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
Prosecutor: MA Man Gets Off Bus In Fort Lee With 1½+ Lbs Fentanyl, Heroin Prosecutor: MA Man Gets Off Bus In Fort Lee With 1½+ Lbs Fentanyl, Heroin Prosecutor: MA Man Gets Off Bus In Fort Lee With 1½+ Lbs Fentanyl, Heroin
Prosecutor: MA Man Gets Off Bus In Fort Lee With 1½+ Lbs Fentanyl, Heroin Investigators were waiting when a Massachusetts man got off a bus in Fort Lee carrying more than a pound and a little over an ounce of heroin, authorities said. Jose Rodriguez-Quinonez, a 37-year-old self-employed painter, remained held in the Bergen County Jail pending a detention hearing Tuesday. He was arrested Friday after Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said his detectives got a tip that Rodriguez-Quinonez was headed from Dorchester, MA to Fort Lee by bus carrying the drugs for sale. He was charged with possession of both with the intent to distribute them. Calo thanked F…

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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Elmwood Park Man Accused Of Pulling Gun During Parking Space Argument Elmwood Park Man Accused Of Pulling Gun During Parking Space Argument Elmwood Park Man Accused Of Pulling Gun During Parking Space Argument
Elmwood Park Man Accused Of Pulling Gun During Parking Space Argument Two men were arguing over a parking space at an Elmwood Park garden apartment complex when one said the other pulled a gun from his backpack and pointed it at him, authorities said. The alleged victim and his girlfriend said they were with their infant child when the argument erupted in a Donor Avenue courtyard at the Elmwood Village Apartments late Friday, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. The accused gunman -- identified as Lonnie T. Day, 26 -- returned while police were interviewing the couple and was taken into custody, Foligno said. No gun was found, he added. A Bergen County K-9 un…

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Paterson, NJ
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Bicyclist Kicked Me, Robbed Me, Clifton Woman Tells Police Bicyclist Kicked Me, Robbed Me, Clifton Woman Tells Police Bicyclist Kicked Me, Robbed Me, Clifton Woman Tells Police
Bicyclist Kicked Me, Robbed Me, Clifton Woman Tells Police A 48-year-old Clifton woman told city police a robber on a bicycle kicked her in the ribcage, ripped her purse from her arm and rode off from Botany Village toward Passaic mid-Sunday morning. The robber first circled the area as she walked along Ackerman and Parker avenues near Outwater Lane around 10:15 a.m. Sunday before pedaling up from behind and mugging her, the woman told police. The woman, who wasn't seriously injured, described him as white and in his 30s, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. Anyone who might have seen something or has information that can help the investigation is a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
ICE Detains Driver Who North Arlington Police Say Had Pot, Fake License ICE Detains Driver Who North Arlington Police Say Had Pot, Fake License ICE Detains Driver Who North Arlington Police Say Had Pot, Fake License
ICE Detains Driver Who North Arlington Police Say Had Pot, Fake License A Mexican national was being held in the Bergen County Jail on a detainer from ICE after he gave North Arlington police who found him carrying more than an ounce and a half of pot a bogus license during a traffic stop, authorities said. The officer stopped a silver Acura driven by 30-year-old Jose Manuel Leon on Ridge Road near Arlington Boulevard for having tinted windows, Police Chief Scott M. Hedenberg said. "During the stop, the officer detected the odor of raw marijuana," Hedenberg said. "The search resulted in the discovery of a large sealed bag containing marijuana.&qu…

