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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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
PD: Failed Knifepoint Robber From Ridgefield Park Leaves Dollar For Donut PD: Failed Knifepoint Robber From Ridgefield Park Leaves Dollar For Donut PD: Failed Knifepoint Robber From Ridgefield Park Leaves Dollar For Donut
PD: Failed Knifepoint Robber From Ridgefield Park Leaves Dollar For Donut RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J. -- A Ridgefield Park man who tried to rob a local Dunkin Donuts at knifepoint got only a donut for his troubles -- then left a buck behind for it, authorities said. A patrol sergeant recognized Kevin A. Almodovar, 21, from surveillance video on Tuesday after the abortive weekend robbery. An employee at the Main Street store told responding officers jthat the 20-something robber was wearing a dark colored Carhart jacket, dark colored hoodie and red winter-style hat, carrying a tan and orange backpack when he entered the store around 6:30 p.m. Saturday brandishing a larg…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Teacher’s Assistant Admits Selling Oxy At Fort Lee School For 7 Years Teacher’s Assistant Admits Selling Oxy At Fort Lee School For 7 Years Teacher’s Assistant Admits Selling Oxy At Fort Lee School For 7 Years
Teacher’s Assistant Admits Selling Oxy At Fort Lee School For 7 Years FORT LEE, N.J. -- A teacher's assistant admitted Tuesday that he sold tens of thousands of oxycodone pills for nearly seven years while he was working at a Fort Lee elementary school. Gary Dimick, 33, of North Bergen "faces serious prison time for his actions," said Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York in Manhattan. Dimick sold more than 25,000 30-milligram oxycodone tablets for $20 to $30 a tablet, Berman said, "on the grounds" of School No. 1 on Hoym Street, where records show he was employed. Who the customers were wasn…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Sheriff: Bloomingdale Drive-By Drug Buyer Nearly Runs Down Detective Sheriff: Bloomingdale Drive-By Drug Buyer Nearly Runs Down Detective Sheriff: Bloomingdale Drive-By Drug Buyer Nearly Runs Down Detective
Sheriff: Bloomingdale Drive-By Drug Buyer Nearly Runs Down Detective PATERSON, N.J. -- A drive-by drug buyer from out of town nearly ran down a Passaic County sheriff's detective during a Paterson street bust, authorities said. Acting on a tip, detectives were watching when a red Mazda double-parked in front of 247 Liberty Street around 8:30 p.m. Monday, Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. Moments later, 27-year-old Savion L. Clark came out, handed the driver several items and received cash in return, the sheriff said. Clark then got into an idling black Chevrolet as detectives moved in. Seeing this, driver Mathew Paventa, 28, of Bloomingdale hit the gas, nea…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Break Down Barriers, Come To South Hackensack 'Coffee With A Cop' Break Down Barriers, Come To South Hackensack 'Coffee With A Cop' Break Down Barriers, Come To South Hackensack 'Coffee With A Cop'
Break Down Barriers, Come To South Hackensack 'Coffee With A Cop' SOUTH HACKENSACK, N.J. -- South Hackensack police are hosting the popular "Coffee With a Cop" get-together. Come meet the borough's finest at Cafe 46 (388 Route 46 West) from 8 to 11 a.m. Saturday, April 7. There'll be no speeches or agendas -- just coffee and conversation aimed at building relationships and understanding. And the java is on the men in blue. The majority of contacts the public has with law enforcement comes during emergencies or emotional situations -- not always the best times for relationship-building. "Coffee With A Cop" is a national initiative su…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Nine Charged In Paterson-Based Cocaine-Supply Ring: Kilos, Guns, Cash Found Nine Charged In Paterson-Based Cocaine-Supply Ring: Kilos, Guns, Cash Found Nine Charged In Paterson-Based Cocaine-Supply Ring: Kilos, Guns, Cash Found
Nine Charged In Paterson-Based Cocaine-Supply Ring: Kilos, Guns, Cash Found PATERSON, N.J. -- Nine members of a Paterson-based major cocaine supply network were indicted following a joint investigation that involved the Passaic County Sheriff's Office and State Police, authorities said Tuesday. Investigators seized nearly 18 pounds of cocaine, a small quantity of heroin, 82 pills containing fentanyl, three handguns and more than $76,000 in drug proceeds during what was called “Operation Stillwater,” Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. The top suppliers in the network are all from Paterson, New Jersey's third-largest city, Grewal said: Jose Encarnacion, 35, wa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Jersey Shore ISIS Wannabe Facing 16+ Years After Admitting NYC Bomb Plot Jersey Shore ISIS Wannabe Facing 16+ Years After Admitting NYC Bomb Plot Jersey Shore ISIS Wannabe Facing 16+ Years After Admitting NYC Bomb Plot
