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
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Paterson PD: Dealer Had ½-Pound Of Pot, Loaded Gun, Stolen Motorcycle, More Paterson PD: Dealer Had ½-Pound Of Pot, Loaded Gun, Stolen Motorcycle, More Paterson PD: Dealer Had ½-Pound Of Pot, Loaded Gun, Stolen Motorcycle, More
Paterson PD: Dealer Had ½-Pound Of Pot, Loaded Gun, Stolen Motorcycle, More PATERSON, N.J. -- Paterson police said they seized more than a half-pound of pot, a loaded handgun, a high capacity magazine and hollow-point bullets -- as well as $1,083 in drug proceeds and a stolen motorcycle -- while busting an accused dealer. Robert Samboy Jr., 23, was charged with several drug and weapons counts after police said he sold drugs from his second-floor Garrison Street apartment. The Glock 17 was loaded with 15 rounds and the motorcycle was reported stolen out of Prospect Park, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Police also arrested a quartet of buyers, all from Paterso…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Suicide: Self-Inflicted Gunshot Victim, 38, Found In Upper Saddle River Suicide: Self-Inflicted Gunshot Victim, 38, Found In Upper Saddle River Suicide: Self-Inflicted Gunshot Victim, 38, Found In Upper Saddle River
Suicide: Self-Inflicted Gunshot Victim, 38, Found In Upper Saddle River UPPER SADDLE RIVER, N.J. – A 38-year-old Upper Saddle River resident shot and killed himself early Tuesday evening, police confirmed. Police and other emergency workers responded to the home on West Saddle River Road after the victim was found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head just after 5 p.m., Detective Lt. Edward Kane told Daily Voice.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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Englewood: Passenger, 72, Pummels Bus Driver Englewood: Passenger, 72, Pummels Bus Driver Englewood: Passenger, 72, Pummels Bus Driver
Englewood: Passenger, 72, Pummels Bus Driver ENGLEWOOD, N.J. – A 72-year-old passenger was pummeling a bus driver with punches before an Englewood police officer pulled him off, authorities said. Responding to a disturbance call, Officer Adolfo Gutierrez found former Englewood resident William Griffin beating the 49-year-old NJ Transit driver Saturday afternoon at the intersection of Lafayette and Rosemont places, Detective Timothy Torell said. “Griffin initially resisted arrest but was brought under control as back-up officers arrived,” he said. Griffin had refused the driver’s safety instructions after boarding the bus,then began a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Jury Convicts Paterson Man Of Barroom Murder Jury Convicts Paterson Man Of Barroom Murder Jury Convicts Paterson Man Of Barroom Murder
Jury Convicts Paterson Man Of Barroom Murder PATERSON, N.J. – Jurors convicted a Paterson man of murder Tuesday for killing another man who tried to break up an argument between him and his wife. Andrae Green, 30, of Paterson, was also convicted of weapons possession following a nearly two-week trial. He faces 30 years to life at a scheduled June 1 sentencing. Prosecutors showed jurors evidence that Green was arguing with his wife on Sept. 15, 2014 in front of Moya’s Bar, at the corner of 10th Avenue and 27th Street in Paterson,  when 27-year-old Antoine Garris intervened. Both men argued before Green left the bar, returning 10 minu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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YouTube Shooter Claimed Site Discriminated Against Her YouTube Shooter Claimed Site Discriminated Against Her YouTube Shooter Claimed Site Discriminated Against Her
YouTube Shooter Claimed Site Discriminated Against Her UPDATE: The armed woman who police said killed herself after critically wounding her boyfriend and injuring two other people at YouTube headquarters in northern California on Tuesday previously complained that the site had discriminated against her. "I'm being discriminated and filtered on YouTube and I'm not the only one," Nasim Aghdam, 39, said in several videos she'd posted. She also had a website with several complaints about YouTube -- including that it was age-restricting her videos and limiting the number of views they received. "Videos of targeted users are filtered …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Hackensack PD: Ex-Con Threatens To Kill Daughter's Mom, Himself Hackensack PD: Ex-Con Threatens To Kill Daughter's Mom, Himself Hackensack PD: Ex-Con Threatens To Kill Daughter's Mom, Himself
