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
Ex-Con Charged With Attempted Murder In Paterson Street Shooting Ex-Con Charged With Attempted Murder In Paterson Street Shooting Ex-Con Charged With Attempted Murder In Paterson Street Shooting
Ex-Con Charged With Attempted Murder In Paterson Street Shooting PATERSON, N.J. -- An ex-con was charged with attempted murder for shooting another man on a Paterson street, authorities said Thursday. The victim took himself to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center after the April 24 shooting in the area of Main and Weiss streets, authorities said. On Wednesday, 37-year-old Jose A. Morales was arrested in the area of Dale Avenue by Paterson police and detectives from the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office. He was charged not only with attempted murder and various weapons count for the shooting but also for an undisclosed incident that County Prosecutor C…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
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Pilot Killed When Plane Crashes At Former Theme Park In West Milford Pilot Killed When Plane Crashes At Former Theme Park In West Milford Pilot Killed When Plane Crashes At Former Theme Park In West Milford
Pilot Killed When Plane Crashes At Former Theme Park In West Milford WEST MILFORD, N.J. – The pilot died in a small plane crash that ignited a fire Wednesday afternoon in a wooded area of West Milford that was once part of the former Jungle Habitat theme park, authorities confirmed. The single-engine Piper PA-32 aircraft crashed after leaving nearby Greenwood Lake Airport around 2:30 p.m., the FAA reported. The lone-occupant pilot wasn't immediately identified. A full-scale response to the crash in state parkland off Airport Road included local police, firefighters and EMS, as well as the New Jersey Forest Fire Service, New Jersey State Police, the state DE…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
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Teterboro Motorcyclist Crashes After Lyndhurst Police Pursuit Teterboro Motorcyclist Crashes After Lyndhurst Police Pursuit Teterboro Motorcyclist Crashes After Lyndhurst Police Pursuit
Teterboro Motorcyclist Crashes After Lyndhurst Police Pursuit LYNDHURST, N.J. -- A 20-year-old motorcyclist from Teterboro 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 the rider over 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 -- given the proximity to recreational and shopping…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Hackensack Couple Meeting In Middle Of Tracks Struck, Killed By Train Hackensack Couple Meeting In Middle Of Tracks Struck, Killed By Train Hackensack Couple Meeting In Middle Of Tracks Struck, Killed By Train
Hackensack Couple Meeting In Middle Of Tracks Struck, Killed By Train HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Each was on the opposite side of the tracks before Keith Daisley and Regina Eller met in the middle Wednesday afternoon -- and were struck and killed by a commuter train, witnesses told investigators. Eller, 48, "had just gotten off a bus on Main Street" around 1:10 p.m., a law enforcement official said. Daisley, 51, "was waiting for her on the other side of the tracks," he said, adding that they apparently hadn't seen one another in awhile. The couple -- who each lived at different Hackensack addresses -- "met in the middle of the tracks,"…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Rapper Juelz Santana Indicted Federally For Gun In Newark Airport Bag Rapper Juelz Santana Indicted Federally For Gun In Newark Airport Bag Rapper Juelz Santana Indicted Federally For Gun In Newark Airport Bag
Rapper Juelz Santana Indicted Federally For Gun In Newark Airport Bag A federal grand jury has indicted Passaic County rapper Juelz Santana on charges of bringing a bag with a gun inside into Newark Airport earlier this year. A May 10 arraignment in U.S. District Court was set for Santana, whose real name is Laron L. James, 36, of Totowa. He remained free on house arrest with an ankle bracelet monitor, thanks to a $500,000 bond that his mother secured last month with her Englewood home. The indictment returned Monday charges her son with one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and one count of carrying a weapon on an aircraft.  Santana lef…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Broken Window Diverts Newark-Bound Flight To Ohio Broken Window Diverts Newark-Bound Flight To Ohio Broken Window Diverts Newark-Bound Flight To Ohio
