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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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Saddle Brook Mom Charged With Child Abuse Saddle Brook Mom Charged With Child Abuse Saddle Brook Mom Charged With Child Abuse
Saddle Brook Mom Charged With Child Abuse SADDLE BROOK, N.J. – A 29-year-old single mother from Saddle Brook was charged with child abuse after the youngster showed up at school visibly beaten, authorities said. Jenny Herrera-Gomez was released pending a May 11 first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said Friday. “On Thursday, the state Division of Child Protection and Permanency was alerted that a child reported to school in Saddle Brook with significant bruising on the legs and additional marks and welts on other portions of the body,” Calo said. “The DCPP r…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Ex-Fair Lawn Teacher, 74, Charged With $177,439 Superstorm Sandy Scam Ex-Fair Lawn Teacher, 74, Charged With $177,439 Superstorm Sandy Scam Ex-Fair Lawn Teacher, 74, Charged With $177,439 Superstorm Sandy Scam
Ex-Fair Lawn Teacher, 74, Charged With $177,439 Superstorm Sandy Scam Lodi, N.J. -- A 74-year-old retired Fair Lawn teacher collected $177,439 in taxpayer-funded Superstorm Sandy relief by claiming her damaged Jersey Shore home as her primary residence, state authorities charged. The home that Diane DiCosmo owns on Melody Lane in Lavallette that was damaged by the historic storm is actually a summer/weekend property, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said.  Her real home was in Fair Lawn when DiCosmo received approximately $6,515 from FEMA, $160,924 in RREM grant funds, and a $10,000 RSP grant by lying on relief applications, Grewal said. DiCosmo, who …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Two Critical After Paterson Fast-Food Restaurant Shooting Two Critical After Paterson Fast-Food Restaurant Shooting Two Critical After Paterson Fast-Food Restaurant Shooting
Two Critical After Paterson Fast-Food Restaurant Shooting PATERSON, N.J. -- Two Paterson men were both reported in critical condition after being shot overnight Friday outside a city fast food restaurant. Both were struck in the parking lot of the Banana King restaurant at 21st Avenue and Summer Street just after 4 a.m., authorities said. The victims -- one 25, the other 27 -- were at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Troy Oswald said in a joint announcement. Vadles asked that anyone who might have seen something or has information that could help solve the case contact her…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Franklin Lakes PD: Suspicious Car Report Produces Handgun, Pot Franklin Lakes PD: Suspicious Car Report Produces Handgun, Pot Franklin Lakes PD: Suspicious Car Report Produces Handgun, Pot
Franklin Lakes PD: Suspicious Car Report Produces Handgun, Pot FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. -- A pair of Franklin Lakes police officers alerted to a suspicious vehicle seized a 9mm handgun and some pot while arresting a Connecticut man late Thursday. Responding to the 11:13 p.m. call on Franklin Avenue, Officers Eric Rosado and David Blum found 36-year-old Dennis Ryan carrying the unloaded gun and drugs, Capt. John Bakelaar said. Ryan, of Jewett City, CT, remained held in the Bergen County Jail pending a detention hearing. He's charged with unlawful possession of a handgun without a permit and disorderly persons drug possession.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Out-Of-Town Burglars Break Into 15 Cars On Clifton Lot, More Across Town Out-Of-Town Burglars Break Into 15 Cars On Clifton Lot, More Across Town Out-Of-Town Burglars Break Into 15 Cars On Clifton Lot, More Across Town
Out-Of-Town Burglars Break Into 15 Cars On Clifton Lot, More Across Town CLIFTON, N.J. -- Burglars who police said arrived in a stolen car -- then swiped another to make their getaway -- smashed windows to 15 vehicles in a Clifton towing company lot, as well as several more across town, authorities said. Detectives were still compiling a list of valuables taken during the break-ins, which Lt. Robert Bracken said occurred sometime late Wednesday into overnight Thursday. The accounting will be a chore, given that the 15 cars on the Polizzi Towing lot on Wabash Avenue belonged to customers and/or were being stored there at the time, Bracken said. During the same t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson PD: Heroin Capsules Surgically Removed From Accused Dealer Paterson PD: Heroin Capsules Surgically Removed From Accused Dealer Paterson PD: Heroin Capsules Surgically Removed From Accused Dealer
