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
Cool, Calm Mahwah Boy, 11, Smells Smoke Before School Bus Goes Up In Flames Cool, Calm Mahwah Boy, 11, Smells Smoke Before School Bus Goes Up In Flames Cool, Calm Mahwah Boy, 11, Smells Smoke Before School Bus Goes Up In Flames
Cool, Calm Mahwah Boy, 11, Smells Smoke Before School Bus Goes Up In Flames Nothing rattles 11-year-old Rocco Arcese of Mahwah – the kid’s an award-winning downhill racer. So when the school bus he’d just gotten on caught fire Tuesday morning, he calmly told the driver he’d better pull over. Rocco was the Durham Bus Company driver’s first pickup on the way to Joyce Kilmer Middle School. They’d gone barely 300 yards on Chapel Road in Fardale when the fifth-grader smelled smoke. So they quickly got off. SEE: Flames Consume Mahwah School Bus Police officers were there instantly and members of Mahwah Fire Co. 4 quickly doused the Durham Bus Company engine fire. Whi…

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Flames Consume Mahwah School Bus After Boy Smells Smoke Flames Consume Mahwah School Bus After Boy Smells Smoke Flames Consume Mahwah School Bus After Boy Smells Smoke
Flames Consume Mahwah School Bus After Boy Smells Smoke A Mahwah school bus driver got the only youngster off safely before the front of the vehicle went up in flames Tuesday morning. They'd gone barely 300 yards on Chapel Road in Fardale when the boy -- the driver's first pickup -- said he smelled something, so they quickly got off, the fifth-grader's mom said.  Police officers were there instantly and members of Mahwah Fire Co. 4 quickly doused the Durham Bus Company engine fire, said the mom, who went to the scene and picked her son up. The bus was totaled, Police Chief James Batelli said, adding that his detectives were investigating the ca…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
PD: Woman Steals Jewelry From Disabled PalPark Man, Wears It On Facebook PD: Woman Steals Jewelry From Disabled PalPark Man, Wears It On Facebook PD: Woman Steals Jewelry From Disabled PalPark Man, Wears It On Facebook
PD: Woman Steals Jewelry From Disabled PalPark Man, Wears It On Facebook Unable to stop her, a disabled Palisades Park man had jewelry stolen from his bedroom by a would-be home health aide -- who then wore one of the necklaces in a Facebook video, authorities said. Mariela Del Rosario, 32, of Lodi pulled the same stunt last year at two different Franklin Lakes homes where she worked, police there said. SEE: Franklin Lakes Home Health Aide Charged With Stealing $200K In Valuables This time, she came to the victim's home in response to a Craiglist ad he placed for a home health aide, Palisades Park Police Chief Mark Jackson said. The victim, who's unable to wal…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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Monday Mayhem As Montvale Driver Slams Through Busy Westwood Intersection Monday Mayhem As Montvale Driver Slams Through Busy Westwood Intersection Monday Mayhem As Montvale Driver Slams Through Busy Westwood Intersection
Monday Mayhem As Montvale Driver Slams Through Busy Westwood Intersection A 67-year-old Montvale driver was hospitalized after his SUV careened over the lawn of a Westwood apartment complex – narrowly missing landscapers – then uprooted one traffic light post before hitting another at a busy intersection Monday afternoon. The incident began on southbound Kinderkamack Road around 2:45 p.m., Police Chief Michael Pontillo said. The 2016 Ford Edge “traveled over the lawn of the Westwood Hills Apartments Complex, nearly missing landscaper workers, then struck and removed a traffic light post from the ground and continued across Old Hook Road,” Pontillo said It then s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Suicidal Garfield Man Leads Police Chase To GWB And Back Suicidal Garfield Man Leads Police Chase To GWB And Back Suicidal Garfield Man Leads Police Chase To GWB And Back
Suicidal Garfield Man Leads Police Chase To GWB And Back A suicidal man led a police chase from Garfield to the George Washington Bridge and back before being taken into custody before dawn Monday. It began just before 2 a.m., when a River Drive resident called police to say the 22-year-old man was suicidal and had left, Capt. Darren Sucorowski said. Just after 3:30 a.m., Officer Daniel Duleski saw him driving a 1993 four-door Toyota Corolla in the area of Dewitt and Oak streets, Sucorowski said. Duleski “approached the vehicle and advised him that he wanted to get him help,” but the driver hit the gas and took off he said. Officers pursued the…

