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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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Paramus Firefighters Douse Van Blaze Paramus Firefighters Douse Van Blaze Paramus Firefighters Douse Van Blaze
Paramus Firefighters Douse Van Blaze Paramus firefighters doused a blaze Wednesday that destroyed a commercial van. The Mercedes Sprinter caught fire around 8 a.m. on Meadow Lane. There were no injuries. Nutchie's Service handled the tow.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson Officer Admits Beating Hospital Patient, Selling Stolen Drugs Paterson Officer Admits Beating Hospital Patient, Selling Stolen Drugs Paterson Officer Admits Beating Hospital Patient, Selling Stolen Drugs
Paterson Officer Admits Beating Hospital Patient, Selling Stolen Drugs A now-former Paterson police officer admitted in federal court in Newark on Wednesday that he beat a hospitalized attempted suicide victim -- while his partner recorded it -- and sold drugs that he stole from a crime scene. For several weeks up to his arrest, 26-year-old Ruben McAusland admitted, he sold a government cooperator heroin made to look like Percoset pills, as well as two pounds of marijuana.He said he also sold the informant cocaine and crack -- all stolen from crime scenes while he was on the job. McAusland, who lives in the city and joined the department nearly four years ago,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Tractor-Trailer Topples Traffic Light In Hawthorne Tractor-Trailer Topples Traffic Light In Hawthorne Tractor-Trailer Topples Traffic Light In Hawthorne
Tractor-Trailer Topples Traffic Light In Hawthorne A tractor-trailer toppled a traffic light at a busy Hawthorne intersection Wednesday afternoon. The pole came down at the intersection of Goffle and Rock roads, requiring police to provide traffic control. No injuries were reported.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Worker Falls 30 Feet From Tree In Mahwah Worker Falls 30 Feet From Tree In Mahwah Worker Falls 30 Feet From Tree In Mahwah
Worker Falls 30 Feet From Tree In Mahwah A utility worker clearing foliage from overheard wires fell 30 feet from a tree Wednesday morning at a Mahwah townhouse complex. The 23-year-old Pennsylania subcontractor for Orange and Rockland utilities was working behind Indian Hollow off Hilltop Road when he fell backward around 8:30 a.m., Police Chief James N. Batelli said. “The worker was conscious but complained of back pain and other injuries,” Batelli said. “He was using a rope harness but had been experiencing some difficulties with the rope and a knot shortly before the fall,” the chief said. The worker was taken to Hackensack …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Body Found At Janoris Jenkins's Home Was Hip-Hop Artist, Family Friend Body Found At Janoris Jenkins's Home Was Hip-Hop Artist, Family Friend Body Found At Janoris Jenkins's Home Was Hip-Hop Artist, Family Friend
Body Found At Janoris Jenkins's Home Was Hip-Hop Artist, Family Friend UPDATE: The brother of New York Giants player Janoris Jenkins killed a friend in the family’s Fair Lawn home, then fled to upstate New York – where he was arrested on a parole violation, authorities said Thursday. Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo -- who announced the arrest on Wednesday of William H. Jenkins Jr., 34, of Fair Lawn -- said Thursday that he and fellow music producer Roosevelt "Trypps Beatz" Rene, a Spring Valley native, got into an argument early Monday that “resulted in Rene’s death.” Although Calo didn’t specify how Rene was killed, the charge against Je…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority Police Officer Rescues Injured Fort Lee Detective Port Authority Police Officer Rescues Injured Fort Lee Detective Port Authority Police Officer Rescues Injured Fort Lee Detective
Port Authority Police Officer Rescues Injured Fort Lee Detective A Port Authority police officer not only rescued a Fort Lee colleague who’d slipped down an embankment off Route 4 while chasing an assault suspect – he drove him to the hospital. Responding to a Monday night call of an assault at the Double Tree Hilton, Detective Sgt. Cory Horton and Detective Terrence McCabe began chasing 20-year-old John M. Disla of the Bronx on foot, Deputy Police Chief Patrick Kissane said. “After scaling a fence and trying to navigate a 15-to-20-foot steep wooded embankment and terrain, Detective McCabe lost his footing and sustained several injuries” about 100 yards …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
6 Holdups In One Month: Serial Bank Robber From Passaic Gets 7½ Years 6 Holdups In One Month: Serial Bank Robber From Passaic Gets 7½ Years 6 Holdups In One Month: Serial Bank Robber From Passaic Gets 7½ Years
6 Holdups In One Month: Serial Bank Robber From Passaic Gets 7½ Years A Passaic man was sentenced to 7½ years in federal prison Tuesday for robbing six banks in one month -- including a Wells Fargo branch in Clifton. Quentin Morales, 27 -- a/k/a “Quinton Morales” -- will have to serve nearly all of the term because there's no parole in the federal prison system.  Hours after the FBI posted a reward for his capture, state parole officers arrested Morales last summer. He eventually accepted a plea deal from the government. SEE: Passaic Man Admits Serial Bank Robberies Morales wore "some form of dark hat or head covering, a long-sleeved shirt or jacket, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: Man Whose Body Was Found At Home Of NY Giants Player Lived There UPDATE: Man Whose Body Was Found At Home Of NY Giants Player Lived There UPDATE: Man Whose Body Was Found At Home Of NY Giants Player Lived There
Update: Man Whose Body Was Found At Home Of NY Giants Player Lived There UPDATE: The brother of New York Giants player Janoris Jenkins killed a friend in the family’s Fair Lawn home, then fled to upstate New York – where he was arrested on a parole violation, authorities said Thursday. Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo -- who announced the arrest on Wednesday of William H. Jenkins Jr., 34, of Fair Lawn -- said Thursday that he and fellow music producer Roosevelt "Trypps Beatz" Rene, a Spring Valley native, got into an argument early Monday that “resulted in Rene’s death.” Although Calo didn’t specify how Rene was killed, the charge against Je…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Upper Saddle River PD: BMW Thieves Ram Police Cruiser Upper Saddle River PD: BMW Thieves Ram Police Cruiser Upper Saddle River PD: BMW Thieves Ram Police Cruiser
Upper Saddle River PD: BMW Thieves Ram Police Cruiser Two 19-year-old bandits responsible for a pair of car thefts and several vehicle burglaries were caught after ramming a stolen car head-on into an Upper Saddle River police cruiser before dawn Tuesday, authorities said. The owner of a BMW SUV called police at 1:45 a.m. saying the vehicle was stolen from the driveway “seconds in the past,” Police Detective Lt. Edward Kane told Daily Voice. Moments later, Officer Kevin McWilliams cornered the SUV on Northern Drive, a cul-de-sac. Instead of stopping, the driver rammed the front of the patrol car – then he and his passenger bailed out, Kane sa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
West Milford Firefighters Rescue Unconscious Woman In Second-Story Blaze West Milford Firefighters Rescue Unconscious Woman In Second-Story Blaze West Milford Firefighters Rescue Unconscious Woman In Second-Story Blaze
West Milford Firefighters Rescue Unconscious Woman In Second-Story Blaze West Milford firefighters rescued a woman from a burning second-floor apartment above a strip mall overnight. Flames shot from the windows of the building on Greenwood Lake Turnpike as firefighters – alerted by neighbors -- dashed in, found the middle-aged woman unconscious on the kitchen floor and brought her to safety around 2 a.m., Fire Chief Michael Blondin said. EMS began CPR before an ambulance brought the woman to nearby Greenwood Lake Airport, Blondin said. AirMed One flew her from there to St. Barnabas Hospital in Livingston, the chief said. Meanwhile, firefighters quickly brought…

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