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
Police Investigate 'Gun' And 'School' Scrawled On Mahwah HS Bathroom Wall Police Investigate 'Gun' And 'School' Scrawled On Mahwah HS Bathroom Wall Police Investigate 'Gun' And 'School' Scrawled On Mahwah HS Bathroom Wall
Police Investigate 'Gun' And 'School' Scrawled On Mahwah HS Bathroom Wall MAHWAH, N.J. – Authorities were reviewing surveillance video to try and find who scribbled the words “gun” and “school” in graffiti found Tuesday morning in a Mahwah High School boy’s bathroom. Although the mostly “indiscernable” markings found in the second-floor bathroom bore both words, “there was no specificity to the graffiti such as a threat, date, time, or location,” Schools Supt. C. Lauren Schoen said. “Mahwah Police were immediately notified and responded and opened an investigation,” Schoen wrote in an email to parents, co-signed by Police Chief James N. Batelli. “A threat assess…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
Teamwork: Police From Prospect Park, Haledon Seize Cocaine, Pot In Raid Teamwork: Police From Prospect Park, Haledon Seize Cocaine, Pot In Raid Teamwork: Police From Prospect Park, Haledon Seize Cocaine, Pot In Raid
Teamwork: Police From Prospect Park, Haledon Seize Cocaine, Pot In Raid PROSPECT PARK, N.J. -- Prospect Park police united with their Haledon colleagues to seize an ounce of raw cocaine, along with pot and various drug-dealing materials while arresting a borough man, authorities said. A week after receiving a tip, detectives obtained a search warrant, raided a residence and arrested Richard Dennis, 28, Detective Walter Richmond said. Along with the drugs, he said, investigators found mixing/cutting agents, strainers, digital scales and packaging materials in Dennis’s home. Dennis remained held Tuesday in the Passaic County Jail following last Friday’s arrest o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
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Ridgewood PD: Four Seized After 'Concerning' Note From HS Trespasser Ridgewood PD: Four Seized After 'Concerning' Note From HS Trespasser Ridgewood PD: Four Seized After 'Concerning' Note From HS Trespasser
Ridgewood PD: Four Seized After 'Concerning' Note From HS Trespasser RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- One of two trespassers ejected from Ridgewood High School on Tuesday sent a "concerning" social media message to a student there, said police who took him and three companions into custody a short time later. There was no genuine threat to the public, Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke said. Two juveniles were "asked to leave" Ridgewood High School around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday "after it was found out they were not students at the school," Luthcke said. It was unclear how they got into the school and how far they got before being removed. "So…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
NJ State Police: Facebook Post Helps ID New Bridge Medical Center Patient NJ State Police: Facebook Post Helps ID New Bridge Medical Center Patient NJ State Police: Facebook Post Helps ID New Bridge Medical Center Patient
NJ State Police: Facebook Post Helps ID New Bridge Medical Center Patient PARAMUS, N.J. -- (UPDATE) A non-responsive man with a distinctive tattoo who remained hospitalized at New Bridge Medical Center in Paramus was identified thanks to a Facebook post by New Jersey State Police. The late Monday afternoon post drew the attention of a friend who identified the man as Michael Paparella, 21, of Staten Island. "We are in the process of making arrangements with family," the NJSP said Tuesday. Paparella previously went missing in May 2014 and was found less than a week later, according to the NYPD. He was admitted to New Bridge Medical Center on Jan. 29, S…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgewood PD: Four Seized After 'Concerning' Note From HS Trespasser Ridgewood PD: Four Seized After 'Concerning' Note From HS Trespasser Ridgewood PD: Four Seized After 'Concerning' Note From HS Trespasser
Ridgewood PD: Four Seized After 'Concerning' Note From HS Trespasser RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- (UPDATE) One of two trespassers ejected from Ridgewood High School on Tuesday sent a "concerning" social media message to a student there, said police who took him and three companions into custody a short time later. There was no genuine threat to the public, Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke said. Two juveniles were "asked to leave" Ridgewood High School around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday "after it was found out they were not students at the school," Luthcke said. It was unclear how they got into the school and how far they got before being removed. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Lockdown: What Happened At Dumont High School Lockdown: What Happened At Dumont High School Lockdown: What Happened At Dumont High School
