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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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
HERO IN BLUE: Elmwood Park Police Officer Stops Boy, 15, From Suicide Jump HERO IN BLUE: Elmwood Park Police Officer Stops Boy, 15, From Suicide Jump HERO IN BLUE: Elmwood Park Police Officer Stops Boy, 15, From Suicide Jump
Hero IN Blue: Elmwood Park Police Officer Stops Boy, 15, From Suicide Jump ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. -- An Elmwood Park police officer grabbed a 15-year-old boy intent on killing himself as he scaled a fence on a bridge above busy Route 20. Respoding to several calls from witnesses who saw the boy climb the fence on the Broadway bridge's east side Wednesday afternoon, Officer Keith Hartmann snatched the boy and pulled him down from the fence, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. The boy "was determined to kill himself and asked Hartmann to shoot him with his service weapon," Foligno said. The officer held him down until backups arrived. Paterson police responde…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
NJAG: Clifton Ortho Doc Who Freely Doled Out Opioids Barred From Practice NJAG: Clifton Ortho Doc Who Freely Doled Out Opioids Barred From Practice NJAG: Clifton Ortho Doc Who Freely Doled Out Opioids Barred From Practice
Njag: Clifton Ortho Doc Who Freely Doled Out Opioids Barred From Practice CLIFTON, N.J. -- A Clifton orthopedic surgeon who prescribed addictive opioid painkillers to patients who abused the drugs, sold them on the black market or otherwise didn't need them has been temporarily barred from practicing medicine. Evangelos Megariotis told one patient that "anything that drugs can do on the street, my medications will do better and safer” and to “just call me,” state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Thursday. He also treated patient complaints of hyper tension, upper respiratory issues, ADD, PTS and other conditions with drugs -- among them, Xanax, Adderal…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Wayne PD: Fugitive Ex-Con Who Shoplifted 37 Red Bull Cans Fakes Seizures Wayne PD: Fugitive Ex-Con Who Shoplifted 37 Red Bull Cans Fakes Seizures Wayne PD: Fugitive Ex-Con Who Shoplifted 37 Red Bull Cans Fakes Seizures
Wayne PD: Fugitive Ex-Con Who Shoplifted 37 Red Bull Cans Fakes Seizures WAYNE, N.J. -- A career criminal caught stuffing more than three dozen Red Bull cans in his coat was wanted on no fewer than nine warrants -- including one out of California -- then threw himself on the floor of Wayne police headquarters twice, faking a seizure, authorities said. Detective Paul Kinder was in the Quick Chek on Pompton Road Tuesday night when he saw David Harrison, 42, stashing the Red Bulls into a heavy winter jacket, Detective Capt. Laurence Martin said. Kinder arrested Harrison, who twice had "a simulated seizure, throwing himself on the floor," Martin said. A m…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
2nd Time In Month: Newark Airport Passenger Caught With Loaded Carry-On Gun 2nd Time In Month: Newark Airport Passenger Caught With Loaded Carry-On Gun 2nd Time In Month: Newark Airport Passenger Caught With Loaded Carry-On Gun
2nd Time In Month: Newark Airport Passenger Caught With Loaded Carry-On Gun TSA agents at Newark Airport stopped an X-ray conveyor belt and summoned Port Authority police after spotting a loaded gun -- their second in a month. James Bressman, 42, of Philadelphia was arrested after the .25-caliber semi-automatic pistol, loaded with seven bullets, was spotted in his carry-on luggage, along with two magazines for the weapon, the Port Authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. Police charged Bressman with illegal weapons possession. On Feb. 1, TSA agents stopped another firearm, a .38-caliber handgun, as it went through a screener. An arrest was made in that case, as well.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Passaic County Temp Agency Owner Jailed On Theft Charges Passaic County Temp Agency Owner Jailed On Theft Charges Passaic County Temp Agency Owner Jailed On Theft Charges
