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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Lyndhurst, NJ
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HEROES: Lyndhurst Police Free Girl With Autism, 5, Tangled In Park Swing HEROES: Lyndhurst Police Free Girl With Autism, 5, Tangled In Park Swing HEROES: Lyndhurst Police Free Girl With Autism, 5, Tangled In Park Swing
Heroes: Lyndhurst Police Free Girl With Autism, 5, Tangled In Park Swing A Lyndhurst police officer held the hand of a 5-year-old girl with autism while his colleagues used bolt cutters to free the frightened youngster from a chain-link park swing. “We were having a great time and she climbed into one of the swings,” her aunt said after the late Thursday afternoon incident at Town Hall Park. “I was pushing and she was actually smiling. “When she wanted to get out, I tried lifting her out but her legs were sorta wedged in....the rubber was completely cutting her circulation,” she said. “She is underweight and has long thin legs....being ‘too big’ wasn't the issue…

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Owners Of Burned-Out Little Ferry Pizzeria Vow To Rebuild, Community Offers To Help Owners Of Burned-Out Little Ferry Pizzeria Vow To Rebuild, Community Offers To Help Owners Of Burned-Out Little Ferry Pizzeria Vow To Rebuild, Community Offers To Help
Owners Of Burned-Out Little Ferry Pizzeria Vow To Rebuild, Community Offers To Help Nick and Joann Fytros had only recently bought Zio’s Pizza in Little Ferry, but their family restaurant quickly built a large and devoted customer base – many of whom were offering prayers and donations Thursday to help the couple recover from a crippling fire the night before. “We are beyond devasted,” Joann Fytros wrote in a Facebook morning post, “but as most of you know Nick is a fighter and will come back from this.” Fytros, an EMT with Moonachie First Aid & Rescue Squad, also asked for prayers for a family – a husband, wife, 17-year-old daughter and dog -- who were displaced after…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Accused Arsonist From Ridgefield Park Stole Ridgewood Motorcycle, Police Charge Accused Arsonist From Ridgefield Park Stole Ridgewood Motorcycle, Police Charge Accused Arsonist From Ridgefield Park Stole Ridgewood Motorcycle, Police Charge
Accused Arsonist From Ridgefield Park Stole Ridgewood Motorcycle, Police Charge A 23-year-old Ridgefield Park man who’s already compiled a hefty rap sheet – including charges of ramming a car into a pursuing police cruiser -- stole a motorcycle from the Ridgewood owner’s garage right after it had been serviced, police said. Village detectives seized 23-year-old Zackery Rosario and recovered the $4,000 motorcycle in Passaic on July 17 with help from their city colleagues, Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke said. Passaic police charged Rosario with receiving stolen property, then turned him over to Ridgewood police, who charged him with burglary and theft. Rosario was rele…

