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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Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Medical Episode Triggers Ridgewood Crash Medical Episode Triggers Ridgewood Crash Medical Episode Triggers Ridgewood Crash
Medical Episode Triggers Ridgewood Crash A driver having an apparent medical episode was involved in a crash Wednesday that sent both vehicles off a Ridgewood roadway onto nearby lawns. The driver was taken by ambulance to Hackensack University Medical Center following the crash in front of 522 North Maple Avenue. No other injuries were reported. A flatbed tow truck removed both wrecks from the scene.  Responders included village police, firefighters and EMS, Ho-Ho-Kus police and a paramedic team from The Valley Hospital that assisted Ridgewood EMTs. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this account.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
COLD CASE: DNA Nails Ex-Con In 2003 Mahwah Home Invasion Robbery Of Ramsey Pizzeria Owner COLD CASE: DNA Nails Ex-Con In 2003 Mahwah Home Invasion Robbery Of Ramsey Pizzeria Owner COLD CASE: DNA Nails Ex-Con In 2003 Mahwah Home Invasion Robbery Of Ramsey Pizzeria Owner
Cold CASE: DNA Nails Ex-Con In 2003 Mahwah Home Invasion Robbery Of Ramsey Pizzeria Owner For 15 years, authorities were unable to find any of three robbers wearing masks who forced their way into the Mahwah home of a Ramsey pizzeria owner, tied him to a chair and made off with nearly $200,000 in cash – while leaving a gun and costume mask behind. Thanks to advances in DNA testing, however, Mahwah police have charged a Yonkers man who worked as a superintendent for an apartment building near the victim’s home and business. Paul Shkreli, 45, was served with the criminal complaint at the Westchester County Jail, where he was being held in connection with an attempted jewelry store…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Pickup Dumps Concrete In Route 17 Crash In Upper Saddle River Pickup Dumps Concrete In Route 17 Crash In Upper Saddle River Pickup Dumps Concrete In Route 17 Crash In Upper Saddle River
Pickup Dumps Concrete In Route 17 Crash In Upper Saddle River A pickup truck dumped a load of broken concrete on Route 17 in Upper Saddle River Wednesday afternoon, jamming southbound traffic. The pickup was towing the load in a trailer that jack-knifed on the highway outside Ramsey Nissan just after 2 p.m. A few motorists who pulled to the shoulder may have sustained damage to their vehicles.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah Parents Charged With Murder Of Crying 4-Month-Old Son Mahwah Parents Charged With Murder Of Crying 4-Month-Old Son Mahwah Parents Charged With Murder Of Crying 4-Month-Old Son
Mahwah Parents Charged With Murder Of Crying 4-Month-Old Son A Mahwah couple, frustrated because their 4-month-old twin son wouldn’t stop crying, put him on his stomach and pulled a comforter over his head as they went outside their motel room to smoke – killing him, said authorities who charged both with murder. William Herring, 42, and Brianna Brochhausen, 22, were living at the Springfield Township hotel in Burlington County when police were called there on Feb. 14, authorities said. Herring and Brochhausen “were frustrated because their son, Hunter, would not stop crying on that night and decided he needed to be placed in a ‘time out’,” a joint r…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
FOUND! Missing At-Risk Rutherford Man Wanders 45 Miles To Westchester FOUND! Missing At-Risk Rutherford Man Wanders 45 Miles To Westchester FOUND! Missing At-Risk Rutherford Man Wanders 45 Miles To Westchester
Found! Missing At-Risk Rutherford Man Wanders 45 Miles To Westchester Authorities found a missing at-risk Rutherford man early Monday in Port Chester, 45 miles from home. John Willey, 60, apparently was intent on visiting a friend in White Plains when he walked off from his West Passaic Avenue home around 5:30 p.m. Saturday without his cellphone, police said. A New York Metropolitan Transit Authority worker found him near a bridge in the Westchester village at 7:45 a.m. Monday, roughly 38 hours later after he went missing, Rutherford Police Capt. Patrick Feliciano said. "The MTA worker called 911 because Willey was described as being disoriented and sta…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
PHOTOS: Commercial Van Splits Utility Pole, Closes Busy Fairview Road PHOTOS: Commercial Van Splits Utility Pole, Closes Busy Fairview Road PHOTOS: Commercial Van Splits Utility Pole, Closes Busy Fairview Road
