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
Tabernacle Saved, Though Hearts Ache: Flames Destroy North Haledon Chapel Tabernacle Saved, Though Hearts Ache: Flames Destroy North Haledon Chapel Tabernacle Saved, Though Hearts Ache: Flames Destroy North Haledon Chapel
Tabernacle Saved, Though Hearts Ache: Flames Destroy North Haledon Chapel Students cried Friday morning as they walked past the soot-covered windows of the chapel at Mary Help of Christians Academy in North Haledon, which was destroyed by an overnight fire. Inside, the altar was charred, pews had melted and the Peragallo pipe organ was ravaged. This after work was completed just two years ago to repair water damage. “Though our hearts are heavy, we are fortunate to be able to report that no one was harmed and that firemen were able to rescue the most precious item in the chapel: the tabernacle,” the St. Joseph Province of the Salesian Sisters wrote. A “testamen…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Wyckoff PD: Stoned Driver Bolts Across Rt 208, Found In Girlfriend's Trunk Wyckoff PD: Stoned Driver Bolts Across Rt 208, Found In Girlfriend's Trunk Wyckoff PD: Stoned Driver Bolts Across Rt 208, Found In Girlfriend's Trunk
Wyckoff PD: Stoned Driver Bolts Across Rt 208, Found In Girlfriend's Trunk A stoned driver stopped for driving erratically suddenly dashed across both lanes of Route 208 and was later picked up by his girlfriend, said Wyckoff police who found him hiding in her trunk. Officer Michael Flim stopped a black Trailblazer with New York license plates on the southbound side of the highway after the driver “appeared to have difficulty keeping the vehicle within its lane of travel,” Lt. Joseph Soto. The driver, 34-year-old Gibran Freytes Bautista of Philadelphia, admitted smoking pot before getting behind the wheel, prompting a search of the SUV, Soto said. As Flim looked …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Body Of Man Found In Totowa Home ID'd Prosecutor: Body Of Man Found In Totowa Home ID'd Prosecutor: Body Of Man Found In Totowa Home ID'd
Prosecutor: Body Of Man Found In Totowa Home ID'd A body found in a Totowa home was identified by authorities who said a medical examiner was still trying to determine the cause of death – but that the circumstances don’t appear suspicious. The body of Luis Rodriguez, 22, was found Tuesday after a neighbor reported a strange odor in a multi-family house at 340 Totowa Road, authorities said. The body “appeared to be a deceased female,” but an autopsy by the Northern Regional Medical Examiner’s office in Newark found otherwise, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Totowa Police Chief Robert Coyle said in a joint announcement. “A…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Con Man Pocketed Passaic County Investor's $100,000 Prosecutor: Con Man Pocketed Passaic County Investor's $100,000 Prosecutor: Con Man Pocketed Passaic County Investor's $100,000
Prosecutor: Con Man Pocketed Passaic County Investor's $100,000 A con artist pocketed $100,000 that he'd promised to invest from a Passaic County victim, authorities charged. Joseph A. Tahmoosh, 50, of Budd Lake, created a shell company called SNL Management LLC, then told the victim in December 2013 that he would "invest and manage the money on the individual’s behalf through SNL Management LLC," Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said Friday. Tahmoosh converted the money over the next two years for his personal use, Valdes said investigators from her Financial Crimes Unit found. He then "provided the individual with fraudulent…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Repeat Offender Stole From West Milford Church Donation Box Police: Repeat Offender Stole From West Milford Church Donation Box Police: Repeat Offender Stole From West Milford Church Donation Box
Police: Repeat Offender Stole From West Milford Church Donation Box West Milford police tracked down a repeat offender who authorities said stole money from a church donation box. Detective Michael Malfetti reviewed surveillance footage, alerted area police departments and identified 32-year-old Cory Finch of Oak Ridge as the thief, Police Chief Timothy Storbeck said Friday. The $50 was taken from a St. Joseph’s Church donation box that the thief forced open on May 9, Storbeck said. It took less than a week to identify Finch, a known heroin user who was taken into custody on Thursday. Police in other jurisdictions are eyeing Finch for burglaries in their …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Obituaries
Teacher Mourned In Paramus Bus Crash Made Middle School Memorable For Many Teacher Mourned In Paramus Bus Crash Made Middle School Memorable For Many Teacher Mourned In Paramus Bus Crash Made Middle School Memorable For Many
Teacher Mourned In Paramus Bus Crash Made Middle School Memorable For Many 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. Sarah Schweizer was in Williamson's first-ever class nearly two decades ago.  "My mom texted me the news [story in Daily Voice] describing her as an angel," Schweizer said. "All the articles about h…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Clifton PD: Dirt Biker In Highway Police Chase Surrenders Clifton PD: Dirt Biker In Highway Police Chase Surrenders Clifton PD: Dirt Biker In Highway Police Chase Surrenders
Clifton PD: Dirt Biker In Highway Police Chase Surrenders More than a half-dozen dirt-bike racers weaved in and out of highway traffic with Clifton police in pursuit Thursday night before one of them surrendered after nearly slamming into a mini-van. Clifton detectives were trying to determine the identities of the other racers after charging 29-year-old Leon Cleveland of Paterson with eluding. Officers Kevin Berdnik and Patrolman Justin Vallier tried stopping the riders, who were speeding recklessly up northbound Route 21 just before 8:30 p.m., Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. "They were riding in such a manner that created a dangerous si…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Drivers OK In Paramus Crash Drivers OK In Paramus Crash Drivers OK In Paramus Crash
Drivers OK In Paramus Crash No injuries warranting hospitalization were reported in a two-vehicle Friday morning crash in Paramus. Nutchie's Service of Lodi towed both the sedan and SUV involved following the collision at Paramus and West Century roads. Paramus police were investigating. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this article.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Drug Sting Nets Unemployed Teaneck Dealer, 20 Prosecutor: Drug Sting Nets Unemployed Teaneck Dealer, 20 Prosecutor: Drug Sting Nets Unemployed Teaneck Dealer, 20
Prosecutor: Drug Sting Nets Unemployed Teaneck Dealer, 20 An unemployed Teaneck man was busted after selling pot and cocaine to an undercover detective several times, authorities said. Thomas Johnson, 20, was targeted following a tip that he was dealing, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said Thursday. A series of undercover buys followed before investigators arrested Johnson on Tuesday and charged him with a single count each of distributing each drug, Calo said. A Central Judicial Processing Court judge in Hackensack released him from the Bergen County Jail less than 24 hours later, with conditions, under New Jersey’s 2017 bail reform…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
Paramus Girl, Beloved Teacher Killed In Route 80 School Bus Crash Paramus Girl, Beloved Teacher Killed In Route 80 School Bus Crash Paramus Girl, Beloved Teacher Killed In Route 80 School Bus Crash
Paramus Girl, Beloved Teacher Killed In Route 80 School Bus Crash UPDATE: A young female student and a beloved teacher were confirmed dead Thursday morning after a school bus filled with Paramus fifth-graders collided with a dump truck on Route 80 in Morris County. A total of 38 students and seven adults, including the driver, were taken to area hospitals, authorities said. Some were in critical condition and undergoing surgery, they said. The teacher, 51-year-old Jennifer M. Williamson, was a longtime Paramus native who taught in the district for nearly 20 years. "That was my daughter's best-ever teacher," a mother of an unharmed student said…

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