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
Clifton PD: Irate Restaurant Patron Fights Staff, Responding Officers Clifton PD: Irate Restaurant Patron Fights Staff, Responding Officers Clifton PD: Irate Restaurant Patron Fights Staff, Responding Officers
Clifton PD: Irate Restaurant Patron Fights Staff, Responding Officers A Clifton restaurant patron upset with his bill broke a bottle of alcohol, head-butted an employee, then fought with police who eventually subdued him, authorities said. Martin Castillo-Valdizan, 52, “refused to pay his bill when it was brought to him and became irate with restaurant staff” at El Mexicano Restaurant on Main Avenue, Sgt. Robert Anderson said. “At one point, he picked up a bottle of alcohol and broke it on the bar,” Anderson added. An employee who tried to calm him down was then head-butted in the face, the sergeant said. Officers who responded to the 2:22 a.m. call on Satu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
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Tree Planters Joke Of Finding Gold In Ridgewood Yard -- Find Skull Instead Tree Planters Joke Of Finding Gold In Ridgewood Yard -- Find Skull Instead Tree Planters Joke Of Finding Gold In Ridgewood Yard -- Find Skull Instead
Tree Planters Joke Of Finding Gold In Ridgewood Yard -- Find Skull Instead Landscaping contractor Alex Kaplan and his crew had just been joking about finding a million dollars or gold bullion while planting trees in a Ridgewood homeowner’s backyard last week when one of the diggers suddenly shouted: “Cabesa!” More precisely: A human skull. “We were on the seventh tree when one of the workers yelled,” the owner of Hillsdale-based Kaplan Landscaping said. “We were talking about a million dollars or gold bullion, and we found a skull instead." They immediately called police to the Spencer Street home. Forensic scientists will need to determine the skull’s age,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Passaic SPCA Probing Report Of Dead Kittens Found On Rt 23 Thrown From SUV Passaic SPCA Probing Report Of Dead Kittens Found On Rt 23 Thrown From SUV Passaic SPCA Probing Report Of Dead Kittens Found On Rt 23 Thrown From SUV
Passaic SPCA Probing Report Of Dead Kittens Found On Rt 23 Thrown From SUV Passaic County SPCA officials confirmed that they’re investigating a motorist's claim that two kittens found dead on Route 23 were thrown from an SUV. Both were struck by passing vehicles in the southbound lanes Friday near the Wayne Motor Inn and Izumi Steakhouse just north of the Routes 80/46 cloverleaf, Wayne Police Detective Lt. Christian Wittig told Daily Voice. It couldn't immediately be determined whether the black kittens -- each between 6 and 8 weeks old -- were alive or already dead at the time. A police report filed by a witness with Wayne police on Saturday was forwarded to the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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Car Slams Into Others On First Day Of Wyckoff YMCA Summer Camp Car Slams Into Others On First Day Of Wyckoff YMCA Summer Camp Car Slams Into Others On First Day Of Wyckoff YMCA Summer Camp
Car Slams Into Others On First Day Of Wyckoff YMCA Summer Camp No one was injured when a compact car driven by a 77-year-old Fair Lawn man careened out of control in the busy Wyckoff YMCA parking lot Monday -- on a busy first day of summer camp, authorities said. Emergency responders rushed to what originally was a call of a car hitting the building, Lt. Joseph Soto said. “A lot of people were dropping off their kids at the time,” Soto said. "There was a great deal of concern.” The driver told police his brakes went as he tried to park, sending his Suzuki Aerio onto a berm between the lot and nearby train tracks, the lieutenant said. “Gravity th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Kids OK After Mini-Cooper Rear-Ends School Bus On Route 4 In Hackensack Kids OK After Mini-Cooper Rear-Ends School Bus On Route 4 In Hackensack Kids OK After Mini-Cooper Rear-Ends School Bus On Route 4 In Hackensack
Kids OK After Mini-Cooper Rear-Ends School Bus On Route 4 In Hackensack A group of youngsters on a school bus involved in a multi-vehicle crash Monday morning on westbound Route 4 in Hackensack were hospitalized as a precaution, responders said. None of the children on the White Plains Bus Company vehicle out of Westchester appeared seriously injured but were being taken to Hackensack University Medical Center to be completely checked out. It wasn't immediately clear where the youngsters are from. The driver of the Mini-Cooper, part of which slid under the school bus, was hospitalized with serious injuries, responders said.  Two occupants of a minivan that hi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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Wrong-Way Route 80 Paterson Driver Who Killed Bergen Bagel Shop Owner ID'd Wrong-Way Route 80 Paterson Driver Who Killed Bergen Bagel Shop Owner ID'd Wrong-Way Route 80 Paterson Driver Who Killed Bergen Bagel Shop Owner ID'd
