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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Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: Wallington Police Seize Boy Who Brought BB Gun To School UPDATE: Wallington Police Seize Boy Who Brought BB Gun To School UPDATE: Wallington Police Seize Boy Who Brought BB Gun To School
Update: Wallington Police Seize Boy Who Brought BB Gun To School WALLINGTON, N.J. -- Students and staff at Wallington Jr./Sr. High School were briefly sheltered in place Thursday while police seized a 13-year-old boy who'd shown off a plastic BB gun to classmates, authorities said. "It appears that [the] student was showing his plastic BB gun outside of school in the woods while on lunch break" just before 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Capt. Shawn Kudlacik said Friday morning.  "Fortunately someone 'saw something and said something'," Kudlacik told Daily Voice. "School officials swiftly interceded and confiscated the orange-tipped plastic…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen Spree Continues: Mail Stolen From Trio Of New Milford Postal Boxes Bergen Spree Continues: Mail Stolen From Trio Of New Milford Postal Boxes Bergen Spree Continues: Mail Stolen From Trio Of New Milford Postal Boxes
Bergen Spree Continues: Mail Stolen From Trio Of New Milford Postal Boxes NEW MILFORD, N.J. -- As U.S. Postal Service inspectors continue investigating a wave of thefts from dozens of mailboxes throughout Bergen County, three more were tampered with right outside the New Milford post office, police said. A large amount of mail was snatched from inside the boxes outside the River Road facility sometime between 6 p.m. Wednesday, after they were last emptied, and 7 a.m. Thursday, Detective Lt. Kevin Van Saders said. The wave of Bergen-area postal box thefts continued when someone broke into two boxes outside the Englewood Post Office in broad daylight on Thursday. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Elevated CO Levels Force Evacuation Of Lyndhurst Apartment Complex Elevated CO Levels Force Evacuation Of Lyndhurst Apartment Complex Elevated CO Levels Force Evacuation Of Lyndhurst Apartment Complex
Elevated CO Levels Force Evacuation Of Lyndhurst Apartment Complex LYNDHURST, N.J. -- Six residents of a Lyndhurst apartment complex refused medical attention after being affected by elevated carbon monoxide levels overnight, authorities said. Firefighters began evacuating The Station at Lyndhurst Apartments on Chubb Avenue around 11:15 p.m. Thursday, residents said.  They were able to return to their homes around 2:30 a.m., after the complex was examined and ventilated, Deputy Fire Commissioner Paul Haggerty said. Local authorities and building management were planning to resume their search for the cause while a group of firefighters remained on scene t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: Wallington Police Seize Boy Who Brought BB Gun To School UPDATE: Wallington Police Seize Boy Who Brought BB Gun To School UPDATE: Wallington Police Seize Boy Who Brought BB Gun To School
Update: Wallington Police Seize Boy Who Brought BB Gun To School WALLINGTON, N.J. -- Students and staff at Wallington Jr./Sr. High School were briefly sheltered in place Thursday while police seized a 13-year-old boy who'd shown off a plastic BB gun to classmates, authorities said. "It appears that [the] student was showing his plastic BB gun outside of school in the woods while on lunch break" just before 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Capt. Shawn Kudlacik said Friday morning.  "Fortunately someone 'saw something and said something'," Kudlacik told Daily Voice. "School officials swiftly interceded and confiscated the orange-tipped plastic…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
VIDEO: Mets Honor Port Authority Terror Attack Heroes VIDEO: Mets Honor Port Authority Terror Attack Heroes VIDEO: Mets Honor Port Authority Terror Attack Heroes
Video: Mets Honor Port Authority Terror Attack Heroes The New York Mets during Opening Day on Thursday honored four Port Authority police officers -- one of them from Bergen County -- for capturing a terrorist in December after a pipe bomb he was carrying exploded at the authority's midtown Manhattan bus terminal. But that wasn't all. Bergen-based, three-year PAPD Officer Anthony Estevez threw out the first pitch, the department Honor Guard presented the colors -- then Officer Gilbert Ramos sang "God Bless America" during the seventh-inning stretch of the Metropolitans' 9-4 win over the Cardinals at Citified in Queens. Also honored w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Wrong-Way Wanaque Driver, 75, Causes 4-Car Pileup On Route 23 In Wayne Wrong-Way Wanaque Driver, 75, Causes 4-Car Pileup On Route 23 In Wayne Wrong-Way Wanaque Driver, 75, Causes 4-Car Pileup On Route 23 In Wayne
