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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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
SEE ANYTHING? Overnight Smash 'N Grab Burglary Trio Flees Glen Rock Deli Near Fair Lawn Border SEE ANYTHING? Overnight Smash 'N Grab Burglary Trio Flees Glen Rock Deli Near Fair Lawn Border SEE ANYTHING? Overnight Smash 'N Grab Burglary Trio Flees Glen Rock Deli Near Fair Lawn Border
SEE Anything? Overnight Smash 'N Grab Burglary Trio Flees Glen Rock Deli Near Fair Lawn Border A trio of pre-dawn burglars smashed their way in through the front door of a Glen Rock deli and fled with cash and cigarettes over the Labor Day weekend, authorities said. A 4:12 a.m. alarm brought officers to the Glen Rock Food Center on Maple Avenue near the Fair Lawn border on Saturday, Sept. 2, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. They found no one inside and began investigating, the chief said Tuesday. The three burglars had fled just minutes earlier in what was believed to be an older-model Hyundai Santa Fe that was last seen headed over the Maple Avenue bridge into Paterson, Ackermann …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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CLIFFS RESCUE: Rutherford Man, 20, Injured In 50-Foot Fall From Top Of Palisades CLIFFS RESCUE: Rutherford Man, 20, Injured In 50-Foot Fall From Top Of Palisades CLIFFS RESCUE: Rutherford Man, 20, Injured In 50-Foot Fall From Top Of Palisades
Cliffs Rescue: Rutherford Man, 20, Injured In 50-Foot Fall From Top Of Palisades A 20-year-old Rutherford man was rescued from the Palisades after he fell and was injured before dawn on Labor Day, authorities said. The victim called police from the Englewood Cliffs section of the Palisade Interstate Parkway overlooking the Hudson River at 2:12 a.m. Monday, Sept. 4, PIP Police Lt. Raymond Walter said. Parkway officers using GPS coordinates quickly located him about 50 feet down the cliff just south of the Rockefeller Lookout, the lieutenant said. He complained of head and back injuries, Walker said. The East Bergen Rappel Team, Alpine Fire Department, Closter Volu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Girl, 13, Pulled From Maywood Pool Girl, 13, Pulled From Maywood Pool Girl, 13, Pulled From Maywood Pool
Girl, 13, Pulled From Maywood Pool A 13-year-old girl was pulled from the municipal pool in Maywood on Labor Day, police said. A lifeguard quickly got to the drowning teen, witnesses said. The good news: She was alert and conscious when EMS took her to Hackensack University Medical Center, Maywood Police Detective Sgt. William Phayre said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Mutual Aid Helps Boy, 4, From Family Of North Jersey First Responders Begin Cancer Fight Mutual Aid Helps Boy, 4, From Family Of North Jersey First Responders Begin Cancer Fight Mutual Aid Helps Boy, 4, From Family Of North Jersey First Responders Begin Cancer Fight
Mutual Aid Helps Boy, 4, From Family Of North Jersey First Responders Begin Cancer Fight A 4-year-old boy who comes from a family of North Jersey first responders has headed into a battle with the additional love and support of friends, fellow public servants and others. Jonathan Benkovic has Wilms tumor. Also known as nephroblastoma, it's a pediatric cancer that often affects children 3 to 4 years old. Next week he'll begin chemotherapy treatments that are expected to last 30 weeks. A community of public servants are all pulling for Jonathan, who comes from a family of heroes. The sheriff’s PBA Local 134, along with police and firefighters in Hasbrouck Heights and Hackensack…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Jersey City, NJ
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Hoboken Woman Charged With Bloody Broad-Daylight Slashing On Busy Manhattan Street Hoboken Woman Charged With Bloody Broad-Daylight Slashing On Busy Manhattan Street Hoboken Woman Charged With Bloody Broad-Daylight Slashing On Busy Manhattan Street
Hoboken Woman Charged With Bloody Broad-Daylight Slashing On Busy Manhattan Street A Hoboken woman slashed a bystander in the face with a large kitchen knife in what appeared to be a random attack outside a Manhattan pizzeria, authorities said. The corner of West 38th Street at Eighth Avenue was teeming with people when the 65-year-old victim was slashed just beneath her left eye a few steps from 2 Bros Pizza shortly after 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 1. She was treated at Mount Sinai Hospital, police said. Authorities issued surveillance video of her fleeing assailant, who wore a short furry black coat, sparkly pink shorts, buckled shoes and a bucket hat – some of which appeare…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hamilton Township, NJ
