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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Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Head-On Paramus Crash Sends Two To Hospital Head-On Paramus Crash Sends Two To Hospital Head-On Paramus Crash Sends Two To Hospital
Head-On Paramus Crash Sends Two To Hospital Both drivers were hospitalized with serious injuries after a head-on crash Sunday in Paramus. Flatbed tow trucks were needed after the mid-afternoon crash on Ridgewood Avenue near the Garden State Parkway overpass.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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HEROES (VIDEO): Responders Rescue Man Who Dropped Cellphone From Base Of Paterson's Great Falls HEROES (VIDEO): Responders Rescue Man Who Dropped Cellphone From Base Of Paterson's Great Falls HEROES (VIDEO): Responders Rescue Man Who Dropped Cellphone From Base Of Paterson's Great Falls
Heroes (Video): Responders Rescue Man Who Dropped Cellphone From Base Of Paterson's Great Falls Video shows the dramatic rescue of a man from the base of the Great Falls in Paterson after he fell trying to retrieve his dropped cellphone. A rappelling responder got to the unidentified man -- who was in a t-shirt, shorts and a single sock with no shoes -- as the water rushed by Saturday morning. He then secured a line around the man and had him hold on as police, firefighters and others lifted both of them up the side of the rocks and through an opening they’d created in a chain-link fence. They then put him on a stretcher and carried him to a waiting ambulance. The man, who’d fallen …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
15-Year-Old Boy Shot In Paterson: How? 15-Year-Old Boy Shot In Paterson: How? 15-Year-Old Boy Shot In Paterson: How?
15-Year-Old Boy Shot In Paterson: How? A 15-year-old boy was expected to survive after being shot Saturday night in Paterson, authorities said. The boy had already been taken by someone to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center when city police got word that there’d been a shooting around 8 p.m. in the area of Hamilton Avenue and Rosa Parks Boulevard, authorities said. They didn’t say whether he might have shot himself or someone else did. Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes asked that anyone who might have seen something or had information that could help identify the shooter contact here office’s tips line at 1-877-370-…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
SEEN THEM? Police Say Maywood/Hackensack Locker Thieves Stole Cards Used In Paramus SEEN THEM? Police Say Maywood/Hackensack Locker Thieves Stole Cards Used In Paramus SEEN THEM? Police Say Maywood/Hackensack Locker Thieves Stole Cards Used In Paramus
Seen Them? Police Say Maywood/Hackensack Locker Thieves Stole Cards Used In Paramus Maywood and Hackensack police turned to the public for help finding a pair of locker room thieves who they said stole credit cards from two area health clubs, then used them at the Target store in Paramus. The actual thief struck at the HackensackUMC Fitness and Wellness Center on northbound Route 17 in Maywood and Retro Fitness on Commerce Way in Hackensack, both on July 3, Detective Matthew Parodi said. Both times, he handed the stolen credit cards off to a second man, who used them at target. If you see or know either or both of the men in the photos, contact Parodi at (201) 845-8800 or…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Fire Destroys Ridgewood Taxi Fire Destroys Ridgewood Taxi Fire Destroys Ridgewood Taxi
Fire Destroys Ridgewood Taxi Fire destroyed an unoccupied Ridgewood taxi Friday morning, moments after the driver parked it in a company lot. Members of Ridgewood FD Engine Company #35 doused the blaze at Village Taxi on South Broad Street, which apparently began in the engine compartment. Several other nearby vehicles were damaged by flames, intense heat, and heavy black smoke. No one was injured. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this account.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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VIDEO/PHOTOS: 'Best Day Ever' For 6-Year-Old Emerson 'Chief For a Day' VIDEO/PHOTOS: 'Best Day Ever' For 6-Year-Old Emerson 'Chief For a Day' VIDEO/PHOTOS: 'Best Day Ever' For 6-Year-Old Emerson 'Chief For a Day'
