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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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgefield PD: Stopped Speeder Had Dozens Of Bogus Driver's Licenses, Cards Ridgefield PD: Stopped Speeder Had Dozens Of Bogus Driver's Licenses, Cards Ridgefield PD: Stopped Speeder Had Dozens Of Bogus Driver's Licenses, Cards
Ridgefield PD: Stopped Speeder Had Dozens Of Bogus Driver's Licenses, Cards RIDGEFIELD, N.J. – A Ridgefield police sergeant found dozens of fake credit cards and bogus driver's licenses from different states when he stopped a North Carolina ID thief's speeding pickup truck before dawn, authorities said. Ramon E. Azular III, 29,  also wasn't maintaining a lane when Sgt. Edward Schaefer stopped his Texas-registered 2017 Nissan Frontier on southbound Broad Avenue just after 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, Deputy Police Chief Robert Meurer said. Approaching the pickup, Schaefer “detected a strong odor of raw marijuana,” Meurer said. The sergeant allowed Azular to retrieve his cred…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Clifton PD: Drug-Dealing Driver Pepper-Sprayed After Resisting Arrest Clifton PD: Drug-Dealing Driver Pepper-Sprayed After Resisting Arrest Clifton PD: Drug-Dealing Driver Pepper-Sprayed After Resisting Arrest
Clifton PD: Drug-Dealing Driver Pepper-Sprayed After Resisting Arrest CLIFTON, N.J. -- Clifton police had to use pepper spray and a baton to subdue a driver who fought against being removed from his car after an overnight drug stop Wednesday, authorities said. Officer Jomarcell Urena was joined by fellow Officers James Zenock and Alessio Esposito after he stopped a 2005 Acura TSX on Lakeview Avenue near Garretsee Place around 2:10 a.m., Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. The driver, 25-year-old Joseph Lee of Clifton, had no registration or insurance and refused to get out of the car, which smelled of marijuana, Bracken said. "The vehicle's tinted window…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Undercover Oxy Buys Lead To Arrest Of Rutherford Delivery Driver, 61 Undercover Oxy Buys Lead To Arrest Of Rutherford Delivery Driver, 61 Undercover Oxy Buys Lead To Arrest Of Rutherford Delivery Driver, 61
Undercover Oxy Buys Lead To Arrest Of Rutherford Delivery Driver, 61 RUTHERFORD, N.J. – A Rutherford delivery driver delivered Oxycodone pills to an undercover Bergen County prosecutor’s detective three separate times, leading to his arrest, authorities said. Investigators made the buys after learning in November that Steven Lanza, 61, was dealing the prescribed painkiller, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. They arrested him Tuesday on drug distribution charges after the third buy, records show. Lanza was released pending an April 4 first appearance in Central Judicial Municipal Court in Hackensack.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
VIDEO: Route 208 Rollover In Hawthorne Sends 2 To Hospital VIDEO: Route 208 Rollover In Hawthorne Sends 2 To Hospital VIDEO: Route 208 Rollover In Hawthorne Sends 2 To Hospital
Video: Route 208 Rollover In Hawthorne Sends 2 To Hospital HAWTHORNE, N.J. -- Two people were hospitalized after one of two cars involved in a Tuesday night crash on northbound Route 208 in Hawthorne rolled over. Injuries for both didn't appear life-threatening. The crash near Lincoln Avenue temporarily closed the highway. Hawthorne police firefighters and EMS were assisted by police from Glen Rock and Ridgewood. A paramedic team from The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood assisted their local colleagues with patient evaluation.  The rolled-over vehicle was removed from the scene by a flatbed tow truck. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this report

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
VIDEO: Rollover Crash Closes Two Lanes Of Route 17 In Paramus VIDEO: Rollover Crash Closes Two Lanes Of Route 17 In Paramus VIDEO: Rollover Crash Closes Two Lanes Of Route 17 In Paramus
Video: Rollover Crash Closes Two Lanes Of Route 17 In Paramus PARAMUS, N.J. -- One occupant was hospitalized and a dog was taken to Oradell Animal Hospital after a utility pole crash that rolled a Dodge Ram onto its side on northbound Route 17 in Paramus Tuesday night. The crash occurred outside the Popeye's just north of Ridgewood Avenue, closing the right and center lane of the highway and jamming traffic for miles. Paramus police, firefighters, EMS and OEM responded, as was a PSE&G crew that stabilized the downed pole and restrung the dangling wires. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this article. ****** ALSO SEE: An unemployed Massachusetts cou…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Paramus Bust: 7 Pounds Heroin, 2+ Pounds Cocaine, $40G Found Hidden In Car Paramus Bust: 7 Pounds Heroin, 2+ Pounds Cocaine, $40G Found Hidden In Car Paramus Bust: 7 Pounds Heroin, 2+ Pounds Cocaine, $40G Found Hidden In Car
