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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Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
PHOTOS: The Barriers Worked! Car Crashes Into Paramus Wendy's -- Almost PHOTOS: The Barriers Worked! Car Crashes Into Paramus Wendy's -- Almost PHOTOS: The Barriers Worked! Car Crashes Into Paramus Wendy's -- Almost
Photos: The Barriers Worked! Car Crashes Into Paramus Wendy's -- Almost The crash barriers worked! On what would have been the late founder Dave Thomas's 86th birthday, a car barreling into a Wendy's restaurant on eastbound Route 4 in Paramus landed atop bollards erected after several previous crashes. There was no immediate word on injuries after the white sedan ended up pointed in the air. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Hawthorne Passenger, 57, In Motorcycle Crash Dies Of Injuries Hawthorne Passenger, 57, In Motorcycle Crash Dies Of Injuries Hawthorne Passenger, 57, In Motorcycle Crash Dies Of Injuries
Hawthorne Passenger, 57, In Motorcycle Crash Dies Of Injuries UPDATE (July 2): A Hawthorne woman died of her injuries following a crash that killed a Ramsey motorcyclist late Saturday, family friends confirmed. Kimberely Stoll, 57, "suffered head trauma and never regained consciousness" and was pronounced dead just after 1 a.m. Tuesday, a close friend who's also a first responder told Daily Voice. Stoll was on the back of the 2008 Harley Davidson that collided with a 2017 Jeep Wrangler in front of the Wells Fargo Bank on Lafayette Avenue around 9:45 p.m. Saturday. The crash killed 49-year-old Kasey "KC" Checke, the owner-operator …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: Tanker Rollover Closes Northbound Route 17 In Hasbrouck Heights UPDATE: Tanker Rollover Closes Northbound Route 17 In Hasbrouck Heights UPDATE: Tanker Rollover Closes Northbound Route 17 In Hasbrouck Heights
Update: Tanker Rollover Closes Northbound Route 17 In Hasbrouck Heights UPDATE: Northbound Route 17 remained closed indefinitely after a tanker truck struck a sedan and rolled over Monday afternoon near the Bendix Diner on Route 17 in Hasbrouck Heights, spilling fuel across the roadway. The 53-year-old tanker driver was taken to nearby Hackensack University Medical Center with knee pain and a cut on his finger, Detective Lt. Michael Colaneri Jr. told Daily Voice. He was carrying 3,000 gallons of diesel fuel when he apparently swerved to avoid a Mercedes sedan driven by a 17-year-old Rutherford boy and struck its rear passenger side fender, the lieutenant said. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Tappan-Blauvelt, NY
Breaking News
Friend's Alleged Punch Kills Man Outside Pearl River Bar Friend's Alleged Punch Kills Man Outside Pearl River Bar Friend's Alleged Punch Kills Man Outside Pearl River Bar
Friend's Alleged Punch Kills Man Outside Pearl River Bar Two familiar families -- both coming from lines of first responders -- are now grieving following the death of a young man after authorities said he was knocked unconscious by his friend outside a Pearl River bar. Assault charges were expected to be upgraded to manslaughter against 21-year-old Douglas Guido of Hasbrouck Heights, NJ, following the death of his friend, RJ Hess of Norwood in Bergen County. The two had been together at the Saloon on West Central Avenue in Pearl River in the pre-dawn hours of June 23 when they were asked to leave, a source close to the families told Daily Voice.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Friend's Alleged Punch Kills Norwood Man Outside Former Rockland Bar Friend's Alleged Punch Kills Norwood Man Outside Former Rockland Bar Friend's Alleged Punch Kills Norwood Man Outside Former Rockland Bar
Friend's Alleged Punch Kills Norwood Man Outside Former Rockland Bar Two familiar families -- both coming from lines of Bergen County first responders -- are now grieving following the death of a young Norwood man after authorities said he was knocked unconscious by his friend outside a former Rockland County bar. Assault charges were expected to be upgraded to manslaughter against 21-year-old Douglas Guido, a Norwood native living in Hasbrouck Heights, following the death of his friend, RJ Hess. The two had been together at the Saloon on West Central Avenue in Pearl River in the pre-dawn hours of June 23 when they were asked to leave, a source close to the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
