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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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
HEROES: Ramsey Police Officers Revive Heart Attack Victim HEROES: Ramsey Police Officers Revive Heart Attack Victim HEROES: Ramsey Police Officers Revive Heart Attack Victim
Heroes: Ramsey Police Officers Revive Heart Attack Victim RAMSEY, N.J. – An engaged woman who had a heart attack at a friend’s home in Ramsey might not have seen her next birthday, much less her wedding, if not for two borough police officers who brought her back to life. After feeling chest pains, the Tampa woman suddenly passed out and was semi-conscious on the living-room floor of her friend’s Harlind Terrace home when Officer Matthew Rork found her just after 6 a.m. one day last fall. “I remember waking up with a severe chest pain early that morning and waking up my friend and fiancé,” the woman said of the Sept. 3 incident. They were about t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Teen Snatches Purse From Clifton Woman, 80 Teen Snatches Purse From Clifton Woman, 80 Teen Snatches Purse From Clifton Woman, 80
Teen Snatches Purse From Clifton Woman, 80 CLIFTON, N.J. -- An 80-year-old Clifton woman had her pursue snatched from her hands by an underage thief, authorities said. The woman told police she approached by the boy, who began talking with her on Lake Avenue near the Botany Square Shopping Center around noon Tuesday before pushing her, yanking the purse away and running off with it, Sgt. Robert Anderson said. "No weapon was used or threatened, and the victim was not injured," he said. Anderson asked that anyone who might have seen something or has information that can help find whoever was responsible contact the Clifton …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Local Actor Killed In Freak Oakland Parking Lot Accident Local Actor Killed In Freak Oakland Parking Lot Accident Local Actor Killed In Freak Oakland Parking Lot Accident
Local Actor Killed In Freak Oakland Parking Lot Accident OAKLAND, N.J. – A 56-year-old actor in local productions was struck and killed by a car in a freak accident in Oakland late Tuesday afternoon, authorities confirmed. Thomas Morrissey, a father of three and grandfather of one, was walking through a Spruce Street parking lot when he tripped, fell and was run over by a 2016 Chevy box truck driven by a 34-year-old Garnerville, NY man just after 4 p.m., Lt. Christian Eldridge said. Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene. No charges were filed nor summonses issued, Eldridge said. An investigation was continuing, he said. Morrissey was in …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
RECOGNIZE HIM? Clifton Bank Robbed RECOGNIZE HIM? Clifton Bank Robbed RECOGNIZE HIM? Clifton Bank Robbed
Recognize HIM? Clifton Bank Robbed CLIFTON, N.J. -- A robber who implied he was armed made off with an undisclosed amount of cash after holding up a Clifton bank. The robber, dressed in dark clothing, handed a note to the teller demanding money at the Investors Savings Bank at the corner of 4th Street and Clifton Avenue just before 3 p.m., Sgt. Robert Anderson said. He "implied that he was armed, but no weapon was shown," Anderson said. Clifton police were investigating with assistance from the FBI-Newark Field Office, he said. The Passaic County Sheriff's Office responded with K9 and Crime Scene Investigation un…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Daughter, 1, Taken From Couple Who Had 5,750 Heroin Bags In Car Prosecutor: Daughter, 1, Taken From Couple Who Had 5,750 Heroin Bags In Car Prosecutor: Daughter, 1, Taken From Couple Who Had 5,750 Heroin Bags In Car
Prosecutor: Daughter, 1, Taken From Couple Who Had 5,750 Heroin Bags In Car PARAMUS, N.J. – An Uber driver and his wife had their 1-year-old daughter in the car with them when they were stopped in Hackensack with 5,750 bags of heroin stashed in a secret compartment, authorities said Tuesday. Henry Martinez-Diaz, 41, and Yanery Martinez-Diaz, 34, both of Paterson, were stopped on westbound Route 4 on Monday by Narcotics Task Force detectives, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. Along with the heroin found in an electronically operated “trap,” investigators seized $1,021 in suspected drug proceeds, he said. A judge on Wednesday released the Martinez-Di…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Blood On The Tracks: Jury Returns Murder Conviction In Paterson Stabbing Blood On The Tracks: Jury Returns Murder Conviction In Paterson Stabbing Blood On The Tracks: Jury Returns Murder Conviction In Paterson Stabbing
