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
UPDATE: Northbound Rt. 17 Remains Closed After Crash In Upper Saddle River UPDATE: Northbound Rt. 17 Remains Closed After Crash In Upper Saddle River UPDATE: Northbound Rt. 17 Remains Closed After Crash In Upper Saddle River
Update: Northbound Rt. 17 Remains Closed After Crash In Upper Saddle River UPPER SADDLE RIVER, N.J. -- (UPDATE) A box truck slammed into a utility pole on northbound Route 17 in Upper Saddle River early Saturday night, igniting a chain reaction that kept the highway closed for hours. The pole snapped in half, downing wires across the highway -- which fell onto a tour bus and Jeep in the southbound lanes. No serious injuries were immediately reported in the crash near Lake Street, which also involved a tractor-trailer jack-knifing. Traffic remained detoured at Allendale Avenue past 10:30 p.m., more than 5½ hours after the incident.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah Police Rescue Boy, 11, Hip-Deep In Mud Mahwah Police Rescue Boy, 11, Hip-Deep In Mud Mahwah Police Rescue Boy, 11, Hip-Deep In Mud
Mahwah Police Rescue Boy, 11, Hip-Deep In Mud MAHWAH, N.J. -- Swift-moving Mahwah police rescued an 11-year-old boy who got stuck in a muddy marsh late Saturday afternoon. Responding to a 911 call Officer Thomas Mitchell found the boy submerged up to his hip in an area behind Linden and Mark Twain Way.  He grabbed a rope from his police cruiser and, with the help of fellow Officers Liam Kantanas, Keith Iorio and Daniel Stewart, had to boy wrap it beneath his arms. They then pulled him to safety. The boy's mother refused any further medical attention for her son after members of the Mahwah Ambulance and Rescue Squad checked him out. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: Northbound Rt. 17 Remains Closed After Crash In Upper Saddle River UPDATE: Northbound Rt. 17 Remains Closed After Crash In Upper Saddle River UPDATE: Northbound Rt. 17 Remains Closed After Crash In Upper Saddle River
Update: Northbound Rt. 17 Remains Closed After Crash In Upper Saddle River UPPER SADDLE RIVER, N.J. -- (UPDATE) A box truck slammed into a utility pole on northbound Route 17 in Upper Saddle River early Saturday night, igniting a chain reaction that kept the highway closed for hours. The pole snapped in half, downing wires across the highway -- which fell onto a tour bus and Jeep in the southbound lanes. No serious injuries were immediately reported in the crash near Lake Street, which also involved a tractor-trailer jack-knifing. Traffic remained detoured at Allendale Avenue past 10:30 p.m., more than 5½ hours after the incident.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah Police Seize Drugs, Bust Two In Raid On Hotel Room Near High School Mahwah Police Seize Drugs, Bust Two In Raid On Hotel Room Near High School Mahwah Police Seize Drugs, Bust Two In Raid On Hotel Room Near High School
Mahwah Police Seize Drugs, Bust Two In Raid On Hotel Room Near High School MAHWAH, N.J. -- Cocaine, Oxycodone and pot were among the drugs being sold from a hotel room near Mahwah High School, said police who busted a couple staying there. Investigating a tip, Detective Michael Grassi and Officer Matthew Buonocore and Officer Liam Kantanas watched the Route 17 hotel for four days before obtaining a search warrant and raiding the room, Police Chief James N. Batelli said. They were joined by patrol officers -- among them, Officer Robert Rapp and drug-sniffing K9 Remco, Batelli said. Arrested on a variety of drug charges -- including having drugs for sale within 1,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Student Jailed After 'Alarming' Instagram Gun Post Closed Nutley Schools Student Jailed After 'Alarming' Instagram Gun Post Closed Nutley Schools Student Jailed After 'Alarming' Instagram Gun Post Closed Nutley Schools
Student Jailed After 'Alarming' Instagram Gun Post Closed Nutley Schools An 18-year-old Nutley High School student remained jailed Saturday after authorities said he posted an "alarming" Instagram video that included images of teens shooting a handgun at a firing range along with photos of his school and students in a classroom. Alhough he wasn't deemed a threat, the video led to charges of creating a false public alarm against Joseph Rafanello, 18. Rafanello, who authorities said won't be returning to the school, remained held at the Essex County Correctional Facility in Newark on Saturday pending a detention hearing. "At this point our investig…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Front Window Of Former Elmwood Park Pizzeria Smashed Overnight Front Window Of Former Elmwood Park Pizzeria Smashed Overnight Front Window Of Former Elmwood Park Pizzeria Smashed Overnight
