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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Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Woodcliff Lake Court-Appointed Guardian Pocketed $50,000 From Incapacitated Wade Prosecutor: Woodcliff Lake Court-Appointed Guardian Pocketed $50,000 From Incapacitated Wade Prosecutor: Woodcliff Lake Court-Appointed Guardian Pocketed $50,000 From Incapacitated Wade
Prosecutor: Woodcliff Lake Court-Appointed Guardian Pocketed $50,000 From Incapacitated Wade A construction foreman from Woodcliff Lake serving as a court-appointed guardian pocketed $50,000 from his incapacitated ward and a second victim, said authorities who arrested him. Over the past 4½ years, Darren Pavesi “used his ward’s financial assets for his own benefit, misappropriating funds to make unauthorized payments to himself and to pay his own personal expenses,” Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said Friday. Pavesi, 55, of Prospect Avenue, was charged with two counts of theft following an investigation by Calo’s Financial Crimes Unit, the prosecutor said. He was rele…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Weather
Florence Predicted To Become A Hurricane Again As She Heads Toward East Coast Florence Predicted To Become A Hurricane Again As She Heads Toward East Coast Florence Predicted To Become A Hurricane Again As She Heads Toward East Coast
Florence Predicted To Become A Hurricane Again As She Heads Toward East Coast Although she lost some of her punch before dawn Friday, Tropical Storm Florence is expected to regain her strength and push close to Bermuda and the East Coast -- right on time for hurricane season. There's a good chance that Florence -- which formed near the Cabo Verde Islands last weekend -- could curve northward and then out to sea, producing only rough surf, strong rip currents and large offshore swells, AccuWeather.com reported. Effects along the East Coast could begin to be felt this weekend, the NOAA’s National Hurricane Center warned. On the other hand, meteorologists said Florence…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
VIDEOS: Watch Route 17 Tractor-Trailer Crash That Ejected Passenger VIDEOS: Watch Route 17 Tractor-Trailer Crash That Ejected Passenger VIDEOS: Watch Route 17 Tractor-Trailer Crash That Ejected Passenger
Videos: Watch Route 17 Tractor-Trailer Crash That Ejected Passenger WATCH: A rollover crash that ejected a passenger Friday morning on northbound Route 17 in Rochelle Park occurred when a tractor-trailer clipped the back of the sedan, surveillance video obtained by Daily Voice shows. Park Avenue Auto Group supplied the videos, first to police and then to Daily Voice. The 62-year-old tractor-trailer driver from Montgomery, N.Y. received three summonses -- for careless driving, tailgating and making an unsafe lane change, Rochelle Park Police Lt. Dean Pinto. He was carrying 50,000 pounds of empty pallets when the crash occurred just after 9 a.m., Pinto said.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Judge Frees Duo After NJSP Seizes $375,000 Heroin, Coke In Fair Lawn Storage Unit Judge Frees Duo After NJSP Seizes $375,000 Heroin, Coke In Fair Lawn Storage Unit Judge Frees Duo After NJSP Seizes $375,000 Heroin, Coke In Fair Lawn Storage Unit
Judge Frees Duo After Njsp Seizes $375,000 Heroin, Coke In Fair Lawn Storage Unit Two men whom State Police said they nabbed with $375,000 worth of heroin and cocaine stashed in a Fair Lawn storage facility were ordered released by a judge after less than a week in jail, under New Jersey's 2017 bail reform law. Detectives from the NJSP’s Central and North Trafficking Units stopped Wellington Moya, 44, of New York, N.Y., who was driving a Toyota Camry, and Douglas Watson, 41, of Hawthorne, who was driving a Range Rover, as they entered the Wagaraw Road storage facility on Aug. 31, State Police said. During the stop, they said, troopers discovered more than two pounds of c…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
PHOTOS: 15-Year-Old Deaf, Blind Dog Dumped In Industrial Area Placed In Hospice PHOTOS: 15-Year-Old Deaf, Blind Dog Dumped In Industrial Area Placed In Hospice PHOTOS: 15-Year-Old Deaf, Blind Dog Dumped In Industrial Area Placed In Hospice
Photos: 15-Year-Old Deaf, Blind Dog Dumped In Industrial Area Placed In Hospice UPDATE: A deaf and blind senior dog who authorities said was dumped from a car in Teterboro by her Fort Lee owner is being placed in hospice, Bergen County SPCA officials said Friday. Bruna '"is 15 and deaf and blind," said Debra Yankow, director of the Bergen County Animal Shelter. "It's best for her to live the rest of her life in a loving hospice." Bruna was brought to the shelter in Teterboro by a good Samaritan who found her after a search. Someone in another car saw Bruna being dumped around 4 p.m. Saturday on Industrial Avenue and gave authorities the license pla…