HERO: Veteran Elmwood Park Firefighter Revives Drowning Girl, 4 HERO: Veteran Elmwood Park Firefighter Revives Drowning Girl, 4 HERO: Veteran Elmwood Park Firefighter Revives Drowning Girl, 4
Hero: Veteran Elmwood Park Firefighter Revives Drowning Girl, 4 An Elmwood Park fire chief bolted from his home after a neighbor whose 4-year-old daughter was drowning in a backyard pool banged on his door Sunday night shouting for help. Second Battalion Chief Robert Bruce Sr., 43, scooped up the lifeless youngster, who by that point was “already turning blue,” Elmwood Park Fire Chief William Shadwell said. "Just a few compressions" and the girl was breathing again, he told Daily Voice early Monday. The 23-year volunteer firefighter "acted calmly and professionally,” Shadwell said. “Everyone was in a panic, but he kept the situation calm…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Victim, Ex-Boyfriend ID'd In South Hackensack Motel Murder-Suicide Victim, Ex-Boyfriend ID'd In South Hackensack Motel Murder-Suicide Victim, Ex-Boyfriend ID'd In South Hackensack Motel Murder-Suicide
Victim, Ex-Boyfriend ID'd In South Hackensack Motel Murder-Suicide UPDATE: A Paterson police officer had to fire a shot through a window to get into a South Hackensack motel room where a man who'd abducted his ex-girlfriend in Paterson had just shot and killed her and then himself, authorities said. Jose Segura-Montero, 45, snatched Marcia Fererra, 41, from her 16th Avenue apartment just after 5 a.m., Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. Paterson police tracked the couple -- both from Paterson -- to Room 130 of the Knights Inn on Route 46, where they were joined by South Hackensack police just after 8:30 a.m., Calo said. "After the offic…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Cabbie Says Gang Of 5 Held Knife To His Neck, Took Cash In Clifton Cabbie Says Gang Of 5 Held Knife To His Neck, Took Cash In Clifton Cabbie Says Gang Of 5 Held Knife To His Neck, Took Cash In Clifton
Cabbie Says Gang Of 5 Held Knife To His Neck, Took Cash In Clifton A cab driver told Clifton police one of five robbers put a knife to his neck and took his cash after making him pull over. The driver said he picked up the five in another town and was headed to the Clifton/Passaic border when they ordered him to stop at Main and Madison avenues around 1 a.m. Saturday, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. They later fled on foot with an undetermined amount of cash, the driver said. He described them only as Hispanic, in their late teens or early 20s. Anyone who might have seen something or has information that could help police is asked to call the the Clif…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Ramsey Motorcyclist, 49, Killed, Passenger Critical In Hawthorne Crash Ramsey Motorcyclist, 49, Killed, Passenger Critical In Hawthorne Crash Ramsey Motorcyclist, 49, Killed, Passenger Critical In Hawthorne Crash
Ramsey Motorcyclist, 49, Killed, Passenger Critical In Hawthorne Crash A Ramsey motorcyclist was killed and his female passenger critically injured in a crash in Hawthorne late Saturday. Kasey "KC" Checke, 49, was driving a 2008 Harley Davidson that collided with a 2017 Jeep Wrangler in front of the Wells Fargo Bank on Lafayette Avenue around 9:45 p.m. Saturday, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Hawthorne Police Chief Richard McAuliffe said in a joint release Sunday morning. Checke -- the owner-operator of KC's Kustom Exhaust and Auto Service on Franklin Turnpike in Ramsey -- was pronounced dead at 10:13 p.m. His female passenger was t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Ramsey Motorcyclist Killed, Passenger Critical In Hawthorne Crash Ramsey Motorcyclist Killed, Passenger Critical In Hawthorne Crash Ramsey Motorcyclist Killed, Passenger Critical In Hawthorne Crash
Ramsey Motorcyclist Killed, Passenger Critical In Hawthorne Crash A Ramsey motorcyclist was killed and his female passenger critically injured in a crash in Hawthorne late Saturday. Kasey "KC" Checke, 49, was driving a 2008 Harley Davidson that collided with a 2017 Jeep Wrangler in front of the Wells Fargo Bank on Lafayette Avenue around 9:45 p.m. Saturday, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Hawthorne Police Chief Richard McAuliffe said in a joint release Sunday morning. Checke -- the owner-operator of KC's Kustom Exhaust and Auto Service on Franklin Turnpike in Ramsey -- was pronounced dead at 10:13 p.m. His female passenger was t…

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