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
U.S. Attorney: FBI Busts Paterson Officer Who Sold Drugs From Patrol Car U.S. Attorney: FBI Busts Paterson Officer Who Sold Drugs From Patrol Car U.S. Attorney: FBI Busts Paterson Officer Who Sold Drugs From Patrol Car
U.S. Attorney: FBI Busts Paterson Officer Who Sold Drugs From Patrol Car PATERSON, N.J. – FBI agents on Friday arrested a Paterson police officer who they said dealt heroin, crack and pot to a drug buyer working for the government -- sometimes directly from his patrol cruiser. For several weeks up to his arrest, Ruben McAusland, 26, sold the cooperator heroin made to look like Percoset pills, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. McAusland, who lives in the city and joined the department nearly four years ago, made several other sales to the cooperator beginning last October, Carpenito said. The first involved more than three ounces combined of crack and cocaine …

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Hackensack, NJ
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Hackensack PD: Drunk Ex Violates Order, Slams Woman’s Head Into Door, Wall Hackensack PD: Drunk Ex Violates Order, Slams Woman’s Head Into Door, Wall Hackensack PD: Drunk Ex Violates Order, Slams Woman’s Head Into Door, Wall
Hackensack PD: Drunk Ex Violates Order, Slams Woman’s Head Into Door, Wall HACKENSACK, N.J. -- A drunken man reached through a hole he'd punched in a door and slammed his ex-girlfriend’s head into it before he was grabbed by Hackensack police, authorities said. "Help me!" the victim screamed as Fature Moody attacked her, a concerned neighbor told an emergency dispatcher. "I'm going to kill you!" the neighbor heard him shout. Officers responding to the call found the drunken Moody still at the home -- his hands covered in blood and wooden splinters -- around 7:30 a.m. Thursday, Capt. Peter Busciglio said. Moody, 26, of Paterson, began yelling …

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Englewood, NJ
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Englewood Police Subdue Ex-Con With Stolen Handgun On Street Englewood Police Subdue Ex-Con With Stolen Handgun On Street Englewood Police Subdue Ex-Con With Stolen Handgun On Street
Englewood Police Subdue Ex-Con With Stolen Handgun On Street ENGLEWOOD, N.J -- An ex-con with a stolen semi-automatic handgun in his waistband fought with Englewood police before being subdued, authorities said. Officer Anthony Gallo was on a drug investigation in the area of First Street and Epps Avenue around 1:45 p.m. Wednesday when 21-year-old Englewood resident Paul Antonio Howell "became uncooperative," Capt. Timothy Torell said. Backup officers arrived and helped subdue Howell after Gallo spotted the gun, Torell said. No one was hurt in the scuffle, the captain said, adding that the .40-caliber weapon turned out to be stolen. Howel…

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Lyndhurst, NJ
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Authorities: Serial Energy Drink Thief Scuffles With Lyndhurst Police Authorities: Serial Energy Drink Thief Scuffles With Lyndhurst Police Authorities: Serial Energy Drink Thief Scuffles With Lyndhurst Police
Authorities: Serial Energy Drink Thief Scuffles With Lyndhurst Police LYNDHURST, N.J. – A serial energy drink thief was looking at a simple shoplifting charge when he got physical with Lyndhurst police, authorities said. Michael Llopis, who was busted two years ago for stealing a shopping cart full of Red Bull, this time hid several cans inside his clothing Thursday afternoon before heading out of the Rite-Aid on Valley Brook Avenue, Capt. John Valente said. Someone got a description and direction of travel of his car, which was spotted soon after by responding Officers Steve Batista and Steve Passamano as Llopis pulled out of the parking lot onto northbound …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
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Lodi Man Who Killed Estranged Wife, Fled With Kids Gets Life In Prison Lodi Man Who Killed Estranged Wife, Fled With Kids Gets Life In Prison Lodi Man Who Killed Estranged Wife, Fled With Kids Gets Life In Prison
Lodi Man Who Killed Estranged Wife, Fled With Kids Gets Life In Prison LODI, N.J. -- Even if John Jordan of Lodi miraculously comes up for possible release after being sentenced to life in prison for murdering his estranged wife, he'd get a parole officer "who hasn't been born yet," the sentencing judge told him. Superior Court Judge Edward Jerejian sentenced him to life on Thursday -- Jordan's 51st birthday -- for stabbing 39-year-old Tracy Jordan to death and taking their two young sons to South Carolina in May 2014. Jordan was arrested without incident when he arrived in Greenville, S.C., with the boys at 12:45 a.m. on May 10, 2014.  Hours earli…

