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.

Jerry DeMarco's Contributions

Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
USR Officials: Stop-Work Order Report Is Wrong, Muddy Water Isn't Tainted USR Officials: Stop-Work Order Report Is Wrong, Muddy Water Isn't Tainted USR Officials: Stop-Work Order Report Is Wrong, Muddy Water Isn't Tainted
USR Officials: Stop-Work Order Report Is Wrong, Muddy Water Isn't Tainted UPPER SADDLE RIVER, N.J. -- Upper Saddle River Mayor Joanne Minichetti said Wednesday that a report of a stop-work order being issued by a county or state agency against pumping muddy water into a nearby stream from a site slated for dozens of luxury homes in Upper Saddle River and Mahwah was incorrect. She also provided documentation from the borough director of code enforcement and the engineer for the project that the pumping was done properly and that all necessary measures were being taken to protect the environment. Daily Voice on Tuesday night reported a text sent by a state official…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Tipped Tractor-Trailer Spills Pallets Onto Route 287 Flyover In Mahwah Tipped Tractor-Trailer Spills Pallets Onto Route 287 Flyover In Mahwah Tipped Tractor-Trailer Spills Pallets Onto Route 287 Flyover In Mahwah
Tipped Tractor-Trailer Spills Pallets Onto Route 287 Flyover In Mahwah MAHWAH, N.J. -- A tipped tractor-trailer dumped a huge load of wooden pallets onto the Route 287 flyover in Mahwah near the Rockland border early Wednesday. The interchange was closed while a wrecker removed the rig and members of a New Jersey DOT Emergency Response Team cleaned up the mess. Also responding were Mahwah police and firefighters and New Jersey State Police troopers. There was no immediate word on injuries. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this article.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Ho-Ho-Kus Hit-Run Tractor-Trailer Destroys Traffic Light Ho-Ho-Kus Hit-Run Tractor-Trailer Destroys Traffic Light Ho-Ho-Kus Hit-Run Tractor-Trailer Destroys Traffic Light
Ho-Ho-Kus Hit-Run Tractor-Trailer Destroys Traffic Light HO-HO-KUS, N.J. -- Authorities were searching Wednesday morning for a tractor-trailer that destroyed a traffic light at a busy Ho-Ho-Kus intersection. A uniformed officer directed traffic while awaiting a Bergen County Road Department repair crew at the corner of Hollywood Avenue and North Franklin Turnpike. Southbound traffic on North Franklin Turnpike from the Waldwick area was being diverted. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this article.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
NHHS Student In Paramus Mall Parking Deck Leap Expected To Survive NHHS Student In Paramus Mall Parking Deck Leap Expected To Survive NHHS Student In Paramus Mall Parking Deck Leap Expected To Survive
Nhhs Student In Paramus Mall Parking Deck Leap Expected To Survive PARAMUS, N.J. -- (UPDATE) A 16-year-old Northern Highlands High School sophomore from Saddle River who jumped from the top level of a five-story parking deck Tuesday morning at the Garden State Plaza in Paramus was expected to survive, a source with direct knowledge of the incident said Wednesday. The teen was taken off life support and had opened his eyes, a follow-up post on Facebook said. Police found the boy on the roadway next to the garage following what Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said was an attempted suicide leap. "He had no pulse," the chief said. Officer Keith Blan…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Saddle River Teen In Paramus Mall Parking Deck Leap Expected To Survive Saddle River Teen In Paramus Mall Parking Deck Leap Expected To Survive Saddle River Teen In Paramus Mall Parking Deck Leap Expected To Survive
Saddle River Teen In Paramus Mall Parking Deck Leap Expected To Survive PARAMUS, N.J. -- A 16-year-old Northern Highlands High School sophomore from Saddle River who jumped from the top level of a five-story parking deck Tuesday morning at the Garden State Plaza in Paramus was expected to survive, a source with direct knowledge of the incident said Wednesday. Police found the boy on the roadway next to the garage following what Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said was an attempted suicide leap. "He had no pulse," the chief said. Officer Keith Bland, Sgt. Michael Pollaro and Lt. Christine Udis immediately began CPR and used their Automatic External Def…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Rochelle Park PD: Dealer's Phone Blows Up With Drug-Buy Texts At Police HQ Rochelle Park PD: Dealer's Phone Blows Up With Drug-Buy Texts At Police HQ Rochelle Park PD: Dealer's Phone Blows Up With Drug-Buy Texts At Police HQ
