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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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Prospect Park Car Burglary Spree Stopped, Three Teens Seized Prospect Park Car Burglary Spree Stopped, Three Teens Seized Prospect Park Car Burglary Spree Stopped, Three Teens Seized
Prospect Park Car Burglary Spree Stopped, Three Teens Seized Prospect Park police solved nearly a dozen car burglaries – as well as the theft of a sedan – with the seizure of three teens, authorities said Thursday. Detectives Arthur Canestrino and Detective Walter Richmond identified Justin Velez of Paterson and the two juveniles – one a 16-year-old from Haledon and the other a 15-year-old from Prospect Park – following the 10-day burglary spree earlier this month. Velez was arrested and charged with 10 counts of burglary and five counts of theft, including one for the stolen 2017 Chevy Cruze – which police returned to its owner, Capt. Ammen Matari s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Lodi Postman Charged With $37,822 Superstorm Sandy Scam Lodi Postman Charged With $37,822 Superstorm Sandy Scam Lodi Postman Charged With $37,822 Superstorm Sandy Scam
Lodi Postman Charged With $37,822 Superstorm Sandy Scam A U.S. Navy veteran from Lodi who works as a postal carrier pocketed $37,822 in taxpayer-funded Superstorm Sandy relief by claiming his damaged Jersey Shore home as his primary residence, state authorities charged. The home that 51-year-old Peter Raia Jr. owns on Lincoln Avenue in Seaside Heights that was damaged by the historic storm is actually a summer/weekend property, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. By lying on applications, Raia received $5,640 from FEMA, a $10,000 RSP grant, $14,000 in SBA loan proceeds, and $8,182 in SHRAP funds, Grewal said. Authorities charged him w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Police: DWI Hackensack Driver Charged In Clifton Police Chase, Paterson Crash Police: DWI Hackensack Driver Charged In Clifton Police Chase, Paterson Crash Police: DWI Hackensack Driver Charged In Clifton Police Chase, Paterson Crash
Police: DWI Hackensack Driver Charged In Clifton Police Chase, Paterson Crash A suspended Hackensack driver was drunk when he pulled up behind a Clifton police car in an empty parking lot before dawn, then led a high-speed chase that ended in a Paterson crash, authorities said. Officer Jomarcel Urena was on patrol in the area of Main and Sylvan avenues when the driver – identified as 28-year-old Preston Washington Jr. – followed him into the parking lot of a closed business at 2:35 a.m. Saturday. The officer got out and found Washington smelling of alcohol behind the wheel of a 2017 black Lexus SUV, Sgt. Robert Anderson said. Urena asked if he needed help, to which …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Clifton PD: Woman Tackled After Walking Into Oncoming Route 46 Traffic With Knife Clifton PD: Woman Tackled After Walking Into Oncoming Route 46 Traffic With Knife Clifton PD: Woman Tackled After Walking Into Oncoming Route 46 Traffic With Knife
Clifton PD: Woman Tackled After Walking Into Oncoming Route 46 Traffic With Knife A woman walking toward oncoming traffic in the middle of Route 46 in Clifton had to be subdued by police after threatening to pull a knife from her purse, authorities said. Police found a steak knife in the purse and had the 46-year-old woman taken to a local hospital to be evaluated after the 11:43 a.m. incident Wednesday. No charges were filed, Sgt. Robert Anderson said. Officer Michael Zigarelli was on patrol on the westbound highway near Valley Road when he saw several vehicles stopped for the woman, Anderson said. Zigarelli got out of his cruiser and approached the woman, “telling her…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Dozens Of Barrels Of Beer On The Road: Tipped-Tractor Trailer Closes Rutherford Rt 3 Ramp To 17 Dozens Of Barrels Of Beer On The Road: Tipped-Tractor Trailer Closes Rutherford Rt 3 Ramp To 17 Dozens Of Barrels Of Beer On The Road: Tipped-Tractor Trailer Closes Rutherford Rt 3 Ramp To 17
Dozens Of Barrels Of Beer On The Road: Tipped-Tractor Trailer Closes Rutherford Rt 3 Ramp To 17 Beer kegs went flying as workers unloaded a trailer full of them after a rig tipped over Wednesday on a ramp from eastbound Route 3 to northbound Route 17 in Rutherford. The driver escaped virtually unscathed after the 10:50 a.m. mishap, which was expected to keep the ramp closed at least through mid-afternoon. He declined further medical attention after the Rutherford Ambulance Corps checked him out. Workers offloaded the kegs to another trailer.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