Video/Photos: 'Best Day Ever' For 6-Year-Old Emerson 'Chief For a Day' A local youngster got the special honor of being Emerson’s “Chief for a Day” on Thursday. Joseph Cottone – the son of a Westwood police officer -- was selected during a borough PTA tricky tray event earlier this year. Joey, 6, got the full treatment, complete with a police escort from his home. Emerson Councilman Brian Downing swore in Joey, who did a uniform inspection of the officers and was given a tour of headquarters, vehicles and equipment – followed by a pizza lunch. To top his day, Joey was taken to Tons of Toys on Westwood Avenue, where he picked out a New York Jets helmet as a p…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Passaic County Rapper Juelz Santana Admits Bringing Gun To Newark Airport Passaic County Rapper Juelz Santana Admits Bringing Gun To Newark Airport Passaic County Rapper Juelz Santana Admits Bringing Gun To Newark Airport
Passaic County Rapper Juelz Santana Admits Bringing Gun To Newark Airport Passaic County rapper Juelz Santana admitted in federal court on Thursday that he brought a gun into Newark Airport earlier this year. Santana, 36, of Totowa -- whose real name is Laron L. James -- is likely looking at federal prison time because of a prior felony conviction out of Bergen County, which prohibits him from carrying a firearm. He remained free on house arrest with an ankle bracelet monitor pending sentencing, thanks to a $500,000 bond that his mother secured with her Englewood home. U.S. District Judge Stanley R. Chesler scheduled sentencing for Dec. 12 in Newark federal court…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Justice? Franklin Lakes Owner Who Abused German Shepherds 'Walks Away,' Investigator Says Justice? Franklin Lakes Owner Who Abused German Shepherds 'Walks Away,' Investigator Says Justice? Franklin Lakes Owner Who Abused German Shepherds 'Walks Away,' Investigator Says
Justice? Franklin Lakes Owner Who Abused German Shepherds 'Walks Away,' Investigator Says A 65-year-old Franklin Lakes woman with a history of similar offenses "got to walk away with a slap on the wrist" after authorities accused her of severely damaging 14 German Shepherds in an illegal kennel that she operated from her home, an animal control investigator said Thursday. Under a plea deal with prosecutors, 13 criminal charges of animal cruelty against Danielle Weitz were dropped "and the 14th [was] amended to a civil violation," said her attorney, Gregg D. Trautmann. Weitz was "found liable of a single civil violation of neglecting a single dog of the f…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
WARM YOUR HEART: Bergen Boy With Stage 4 Cancer Surprised By NJ State Police Chopper WARM YOUR HEART: Bergen Boy With Stage 4 Cancer Surprised By NJ State Police Chopper WARM YOUR HEART: Bergen Boy With Stage 4 Cancer Surprised By NJ State Police Chopper
Warm Your Heart: Bergen Boy With Stage 4 Cancer Surprised By NJ State Police Chopper PHOTOS: For a few moments Wednesday, young Cole McKeon of Waldwick and his family could think of something other than his Stage 4 cancer. New Jersey State Police Trooper Evan Curtiss, a Ridgewood High School graduate and village Emergency Services member, piloted the chopper that landed Wednesday behind Ridgewood police headquarters. Village PBA Local 20 requested the visit so that Cole – whose dad, Kevin, is a Ridgewood police officer and mom, Stephanie, a schoolteacher – could see the helicopter up close. Neuroblastoma is “a fast-moving cancer that is in a form of a tumor near a kidney a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Rutherford PD: Hit-Run DWI Pickup Driver's Path Included Park Cars, Pedestrian, Tree, Fence Rutherford PD: Hit-Run DWI Pickup Driver's Path Included Park Cars, Pedestrian, Tree, Fence Rutherford PD: Hit-Run DWI Pickup Driver's Path Included Park Cars, Pedestrian, Tree, Fence
Rutherford PD: Hit-Run DWI Pickup Driver's Path Included Park Cars, Pedestrian, Tree, Fence A Rutherford driver was drunk when his pickup truck hit two parked cars -- one of which clipped a pedestrian -- before it jumped the curb, careened across a lawn, took down a fence, struck a tree and kept going, authorities said Wednesday. A police officer found the damaged 2017 GMC pickup a block away and took Ed McClary, 56, into custody around 9 p.m. Sunday, Capt. Patrick Feliciano said. The 52-year-old pedestrian -- who was standing between her car and another -- was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with broken bones before being released after treatment, Feliciano said. M…

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