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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Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Downtown Ridgewood Business Reportedly Burglarized Downtown Ridgewood Business Reportedly Burglarized Downtown Ridgewood Business Reportedly Burglarized
Downtown Ridgewood Business Reportedly Burglarized Ridgewood police confirmed that they're investigating a reported burglary at a downtown commercial business. Police were called to the company on East Ridgewood Avenue on Aug. 16. They were told a break-in had occurred within the previous few days. Ridgewood Capt. Glenn Ender confirmed that police took the report and are investigating. He didn't elaborate. The Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification collected evidence. ANYONE who might have seen something, or has information that could help identify whoever was responsible, is asked to call Ridgewood Police Detective Bu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Impaired Driver In Illegally Parked Car Found With Coke, Pot, Xanax: North Arlington PD Impaired Driver In Illegally Parked Car Found With Coke, Pot, Xanax: North Arlington PD Impaired Driver In Illegally Parked Car Found With Coke, Pot, Xanax: North Arlington PD
Impaired Driver In Illegally Parked Car Found With Coke, Pot, Xanax: North Arlington PD A 37-year-old motorist found illegally parked in North Arlington was carrying significant amounts of cocaine, Xanax and pot, authorities said. Juan D. Maldonado was under the influence and had some of the drugs in plain view in the vehicle when officers approached him on River Road near Arlington Boulevard early Sunday, Aug. 20, Police Lt. Michael Horton said. Maldonado, who the lieutenant said also had drugs on him, was taken into custody. He was charged with DUI and 10 various drug-possession counts, including having them for sale, then was sent to the Bergen County Jail. A judge releas…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Firefighters Douse Smoky Rochelle Park Blaze Firefighters Douse Smoky Rochelle Park Blaze Firefighters Douse Smoky Rochelle Park Blaze
Firefighters Douse Smoky Rochelle Park Blaze An 80-year-old resident was hospitalized and her ex-con son arrested as firefighters doused a smoky Tuesday morning blaze that ravaged their Rochelle Park home. Carmine Covino, 55, was taken into custody after he interfered with responders trying to take his mother, Concetta, to Hackensack University Medical Center after she suffered smoke inhalation, Rochelle Park Police Lt. Edward Kukalski said. Covino, a registered sex offender with a lengthy rap sheet, "ignored several warnings" before officers were left no choice, the lieutenant said. Witnesses said Covino -- who Kukalski said sustai…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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SEE ANYTHING? 2nd Vehicle May Have Been Involved In Fair Lawn Rollover Crash That Injured Two SEE ANYTHING? 2nd Vehicle May Have Been Involved In Fair Lawn Rollover Crash That Injured Two SEE ANYTHING? 2nd Vehicle May Have Been Involved In Fair Lawn Rollover Crash That Injured Two
SEE Anything? 2nd Vehicle May Have Been Involved In Fair Lawn Rollover Crash That Injured Two Fair Lawn police were investigating a report that a second vehicle may have been involved in a rollover crash Monday night.  Two occupants were taken to the hospital with apparently moderate injuries after the Honda Accord overturned on eastbound Broadway (Route 4) at 26th Street around 7:30 p.m. Aug. 21. Fair Lawn police, firefighters, Heavy Rescue and EMS all responded. BDJ Towing of Paterson righted and removed the sedan. The crash occurred on eastbound Broadway (Route 4) at 26th Street in Fair Lawn around 7:30 p.m.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE Broadway was temporarily closed betw…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack Resident, Cat Flee House Fire Hackensack Resident, Cat Flee House Fire Hackensack Resident, Cat Flee House Fire
Hackensack Resident, Cat Flee House Fire A resident and his cat got out OK before Hackensack firefighters quickly doused a house blaze. No injuries were reported in the fire, which ignited in the ceiling of a second-floor bathroom between the rafters and the third floor of the single-family corner house at Clinton and Clarendon places shortly after 4 p.m. Monday, Aug. 21. Firefighters quickly knocked it down and had it under control in roughly a half hour. Mutual aid responders included firefighters from Englewood, Teaneck, Ridgefield Park and Bogota. The city Building Department, a PSE&G crew and Hackensack University Med…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Warehouse Fire Off Route 46 Doused Warehouse Fire Off Route 46 Doused Warehouse Fire Off Route 46 Doused
