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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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Hotel Guest Assaults Employees, Snatches Security Deposit, Caught On GS Parkway: Fort Lee PD Hotel Guest Assaults Employees, Snatches Security Deposit, Caught On GS Parkway: Fort Lee PD Hotel Guest Assaults Employees, Snatches Security Deposit, Caught On GS Parkway: Fort Lee PD
Hotel Guest Assaults Employees, Snatches Security Deposit, Caught On GS Parkway: Fort Lee PD A social worker was nabbed on the Garden State Parkway in Paramus after he assaulted two employees at a Fort Lee hotel when they refused to return his security deposit, authorities said. Alexander Welch, 31, of Fairfield became irate after being charged his $100 security deposit for smoking inside a room at the Best Western Hotel on westbound Route 4 around 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 1, Deputy Police Chief Edward Young said. Welch assaulted a female employee who was at the register, then did the same to a male employee who came his co-worker’s aid, the deputy chief said. Welch snatched an envel…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Newark, NJ
Breaking News
FBI Seizes Passenger On Newark-Bound Plane For Fondling Female Passenger FBI Seizes Passenger On Newark-Bound Plane For Fondling Female Passenger FBI Seizes Passenger On Newark-Bound Plane For Fondling Female Passenger
FBI Seizes Passenger On Newark-Bound Plane For Fondling Female Passenger An 18-year-old airline passenger was arrested by the FBI for touching a woman's groin and leg after changing his seat to sit next to her during a flight from L.A. to Newark, federal authorities said. A U.S. District Court magistrate judge released Hasan Naser Hussain Alenezi of Kuwait on an unsecured bond -- with home detention and a GPS ankle bracelet -- following an initial appearance in federal court in Newark on Friday, Sept. 1. "While on a Nov. 27, 2022, flight from Los Angeles, California, to Newark, Alenezi sat next to a female passenger, who was seated next to the window, instead of…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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Man Masturbates In Front Of Woman At Englewood CVS, Flees On Electric Scooter Man Masturbates In Front Of Woman At Englewood CVS, Flees On Electric Scooter Man Masturbates In Front Of Woman At Englewood CVS, Flees On Electric Scooter
Man Masturbates In Front Of Woman At Englewood CVS, Flees On Electric Scooter Authorities sought the public's help identifying a bearded man who masturbated in front of a woman in an Englewood CVS and then fled on an electric scooter. The woman apparently had turned down an aisle when the man exposed himself at the CVS on West Palisades Avenue shortly before 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 1, Englewood Police Lt. Fred Pulice said. He then ran out a back door to the parking lot during the commotion, got onto an e-bike and fled, the lieutenant said. The man was described as in his 20s, with an average height and build and a beard, he said. ANYONE who saw or knows the man is as…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: 'Running' Man, 66, Struck, Killed By Train In Fair Lawn UPDATE: 'Running' Man, 66, Struck, Killed By Train In Fair Lawn UPDATE: 'Running' Man, 66, Struck, Killed By Train In Fair Lawn
Update: 'Running' Man, 66, Struck, Killed By Train In Fair Lawn A 66-year-old man was struck and killed by a commuter train Thursday night in Fair Lawn. The man was struck by an NJ Transit train just off Fair Lawn Avenue across from the Radburn station platform shortly before 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 31. Witnesses said it appeared he ran in front of the express train, which didn't have a stop there. It wasn't immediately clear whether he was trying to get to the other side or not, they said. Fair Lawn Avenue remained closed temporarily as NJ Transit police began their investigation. The man was struck by an NJ Transit train just off Fair Lawn Avenue …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Smash-And-Grab Burglars Flee Fairview Deli With Cash, Lottery Tickets, Registers Smash-And-Grab Burglars Flee Fairview Deli With Cash, Lottery Tickets, Registers Smash-And-Grab Burglars Flee Fairview Deli With Cash, Lottery Tickets, Registers
