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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Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Alert Tenafly Resident Leads Police To Accused Car Burglar From The Bronx Alert Tenafly Resident Leads Police To Accused Car Burglar From The Bronx Alert Tenafly Resident Leads Police To Accused Car Burglar From The Bronx
Alert Tenafly Resident Leads Police To Accused Car Burglar From The Bronx Tenafly is one of those towns where police consider themselves fortunate to have residents who call them as soon as they see something suspicious – which is how an accused car burglar from the Bronx was caught. Officers responding to a call from a witness that the man was trying car doors Friday night found 47-year-old Luis Camacho, who claimed he was “going door to door looking for work,” on Elm Street near Engle Street, Capt. Michael deMoncada said. Camacho, in fact, “was lost and looking for a way to get back to New York City,” deMoncada said. Police took Camacho into custody, charged h…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Paterson PD: Pounds Of Pot, Coke, Edibles, More Seized From Illegal Drug Dispensary Near School Paterson PD: Pounds Of Pot, Coke, Edibles, More Seized From Illegal Drug Dispensary Near School Paterson PD: Pounds Of Pot, Coke, Edibles, More Seized From Illegal Drug Dispensary Near School
Paterson PD: Pounds Of Pot, Coke, Edibles, More Seized From Illegal Drug Dispensary Near School Four doors down from a Paterson grade school, detectives raided an illegal basement dispensary where they said they found 5½ pounds of pot, more than three pounds of cannabis oil and THC syrup and 2½ pounds of THC edibles. They arrested five suspects, including a 68-year-old man who lives in the 20th Avenue apartment, less than a block from the K-8 Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School. Residents afraid of retaliation led police to the 20th Avenue location, city Police Director Jerry Speziale said. “The information we received advised of illegal drug sales going on all hours of the day …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Police Ticket Unlicensed Driver Whose Pickup Smashed Through Hackensack Apartment Window Police Ticket Unlicensed Driver Whose Pickup Smashed Through Hackensack Apartment Window Police Ticket Unlicensed Driver Whose Pickup Smashed Through Hackensack Apartment Window
Police Ticket Unlicensed Driver Whose Pickup Smashed Through Hackensack Apartment Window The driver of a pickup truck that hit two cars before plowing through the basement window of a Hackensack apartment on Monday didn't have a license, said police who also charged him with careless driving and failing to maintain a lane. Luis M. Castellanos, 24, of Jackson Avenue in Hackensack, "was driving southbound on Linden Street when, due to an unknown distraction, he failed to maintain his lane of travel and struck two parked vehicles," Capt. Brian Corcoran said. The crash sent the pickup careening across a lawn and through the window of a Linden Street apartment, which city …

