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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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Car/Truck Event Boosts Scholarship Named For Slain Fair Lawn Police Officer Car/Truck Event Boosts Scholarship Named For Slain Fair Lawn Police Officer Car/Truck Event Boosts Scholarship Named For Slain Fair Lawn Police Officer
Car/Truck Event Boosts Scholarship Named For Slain Fair Lawn Police Officer FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- Kids can climb aboard trucks and equipment of all sizes to help raise money for scholarships established in the name of a slain Fair Lawn Police Officer Mary Ann Collura at a special car show, "Touch a Truck" and bicycle rodeo. Fair Lawn police and PBA Local #67, along with AAA, will host the April 21 event from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Memorial Park (at Berdan Avenue & First Street). Admission is free. The bicycle rodeo sponsored by AAA North Jersey will include lessons in bicycle safety, education and maintenance. The FLPD's Community Policing unit will have…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
TEXTERS, BEWARE: NJ Police On Lookout For Distracted Drivers TEXTERS, BEWARE: NJ Police On Lookout For Distracted Drivers TEXTERS, BEWARE: NJ Police On Lookout For Distracted Drivers
Texters, Beware: NJ Police On Lookout For Distracted Drivers With driver inattention contributing to crashes in New Jersey at a rate nine times higher than speed, local police are amping up for another “UDrive. UText. UPay.” campaign. Beginning April 1, officers will target motorists who talk or text on hand-held cellphones while driving as part of a three-week crackdown aimed at reducing crashes. “Distracted driving is possibly the most serious safety issue on our roadways today,” said Gary Poedubicky, Acting Director of the New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety. "The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that in 20…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Westwood Crash: Pickup Versus Sedan Westwood Crash: Pickup Versus Sedan Westwood Crash: Pickup Versus Sedan
Westwood Crash: Pickup Versus Sedan WESTWOOD, N.J. -- A sedan got the worst of it Thursday afternoon after colliding head-on with a pickup truck in Westwood. The sedan driver had an apparent arm injury otherwise wasn't seriously injured in the 1 p.m. crash outside Becker Funeral Home on Kinderkamack Road. The pickup driver appeared OK. ****** ALSO SEE:  TEXTERS, BEWARE: With driver inattention contributing to crashes in New Jersey at a rate nine times higher than speed, local police are amping up for another “UDrive. UText. UPay.” campaign. https://hackensack.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/texters-beware-nj-police-on-lookout-…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Hackensack PD: Homeless Offender Leaves Court Summonses In Burglarized Car Hackensack PD: Homeless Offender Leaves Court Summonses In Burglarized Car Hackensack PD: Homeless Offender Leaves Court Summonses In Burglarized Car
Hackensack PD: Homeless Offender Leaves Court Summonses In Burglarized Car HACKENSACK, N.J. -- A homeless man who'd been living at the shelter in Hackensack left two court summonses behind in a car he'd just burglarized, authorities said. Officer C. Lara-Nunez recognized the name of 32-year-old Anthony Burks on the Hackensack Municipal Court summonses found between the car seats, Capt. Peter Busciglio said. Moments later, Lara-Nunez spotted Burks, who apologized and offered to return the two phone chargers, a power adapter and 10 sweatshirts bearing a company logo that he'd taken from the vehicle, the captain said. He also turned over a tablet that he said he'd f…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson Bust Near Day-Care Center: 3,148 Heroin Bags, AR-15, .357 Magnum Paterson Bust Near Day-Care Center: 3,148 Heroin Bags, AR-15, .357 Magnum Paterson Bust Near Day-Care Center: 3,148 Heroin Bags, AR-15, .357 Magnum
Paterson Bust Near Day-Care Center: 3,148 Heroin Bags, AR-15, .357 Magnum PATERSON, N.J. -- Paterson detectives seized nearly 3,150 bags of heroin, an AR-15 rifle and a high-powered handgun while arresting an 18-year-old city man during a drug bust at a private home across the street from a day care center, authorities said. Investigators who watched as sales went down moved in at 7:20 p.m. Tuesday and arrested Marshall Stevenson on various drug and weapons charges, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Found during a raid of the house on the corner of East 28th Street -- across from the Paterson Public Schools 14th Avenue Early Learning Center -- Speziale said, w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Passaic Sheriff's Raid: 1½ Lbs Of Raw Cocaine, 4 Oz Of Pot, Customer List Passaic Sheriff's Raid: 1½ Lbs Of Raw Cocaine, 4 Oz Of Pot, Customer List Passaic Sheriff's Raid: 1½ Lbs Of Raw Cocaine, 4 Oz Of Pot, Customer List
