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
Court: Pair Who Bought Heroin In Paterson Not Liable For User's OD Death Court: Pair Who Bought Heroin In Paterson Not Liable For User's OD Death Court: Pair Who Bought Heroin In Paterson Not Liable For User's OD Death
Court: Pair Who Bought Heroin In Paterson Not Liable For User's OD Death A New York couple who sold a 25-year-old overdose victim the heroin from Paterson that killed him can't be prosecuted for causing a drug-induced death in New Jersey, a state appeals court ruled. Because Kean Cabral received and used the drug in Warwick in Orange County, authorities in New Jersey don't have jurisdiction to prosecute Anthony Potts and Noel Ferguson, who bought it from a dealer in Paterson, the Appellate Division judges found. "The state has not met its burden of establishing that an 'inference could reasonably be drawn placing the site of the crime within th[is] state',&…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
FOUND! Missing Waldwick Military Vet Walked 25 Miles To Woodbury Commons FOUND! Missing Waldwick Military Vet Walked 25 Miles To Woodbury Commons FOUND! Missing Waldwick Military Vet Walked 25 Miles To Woodbury Commons
Found! Missing Waldwick Military Vet Walked 25 Miles To Woodbury Commons UPDATE: A Waldwick military veteran who wandered off from home Saturday morning was found Monday afternoon at Woodbury Commons in Orange County -- after walking there. Thomas Podschelne, 59, was recognized by someone at the shopping center -- 25 miles from home -- after seeing one of the Facebook postings seeking help finding him. "He walked there!" his relieved daughter, Chelsea, told Daily Voice after picking him up around 3:45 p.m. Health-wise, "he seems OK," she said, "just a little sunburned." Podschelne, who suffers from severe PTSD, didn't show up for …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Ramsey Rescue Clears Chlorine-Laced Trash That Fell From Truck Near School Ramsey Rescue Clears Chlorine-Laced Trash That Fell From Truck Near School Ramsey Rescue Clears Chlorine-Laced Trash That Fell From Truck Near School
Ramsey Rescue Clears Chlorine-Laced Trash That Fell From Truck Near School Hazardous materials technicians from the Ramsey Rescue squad cleared a pile of chlorine-laced trash that fell off the back of a garbage truck near an elementary school on Monday. Ramsey police, firefighters and Ambulance Corps members also responded to the Island Avenue incident near the Wesley D. Tisdale School. So did their colleagues from OEM, DPW and a Bergen County Hazmat team. "The scene has been mitigated without incident," the rescue squad reported. There were no injuries, the squad said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities: Parole Officers Nab Lyndhurst Child Sex Offender With Knife Authorities: Parole Officers Nab Lyndhurst Child Sex Offender With Knife Authorities: Parole Officers Nab Lyndhurst Child Sex Offender With Knife
Authorities: Parole Officers Nab Lyndhurst Child Sex Offender With Knife A registered sex offender from Lyndhurst who was released from prison earlier this year was back behind bars after parole officers found him carrying a knife, authorities said. Township police notified the officers that William Barry, 43, might have violated a condition of his lifetime parole regulating his online activities. The parole officers arrested him on a trio of charges that included being a convicted felon in possession of a weapon and brought him to the Bergen County Jail, where he remained Monday. The 6-foot-3-inch, 305-pound tattooed Barry was convicted in 2005 of sexually ass…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Elmwood Park PD: DWI Driver Bails, Caught After Hitting Parked Cars Elmwood Park PD: DWI Driver Bails, Caught After Hitting Parked Cars Elmwood Park PD: DWI Driver Bails, Caught After Hitting Parked Cars
Elmwood Park PD: DWI Driver Bails, Caught After Hitting Parked Cars A drunk driver with a suspended license bailed out of his BMW after it hit two parked cars in Elmwood Park overnight but was quickly caught by borough police, authorities said. Charles Crosby, 30, also had an open container of alcohol in the 2002 Beamer when it struck the two vehicles on Locust Street around 1:20 a.m. Saturday, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. He tried to run off by was found several blocks away, the chief said. Crosby, whose last known address was in Masachusetts, was arrested and charged with DWI, Driving while suspended, leaving the scene of a crash, having the open c…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
