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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Hackensack, NJ
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Hackensack PD: Teen Escapes Through Window, Ex-Con Busted After Sex Attempt Hackensack PD: Teen Escapes Through Window, Ex-Con Busted After Sex Attempt Hackensack PD: Teen Escapes Through Window, Ex-Con Busted After Sex Attempt
Hackensack PD: Teen Escapes Through Window, Ex-Con Busted After Sex Attempt HACKENSACK, N.J. – A teenage boy climbed out a second-story window in Hackensack and screamed for help after an ex-con lured him into a room and tried to sexually assault, authorities said. Thomas Allocca, 59, enticed the 18-year-old boy “from the street and into his bedroom by offering coaching guidance, citing that he's starting up a basketball team,” Capt. Francesco Aquila said. Allocca – who is “known to frequent area parks and engage in basketball games with younger adult males – touched the boy’s inner thigh, said Aquila, , the officer in charge of his department. The terrified teen …

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Ridgewood, NJ
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Storm-Toppled Trees Slam Into 19th Century Ridgewood Barn Storm-Toppled Trees Slam Into 19th Century Ridgewood Barn Storm-Toppled Trees Slam Into 19th Century Ridgewood Barn
Storm-Toppled Trees Slam Into 19th Century Ridgewood Barn RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- A cluster of trees toppled by Thursday night's brief but intense rainstorm slammed into a 19th Century barn in Ridgewood, destroying it. No one was in the barn, behind a single-family South Irving Street home, at the time. Meanwhile, in Glen Rock, a huge tree limb fell onto a house: https://fairlawn.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/tree-limb-falls-on-glen-rock-house/736613/ Boyd A. Loving contributed to this report.

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Paterson, NJ
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SEE ANYTHING? Fake Water Company Workers Take $645 From Elderly Wayne Woman SEE ANYTHING? Fake Water Company Workers Take $645 From Elderly Wayne Woman SEE ANYTHING? Fake Water Company Workers Take $645 From Elderly Wayne Woman
SEE Anything? Fake Water Company Workers Take $645 From Elderly Wayne Woman WAYNE, N.J. -- A pair of diversion burglars with phony ID lanyards around their necks conned an elderly Wayne woman into letting them into her home -- and then walked out with $645 stolen from her closet, authorities said. The thieves who came to the woman's door with the laminated "New Jersey" identification cards and wearing baseball caps around 3 p.m. Wednesday "told her they needed to test for iron in her water," Detective Capt. Laurence Martin said. "The resident brought one male to the basement of the home, where he had her run her washer and dryer," Mar…

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Tree Limb Falls On Glen Rock House Tree Limb Falls On Glen Rock House Tree Limb Falls On Glen Rock House
Tree Limb Falls On Glen Rock House GLEN ROCK, N.J. -- Tree parts were flying everywhere during Thursday night's brief but blustery rainstorm -- among them, a limb that snapped off and landed on the roof of a Glen Rock home. Several trees, large limbs and branches were reported down in several towns. A small number of scattered outages were reported. The unoccupied Prospect Street house sustained minor damage when it was struck. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this article.

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Lyndhurst, NJ
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Authorities ID Motorcyclist, 20, Who Crashed After Lyndhurst Police Pursuit Authorities ID Motorcyclist, 20, Who Crashed After Lyndhurst Police Pursuit Authorities ID Motorcyclist, 20, Who Crashed After Lyndhurst Police Pursuit
Authorities ID Motorcyclist, 20, Who Crashed After Lyndhurst Police Pursuit LYNDHURST, N.J. -- Authorities on Thursday identified a 20-year-old motorcyclist from Teterboro who crashed Wednesday morning in Lyndhurst, breaking his leg, moments after police broke off a high-speed chase, authorities said. The Harley Davidson was missing a license plate when an officer tried pulling over Michael L. Thorpe near the corner of Ridge Road and Valley Brook Avenue around 9 a.m., Police Chief James O'Connor told Daily Voice. "Instead of stopping, he took off at a high rate of speed," O'Connor said. Backup officers headed to the scene as the chase was called off -- g…

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Rutherford, NJ
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Police Chase Stolen Trucker Into Rutherford Police Chase Stolen Trucker Into Rutherford Police Chase Stolen Trucker Into Rutherford
Police Chase Stolen Trucker Into Rutherford EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- The driver of a tractor-trailer stolen out of Belleville led police on a miles-long chase before bailing out in Rutherford. A caller alerted police to the driver, who refused to stop and kept going before abandoning the rig and running off down Elizabeth Street, just off Route 17. Local police, State Police, a Bergen County Sheriff's K-9 unit and a Bergen County Regional SWAT team continued searching for him around 5:30 p.m. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Family Notified: Body In Paterson Brook Is Missing Prospect Park Man, 26 Family Notified: Body In Paterson Brook Is Missing Prospect Park Man, 26 Family Notified: Body In Paterson Brook Is Missing Prospect Park Man, 26
Family Notified: Body In Paterson Brook Is Missing Prospect Park Man, 26 PROSPECT PARK, N.J. -- A body pulled from the Passaic River on Tuesday was positively identified as a Prospect Park man who'd been missing more than a month. Now investigators are trying to determine what happened to him. Paterson police notified the family of 26-year-old Jorge Alcalde-Alfaro that it was him after an autopsy by a New Jersey Medical Examiner on Wednesday, investigators said. The key identifiers: tattoos and a gold tooth. Alcalde-Alfaro had signs of head trauma, but the medical examiner couldn't officially declare his death a homicide without further investigation by Paterso…

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Paramus, NJ
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PHOTOS: Paramus Crash Jams Route 17 PHOTOS: Paramus Crash Jams Route 17 PHOTOS: Paramus Crash Jams Route 17
Photos: Paramus Crash Jams Route 17 PARAMUS, N.J. -- A two-car crash Thursday afternoon jammed southbound Route 17 in Paramus. There were no injuries immediately reported in the collision, which occurred around 2:45 p.m. just south of Midland Avenue. Police, firefighters and EMS responded.

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Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
SUVs Crash Outside Englewood IHOP SUVs Crash Outside Englewood IHOP SUVs Crash Outside Englewood IHOP
SUVs Crash Outside Englewood IHOP ENGLEWOOD, N.J. -- There was no immediate word on the extent of injuries Thursday morning after SUVs crashed in front of the Englewood IHOP. Police, firefighters and EMS responded to the North Dean Street crash just before 10:30 a.m. The driver of the second SUV in the photo required medical attention after the vehicle struck the first one as it turned to enter the restaurant parking lot.

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Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Fire Guts Bergenfield Home Fire Guts Bergenfield Home Fire Guts Bergenfield Home
Fire Guts Bergenfield Home BERGENFIELD, N.J. -- Fire destroyed a Bergenfield home overnight Thursday. No serious injuries were immediately reported after the three-alarm blaze spread from the back of the Bergen Avenue home.

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