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 Landscaper Charged With Ripping Off Wayne Customers Totowa Landscaper Charged With Ripping Off Wayne Customers Totowa Landscaper Charged With Ripping Off Wayne Customers
Totowa Landscaper Charged With Ripping Off Wayne Customers A Totowa landscaper conned three Wayne customers and a local tree company out of nearly $7,600 and may have done the same to others, authorities said. Nicholas A. Romanelli, 20, was charged Tuesday with four counts of theft by deception and sent to the Passaic County Jail, where he remained on Wednesday. Operating as "Nick’s Landscaping," Romanelli took a $2,050 deposit from a Park lane customer but "never performed the work and continued to avoid and delay service to the homeowner," Detective Capt. Laurence Martin said. He also refused the homeowner's requests to ca…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Wyckoff PD: Drunken Midland Park Pickup Driver, 74, Damages Property Wyckoff PD: Drunken Midland Park Pickup Driver, 74, Damages Property Wyckoff PD: Drunken Midland Park Pickup Driver, 74, Damages Property
Wyckoff PD: Drunken Midland Park Pickup Driver, 74, Damages Property Wyckoff police said they found a drunken 74-year-old Midland Park paving contractor still sitting in his pickup truck after it barreled across and damaged a resident’s property. It was just before 10 p.m. Saturday that a Wyckoff woman called police and said the truck had “driven up her driveway and almost struck her house,” Lt. Joseph Soto said. The vehicle “knocked over landscape lighting and drove over her walkway,” before speeding off, she said. It returned a short time later, the woman told police. David Englisman, who’d parked in the driveway next door to the damaged property, had “a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: Waldwick Fire Victim, 83, Dies From Candle Lit During Storm UPDATE: Waldwick Fire Victim, 83, Dies From Candle Lit During Storm UPDATE: Waldwick Fire Victim, 83, Dies From Candle Lit During Storm
Update: Waldwick Fire Victim, 83, Dies From Candle Lit During Storm UPDATE: A candle lit during the storm that hammered North Jersey on Tuesday likely caused the fire that killed an 83-year-old Waldwick woman, authorities said. Results of the preliminary investigation indicate an unattended candle, lit due to a power outage, may have been the cause of the fire" that broke out around 6:40 p.m. on Van Court and killed Valentina Turley, Police Chief Mark Messner said Wednesday afternoon. First responders in North Jersey rushed from one emergency to another, as the rainstorm threw a one-two punch of high winds and lightning. Firefighters from Allendale, F…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: Waldwick Fire Victim, 83, Dies From Candle Lit In Storm UPDATE: Waldwick Fire Victim, 83, Dies From Candle Lit In Storm UPDATE: Waldwick Fire Victim, 83, Dies From Candle Lit In Storm
Update: Waldwick Fire Victim, 83, Dies From Candle Lit In Storm UPDATE: A candle lit during the storm that hammered North Jersey on Tuesday likely caused the fire that killed an 83-year-old Waldwick woman, authorities said. Results of the preliminary investigation indicate an unattended candle, lit due to a power outage, may have been the cause of the fire" that broke out around 6:40 p.m. on Van Court and killed Valentina Turley, Police Chief Mark Messner said Wednesday afternoon. First responders in North Jersey rushed from one emergency to another, as the rainstorm threw a one-two punch of high winds and lightning. One lightning bolt split a tre…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack Police Seized Loaded, Defaced Gun From Assault Defendant Hackensack Police Seized Loaded, Defaced Gun From Assault Defendant Hackensack Police Seized Loaded, Defaced Gun From Assault Defendant
Hackensack Police Seized Loaded, Defaced Gun From Assault Defendant Hackensack police seized a handgun that they said an assault defendant had stashed in a duffle bag. The 9mm Smith & Wesson seized from Gabriel Lora, 32, had a defaced serial number and a magazine that was loaded with eight rounds, Capt. Peter Busciglio said. Police were called last Wednesday after Lora returned to an address where he slapped, bit and shoved a victim earlier in the day, Busciglio said. Officer Raymond Donnerstag found Lora soon after in the parking lot at the 7-Eleven at Huyler and Wesley streets in South Hackensack, the captain said. Lora gave police consent to search…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