Blood On The Tracks: Jury Returns Murder Conviction In Paterson Stabbing PATERSON, N.J. – Following a day of deliberations, jurors in Paterson convicted a Hudson County man of stabbing a city man to death along a stretch of railroad tracks known to attract prostitutes. Samuel Rua III, 33, of Union City was convicted of first-degee murder, along with six illegal weapons counts, following a week-long trial in which prosecutors presented video and other evidence that pointed to him as the killer of Nadjhier Barner-Timmons. Rua stabbed the victim as they walked along the tracks near 26th Street and 18th Avenue in Paterson on April 25, 2015, Assistant Passaic County …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Miracle: No One Hurt In Ramsey Shopping Center Crash Miracle: No One Hurt In Ramsey Shopping Center Crash Miracle: No One Hurt In Ramsey Shopping Center Crash
Miracle: No One Hurt In Ramsey Shopping Center Crash RAMSEY, N.J. -- No injuries were reported after a sedan with out-of-state plates slammed into a support column, mounted a curb and took down a sign at a busy Ramsey shopping center late Tuesday afternoon. Another vehicle struck a parked tow truck moments later at the Interstate Shopping Center off Franklin Turnpike. The first car, which had Ohio license plates, struck the support column in front of the 5 Below store. It then hit another vehicle, mounted the curb and took down the sign post before coming to a stop. An Upper Saddle River EMS unit evaluated the driver, who walked with a cane …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Jobless Lodi Bartender Charged With Setting Bank Fire Jobless Lodi Bartender Charged With Setting Bank Fire Jobless Lodi Bartender Charged With Setting Bank Fire
Jobless Lodi Bartender Charged With Setting Bank Fire LODI, N.J. -- An unemployed bartender poured a flammable liquid inside a Lodi bank vestibule and ignited it, said authorities who charged him with arson Tuesday. Bergen County sheriff’s officers found and arrested Rashit Perez, 30, of Lodi in Paramus on Monday, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. Around 10:30 the night before, Calo said, Perez, of Westervelt Place, ignited the fire in the vestibule of the Bank of America on Hunter Street, the prosecutor said. A judge ordered Perez released Wednesday with conditions pending further court action on arson and weapons charges.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
PHOTOS: Clifton Bank Robbed PHOTOS: Clifton Bank Robbed PHOTOS: Clifton Bank Robbed
Photos: Clifton Bank Robbed CLIFTON, N.J. -- A robber who implied he was armed made off with an undisclosed amount of cash after robbing a Clifton Bank. The robber, dressed in dark clothing, handed a note to the teller demanding money at the Investors Savings Bank at the corner of 4th Street and Clifton Avenue just before 3 p.m., Sgt. Robert Anderson said. He "implied that he was armed, but no weapon was shown," Anderson said. Clifton police were investigating with assistance from the FBI-Newark Field Office, he said. The Passaic County Sheriff's Office responded with K9 and Crime Scene Investigation units…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Prospect Park Police Nab Pair In Knifepoint Restaurant Robbery Prospect Park Police Nab Pair In Knifepoint Restaurant Robbery Prospect Park Police Nab Pair In Knifepoint Restaurant Robbery
Prospect Park Police Nab Pair In Knifepoint Restaurant Robbery PROSPECT PARK, N.J. – Prospect Park police identified and tracked down a man who they said robbed a local restaurant of $582 at knifepoint while using a juvenile as a lookout. Malik Lyons, 18, of Atlantic City was arrested in Newark on Monday by Detective Walter Richmond and Officer Arthur Canestrino, who charged him with robbing the Cafecito restaurant on North 8th Street shortly before 7 p.m. last Thursday. Richmond also identified the 16-year-old lookout, of Prospect Park, who he said been arrested before for similar incidents. The detective signed a delinquency complaint accusing the bo…

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