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
Passaic Sheriff's Officers Pose As Customers, Bust Six At Hotels, Massage Parlor Passaic Sheriff's Officers Pose As Customers, Bust Six At Hotels, Massage Parlor Passaic Sheriff's Officers Pose As Customers, Bust Six At Hotels, Massage Parlor
Passaic Sheriff's Officers Pose As Customers, Bust Six At Hotels, Massage Parlor Passaic County sheriff’s officers who attacked prostitution on two fronts made several arrests Friday – most at highway hotels and a couple more at a local massage parlor – by posing as customers, authorities said. Arrests were made at a Lakeview Avenue spa, the Ramada Inn on eastbound Route 46 in Wayne and the Howard Johnson Motel on westbound Route 3 in Clifton, Passaic County Sheriff Richard Berdnik said. Charged with engaging in prostitution were: Jennifer A. Polanco-Lapaix, 29, whose most recent address is listed as the Ramada Inn on Route 46 in Wayne; Elizabeth D. Guzman-Laurer, 38,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities: Teen Shot Paterson Chinese Restaurant Owner Dead In Front Of Wife Authorities: Teen Shot Paterson Chinese Restaurant Owner Dead In Front Of Wife Authorities: Teen Shot Paterson Chinese Restaurant Owner Dead In Front Of Wife
Authorities: Teen Shot Paterson Chinese Restaurant Owner Dead In Front Of Wife A 17-year-old Paterson boy is accused of shooting and killing a city Chinese restaurant owner following a struggle as the victim's wife sat next to him in their car while making their last drop-off of the night, authorities said. The killer approached their Toyota Highlander in front of an East 34th Street home, pulled out a gun and demanded money just after 12:30 a.m. Thursday, authorities said.Rui Zhou, 29, struggled with the robber, then tried to drive away before he was shot in the face, they said. His vehicle then crashed into another, which is where police found him. Unharmed was the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Suspicious Packages Found At Trump Tower: NYPD Closes Block Of Fifth Avenue Suspicious Packages Found At Trump Tower: NYPD Closes Block Of Fifth Avenue Suspicious Packages Found At Trump Tower: NYPD Closes Block Of Fifth Avenue
Suspicious Packages Found At Trump Tower: Nypd Closes Block Of Fifth Avenue The NYPD Emergency Services Unit led the charge to Trump Tower after several suspicious packages reportedly were found early Friday evening. Fifth Avenue from 57th to 56th Street was closed to vehicle and pedestrian traffic following the rush-hour discoveries. The Trumps had just arrived at Bedminster at the time.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Paramus Mayor's Son Escapes Serious Injury In Fatal Jersey Shore Crash Paramus Mayor's Son Escapes Serious Injury In Fatal Jersey Shore Crash Paramus Mayor's Son Escapes Serious Injury In Fatal Jersey Shore Crash
Paramus Mayor's Son Escapes Serious Injury In Fatal Jersey Shore Crash The son of Paramus Mayor Richard LaBarbiera escaped serious injury Friday morning when another driver ran a red light on a Jersey Shore highway, hit two more vehicles, then slammed head-on into a box truck, killing her 91-year-old passenger, police said. Richard LaBarbiera Jr., 22, had the right of way when his 2017 Jeep Cherokee was struck by a 2013 Ford Focus at a Route 72 intersection in Stafford Township just before 10 a.m., police there said. The Focus – driven by 73-year-old Barbara Angeline 73 of Manahawkin – then struck a 2009 Chrysler van, seriously injuring a 61-year-old driver wh…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
NJ Corrections Officer From Lodi Admits Collecting Child Porn NJ Corrections Officer From Lodi Admits Collecting Child Porn NJ Corrections Officer From Lodi Admits Collecting Child Porn
NJ Corrections Officer From Lodi Admits Collecting Child Porn A now-former state corrections officer from Lodi admitted in federal court in Newark on Friday that he collected images of child abuse at a time when the government said he was trying to arrange a tryst with what he thought was an 8-year-old girl. Stephen Salamak, 38, admitted using email "to seek and obtain images of child pornography, including images of prepubescent children" while working as a senior corrections officer at East Jersey State Prison in Rahway, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. He also tried to arrange to have sex with an 8-year-old girl through a person he tho…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Fairview PD: Police Nab Bike-Riding Car Burglars Fairview PD: Police Nab Bike-Riding Car Burglars Fairview PD: Police Nab Bike-Riding Car Burglars