Photos: Commercial Van Splits Utility Pole, Closes Busy Fairview Road A commercial van shattered a utility pole Tuesday afternoon in Fairview, closing a busy thoroughfare. The driver walked away unscathed after his van split the pole -- downing wires along with the transformer -- on Fairview Avenue near the Bergen Boulevard underpass around 2:30 p.m. Fairview Avenue remained indefinitelky closed in both directions while PSE&G made repairs, Police Capt. Vincent Bellucci said. The van, owned by a South Hackensack marble and granite company, sustained front-end damage.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Bond Gang Successor Gets Out Of Prison, Launches Another Bergen Burglary Spree Prosecutor: Bond Gang Successor Gets Out Of Prison, Launches Another Bergen Burglary Spree Prosecutor: Bond Gang Successor Gets Out Of Prison, Launches Another Bergen Burglary Spree
Prosecutor: Bond Gang Successor Gets Out Of Prison, Launches Another Bergen Burglary Spree Released after spending four years in state prison, one of the last successors of the infamous James Bond burglary crew was immediately back at it – breaking into homes in Englewood, Hackensack, Oradell, Paramus, Teaneck and Tenafly -- until a task force nabbed him and three accomplices, authorities said Tuesday. Hackensack police tipped off investigators from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Special Investigations Squad last month to a rental van being used by ex-con Aasim Boone, 35, and the other three during a series of break-ins throughout the county, Acting Prosecutor Dennis Calo s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Fresh From Prison, Mahwah Career Criminal Busted Yet Again -- For Purse Theft Fresh From Prison, Mahwah Career Criminal Busted Yet Again -- For Purse Theft Fresh From Prison, Mahwah Career Criminal Busted Yet Again -- For Purse Theft
Fresh From Prison, Mahwah Career Criminal Busted Yet Again -- For Purse Theft A Mahwah ex-con with a 25-year criminal history was arrested in Secaucus by police who said they found him with a woman’s purse stolen during a pair of car burglaries. Only just released from state prison six months ago, 45-year-old Christopher Murano was caught with the goods just before 1 a.m. last Tuesday, Secaucus police said. He also had an outstanding warrant, they said. Secaucus police charged Murano with two counts of theft and sent him to the Hudson County Correctional Center. Records show he subsequently was released pending further court action. Murano was released from state p…

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by Jerry DeMarco & Cecilia Levine
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
PHOTOS: Paramus Firefighters Extricate Driver After Crash PHOTOS: Paramus Firefighters Extricate Driver After Crash PHOTOS: Paramus Firefighters Extricate Driver After Crash
Photos: Paramus Firefighters Extricate Driver After Crash Paramus firefighters extricated an injured sedan driver after a Tuesday morning crash with an SUV. Firefighters used the Jaws of Life to free the female driver following the crash at the corner of Forest Avenue and Spring Valley Road. Both she and the other driver were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center. Flatbed tow trucks removed both vehicles. Paramus police and EMS also responded. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this story.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Best Friend: Slain Wallington Pizza Deliverer Just Became Citizen, Pursued American Dream Best Friend: Slain Wallington Pizza Deliverer Just Became Citizen, Pursued American Dream Best Friend: Slain Wallington Pizza Deliverer Just Became Citizen, Pursued American Dream
Best Friend: Slain Wallington Pizza Deliverer Just Became Citizen, Pursued American Dream A 27-year-old Wallington pizza deliveryman who was shot and killed in his car over the weekend had officially become a United States citizen only two months ago and was pursuing the American Dream, his best friend said. Most people knew Dervy Almonte-Moore “for his vibrant smile and endless love,” wrote Yeico El'Cheeno DelaCruz Greenberg. “I can not come to terms with this unbearable, heartbreaking news.” Police found Almonte-Moore’s black 1998 Toyota Camry with his body inside after it struck some shopping carts and a tree outside the ShopRite on Paulison Avenue in Passaic before dawn Sund…

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