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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New City, NY
Obituaries
Col. Richard L. Boyle, 42-Year Serviceman Formerly Of Nanuet, Dies At 89 Col. Richard L. Boyle, 42-Year Serviceman Formerly Of Nanuet, Dies At 89 Col. Richard L. Boyle, 42-Year Serviceman Formerly Of Nanuet, Dies At 89
Col. Richard L. Boyle, 42-Year Serviceman Formerly Of Nanuet, Dies At 89 Among the recent residents of a North Jersey assisted living facility was a former Nanuet resident with a distinguished history that few could match: Col. Richard L. Boyle. Boyle, who died in August at age 89 will be buried this Friday following his death from pneumonia last month, devoted nearly half of his 90 years to military service. He completed more than 28 active duty tours with various reserve and regular U.S. Army divisions after serving in the Navy. But there’s much more. Boyle also worked at the Pentagon, where he oversaw and coordinated the development of the Abrams M1 A1 Tank…

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Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Obituaries
A Distinguished Life: 42-Year Serviceman, Col. Richard L. Boyle, Recently Of Wyckoff A Distinguished Life: 42-Year Serviceman, Col. Richard L. Boyle, Recently Of Wyckoff A Distinguished Life: 42-Year Serviceman, Col. Richard L. Boyle, Recently Of Wyckoff
A Distinguished Life: 42-Year Serviceman, Col. Richard L. Boyle, Recently Of Wyckoff TRIBUTE: Among the recent residents of an assisted living facility in Wyckoff was a man with a distinguished history that few could match: Col. Richard L. Boyle. Boyle, who will be buried this Friday following his death from pneumonia last month, devoted nearly half of his 89 years to military service. He completed more than 28 active duty tours with various reserve and regular U.S. Army divisions after serving in the Navy. But there’s much more. Boyle also worked at the Pentagon, where he oversaw and coordinated the development of the Abrams M1 A1 Tank and a backpack field transmitter, s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson Detectives Chase Down Ex-Con, Seize 6,250 Bags Of Heroin, Drug Cash Paterson Detectives Chase Down Ex-Con, Seize 6,250 Bags Of Heroin, Drug Cash Paterson Detectives Chase Down Ex-Con, Seize 6,250 Bags Of Heroin, Drug Cash
Paterson Detectives Chase Down Ex-Con, Seize 6,250 Bags Of Heroin, Drug Cash Paterson detectives seized 6,250 bags of heroin and $1,600 in drug proceeds after chasing down an ex-con who fled during an attempted traffic stop, authorities said. The driver, identified as 24-year-old Cequan Wharton of Paterson, bolted through several Lake Street backyards before a trio of city detectives nabbed him emerging onto Summer Street following the Sunday night stop. A passenger who also fled the attempted stop remained at large, authorities said. Detectives from the department’s Special Investigations Division saw both suspects make several drugs sales on Rosa Parks Boulevard …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Oakland PD Charges West Milford Driver With Having Heroin, Crack Oakland PD Charges West Milford Driver With Having Heroin, Crack Oakland PD Charges West Milford Driver With Having Heroin, Crack
Oakland PD Charges West Milford Driver With Having Heroin, Crack Oakland police arrested a West Milford woman who they said had heroin and crack in her car when they stopped it. Christine Opperman, 37, was charged with three counts of drug possession and one of having drug paraphernalia after Friday's stop on Skyline Drive by Officer Charles Kelly. She remained held Tuesday in the Bergen County Jail.

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Landmark Paterson Restaurant Owners Go To Federal Prison For Ducking $240,000 In Taxes Landmark Paterson Restaurant Owners Go To Federal Prison For Ducking $240,000 In Taxes Landmark Paterson Restaurant Owners Go To Federal Prison For Ducking $240,000 In Taxes
Landmark Paterson Restaurant Owners Go To Federal Prison For Ducking $240,000 In Taxes The former owners of a landmark Italian restaurant in Paterson were each sentenced to six months in federal prison Tuesday for cheating the U.S. government out of more than $240,000 in taxes by concealing income from their cash-only business. Elio Federico, 71, of Totowa, and his brother, Ralph Federico, 68, of Saddle Brook, also must remain under supervised release for a year and pay $160,000 in fines each. The brothers operated the more-than-50-year-old E&V Restaurant on a cash-only basis, paid a "substantial portion" of the employee payroll in cash, and paid "virtually…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
PHOTOS: Huge Tree Falls At Crestwood Lake, Damaging 4 Cars, In Area Where Children Play PHOTOS: Huge Tree Falls At Crestwood Lake, Damaging 4 Cars, In Area Where Children Play PHOTOS: Huge Tree Falls At Crestwood Lake, Damaging 4 Cars, In Area Where Children Play
Photos: Huge Tree Falls At Crestwood Lake, Damaging 4 Cars, In Area Where Children Play No one was injured when a huge tree fell Monday in an area where children play at Crestwood Lake in Allendale, damaging four cars. A Toyota Camry and a Honda Odyssey minivan had to be towed after the Labor Day afternoon incident. Besides the lake, the 71-acre municipal facility on West Crescent Avenue includes three beaches, several sports fields and The Red Barn pavilion -- available to Allendale residents or businesses by permit. 