Breaking News
NJ Couple Ginned Up Immigrant Asylum Applications, Charged Clients $1,000 A Pop: Feds NJ Couple Ginned Up Immigrant Asylum Applications, Charged Clients $1,000 A Pop: Feds NJ Couple Ginned Up Immigrant Asylum Applications, Charged Clients $1,000 A Pop: Feds
NJ Couple Ginned Up Immigrant Asylum Applications, Charged Clients $1,000 A Pop: Feds A New Jersey couple who operated an immigration business from their home are facing a federal trial for submitting bogus asylum applications for clients from Sri Lanka, authorities said. Zuwairul Ameer, 61, and his wife, Claudette Ameer, 63, had been doing it since at least 2007 when a client who was approached by the FBI agreed to become a government cooperator, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said. Applicants for asylum in the U.S. must show Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) that they have suffered persecution in their homeland because of their race, religion, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Man Found Shot Dead In Car On Paterson Street Man Found Shot Dead In Car On Paterson Street Man Found Shot Dead In Car On Paterson Street
Man Found Shot Dead In Car On Paterson Street A man was found shot dead before dawn in a parked car on a Paterson street, and authorities haven't yet said whether or not they consider it suspicious. They're seeking witnesses. The man, whom authorities were trying to identify, was found by officers acting on a tip in the area of Route 19 and Ward Street shortly after 5:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 3, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Officer-In-Charge Isa Abbassi said in a brief release. He had a gunshot wound in his head, they said. They didn’t say whether a weapon was found or whether they consider the circums…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
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Labor Day Weekend Blaze Doused In Norwood Labor Day Weekend Blaze Doused In Norwood Labor Day Weekend Blaze Doused In Norwood
Labor Day Weekend Blaze Doused In Norwood Firefighters made quick work of a Labor Day weekend blaze that spread to a Norwood resident's garage. The borough's bravest responded to the call at 5 Meadow Court at 2:24 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 2, after the contents of a trash can apparently caught fire. They were assisted by their colleagues from Closter, Harrington Park, Haworth, Northvale, Old Tappan, Orangeburg and Tappan. Firefighters had the two-alarm blaze knocked down and under control in under a half hour, keeping it from spreading from the garage into the house. Colleagues from surrounding towns provided substantial mutual ai…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Two Men From Paterson, One From Elmwood Park Wounded In Silk City Shooting Two Men From Paterson, One From Elmwood Park Wounded In Silk City Shooting Two Men From Paterson, One From Elmwood Park Wounded In Silk City Shooting
Two Men From Paterson, One From Elmwood Park Wounded In Silk City Shooting A Labor Day weekend shooting in Paterson sent three men to the hospital. Police found two victims – one 28 from Elmwood Park and the other 33 from Paterson – while responding to a 2:40 a.m. call Sunday, Sept. 3, at Kearney Street and Union Avenue. Both were taken to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center with wounds that weren’t considered life-threatening. Another man, 29, from Paterson apparently was wounded by gunfire a block and change down on Kearney Street, responders said. He arrived at St. Joe’s in a private vehicle with an injury that also wasn’t fatal, Passaic County Prosecutor …

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
Prospect Park Home, Vehicle Burglaries Cracked With Arrest Of Habitual Paterson Offender Prospect Park Home, Vehicle Burglaries Cracked With Arrest Of Habitual Paterson Offender Prospect Park Home, Vehicle Burglaries Cracked With Arrest Of Habitual Paterson Offender
Prospect Park Home, Vehicle Burglaries Cracked With Arrest Of Habitual Paterson Offender A habitual offender was charged with burglarizing homes and vehicles in Prospect Park and elsewhere. Francisco Sanchez, 32, of Paterson had been busted for burglary in Paterson in May and spent a week in the Bergen County Jail before a judge released him pending further court action. He was back behind bars a month later – again for burglary, records show. Sanchez spent three weeks in the Bergen County lockup this time before being released again -- once again, pending further court action -- on July 20. Paterson police arrested Sanchez yet again this past Tuesday, Aug. 29, and sent him b…

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