Wrong-Way Route 80 Paterson Driver Who Killed Bergen Bagel Shop Owner ID'd The driver who was headed the wrong way on Route 80 when his Jeep crashed into a popular River Vale bagel store owner's car before dawn Sunday, killing him, was identified by New Jersey State Police on Monday as a 63-year-old Paterson man. Jose Reyes remained in serious condition at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center while NJSP investigators try to determine why he was headed the wrong way on the highway at 4:30 a.m. when his Jeep slammed into a car driven by Rocco Donatiello, 29, in Woodland Park, State Trooper Alejandro Goez told Daily Voice. Donatiello, of Fairfield, went by the nickna…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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Shock, Grief: River Vale Bagel Shop Owner Killed By Rt. 80 Wrong-Way Driver Shock, Grief: River Vale Bagel Shop Owner Killed By Rt. 80 Wrong-Way Driver Shock, Grief: River Vale Bagel Shop Owner Killed By Rt. 80 Wrong-Way Driver
Shock, Grief: River Vale Bagel Shop Owner Killed By Rt. 80 Wrong-Way Driver They called him “King Roc Don,” as kind, considerate and caring as anyone they knew. That’s why shock instantly gave way to grief as word spread Sunday that Rocco Donatiello -- the 29-year-old owner of Manhattan Bagels shops in River Vale and Fairfield -- had been killed just before dawn in a crash with a Jeep that was headed the wrong way on Route 80 in Woodland Park. Donatiello, who knew many of his patrons by name, “had such a bright future that was taken from him in the blink of an eye,” friend Tim Hartmann wrote. He “knew how to make a room bright and welcomed everyone with that big s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Elmwood Park PD: Knife-Wielding Man Lures Officer To House To Kill Him Elmwood Park PD: Knife-Wielding Man Lures Officer To House To Kill Him Elmwood Park PD: Knife-Wielding Man Lures Officer To House To Kill Him
Elmwood Park PD: Knife-Wielding Man Lures Officer To House To Kill Him An Elmwood Park man intent on killing a police officer placed a bogus 911 call from his home, then ambushed the first responding officer with a large knife, authorities said. The front door of the Miller Avenue home swung open and 42-year-old Richard Karcz man came running at Officer Emanuel Degenerro wielding the 9-inch knife over his head, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. Degenerro disarmed Karcz and got him into handcuffs with help from a colleague. He was then taken to New Bridge Medical Center for an evaluation. He was then taken to the Bergen County Jail, where he remained held Sun…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
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Paramus PD Arrests Driver Of BMW That Slammed Into Route 17 Utility Pole Paramus PD Arrests Driver Of BMW That Slammed Into Route 17 Utility Pole Paramus PD Arrests Driver Of BMW That Slammed Into Route 17 Utility Pole
Paramus PD Arrests Driver Of BMW That Slammed Into Route 17 Utility Pole The uninjured driver of a BMW that slammed into a utility pole on northbound Route 17 on Sunday was taken into custody by Paramus police. The right lane and shoulder remained closed near Powers Drive while the wreckage was cleared and utility workers repaired the damaged pole and wires. The four-door, white Beamer with New York license plates was removed by a flatbed tow truck. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this account.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Passaic County Extradition Hearings Set For 6 In Brutal NYC Stabbing Death Passaic County Extradition Hearings Set For 6 In Brutal NYC Stabbing Death Passaic County Extradition Hearings Set For 6 In Brutal NYC Stabbing Death
Passaic County Extradition Hearings Set For 6 In Brutal NYC Stabbing Death An extradition hearing was scheduled Tuesday for six suspects captured in Paterson in connection with the mistaken-identity stabbing death of a 15-year-old boy in the Bronx. Video shows five reupted members of the Dominican Trinitarios gang – one with a large knife -- dragging Lesandro "Junior" Guzman-Feliz out of a bodega on East 183rd Street and hacking him late Tuesday night. He made it to St. Barnabas Hospital but died after being repeatedly stabbed, including in the neck, the NYPD said. They also said the attackers got the wrong person: They thought he was someone recorded h…

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