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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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Illegally Parked Car Towed With Fort Lee Toddler Inside While Mom's In Bank Illegally Parked Car Towed With Fort Lee Toddler Inside While Mom's In Bank Illegally Parked Car Towed With Fort Lee Toddler Inside While Mom's In Bank
Illegally Parked Car Towed With Fort Lee Toddler Inside While Mom's In Bank FORT LEE, N.J. -- A mother was inside a Fort Lee bank when her illegally parked car was towed to an impound lot with her 2-year-old daughter still in the back seat, responders said. The 46-year-old borough woman had gone into the Chase Bank on Main Street early Monday evening, leaving the toddler asleep in the car, one said. The car was towed at 5:30 p.m., records show. At 5:56 p.m., a police dispatcher got a 911 call from the mother saying her car was missing, responders said. "The car was at the pound," one said. "The kid was in the backseat." Police charged the mot…

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Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Dumont Tax Preparer Fleeced Family Of $200,000, Authorities Charge Dumont Tax Preparer Fleeced Family Of $200,000, Authorities Charge Dumont Tax Preparer Fleeced Family Of $200,000, Authorities Charge
Dumont Tax Preparer Fleeced Family Of $200,000, Authorities Charge DUMONT, N.J. – A tax preparer from Dumont swindled a family out of $200,000, said authorities who arrested him Tuesday. Stephen Adler, 75, “misappropriated the victims’ money for his own personal use," Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. Calo said members of his Financial Crimes Unit last June “received a complaint from a family who had lost approximately $200,000 in what they believed to be an investment scheme operated by their tax preparer.” Between 2014 and 2015, he said, Adler “persuaded them to invest in what he described as a secure investment vehicle [that] would…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Fairview PD: Teen Muggers Caught Fairview PD: Teen Muggers Caught Fairview PD: Teen Muggers Caught
Fairview PD: Teen Muggers Caught FAIRVIEW, N.J. -- Fairview police nabbed two borough teenagers who they said beat and robbed two other teens after ambushing them on a local street. The victims weren't aware that Diakos Manolis, 19, had revenge in mind for a prior incident when he approached them and began walking with them near Bergenwood Road, Police Chief Martin Kahn said. Manolis was joined by Luis Christian Abreu, 18, who suddenly came up from behind, he said. Manolis and Abreu then began punching and kicking the victims, he said. The assault became a robbery when the pair took a baseball cap worth $50 and a bluetoo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Off-Duty Clifton Police Officer Helps Chase Down Burglary Suspect Off-Duty Clifton Police Officer Helps Chase Down Burglary Suspect Off-Duty Clifton Police Officer Helps Chase Down Burglary Suspect
Off-Duty Clifton Police Officer Helps Chase Down Burglary Suspect CLIFTON, N.J. – An off-duty Clifton police officer working a construction detail helped chase down a Hudson County man after he was spotted burglarizing a home with another man, authorities said. The Adams Street victim locked herself in a second-floor bathroom and called police after the 1:45 p.m. break-in on Monday, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. Moments later, Officer Todd Compesi spotted 34-year-old Mohammad Abdeljawad of North Bergen running through a backyard, he said. Abjeljawad ignored orders to stop and kept running into Paterson, where Clifton Police Officer Robert Suhey corn…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen Prosecutor: 'Helping Hand' Continues To Reach Opioid Addicts Bergen Prosecutor: 'Helping Hand' Continues To Reach Opioid Addicts Bergen Prosecutor: 'Helping Hand' Continues To Reach Opioid Addicts
Bergen Prosecutor: 'Helping Hand' Continues To Reach Opioid Addicts HACKENSACK, N.J. – More than three dozen heroin users arrested in Bergen County over a four-day period got more than summonses to appear in court: They were each also offered the opportunity to connect with a recovering addict who could one day help save his or her life. Of the 37 users given the chance, 19 of those charged with heroin agreed to work with a “recovery specialist” -- – a recovering addict who has remained clean and knows how to help them find treatment, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. A dozen of them completed 5-day detox and had long-term treatment options …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