Fairview PD: Police Nab Bike-Riding Car Burglars Two of three men on bicycles caught breaking into cars in Fairview were nabbed by police before dawn Friday, authorities said. Officers Tommy Makdis and Savas Tasiopoulos, responding to a call at Elm and Sedore avenues spotted the wheeled trio in the 600 block of Fairview Avenue just after 2:30 a.m., Police Chief Martin M. Kahn said. Makdis grabbed one of them at 175 Broad Avenue, Kahn said. Assisting officers from Ridgefield caught the other. The third got away. Michael Espinosa of Union City and Mainor Giron of Jersey City took more than $800 worth of valuables from at least six vehicle…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Obituaries
Mass Tuesday For Beloved Mahwah Firefighter, Father Of Two, 49 Mass Tuesday For Beloved Mahwah Firefighter, Father Of Two, 49 Mass Tuesday For Beloved Mahwah Firefighter, Father Of Two, 49
Mass Tuesday For Beloved Mahwah Firefighter, Father Of Two, 49 A funeral Mass will be held Tuesday morning for beloved Mahwah firefighter Giovanni A. Pertuz, who died this week at 49. A father of two who his family said “will be remembered by so many as the ultimate family man, the model for community service and the ultimate optimist even in the most of difficult of times,” Pertuz died suddenly on Monday – shocking and saddening the many who knew him. Born in Hackensack, Pertuz was graduated from Hackensack High School in 1987 and went on to become a successful businessman in the commercial fire alarm and electrical contracting industry, owning Master…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Video Helps Federal Judge Convict Ex-Con Of Stashing Gun In Passaic Garbage Can Video Helps Federal Judge Convict Ex-Con Of Stashing Gun In Passaic Garbage Can Video Helps Federal Judge Convict Ex-Con Of Stashing Gun In Passaic Garbage Can
Video Helps Federal Judge Convict Ex-Con Of Stashing Gun In Passaic Garbage Can A federal judge in Newark convicted a Yonkers ex-con of having a gun in the city of Passaic, thanks to surveillance video that caught him stashing it in a garbage can before police showed up. Francisco Vallejo, 28, had been convicted of three previous felonies and was prohibited from having a firearm, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito noted after U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton issued a guilty verdict on Thursday following a four-day bench trial. City police responding to a June 7, 2015 call of shots fired detained Vallejo and then discovered a loaded .25-caliber handgun stashed in a near…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Wallington Police Officer Nabs Bleeding Bicyclist In Car Burglary Spree Wallington Police Officer Nabs Bleeding Bicyclist In Car Burglary Spree Wallington Police Officer Nabs Bleeding Bicyclist In Car Burglary Spree
Wallington Police Officer Nabs Bleeding Bicyclist In Car Burglary Spree A bleeding bicyclist who caught the eye of a Wallington police officer turned out to be wanted for a recent rash of area car burglaries, authorities said. Officer Andy Kullaf spotted 28-year-old Ramon Cruz of Passaic riding the white and copper BMX near Stein and Pulaski avenues just before midnight Friday morning, Capt. Shawn Kudlacik said. Armed with description from Passaic police of a suspect with three nautical star tattoos on his right inside forearm, Kullaf stopped Cruz, who told him a fall from the bicycle made him bleed, the captain said. The officer, who spotted the tattoos, was …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Two Pedestrians Struck In River Edge Expected To Survive Two Pedestrians Struck In River Edge Expected To Survive Two Pedestrians Struck In River Edge Expected To Survive
Two Pedestrians Struck In River Edge Expected To Survive Two pedestrians struck on Kinderkamack Road in River Edge early Friday were expected to survive, law enforcement officials told Daily Voice. Kinderkamack Road at the intersection of Continental Avenue was closed indefinitely to traffic after the crash around 8:30 a.m. near the First Congregational Church. Detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor's Fatal Accidental Investigations Unit responded, but they said both victims sustained injuries that weren't considered life-threatening. They were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, responders said. Any type of descriptions of the …

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