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Gunfire From Deadly Labor Day Weekend Ends With 2 More Victims Struck Gunfire From Deadly Labor Day Weekend Ends With 2 More Victims Struck Gunfire From Deadly Labor Day Weekend Ends With 2 More Victims Struck
Gunfire From Deadly Labor Day Weekend Ends With 2 More Victims Struck Two more people were struck by gunfire Monday night, as a deadly Labor Day weekend in Paterson came to a close. Paterson police who heard the shots found two wounded city men -- one 18, the other 26 -- at Van Houten and Summer streets just before 9 p.m. Monday, authorities said. Both were taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson for treatment.    It was the 44rd shooting in the city this year, compared with 58 at this same time in 2017, records show. This comes after two occupants of a BMW were shot dead, while a third was left in critical condition and a fourth was wound…

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Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Franklin Lakes PD: Trio Of Route 208 Traffic Stops Yield Arrests Franklin Lakes PD: Trio Of Route 208 Traffic Stops Yield Arrests Franklin Lakes PD: Trio Of Route 208 Traffic Stops Yield Arrests
Franklin Lakes PD: Trio Of Route 208 Traffic Stops Yield Arrests Franklin Lakes police patrolling Route 208 made traffic stops that produced arrests three days in a row. Nellie Helfritz, 47, of Monticello, NY was arrested and charged with heroin possession and released pending a court hearing after being stopped on the highway by Officer Matthew Geyer on Saturday. The day before, Officer Christopher Heffner arrested 38-year-old James Fox of Mahwah on outstanding drug warrants out of Glen Rock following a Route 208 stop. Fox eventually was released after settling the warrants. The day before that, Heffner stopped and eventually arrested 22-year-old Pamel…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Women's Civil Liberties Union Founder Captured, Charged With Abducting Glen Rock Daughter, 14 Women's Civil Liberties Union Founder Captured, Charged With Abducting Glen Rock Daughter, 14 Women's Civil Liberties Union Founder Captured, Charged With Abducting Glen Rock Daughter, 14
Women's Civil Liberties Union Founder Captured, Charged With Abducting Glen Rock Daughter, 14 Karin Wolf, a founder of the Women's Civil Liberties Union, was charged by Glen Rock police with abducting her 14-year-old daughter after a search led to her capture in Connecticut. Police in Torrington seized the 46-year-old Wolf, a onetime Glen Rock resident who has addresses in Westchester and Connecticut, Glen Rock Police Chief Dean Ackermann said Monday. Glen Rock police united for the nine-day search with their colleagues in North Carolina, Virginia and Connecticut, Ackerman said. She was being held in the York Women’s prison, pending extradition to New Jersey to face charges in Glen…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
VIDEO: Paterson Officer Pepper-Sprays Member Of Angry Crowd Who Refuses To Retreat After Arrest VIDEO: Paterson Officer Pepper-Sprays Member Of Angry Crowd Who Refuses To Retreat After Arrest VIDEO: Paterson Officer Pepper-Sprays Member Of Angry Crowd Who Refuses To Retreat After Arrest
Video: Paterson Officer Pepper-Sprays Member Of Angry Crowd Who Refuses To Retreat After Arrest What had been a weekend of shooting violence in Paterson exploded Sunday when a melee erupted after a witness claimed that police struck a fleeing suspect with a patrol car. A cell phone video posted by another man on Facebook shows him being hit with pepper spray after refusing several commands by uniformed officers to get back as their colleagues tried lifting the suspect off the ground and into a patrol car. "I can't see," he shouts, running down the street with the video still recording before he falls. "I can't breathe," he says, as police try to reassure him. ***…

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