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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Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Officers OK after Ridgewood Police Cars Collide Officers OK after Ridgewood Police Cars Collide Officers OK after Ridgewood Police Cars Collide
Officers OK after Ridgewood Police Cars Collide Two Ridgewood police officers escaped serious injury Sunday after their patrol vehicles collided while both were responding to a CPR call. Both were taken to the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood for evaluation after the crash involving a marked SUV and sedan at East Glen Avenue and North Van Dien Avenue, one of which snapped a utility pole. Responders included village firefighters, EMS and Emergency Services members. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this account.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Two BMW Occupants Dead, One Critical In Paterson Shooting Two BMW Occupants Dead, One Critical In Paterson Shooting Two BMW Occupants Dead, One Critical In Paterson Shooting
Two BMW Occupants Dead, One Critical In Paterson Shooting UPDATE: A 32-year-old Paterson woman clung to life Wednesday, three days after a shooting that left two companions dead and another wounded. Latoya LeSane, a senior living assistant and former dance studio owner, remained in critical condition at St. Joe's after she and the others were shot inside a BMW on 12th Avenue Sunday night. https://southpassaic.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/paterson-senior-aide-clings-to-life-after-double-murder-shooting/741655/ ****** ORIGINAL STORY: Two occupants of a BMW were dead, a third was in critical condition and a fourth was wounded in a shooting late Sunday…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
SWAT Raid On Quiet New Milford Street Turns Up LSD, Mushrooms, 'Special K,' More SWAT Raid On Quiet New Milford Street Turns Up LSD, Mushrooms, 'Special K,' More SWAT Raid On Quiet New Milford Street Turns Up LSD, Mushrooms, 'Special K,' More
SWAT Raid On Quiet New Milford Street Turns Up LSD, Mushrooms, 'Special K,' More A SWAT team hit a modest home on a winding New Milford street and seized a 28-year-old unemployed resident who authorities said was dealing LSD, mushrooms, Ketamine and more. Cory O. Mancini also had pot and hash oil vapes, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said after the Birchwood Road raid earlier this week following an investigation by his detectives and New Milford police, assisted by a Bergen County Regional SWAT team. Mancini was charged with a host of drug-related counts and released pending a Sept. 12 first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack, Cal…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Another Paterson Labor Day Weekend Shooting Reported Another Paterson Labor Day Weekend Shooting Reported Another Paterson Labor Day Weekend Shooting Reported
Another Paterson Labor Day Weekend Shooting Reported The fourth Paterson shooting in 18 hours was reported Saturday -- this one involving a 22-year-old Prospect Park man who, like two of the others, didn't wait for an ambulance. ****** ALSO SEE: Latoya LeSane, a senior living assistant and former dance studio owner, remained in critical condition at St. Joe's while authorities continue searching for the gunman who shot her and three other people -- killing two of them -- inside a BMW on 12th Avenue Sunday night following some type of domestic dispute. https://southpassaic.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/paterson-senior-aide-clings-to-life-after-d…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Bullets Fly In Paterson: Three Shootings In Under 4½ Hours Bullets Fly In Paterson: Three Shootings In Under 4½ Hours Bullets Fly In Paterson: Three Shootings In Under 4½ Hours
Bullets Fly In Paterson: Three Shootings In Under 4½ Hours Three shootings in Paterson in just under 4½ hours late Friday into Saturday – one of them during a robbery – apparently left authorities with more questions than answers. For one thing, they don’t know where a 23-year-old city man who showed up at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center with a gunshot wound at 10:40 p.m. Friday was shot. ****** ALSO SEE: Latoya LeSane, a senior living assistant and former dance studio owner, remained in critical condition at St. Joe's while authorities continue searching for the gunman who shot her and three other people -- killing two of them -- inside a BM…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Visitor Trimming Ramsey Tree With Chainsaw Hospitalized After Falling More Than 30 Feet Visitor Trimming Ramsey Tree With Chainsaw Hospitalized After Falling More Than 30 Feet Visitor Trimming Ramsey Tree With Chainsaw Hospitalized After Falling More Than 30 Feet