Wrong-Way Wanaque Driver, 75, Causes 4-Car Pileup On Route 23 In Wayne WAYNE, N.J. -- A 75-year-old Wanaque women mistakenly drove into oncoming traffic on Route 23 in Wayne, causing a four-vehicle chain reaction crash that sent two people to the hospital Thursday morning. The woman was emerging from the Black Oak Ridge Road connection when she turned her 2018 Mazda 3 left into northbound Route 23 traffic around 9:45 a.m., Detective Capt. Laurence Martin said. Seeing her coming at him, a driver swerved his vehicle into the next lane, causing a collision with another car, Martin said.  Before it was over, four vehicles -- including the Wanaque woman's Mazda --…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Wayne Police Nab Quartet In Car Burglary Spree Wayne Police Nab Quartet In Car Burglary Spree Wayne Police Nab Quartet In Car Burglary Spree
Wayne Police Nab Quartet In Car Burglary Spree WAYNE, N.J. – They prowled the quiet streets of Wayne overnight looking for vehicles that they could steal or burglarize – but thanks to an alert resident, police arrested a quartet of suspects. The Stagg Road resident called police around 2:40 a.m. Wednesday: She’d seen someone get out of an older-model Chevy Blazer parked near her property and toward her vehicles before suddenly running back, Detective Capt. Laurence Martin said. Moments later, Sgt. Dan Dubois spotted and stopped the SUV on Riverview Drive. The four occupants had items, including a wallet, that had just been stolen from …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Allendale PD: Accused Booze Thief Released, Strikes Again 45 Minutes Later Allendale PD: Accused Booze Thief Released, Strikes Again 45 Minutes Later Allendale PD: Accused Booze Thief Released, Strikes Again 45 Minutes Later
Allendale PD: Accused Booze Thief Released, Strikes Again 45 Minutes Later ALLENDALE, N.J. – Barely 45 minutes after being released from custody for shoplifting a bottle of vodka from one store in Allendale, a plumber from Waldwick swiped a bottle of rum from another, said police who arrested him a second time. Irme Gazso, 44, was picked up just before 3 p.m. last Thursday after an employee at the Rite Aid on Wes Allendale Avenue said he walked out with the strawberry lemonade vodka and a can of Coke under his jacket, Police Chief George Scherb said. After they processed and released him from headquarters on shoplifting charges, Gazso snatched a bottle of rum from…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Raging Fire That Destroyed Vacant Upper Saddle River Home Not Suspicious Raging Fire That Destroyed Vacant Upper Saddle River Home Not Suspicious Raging Fire That Destroyed Vacant Upper Saddle River Home Not Suspicious
Raging Fire That Destroyed Vacant Upper Saddle River Home Not Suspicious UPPER SADDLE RIVER, N.J. --  A raging fire that reduced a vacant Upper Saddle River home to rubble wasn't considered suspicious, authorities said. "All that was left was the foundation and the chimney," Detective Lt. Edward Kane said. No serious injuries were immediately reported in the Stevenson Lane blaze, which broke out just before 7 p.m. just east of Saddle River Road Kane said. Deer fled the area and columns of smoke were seen for miles. Neighbors said the owner died several years ago and that the house was being prepared for sale. Firefighters from Allendale, Ramsey, Saddl…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Park Ridge Businessman Admits Conning Toys R Us, Other Company Of $3M Park Ridge Businessman Admits Conning Toys R Us, Other Company Of $3M Park Ridge Businessman Admits Conning Toys R Us, Other Company Of $3M
Park Ridge Businessman Admits Conning Toys R Us, Other Company Of $3M UPDATE: A Park Ridge con man was sentenced Wednesday to 61 months in federal prison for using shell companies and phony invoices to scam both an international company he worked for and Toys R Us, where his now-deceased ex-wife had worked, out of $3 million. https://pascackvalley.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/park-ridge-businessman-gets-61-months-in-fed-pen-for-conning-toys-r-us-other-company-of-3m/741930/ ****** ORIGINAL STORY: A Park Ridge con man admitted Wednesday that he used shell companies and bogus invoices to scam an international company he worked for and Toys R Us, where his now-dec…

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