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.

Jerry DeMarco's Contributions

Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
New Milford Dedicates New HQ, Road Named For Late Lieutenant New Milford Dedicates New HQ, Road Named For Late Lieutenant New Milford Dedicates New HQ, Road Named For Late Lieutenant
New Milford Dedicates New HQ, Road Named For Late Lieutenant NEW MILFORD, N.J. -- It wasn't your usual building dedication: New Milford Police Chief Frank Ramaci not only cut the ribbon on a state-of-the art headquarters last week -- the entrance road was named for late Detective Lt. Brian Long. The new, 14,315-square-foot, $3.9 million headquarters replaces an absolute facility built in 1959. Planning for the new police headquarters began in 2004, but serious considerations didn't begin until several years later. Two Brothers Construction broke ground in the fall of 2016. On Saturday, police, public officials and others attended the double ceremo…

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Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Garfield Shoplifter Caught Carrying Car Burglary Proceeds, Police Say Garfield Shoplifter Caught Carrying Car Burglary Proceeds, Police Say Garfield Shoplifter Caught Carrying Car Burglary Proceeds, Police Say
Garfield Shoplifter Caught Carrying Car Burglary Proceeds, Police Say GARFIELD, N.J. -- Garfield police got more than they expected when they busted a shoplifter before dawn Monday and found him carrying a credit card stolen during a car burglary less than an hour and a half before, authorities said. Dion C. Coleman, 27, of West Milford was nabbed just after 1 a.m. at the Walmart on Passaic Street, Detective Capt. Darren Sucorowski said. Police found him carrying the card and other items taken during a car break-in reported on Harrison Avenue around 11:45 p.m. Coleman was charged with burglary, receiving stolen property and credit card theft. He was being h…

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Glen Rock PD: Ho-Ho-Kus Driver Slams BMW Into Tree Glen Rock PD: Ho-Ho-Kus Driver Slams BMW Into Tree Glen Rock PD: Ho-Ho-Kus Driver Slams BMW Into Tree
Glen Rock PD: Ho-Ho-Kus Driver Slams BMW Into Tree GLEN ROCK, N.J. -- A 63-year-old Ho-Ho-Kus driver had to be cut out by firefighters after his BMW sedan slammed into a tree in Glen Rock, authorities said. Police were trying to determine what caused Thursday crash on Maple Avenue just north of Harristown Road just after 6:30 p.m., Police Chief Dean Ackermann said Monday. No alcohol or drugs were involved, he said. The driver was taken to The Valley Hospital with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening, Ackermann said. A witness who'd been driving behind him told police the southbound vehicle "began to swerve and drove dire…

