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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Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Barricaded East Rutherford Gunman Seized By SWAT Team Has Criminal History Barricaded East Rutherford Gunman Seized By SWAT Team Has Criminal History Barricaded East Rutherford Gunman Seized By SWAT Team Has Criminal History
Barricaded East Rutherford Gunman Seized By SWAT Team Has Criminal History EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- (UPDATE) A man who barricaded himself in an East Rutherford apartment on Monday after authorities said he pointed a gun at his girlfriend is an ex-con with a criminal history dating back nearly 20 years, records show. Mauro Jay Enriquez, a 39-year-old Filipino national, remained held in the Bergen County Jail pending a detention hearing after a county Regional SWAT team took him into custody and turned him over to East Rutherford police after a nearly three-hour standoff. The 6-foot, 180-pound Enriquez is charged with aggravated assault (pointing a firearm at anothe…

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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Decapitated Goat Found In Container Off Route 80 In Elmwood Park Decapitated Goat Found In Container Off Route 80 In Elmwood Park Decapitated Goat Found In Container Off Route 80 In Elmwood Park
Decapitated Goat Found In Container Off Route 80 In Elmwood Park ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. -- A headless goat carcass, most likely part of a ritual sacrifice, was found in a container Monday night alongside railroad tracks in Elmwood Park. Authorities treated the hard-plastic bin found on Linden Avenue, just off eastbound Route 80, as a suspicious package. Not only was the animal slaughtered: The carcass, under state law, was improperly disposed. There was also was fresh blood in the bin with no decomposition. "Preliminarily, it looks possibly like a Santería-type ritual," Police Chief Michael Foligno said Tuesday. "The SPCA, through the [Berge…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson Man Accused In Domestic Assault Shot Himself, Authorities Say Paterson Man Accused In Domestic Assault Shot Himself, Authorities Say Paterson Man Accused In Domestic Assault Shot Himself, Authorities Say
Paterson Man Accused In Domestic Assault Shot Himself, Authorities Say PATERSON, N.J. – A 24-year-old Paterson man charged with domestic violence was arrested a short time later after police discovered that he'd shot himself, authorities said. City police found Tabiis Sledge with a gunshot wound near the corner of Doremus and Kearney streets just after midnight Sunday, they said. Sledge, whom police had charged with domestic violence a short time earlier, was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center. He was arrested once again and charged following an investigation that determined that he fired the shot, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Pa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Two Pedestrians Struck In Ridgewood Two Pedestrians Struck In Ridgewood Two Pedestrians Struck In Ridgewood
Two Pedestrians Struck In Ridgewood RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- Two pedestrians sustained what appeared to be minor injuries when they were struck by a car Monday night in Ridgewood. The driver remained and cooperated with police while the victims were taken to The Valley Hospital following the crash at the intersection of North Monroe Street and West Ridgewood Avenue. There was no immediate word on possible summonses or charges. Village police, firefighters and EMS responded. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this article.

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Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Barricaded East Rutherford Gunman Seized By SWAT Team Has Criminal History Barricaded East Rutherford Gunman Seized By SWAT Team Has Criminal History Barricaded East Rutherford Gunman Seized By SWAT Team Has Criminal History
Barricaded East Rutherford Gunman Seized By SWAT Team Has Criminal History EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- (UPDATE) A man who barricaded himself in an East Rutherford apartment on Monday after authorities said he pointed a gun at his girlfriend is an ex-con with a criminal history dating back nearly 20 years, records show. Mauro Jay Enriquez, a 39-year-old Filipino national, remained held in the Bergen County Jail pending a detention hearing after a county Regional SWAT team took him into custody and turned him over to East Rutherford police after a nearly three-hour standoff. The 6-foot, 180-pound Enriquez is charged with aggravated assault (pointing a firearm at anothe…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Fairview Laborer, 47, Charged With Molesting Girl Fairview Laborer, 47, Charged With Molesting Girl Fairview Laborer, 47, Charged With Molesting Girl
Fairview Laborer, 47, Charged With Molesting Girl FAIRVIEW, N.J. – A Fairview laborer was charged with aggravated sexual contact and child endangerment after authorities said he “inappropriately touched” a young girl over the course of a year. Leon Aguin-Lopez, a 47-year-old Guatemalan national, was being held in the Bergen County Jail on an ICE detainer, records show. Fairview police received a report Friday and notified the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Special Victims Unit, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. Aguin-Lopez was taken into custody the next day, he said.