Front Window Of Former Elmwood Park Pizzeria Smashed Overnight ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. -- Someone smashed a front window at a former pizza place in Elmwood Park overnight Saturday. Police said they were investigating the criminal mischief incident at the vacant storefront that once housed Fratelli's Coal Burning Pizza on Route 46. Records show the property was listed for sale in September 2016.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Police: 500 Fake Credit Cards Found Before Florida Fraudster Hits Newark Police: 500 Fake Credit Cards Found Before Florida Fraudster Hits Newark Police: 500 Fake Credit Cards Found Before Florida Fraudster Hits Newark
Police: 500 Fake Credit Cards Found Before Florida Fraudster Hits Newark After finding 500 bogus credit and gift cards in his checked luggage, police at Orlando Airport called ahead to their Port Authority colleagues, who arrested a convicted con man as he got off a plane in Newark, authorities said. Robert Smith-Merced, 46, Kissimmee FL, "was unaware that the luggage holding the fraudulent cards was still being held by authorities in Orlando" when he got off the Delta flight around 10 a.m. Thursday, the authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. Officers waiting at the gate found him carrying three fake credit cards and a bogus Connecticut driver's license, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Passaic Sheriff's Detectives Charge Paterson Pair With 1.4 Pounds Of Coke Passaic Sheriff's Detectives Charge Paterson Pair With 1.4 Pounds Of Coke Passaic Sheriff's Detectives Charge Paterson Pair With 1.4 Pounds Of Coke
Passaic Sheriff's Detectives Charge Paterson Pair With 1.4 Pounds Of Coke PATERSON, N.J. -- Passaic County sheriff's detectives seized nearly 1½ pounds of cocaine while arresting two brothers near a local high school, authorities said. A month-long investigation led to the arrests of city residents Daniel A. Hernandez, 38, and Alexis E. Hernandez, 32, at 86 Murray Street, Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. Detectives were watching Thursday night, he said, when both men left their apartment over a storefront and got into a black Honda Accord. Both went to the area of Grand and New streets, parked near the International High School, and sat there with the lights o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Twins' Father Hid Car In Route 46 Hit-Run Death Prosecutor: Twins' Father Hid Car In Route 46 Hit-Run Death Prosecutor: Twins' Father Hid Car In Route 46 Hit-Run Death
Prosecutor: Twins' Father Hid Car In Route 46 Hit-Run Death (UPDATE) The father of twins charged in the hit-and-run death of a 28-year-old Teaneck man as he crossed Route 46 near the Teterboro Walmart last month hid the car at his Wallington home, said authorities who arrested him. Detectives on Thursday found the 2013 black Ford Focus at the home of John Bialek, , a 52-year-old train mechanic, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said Friday afternoon. Bialek was charged with hindering apprehension and released pending a March 5 hearing in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack, the prosecutor said.  One of his sons, Brandon Bialek…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Elderly Driver Strands Car On Median At Bergenfield Shopping Center Elderly Driver Strands Car On Median At Bergenfield Shopping Center Elderly Driver Strands Car On Median At Bergenfield Shopping Center
Elderly Driver Strands Car On Median At Bergenfield Shopping Center BERGENFIELD, N.J. -- An elderly driver with a walker crashed her car onto a median at a busy Bergenfield shopping center Friday afternoon. The woman refused to go to the hospital for an evaluation after the 2 p.m. incident at the New Bridge Shopping Plaza on New Bridge Road. Police kept her in a patrol vehicle until a loved one picked her up. Members of the Bergenfield Volunteer Ambulance Corps also responded. The sedan was towed.

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