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
Ramsey Middle Schooler Faces Discipline For 'Non-Credible' SnapChat Threat Ramsey Middle Schooler Faces Discipline For 'Non-Credible' SnapChat Threat Ramsey Middle Schooler Faces Discipline For 'Non-Credible' SnapChat Threat
Ramsey Middle Schooler Faces Discipline For 'Non-Credible' SnapChat Threat District officials in Ramsey said they were disciplining a middle school student who posted a picture on SnapChat "that involved a weapon with threatening comments." Borough police investigated and determine there was no credible threat after a citizen reported the post "referencing violence against Eric S. Smith Middle School," a letter sent by Schools Supt. Matthew J. Murphy to parents on Thursday says. "Appropriate disciplinary action will be taken at the school by the administration in accordance with our policies," says the letter, co-signed by Police Chie…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
New Bergen Cold Case Unit: Deportee Charged In 1999 Englewood Rape, Murder New Bergen Cold Case Unit: Deportee Charged In 1999 Englewood Rape, Murder New Bergen Cold Case Unit: Deportee Charged In 1999 Englewood Rape, Murder
New Bergen Cold Case Unit: Deportee Charged In 1999 Englewood Rape, Murder A Nicaraguan man who remained at large following the 1999 rape and murder of an Englewood nail salon worker became the first defendant targeted by Bergen County’s first-ever Cold Case Homicide Unit. Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo and state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal on Thursday announced the creation of the unit – a collaboration between the prosecutor’s office and New Jersey State Police that’s dedicated solely to the review of cold-case homicides in the county. Prosecutor's detectives have investigated cold cases for years, but the new collaboration with their state co…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities ID Victim Of Single-Car Crash In Paterson Authorities ID Victim Of Single-Car Crash In Paterson Authorities ID Victim Of Single-Car Crash In Paterson
Authorities ID Victim Of Single-Car Crash In Paterson The driver of a BMW killed when he was ejected in an overnight Route 20 crash Thursday was identified Friday as 25-year-old Naje Mack of Passaic. Mack was pronounced dead at the scene of the 3:30 a.m. crash on the southbound highway near Park and 17th avenue after the Beamer hit the divider, flipped over and ejected him, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Troy Oswald said in a joint release. Anyone who might have witnessed the crash is asked to contact the prosecutor's office at 1-877-370-PCPO or [email protected] or the Paterson Police Traffic Divi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Second 'Non-Specific' Threat In 10 Days Found At Palisades Park School Second 'Non-Specific' Threat In 10 Days Found At Palisades Park School Second 'Non-Specific' Threat In 10 Days Found At Palisades Park School
Second 'Non-Specific' Threat In 10 Days Found At Palisades Park School UPDATE: A sixth-grade girl was responsible for a “non-specific" threat found at a Palisades Park school on Thursday, authorities said. The Bergen County Prosecutor's Office was determining whether to sign a delinquency complaint against the youngster, while district officials considered what do on their end. Meanwhile, additional police were assigned on Friday to Lindbergh Elementary School, where the typewritten threat was found at a printer in one of the classrooms on Thursday. K-9 units from the Bergen County Sheriff's Office also swept the interior and exterior of the building bef…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Co-Workers Brawl At Ridgewood Field Co-Workers Brawl At Ridgewood Field Co-Workers Brawl At Ridgewood Field
Co-Workers Brawl At Ridgewood Field A fight between two laborers in Ridgewood Thursday morning sent one to the hospital with a minor leg injury and produced charges against the other, authorities said. The victim flagged down Officer Sean Amoruso around 10:30 a.m. near Maple Field, where artificial turf was being installed, and said he'd been stabbed, Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke said. Both men "were working together on Maple Field" and "had an altercation which led to an assault, where a hammer and a stick with a fixed knife on the end were used," said Luthcke, who was one of the responders. Manny Rom…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Palisades Park Painter Sexually Abused Teenage Boy, Authorities Charge Palisades Park Painter Sexually Abused Teenage Boy, Authorities Charge Palisades Park Painter Sexually Abused Teenage Boy, Authorities Charge
