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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Fairfield, CT
Breaking News
Ex-Fairfield County Businessman Who Scammed Investors Out Of $5M Sentenced Ex-Fairfield County Businessman Who Scammed Investors Out Of $5M Sentenced Ex-Fairfield County Businessman Who Scammed Investors Out Of $5M Sentenced
Ex-Fairfield County Businessman Who Scammed Investors Out Of $5M Sentenced A former businessman from Fairfield County who scammed investors out of more than $5 million was sentenced to 19 months in federal prison on Tuesday. James Trolice, 64, previously admitted selling investors interests in companies that he and Lee Vaccaro, 46, of Las Vegas, claimed held securities that “gave holders the right to buy common stock at a specific price within a certain time frame,” U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Craig Carpenito said. Trolice at the time was president and owner of Trolice Consulting Services LLC and president and chief marketing officer of eAgency, a California-base…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
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Lodi PD: Moving Car Stops Safely After Thief Jumps Out Lodi PD: Moving Car Stops Safely After Thief Jumps Out Lodi PD: Moving Car Stops Safely After Thief Jumps Out
Lodi PD: Moving Car Stops Safely After Thief Jumps Out LODI, N.J. – A thief jumped from a stolen car while it was moving and was caught by a Lodi police officer, authorities said. Responding to the Robert Court owner’s call just after 1 a.m. Monday that someone had just taken his 2018 Subaru WRX, Officer Jesse Winfield tried to pull over the vehicle on Louis Street, Acting Police Chief Donald Scorzetti said. The driver – identified as 26-year-old Elvi Molla -- kept going, though, he said. After a few blocks, Molla opened the door and hopped out, then took off on foot on Union Street, Scorzetti said. The driverless sedan kept going about a qua…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities: Murder Victim Found In Car's Back Seat Is Missing Paterson Mom Authorities: Murder Victim Found In Car's Back Seat Is Missing Paterson Mom Authorities: Murder Victim Found In Car's Back Seat Is Missing Paterson Mom
Authorities: Murder Victim Found In Car's Back Seat Is Missing Paterson Mom TUESDAY, May 8 (UPDATE): Authorities late Tuesday finally were able to say conclusively that missing Paterson mother Shanaya Coley was the murder victim whose badly decomposed body was found over the weekend in the back seat of her car. The body was found with "puncture and incision wounds" in the back seat of Coley's gray Nissan Altima after a resident summoned police to the parking lot of a Marion Street garden apartment complex shortly before 8:30 a.m. Sunday, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Troy Oswald said in a joint announcement. Coley, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
West Milford PD: Heroin User Caught Shooting Up In Car Twice In Two Weeks West Milford PD: Heroin User Caught Shooting Up In Car Twice In Two Weeks West Milford PD: Heroin User Caught Shooting Up In Car Twice In Two Weeks
West Milford PD: Heroin User Caught Shooting Up In Car Twice In Two Weeks WEST MILFORD, N.J. – A driver caught shooting heroin into his arm by West Milford police was processed and released -- then arrested again doing the same thing two weeks later, authorities said. Officers Anthony Frassa and Michael Onembo reported watching as 26-year-old Justin Parkinson of Hewitt got into the car, which was illegally parked in a fire zone outside a local business, and prepared to stick a needle into his arm the night of April 13. Onembo approached the car and announced himself, prompting Parkinson to hit the gas and drive toward Frassa, who stopped him. As he got out of th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Pounds Of Coke, Pot, THC Gummies Seized Just Steps From Hackensack School Pounds Of Coke, Pot, THC Gummies Seized Just Steps From Hackensack School Pounds Of Coke, Pot, THC Gummies Seized Just Steps From Hackensack School
Pounds Of Coke, Pot, THC Gummies Seized Just Steps From Hackensack School HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Detectives who raided an accused drug dealer’s Hackensack home barely a few hundred feet from a middle school said they seized seven pounds of pot, more than a quarter-pound of cocaine and 25 pounds of THC gummies, along with nearly $42,000 in proceeds and other drugs. Alejandro Camargo surrendered to police on Thursday following the Berry Street townhouse raid across the street from the middle school. He was sent to the Bergen County Jail on a variety of drug offenses -- only to be released by a judge, under New Jersey’s 2017 bail reform law, in time for his 39th birthd…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah PD: Upstate NY Couple Had $530,000 Drug Cash In Route 17 Hotel Room Mahwah PD: Upstate NY Couple Had $530,000 Drug Cash In Route 17 Hotel Room Mahwah PD: Upstate NY Couple Had $530,000 Drug Cash In Route 17 Hotel Room
