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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Edison, NJ
Breaking News
Diamond District Operators From NJ, Long Island Busted In $673M Money Laundering Scheme: Feds Diamond District Operators From NJ, Long Island Busted In $673M Money Laundering Scheme: Feds Diamond District Operators From NJ, Long Island Busted In $673M Money Laundering Scheme: Feds
Diamond District Operators From NJ, Long Island Busted In $673M Money Laundering Scheme: Feds Four businessmen from New Jersey and one from Long Island laundered millions of dollars a day in cash through fronts they set up in New York City’s Diamond District, federal authorities charged. Federal agents tied the quintet to $673 million in dirty money laundered through the illicit operations over the past four years, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said. In exchange, Raj Vaidya, 26; Rakesh Vaidya, 51; Shrey Vaidya, 23; and Neel Patel, 26, all of Edison; and Youssef Janfar, aka “Joe Rodeo,” 57, of Great Neck, NY collected sizable fees, he said. The three Vaidyas and P…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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UPDATE: Tractor-Trailer Tips Over Median, Dumps Trash Across Treacherous Stretch Of Route 17 UPDATE: Tractor-Trailer Tips Over Median, Dumps Trash Across Treacherous Stretch Of Route 17 UPDATE: Tractor-Trailer Tips Over Median, Dumps Trash Across Treacherous Stretch Of Route 17
Update: Tractor-Trailer Tips Over Median, Dumps Trash Across Treacherous Stretch Of Route 17 A tractor-trailer hauling garbage tipped over a median on Route 17 Friday morning at what police and commuters say has become an all-too-frequent site for such crashes near the New York State border. The driver was initially entrapped but climbed out on his own after his northbound rig went over the divider near the Route 202 exit at Mountainside Avenue at 8:43 a.m. Sept. 8, Mahwah Police Chief Timothy O'Hara said. He had minor injuries and refused medical attention, the chief said. Traffic quickly thickened on both sides of Route 17. All lanes were very briefly closed while the first r…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Messy Tractor Trailer Crash Shuts All Lanes Of Route 17 In Mahwah (PHOTOS, VIDEO) Messy Tractor Trailer Crash Shuts All Lanes Of Route 17 In Mahwah (PHOTOS, VIDEO) Messy Tractor Trailer Crash Shuts All Lanes Of Route 17 In Mahwah (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
Messy Tractor Trailer Crash Shuts All Lanes Of Route 17 In Mahwah (Photos, Video) A tractor-trailer hauling garbage tipped over a median on Route 17 Friday morning at what police and commuters say has become an all-too-frequent site for such crashes near the New York State border. The driver was initially entrapped but climbed out on his own after his northbound rig went over the divider near the Route 202 exit at Mountainside Avenue at 8:43 a.m. Sept. 8, Mahwah Police Chief Timothy O'Hara said. He had minor injuries and refused medical attention, the chief said. Traffic quickly thickened on both sides of Route 17. All lanes were very briefly closed while the first re…

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by Cecilia Levine and Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Teacher's Aide At Paterson Charter School Charged With Sending Sex Pic To Young Student Teacher's Aide At Paterson Charter School Charged With Sending Sex Pic To Young Student Teacher's Aide At Paterson Charter School Charged With Sending Sex Pic To Young Student
Teacher's Aide At Paterson Charter School Charged With Sending Sex Pic To Young Student A teacher’s aide and soccer coach at a Paterson charter school sent a sexually explicit photo to a 14-year-old student, authorities charged. Favio Martell of Garfield, who worked at the Paterson Arts & Sciences Charter School, remained held in the Bergen County Jail on Thursday, Sept. 7, following his arrest the day before. Martell, who turns 30 next Wednesday, is charged with child endangerment. Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Department Officer-in-Charge Isa Abbassi said Special Victims Unit detectives with the prosecutor’s office conducted interviews …