Palisades Park Painter Sexually Abused Teenage Boy, Authorities Charge A Palisades Park painter sexually abused a 17-year-old boy, said authorities who arrested him. ICE issued a detainer holding Santos Ruiz-Teletor, a 37-year-old Guatemalan national, in the Bergen County Jail regardless of the outcome of a Thursday afternoon detention hearing in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack. Ruiz-Teletor is charged with sexual assault through force or coercion and child endangerment through sexual contact. Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said Ruiz-Teletor was arrested following an investigation by members of his Special Victims Unit and Palisad…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Someone Left A Stove On: Gas Leak Forces Lodi School Evacuation Someone Left A Stove On: Gas Leak Forces Lodi School Evacuation Someone Left A Stove On: Gas Leak Forces Lodi School Evacuation
Someone Left A Stove On: Gas Leak Forces Lodi School Evacuation Someone apparently left a stove on, releasing enough gas to force the evacuation of Wilson Elementary School in Lodi Thursday afternoon. Students and staff were fine, Police Chief Donald Scorzetti said. ****** ALSO SEE: Two robbers duct-taped a Lodi apartment tenant's mouth and neck, then assaulted him with knives and electrical cords before fleeing with his cellphone, wallet and cash, authorities said. https://garfield.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/lodi-pd-robbers-duct-tape-torture-tenant-take-phone-wallet-cash/737955/

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
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Lodi PD: Robbers Duct-Tape, Torture Tenant, Take Phone, Wallet, Cash Lodi PD: Robbers Duct-Tape, Torture Tenant, Take Phone, Wallet, Cash Lodi PD: Robbers Duct-Tape, Torture Tenant, Take Phone, Wallet, Cash
Lodi PD: Robbers Duct-Tape, Torture Tenant, Take Phone, Wallet, Cash Two robbers duct-taped a Lodi apartment tenant's mouth and neck, then assaulted him with knives and electrical cords before fleeing with his cellphone, wallet and cash, authorities said. Lodi police seized an ex-con a short time later. The second suspect surrendered earlier this week, Acting Police Chief Donald Scorzetti said Thursday. The Kimmig Avenue victim made his way to the apartment of a neighbor who freed him and called police, Scorzetti said. The victim then went to the nearby Lodi Ambulance Corps building, where officers found him being treated, the chief said. They arrested 23-…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Edgewater PD: Massage Parlor Masseuse Solicited Sex Edgewater PD: Massage Parlor Masseuse Solicited Sex Edgewater PD: Massage Parlor Masseuse Solicited Sex
Edgewater PD: Massage Parlor Masseuse Solicited Sex An employee at an Edgewater massage parlor rubbed an undercover detective the wrong way and was arrested on charges of soliciting sex, authorities said. What’s more, borough fire authorities found several violations, closing Queen Spa on Route 5 near River Road indefinitely, Police Chief Donald Martin said. Qing Shang, 35, of Queens was charged with a single count of engaging in prostitution after propositioning an undercover officer from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office, Martin said. She was released on a summons pending a hearing in Edgewater Municipal Court, the chief said. Martin…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Garfield Landscaper Charged With Sexually Abusing Youngster Garfield Landscaper Charged With Sexually Abusing Youngster Garfield Landscaper Charged With Sexually Abusing Youngster
Garfield Landscaper Charged With Sexually Abusing Youngster A landscaper from Garfield sexually assaulted a pre-teen several times over the past nine months, said authorities who took him into custody. Jose Silva, 45, remained held in the Bergen County Jail pending a detention hearing Thursday in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack. He’s charged with aggravated sexual assault and child endangerment. Garfield police on Saturday “received a report that [Silva] sexually assaulted a juvenile victim in Garfield on multiple occasions within the past nine months,” Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said Thursday. Calo’s Special Victi…

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