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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Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: Maywood Detectives Help Capture Gunman Who Shot Couple In Englewood UPDATE: Maywood Detectives Help Capture Gunman Who Shot Couple In Englewood UPDATE: Maywood Detectives Help Capture Gunman Who Shot Couple In Englewood
Update: Maywood Detectives Help Capture Gunman Who Shot Couple In Englewood ENGLEWOOD, N.J. -- (UPDATE) Thanks to two Maywood police detectives, a gunman who shot a couple Tuesday morning in Englewood and then carjacked a vehicle in Hackensack was captured after a chase down the Garden State Parkway, authorities said. ****** (UPDATE) A Teaneck man who led police on a more than 15-mile chase after shooting a couple in Englewood tried to shoot two other people, but his handgun jammed, authorities said Friday. https://englewood.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/prosecutor-teaneck-man-who-shot-englewood-pair-aimed-at-2-more-gun-jammed/735673/ ****** The man and woman were …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Prospect Park PD: Driver Who Dropped Heroin Folds Had Hundreds More Prospect Park PD: Driver Who Dropped Heroin Folds Had Hundreds More Prospect Park PD: Driver Who Dropped Heroin Folds Had Hundreds More
Prospect Park PD: Driver Who Dropped Heroin Folds Had Hundreds More PROSPECT PARK, N.J. – A driver who dropped a bundle of heroin folds when he was stopped by Prospect Park police had a lot more where that came from, authorities said. Officer Craig Bonagura stopped the 2001 Dodge Caravan with tinted windows at Hopper Street and Fairview Avenue late Monday after the driver – identified as 26-year-old Iben Cox of Paterson – failed to signal a turn, Detective Walter Richmond said. Cox quickly got out of the car, prompting Bonagura to order him to show his hands, Richmond said. Cox then turned, accidentally dropping a brick of 50 heroin envelopes from his wais…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
RECOGNIZE HIM? New Milford PD Seeks Help Finding Burglary Suspect RECOGNIZE HIM? New Milford PD Seeks Help Finding Burglary Suspect RECOGNIZE HIM? New Milford PD Seeks Help Finding Burglary Suspect
Recognize HIM? New Milford PD Seeks Help Finding Burglary Suspect NEW MILFORD, N.J. -- New Milford police on Tuesday released surveillance photos of a possible burglary suspect in the hopes that someone recognizes him. Depicted in the photos are a "person of interest" sought by police following a Sunday morning vehicle burglary on River Road in the north end of town, Detective Lt. Kevin Van Saders said. Taken were credit cards used to make a purchase at a local Dunkin Donuts. If you see or know the person in the photos, please contact the New Milford Police Department: (201) 261-1400. Callers can remain anonymous.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Clifton Police Chase Down Garfield Teen Trio Who Beat, Robbed Deliveryman Clifton Police Chase Down Garfield Teen Trio Who Beat, Robbed Deliveryman Clifton Police Chase Down Garfield Teen Trio Who Beat, Robbed Deliveryman
Clifton Police Chase Down Garfield Teen Trio Who Beat, Robbed Deliveryman CLIFTON, N.J. -- A Chinese food deliveryman was beaten by three Garfield 15-year-olds who were all chased and caught by Clifton police, authorities said. One of the teens lured the victim to the side of a Durant Avenue building, where the others were waiting, around 12:45 p.m. Monday, Lt. Robert Bracken said. The trio threw him to the ground, punched and kicked him, then took the food, Bracken said. Narcotics Detectives John Kavakich and Samuel Arnowitz, who happened to be in the area, heard the dispatch call and began chasing the trio over the Ackeman Avenue Bridge -- eventually nabbing a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
PD: Maywood Detectives Help Nab Teaneck Gunman Who Shot Englewood Couple PD: Maywood Detectives Help Nab Teaneck Gunman Who Shot Englewood Couple PD: Maywood Detectives Help Nab Teaneck Gunman Who Shot Englewood Couple
PD: Maywood Detectives Help Nab Teaneck Gunman Who Shot Englewood Couple ENGLEWOOD, N.J. -- (UPDATE) Thanks to two Maywood police detectives, a gunman who shot a couple Tuesday morning in Englewood and then carjacked a vehicle in Hackensack was captured after a chase down the Garden State Parkway, authorities said. ****** (UPDATE) A Teaneck man who led police on a more than 15-mile chase after shooting a couple in Englewood tried to shoot two other people, but his handgun jammed, authorities said Friday. https://englewood.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/prosecutor-teaneck-man-who-shot-englewood-pair-aimed-at-2-more-gun-jammed/735673/ ****** The man and woman were …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Children Jump From Fire Escape In Fast-Moving Edgewater Blaze Children Jump From Fire Escape In Fast-Moving Edgewater Blaze Children Jump From Fire Escape In Fast-Moving Edgewater Blaze
