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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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Saddle Brook Dollar Store Managers Step Up For Boy, 13, Who Had Bicycle Stolen Saddle Brook Dollar Store Managers Step Up For Boy, 13, Who Had Bicycle Stolen Saddle Brook Dollar Store Managers Step Up For Boy, 13, Who Had Bicycle Stolen
Saddle Brook Dollar Store Managers Step Up For Boy, 13, Who Had Bicycle Stolen A 13-year-old Saddle Brook boy was pretty shaken up after a middle-aged thief swiped his brand new bicycle from outside the dollar store in town while he was inside shopping with his grandmother. Hearing what happened, managers at the Dollar General Store on Market Street got together and gave young Michael Duchnowski a new bike. Michael had parked his $220 black-and-lime-green Schwinn Sidewinder mountain bike against the wall of the store, then went inside to join his grandmother, who was shopping there, Police Chief Robert Kugler said. When they walked out 10 minutes later, the bicycle w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Hackensack Bicyclist, 74, Hospitalized After Crash Hackensack Bicyclist, 74, Hospitalized After Crash Hackensack Bicyclist, 74, Hospitalized After Crash
Hackensack Bicyclist, 74, Hospitalized After Crash A 74-year-old bicyclist drove directly into the path of a car that struck him, sending him to the hospital, Hackensack police said Wednesday. The city resident was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with "significant trauma" to his lower leg after he was struck by a 2003 Volkswagon Jetta as both headed south on Summit Avenue near Coolidge Place, Capt. Nicole Foley said. "Our initial investigation determined that the bicyclist was struck when he rode directly into the path of the motor vehicle," Foley said. The 31-year-old driver from Paterson was visibly shak…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
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Federal Raid: Bergenfield Man Charged With Trafficking Child Porn Federal Raid: Bergenfield Man Charged With Trafficking Child Porn Federal Raid: Bergenfield Man Charged With Trafficking Child Porn
Federal Raid: Bergenfield Man Charged With Trafficking Child Porn A married Bergenfield father was charged with trafficking child pornography after federal agents raided his home and arrested him Wednesday, authorities said. Barry Goldstein, a 46-year-old transportation supervisor for an environmental waste management company, had “explicit conversations” with an undercover agent about “the sexual abuse of children” while also sharing “images depicting child abuse,” beginning three months ago, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Carpenito credited special agents of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HIS) with …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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HEROES: Little Ferry Firefighters Rescue Youngster Trapped In House Fire HEROES: Little Ferry Firefighters Rescue Youngster Trapped In House Fire HEROES: Little Ferry Firefighters Rescue Youngster Trapped In House Fire
Heroes: Little Ferry Firefighters Rescue Youngster Trapped In House Fire Two youngsters, one of whom was briefly hanging from a second-floor window, escaped a Little Ferry house blaze Wednesday afternoon, responders said. Both were hospitalized with what responders characterized as minor burns – “nothing major,” one said. Fire Capt. Ryan Romero carried the boy who'd been hanging from the window of the Prospect Avenue home down a ladder during the 3:30 p.m. blaze, they said, adding that a younger girl got out on her own The juveniles – who responders said are between the ages of 10 and 15 – were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center. Firefighters from H…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Wyckoff Teens Rewarded For Turning In Necklace Wyckoff Teens Rewarded For Turning In Necklace Wyckoff Teens Rewarded For Turning In Necklace
Wyckoff Teens Rewarded For Turning In Necklace Doing the right thing paid off sweetly for a pair of 14-year-old Wyckoff girls who found a necklace on a Ridgewood sidewalk a year ago. Emily Mainwald and Natalie Jackson had spotted something shiny while walking along Chestnut Street last Aug. 31, Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke said Wednesday. “Bending down to examine it more closely, they realized they had found a beautiful necklace,” the chief said. “They looked around, but no one appeared to be searching for anything, so they did what came naturally.” Emily called her mom, who picked up the girls and even contacted the store in front …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
