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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Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Ho-Ho-Kus Homes Evacuated: Downed Utility Line Sparks, Blows Manhole Cover Ho-Ho-Kus Homes Evacuated: Downed Utility Line Sparks, Blows Manhole Cover Ho-Ho-Kus Homes Evacuated: Downed Utility Line Sparks, Blows Manhole Cover
Ho-Ho-Kus Homes Evacuated: Downed Utility Line Sparks, Blows Manhole Cover HO-HO-KUS, N.J. – Video shows a downed power line in Ho-Ho-Kus that ignited a tree limb, eventually sparking an underground explosion that popped two manhole covers – nearly hitting emergency responders. ABC7 Eyewitness News video shows responders arriving at the Gilbert Road fire, which broke out just before 10 a.m. Thursday when a primary service line set the limb ablaze, cracking it off the tree. The falling limb yanked several power lines onto the roadway and on top of a nearby vehicle, Fire Lt. Dane Michael Policastro said Friday. “The high tension lines began arcing in the roadway an…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Stony Point, NY
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Garnerville Driver Behind Wheel Of Truck That Struck, Killed NJ Actor Garnerville Driver Behind Wheel Of Truck That Struck, Killed NJ Actor Garnerville Driver Behind Wheel Of Truck That Struck, Killed NJ Actor
Garnerville Driver Behind Wheel Of Truck That Struck, Killed NJ Actor A 34-year-old Garnerville driver was behind the wheel of a box truck that ran over and killed a local New Jersey actor after he tripped and fell in a northwest Bergen County parking lot Tuesday afternoon, authorities said. Thomas Morrissey, a 56-year-old father of three and grandfather of one, was walking through the lot when he tripped, fell and was run over by a 2016 Chevy box truck, police said. Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene. No charges were filed nor summonses issued, police said. An investigation was continuing. Morrissey was in dozens of productions at the Barn Theate…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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Port Authority PD Clears Storm-Downed Trees From Edgewater GWB Access Road Port Authority PD Clears Storm-Downed Trees From Edgewater GWB Access Road Port Authority PD Clears Storm-Downed Trees From Edgewater GWB Access Road
Port Authority PD Clears Storm-Downed Trees From Edgewater GWB Access Road EDGEWATER, N.J. -- Local public works employees weren't the only ones clearing paths for motorists after the heavy, wet snowfall: The Port Authority Police Department's Emergency Services Unit kept busy, as well. The units Truck 7a removed two fallen trees from the Edgewater access road to the New Jersey base of the George Washington Bridge in the afternoon. They left the road clear, the authority's Joseph Pentangelo said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Drugged Newark Man, 26, Walks Into Ridgewood School Drugged Newark Man, 26, Walks Into Ridgewood School Drugged Newark Man, 26, Walks Into Ridgewood School
Drugged Newark Man, 26, Walks Into Ridgewood School RIDGEWOOD, N.J. – Amid mounting reports of potential threats to schools and finding ways of keeping danger from getting in, a Ridgewood school had an alarming visitor of its own. One night last week, a 26-year-old Newark man under the influence of some type of drug walked into the Hawes Elementary School and asked for directions Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke revealed Thursday. Employees gave him directions and immediately called police, who found the stranger knocking over trash and recycling cans in the area, the chief said. They issued him a summons at headquarters, then had him taken…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Driver Incinerated By Fire From Live Downed Wire In Franklin Lakes Driver Incinerated By Fire From Live Downed Wire In Franklin Lakes Driver Incinerated By Fire From Live Downed Wire In Franklin Lakes