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by Jerry DeMarco & Cecilia Levine
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Glen Rock PD: DWI Motorist From Ridgewood Squeezes Between Police Cruiser, Car On Route 208 Glen Rock PD: DWI Motorist From Ridgewood Squeezes Between Police Cruiser, Car On Route 208 Glen Rock PD: DWI Motorist From Ridgewood Squeezes Between Police Cruiser, Car On Route 208
Glen Rock PD: DWI Motorist From Ridgewood Squeezes Between Police Cruiser, Car On Route 208 A Glen Rock police officer was driving his cruiser beside another car on northbound Route 208 when a third vehicle – with a drunk driver behind the wheel -- squeezed between both, forcing them out of their lanes, authorities said. It was just after 3:30 a.m. Sunday when Officer John Tarantino stopped 23-year-old Felix A. Mercado on the northbound highway near Utter Avenue, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Mercado was charged with DWI and received summonses for reckless driving, tailgating, improper passing, making an unsafe lane change and failing to have proof or insurance or inspection, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Allendale Police Investigate SUV Rollover Crash That Took Out Utility Pole Allendale Police Investigate SUV Rollover Crash That Took Out Utility Pole Allendale Police Investigate SUV Rollover Crash That Took Out Utility Pole
Allendale Police Investigate SUV Rollover Crash That Took Out Utility Pole UPDATE: Allendale police were investigating a rollover crash Monday that took out a utility pole, sent the driver to the hospital with minor pains and closed a main road for hours. Another motorist called 911 and told police the 55-year-old Chevy Tahoe driver from New Milford "was being erratic" just before the 11:28 a.m. crash on Franklin Turnpike, Sgt. Todd A. Griffith said. "The driver showed no signs of driving under the influence but could not provide investigating Officer Mike Dillon a reason for the erratic driving or loss of control," Griffith said. As a result,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Elmwood Park Homeowner Survives Violent Struggle With Middle-Of-The-Night Burglar Elmwood Park Homeowner Survives Violent Struggle With Middle-Of-The-Night Burglar Elmwood Park Homeowner Survives Violent Struggle With Middle-Of-The-Night Burglar
Elmwood Park Homeowner Survives Violent Struggle With Middle-Of-The-Night Burglar An Elmwood Park homeowner got into a violent struggle with a burglar who was eventually caught by police after an overnight break-in spree Monday. Officers responding to a 2:30 p.m. report of a backyard intruder on Memorial Place established a perimeter, after which Detective Thomas Giamannco spotted the suspect, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. The suspect – identified as 20-year-old Austin Santiago of Elmwood Park – took off but was quickly chased down by Lt. Michael Kassai and Detective Chris Liptak, the chief said. Santiago not only had tried to burglarize a Memorial Place home, Foli…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Do People Read Crime Stories? Ask Glen Rock Man Who Helped Police Nab Accused Cellphone Thief Do People Read Crime Stories? Ask Glen Rock Man Who Helped Police Nab Accused Cellphone Thief Do People Read Crime Stories? Ask Glen Rock Man Who Helped Police Nab Accused Cellphone Thief
Do People Read Crime Stories? Ask Glen Rock Man Who Helped Police Nab Accused Cellphone Thief A Glen Rock resident who’d read last month about thieves sending fraudulently bought cellphones to third-party addresses led police to a Bronx man who they said was carrying eight phones worth $8,000. The Harding Road resident was on his own phone with police after receiving a FedEx package with someone else’s name on it when a man came to door trying to collect it, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. The resident was wise to the growing scam, however: He'd read about it. ****** SEE: In what’s become a common scam, a thief had an illegally purchased iPhone shipped to the home of a Glen Rock…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Fallen Tree Blocks Busy Washington Township Road Fallen Tree Blocks Busy Washington Township Road Fallen Tree Blocks Busy Washington Township Road
Fallen Tree Blocks Busy Washington Township Road A fallen tree blocked a heavily traveled Washington Township road Monday afternoon. The tree fell onto high-tension electric lines and communications cables in the 700 block of Werimus Road, bringing police and firefighters from the township, a PSE&G crew and police from Hillsdale and Ho-Ho-Kus. No injuries were reported, but area customers reported losing power or cable service. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this account.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Pickup Truck Smashes Through Hackensack Basement Apartment Window Pickup Truck Smashes Through Hackensack Basement Apartment Window Pickup Truck Smashes Through Hackensack Basement Apartment Window
Pickup Truck Smashes Through Hackensack Basement Apartment Window A three-vehicle crash sent a pickup truck careening across a lawn and through the window of a Hackensack basement apartment on Monday. The driver didn't have a license, said police who also charged him with careless driving and failing to maintain a lane. SEE: https://hackensack.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/police-ticket-unlicensed-pickup-driver-who-smashed-through-hackensack-basement-apartment-window/740873/ No one was in the apartment at the time, authorities said, Representatives from Hackensack Building Department and Hackensack UMC EMS assisted, the City of Hackensack Fire Department s…

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by Jerry DeMarco & Cecilia Levine
Paterson, NJ
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Payroll Clerk Gets 18 Months For Helping Con Clifton Trucking Company Out Of $920,000 Payroll Clerk Gets 18 Months For Helping Con Clifton Trucking Company Out Of $920,000 Payroll Clerk Gets 18 Months For Helping Con Clifton Trucking Company Out Of $920,000
Payroll Clerk Gets 18 Months For Helping Con Clifton Trucking Company Out Of $920,000 A now-former payroll clerk was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison on Monday for helping con a Clifton trucking company out of $920,380. Lisa Popewiny, 56, also of Clifton, admitted her guilt last September, joining three brothers who also accepted deal from the government rather than face a jury in U.S. District Court in Newark. Like Popewiny, Miguel Vidal, Angel D. Vidal, and Angel Gabriel Vidal previously pleaded guilty to similar charges for their roles in the scheme -- and, in doing so, agreed to testify against her if she took the case to trial. The brothers admitted they allowe…

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