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
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Driver, 26, In West Milford Crash Charged With DWI Driver, 26, In West Milford Crash Charged With DWI Driver, 26, In West Milford Crash Charged With DWI
Driver, 26, In West Milford Crash Charged With DWI A driver whose sedan slammed into a utility pole on a busy West Milford road was hospitalized and charged with DWI, authorities said. Officers responding to the crash at the corner of Macopin Road and Westbrook Road found a significantly damaged 2011 Volkswagen Jetta on Aug. 25. The driver, Klarissa Burwell, 26, of West Milford, showed signs of impairment, according to a township police news release. She was taken to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center while police prepared charges and summonses for DWI, reckless driving, failing to maintain a lane and careless driving causing property …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Glen Rock PD: Fair Lawn Teen In RT 208 Crash Says Oakland, Elmwood Park Men Laid Hands On Her Glen Rock PD: Fair Lawn Teen In RT 208 Crash Says Oakland, Elmwood Park Men Laid Hands On Her Glen Rock PD: Fair Lawn Teen In RT 208 Crash Says Oakland, Elmwood Park Men Laid Hands On Her
Glen Rock PD: Fair Lawn Teen In RT 208 Crash Says Oakland, Elmwood Park Men Laid Hands On Her A 19-year-old Fair Lawn passenger involved in a crash on Route 208 told Glen Rock police that one passenger in the other vehicle assaulted her and another touched her, authorities said. Officers didn’t witness any assaults or immediately find any independent witnesses to corroborate the allegations following the crash on the highway near the Lincoln Avenue overpass last Friday, Sept. 1, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. A 35-year-old Oakland man whom the woman claimed hit her said she was the one who actually struck him in the face, the chief said. The other passenger, a 31-year-old Elmwoo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Victim Hit By Freight Train In Paterson Hospitalized Victim Hit By Freight Train In Paterson Hospitalized Victim Hit By Freight Train In Paterson Hospitalized
Victim Hit By Freight Train In Paterson Hospitalized A person struck by a freight train in Paterson overnight Thursday was hospitalized with severe injuries, responders said. The Susquehanna and Western Railroad train struck the victim in the area of East 28th Street and 19th Avenue shortly before 12:30 a.m. Sept. 6, they said. City police, firefighters and EMS workers responded. The railroad temporarily stopped its traffic. The victim was brought to St. Joseph's University Medical Center in Paterson. A condition update has yet to follow. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
NJ Veterans Homes Where Pandemic Deaths Soared Violated Residents' Civil Rights, Feds Find NJ Veterans Homes Where Pandemic Deaths Soared Violated Residents' Civil Rights, Feds Find NJ Veterans Homes Where Pandemic Deaths Soared Violated Residents' Civil Rights, Feds Find
NJ Veterans Homes Where Pandemic Deaths Soared Violated Residents' Civil Rights, Feds Find UPDATE: State-run veterans homes in Paramus and Menlo Park violated the civil rights of their residents during the COVID pandemic and must correct policies and procedures going forward, federal authorities said Thursday. COVID killed more than 200 residents and staff at New Jersey's veterans’ homes, which was among the highest in the entire country. The pandemic claimed a total of 103 residents at the Memorial Veterans Home in Edison and 89 at the Paramus Veterans Memorial Home, according to New Jersey's Department of Health. The state to this point has paid nearly $70 million to settle la…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Masked Home Burglars Surprised By Glen Rock Boy, Intense Manhunt Follows Masked Home Burglars Surprised By Glen Rock Boy, Intense Manhunt Follows Masked Home Burglars Surprised By Glen Rock Boy, Intense Manhunt Follows
Masked Home Burglars Surprised By Glen Rock Boy, Intense Manhunt Follows A Glen Rock teenager surprised two masked burglars who'd broken into his family's home Wednesday afternoon, authorities said. A massive manhunt followed the 1:30 p.m. Sept. 6 break-in at the single-family Belvidere Road home near the corner of Nottingham Road, Glen Rock Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. NJ TRANSIT temporarily halted train service near the home so law enforcers who converged on the scene could search the area. The boy had been alone when he heard a door open, Ackermann said. Thinking it was a family member, he walked to the kitchen and found the intruders, who'd gotten…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
T-Bone Crash In Ridgewood Sends Driver To Hospital T-Bone Crash In Ridgewood Sends Driver To Hospital T-Bone Crash In Ridgewood Sends Driver To Hospital
T-Bone Crash In Ridgewood Sends Driver To Hospital A driver was hospitalized after his sedan was broadsided by a Jeep in Ridgewood early Wednesday afternoon. The Cherokee driver was OK after his vehicle t-boned the Subaru Legacy at the intersection of Walthery and Linwood avenues around 1:30 p.m. Sept. 6. Ridgewood police, firefighters and EMS responded, along with a village ambulance that took the injured driver to The Valley Hospital. All Points Towing removed both vehicles. Firefighters cleaned up an engine spill. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this story. The rammed Subaru Legacy and the Jeep were both towed f…

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