Paterson PD: Heroin Capsules Surgically Removed From Accused Dealer PATERSON, N.J. -- Authorities had to have more than an ounce of heroin capsules surgically removed from an accused dealer who swallowed them, Paterson police said. Fernando A. Castillo, 39, of Union City was arrested in the 300 block of Grand Street and charged with possession of the 40 capsules with the intent to distribute them near public school No. 8, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. U.S. Homeland Security Investigations is prosecuting Castillo federally, Speziale said. HSI is the investigative arm of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a hybrid drawn from functions previous…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Clifton Resident Helps Nab Overnight Burglar Police: Clifton Resident Helps Nab Overnight Burglar Police: Clifton Resident Helps Nab Overnight Burglar
Police: Clifton Resident Helps Nab Overnight Burglar CLIFTON, N.J. -- A witness scared off -- and Clifton police caught -- an overnight home burglar, authorities said. Herberto Zayas, 34, of New York City was looking into windows and then tried to pry open the rear door to a Fairmount Avenue home at 12:45 a.m. Wednesday when the resident scared him off and called police, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. A short time later, responding Officer Eric Rodriguez spotted and grabbed Zayas on Day Street, the lieutenant said. Zayas -- who has a teardrop tattoo outline beneath his left eye -- was later released pending court action on trespassing ch…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Chased By Police, Cliffside Park Man Hops Fence, Falls 30 Feet Down Cliffs Chased By Police, Cliffside Park Man Hops Fence, Falls 30 Feet Down Cliffs Chased By Police, Cliffside Park Man Hops Fence, Falls 30 Feet Down Cliffs
Chased By Police, Cliffside Park Man Hops Fence, Falls 30 Feet Down Cliffs CLIFFSIDE PARK, N.J. -- A known Cliffside Park drug user already facing charges of neglecting his elderly mother hopped a fence while being chased by police after a pair of hit-and-run crashes Thursday -- and tumbled 30 feet down the Palisades to Edgewater, authorities said. Allen Gonzalez, 41, was airlifted from Palisades General Hospital to Hackensack University Medical Center with several broken bones, responders said. It began, they said, when Gonzalez sped off after his car struck two parked vehicles in neighboring North Bergen. Township police chased Gonzalez before he eventually bai…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack PD: Boy, 15, Crashes Mom's Car, Both Concoct Carjacking Story Hackensack PD: Boy, 15, Crashes Mom's Car, Both Concoct Carjacking Story Hackensack PD: Boy, 15, Crashes Mom's Car, Both Concoct Carjacking Story
Hackensack PD: Boy, 15, Crashes Mom's Car, Both Concoct Carjacking Story HACKENSACK, N.J. -- A Hackensack woman and her 15-year-old son concocted a bogus carjacking story after he crashed and then abandoned her car on the New Jersey Turnpike, authorities said. The teen had taken the car belonging to Mercida Landron in the early morning hours of April 7 to pick up his girlfriend in Jersey City, Capt. Francesco Aquila said. New Jersey State Police recovered the vehicle, he said. The teen told Hackensack police at headquarters that a carjacker put a gun to the back of his neck, ordered him out of the vehicle and took the car, Aqula said. As detectives were comple…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Principal: Threat Overheard By Northern Highlands HS Teacher Not Credible Principal: Threat Overheard By Northern Highlands HS Teacher Not Credible Principal: Threat Overheard By Northern Highlands HS Teacher Not Credible
Principal: Threat Overheard By Northern Highlands HS Teacher Not Credible ALLENDALE, N.J. -- Allendale police said there was no basis for concern over a threat that a teacher at Northern Highlands Regional High School said she overheard a student make in class, according to the principal. "Immediately upon receiving the information, we reported the incident to our local police," Principal Joseph J. Occhino wrote in a message to parents and staff. "As a result, the student in question has been addressed by law enforcement, by the school, and by the appropriate mental health professionals. "From what we were told by the police, the threat is not…

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