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Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgewood PD: Hit-Run Drunk Driver Left Crucial Evidence Behind Ridgewood PD: Hit-Run Drunk Driver Left Crucial Evidence Behind Ridgewood PD: Hit-Run Drunk Driver Left Crucial Evidence Behind
Ridgewood PD: Hit-Run Drunk Driver Left Crucial Evidence Behind A Ridgewood driver was intoxicated, authorities said, when he smashed his Jeep into a utility pole, took off, and left a key piece of evidence behind: one of his license plates. Officers who tracked down Joseph Haner, 39, gave him several summonses after he fled the May 14 crash on Oak Street, Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke said. They impounded his Jeep Sport and released him to a responsible adult, under John's Law.  ****** ALSO SEE: A cardiologist affiliated with Hackensack University Medical Group was charged with DWI after Wyckoff police stopped him no Route 208, authorities said. h…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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Wyckoff PD: Cardiologist From Franklin Lakes Charged With Route 208 DWI Wyckoff PD: Cardiologist From Franklin Lakes Charged With Route 208 DWI Wyckoff PD: Cardiologist From Franklin Lakes Charged With Route 208 DWI
Wyckoff PD: Cardiologist From Franklin Lakes Charged With Route 208 DWI A cardiologist affiliated with Hackensack University Medical Group was charged with DWI after Wyckoff police stopped him no Route 208, authorities said. Officer Kenneth Marcoux stopped 54-year-old Felix Daileysterling of Franklin Lakes after receiving an alert from a neighboring town of a possibly intoxicated driver heading north on the highway in a black Tesla, Police Chief David Murphy said. Dailysterling, formerly of Guttenberg, “was having difficulty maintaining a lane of travel” and “displayed signs of impairment” after the stop, Murphy said. He also smelled of alcohol, the chief said…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Allendale Police Bicycle Helmet Safety Sweep: Get Prize -- Or Summons Allendale Police Bicycle Helmet Safety Sweep: Get Prize -- Or Summons Allendale Police Bicycle Helmet Safety Sweep: Get Prize -- Or Summons
Allendale Police Bicycle Helmet Safety Sweep: Get Prize -- Or Summons Giving Allendale youngsters who wear their helmets while riding bicycles and skateboards downtown fun prizes was such a success last year that borough police are doing it again – with even more sponsors. And just like last year, parents of those kids who don’t wear helmets could find themselves in court. Officers are distributing coupons to young riders under 17 who wear their helmets. Those chosen get free: Dairy Queen ice cream cones; Dunkin’ Donuts doughnuts; Sky Zone Trampoline Park jump time; pizza at Village Pizza and Toscana Pizza, bagels at Bernie's Bagels. As for parents of youn…

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by Jerry DeMarco
New City, NY
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West Nyack Couple Busted With 60 Bags Of Heroin In NJ, Police Say West Nyack Couple Busted With 60 Bags Of Heroin In NJ, Police Say West Nyack Couple Busted With 60 Bags Of Heroin In NJ, Police Say
West Nyack Couple Busted With 60 Bags Of Heroin In NJ, Police Say A West Nyack couple was carrying 60 bags of heroin when they were stopped on a local highway, police in New Jersey said. Glen Rock Officer T.J. Graziani pulled the car over on southbound Route 208 for not maintaining a lane and having no visible rear license plate just before 11:30 p.m. Thursday, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. The passenger, 44-year-old Shawn R. Landau, tried giving police a bogus name “in an attempt to evade arrest on active warrants that were issued by the Elmwood Park and Paterson Municipal Courts,” Ackermann said. Both he and the driver – Erin Davey, 43 – were taken…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Glen Rock Officer Busts Rockland Couple With 60 Bags Of Heroin On Route 208 Glen Rock Officer Busts Rockland Couple With 60 Bags Of Heroin On Route 208 Glen Rock Officer Busts Rockland Couple With 60 Bags Of Heroin On Route 208
Glen Rock Officer Busts Rockland Couple With 60 Bags Of Heroin On Route 208 A Rockland couple was carrying 60 bags of heroin when Glen Rock police said they stopped them on Route 208. Officer T.J. Graziani pulled the car over on the southbound highway near Harristown Road for not maintaining a lane and having no visible rear license plate just before 11:30 p.m. Thursday, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. The passenger, 44-year-old Shawn R. Landau of West Nyack, tried giving police a bogus name “in an attempt to evade arrest on active warrants that were issued by the Elmwood Park and Paterson Municipal Courts,” Ackerman said. Both he and the driver – Erin Davey, 43…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities Probe Route 3 Clifton Crash That Killed Passaic Woman, 29 Authorities Probe Route 3 Clifton Crash That Killed Passaic Woman, 29 Authorities Probe Route 3 Clifton Crash That Killed Passaic Woman, 29
Authorities Probe Route 3 Clifton Crash That Killed Passaic Woman, 29 Authorities said they were still trying to determine why a Nissan Altima driven by a Passaic woman slammed into a guardrail at the westbound intersection of westbound Route 3 with Route 21 in Clifton, killing her. Elizabeth Berdejo, 29, was pronounced dead shortly after the 4:35 p.m. crash Saturday, authorities said, adding that she wasn’t wearing a seatbelt. Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes asked that anyone who saw the crash or has information that could help the investigation contact the prosecutor’s tips line at 1-877-370-PCPO or [email protected] or contact the Clifto…

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