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
Totowa Man Charged In Stabbing Death Outside Totowa QuickChek Totowa Man Charged In Stabbing Death Outside Totowa QuickChek Totowa Man Charged In Stabbing Death Outside Totowa QuickChek
Totowa Man Charged In Stabbing Death Outside Totowa QuickChek Authorities charged a 33-year-old Totowa man with the overnight stabbing death of another man outside the borough QuickChek. An on-duty Totowa police officer saw Damien Edwards stab 35-year-old Justin Parker outside the Union Boulevard store entrance around 3:30 a.m., Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Totowa Police Chief Robert Coyle said in a joint announcement. Edwards was ordered held in the Passaic County Jail on murder and weapons counts pending a detention hearing Monday in Central Judicial Processing Court in Paterson, they said. “The officer immediately called in the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Nodding Driver Slams Van Into Pole Coming Off GSP In Washington Township Nodding Driver Slams Van Into Pole Coming Off GSP In Washington Township Nodding Driver Slams Van Into Pole Coming Off GSP In Washington Township
Nodding Driver Slams Van Into Pole Coming Off GSP In Washington Township A driver fell asleep at the wheel coming off the Garden State Parkway in Washington Township and slammed his work van into a utility pole before dawn Sunday, authorities said. The 31-year-old Englewood driver was uninjured after shattering the pole on Washington Avenue coming off Exit 168 at 4:30 a.m., Officer Heather Castronova said. "He said he fell asleep and went straight across the road instead of making a right or left," she said. ****** ALSO SEE: An elderly driver was hospitalized with injuries that police said weren't life-threatening after his car hit a minivan and then…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Victim Stabbed To Death At Totowa QuickChek Victim Stabbed To Death At Totowa QuickChek Victim Stabbed To Death At Totowa QuickChek
Victim Stabbed To Death At Totowa QuickChek UPDATE: Authorities charged a 33-year-old Totowa man with the overnight stabbing death of another man outside the borough QuickChek. https://southpassaic.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/totowa-man-charged-in-stabbing-death-outside-totowa-quickchek/737432/ ORIGINAL STORY: A stabbing at a Totowa QuickChek overnight Sunday left the victim dead. The assailant fled the Union Boulevard convenience store after stabbing the victim several times in the shoulder and leg just after 3:30 a.m., responders said. Witnesses said police had a suspect in custody soon after. Responding police conducted CPR bef…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Sedan Slams Into Mini-Van, Utility Pole In Hillsdale Sedan Slams Into Mini-Van, Utility Pole In Hillsdale Sedan Slams Into Mini-Van, Utility Pole In Hillsdale
Sedan Slams Into Mini-Van, Utility Pole In Hillsdale An elderly driver was hospitalized with injuries that police said weren't life-threatening after his car hit a minivan and then slammed into a utility pole in Hillsdale late Saturday. The driver of the Mercury sedan apparently blew a red light on northbound Kinderkamack Road at Hillsdale Avenue, leading to the incident just before midnight, Detective Bill Diedtrich said. ****** ALSO SEE: A driver fell asleep at the wheel coming off the Garden State Parkway in Washington Township and slammed his work van into a utility pole before dawn Sunday, authorities said. https://pascackvalley.dailyv…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Substation Fire Cuts Power To Thousands In Elmwood Park, Fair Lawn Substation Fire Cuts Power To Thousands In Elmwood Park, Fair Lawn Substation Fire Cuts Power To Thousands In Elmwood Park, Fair Lawn
Substation Fire Cuts Power To Thousands In Elmwood Park, Fair Lawn Nearly 6,000 customers in Fair Lawn and Elmwood Park were without power on Sunday after a fire at a sub-station. The electrical fire broke out in the electrical substation on Banta Place near Morlot Avenue in Fair Lawn around 11:15 a.m., knocking out power to various areas of both towns -- including the lights on Broadway in Fair Lawn. Firefighters had to rescue a Fair Lawn man who got stuck in his Ggrunauer Place garage after the power went out and he was unable to pull open the door. Several hundred customers had power back within two hours. Only 400 were left as of 1:45 p.m. ******  I…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Classic Corvette Catches Fire In Paramus On Way To Car Show Classic Corvette Catches Fire In Paramus On Way To Car Show Classic Corvette Catches Fire In Paramus On Way To Car Show