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Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Garfield Seeks Civilian Volunteers For Emergency Response Team Garfield Seeks Civilian Volunteers For Emergency Response Team Garfield Seeks Civilian Volunteers For Emergency Response Team
Garfield Seeks Civilian Volunteers For Emergency Response Team The Garfield Police Office of Emergency Management is looking for city residents to join its Community Emergency Response Team (CERT). “We are looking for upstanding, dedicated citizens who would like to be able to help in situations before first responders arrive,” Garfield Police OEM Commander Lt. Mike Marsh said. First responders are often overwhelmed during and after a disaster, Marsh noted. "Experience has shown...ordinary citizens make over 80 percent of successful rescues as they respond to the emergency in their community," the lieutenant said. "However, many untrain…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
West Milford PD: Hit-Run DWI Driver Recorded On Cellphone Video Caught West Milford PD: Hit-Run DWI Driver Recorded On Cellphone Video Caught West Milford PD: Hit-Run DWI Driver Recorded On Cellphone Video Caught
West Milford PD: Hit-Run DWI Driver Recorded On Cellphone Video Caught The owner of a car damaged by a drunk driver in West Milford recorded a conversation with her before she took off, leading to her arrest, authorities said. The caller “confronted the driver and videotaped part of their conversation before the driver left the scene”  Officer Michael Onembo found the vehicle on High Street -- then found 25-year-old Dena Rice of Scotch Plains -- after the 1:50 a.m. incident on Plumridge Road, West Milford police said in a release. Rice failed a sobriety test and was taken into custody, it said.  She was charged with DWI, refusal to submit breath samples, lea…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
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Dump Truck Snags Wires, Closes Route 120 In East Rutherford Dump Truck Snags Wires, Closes Route 120 In East Rutherford Dump Truck Snags Wires, Closes Route 120 In East Rutherford
Dump Truck Snags Wires, Closes Route 120 In East Rutherford A dump truck bed pulled down utility wires, closing Route 120 in East Rutherford on Monday. The mishap occurred at the intersection of Murray Hill Parkway around 9 a.m.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Police Nab Third Suspect In Fort Lee Rapper Robbery, GWB Chase Police Nab Third Suspect In Fort Lee Rapper Robbery, GWB Chase Police Nab Third Suspect In Fort Lee Rapper Robbery, GWB Chase
Police Nab Third Suspect In Fort Lee Rapper Robbery, GWB Chase Authorities have caught the last of three men who they said robbed a popular rapper-turned-reality TV personality and a companion of $183,000 in jewelry and cash at gunpoint in Fort Lee, then led police on a wild chase across the George Washington Bridge into Manhattan more than two months ago. The NYPD caught two alleged accomplices who bailed from a black Cadillac Escalade that crashed on the Henry Hudson Parkway after a chase that followed the April 2 holdup of "Love and HipHop" star Safaree Samuels. "[It] was probably 1 of the worst scariest nights of my life," Samue…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Rochelle Park PD: Handyman Stole $20,000 Worth Of Luxury Bags From Resident Rochelle Park PD: Handyman Stole $20,000 Worth Of Luxury Bags From Resident Rochelle Park PD: Handyman Stole $20,000 Worth Of Luxury Bags From Resident
Rochelle Park PD: Handyman Stole $20,000 Worth Of Luxury Bags From Resident Rochelle Park police nabbed a handyman who they said used his tools to break into a locked closet and steal $20,000 worth of luxury handbags, jewelry and other items from a borough resident whom he'd worked for the past five years. The Harvey Avenue resident told police she and her husband contacted 37-year-old Martin Armanzo of West Orange, who agree to return the goods, Detective Sgt. James DePreta said. Investigators and uniformed officers were waiting when he showed up Saturday morning. They arrested Armanzo, recovered eight handbags from the back seat of his car and discovered a small…

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