Smash-And-Grab Burglars Flee Fairview Deli With Cash, Lottery Tickets, Registers A burglary crew smashed their way into a Fairview deli overnight before making off with two cash registers, $800 in cash and lottery tickets, police said. Three bandits threw a stone through the glass to enter Panela's Deli on Walker Street just off 6th Avenue shortly before 3:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 31, Capt. Michael Martic said. They fled in a Honda Civic (photo above), driven by a fourth member, that headed east on Walker Street and then north on Anderson Avenue, the captain said. One of the burglars apparently had dreadlocks, Martic said. Detectives obtained area security video and the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Clifton Man Seized In $13M Indian Tech Support Scam: Seniors, Small Biz Owners Among Victims Clifton Man Seized In $13M Indian Tech Support Scam: Seniors, Small Biz Owners Among Victims Clifton Man Seized In $13M Indian Tech Support Scam: Seniors, Small Biz Owners Among Victims
Clifton Man Seized In $13M Indian Tech Support Scam: Seniors, Small Biz Owners Among Victims FBI agents seized a Clifton man in connection with an India-based $13 million tech support scam that targeted more than 7,000 victims, most of them elderly or small business owners, authorities said. Manoj Yadav, a 40-year-old Indian-American, collected an estimated $2.2 million for his services before sending the rest to an unspecified number of associates overseas, federal investigators charged. Together, the cyber-scammers “misled their numerous victims into thinking that they were a legitimate technology support company affiliated with a major software company,” U.S. Attorney Philip R. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Reported Aborted Carjacking Investigated By Fort Lee PD, Witnesses Sought Reported Aborted Carjacking Investigated By Fort Lee PD, Witnesses Sought Reported Aborted Carjacking Investigated By Fort Lee PD, Witnesses Sought
Reported Aborted Carjacking Investigated By Fort Lee PD, Witnesses Sought It’s an odd one, for sure. Two early-morning robbers in hoodies and masks demanded a man’s key fob, phone and wallet but then fled with just the fob, the purported victim told Fort Lee police. The man told responding officers that he was putting some personal belongings in the back seat of his vehicle when the pair walked up to him on 7th Street near Myrtle Avenue shortly before 6:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 31. Both wore black hooded sweatshirts and masks, he said. The pair, he said, “demanded he give them his car key, his phone and his wallet, while also advising him that one of them was in …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Civilian Struck, Killed By Commuter Train In Fair Lawn Civilian Struck, Killed By Commuter Train In Fair Lawn Civilian Struck, Killed By Commuter Train In Fair Lawn
Civilian Struck, Killed By Commuter Train In Fair Lawn A 66-year-old man was struck and killed by a commuter train Thursday night in Fair Lawn. The man was struck by an NJ Transit train just off Fair Lawn Avenue across from the Radburn station platform shortly before 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 31. Witnesses said it appeared he ran in front of the express train, which didn't have a stop there. It wasn't immediately clear whether he was trying to get to the other side or not, they said. NJ Transit police were investigating.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE Fair Lawn Avenue remained closed temporarily as NJ Transit police began their investigation. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Franklin Township, NJ
Breaking News
NJ Data Analyst Admits Trafficking Child Porn NJ Data Analyst Admits Trafficking Child Porn NJ Data Analyst Admits Trafficking Child Porn
NJ Data Analyst Admits Trafficking Child Porn A data analyst from Somerset County admitted in federal court in Trenton on Thursday that he trafficked videos and other images of child pornography. Marcevan Manasse, 28, of Somerville, was nabbed following an undercover operation, authorities said. Detectives accessed five video files and 11 images containing child sexual abuse from an IP address at Manasse’s home, a complaint on file in U.S. District Court in Trenton says. The files included “multiple visual depictions of pre-pubescent children being sexually abused by adults” that he ended up sharing over the course of more than two ye…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Driver Seriously Injured In Route 208 Crash Driver Seriously Injured In Route 208 Crash Driver Seriously Injured In Route 208 Crash
Driver Seriously Injured In Route 208 Crash A motorist was seriously injured Thursday afternoon when his sedan slammed head-on into a utility pole on Route 208. The airbags in his older-model Volkswagen Jetta deployed in the crash at Harristown Road off the northbound highway in Glen Rock shortly after 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 31. Members of the Glen Rock Volunteer Ambulance Corps took him to St. Joseph's University Medical Center in Paterson. Police, meanwhile, doused a small engine fire with an extinguisher. Glen Rock police doused a small engine fire with an extinguisher after the Route 208 crash at Harristown Road.Boyd A. L…

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