Warehouse Fire Off Route 46 Doused A firefighter was hospitalized during a blaze Monday at a warehouse off Routes 17 and 46 in Hasbrouck Heights. The call came in around 1 p.m. Aug. 21 and followed another fire in a borough residence that was quickly extinguished with mutual aid at the scene from Little Ferry and Wood-Ridge firefighters. A welder's torch apparently ignited the warehouse fire in a trash compactor. Firefighters found workers trying to douse the flames when they arrived. A firefighter was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with an unknown injury. Tony Greco took the photo and contributed to this st…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
TENSE MOMENT: Route 17 Driver Reaches For Console With Loaded Gun It It, Mahwah PD Says TENSE MOMENT: Route 17 Driver Reaches For Console With Loaded Gun It It, Mahwah PD Says TENSE MOMENT: Route 17 Driver Reaches For Console With Loaded Gun It It, Mahwah PD Says
Tense Moment: Route 17 Driver Reaches For Console With Loaded Gun It It, Mahwah PD Says A tense moment during a late-night traffic stop on Route 17 in Mahwah ended in the arrest of an out-of-state driver who had a loaded gun and two high-capacity magazines in the console of his minivan, authorities said. Ronnie S. Edmondson, 36, of Cambridge, MD, opened the lid of his 2022 Chrysler Voyager’s console, presumably to retrieve his cellphone, after Officer Michael Silano stopped him for speeding on the southbound highway just prior to the West Ramapo Avenue exit late last week, Capt. Guido Bussinelli said. Spotting the 9mm Taurus handgun, Silano immediately pulled out his service w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
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Driver In NJ Turnpike Crash Under the Influence, State Police Charge Driver In NJ Turnpike Crash Under the Influence, State Police Charge Driver In NJ Turnpike Crash Under the Influence, State Police Charge
Driver In NJ Turnpike Crash Under the Influence, State Police Charge A driver was under the influence of drugs when he crashed his sedan on the New Jersey Turnpike in Bergen County, State Police said. The 24-year-old driver from Staten Island was headed south on the western spur in Carlstadt when he crashed his Lexus NX at 5:44 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 20, NJSP Sergeant First Class Philip Curry said. Firefighters extricated the driver, who refused medical attention at the scene, the sergeant said. State Police charged him with DUI and issued several motor vehicle summonses, he said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Bystanders In Fair Lawn Hold Down Driver Who Tried To Run From Head-On Crash Bystanders In Fair Lawn Hold Down Driver Who Tried To Run From Head-On Crash Bystanders In Fair Lawn Hold Down Driver Who Tried To Run From Head-On Crash
Bystanders In Fair Lawn Hold Down Driver Who Tried To Run From Head-On Crash Bystanders grabbed a driver after he tried to run from a crash in Fair Lawn, authorities said. Carlton Wallace, 53, Pennsauken was headed east on Lincoln Avenue when his Chevy Impala struck a telephone pole and he veered into oncoming traffic, hitting another vehicle, late last week, Fair Lawn Police Sgt. Eric Eleshewich said. Wallace got out and tried to run and was held down by people at the scene around 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 17, the sergeant said. Why he tried fleeing wasn't immediately clear. Wallace was charged with leaving the scene of an accident and taken to St. Joseph's U…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Vineland, NJ
Breaking News
NJ Police Officer Justified In Shooting Driver To Stop Backhoe Rampage, Grand Jury Rules NJ Police Officer Justified In Shooting Driver To Stop Backhoe Rampage, Grand Jury Rules NJ Police Officer Justified In Shooting Driver To Stop Backhoe Rampage, Grand Jury Rules
NJ Police Officer Justified In Shooting Driver To Stop Backhoe Rampage, Grand Jury Rules UPDATE: A local New Jersey police sergeant was justified in shooting a man who hijacked a backhoe and went on a rampage, damaging two police vehicles, an ambulance and an occupied civilian sedan before he was finally stopped. Although authorities collected a trove of surveillance and bodycam video showing precisely what led to the death of Joshua Gonzalez, 20, of Millville, state law still required a grand jury to review the outcome. Gonzalez kept police at bay for nearly a half-hour during the video-recorded rampage in Vineland, which began around 5 a.m. on Dec. 18, 2021, on West Park Dri…

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