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.

Jerry DeMarco's Contributions

Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Franklin Lakes PD: Handgun Gun Found In Rt 287 Out-Of-Stater Stop Franklin Lakes PD: Handgun Gun Found In Rt 287 Out-Of-Stater Stop Franklin Lakes PD: Handgun Gun Found In Rt 287 Out-Of-Stater Stop
Franklin Lakes PD: Handgun Gun Found In Rt 287 Out-Of-Stater Stop Franklin Lakes police found an out-of-state motorist illegally carrying a handgun during a traffic stop on Route 287, authorities said. Harold Chavous, 33, of Amity, Arkansas had an unloaded .380-caliber semi-automatic handgun in his vehicle when he was stopped Wednesday afternoon, Capt. John Bakelaar said. Chavous was charged with illegal possession of a handgun and released pending a detention hearing in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Yonkers, NY
Breaking News
Yonkers Man Nabbed In ID Theft Case After Uber Stop, Police Foot Chase Yonkers Man Nabbed In ID Theft Case After Uber Stop, Police Foot Chase Yonkers Man Nabbed In ID Theft Case After Uber Stop, Police Foot Chase
Yonkers Man Nabbed In ID Theft Case After Uber Stop, Police Foot Chase Five identity theft crew members -- including a Westchester man police said tried to run and then fought with the arresting officers -- were busted following a Uber stop before dawn Wednesday. Two police officers in Maywood, New Jersey stopped the Honda Pilot just after 3 a.m., Police Chief David Pegg said. One of four men in the vehicle – 21-year-old Antonio Bailey of Yonkers – took off, Pegg said. Bailey struggled with two other officers who found him in a nearby backyard before they took him into custody, the chief said. Arrested at the scene of the stop: Daivon Hooks, 24 of Englewoo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Your Community
Mahwah Mayor Recall Bid: Petition Has Enough Verified Signatures To Proceed Mahwah Mayor Recall Bid: Petition Has Enough Verified Signatures To Proceed Mahwah Mayor Recall Bid: Petition Has Enough Verified Signatures To Proceed
Mahwah Mayor Recall Bid: Petition Has Enough Verified Signatures To Proceed Opponents of Mahwah Mayor William Laforet said Wednesday that they have obtained enough verified signatures to move a recall effort forward. "Today the recall election official has informed us that she has completed the verification of the recall petition and determined that a sufficient number of signatures are valid," organizer Melanie Sue told Daily Voice. "This will prompt the recall process to continue to the next steps. "We're hopeful that the mayor can set his ego aside and recognize that more than 5,000 Mahwah residents want the opportunity to vote him out of off…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Maywood Police Nab 5 In ID Theft Case After Uber Stop, Foot Chase Maywood Police Nab 5 In ID Theft Case After Uber Stop, Foot Chase Maywood Police Nab 5 In ID Theft Case After Uber Stop, Foot Chase
Maywood Police Nab 5 In ID Theft Case After Uber Stop, Foot Chase Maywood police nabbed five identity theft crew members, four of whom were carrying debit cards and checks belonging to various victims, after an Uber stop and a foot chase before dawn Wednesday, authorities said. Officers Ben Singer and Brian Rubio stopped an Uber driver’s Honda Pilot Parkway and Oak Avenue just after 3 a.m., Police Chief David Pegg said. One of four men in the vehicle – 21-year-old Antonio Bailey of Yonkers – took off, Pegg said. Bailey struggled with Officers William Phayre and Chris Melber after they found him in a nearby backyard and was eventually subdued, the chief s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
West Milford Body ID'd As Woman Missing After Car Crash West Milford Body ID'd As Woman Missing After Car Crash West Milford Body ID'd As Woman Missing After Car Crash
West Milford Body ID'd As Woman Missing After Car Crash West Milford police on Wednesday confirmed that a body found in the township over the weekend was that of a  29-year-old woman who went missing after a crash nearby. The body was found Saturday “in heavy brush” near where Stephanie Bronaugh of Lafayette went missing on July 1, Detective Sgt. Joseph Walker said. "Clothing matching the description of the missing adult female were discovered with the remains," Walker initially said. On Wednesday, he wrote: "No foul play is suspected and the manner and cause of death are still pending." A medical examiner was conducting an…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen 'Mother Of God' Warnings Increase On Facebook -- But Not To Police Bergen 'Mother Of God' Warnings Increase On Facebook -- But Not To Police Bergen 'Mother Of God' Warnings Increase On Facebook -- But Not To Police