Jersey Shore ISIS Wannabe Facing 16+ Years After Admitting NYC Bomb Plot A would-be jihadist from the Jersey Shore is headed to federal prison for at least 16 years after admitting Tuesday that he planned to detonate a pressure-cooker bomb in Manhattan for ISIS. Gregory Lepsky, 20, of Point Pleasant told a federal judge in Trenton that he began hatching the plan in January 2017, accessing ISIS directives and bomb-making instructions and buying the necessary items to detonate a Boston Marathon-style bomb. Under the terms of a plea agreement negotiated with federal prosecutors, Lepsky will be sentenced to 16 to 19 years in prison and lifetime supervised release, U…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Clifton Burglary Victim: Second Break-In Thwarted Clifton Burglary Victim: Second Break-In Thwarted Clifton Burglary Victim: Second Break-In Thwarted
Clifton Burglary Victim: Second Break-In Thwarted CLIFTON, N.J. -- A Clifton woman told police she scared off a burglar just three days after her apartment was broken into and ransacked. The woman said she was asleep in her bedroom on Lake Avenue near Van Winkle Avenue when the sound of someone trying to come in through the bathroom woke her around 9:20 a.m. Monday. She told police she made a noise to scare off the intruder, then saw a shadow run past her window, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. Last Friday night, someone entered the same apartment through the bathroom window when no one was home and took jewelry and various other items…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Surprise Package From Austin, TX Brings Bomb Squad To Washington Township Surprise Package From Austin, TX Brings Bomb Squad To Washington Township Surprise Package From Austin, TX Brings Bomb Squad To Washington Township
Surprise Package From Austin, TX Brings Bomb Squad To Washington Township WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- Authorities summoned the bomb squad Monday night after a Washington Township homeowner received what was initially considered a suspicious package from Austin, TX. The package turned out to be an unexpected family photo with an Austin postmark, responders told Daily Voice. The homeowner became concerned because of a series of recent package explosions in the Texas city in which two people were killed and a 75-year-old woman seriously injured.   Two occurred within hours of one another on Monday. The other was on March 2. Authorities in Texas believe all three w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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Wyckoff Con Man Gets 12 Years In Fed Prison For Mortgage Fraud, Tax Evasion Wyckoff Con Man Gets 12 Years In Fed Prison For Mortgage Fraud, Tax Evasion Wyckoff Con Man Gets 12 Years In Fed Prison For Mortgage Fraud, Tax Evasion
Wyckoff Con Man Gets 12 Years In Fed Prison For Mortgage Fraud, Tax Evasion WYCKOFF, N.J. -- A former settlement agent from Wyckoff was sentenced Monday to 12 years in federal prison for bank fraud and other crimes involving refinanced properties in Bergen and Morris counties. Unlike the state of New Jersey, there's no parole in the federal prison system -- meaning that Mark Andreotti, 47, must serve out nearly his entire sentence. Federal jurors last fall found Andreotti guilty of defrauding banks out of $1.1 million using phony property loan applications while failing to pay more than $450,000 in personal income taxes following a two-week trial. Prosecutors show…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
More Prison Time For Fort Lee Con Man Who Used Prisoners' IDs On Claims More Prison Time For Fort Lee Con Man Who Used Prisoners' IDs On Claims More Prison Time For Fort Lee Con Man Who Used Prisoners' IDs On Claims
More Prison Time For Fort Lee Con Man Who Used Prisoners' IDs On Claims FORT LEE, N.J. – A former Fort Lee mortgage broker already headed to a federal pen must also spend at least three years in state prison for filing bogus unemployment and temporary disability claims that netted $317,736 by using the names of prison inmates. Jose Crespo, 52, must also pay the government back after pleading guilty last April to computer theft. Crespo's wife, Marilyn Crespo, 50, pleaded guilty to theft charge and was sentenced to a drug court program that carries a five-year prison sentence if she fails to meet its requirements. Her husband's friend, Craig Mallone, 62, of Wilm…

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