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Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
STANDOFF ENDS: SWAT Team Seizes Barricaded East Rutherford Gunman STANDOFF ENDS: SWAT Team Seizes Barricaded East Rutherford Gunman STANDOFF ENDS: SWAT Team Seizes Barricaded East Rutherford Gunman
Standoff Ends: SWAT Team Seizes Barricaded East Rutherford Gunman EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- (UPDATE) Bergen County Regional SWAT team members seized a suicidal man who'd barricaded himself in an apartment above an East Rutherford restaurant late Monday morning after holding a gun to his girlfriend's head, authorities said. "He was turned over to East Rutherford police, as it's their jurisdiction," Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino said after a nearly three-hour standoff. "He had the gun to his girlfriend's head," a law enforcement official with direct knowledge of the incident told Daily Voice earlier. "She managed to run out w…

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Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Lodi MVC Clerk Admits Selling Illegal Licenses, Permits Lodi MVC Clerk Admits Selling Illegal Licenses, Permits Lodi MVC Clerk Admits Selling Illegal Licenses, Permits
Lodi MVC Clerk Admits Selling Illegal Licenses, Permits LODI, N.J. – A former Lodi motor vehicle agency clerk will be sentenced to seven years in prison after admitting Monday that he collected thousands in dollars in bribes operating a ring that allowed 220 motorists -- including school bus drivers -- to obtain permit and licenses without having to take any tests. Rodman Lora, 39, of Queens was among 70 people charged in a wide-ranging investigation. He admitted that he got an average of $700 per license or permit from 2014 to 2016.  Also pleading guilty Monday were: Luis Tiburcio, 46, of Passaic, who admitted that he was paid to work as a “r…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Body Of Postal Worker From Lyndhurst, 51, Pulled From Passaic River Body Of Postal Worker From Lyndhurst, 51, Pulled From Passaic River Body Of Postal Worker From Lyndhurst, 51, Pulled From Passaic River
Body Of Postal Worker From Lyndhurst, 51, Pulled From Passaic River LYNDHURST, N.J. – (UPDATE) The body of a postal worker from Lyndhurst who went missing more than three weeks ago was pulled Friday from the Passaic River in South Kearny. https://lyndhurst.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/body-of-missing-postal-worker-from-lyndhurst-found-in-passaic-river/736660/ ****** PREVIOUS STORY: Divers searched the Passaic River for 51-year-old Vitorino Cirne, with no results, after his car was found nearby (SEE: Passaic River Search For Missing Lyndhurst Man Called Off). Cirne is 5-foot-7 and 150 pounds, with brown eyes, brown and gray hair and a fair complexion, Lyndh…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Your Community
Fair Lawn TV Actor Leads Cast Of Steve Martin Comedy At HACPAC Fair Lawn TV Actor Leads Cast Of Steve Martin Comedy At HACPAC Fair Lawn TV Actor Leads Cast Of Steve Martin Comedy At HACPAC
Fair Lawn TV Actor Leads Cast Of Steve Martin Comedy At Hacpac HACKENSACK, N.J. – Fair Lawn’s Teddy Coluca, who plays Mr. Brimley on NBC’s “The Blacklist,” will lead the ensemble in the Company Theatre Group’s presentation of comedy legend Steve Martin’s “The Underpants” at the new Hackensack Performing Arts Center. Opening night is this Saturday, with performances running through May 6. It’s the debut HACPAC performance for the Company, one of three professional theater groups in Bergen County and the only one in residence at the new center at 102 State Street. Co-directed by Coluca and Lou Scarpati, “The Underpants” originally was written for the st…

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