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
IMAGES: Gas-Fed Restaurant Fire Destroys String Of Passaic Shops IMAGES: Gas-Fed Restaurant Fire Destroys String Of Passaic Shops IMAGES: Gas-Fed Restaurant Fire Destroys String Of Passaic Shops
Images: Gas-Fed Restaurant Fire Destroys String Of Passaic Shops UPDATE: A gas-fed fire raced through a Passaic commercial strip Monday night, consuming or severely damaging at least eight businesses, authorities said. No serious injuries were reported. The six-alarm Lexington Avenue fire broke out in the kitchen of the Peruvian El Chevere Restaurant just after 10 p.m., sending flames through the roof and forcing evacuations of area residences. It took firefighters two hours or so to get it under control, thanks to a methodical approach -- and with assistance from a dozen or so companies, five ladders and upwards of 20 engines, city Fire Chief Patrick Tr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Major Charges Brought Against Driver In East Rutherford Chase, Crash That Injured Six Major Charges Brought Against Driver In East Rutherford Chase, Crash That Injured Six Major Charges Brought Against Driver In East Rutherford Chase, Crash That Injured Six
Major Charges Brought Against Driver In East Rutherford Chase, Crash That Injured Six Charges mounted against a wrong-way driver who rolled his Mercedes into a building -- injuring five occupants, some of them seriously --while trying to flee East Rutherford police over the weekend. Enrique Luis Garcia, who turns 26 this Wednesday, was on the suspended list when his 2007 Mercedes Benz CL3 blew past police at more than 90 miles an hour on northbound Route 120 around 3:30 a.m. Saturday, launching a chase, records show. Police broke off the chase but a short time later discovered that the car struck the Whitney Building on Paterson Avenue, across from the Candlewyck Diner, just…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Fire In Ridgewood Mailboxes Draw Authorities' Attention Fire In Ridgewood Mailboxes Draw Authorities' Attention Fire In Ridgewood Mailboxes Draw Authorities' Attention
Fire In Ridgewood Mailboxes Draw Authorities' Attention Authorities were investigating a fire in a pair of Ridgewood vestibule mailboxes Monday. The tiny blazes created a bit of smoke at 34-36 Wilsey Square before they were snuffed around 9 a.m. Ridgewood detectives were investigating. The Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification collected evidence.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen Prosecutor: Uber Driver Caught With Pound Of Heroin For Sale Bergen Prosecutor: Uber Driver Caught With Pound Of Heroin For Sale Bergen Prosecutor: Uber Driver Caught With Pound Of Heroin For Sale
Bergen Prosecutor: Uber Driver Caught With Pound Of Heroin For Sale An Uber driver from the Bronx was caught by Bergen County prosecutor’s detectives in Fort Lee with more than a pound of heroin for sale, authorities said. Yonny Marte Alvarez, 26, targeted after Narcotics Task Force investigators who received a tip that he was dealing in Bergen County, Acting Prosecutor Dennis Calo said Monday. The Dominican native was booked into the Bergen County Jail following his arrest Friday. A judge the next day ordered him released pending further court action under New Jersey’s 2017 bail reform law. He’s charged with one count of distributing heroin.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah Police Officer Finds Ramapough Tribe's Stolen Van At Route 17 Hotel Mahwah Police Officer Finds Ramapough Tribe's Stolen Van At Route 17 Hotel Mahwah Police Officer Finds Ramapough Tribe's Stolen Van At Route 17 Hotel
Mahwah Police Officer Finds Ramapough Tribe's Stolen Van At Route 17 Hotel Mahwah police found a shuttle van stolen from the Ramapough Lenape tribe ditched in a parking lot of a Route 17 hotel, authorities said Monday. Someone swiped the white Ford Econoline from Stag Hill Road sometime over the weekend, Police Chief James N. Batelli said. Soon after the report came in Sunday night, Officer Chris Monico was assisting another officer at a hotel on the southbound highway when he spotted the van, Batelli said. Whoever took it wasn't around. The Bergen County Sheriff’s Bureau of Criminal Identification collected several items of evidence from the vehicle, while towin…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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HERO: Mahwah Police Officer's Bone Marrow Donation Saves Life Of Woman With Leukemia HERO: Mahwah Police Officer's Bone Marrow Donation Saves Life Of Woman With Leukemia HERO: Mahwah Police Officer's Bone Marrow Donation Saves Life Of Woman With Leukemia
