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 PD: Reckless Driver Had Warrants, 300 Bags Of Heroin Prospect Park PD: Reckless Driver Had Warrants, 300 Bags Of Heroin Prospect Park PD: Reckless Driver Had Warrants, 300 Bags Of Heroin
Prospect Park PD: Reckless Driver Had Warrants, 300 Bags Of Heroin A driver with outstanding warrants who just missed crashing into a parked car while backing up was carrying 300 envelopes of heroin stamped “ROLEX,” said Prospect Park police who arrested her. After stopping the sliver Audi on Hopper Street, Officer Craig Bonagura noticed that the driver, 33-year-old Shanea Dunbar, “making furtive movements toward the center console as if she was attempting to conceal something,” Capt. Ammen Matari said. Bonagura then spotted a clear bag containing the bundled heroin, Matari said. Dunbar – who had outstanding warrants out of Elmwood Park and East Orange --…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: Bodies Of Teen Ramapo Lake Drowning Victims Recovered UPDATE: Bodies Of Teen Ramapo Lake Drowning Victims Recovered UPDATE: Bodies Of Teen Ramapo Lake Drowning Victims Recovered
Update: Bodies Of Teen Ramapo Lake Drowning Victims Recovered UPDATE: The bodies of a 17-year-old boy and girl from Essex County who drowned in Ramapo Lake in Oakland during Tuesday evening's storm were both recovered hours later, responders said. Matthew Poole and Isabella Brodsky were about to become seniors at Livingston High School. “They were swimming when the storm hit," a law enforcement official told Daily Voice. "The boy went in to save the girl." Poole's body was recovered just before 9 p.m., nearly three hours after going under, he said. Brodsky's was found an hour or so later. Several dive teams responded to a staging area…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Overturned Vehicle Sends Two To Hospital, Jams Route 208 In Hawthorne Overturned Vehicle Sends Two To Hospital, Jams Route 208 In Hawthorne Overturned Vehicle Sends Two To Hospital, Jams Route 208 In Hawthorne
Overturned Vehicle Sends Two To Hospital, Jams Route 208 In Hawthorne Traffic on Route 208 in Hawthorne was backed up in both directions as Tuesday's evening rush began after a vehicle overturned in a crash, sending two people to the hospital. The northbound highway was temporarily closed, with traffic diverted at Goffle Road. There was no immediate word on the extent of the injuries. Michael Jannicelli contributed to this account.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Cliffside Park Police Break Up Street Brawl, Bust Three Cliffside Park Police Break Up Street Brawl, Bust Three Cliffside Park Police Break Up Street Brawl, Bust Three
Cliffside Park Police Break Up Street Brawl, Bust Three A brawl outside a Cliffside Park lounge was quickly doused by borough police, who made three arrests. The incident began just before 1 a.m. Saturday at the Five Twelve Hand Crafted Cocktail Bar on Anderson Avenue, Police Chief Richard Gaito said. The incident occurred "outside a few feet away from the bar," said co-owner Frankie Medina. "The scene was the aftermath of everyone leaving the bar at once." At no point did things get physical inside the bar, Medina and co-owner Eli Abiskaroon said. Witnesses said police arrived quickly and got the situation under control, s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
SOURCES: Disturbed Wayne Man Dies In Fight With Stepfather, 73, Who Was Protecting Family SOURCES: Disturbed Wayne Man Dies In Fight With Stepfather, 73, Who Was Protecting Family SOURCES: Disturbed Wayne Man Dies In Fight With Stepfather, 73, Who Was Protecting Family
Sources: Disturbed Wayne Man Dies In Fight With Stepfather, 73, Who Was Protecting Family A 22-year-old emotionally disturbed Wayne man died following a struggle with his 73-year-old stepfather after he came after the family with a knife, responders told Daily Voice. Prosecutors apparently were still reviewing the particulars of the Friday night incident on Mandon Drive, which responders called an accident. The victim, who'd been hospitalized for medical issues, had a restraining order obtained against him after he threw a chair through the window of the house and threatened to kill the family, one responder with direct knowledge of the incident told Daily Voice. He returned wi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
On Your Side
Visitation Thursday For Late Demarest Pizza Owner Steve Renke Visitation Thursday For Late Demarest Pizza Owner Steve Renke Visitation Thursday For Late Demarest Pizza Owner Steve Renke