Driver Incinerated By Fire From Live Downed Wire In Franklin Lakes FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. -- A driver was incinerated after driving around traffic cones on a closed street and moving a downed live electric wire Thursday morning in Franklin Lakes, authorities said. Responding officers found the SUV fully engulfed on Summit Avenue near the intersection of Route 208 just before 9 a.m., Capt. John Bakelaar said. Anthony Gonzalez, a father of three, apparently ignored the closed stretch of road and drove around the cones, then got out of the car for some reason and came into contact with the wire, multiple responders said. Investigators from the Bergen County Me…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Firefighters Battle Hydrant Problems To Douse Allendale House Blaze Firefighters Battle Hydrant Problems To Douse Allendale House Blaze Firefighters Battle Hydrant Problems To Douse Allendale House Blaze
Firefighters Battle Hydrant Problems To Douse Allendale House Blaze ALLENDALE, N.J. -- Firefighters battled hydrant problems during a house blaze Wednesday that displaced an Allendale family. No injuries were reported after the three-alarm Carteret Road fire, which broke out around 11 a.m. and rekindled again during the operation. The cause wasn't immediately determined. Responders included colleagues from Glen Rock, Ho-Ho-Kus (FAST team), Franklin Lakes, Midland Park, Mahwah, Ramsey and Wyckoff.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgewood Girl, 4, Found Wandering In Snow Slipped Off From Siblings Ridgewood Girl, 4, Found Wandering In Snow Slipped Off From Siblings Ridgewood Girl, 4, Found Wandering In Snow Slipped Off From Siblings
Ridgewood Girl, 4, Found Wandering In Snow Slipped Off From Siblings RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- More than a half-dozen Ridgewood police officers who went on a door-to-door search after a toddler walked off from home Wednesday morning found the girl wandering in the snow. The 4-year-old girl's parents had gone shopping and left her asleep with her teenage siblings, Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke said. "Unbeknownst to her siblings, when the 4-year-old awoke, she decided to put on her jacket and boots and go look for her parents," the chief said.  A parent found the Union Street girl by herself, in a winter coat, and called police around 9:40 a.m. Officers…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Wayne Police Officer, Other Driver OK After Crash Wayne Police Officer, Other Driver OK After Crash Wayne Police Officer, Other Driver OK After Crash
Wayne Police Officer, Other Driver OK After Crash WAYNE, N.J. -- A Wayne police officer responding to an emergency call was involved in a crash Tuesday night. Both the officer and the other driver were checked out at the hospital and later released following the 6:30 p.m. crash at Hamburg Turnpike and Church Lane, authorities told Daily Voice. An investigation was continuing, they said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
HEROES: Port Authority Police Revive Newark Airport Heart Attack Victim HEROES: Port Authority Police Revive Newark Airport Heart Attack Victim HEROES: Port Authority Police Revive Newark Airport Heart Attack Victim
Heroes: Port Authority Police Revive Newark Airport Heart Attack Victim NEWARK, N.J. -- A Passaic County man traveling alone suddenly suffered a medical episode at Newark Airport and was revived by Port Authority police. Officers Jennifer Morrone and Matthew Vecchione found the 58-year-old Totowa victim face down and unconscious in Terminal A around 2:45 a.m. Wednesday, the Port Authority's Joseph Pentangelo said.The officer began CPR and administered a defibrillator shock that restored his heartbeat, he said. The victim was taken Newark Beth Israel Hospital.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgewood Girl, 4, Found Wandering In Snow Slipped Off From Siblings Ridgewood Girl, 4, Found Wandering In Snow Slipped Off From Siblings Ridgewood Girl, 4, Found Wandering In Snow Slipped Off From Siblings
Ridgewood Girl, 4, Found Wandering In Snow Slipped Off From Siblings RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- More than a half-dozen Ridgewood police officers who went on a door-to-door search after a toddler walked off from home Wednesday morning found the girl wandering in the snow. The 4-year-old girl's parents had gone shopping and left her asleep with her teenage siblings, Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke said. "Unbeknownst to her siblings, when the 4-year-old awoke, she decided to put on her jacket and boots and go look for her parents," the chief said.  A parent found the Union Street girl by herself, in a winter coat, and called police around 9:40 a.m. Officers…

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