Mahwah PD: Upstate NY Couple Had $530,000 Drug Cash In Route 17 Hotel Room A Hudson Valley couple had $530,000 in suspected drug money in their Route 17 hotel room, along with some heroin and illegal prescription pills, said Mahwah police who seized the cash and drugs while arresting them. Alerted by a concerned citizen to a disoriented couple, Sgt. Michael Blondin and Officer William Hunt found 34-year-old Daniel Martel of Otisville and Tracey Harris, 30, of Bloomingburg in a car at a southbound fast food restaurant, Police Chief James Batelli said. A search of their car turned up heroin, hypodermic needles and drug paraphernalia -- along with burglary tools and …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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Guess How Many Tickets Fairview PD Wrote In Distracted Driver Crackdown Guess How Many Tickets Fairview PD Wrote In Distracted Driver Crackdown Guess How Many Tickets Fairview PD Wrote In Distracted Driver Crackdown
Guess How Many Tickets Fairview PD Wrote In Distracted Driver Crackdown FAIRVIEW, N.J. – Forgive any Fairview police officer who suffers writer's cramp: The borough's finest wrote a staggering 694 tickets during last month's annual three-week distracted driving campaign, Police Chief Martin Kahn said. That comes to 33 a day -- a little over seven PER HOUR. Of those, the chief said, 409 went to motorists caught using handheld cellphones behind the wheel. There were also four DWI arrests, he said. "With Fairview being one of the most densely populated boroughs in Bergen County, traffic safety has to be one of our highest priorities," Kahn said. "…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack Police Achieve 'Tremendous Accomplishment' Through Accreditation Hackensack Police Achieve 'Tremendous Accomplishment' Through Accreditation Hackensack Police Achieve 'Tremendous Accomplishment' Through Accreditation
Hackensack Police Achieve 'Tremendous Accomplishment' Through Accreditation HACKENSACK, N.J. – Hackensack police received recognition for meeting the highest standards of law enforcement when it received accreditation from the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police. “This is a tremendous accomplishment,” Hackensack Mayor John Labrosse said. “We all congratulate Capt. Frank Aquila, the officer-in-charge of the department and the Hackensack Police Department for achieving this well-deserved honor and appreciate the commitment they have shown to keeping our city safe.” Aquila said the “efforts, commitment and hard work of the men and women of the Hackensack …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Guess How Many Tickets Glen Rock PD Wrote In Distracted Driver Crackdown Guess How Many Tickets Glen Rock PD Wrote In Distracted Driver Crackdown Guess How Many Tickets Glen Rock PD Wrote In Distracted Driver Crackdown
Guess How Many Tickets Glen Rock PD Wrote In Distracted Driver Crackdown GLEN ROCK, N.J. – Last month’s annual distracted driver crackdown produced the results that Glen Rock police hoped for, along with some other benefits. Using stationary details and roving patrols, Glen Rock's finest wrote a whopping 376 tickets in three weeks (not a misprint), Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. During the same time period, officers also made five DWI arrests and issued 270 warnings, the chief said. With driver inattention contributing to crashes in New Jersey at a rate nine times higher than speed, the annual statewide “UDrive. UText. UPay.” Spring campaign has continued to…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities: Body Found In Car's Back Seat Is Missing Paterson Woman Authorities: Body Found In Car's Back Seat Is Missing Paterson Woman Authorities: Body Found In Car's Back Seat Is Missing Paterson Woman
Authorities: Body Found In Car's Back Seat Is Missing Paterson Woman TUESDAY, May 8 (UPDATE): Authorities late Tuesday finally were able to say conclusively that missing Paterson mother Shanaya Coley was the murder victim whose badly decomposed body was found over the weekend in the back seat of her car. The body was found with "puncture and incision wounds" in the back seat of Coley's gray Nissan Altima after a resident summoned police to the parking lot of a Marion Street garden apartment complex shortly before 8:30 a.m. Sunday, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Troy Oswald said in a joint announcement. Coley, …

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