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SEEN THEM? Closter Police Hunt Suspected Shopping Center Stalker, Upskirter SEEN THEM? Closter Police Hunt Suspected Shopping Center Stalker, Upskirter SEEN THEM? Closter Police Hunt Suspected Shopping Center Stalker, Upskirter
Seen Them? Closter Police Hunt Suspected Shopping Center Stalker, Upskirter Closter police released surveillance photos Wednesday in the hopes of identifying two men in separate incidents – one of whom they said followed a woman and her 11-year-old granddaughter around the borough’s new shopping center and another suspected of taking upskirt photos of a woman in a dressing room there. RECENT INCIDENT Surveillance video shows one of the men following the grandmother and girl, 11, into HomeGoods and then “from aisle to aisle for 15 minutes” without buying anything between 8-9 p.m. Aug. 1, Detective Sgt. Vincent Aiello told Daily Voice. After noticing him, the mother…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Grewal: Local Prosecutors Can't Ignore Pot Cases, But Can Use Discretion Grewal: Local Prosecutors Can't Ignore Pot Cases, But Can Use Discretion Grewal: Local Prosecutors Can't Ignore Pot Cases, But Can Use Discretion
Grewal: Local Prosecutors Can't Ignore Pot Cases, But Can Use Discretion Prosecutors in New Jersey's municipal courts “are not permitted to adopt their own policies to decriminalize marijuana,” but they can use discretion in how they handle each case, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Wednesday. “Municipal prosecutors cannot decriminalize conduct that the Legislature has criminalized,” Grewal said, in releasing new guidelines on how local authorities handle pot cases. “They cannot adopt blanket policies of non-prosecution.” However, he said, “municipal prosecutors can and should strive to ensure that individual justice is done in individual cases.” G…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Prosecutor: Passaic Quick Strike Nets 18 Street-Level Drug Dealers Who Serviced Out-Of-Towners Prosecutor: Passaic Quick Strike Nets 18 Street-Level Drug Dealers Who Serviced Out-Of-Towners Prosecutor: Passaic Quick Strike Nets 18 Street-Level Drug Dealers Who Serviced Out-Of-Towners
Prosecutor: Passaic Quick Strike Nets 18 Street-Level Drug Dealers Who Serviced Out-Of-Towners Eighteen street-level dealers in the city of Passaic who supplied a virtual parade of out-of-towners with drugs were swept up in a quick-strike operation involving dozens of law enforcement officers from Bergen and Passaic counties, authorities said. “Operation Branch Out” took nearly a pound of heroin off the street, along with some cocaine, pot and Xanax, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. Nearly $3,000 in drug-sale cash also was seized, she said. “As you can see from our partnered prosecutor[‘s] offices in Bergen, Morris and Sussex [counties], the drugs that are purchased…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Ex-Ridgefield Park Priest Takes Leave After Onetime Altar Boy Describes Sex Abuse Ex-Ridgefield Park Priest Takes Leave After Onetime Altar Boy Describes Sex Abuse Ex-Ridgefield Park Priest Takes Leave After Onetime Altar Boy Describes Sex Abuse
Ex-Ridgefield Park Priest Takes Leave After Onetime Altar Boy Describes Sex Abuse UPDATE: A no-holds-barred account of sex abuse has gotten a once-popular Ridgefield Park priest removed from his current position. An investigation by the Archdiocese of Newark was continuing into the allegations against the Rev. Gerald Sudol at St. Francis of Assisi Church following an online column by village native Ed Hanratty that went viral, a spokesman for the diocese said. Sudol took a leave of absence as reverend in residence at Our Lady of Czestochowa Catholic Church in Jersey City while the investigation proceeds, said the spokesman, Jim Goodness. Another local priest -- the Rev.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Police: Clifton Robber Punches NYC Driver In Face At Red Light In Broad Daylight Police: Clifton Robber Punches NYC Driver In Face At Red Light In Broad Daylight Police: Clifton Robber Punches NYC Driver In Face At Red Light In Broad Daylight
Police: Clifton Robber Punches NYC Driver In Face At Red Light In Broad Daylight A robber rushed a New York City driver stopped at a Clifton red light in broad daylight and punched him in the face when the victim refused to give up his watch, authorities said. The 35-year-old victim was stopped at the Parker Avenue light around 2 p.m. Sunday when the robber approached the driver’s side door and tried grabbing the watch, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. When the driver fought back, the robber punched him hard enough to require he be brought by ambulance to St. Mary’s Hospital. The robber was described as Hispanic, in his 20s or 30s, and wearing a red t-shirt with a bl…

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