FOUND! Missing Waldwick Military Vet Walked 25 Miles To Woodbury Commons FOUND! Missing Waldwick Military Vet Walked 25 Miles To Woodbury Commons FOUND! Missing Waldwick Military Vet Walked 25 Miles To Woodbury Commons
Found! Missing Waldwick Military Vet Walked 25 Miles To Woodbury Commons UPDATE: A Waldwick military veteran who wandered off from home Saturday morning was found Monday afternoon at Woodbury Commons in Orange County -- after walking there. Thomas Podschelne, 59, was recognized by someone at the shopping center -- 25 miles from home -- after seeing one of the Facebook postings seeking help finding him. "He walked there!" his relieved daughter, Chelsea, told Daily Voice after picking him up around 3:45 p.m. Health-wise, "he seems OK," she said, "just a little sunburned." Podschelne, who suffers from severe PTSD, didn't show up for …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
SEEN HIM? Search Continues For Waldwick Military Vet With PTSD SEEN HIM? Search Continues For Waldwick Military Vet With PTSD SEEN HIM? Search Continues For Waldwick Military Vet With PTSD
Seen HIM? Search Continues For Waldwick Military Vet With PTSD The search for a Waldwick military veteran who wandered off from home Saturday morning entered its third day Monday with a false alarm or two but little else. Thomas Podschelne -- whose 60th birthday is this July 23 -- had briefly gone missing before but not for more than a half-day. "He could be anywhere at this point," said his daughter, Chelsea Podschelne.  Authorities and citizens have been notified throughout Bergen and Passaic counties and even in Rockland. Police had no pings from his phone, nor any reports that he'd used a credit or debit card anywhere. Podschelne, who s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Glen Rock PD: Cracked Windshield Turns Up Crack In Mahwah Man's Pocket Glen Rock PD: Cracked Windshield Turns Up Crack In Mahwah Man's Pocket Glen Rock PD: Cracked Windshield Turns Up Crack In Mahwah Man's Pocket
Glen Rock PD: Cracked Windshield Turns Up Crack In Mahwah Man's Pocket A Glen Rock police sergeant who stopped a car for having a cracked windshield found a passenger from Mahwah carrying three bags of crack, authorities said. Sgt. Mike Trover took James G. Fox, 38, into custody after stopping the vehicle on Berry Place early Friday evening, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. He was charged with drug possession and released pending a June 15 hearing in Central Judicial Processing Court, the chief said. The 22-year-old driver, also from Mahwah, traffic summonses for the windshield and for not having proof of insurance, he said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: Wallington Woman, 20, Killed In Crash 'Polite, Respectful, Helpful' UPDATE: Wallington Woman, 20, Killed In Crash 'Polite, Respectful, Helpful' UPDATE: Wallington Woman, 20, Killed In Crash 'Polite, Respectful, Helpful'
Update: Wallington Woman, 20, Killed In Crash 'Polite, Respectful, Helpful' UPDATE: A 20-year-old Wallington woman was killed before dawn Sunday when her sedan ran up a utility pole guide wire and rolled over -- ejecting her through the window -- before landing on top of her, authorities said. Loved ones and friends were shaken to hear that Emily Desbiens had died in the tragic accident. "Emily Desbiens was one of our team managers up until her graduating," the Wallington High School football team posted on Facebook. "She always had a smile, was polite and respectful and always helpful," the post says. "We send our condolences to her famil…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Bystanders Record Woman Jumping To Death From Paterson Bridge Bystanders Record Woman Jumping To Death From Paterson Bridge Bystanders Record Woman Jumping To Death From Paterson Bridge
Bystanders Record Woman Jumping To Death From Paterson Bridge A horrifying video shows a woman climbing a Paterson bridge and jumping to her death Sunday -- as some onlookers tried to help her and others recorded her last moments with their cellphones. The Hispanic woman in the video shimmies up an angled girder of the green Arch Street truss bridge, then takes a breath, says a quick prayer, then swings her arms back and forth before leaping – arms and legs outstretched – into the Passaic River just before 4:30 p.m. Bystanders pulled the woman from the water. Others shot video -- some of them laughing as they did. The most graphic video was recorded …

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