Passaic County Temp Agency Owner Jailed On Theft Charges PASSAIC, NJ. -- The owner of a temp agency with offices in Passaic and Woodland Park overbilled a trucking company by $700,000 for phantom employees who never showed up for work, authorities charged. Pedro L. Carbajal, 43, and his Options Staffing company also defrauded their own employees by failing to give the state payroll deductions withheld from their paychecks. As a result, Options Staffing employees "were declined when they applied for Disability and Unemployment benefits," Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said Wednesday. Carbajal also failed to maintain workers …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Driver Who Rammed Wayne, Fairfield Cruisers Jailed After Chase, Crash Driver Who Rammed Wayne, Fairfield Cruisers Jailed After Chase, Crash Driver Who Rammed Wayne, Fairfield Cruisers Jailed After Chase, Crash
Driver Who Rammed Wayne, Fairfield Cruisers Jailed After Chase, Crash WAYNE, N.J. -- Wayne police on Wednesday identified a man who they said tried to run over a police officer at the Willowbrook Mall, crashing a car he'd just stolen into the officer's patrol cruiser and then, later, another police car, before he was captured on Route 46 in Fairfield. Alterick Harris, 42, of Newark became "became irate and argumentative" with the owner of the silver BMW as they were driving outside the mall, then took the keys and sped off after she got out, Detective Capt. Laurence Martin said. Flagged down by the woman, responding Officer Pawel Jadczak positioned …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Franklin Lakes Construction Brothers Charged With Drugs For Sale Franklin Lakes Construction Brothers Charged With Drugs For Sale Franklin Lakes Construction Brothers Charged With Drugs For Sale
Franklin Lakes Construction Brothers Charged With Drugs For Sale FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. – Two brothers who work in construction were busted after a raid turned up cocaine, pot, and hash oil in their Franklin Lakes home, authorities said Wednesday. John Jimenez Jr., 28, and Justin Jimenez, 25, were released pending first appearances next Wednesday in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. An investigation that began in January led to Justin Jimenez’s arrest last Wednesday and his brother’s this Wednesday on various drug-related counts after the raid turned up the drugs at their Hidden Glen Court ho…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Three-Vehicle Collision Sends Car Crashing Into Midland Park Home Three-Vehicle Collision Sends Car Crashing Into Midland Park Home Three-Vehicle Collision Sends Car Crashing Into Midland Park Home
Three-Vehicle Collision Sends Car Crashing Into Midland Park Home MIDLAND PARK, N.J. -- A three-vehicle collision Wednesday afternoon sent a sedan crashing into a Midland Park house. Damage to the single-family home at the corner of Franklin and Vreeland avenues initially appeared minimal. Midland Park EMS personnel tended to at least two of the drivers. All three vehicles were towed. Responders included Midland Park police, firefighters and EMS units. Ridgewood police helped direct traffic. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this article.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Allendale PD: Driver Shouted Death Threat Outside Northern Highlands HS Allendale PD: Driver Shouted Death Threat Outside Northern Highlands HS Allendale PD: Driver Shouted Death Threat Outside Northern Highlands HS
Allendale PD: Driver Shouted Death Threat Outside Northern Highlands HS ALLENDALE, N.J. – “I will kill everyone!” a frustrated father of a student shouted as he pulled into the parking lot of Northern Highlands Regional High School in Allendale, making a gun gesture with his hands – and leading to his arrest, authorities said. Another student told police he was stopped in traffic driving out of the lot Tuesday when a white Nissan pulled in and stopped next to a vehicle in front of his, Police Chief George Scherb said. The Nissan driver “made a weapons gesture with his hands” while shouting at the other driver that he would “kill everyone,” Scherb said. After i…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Passenger Bridge Wheel Rolls Over Worker's Leg At Newark Airport Passenger Bridge Wheel Rolls Over Worker's Leg At Newark Airport Passenger Bridge Wheel Rolls Over Worker's Leg At Newark Airport
Passenger Bridge Wheel Rolls Over Worker's Leg At Newark Airport A United Airlines employee was hospitalized after the wheel of a passenger bridge rolled over his leg at Newark Airport. The 34-year-old employee had to be extricated after the wheel of the "jet bridge" at Terminal C's Gate 88 rolled over his leg just after 7 p.m. Wednesday, the Port Authority's Steve Coleman said. He was taken to University Hospital in Newark in serious condition, Coleman said. An investigation was continuing, he said.

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