Lockdown: What Happened At Dumont High School DUMONT, N.J. -- (UPDATE) While one family deals with the unthinkable, other parents of Dumont High School students were grateful that what had been a terrifying ordeal ended with their children returning safely to them. Authorities said they seized a rifle from the home of a sophomore who was taken into custody Monday after allegedly threatening a mass shooting. "It was a long gun, a rifle," a ranking law enforcement official told Daily Voice. "It was not his. "His mother was extremely cooperative," the official added. "[The gun] was at the house. He didn't br…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
False Luring Alarm: Teens Offered Kids Candy As Joke, Montvale Police Say False Luring Alarm: Teens Offered Kids Candy As Joke, Montvale Police Say False Luring Alarm: Teens Offered Kids Candy As Joke, Montvale Police Say
False Luring Alarm: Teens Offered Kids Candy As Joke, Montvale Police Say MONTVALE, N.J. -- Two strangers who offered candy to children in Montvale over the weekend were a couple of high schoolers "making an inappropriate joke," authorities said. The report emerged Monday morning of a suspicious incident in Montvale on Sunday. Police described the vehicle as "a black Volkswagen occupied by two males (race unknown) offering candy to two juveniles." Although it wasn't genuine luring, "the grade-schoolers who were targeted did not know that," Police Chief Jeremy Abrams wrote in subsequent social media post. "They did an excellent…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
NJ State Police: Facebook Post Helps ID New Bridge Medical Center Patient NJ State Police: Facebook Post Helps ID New Bridge Medical Center Patient NJ State Police: Facebook Post Helps ID New Bridge Medical Center Patient
NJ State Police: Facebook Post Helps ID New Bridge Medical Center Patient PARAMUS, N.J. -- (UPDATE) A non-responsive man with a distinctive tattoo who remained hospitalized at New Bridge Medical Center in Paramus nearly a month was identified thanks to a Facebook post by New Jersey State Police. The late Monday afternoon post drew the attention of a friend who identified the man as Michael Paparella, 21, of Staten Island. "We are in the process of making arrangements with family," the NJSP said Tuesday. Paparella previously went missing in May 2014 and was found less than a week later, according to the NYPD. He was admitted to New Bridge Medical Cente…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Ramsey Man, 24, Killed By Drinking Toxic Mixture Ramsey Man, 24, Killed By Drinking Toxic Mixture Ramsey Man, 24, Killed By Drinking Toxic Mixture
Ramsey Man, 24, Killed By Drinking Toxic Mixture RAMSEY, N.J. -- A 24-year-old Ramsey man died Monday after drinking a toxic cocktail made from mixing a chemical used in airbags with water. It was unclear whether the Peach Hill condominium resident knew that he was drinking sodium azide, responders said, adding that family notifications were made. Sodium azide is described as "a rapidly acting, potentially deadly chemical that exists as an odorless white solid. When it is mixed with water or an acid, sodium azide changes rapidly to a toxic gas with a pungent (sharp) odor." In a car, the chemical explodes when triggered electron…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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NY Jets Player Crashes Wrong-Way Car Into Jitney In Lincoln Tunnel NY Jets Player Crashes Wrong-Way Car Into Jitney In Lincoln Tunnel NY Jets Player Crashes Wrong-Way Car Into Jitney In Lincoln Tunnel
NY Jets Player Crashes Wrong-Way Car Into Jitney In Lincoln Tunnel New York Jets second-year linebacker Dylan Donahue slammed his sports car into a Paterson-bound jitney bus while driving the wrong way in the Lincoln Tunnel, sending four people to the hospital before dawn Monday, authorities said. Donahue. 25, drove his Dodge Charger Hellcat around traffic cones to enter the center tube in Weehawken against New Jersey-bound traffic around 2 a.m., the Port Authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. The car slammed into a jitney bus occupied by 15 passengers -- four of whom were taken with minor injuries to taken to Hoboken Medical University Center, he said. The …

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