal guns in all and produced nearly 2,400 summo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Passaic Police Sergeant Illegally Searched, Shared Personal Data Prosecutor: Passaic Police Sergeant Illegally Searched, Shared Personal Data Prosecutor: Passaic Police Sergeant Illegally Searched, Shared Personal Data
Prosecutor: Passaic Police Sergeant Illegally Searched, Shared Personal Data A City of Passaic police sergeant illegally tapped into limited-access law enforcement databases and shared some of the personal information she obtained, authorities charged. Ana M. DeIntinis, 47, of Passaic was arrested Monday afternoon in Totowa by detectives from the Passaic County Prosecutor's Office, authorities said. She was charged with violating state laws that prohibit accessing a computer data base “in excess of authorization” and “knowingly disclosing personal identifying information,” as well as “obtaining personal information from a motor vehicle record without permissible use…

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