Paramus Bust: 7 Pounds Heroin, 2+ Pounds Cocaine, $40G Found Hidden In Car An unemployed Massachusetts couple had nearly seven pounds of heroin, more than two pounds of cocaine and $40,000 in drug proceeds stashed in hidden compartments of their vehicle when they were stopped in Paramus by members of a joint county, state and federal task force, authorities said. Candido Tomasini, 35, and Maribel Roman, 40, of Fitchburg were both ordered held in the Bergen County Jail pending a detention hearing this Friday, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. Prosecutor’s detectives teamed up with agents from the DEA, the New York State Drug Enforcement Task Force, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
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Lyndhurst Laborer Charged With Stalking, Cyber-Harassment Lyndhurst Laborer Charged With Stalking, Cyber-Harassment Lyndhurst Laborer Charged With Stalking, Cyber-Harassment
Lyndhurst Laborer Charged With Stalking, Cyber-Harassment LYNDHURST, N.J. – A Lyndhurst laborer posed as someone else to send alarming text messages to himself and a stalking victim, said authorities who arrested him. Sean D. Slattery, 35, lied to detectives “and was the person who used the Internet to create the alarming and harassing messages, which were designed to appear as if the sender was someone else,” and sent them to himself and the 24-year-old victim, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. Slattery was charged with stalking and cyber-harassment and released pending an April 4 appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Englewood Officer Hangs On To Car Door As Gunman Speeds Off Englewood Officer Hangs On To Car Door As Gunman Speeds Off Englewood Officer Hangs On To Car Door As Gunman Speeds Off
Englewood Officer Hangs On To Car Door As Gunman Speeds Off ENGLEWOOD, N.J. -- A passenger in a car stopped by Englewood police jumped into the driver's seat, reached for a gun in his pocket and sped off with a police officer hanging onto the door, authorities said. Officer Maciej Mlynaryk was able to turn the ignition off, slowing the car, which struck a curb, they said.But the driver "continued to reach for his gun, fight with the officers and attempt to restart the car" before they took him into custody, Detective Capt. Timothy Torell said Tuesday. The officers found the loaded .40-caliber semi-automatic pistol he was reaching for, in a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Suspicious Package Sticking From Ridgefield Park Mailbox Brings Bomb Squad Suspicious Package Sticking From Ridgefield Park Mailbox Brings Bomb Squad Suspicious Package Sticking From Ridgefield Park Mailbox Brings Bomb Squad
Suspicious Package Sticking From Ridgefield Park Mailbox Brings Bomb Squad RIDGEDFIELD PARK, N.J. -- What turned out to be a harmless package sticking out of a U.S. Postal Service box near the Ridgefield Park Municipal Building late Tuesday morning brought the bomb squad. Village police secured the area and notified area residents and business owners and summoned the Bergen County Sheriff's Bomb Squad, which inspected the package -- a traditional rectangular-shaped cardboard box -- and the mailbox, Lt. Joseph Rella said. A little over 15 minutes later, the scene was cleared.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
SEEN HIM? Home Invader Held Elderly Couple, Others At Knifepoint SEEN HIM? Home Invader Held Elderly Couple, Others At Knifepoint SEEN HIM? Home Invader Held Elderly Couple, Others At Knifepoint
Seen HIM? Home Invader Held Elderly Couple, Others At Knifepoint CLIFTON, N.J. -- Detectives believe they may be closer to finding a man who forced his way into an elderly Clifton couple's home at knifepoint. The man in the sketch knocked on the door around 4 a.m. last Oct. 14, then grabbed the 72-year-old resident who answered and forced her inside, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. After pulling a knife, he held her, an 82-year-old resident and two other family members at bay "while he searched the home and demanded money," Bracken said. He eventually fled without anything or hurting anyone, the lieutenant said. Evidence was recovered a sh…

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