Hackensack PD: Ex-Con Threatens To Kill Daughter's Mom, Himself HACKENSACK, N.J. -- An ex-con once charged with kicking his 18-month-old daughter from her stroller and then abducting her threatened to kill the girl’s mother and himself before Hackensack police took him into custody, authorities said. “I’ll kill you. We’ll both go out in a body bag!” Kayvon Brown told the woman, who called police to her Anderson Street apartment Saturday night, Capt. Peter Busciglio said Tuesday. Responding officers had to ram the door open after Brown, 25, of Jersey City, refused to let them in, saying they'd have to come and get him, the captain said. They arrested hi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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PHOTOS: Garbage Truck Slams Into Tree, Hawthorne Officer Rescues Driver PHOTOS: Garbage Truck Slams Into Tree, Hawthorne Officer Rescues Driver PHOTOS: Garbage Truck Slams Into Tree, Hawthorne Officer Rescues Driver
Photos: Garbage Truck Slams Into Tree, Hawthorne Officer Rescues Driver HAWTHORNE, N.J. -- A driver rescued by a Hawthorne police officer sustained serious injuries after his garbage truck lost its brakes and slammed into a tree in Goffle Brook Park on Tuesday. The truck was descending a steep hill on nearby MacFarlan Avenue before it suddenly careened into the park. An ambulance took the driver to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson.   A paramedic team from St. Joseph's assisted Hawthorne EMTs. Hawthorne firefighters tended to a crash-related fluid leak and remained on standby at the scene until the vehicle was safely removed by a wrecker. Boyd…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Wild Fort Lee Chase Across GWB Ends With 2 Caught After Rapper Is Robbed Wild Fort Lee Chase Across GWB Ends With 2 Caught After Rapper Is Robbed Wild Fort Lee Chase Across GWB Ends With 2 Caught After Rapper Is Robbed
Wild Fort Lee Chase Across GWB Ends With 2 Caught After Rapper Is Robbed UPDATE: Authorities have caught the last of three men who they said robbed a popular rapper-turned-reality TV personality and a companion of $183,000 in jewelry and cash at gunpoint in Fort Lee, then led police on a wild chase across the George Washington Bridge into Manhattan more than two months ago. https://fortlee.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/police-nab-third-suspect-in-fort-lee-rapper-robbery-gwb-chase/738415/ ORIGINAL STORY: FORT LEE, N.J. -- A popular rapper-turned-reality TV personality and a companion were robbed of $183,000 in jewelry and cash in Fort Lee by three men -- two of who…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Wayne PD: Drunk Bronx Driver Fights With Police Wayne PD: Drunk Bronx Driver Fights With Police Wayne PD: Drunk Bronx Driver Fights With Police
Wayne PD: Drunk Bronx Driver Fights With Police WAYNE, N.J. – A drunk Bronx driver fought with Wayne police, injuring an officer, after they stopped her on Route 23, authorities said. Officer Patrick Wlazel stopped a 2016 Subaru Outback at 12:20 a.m. Monday as it pulled into a shopping center after failing to maintain a lane on the southbound highway, Detective Capt. Laurence Martin said. The driver, 32-year-old Kristina Solano, had “a strong odor of alcohol,” along with bloodshot and watery eyes, he said. Solano “became argumentative and refused to comply with officers demands or instructions,” Martin said. She then “resisted arrest …

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
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West Milford PD: Failed Inspection Sticker, Wrong Turn Produce Pound Of Pot West Milford PD: Failed Inspection Sticker, Wrong Turn Produce Pound Of Pot West Milford PD: Failed Inspection Sticker, Wrong Turn Produce Pound Of Pot
West Milford PD: Failed Inspection Sticker, Wrong Turn Produce Pound Of Pot WEST MILFORD, N.J. – A rejected inspection sticker led a West Milford police officer to more than a pound of pot that authorities said a Sussex County man had in his companion’s car. Officer Nicholas Snook began following the vehicle on southbound Route 23, then stopped it after the driver headed into the Lakeland Plaza parking lot through the exit, police said. The officer “smelled a strong odor of raw marijuana mixed with the strong smell of cologne,” they said in a release. Once backup officers arrived, Snook turned his attention to the passenger, 28-year-old Robert Acevedo of Endicott,…

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