Passaic Sheriff's Raid: 1½ Lbs Of Raw Cocaine, 4 Oz Of Pot, Customer List PATERSON, N.J. – Passaic County sheriff’s detectives found 1½ pounds of raw cocaine, a quarter-pound of pot and a customer ledger at the apartment of an accused dealer, authorities said. Maximo Tavaras, 56, gave them permission to search his Mills Street apartment and an adjacent storage room, Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said Wednesday. Along with the raw cocaine (valued at $24,000 wholesale) and the marijuana ($3,000), they seized found 32 Xanax pills, two digital scales, empty zip-locking and vacuum-sealed bags and nearly $2,000 in drug proceeds, the sheriff said. Maximo remained held Wed…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
HEROES: Heart-Attack Victim, 13, Rescued By Teaneck Ambulance Corps HEROES: Heart-Attack Victim, 13, Rescued By Teaneck Ambulance Corps HEROES: Heart-Attack Victim, 13, Rescued By Teaneck Ambulance Corps
Heroes: Heart-Attack Victim, 13, Rescued By Teaneck Ambulance Corps TEANECK, N.J. – After nearly two weeks in the hospital, a 13-year-old girl who was rescued by members of the Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corps after suffering a heart attack is ready to go home. Doctors said it was fortunate that relatives quickly noticed and called for help. Another stroke of luck: The family’s second-floor apartment is less than five blocks from TVAC's Windsor Road headquarters. Four EMTs were stationed there when the call came in at 10 p.m. March 8, TVAC Public Information Officer Larry Robertson said Wednesday. They got there in two minutes and were joined by two addi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
PHOTOS: Snow Plow Catches Fire In Wyckoff PHOTOS: Snow Plow Catches Fire In Wyckoff PHOTOS: Snow Plow Catches Fire In Wyckoff
Photos: Snow Plow Catches Fire In Wyckoff WYCKOFF, N.J. -- No injuries were reported when the engine of a privately-owned snow plow/salt spreader caught fire Wednesday in Wyckoff. Borough firefighters quickly put down the blaze in front of Cedar Hill Christian Reformed Church on Cedar Hill Avenue.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Bail Reform: Port Authority PD Nabs Diaper Thief Twice In Less Than A Week Bail Reform: Port Authority PD Nabs Diaper Thief Twice In Less Than A Week Bail Reform: Port Authority PD Nabs Diaper Thief Twice In Less Than A Week
Bail Reform: Port Authority PD Nabs Diaper Thief Twice In Less Than A Week The same repeat offender they caught stealing disposable diapers from a Hudson County drug store last week tried it again just days later, Port Authority police said Wednesday. Jose L. Rosario, 31, also was busted in January, after police in Morris County said they caught him stumbling through traffic on Route 46 carrying PCP-laced cigarettes, records show. Last Friday, Port Authority police grabbed Rosario after he swiped three boxes of diapers from the Duane Reade in the PATH Plaza at Journal Square, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said. He’d had active warrants out of Jersey City at t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Waste Treatment Plant Fire On Hudson River In North Bergen Goes To 4 Alarms Waste Treatment Plant Fire On Hudson River In North Bergen Goes To 4 Alarms Waste Treatment Plant Fire On Hudson River In North Bergen Goes To 4 Alarms
Waste Treatment Plant Fire On Hudson River In North Bergen Goes To 4 Alarms NORTH BERGEN, N.J. – (UPDATE) Authorities urged residents and merchants in the area to keep their windows closed and stay indoors early Wednesday afternoon as firefighters doused a stubborn blaze at a waste treatment plant undergoing renovations on the Hudson River in North Bergen. The fast-moving fire at the township Municipal Authority treatment plant in the 7100 block of River Road, just beneath the Galaxy Towers in Guttenberg, was ignited just before 9 a.m. by a worker using a torch, authorities said. The blaze went to four alarms and continued to burn before being brought under control…

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