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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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah Woman, 87, Severely Burned When Robe Catches Fire Mahwah Woman, 87, Severely Burned When Robe Catches Fire Mahwah Woman, 87, Severely Burned When Robe Catches Fire
Mahwah Woman, 87, Severely Burned When Robe Catches Fire MAHWAH, N.J. -- An 87-year-old Mahwah woman suffered second- and third-degree burns after her robe caught fire Saturday as she tried to avoid a spilling pot of boiling water, authorities said. The woman's 84-year-old sister doused the flames, which didn't extend to their home in Bogert's Trailer Ranch on Pulis Avenue, Lt. Jeff Dino said. The victim was boiling a pot of water on the stove just before noon at Bogert's Trailer Ranch when it suddenly spilled, Dino said. As she spun to get out of the way, her robe landed on the stove, where it caught fire, he said. Flames were climbing her bac…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Garfield Man Shot Dead Outside Paterson Nightclub Garfield Man Shot Dead Outside Paterson Nightclub Garfield Man Shot Dead Outside Paterson Nightclub
Garfield Man Shot Dead Outside Paterson Nightclub PATERSON, N.J. -- UPDATE: Authorities arrested a Paterson resident who they said killed an innocent Garfield man with crossfire during a gunfight outside a city nightclub this past weekend. https://garfield.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/suspect-charged-in-paterson-nightclub-crossfire-death-of-garfield-man/735261/ Parker Sams, 22, was gunned down outside D’Classico Restaurant and Lounge on Ellison Street just before 2 a.m., authorities said. Sams, a UPS worker, reportedly was shot in the crossfire of a gunfight while searching for his girlfriend. He was pronounced dead a short time later at S…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Rochelle Park Hairdresser Sold Prescription Pills From Salon Police: Rochelle Park Hairdresser Sold Prescription Pills From Salon Police: Rochelle Park Hairdresser Sold Prescription Pills From Salon
Police: Rochelle Park Hairdresser Sold Prescription Pills From Salon ROCHELLE PARK, N.J. -- A Rochelle Park hair dresser sold prescription pills from a local salon, said township police who said they found envelopes prepared, labeled and packaged for sale along with several hundred prescription pills. They also seized nearly $10,000 in drug proceeds when they arrested Anthony Bianchi, 44, of Nutley in the middle of a drug deal at the Rochlle Avenue salon on Friday, Police Chief Robert Flannelly said. Bianchi -- whose father, Joseph, is the mayor of North Arlington -- dealt Percocet, Oxycodone, Endocet "during daylight and business hours in [his] place o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Smash-And-Grab Burglar Stumbles Out Of Saddle Brook Krauszers Smash-And-Grab Burglar Stumbles Out Of Saddle Brook Krauszers Smash-And-Grab Burglar Stumbles Out Of Saddle Brook Krauszers
Smash-And-Grab Burglar Stumbles Out Of Saddle Brook Krauszers SADDLE BROOK, N.J. -- Whoever smashed the front of a Krauszers in Saddle Brook and made off with cash and cigarettes before dawn Saturday stumbled their way out, authorities said. A passing motorist called police at 2 a.m. to report someone stumbling out the front door of the Midland Avenue convenience store, Police Chief Robert Kugler said. Township officers, along with Garfield police, arrived moments later to find the front glass door broken by a large rock, Kugler said. The Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification processed evidence, he said. "As with most of the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah Police Rescue Mom, Girls From Truck Stranded In Rushing Ramapo River Mahwah Police Rescue Mom, Girls From Truck Stranded In Rushing Ramapo River Mahwah Police Rescue Mom, Girls From Truck Stranded In Rushing Ramapo River
Mahwah Police Rescue Mom, Girls From Truck Stranded In Rushing Ramapo River MAHWAH, N.J. -- The rising current of the Ramapo River had reached the knees of a woman and three young girls stranded Friday night in a pickup truck behind the Sheraton Mahwah Hotel. Responding Mahwah Police Officer Devon Gannon removed his gun belt, tied a rope around his waist and rushed into the icy water. Right behind him was Officer Greg Lehman. "They got them out one by one, from Gannon to Lehman to the shore in the pitch-black dark," Mahwah Police Chief James Batelli said. The woman and three girls -- ages 5, 12 and 13 -- were all fine, as were their rescuers, he said. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Clifton Middle School Student Accused Of Threat Clifton Middle School Student Accused Of Threat Clifton Middle School Student Accused Of Threat