Visitor Trimming Ramsey Tree With Chainsaw Hospitalized After Falling More Than 30 Feet A 60-year-old man trimming a tree with a chainsaw in Ramsey survived a three-story fall after a broken branch swept a ladder out from beneath him, authorities said. The branch outside his relative's North Spruce Street house was running perpendicular off another when the victim cut it Friday and it swung down, Police Chief Bryan Gurney said. "It swept the ladder out from underneath him and he fell straight down more than 30 feet," Gurney said. "He landed on his ankles." The victim was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that weren't considered li…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
PHOTOS: Jeep Driver Extricated After Rollover Crash On Route 17 In Ramsey PHOTOS: Jeep Driver Extricated After Rollover Crash On Route 17 In Ramsey PHOTOS: Jeep Driver Extricated After Rollover Crash On Route 17 In Ramsey
Photos: Jeep Driver Extricated After Rollover Crash On Route 17 In Ramsey PHOTOS: Ramsey Rescue members extricated the driver of an overturned Jeep after a crash with an SUV Friday afternoon on rain-slicked southbound Route 17. The Jeep driver -- a 32-year-old Manalapan man -- was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that Police Chief Bryan Gurney said weren't life-threatening after squad members got him out of the vehicle following the 2:25 p.m. crash. The Jeep took out a sign for Lincoln Plaza, off Airmount Avenue, and ended up overturned in the parking lot. Power to the plaza was temporarily cut. The SUV driver wasn't injured, the chief…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Defendant In $500,000 Federal Bank Fraud Case Caught Trying To Cash Bogus Checks In Bergenfield Defendant In $500,000 Federal Bank Fraud Case Caught Trying To Cash Bogus Checks In Bergenfield Defendant In $500,000 Federal Bank Fraud Case Caught Trying To Cash Bogus Checks In Bergenfield
Defendant In $500,000 Federal Bank Fraud Case Caught Trying To Cash Bogus Checks In Bergenfield Thanks to a quick-moving bank employee, a federal probationer accused last year of conning banks out of $500,000 was caught trying to cash $1,834 in bogus checks in  Bergenfield, authorities said Friday. Officers responding to the Chase Bank on North Washington Avenue Thursday afternoon arrested 21-year-old Yaseen Salih, who also tried to use a debit card in someone else’s name, Detective Lt. William Duran said. Borough police charged Salih with ID theft, forgery and fraudulent use of a credit card and sent him to the Bergen County Jail. U.S. Marshals placed a detainer on Salih under which…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
PHOTO: Car Crash Snaps Hawthorne Utility Pole PHOTO: Car Crash Snaps Hawthorne Utility Pole PHOTO: Car Crash Snaps Hawthorne Utility Pole
Photo: Car Crash Snaps Hawthorne Utility Pole A sedan severed a utility pole on a rain-slicked road Friday afternoon in Hawthorne. The crash occurred around 4:30 p.m. on Lincoln Avenue at the corner of Dixie Avenue. There was no immediate word on the extent of injuries. Lincoln Avenue was temporarily closed between Central and Parker avenues. ****** ALSO SEE: Ramsey firefighters extricated the driver of an overturned Jeep after a crash with an SUV Friday afternoon on rain-slicked southbound Route 17. https://mahwah.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/photos-occupant-extricated-after-rollover-crash-on-route-17-in-ramsey/741516/ ******

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Breaking News
Closter PD: Member Of Northern Valley Car Theft Ring Nabbed With Resident's Help Closter PD: Member Of Northern Valley Car Theft Ring Nabbed With Resident's Help Closter PD: Member Of Northern Valley Car Theft Ring Nabbed With Resident's Help
Closter PD: Member Of Northern Valley Car Theft Ring Nabbed With Resident's Help One of several Northern Valley car thieves who bailed out of a stolen Jeep after a brief chase was found hiding on a local resident’s porch, Closter police said. Officer Daniel Hargrave tried to stop the Jeep on westbound Homans Avenue before dawn Thursday, but the driver kept going, Detective Sgt. Vincent Aiello said. Moments later, the vehicle – which has been reported stolen out of Glen Ridge -- stopped on the railroad tracks near Closter Dock Road and Herbert Avenue and the occupants hopped out, Aiello said. All vanished except for one – identified as Omar M. Deas, 19 of East Orange. …

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