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
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. "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 without incident. A perimeter was es…

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Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Car Fire Slows Northbound Route 17 Traffic In Waldwick Car Fire Slows Northbound Route 17 Traffic In Waldwick Car Fire Slows Northbound Route 17 Traffic In Waldwick
Car Fire Slows Northbound Route 17 Traffic In Waldwick WALDRICK, N.J. -- Waldwick and Ho-Ho-Kus firefighters doused a sedan fire that backed traffic for miles during the Monday morning rush downpour on northbound Route 17. No injuries were reported in the incident near Manhattan Avenue. Police from both towns also responded. A flatbed tow truck removed the charred vehicle. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this report.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
PD: Dumont Woman Steals Customer's Purse, Mails Back Contents -- Minus Cash PD: Dumont Woman Steals Customer's Purse, Mails Back Contents -- Minus Cash PD: Dumont Woman Steals Customer's Purse, Mails Back Contents -- Minus Cash
PD: Dumont Woman Steals Customer's Purse, Mails Back Contents -- Minus Cash DUMONT, N.J. – A Dumont woman swiped a customer’s purse from a Wyckoff shop, then mailed her back the contents -- minus $45 in cash, police said. The victim told police she rushed back to the business after realizing she’d left her purse behind last Christmas Eve only to find it gone, Lt. Joseph Soto said. Weeks later, the victim got the contents of her stolen purse back through the mail – with the cash that was in it missing, the lieutenant said. “There was no indication on the packaging to determine who sent it to her,” Soto said. After getting video surveillance from the business, Wyck…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn Police Captain Cracks Months-Old Cell Tower Battery Thefts Fair Lawn Police Captain Cracks Months-Old Cell Tower Battery Thefts Fair Lawn Police Captain Cracks Months-Old Cell Tower Battery Thefts
Fair Lawn Police Captain Cracks Months-Old Cell Tower Battery Thefts FAIR LAWN, N.J. – Thanks to a Fair Lawn police captain, one of two CVS shoplifters caught in the act was also charged with swiping four cellphone tower batteries several months ago, authorities said. Hawthorne couple Michael Wright, 41, and Nicole Paletta, 36 -were carrying nearly $50 worth of items taken from the River Road pharmacy when police arrested them a short time later. Paletta was released pending a court hearing. Wright, however, was held, after Capt. Joseph Dawicki identified him as the burglar who took the batteries from a Saddle River Road tower last Dec. 19. Wright, who was…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Judge Orders Dumont Store Clerk Released After Child Porn Arrest Judge Orders Dumont Store Clerk Released After Child Porn Arrest Judge Orders Dumont Store Clerk Released After Child Porn Arrest
Judge Orders Dumont Store Clerk Released After Child Porn Arrest DUMONT, N.J. -- A judge ordered a supermarket clerk from Dumont charged with collecting child porn released pending further court action. Christian Winner, 49, was arrested Friday following a raid on his Larch Avenue home. He was taken to the Bergen County Jail before a judge released him, with conditions, under New Jersey's bail reform law following a detention hearing on Saturday. The name of the judge isn't listed in jail records. Winner, who posted a photo of himself on Facebook playing Santa Claus, “used the Internet to view and possess digital files depicting nude or sexually explic…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities Try To ID Victim In Fiery Overnight Route 287 Crash In Mahwah Authorities Try To ID Victim In Fiery Overnight Route 287 Crash In Mahwah Authorities Try To ID Victim In Fiery Overnight Route 287 Crash In Mahwah
Authorities Try To ID Victim In Fiery Overnight Route 287 Crash In Mahwah MAHWAH, N.J. -- One person was killed when a Jeep plowed into a parked tractor-trailer overnight Sunday on Route 287 in Mahwah near the New York State line, authorities said. Authorities were trying to identify the victim, who was pronounced dead at the scene after the fiery 2:30 a.m. crash on the northbound highway melted even the license plates of the Cherokee, which struck a parked rig hauling cases of water. Mahwah Fire Companies 1, 2 and 4 responded and extinguished the flames. Franklin Lakes provided mutual aid. New Jersey State Police were investigating.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
(UPDATE) SWAT Breaks Through Door, Seizes Barricaded Elmwood Park Man (UPDATE) SWAT Breaks Through Door, Seizes Barricaded Elmwood Park Man (UPDATE) SWAT Breaks Through Door, Seizes Barricaded Elmwood Park Man
(Update) SWAT Breaks Through Door, Seizes Barricaded Elmwood Park Man ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. -- (UPDATE) Members of a Bergen County Regional SWAT team battered open a side door and seized an Elmwood Park man who'd threatened to kill himself Saturday afternoon. The suicidal man was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with cuts on his abdomen and wrists after surrendering without a struggle around 3:50 p.m., a little over 2½ hours after the standoff began, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. He will undergo a psychiatric evaluation, the chief said, adding that no decision on possible charges had been made yet. "We're two-for-two," Foligno said, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
PD: Vandal Pours Chemical At Palisades Park Day Care Center Three Times PD: Vandal Pours Chemical At Palisades Park Day Care Center Three Times PD: Vandal Pours Chemical At Palisades Park Day Care Center Three Times
PD: Vandal Pours Chemical At Palisades Park Day Care Center Three Times PALISADES PARK, N.J. – Palisades Park police arrested a man who they said poured some type of hazardous chemical on the wall of a children’s daycare facility three separate times. No injuries were reported in the incidents, which occurred from January through last month, Police Chief Mark Jackson said. Detectives identified 66-year-old Michael Dudman for pouring “an unknown hazardous substance” on the grounds of the facility, then arrested him at his Newark home, Jackson said. Dudman was charged with criminal mischief and trespassing and sent to the Bergen County Jail, the chief said. The…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Supermarket Clerk From Dumont Collected Child Porn, Authorities Charge Supermarket Clerk From Dumont Collected Child Porn, Authorities Charge Supermarket Clerk From Dumont Collected Child Porn, Authorities Charge
Supermarket Clerk From Dumont Collected Child Porn, Authorities Charge DUMONT, N.J. – A supermarket clerk from Dumont collected child porn, said authorities who arrested him Friday. Christian Winner, 49, remained held in the Bergen County Jail pending a detention hearing on possession of child pornography charges following a raid on his Larch Avenue home. Winner -- who'd worked at the Stop & Shop in Emerson and the K-Mart in Westwood -- “used the Internet to view and possess digital files depicting nude or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children,” Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. The prosecutor thanked Dumont police, as well…

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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
SWAT Breaks Open Door, Seizes Barricaded Elmwood Park Man SWAT Breaks Open Door, Seizes Barricaded Elmwood Park Man SWAT Breaks Open Door, Seizes Barricaded Elmwood Park Man
SWAT Breaks Open Door, Seizes Barricaded Elmwood Park Man ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. -- Members of a Bergen County Regional SWAT team battered open the door and seized an Elmwood Park man who'd threatened to kill himself. The suicidal man was taken to New Bridge Medical Center with cuts on his abdomen and wrists after surrendering without a struggle around 3:50 p.m., a little over 2½ hours after the standoff began, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. He will undergo a psychiatric evaluation, the chief said. "We're two-for-two," Foligno said, referring to a similar incident earlier this month. ****** SEE: A barricaded man who was talked out of …

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