Clifton Middle School Student Accused Of Threat CLIFTON, N.J. -- A Clifton eighth-grader must go before a family court judge after being accused of making an online threat against the Woodrow Wilson Middle School. Security was boosted at the school after authorities were notified of the undisclosed threat, which one parent said was made in a video game. Although no weapons were involved, authorities took the situation very seriously. The eighth-grader was brought to headquarters and issued a juvenile delinquency complaint as part of an investigation conducted by city police in conjunction with the Passaic County Prosecutor's Office. B…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: Couple, Both 64, Struck In Hackensack By Tenafly Driver UPDATE: Couple, Both 64, Struck In Hackensack By Tenafly Driver UPDATE: Couple, Both 64, Struck In Hackensack By Tenafly Driver
Update: Couple, Both 64, Struck In Hackensack By Tenafly Driver HACKENSACK, N.J. -- (UPDATE) A 64-year-old couple were struck near a Hackensack bus stop Friday morning. Both were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that Police Capt. Francesco Aquila said weren't life-threatening after being struck at Atlantic and River streets just after 9:30 a.m. One complained of right shoulder pain and other of pain to the left leg, said Aquila, the officer in charge of the department. The driver, 35, from Tenafly, received a summons, he said. An NJ Transit officer who was at the bus stop and a New Jersey State Police trooper who was driving…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Feds: Montvale Tax Preparer Collected Returns Using Dead Man's ID Feds: Montvale Tax Preparer Collected Returns Using Dead Man's ID Feds: Montvale Tax Preparer Collected Returns Using Dead Man's ID
Feds: Montvale Tax Preparer Collected Returns Using Dead Man's ID SADDLE RIVER, N.J. – A tax preparer from Montvale used a dead man's identity and a Las Vegas P.O. box to illegally collect refunds from the IRS -- while he was already awaiting trial on charges of helping scam the government out of more than $1.6 million, a federal grand jury charged. Federal agents early Friday arrested 53-year-old Wayne Dunich-Kolb after a grand jury in Newark returned a new 29-count indictment accusing him of filing bogus tax returns, stealing client refunds and committing identity theft “in connection with refunds stolen from a deceased taxpayer,” U.S. Attorney Craig Car…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen Mail Thefts Continue -- This Time Outside Englewood Post Office Bergen Mail Thefts Continue -- This Time Outside Englewood Post Office Bergen Mail Thefts Continue -- This Time Outside Englewood Post Office
Bergen Mail Thefts Continue -- This Time Outside Englewood Post Office ENGLEWOOD, N.J. -- A wave of Bergen-area postal box thefts continued Thursday when someone broke into two boxes outside the Englewood Post Office in broad daylight. The Engel Street mail theft occurred in the middle of the day -- apparently in under a minute. This comes after someone stole what police described as a "large amount" of mail from a trio of boxes in front of the New Milford Post Office. Federal authorities earlier this month said that as many as 40 postal boxes had been broken into in several Bergen County towns, as thieves search for cash, checks and personal inform…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Passaic Sheriff's Bust: Nearly 5 Pounds Of Coke, 3 Guns, Five Arrests Passaic Sheriff's Bust: Nearly 5 Pounds Of Coke, 3 Guns, Five Arrests Passaic Sheriff's Bust: Nearly 5 Pounds Of Coke, 3 Guns, Five Arrests
Passaic Sheriff's Bust: Nearly 5 Pounds Of Coke, 3 Guns, Five Arrests PATERSON, N.J. – Passaic County sheriff’s detectives watched a major drug deal go down, then seized nearly five pounds of cocaine, three guns, four vehicles and about $35,000 in proceeds while arresting five men, authorities said. The detectives watched as passenger Vander Manocchio, 25, of Paterson, got out of a blue Jeep Cherokee that had just parked in front of a large detached garage off McBride Avenue shortly before 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. David Caraballo, 34, of Woodland Park opened the garage door and came out holding a black bag that he handed to Manocc…

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