Visitation Thursday For Late Demarest Pizza Owner Steve Renke Visiting hours are this Thursday for Steve Renke, the longtime Demarest Pizza owner who died suddenly over the weekend. A private funeral service and cremation will follow public visitation from 5 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Barrett Funeral Home, 148 Dean Drive in Tenafly: (201) 568-8043. Renke, 49, who made Demarest Pizza a local institution for more than three decades, constantly took up the causes of anyone who needed funding help -- advertising campaigns at his shop, urging people to give what they could. "Steve was an incredible supporter of the [Northern Valley Demarest High School] m…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Canister Explosion In Passaic River Draws SCUBA Team, ATF To Wayne Canister Explosion In Passaic River Draws SCUBA Team, ATF To Wayne Canister Explosion In Passaic River Draws SCUBA Team, ATF To Wayne
Canister Explosion In Passaic River Draws Scuba Team, ATF To Wayne A canister floating down the Passaic River in Wayne suddenly exploded Monday, drawing a county SCUBA team, the ATF and township police. A property owner “saw the container floating down the river,” a law enforcement official told Daily Voice. “It got stuck in back of his house, either in a tree or some brush – then it exploded.” No one was injured and there was no serious property damage. Authorities were trying to recover as much of the wreckage as they could to determine what the explosive was.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Don't Be Another Victim, Police Say, After Cellphone Hacker Swipes $13,750 From Glen Rock Woman Don't Be Another Victim, Police Say, After Cellphone Hacker Swipes $13,750 From Glen Rock Woman Don't Be Another Victim, Police Say, After Cellphone Hacker Swipes $13,750 From Glen Rock Woman
Don't Be Another Victim, Police Say, After Cellphone Hacker Swipes $13,750 From Glen Rock Woman A thief used a Glen Rock woman’s information to ring up $10,000 worth of airline tickets and hotel charges in Colorado, steal $3,750 in other expenses and access her medical records by hacking her i-Phone, authorities said. The information from Englewood Hospital and Medical Center was “used to defraud a third party in Colorado,” Police Chief Dean Ackermann said Monday. Apparently, the thief “hacked into her AT&T I-Phone and obtained her banking information,” the chief said. Then the charges began – and mounted, he said. Ackermann’s detectives were working with their colleagues in Eng…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Undercover Cocaine Buys Lead To Arrest Of NYC Man In Fort Lee Prosecutor: Undercover Cocaine Buys Lead To Arrest Of NYC Man In Fort Lee Prosecutor: Undercover Cocaine Buys Lead To Arrest Of NYC Man In Fort Lee
Prosecutor: Undercover Cocaine Buys Lead To Arrest Of NYC Man In Fort Lee A New York City man was busted in Fort Lee after selling cocaine to an undercover Bergen County prosecutor’s detective, authorities said. Detectives began investigating Cristian Cruz-Sanchez, 44, after receiving a tip in July that Cruz-Sanchez was selling cocaine in the area, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. Four undercover buys followed, the last of which occurred Thursday in Fort Lee, where Cruz-Sanchez was arrested, he said. A judge ordered him released pending further court action – under New Jersey’s 2017 bail reform law -- after a hearing the following day in Central…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Four Northern Highlands Towns Plan What Could Be Biggest-Ever 'Night Out' Against Crime Four Northern Highlands Towns Plan What Could Be Biggest-Ever 'Night Out' Against Crime Four Northern Highlands Towns Plan What Could Be Biggest-Ever 'Night Out' Against Crime
Four Northern Highlands Towns Plan What Could Be Biggest-Ever 'Night Out' Against Crime Four Northern Highlands towns are uniting Tuesday for the 35th annual "National Night Out" to prevent crime and illegal drug use. From 6 to 9 p.m. on Aug. 7, residents throughout Upper Saddle River, Allendale, Saddle River, and Ho-Ho-Kus are asked to lock their doors, turn on outside lights and spend the evening with local police officers at the Red Barn located behind Crestwood Lake in Allendale. Co-sponsored locally by the USRA Coalition (www.usracoalition.org), the free event will feature a DJ, live music, games, crafts, ice cream, face painting, inflatable obstacle course, bas…

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