Children Jump From Fire Escape In Fast-Moving Edgewater Blaze EDGEWATER, N.J. -- Flames roared at their backs as some children jumped and others were rescued from a second-floor fire escape Monday night during a roaring blaze that blew through an Edgewater building. A group of men with ladders rushed to help get the girls and an adult out of the second-floor Pro Arts Academy Dance Studio on River Road while other youngsters jumped into their arms or fell to the ground, video shows. The children were coming down a ladder when it suddenly slipped and fell, forcing others to jump as the blaze drew closer. Five people were hospitalized with injuries that…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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Hiker Injured In Palisades Fall Near NY State Line Removed By Boat Hiker Injured In Palisades Fall Near NY State Line Removed By Boat Hiker Injured In Palisades Fall Near NY State Line Removed By Boat
Hiker Injured In Palisades Fall Near NY State Line Removed By Boat ALPINE, N.J -- Palisades Interstate Parkway police needed a boat to transport a hiker injured in a fall Monday evening near the State Line Lookout in Alpine. Police using an ATV got and tended to the victim while awaiting the boat, made necessary by the remote location on the cliffs beneath the Giant Stairs. His injury wasn't life-threatening, police said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: Children Jump From Fire Escape In Fast-Moving Edgewater Blaze UPDATE: Children Jump From Fire Escape In Fast-Moving Edgewater Blaze UPDATE: Children Jump From Fire Escape In Fast-Moving Edgewater Blaze
Update: Children Jump From Fire Escape In Fast-Moving Edgewater Blaze EDGEWATER, N.J. -- Flames roared at their backs as some children jumped and others were rescued from a second-floor fire escape Monday night during a roaring blaze that blew through an Edgewater building. A group of men with ladders rushed to help get the girls and an adult out of the second-floor Pro Arts Academy Dance Studio on River Road while other youngsters jumped into their arms or fell to the ground, video shows. The children were coming down a ladder when it suddenly slipped and fell, forcing others to jump as the blaze drew closer. Five people were hospitalized with injuries that…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Garfield PD: Officer Nabs Man Waving Knife Outside Deli Garfield PD: Officer Nabs Man Waving Knife Outside Deli Garfield PD: Officer Nabs Man Waving Knife Outside Deli
Garfield PD: Officer Nabs Man Waving Knife Outside Deli GARFIELD, N.J. -- A man being sought by Garfield police following reports that he waved a knife was found and arrested a day later – in the same spot, authorities said. Piotr Glowinski, 36, of Wallington had fled when responding officers arrived just after 9 p.m. Friday in front of Bratek Deli on River Drive, Capt. Darren Sucorowski said. The following night, Officer Arkadiusz Dudek spotted Glowinski standing in front of the same deli and took him into custody, Sucorowski said. Glowinski was charged with weapons offenses and sent to the Bergen County Jail, where a judge ordered that he rem…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Shooting Outside Englewood Elks Club Spooks Driver Police: Shooting Outside Englewood Elks Club Spooks Driver Police: Shooting Outside Englewood Elks Club Spooks Driver
Police: Shooting Outside Englewood Elks Club Spooks Driver ENGLEWOOD, N.J. -- Gunfire caused a late-night car crash outside the Elks Lodge in Englewood over the weekend, police said. No one was injured just after midnight Saturday, either by the shot or the minor collision -- which occurred when an anxious motorist tried to speed out of the Elks Lodge #470 parking lot on Bennett Road, Capt. Timothy Torell said. The Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification collected ballistic evidence that was being examined, Torell said. Meanwhile, city detectives were seeking area surveillance video. "We are looking for help from witnesses …

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