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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Bergenfield, NJ
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New Milford, Northvale Ambulance Corps Get Vital Pet-Oxygen Masks New Milford, Northvale Ambulance Corps Get Vital Pet-Oxygen Masks New Milford, Northvale Ambulance Corps Get Vital Pet-Oxygen Masks
New Milford, Northvale Ambulance Corps Get Vital Pet-Oxygen Masks Both the New Milford and Northvale Volunteer Ambulance Corps recently added specially-designed oxygen masks for pets to their life-saving equipment. At-home pet services provider Canine Company donated the masks as part of a campaign to guarantee that first responders in the communities it serves resuscitate family pets in emergencies, particularly fires. The cone-shaped masks are designed for a pet’s snout, which human masks don’t fit. Each set includes masks in three sizes to fit a range of pets, from small mammals to giant breed dogs. Pets are at special risk during home fires because t…

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Paramus, NJ
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SUV Rolls In Three-Vehicle Oradell Crash SUV Rolls In Three-Vehicle Oradell Crash SUV Rolls In Three-Vehicle Oradell Crash
SUV Rolls In Three-Vehicle Oradell Crash ORADELL, N.J. -- All three drivers were fine, including one in an SUV that flipped late Monday morning in a three-vehicle collision in Oradell. The SUV landed in a driveway in the 500 block of Kinderkamack Road around 11 a.m. Police, firefighters and EMS responded.

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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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Cliffside Park PD: Crack User Charged With Neglecting Elderly Mom Cliffside Park PD: Crack User Charged With Neglecting Elderly Mom Cliffside Park PD: Crack User Charged With Neglecting Elderly Mom
Cliffside Park PD: Crack User Charged With Neglecting Elderly Mom CLIFFSIDE PARK, N.J. -- Police checking on an elderly Cliffside Park woman arrested her crack-smoking son and friend after they found her disoriented and needing medical attention, authorities said. Family members concerned for the Palisade Avenue woman's welfare called police, Lt. Vincent Capano. "She answered the door and seemed disoriented," Capano said. She also told police she hadn't seen a doctor in several months, he said. In a bedroom where her son stays, police found 42-year-old Ronnie Correa, a North Bergen native visiting from Miami, he said. Although it was the afte…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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If At First... Elderly Glen Rock Man Conned By Scammers’ Second Call If At First... Elderly Glen Rock Man Conned By Scammers’ Second Call If At First... Elderly Glen Rock Man Conned By Scammers’ Second Call
If At First... Elderly Glen Rock Man Conned By Scammers’ Second Call GLEN ROCK, N.J. -- Persistent phone scammers who couldn’t get an elderly Glen Rock man to buy them a gift card convinced him to write a $700 check instead, said police who warned citizens to beware of such hustles. The victim told police he got a phone call informing him that he had won a $5.5 million prize, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said Monday. The caller told him to buy a Walmart gift card in order to pay the fees involved, but he refused, the chief said. The next day, the man got a call from another person claiming to be a company representative who convinced him to write a $700 chec…

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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YOUR TOWN: How Many Postal Workers Were Attacked By Dogs Last Year? YOUR TOWN: How Many Postal Workers Were Attacked By Dogs Last Year? YOUR TOWN: How Many Postal Workers Were Attacked By Dogs Last Year?
Your Town: How Many Postal Workers Were Attacked By Dogs Last Year? MAHWAH, N.J. -- Mahwah, Paramus and Wayne each had two postal carriers attacked by dogs last year, the U.S Postal Service announced Monday in its annual roundup. Several Bergen and Passaic county towns had one each. Of the 6,244 total attacks nationwide -- more than 500 less than in 2016 -- one each occurred in Clifton, East Rutherford, Hackensack, Passaic, Paterson, Ridgewood and South Hackensack and Teaneck, the postal service reported. The figures were released as part of National Dog Bite Prevention Week (Apr. 8 – 14). The most attacks -- 71 -- were reported in Houston, followed by Los…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Clifton PD: Mercedes Driver Faints As Armed Carjackers Flee Clifton PD: Mercedes Driver Faints As Armed Carjackers Flee Clifton PD: Mercedes Driver Faints As Armed Carjackers Flee
Clifton PD: Mercedes Driver Faints As Armed Carjackers Flee CLIFTON, N.J. -- A driver passed out as a pair of armed carjackers assaulted her companion before fleeing empty-handed, Clifton police said. The couple told police they were getting into their 2018 Mercedes SUV after leaving the Dollar Tree store on Piaget Avenue around 7:15 p.m. Saturday when the bandits rushed them, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. "The driver screamed and then passed out from the emotional distress of the incident while the male passenger was assaulted by one of the robbers, who then fled the scene in a dark-colored vehicle," he said. The couple described th…