BREAKING: 4-Car Crash Jams Southbound Route 17 In Paramus BREAKING: 4-Car Crash Jams Southbound Route 17 In Paramus BREAKING: 4-Car Crash Jams Southbound Route 17 In Paramus
Breaking: 4-Car Crash Jams Southbound Route 17 In Paramus A four-car crash on southbound Route 17 across from the Home Depot in Paramus injured at least one motorist Tuesday afternoon. The elderly female victim's injuries didn't appear life-threatening following the chain-reaction pileup just before 3 p.m. Several first responders were at the scene. Nutchie's Service of Lodi handled the tows.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Glen Rock PD: Fair Lawn Driver Suspended For DWI Charged In Hit-And-Run Glen Rock PD: Fair Lawn Driver Suspended For DWI Charged In Hit-And-Run Glen Rock PD: Fair Lawn Driver Suspended For DWI Charged In Hit-And-Run
Glen Rock PD: Fair Lawn Driver Suspended For DWI Charged In Hit-And-Run A suspension for DWI didn't keep a Fair Lawn motorist from continuing to drive -- and then leaving the scene of an accident, said Glen Rock police who arrested him. Ahmed Chank, 58, was charged with the April 18 hit-and-run crash on Harding Road, as well as criminal operation of a motor vehicle while suspended for a DWI offense, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Officer Marie Mattina issued Chank a summons to appear May 25 in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack on the hit-and-run charge, while Detective Lucas Doney charged him with the repeated driving-while-suspended count, Ack…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: NYC Man Downloaded Child Porn At North Arlington Home Prosecutor: NYC Man Downloaded Child Porn At North Arlington Home Prosecutor: NYC Man Downloaded Child Porn At North Arlington Home
Prosecutor: NYC Man Downloaded Child Porn At North Arlington Home You don’t have to use your home computer to get busted for downloading kiddie porn, said authorities who arrested a Queens man for doing so while at a North Arlington home. George L. Cordova, 33, who’s single and unemployed, was charged with having more than 100 files “depicting nude or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children,” Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. Working with the NYPD, members of Calo’s Cyber Crimes Unit zeroed in on Cordova, who, the prosecutor said, “used the Internet while at a residence in North Arlington to view and possess” the files. Cord…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Englewood PD: Petty Criminal Snatches Phone From Dunkin Donuts Manager Englewood PD: Petty Criminal Snatches Phone From Dunkin Donuts Manager Englewood PD: Petty Criminal Snatches Phone From Dunkin Donuts Manager
Englewood PD: Petty Criminal Snatches Phone From Dunkin Donuts Manager An Englewood Dunkin Donuts manager who tried to call police about a troublesome petty criminal had his cellphone snatched from him, said police who made an arrest soon after. The manager of the West Palisade Avenue shop said he confronted 21-year-old Joshua Foster of Newark after he’d hung around the store without buying anything several times and then damaged the rest room on May 3, Detective Capt. Timothy Torell said. After refusing to leave, Foster grabbed the phone from the manager, threatened him and fled, Torell said. Hours later, Officer Adolfo Gutierrez spotted Foster in the area a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Clifton Girl With Umbrella Fights Off Would-Be Wristlet Robber Clifton Girl With Umbrella Fights Off Would-Be Wristlet Robber Clifton Girl With Umbrella Fights Off Would-Be Wristlet Robber
Clifton Girl With Umbrella Fights Off Would-Be Wristlet Robber A Clifton teen told police she fought off a street robber with her umbrella. The 17-year-old girl said she was walking in the area of Kingsland and River roads just after 10 p.m. Saturday when the robber rushed her from behind and tried to snatch her wristlet, ripping her blouse in the process, Lt. Robert Braken said. She whacked him with the umbrella, she said, and he took off. The teen, who wasn't injured, described him as either white or Hispanic, about 6 feet tall and wearing a black hooded sweatshirt. Anyone who may have seen something or has information that could help the investiga…

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