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by Jerry DeMarco & Cecilia Levine
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Lodi PD: Garfield Driver, 81, Hospitalized After Rear-Ending Tractor-Trailer Lodi PD: Garfield Driver, 81, Hospitalized After Rear-Ending Tractor-Trailer Lodi PD: Garfield Driver, 81, Hospitalized After Rear-Ending Tractor-Trailer
Lodi PD: Garfield Driver, 81, Hospitalized After Rear-Ending Tractor-Trailer An 81-year-old Garfield driver was hospitalized after his 2007 Mercedes slammed into the back of a tractor-trailer in Lodi and his head hit the windshield, authorities said. North Main Street near Avenue F was closed for nearly four hours after Wednesday’s 12:45 p.m. crash, Police Chief Donald Scorzetti said. The Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Fatal Accident Investigation Unit was summoned, given the severity of the injuries, the chief said. The Bergen County Sheriff’s Bureau of Criminal Identification collected evidence, he said. The 35-year-old Pennsylvania tractor-trailer driver rem…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
In Broad Daylight: Semi-Naked Pedestrian Appeared Drugged, Garfield Police Say In Broad Daylight: Semi-Naked Pedestrian Appeared Drugged, Garfield Police Say In Broad Daylight: Semi-Naked Pedestrian Appeared Drugged, Garfield Police Say
In Broad Daylight: Semi-Naked Pedestrian Appeared Drugged, Garfield Police Say A pedestrian wearing only a camouflage shirt – and nothing else – appeared under the influence of something when Garfield police chased him down early in the afternoon, authorities said. Jose Trinidad, 26, of Garfield tried to run from officers responding to a 12:08 p.m. call Wednesday of a naked man walking on Outwater Lane from Clifton, but he was quickly taken into custody, Capt. Darren Sucorowski said. He “appeared to be under the influence of an unknown substance,” Sucorowski said. Trinidad was charged with lewdness and taken to New Bridge Medical Center for treatment.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Pair Wanted On Warrants Nabbed By Franklin Lakes PD, Released Under Bail Reform Pair Wanted On Warrants Nabbed By Franklin Lakes PD, Released Under Bail Reform Pair Wanted On Warrants Nabbed By Franklin Lakes PD, Released Under Bail Reform
Pair Wanted On Warrants Nabbed By Franklin Lakes PD, Released Under Bail Reform Franklin Lakes police continued to pick off out-of-town motorists wanted on outstanding warrants – and not just on Route 208. A stop on Colonial Road on Wednesday turned up warrants on two Paterson men, both of whom were being sought by the Passaic County Sheriff’s Office, Capt. John Bakelaar said. William Stokes, 52, also was wanted out of Paterson and Wayne, while Kiwan Bradley, 35, also was wanted out of Fairfield, the captain said. Stokes was taken to the Passaic County Jail -- only to be ordered released by a judge slightly over 24 hours later under New Jersey's 2017 bail reform law. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
GoFundMe Giving Homeless Man $400,000 That Authorities Believe NJ Couple Spent GoFundMe Giving Homeless Man $400,000 That Authorities Believe NJ Couple Spent GoFundMe Giving Homeless Man $400,000 That Authorities Believe NJ Couple Spent
GoFundMe Giving Homeless Man $400,000 That Authorities Believe NJ Couple Spent UPDATE: GoFundMe announced Thursday that it will give a homeless man the $400,000 that authorities said a couple who raised it for him apparently kept for themselves. "Johnny [Bobbitt] will be made whole," GoFundMe said in a statement, "and we're committing that he'll get the balance of the funds that he has not yet received or benefited from. GoFundMe's goal has always been to ensure Johnny gets support he deserves." Investigators raided the home of Mark D’Amico and Katelyn McClure of Bordentown early Thursday, seizing a BMW that the couple is believed to have bought wi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
CAUGHT! Fort Lee Woman Charged With Dumping 15-Year-Old Deaf, Blind Dog In Teterboro CAUGHT! Fort Lee Woman Charged With Dumping 15-Year-Old Deaf, Blind Dog In Teterboro CAUGHT! Fort Lee Woman Charged With Dumping 15-Year-Old Deaf, Blind Dog In Teterboro
Caught! Fort Lee Woman Charged With Dumping 15-Year-Old Deaf, Blind Dog In Teterboro A Fort Lee woman dumped a deaf and blind senior dog from a car in Teterboro and took off, said authorities who tracked her down and charged her. Tania Connelly, 59, was served with a complaint filed by the Bergen County SPCA’s Law Enforcement Division charging her with “inflict[ing] unnecessary cruelty upon a living animal” by abandoning the aging dog – named Bruna -- in a public place. ****** UPDATE (PHOTOS): A 15-year-old deaf and blind dog who authorities said was dumped from a car in Teterboro by her Fort Lee owner is being placed in hospice, Bergen County SPCA officials said. https:/…

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