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Paterson, NJ
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Police: Prospect Park Man Missing Since Easter Has Distinguishing Tattoos Police: Prospect Park Man Missing Since Easter Has Distinguishing Tattoos Police: Prospect Park Man Missing Since Easter Has Distinguishing Tattoos
Police: Prospect Park Man Missing Since Easter Has Distinguishing Tattoos PROSPECT PARK, N.J. – It's now nearly three weeks since a 26-year-old Prospect Park man went missing without a trace, said police who issued additional photos of and information about him on Thursday. Jorge Alcalde-Alfaro hasn't been seen since he left his home on Easter, April 1, headed towards the Paterson area near JFK High School, Detective Walter Richmond said. Alcade-Alfaro is 5-foot-8 and 180 pounds, with black hair, brown eyes and a gold tooth. He also has several tattoos: Jesus Christ on his right arm; “Leila” on his right shoulder: A snake on his back. He was last seen wearing …

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Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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Police: Wyckoff Girls, 13, Intended To Become Runaways Police: Wyckoff Girls, 13, Intended To Become Runaways Police: Wyckoff Girls, 13, Intended To Become Runaways
Police: Wyckoff Girls, 13, Intended To Become Runaways WYCKOFF, N.J. -- Wyckoff police on Thursday asked that the privacy of two 13-year-old girls and their families be respected after the teens were caught trying to run away from home. No one else was involved in the plan hatched by the two youngsters, police said. Lt. Joseph Soto issued this statement: “Police Chief David V. Murphy reported that the police department received a report from Eastern Christian Middle School staff on Wednesday, April 18th at approximately 4:41 p.m. The staff reported that two 13-year-old female students were missing and were last observed walking off of school p…

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Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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Wyckoff Standoff Ends Peacefully, Bergen SWAT Team 4-For-4 In April Wyckoff Standoff Ends Peacefully, Bergen SWAT Team 4-For-4 In April Wyckoff Standoff Ends Peacefully, Bergen SWAT Team 4-For-4 In April
Wyckoff Standoff Ends Peacefully, Bergen SWAT Team 4-For-4 In April WYCKOFF, N.J. -- (UPDATE) A standoff at a Wyckoff home that brought a Bergen County Regional SWAT team Thursday afternoon ended peacefully. That makes four SWAT team calls in just under two weeks that were resolved without incident. The Bergen County Mental Health Screening Agency asked that a Wyckoff officer respond to the Martom Road home off Van Houten Avenue with them to assist in a mental health screening of a man who lives there just after 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Police Lt. Joseph Soto said. The man "came to the door and made several concerning comments and then barricaded himself i…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Hawthorne Postal Carrier Charged With Stealing Mail, IDs Hawthorne Postal Carrier Charged With Stealing Mail, IDs Hawthorne Postal Carrier Charged With Stealing Mail, IDs
Hawthorne Postal Carrier Charged With Stealing Mail, IDs HAWTHORNE, N.J. – A postal carrier in Hawthorne stole mail – and with it people’s identities – authorities charged. Deane Decosta, 30, of North Brunswick was arrested while on her route by postal inspectors and township police who accused her of “stealing mail that should have been delivered to several houses on her route,” Detective Joseph DiGeronimo said. Investigators learned that Decosta, who worked out of the Hawthorne branch, “was committing further acts of identity theft on her route with several other residences in Hawthorne,” as well, he said. Decosta was charged with 15 total cou…

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Fort Lee, NJ
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Ridgefield Ex-Con Admits 3-State Rampage That Ended In GWB Crash Ridgefield Ex-Con Admits 3-State Rampage That Ended In GWB Crash Ridgefield Ex-Con Admits 3-State Rampage That Ended In GWB Crash
Ridgefield Ex-Con Admits 3-State Rampage That Ended In GWB Crash FORT LEE, N.J. -- A career criminal on Thursday admitted going on a three-state rampage in which he kidnapped and raped his ex-girlfriend in Pennsylvania, torched a used car dealership in Paterson and crashed a stolen SUV at each end of the George Washington Bridge. Under the terms of a deal with the government, Luis Figueroa, 37, pleaded guilty on Thursday to several counts of a federal grand jury indictment in exchange for a 26-year prison sentence: kidnapping; possession of a firearm by a convicted felon; assaulting an employee of the United States; arson. Figueroa – who had addresses i…

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