'Joke' School Shooting Post Gets Garfield Boy, 12, Delinquency Complaint 'Joke' School Shooting Post Gets Garfield Boy, 12, Delinquency Complaint 'Joke' School Shooting Post Gets Garfield Boy, 12, Delinquency Complaint
'Joke' School Shooting Post Gets Garfield Boy, 12, Delinquency Complaint GARFIELD, N.J. – A 12-year-old Garfield boy must go before a family court judge after police said he threatened a school shooting on social media and then said it was just a joke. School officials notified police Friday morning about a “threatening post [that] indicated a Garfield school shooting was going to occur on Monday and then indicated that the post is a joke,” Capt. Darren Sucorowski said. School officials and police took it seriously: Detectives issued a delinquency complaint against the middle schooler for offenses which, if committed by an adult, would equal causing a false publ…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Prosecutor: PA Driver Found With Hidden $49,000 In Fort Lee Drug Stop Prosecutor: PA Driver Found With Hidden $49,000 In Fort Lee Drug Stop Prosecutor: PA Driver Found With Hidden $49,000 In Fort Lee Drug Stop
Prosecutor: PA Driver Found With Hidden $49,000 In Fort Lee Drug Stop FORT LEE, N.J. – A Pennsylvania man has $49,000 stashed in a hidden compartment of his Jeep when Bergen County prosecutor’s drug investigators stopped him in Fort Lee, authorities said. Jose Vargas-Negron, a 33-year-old crane operator from Leola, PA, was charged with money laundering and released pending an April 4 hearing in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack. The cash was seized for forfeiture. Narcotics Task Force members discovered the money in an electronically-operated hidden compartment after they stopped Vargas-Negron’s 2007 Jeep on Saturday, Acting Bergen County Prose…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority PD: 2x Limit Drunk Driver Blocks Lincoln Tunnel Entrance Port Authority PD: 2x Limit Drunk Driver Blocks Lincoln Tunnel Entrance Port Authority PD: 2x Limit Drunk Driver Blocks Lincoln Tunnel Entrance
Port Authority PD: 2x Limit Drunk Driver Blocks Lincoln Tunnel Entrance A woman who drove onto a concrete barrier, blocking traffic to an entrance ramp to the Lincoln Tunnel, registered more than twice the legal limit on an alcohol test, Port Authority police said. Lynda Mendez, 29, of West New York, was charged with DWI, reckless driving and willfully disabling a motor vehicle, among other counts, after PAPD officers responding to a 2:30 a.m. call Saturday found her 2015 Chevy sedan on the median that separates the Park Avenue entrance ramp from Boulevard East in Weehawken, the authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. The vehicle's position kept others from passing…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Judge Orders Rapper Who Left Gun In Bag At Newark Airport Remain Detained Judge Orders Rapper Who Left Gun In Bag At Newark Airport Remain Detained Judge Orders Rapper Who Left Gun In Bag At Newark Airport Remain Detained
Judge Orders Rapper Who Left Gun In Bag At Newark Airport Remain Detained A federal magistrate judge on Monday ordered that Passaic County rapper Juelz Santana remain in custody for leaving a bag with a gun inside it at Newark Airport earlier this month. ****** UPDATE: A federal grand jury has indicted Passaic County rapper Juelz Santana on charges of bringing a bag with a gun inside into Newark Airport earlier this year. https://southpassaic.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/rapper-juelz-santana-indicted-federally-for-gun-in-newark-airport-bag/736537/ ****** U.S. Magistrate Judge James B. Clark 3rd wasn't satisfied with the bond package presented by the lawyer for S…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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3 Years For Passaic County Podiatrist Who Scammed Insurers Out Of $3M 3 Years For Passaic County Podiatrist Who Scammed Insurers Out Of $3M 3 Years For Passaic County Podiatrist Who Scammed Insurers Out Of $3M
3 Years For Passaic County Podiatrist Who Scammed Insurers Out Of $3M PASSAIC COUNTY, N.J. -- A North Haledon podiatrist who had offices in Passaic and Paterson got three years in federal prison Monday for conning Medicare and private insurers out of $3 million for more than 150,000 physical therapy sessions conducted by unlicensed and unqualified employees. Because there's no parole in the federal prison system, Anthony J. Enrico, 60, will have to serve nearly all of the sentence. Enrico told a U.S. District Court judge in Newark last October that he billed for more than 150,000 physical therapy sessions that were conducted by unlicensed and unqualified pers…

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