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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MUGSHOT: Accused Fair Lawn Bank Robber Ordered Held MUGSHOT: Accused Fair Lawn Bank Robber Ordered Held MUGSHOT: Accused Fair Lawn Bank Robber Ordered Held
Mugshot: Accused Fair Lawn Bank Robber Ordered Held UPDATE: A judge ordered that a Paterson man arrested by Fair Lawn police for a $10,000 bank robbery last month remain held in the Bergen County Jail. "10K or You Die" read the note that 22-year-old Jose Cuevas of Paterson handed a teller at the Columbia Bank branch on Broadway on July 13, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Cuevas "grabbed his hip, making the teller believe that he was holding a weapon," Metzler said. Detectives Brian Rypkema and Anthony Lugo identified Cuevas, who was carrying a 27-inch machete when he was arrested Tuesday night, Aug. 1, the sergeant said. The p…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
3rd Teen Seized In Shooting Death Of Wallington Pizza Deliveryman 3rd Teen Seized In Shooting Death Of Wallington Pizza Deliveryman 3rd Teen Seized In Shooting Death Of Wallington Pizza Deliveryman
3rd Teen Seized In Shooting Death Of Wallington Pizza Deliveryman A 16-year-old boy remained in custody along with two Garfield 18-year-olds who were charged in the shooting death of a 27-year-old Wallington pizza delivery man in his car during a robbery last month, authorities said. Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Clifton Police Chief Mark P. Centurione didn't disclose who they believe pulled the trigger, killing 27-year-old Dervy Almonte-Moore of Elmwood Park. However, they announced that the two adults charged in the slaying also tried to rob someone else in Passaic a little over 45 minutes earlier. Andy DeJesus and Joel Nunez were ori…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Bond Gang Successor Tampers With Witness In Domestic Violence Case Prosecutor: Bond Gang Successor Tampers With Witness In Domestic Violence Case Prosecutor: Bond Gang Successor Tampers With Witness In Domestic Violence Case
Prosecutor: Bond Gang Successor Tampers With Witness In Domestic Violence Case One of the last successors of the infamous James Bond Gang burglary crew was charged with witness tampering after he tried to get a woman to drop domestic violence charges, authorities said. Aasim Boone, 35, had only just been released from state prison this past March after serving four years for an Old Tappan home break-in. He's been in the Bergen County Jail since July 16, when he was arrested and charged with breaking into homes in Englewood, Hackensack, Oradell, Paramus, Teaneck and Tenafly with three accomplices. "Shortly thereafter, an investigation ensued into Boone and his co…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Hackensack Police Seize Heroin, $1,400 In Drug Money, Arrest Ex-Con Hackensack Police Seize Heroin, $1,400 In Drug Money, Arrest Ex-Con Hackensack Police Seize Heroin, $1,400 In Drug Money, Arrest Ex-Con
Hackensack Police Seize Heroin, $1,400 In Drug Money, Arrest Ex-Con Hackensack police said they seized 13 bricks of heroin -- worth nearly $2,000 on the street -- and $1,400 in drug money while arresting a 29-year-old ex-con. Kwame J. Collins -- who has an extensive criminal record stretching back more than a decade – had been dealing out of his Mary Street apartment and from other locations, Capt. Peter Busciglio said. Collins, 29, was sent to the Bergen County Jail after the 6:30 a.m. raid at his Mary Street apartment, Busciglio said. A judge the next day ordered him released under New Jersey’s 2017 bail reform law. Collins is charged with having and se…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Undocumented Waldwick Busboy Charged With Statutory Rape Of Girl Under 16 Undocumented Waldwick Busboy Charged With Statutory Rape Of Girl Under 16 Undocumented Waldwick Busboy Charged With Statutory Rape Of Girl Under 16
Undocumented Waldwick Busboy Charged With Statutory Rape Of Girl Under 16 An undocumented bus boy living in Waldwick and working as a busboy at a local restaurant was charged with having sex with a girl under 16 years old when he was 20, authorities said Wednesday. A judge Wednesday afternoon ordered 25-year-old Jose A. Palacios Rivas -- whose official job title is “food runner” – held in the Bergen County Jail after a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) put a detainer on him – meaning that federal authorities would take custody of Rivas if another judge orders his release. Rivas, wh…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
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Wanaque PD: Sporting Goods Shoplifter Assaults Store Owner, Employee Wanaque PD: Sporting Goods Shoplifter Assaults Store Owner, Employee Wanaque PD: Sporting Goods Shoplifter Assaults Store Owner, Employee
Wanaque PD: Sporting Goods Shoplifter Assaults Store Owner, Employee A Haskell man caught shoplifting at a local sporting goods store got violent, said Wanaque police who arrested him. John Thompson, 26, was chasing an employee of the Tackle and Field outdoor sports store on Ringwood Avenue when officers arrived late Tuesday afternoon, Capt. Kenneth Fackina said. Officer Brian Bellifemine quickly took Thompson into custody, he said. Thompson had “grabbed several items including a customer’s bow and clothing [worth more than $200 combined] before leaving the store,” Fackina said. “He then re-entered the store after being confronted by the owner,” the captai…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Former Local Sportswriter From Maywood Charged With Sex Trafficking Of Minors Former Local Sportswriter From Maywood Charged With Sex Trafficking Of Minors Former Local Sportswriter From Maywood Charged With Sex Trafficking Of Minors
Former Local Sportswriter From Maywood Charged With Sex Trafficking Of Minors A fugitive from Maywood -- who once worked as a sportswriter for a local daily newspaper -- was charged with trafficking juveniles for sex while producing kiddie porn, authorities said Wednesday. Kevin J. Newell, 55, was arrested at his East Pleasant Avenue home on Tuesday and charged by authorities in Pennsylvania with human trafficking, unlawful sexual contact with a minor and creating child pornography, among other offenses, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. A months-long investigation by U.S. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) field office in Pittsburgh and police in…

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