PHOTOS: Fallen Paramus Tree Limb Narrowly Misses Cars PHOTOS: Fallen Paramus Tree Limb Narrowly Misses Cars PHOTOS: Fallen Paramus Tree Limb Narrowly Misses Cars
Photos: Fallen Paramus Tree Limb Narrowly Misses Cars A fallen tree limb just missed smashing several cars parked in the driveway of a Paramus home. The huge limb fell Tuesday night on Lockwood Drive, taking utility wires with it. The street was temporarily closed for repairs. PSEG replaced the wires and a shade tree service chopped up the limb and hauled it away Wednesday morning.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgefield Park Native Hailed For Detailing Sexual Abuse At Hands Of Popular Priest Ridgefield Park Native Hailed For Detailing Sexual Abuse At Hands Of Popular Priest Ridgefield Park Native Hailed For Detailing Sexual Abuse At Hands Of Popular Priest
Ridgefield Park Native Hailed For Detailing Sexual Abuse At Hands Of Popular Priest It was the summer before 8th grade when Ridgefield Park native Ed Hanratty said the worst sexual abuse he’d endured from a local priest happened – in his own backyard. Before then, the Rev. Gerald Sudol of St. Francis of Assisi Church had kissed him and other boys on the mouth, Hanratty said. But instead of telling their parents, the boys made jokes about his sexuality. “None of us ever thought to complain to anyone. Not our parents. Not our teachers….Nobody,” Hanratty, 41, wrote in a reverbpress.news column that has begun attracting widespread attention since it was published on Sunday. “…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
TOUCHDOWN! Rapper Post Malone's Diverted Teterboro Flight Lands Safely At Stewart Airport In NY TOUCHDOWN! Rapper Post Malone's Diverted Teterboro Flight Lands Safely At Stewart Airport In NY TOUCHDOWN! Rapper Post Malone's Diverted Teterboro Flight Lands Safely At Stewart Airport In NY
Touchdown! Rapper Post Malone's Diverted Teterboro Flight Lands Safely At Stewart Airport In NY After spending nearly 5 hours in the air burning fuel, a jet that blew two tires after taking off from Teterboro carrying rapper Post Malone and 15 other people Tuesday morning landed safely at New York's Stewart Airport in Orange County around 3:50 p.m. A fleet of ambulances and other responders -- including an AirMed One medical chopper from Hackensack University Medical Center -- were lined up on the tarmac but weren't needed as the plane touched down safely. The London-bound Gulfstream IV blew its two left front tires after takeoff from Teterboro around 10:40 a.m. The pilot originally …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Worker, 51, At Fair Lawn Warehouse Rescued After 6,300 Pounds Of Granite Falls On Leg Worker, 51, At Fair Lawn Warehouse Rescued After 6,300 Pounds Of Granite Falls On Leg Worker, 51, At Fair Lawn Warehouse Rescued After 6,300 Pounds Of Granite Falls On Leg
Worker, 51, At Fair Lawn Warehouse Rescued After 6,300 Pounds Of Granite Falls On Leg UPDATE: A 51-year-old employee was rescued Tuesday morning after a beam gave way and dropped 6,300 pounds of granite on his leg at a stonework warehouse in Fair Lawn, authorities said. Membes of the Fair Lawn Rescue Squad used inflatables and forklifts to remove the Paterson resident, who was sedated, after the 10 a.m. incident at ICM Stone on Wagaraw Road, Fair Lawn Police Sgt. Sean Macys said. It took about an hour to finally get him out, after which the Fair Lawn Volunteer Ambulance Corps took him to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson, Macys said. Nine pieces in all fell o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah PD: Observant Officer Nabs Pennsylvania Driver With 500 LSD Hits Mahwah PD: Observant Officer Nabs Pennsylvania Driver With 500 LSD Hits Mahwah PD: Observant Officer Nabs Pennsylvania Driver With 500 LSD Hits
Mahwah PD: Observant Officer Nabs Pennsylvania Driver With 500 LSD Hits A Mahwah police officer who suspected no good found a Pennsylvania driver carrying 500 hits of LSD, authorities said. Officer John Rodriguez was on patrol late Monday when he spotted “several individuals acting in a suspicious manner in a municipal commuter lot” off East Ramapo Avenue, Police Chief James N. Batelli said Tuesday. They then got into separate vehicles and exited the lot in different directions, Batelli said. Moments later, Rodriguez stopped one of them for committing a traffic violation on Island Road, the chief said. The driver – identified as 25-year-old Adrian Wielgolaski…

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