Classic Corvette Catches Fire In Paramus On Way To Car Show A classic Corvette headed to a car show Sunday morning caught fire on Route 17 in Paramus. The mid-70s Stingray burst into flames on the highway's northbound side south of Ridgewood Avenue as the driver headed to the 40th annual show and flea market at Bergen Community College. Nutchies Service of Lodi and Paramus handled the tow. The gathering -- which began at 7 a.m. and was running until 4 p.m. -- is considered the largest one-day car show and flea market in the tri-state area.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Passaic Sheriff: Dealer Who Crashed Porsche Hid At GF's Elmwood Park Home Passaic Sheriff: Dealer Who Crashed Porsche Hid At GF's Elmwood Park Home Passaic Sheriff: Dealer Who Crashed Porsche Hid At GF's Elmwood Park Home
Passaic Sheriff: Dealer Who Crashed Porsche Hid At GF's Elmwood Park Home A drug dealer who took off after crashing a Porsche during a police chase in Paterson hid out at his girlfriend’s Elmwood Park apartment before Passaic County sheriff’s tracked him down, authorities said. The detectives tried pulling over 48-year-old James A. Launzinger of Parsippany last Saturday night near the corner of North 7th and Oxford streets following an investigation, but he hit the gas, Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. The black Porsche crashed near Public School #5, and Launzinger got out and vanished behind Hinchliffe Stadium, Berdnik said. Inside the Porche, the detectives fo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Accused Wyckoff Shoplifter Turns Out To Be Fugitive With 40-Year Rap Sheet Accused Wyckoff Shoplifter Turns Out To Be Fugitive With 40-Year Rap Sheet Accused Wyckoff Shoplifter Turns Out To Be Fugitive With 40-Year Rap Sheet
Accused Wyckoff Shoplifter Turns Out To Be Fugitive With 40-Year Rap Sheet A accused shoplifter scooped up by Wyckoff police turned out to be an ex-con from Michigan with a nearly 40-year criminal record who was wanted in Florida, records show. Sgt. Mark Tagliareni stopped 62-year-old Ronald A. Schneid as he drove a Toyota Camry with a temporary Arkansas license plate out of the Boulder Run Shopping Center on Franklin Avenue “to confirm a valid registration,” Lt. Joseph Soto said. Tagliarini quickly discovered that Schneid had several outstanding warrants – one of them a fugitive warrant out of Daytona Beach, FL filed more than a year ago. Schneid also was carryi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Obituaries
Services Set For Beloved Paramus Teacher Killed In Crash Services Set For Beloved Paramus Teacher Killed In Crash Services Set For Beloved Paramus Teacher Killed In Crash
Services Set For Beloved Paramus Teacher Killed In Crash For every student of hers -- current and former -- veteran Paramus middle-school teacher Jennifer Williamson made the most turbulent years of their young lives easier to bear. Williamson, who taught for nearly 20 years in the district, was killed along with fifth-grader Miranda Faith Vargas when their school bus was struck by a dump truck on Route 80 during a field trip Thursday. *** Funeral Mass for Williamson is scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday, May 24 at  Our Lady of the Visitation R.C. Church in Paramus with interment at George Washington Memorial Park. Visitation will be Tuesday and We…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Emerson PD: Delinquency Complaint Coming Versus Student In Purported Threat Emerson PD: Delinquency Complaint Coming Versus Student In Purported Threat Emerson PD: Delinquency Complaint Coming Versus Student In Purported Threat
Emerson PD: Delinquency Complaint Coming Versus Student In Purported Threat Although Emerson school officials said a purported threat by a 7th grader wasn't as serious as some parents thought, police are filing a delinquency complaint against him. Police Chief Michael Mazzeo told Daily Voice on Friday that he expected the complaint alleging "alarming" threats to be filed against the 13-year-old Emerson Junior-Senior High School student this Monday. Delinquency complaints are heard by judges behind closed doors in the Family Division of Superior Court in Hackensack. This is intended to protect the youngster's identity, eliminating a potential obstacle to r…

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