Hero: Mahwah Police Officer's Bone Marrow Donation Saves Life Of Woman With Leukemia Talk about public service: The side effects were rough, but new Mahwah Police Officer Michael Dombroski eagerly donated bone marrow for a transplant that saved the life of a woman with leukemia. Dombroski, who transferred to the department from Carlstadt earlier this year, was donating blood while attending the Bergen County Police Academy when he decided in December 2016 to submit a buccal swab for DNA testing for possible entrance into the blood donor program at Hackensack University Medical Center, Police Chief James N. Batelli said. “A short while ago he was contacted by medical profess…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Truck Snaps Utility Pole After Snagging Power Lines In Hackensack Truck Snaps Utility Pole After Snagging Power Lines In Hackensack Truck Snaps Utility Pole After Snagging Power Lines In Hackensack
Truck Snaps Utility Pole After Snagging Power Lines In Hackensack It was a morning that motorists expected easier going, but a  construction delivery truck snagged overhead utility lines in Hackensack early Monday, snapping a pole and closing a main street. Summit Avenue was closed in both directions between Spring Valley and Catalpa avenues after the mid-morning mishap. The driver got out safely. It came on the first day that a stretch of Main Street between Sussex and Essex streets was opened to two-way traffic, beginning at 10 a.m.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
RECOGNIZE HIM? Cliffside Park Police Seek Help Finding Lock-Picking Burglar RECOGNIZE HIM? Cliffside Park Police Seek Help Finding Lock-Picking Burglar RECOGNIZE HIM? Cliffside Park Police Seek Help Finding Lock-Picking Burglar
Recognize HIM? Cliffside Park Police Seek Help Finding Lock-Picking Burglar Cliffside Park police turned to the public for help finding a burglar caught on surveillance video who they said picked his way into an apartment and made off with electronics and jewelry. The bandit -- who was wearing a throwback Washington Redskins baseball cap -- picked his way in through the front lobby door of the Walker Street building off John Street with a credit card around 3 p.m.July 6, Lt. Vincent Capano said. "He stayed on the same floor for about 10 minutes listening through apartment doors," Capano said. "He found an apartment that didn't have the top deadbolt l…

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by Jerry DeMarco
White Plains, NY
Breaking News
DMX In Prison: First Photos Released Show Rapper Flabbier, Grayer DMX In Prison: First Photos Released Show Rapper Flabbier, Grayer DMX In Prison: First Photos Released Show Rapper Flabbier, Grayer
DMX In Prison: First Photos Released Show Rapper Flabbier, Grayer One of the first photos released of Westchester rapper DMX from prison shows him heavier and grayer -- which some fans believe may be a good sign. The once-muscular Earl Simmons has a pot belly and gray hair in the photo published by The Jasmine Brand. Some fans say the additional weight could simply come from no longer using cocaine and crack.  Simmons was sentenced in March to a year in federal prison after pleading guilty last year in U.S. District Court in Manhattan to ducking $1.7 million in taxes. The judge at the time called Simmons "a good man" who deserved less than the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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First-Ever Hands-On Citizens Fire Academy Coming To Fair Lawn, Glen Rock First-Ever Hands-On Citizens Fire Academy Coming To Fair Lawn, Glen Rock First-Ever Hands-On Citizens Fire Academy Coming To Fair Lawn, Glen Rock
First-Ever Hands-On Citizens Fire Academy Coming To Fair Lawn, Glen Rock Get to learn what being a firefighter is all about when the first-ever Citizens Fire Academy comes to Fair Lawn and Glen Rock this fall. The free six-week evening class, which begins Oct. 2, is open to all Fair Lawn and Glen Rock residents 25 and older. It will cover engine and truck company operations, motor vehicle extrications and other responsibilities firefighters tackle on each call. Designed for those with a general interest in firefighting, the hands-on experience is “a great first step for people considering a longer-term commitment to volunteering for their local fire department,…

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