Broken Window Diverts Newark-Bound Flight To Ohio A Newark-bound Southwest Airlines flight made an emergency landing in Ohio Wednesday morning because of a broken window, a passenger said. "On my way to NJ for work and #Southwest957 gets a window crack," said Alejandro Aguina on Twitter. "Only outside crack so we're all safe."  Minutes later, Aguina tweeted that passengers had boarded a new plane and were on their way to New Jersey. "Just glad we're safe and we got it sorted," he said. Commend to the pilots, crew, and traffic control for @SouthwestAir." According to Flightaware.com, the twin-engine Boei…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Wayne PD: 'Just Acting Stupid' Passenger Who Yelled For Help Had 5 Warrants Wayne PD: 'Just Acting Stupid' Passenger Who Yelled For Help Had 5 Warrants Wayne PD: 'Just Acting Stupid' Passenger Who Yelled For Help Had 5 Warrants
Wayne PD: 'Just Acting Stupid' Passenger Who Yelled For Help Had 5 Warrants WAYNE, N.J. – A passenger who screamed to Wayne police from the window of a passing car later told them he was “just acting stupid” – then was busted for having not only a small amount of marijuana but five outstanding arrest warrants, including one from Florida, authorities said. Officers Ken Hart and Skylar Cauceglia were in the parking lot of a commercial property at Ratzer Road and a Route 23 service road when the two-door 2008 Toyota passed them Monday night, Detective Capt. Laurence Martin said. The passenger – identified as 28-year-old Markel K. Morris of Paterson – “was screaming ou…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Ex-Fort Lee Alt-Rocker Dimed Out By Mom Gets 8 Years For Supporting ISIS Ex-Fort Lee Alt-Rocker Dimed Out By Mom Gets 8 Years For Supporting ISIS Ex-Fort Lee Alt-Rocker Dimed Out By Mom Gets 8 Years For Supporting ISIS
Ex-Fort Lee Alt-Rocker Dimed Out By Mom Gets 8 Years For Supporting ISIS FORT LEE, N.J. -- A 24-year-old former alt-rock singer from Fort Lee who was turned in by his mother for conspiring to support foreign terrorism in Iraq was sentenced to eight years in federal prison. Federal agents seized Samuel Rahamin Topaz at his home in June 2015 and quickly followed with the arrests of three co-conspirators who they said planned to travel to Syria to join the foreign terrorist organization. All three took deals from the government in exchange for leniency.Nader Saadeh, a Jordanian national who previously lived in Rutherford, got 10 years in federal prison on Monday. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Is Body Pulled From Passaic River In Paterson Missing Prospect Park Man? Is Body Pulled From Passaic River In Paterson Missing Prospect Park Man? Is Body Pulled From Passaic River In Paterson Missing Prospect Park Man?
Is Body Pulled From Passaic River In Paterson Missing Prospect Park Man? PATERSON, N.J. – Authorities early Tuesday evening wouldn't immediately say whether they believe a badly decomposed body pulled from a tributary of the Passaic River near Westside Park in Paterson is that of a Prospect Park man who's been missing for a month. Speculation immediately arose that the body could be that of Jorge Alcalde-Alfaro, who hasn't been seen since he left his home on Easter, April 1, headed towards the Paterson area near JFK High School (SEE: Missing Prospect Park Man Has Distinguishing Tattoos). Prospect Park police were among the responders, increasing suspicions. “At…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Feds: Clifton QuickChek Among Targets Of Ski-Masked Armed Robbers Feds: Clifton QuickChek Among Targets Of Ski-Masked Armed Robbers Feds: Clifton QuickChek Among Targets Of Ski-Masked Armed Robbers
Feds: Clifton QuickChek Among Targets Of Ski-Masked Armed Robbers CLIFTON, N.J. – A ski-masked gunman and getaway driver went on a robbery spree through several counties in North and Central Jersey -- holding up a QuickChek in Clifton, among other businesses, and leading local police on chases, federal authorities charged Tuesday. Tione Davis, 35, of East Orange, stuck a silver and black handgun in the clerk's face in the Market Street convenience store before fleeing with $400 in cash just after 4 a.m. Dec. 11, an FBI complaint charges. An, 29-year-old Meshach Whagar of Newark, was waiting behind the wheel of a maroon Chrysler Sebring, it says. The fede…

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