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Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Special Delivery: Baby Girl, Courtesy Of New Milford Police Special Delivery: Baby Girl, Courtesy Of New Milford Police Special Delivery: Baby Girl, Courtesy Of New Milford Police
Special Delivery: Baby Girl, Courtesy Of New Milford Police NEW MILFORD, N.J. -- A trio of New Milford police officers helped deliver a newborn girl Sunday morning. Officer Samuel Gerais arrived at the Huguenot Drive home just before 8:30 a.m. to find the woman in labor, Detective Lt. Kevin Van Saders said. Gerais, who helped delivered the newborn, was joined by Sgt. Justin Pisano and Capt. Kevin Kiene, along with a BLS unit from Holy Name Medical Center and Hackensack University Medical Center ALS, the lieutenant said. Mother and daughter were doing well after being taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, Van Saders said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
VIDEOS: Victims Survive Horrific Crash Into Route 4 Restaurant In Paramus VIDEOS: Victims Survive Horrific Crash Into Route 4 Restaurant In Paramus VIDEOS: Victims Survive Horrific Crash Into Route 4 Restaurant In Paramus
Videos: Victims Survive Horrific Crash Into Route 4 Restaurant In Paramus PARAMUS, N.J. -- Two speeding vehicles slammed into the side of a Route 4 restaurant in Paramus late Saturday, taking a parked car with them, in a horrific crash that sent at least three victims to the hospital. Somehow, none of them sustained injuries that would be considered life-threatening, police said. A pickup truck and another vehicle took out a utility pole, a tree, a fire hydrant and a third vehicle as they careened into the side of the Chakra Restaurant -- leaving a Jeep upside down against the wall -- a short distance past where Route 208 becomes eastbound Route 4. No patrons we…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Stony Point, NY
Breaking News
U.S. Attorney: Accomplice Of Stony Point Heroin Dealer Indicted U.S. Attorney: Accomplice Of Stony Point Heroin Dealer Indicted U.S. Attorney: Accomplice Of Stony Point Heroin Dealer Indicted
U.S. Attorney: Accomplice Of Stony Point Heroin Dealer Indicted STONY POINT, N.Y. -- Federal grand jurors indicted an accused accomplice of an admitted Stony Point heroin dealer in connection with an organized ring that distributed pounds of the drug in Rockland, Bergen and Passaic counties. Reinaldo “Money” Rodriguez, 29, was part of a network that that stretched from the Bronx to Paterson and into suburban towns in three counties, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Craig Carpenito said. The ring included included Joseph Trimarco, 30, of Stony Point, NY, who worked out a deal with federal prosecutors in exchange for a guilty plea. Trimarco is awaiting senten…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Rochelle Park House Fire Doused Rochelle Park House Fire Doused Rochelle Park House Fire Doused
Rochelle Park House Fire Doused ROCHELLE PARK, N.J. -- Firefighters doused a Rochelle Park house blaze Saturday afternoon.No one was injured in the two-alarm fire on South Drive. Flames in the walls extended to the second floor. Joining township firefighters were their colleagues from Maywood, Paramus, Saddle Brook and Hackensack. Rochelle Park police and EMS also responded.

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Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Paramus Firefighters Stop Brush Blaze From Reaching Home Paramus Firefighters Stop Brush Blaze From Reaching Home Paramus Firefighters Stop Brush Blaze From Reaching Home
Paramus Firefighters Stop Brush Blaze From Reaching Home PARAMUS, N.J. -- Paramus firefighters quickly doused a brush fire Saturday afternoon before it could reach a single-family home and detached garage. An outdoor fire pit apparently ignited the blaze in the 400 block of Gregory Road. Paramus Engine Cos. #3 and #1 responded. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this article.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
16 Years Later: FBI Nabs Bergen-Based Fugitive In $2.8 Million Scam 16 Years Later: FBI Nabs Bergen-Based Fugitive In $2.8 Million Scam 16 Years Later: FBI Nabs Bergen-Based Fugitive In $2.8 Million Scam
16 Years Later: FBI Nabs Bergen-Based Fugitive In $2.8 Million Scam EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- After a 16-year international manhunt, the FBI nabbed a Middle Eastern organized crime figure who conned New Jersey mom-and-pop stores out of computer equipment as part of an East Rutherford-based criminal enterprise that gathered $2.8 million in illegal profits, authorities said Friday. Some of the small business owners were wiped out by the group of thieves that included Steven Nacim, 50, a naturalized U.S. citizen living in Newark who fled to his native Morocco in 2002 to avoid prosecution for his crimes, federal authorities said. A federal judge in Newark on Fri…

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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Former Coach Charged With Stalking Cliffside Park Teen Former Coach Charged With Stalking Cliffside Park Teen Former Coach Charged With Stalking Cliffside Park Teen
Former Coach Charged With Stalking Cliffside Park Teen CLIFFSIDE PARK, N.J. -- A former softball coach was charged with stalking and harassing a Cliffside Park teen. Police had warned John Migliaccio, 31, to stay away from the 18-year-old girl, with whom he'd an "inappropriate personal and emotional relationship" when she was 16 years old, Lt. Vincent Capano told Daily Voice. "There were inappropriate texts -- not sexual," the lieutenant said. "The parents were disturbed by this and spoke to him.  "We'd spoken to him before, too, and told him to stay away." Last week, Migliacco -- a volunteer firefighter who…

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