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Paterson, NJ
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PHOTOS: SUV Rollover Takes Out Tree, Speed Sign In Hawthorne PHOTOS: SUV Rollover Takes Out Tree, Speed Sign In Hawthorne PHOTOS: SUV Rollover Takes Out Tree, Speed Sign In Hawthorne
Photos: SUV Rollover Takes Out Tree, Speed Sign In Hawthorne HAWTHORNE, N.J. -- A young driver was hospitalized with injuries that didn't appear life-threatening Monday morning after her Cadillac SUV rolled over in Hawthorne. The 6:20 a.m. crash on Goffle Road took out a tree and a speed limit sign. Goffle Road was closed in both directions between Rock Road and Route 208. A flatbed tow truck removed the vehicle. Township Engine Company #1 and Rescue Company #5 responded along with police and Hawthorne Volunteer Ambulance Corps. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this report.

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Fort Lee, NJ
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Port Authority PD: Serial-Scamming Gambling Addict Nabbed At Newark Airport Port Authority PD: Serial-Scamming Gambling Addict Nabbed At Newark Airport Port Authority PD: Serial-Scamming Gambling Addict Nabbed At Newark Airport
Port Authority PD: Serial-Scamming Gambling Addict Nabbed At Newark Airport An online poker celebrity from Pittsburgh was busted by Port Authority police who they said conned unwitting victims at Newark Airport to give him hundreds of dollars by claiming to be a stranded traveler. A "serial scammer" whose criminal exploits have been publicized on YouTube and Deadspin, Michael H. Borovetz bought a refundable ticket to get past security at Terminal B, the authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. He then approached a 55-year-old Princeton man, told him his flight had been cancelled and said he needed $200 for a hotel room, Pentangelo said. "He told the vi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
THUG LIFE: Paterson Police Bust 'Glock Boys,' Seize Guns, Drugs THUG LIFE: Paterson Police Bust 'Glock Boys,' Seize Guns, Drugs THUG LIFE: Paterson Police Bust 'Glock Boys,' Seize Guns, Drugs
Thug Life: Paterson Police Bust 'Glock Boys,' Seize Guns, Drugs PATERSON, N.J. -- Paterson police seized more than 2,100 heroin folds and two loaded handguns while arresting 10 reputed members of a violent drug gang that authorities said have been involved in several killings, as well as a shootout with police. A Friday raid at an Arch Street stash house near Presidential Park produced the contraband and led to arrests of members of the 1st Ward gang, which has been in gun wars with its rivals, mostly from the Fourth Ward, authorities said. Detectives and uniformed police also found pot and cocaine along with the heroin and weapons -- a Glock .9mm and a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Teens Caught Fishing Checks From Maywood Postal Boxes Tied To Bergen Spree? Teens Caught Fishing Checks From Maywood Postal Boxes Tied To Bergen Spree? Teens Caught Fishing Checks From Maywood Postal Boxes Tied To Bergen Spree?
Teens Caught Fishing Checks From Maywood Postal Boxes Tied To Bergen Spree? MAYWOOD, N.J. – Authorities were trying to determine whether two Paterson teens caught “fishing” mail from postal boxes in Maywood are connected to dozens of similar incidents in Bergen County. Officer Greg Mulawka spotted the pair on bicycles near the Maywood Post Office on West Pleasant Avenue, Police Chief David Pegg said. They were carrying several stolen checks and several other pieces of mail, the chief said. Hanging from a nearby mailbox was a string with an adhesive on the end, he said. Brando Mancebopujols, 19, was charged with a variety of counts – including identity theft, consp…

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