Rochelle Park PD: Dealer's Phone Blows Up With Drug-Buy Texts At Police HQ ROCHELLE PARK, N.J. -- Her phone buzzed with texts from drug buyers while Rochelle Park police processed a Newark driver who was carrying illegal prescription drugs and $4,555 in suspected proceeds when she was stopped, authorities said. Alisha Gonzalez, 38, was brought to headquarters late Monday after an officer who stopped her 2003 Lexus for moving erratically on Rochelle Avenue found the drugs and cash, Detective Sgt. James DePreta said Tuesday. "She was also believed to be under the influence of drugs," DePreta said. During a consent search of her phone while she was in cust…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Fort Lee Police Seize 3 Pounds Of Pot, $10,000, In Drug Raid Fort Lee Police Seize 3 Pounds Of Pot, $10,000, In Drug Raid Fort Lee Police Seize 3 Pounds Of Pot, $10,000, In Drug Raid
Fort Lee Police Seize 3 Pounds Of Pot, $10,000, In Drug Raid FORT LEE, N.J. -- Fort Lee detectives seized three pounds of pot and $10,000 in proceeds while busting a local condo tenant, authorities said. James Wu, 27, was charged with selling the drug and money laundering, Capt. Matthew Hintze said. A tip led Anti-Crime/Narcotics Bureau investigators to the Marycrest Condominiums at 2345 Linwood Ave., Hintze said. Soon after, Detective Sgt. Cory Horton and Detective Bryan Drumgoole arrested Wu and made the seizures, he said. Wu was taken to the Bergen County Jail, only to have a judge release him a day later under New Jersey’s bail reform law.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgefield Park Firefighters Douse Overnight House Blaze Ridgefield Park Firefighters Douse Overnight House Blaze Ridgefield Park Firefighters Douse Overnight House Blaze
Ridgefield Park Firefighters Douse Overnight House Blaze RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J. -- After aiding with fires in two neighboring towns, Ridgefield Park firefighters got one of their own just after midnight Tuesday. An electrical fire sent flames through the attic and part of a home at 137 East Grand Avenue. No injuries were immediately reported. A Bogota FAST team and firefighters from Hackensack were among the companies that joined their village colleagues -- who also thanked those from Little Ferry, New Milford, and Teaneck. Ridgefield Park firefighters were among the mutual aid responders to a Queen Anne Road house fire in Bogota on Sunday -- th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
PHOTOS: Garfield House Fire Rekindles Hours Later PHOTOS: Garfield House Fire Rekindles Hours Later PHOTOS: Garfield House Fire Rekindles Hours Later
Photos: Garfield House Fire Rekindles Hours Later GARFIELD, N.J. -- A fire that broke out overnight Tuesday in a Garfield home under renovation rekindled just before dawn, responders said.  No injuries were reported. The Bergen County Prosecutor's Arson Investigations Unit responded to the Grace Avenue blaze, with members of the county sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification collecting evidence. The attic fire first ignited just after 10:30 p.m., displacing a tenant, then kicked up again just after 5 a.m., blowing through the roof, responders said. Damien Danis contributed to this article. ****** ALSO SEE: A boy riding a bicycle wa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Missing Bergenfield Group Home Resident Found In Atlantic City Missing Bergenfield Group Home Resident Found In Atlantic City Missing Bergenfield Group Home Resident Found In Atlantic City
Missing Bergenfield Group Home Resident Found In Atlantic City BERGENFIELD, N.J. -- A Bergenfield adult group home resident who went missing exactly a week earlier was found Monday -- nearly 135 miles away. Checking hospitals, as is done whenever those with medical conditions go missing, police found 40-year-old Thomas Araneo at AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center in Atlantic City, Capt. Mustafa Rabboh confirmed. Araneo, who authorities said was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, was last seen at Vantage Health System on West Palisade Avenue in Englewood. Originally from East Hanover in Morris County, he's been known to ride NJ Transit, the captai…

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