Bergen 'Mother Of God' Warnings Increase On Facebook -- But Not To Police Several Daily Voice readers say they've been aggressively approached in a variety of locations throughout Bergen County by members of the World Mission Society Church of God, which has congregations in Bogota and Ridgewood. Local police say there's little they can do, however, if the purported victims don't report the incidents to them. "These people are always at the Paramus Park Mall stopping people," Zeina Mansilla of Rochelle Park said. "At the point when they start talking, I keep walking." "They have approached me several times in the Ramsey Shoprite and in F…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
East Side To West Side: Report Of Car Off NYC Pier Unfounded East Side To West Side: Report Of Car Off NYC Pier Unfounded East Side To West Side: Report Of Car Off NYC Pier Unfounded
East Side To West Side: Report Of Car Off NYC Pier Unfounded Authorities dashed from the east side of Manhattan to the west after a boat captain told police he saw a car go off a heliport pier into the water. They found nothing. An initial report that the car went into the East River off a heliport parking lot near Wall Street was changed to one at 12th Avenue and 30th Street, off the West Side Highway  -- after responders first went to an east side heliport. THE NYPD Harbor Unit was joined by the FDNY Marine and NYPD Aviation squads after the boat captain reported spotting the trunk of a vehicle, according to citizen.com. Police and firefighters al…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson PD: Tipster Leads Police To 2 With Heroin, Cocaine, Molly, $1,700 Paterson PD: Tipster Leads Police To 2 With Heroin, Cocaine, Molly, $1,700 Paterson PD: Tipster Leads Police To 2 With Heroin, Cocaine, Molly, $1,700
Paterson PD: Tipster Leads Police To 2 With Heroin, Cocaine, Molly, $1,700 An anonymous tipster led Paterson police to a man who they found carrying 120 envelopes of heroin, 20 bags of cocaine and eight bags of Molly, authorities said Wednesday. Mark A. Johnson, 25, also had $1,659 in suspected drug proceeds seized from him when he was arrested Tuesday night along with a second man, 19-year-old Wilbert Castillo, who was carrying cocaine, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Paterson Narcotics Division detectives made the arrests after investigating a tip into drug sales at Park Avenue and E. 18th Street near Paterson Eastside High School, "an area well-known …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Edgewater PD: Valet Drove Car That Killed Woman, 63, In Parking Garage Edgewater PD: Valet Drove Car That Killed Woman, 63, In Parking Garage Edgewater PD: Valet Drove Car That Killed Woman, 63, In Parking Garage
Edgewater PD: Valet Drove Car That Killed Woman, 63, In Parking Garage A valet was behind the wheel of a slow-moving car that struck and killed a 63-year-old Palisades Park woman in the parking garage of an Edgewater spa, authorities said early Wednesday. Responding officers lifted the car off of Keum Soon Lim and administered aid following the 8 p.m. accident Sunday on the third level of the SOJO Spa Club at 660 River Road, Police Chief Donald Martin said. Edgewater EMS took her to nearby Palisades Medical Center in North Bergen, where she was pronounced dead at 8:42 p.m., Martin said. Detectives determined that the 2008 Acura TL sedan "was traveling at…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Teamwork: Haledon Citizens Help Police Nab Suspects In Separate Burglaries Teamwork: Haledon Citizens Help Police Nab Suspects In Separate Burglaries Teamwork: Haledon Citizens Help Police Nab Suspects In Separate Burglaries
Teamwork: Haledon Citizens Help Police Nab Suspects In Separate Burglaries Alerted by residents, Haledon police made arrests in several car and home burglaries. It took barely a day for police to arrest 39-year-old Michael Garcia in connection with a car break-in this past Saturday in the 500 block of Belmont Avenue, Police Chief Angelo J. Daniele said Tuesday. An undisclosed amount of cash was taken, the chief said. Garcia, who also was wanted for failing to pay child support, was sent to the Passaic County Jail on charges of burglary, theft and criminal trespassing, Daniele said. He remained held there Tuesday, records show. Less than a week earlier, Haledon po…

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