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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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
BREAKING: Bergen Prosecutor Says Fort Lee PD Justified In Shooting Gunman BREAKING: Bergen Prosecutor Says Fort Lee PD Justified In Shooting Gunman BREAKING: Bergen Prosecutor Says Fort Lee PD Justified In Shooting Gunman
Breaking: Bergen Prosecutor Says Fort Lee PD Justified In Shooting Gunman FORT LEE, N.J. -- Two separate videos show that Fort Lee police were justified in shooting a man who fired at them first last summer, Bergen County's top lawman said Wednesday. "While the police would have been justified in firing their weapons much earlier during this incident, the officers showed restraint and used deadly force only after [Jaquan] Suber threatened them with his gun multiple times and only after he fired on them," Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. "There is no question that the officer’s use of deadly force was necessary to protect themselves…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: Twins Charged In Route 46 Hit-Run Death Of Teaneck Man, 28 UPDATE: Twins Charged In Route 46 Hit-Run Death Of Teaneck Man, 28 UPDATE: Twins Charged In Route 46 Hit-Run Death Of Teaneck Man, 28
Update: Twins Charged In Route 46 Hit-Run Death Of Teaneck Man, 28 (UPDATE) A Lodi driver trying to beat a light struck and killed a 28-year-old Teaneck man with his car as he crossed Route 46 near the Teterboro Walmart last month, then was picked up by his twin brother, authorities confirmed Wednesday. Brandon Bialek, 32, remained held Wednesday in the Bergen County Jail, charged with knowingly leaving the scene of a crash resulting in death and hindering his apprehension by suppressing evidence, as Daily Voice originally reported Tuesday night. He has a detention hearing scheduled this Friday. His brother, Brian Bialek -- a New Jersey transit maintenanc…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Police: 11½ Lbs Of Cocaine, 1,900+ Pills Seized From Lodi Couple's Home Police: 11½ Lbs Of Cocaine, 1,900+ Pills Seized From Lodi Couple's Home Police: 11½ Lbs Of Cocaine, 1,900+ Pills Seized From Lodi Couple's Home
Police: 11½ Lbs Of Cocaine, 1,900+ Pills Seized From Lodi Couple's Home LODI, N.J. -- A Lodi couple running a drug trafficking operation from their home had 11½ pounds of cocaine and more than 1,900 pills for sale when Paterson police nabbed them and a Prospect Park accomplice with help from the DEA, authorities said. Simulataneous raids on a private house at the corner of Keasler Avenue and McGuire Place in Lodi and a North 10th Street apartment in Prospect Park turned up the cocaine, as well as Xanax (949 pills), Zolpidem (483) and Oxycodone (130), Paterson Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Detectives also found more than two pounds of pot, 518 envelopes o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: Twins, Father Charged In Hit-Run That Killed Teaneck Man, 28 UPDATE: Twins, Father Charged In Hit-Run That Killed Teaneck Man, 28 UPDATE: Twins, Father Charged In Hit-Run That Killed Teaneck Man, 28
Update: Twins, Father Charged In Hit-Run That Killed Teaneck Man, 28 UPDATE: The father of twins charged with 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. https://ridgefieldpark.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/prosecutor-twins-father-hid-car-in-route-46-hit-run-death/733375/ ****** A Lodi driver trying to beat a light struck and killed a 28-year-old Teaneck man with his car as he crossed Route 46 near the Teterboro Walmart last month, then was picked up by his twin brother, authorities confirmed Wednesday. Successful detectiv…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson Police: THC Gummies, $7,200 In Drug Proceeds Found In Stop Paterson Police: THC Gummies, $7,200 In Drug Proceeds Found In Stop Paterson Police: THC Gummies, $7,200 In Drug Proceeds Found In Stop
Paterson Police: THC Gummies, $7,200 In Drug Proceeds Found In Stop PATERSON, N.J. -- They came in various flavors and names, but the gummies and throat drops found on a speeding tailgater were made with THC, Paterson police said. The "Killer GummyYummy" and "Jolly Rancher Cannabis Herb" drops -- containing the active chemical in marijuana -- were found during a Monday afternoon stop of a speeding, tailgating Jeep Cherokee on 16th Avenue, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. So was $7,180 in suspected drug proceeds, he said. Officers immediately smelled raw marijuana as soon as the driver -- identified as 35-year-old Alexis Fernandez o…

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Market Manipulator Admits Multi-Million-Dollar Scheme With Clifton Trader Market Manipulator Admits Multi-Million-Dollar Scheme With Clifton Trader Market Manipulator Admits Multi-Million-Dollar Scheme With Clifton Trader
Market Manipulator Admits Multi-Million-Dollar Scheme With Clifton Trader CLIFTON, N.J. -- A Long Island man admitted Tuesday that he netted millions in illegal profits in a market manipulation scheme aided by a Clifton securities trader. Pleading guilty in federal court in Newark to securities and tax fraud conspiracy, 40-year-old Shaun Greenwald said that he, Joseph Taub, 38, and others coordinated trading in dozens of brokerage accounts that they secretly controlled from 2014 through 2016 to manipulate securities prices. Straw accounts were created in their names, the names of their family members, and the names of entities they controlled, Greenwald admitted…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Saddle Brook Family Was Helping Others When Their Home Caught Fire Saddle Brook Family Was Helping Others When Their Home Caught Fire Saddle Brook Family Was Helping Others When Their Home Caught Fire
Saddle Brook Family Was Helping Others When Their Home Caught Fire SADDLE BROOK, N.J. -- Domenico and Tiffany Galluzzo of Saddle Brook had just dropped off bags of clothing Monday for a family two blocks away who were burned out by a fire when they got the call. Flames were ravaging their two-story, wood-frame house on Spruce Street (see video above). Saddle Brook firefighters rescued the family's three foster dogs, but the blaze blew through the roof as neighbors and friends watched in horror. SEE: Saddle Brook Firefighters Rescue 3 Dogs From House Blaze "If you know the Galluzzos, you know they had an open door policy to friends and family, always…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgewood Police Officer Nabs Hit-Run Driver Ridgewood Police Officer Nabs Hit-Run Driver Ridgewood Police Officer Nabs Hit-Run Driver
Ridgewood Police Officer Nabs Hit-Run Driver RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- A Ridgewood police officer found a driver involved in a hit-and-run Tuesday afternoon. Officer Raymond Tarino spotted the woman's heavily damaged vehicle, which police said hit two cars parked in the central business district a short time earlier. Knudsen issued her at least one summons and called for a tow truck to remove her car. A second tow was required for one of the parked vehicles. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this story.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Former Kidnapper Parked Stolen Car In Handicap Spot, Fair Lawn Police Say Former Kidnapper Parked Stolen Car In Handicap Spot, Fair Lawn Police Say Former Kidnapper Parked Stolen Car In Handicap Spot, Fair Lawn Police Say
Former Kidnapper Parked Stolen Car In Handicap Spot, Fair Lawn Police Say FAIR LAWN, N. J. -- A pair of panhandlers in a Fair Lawn CVS parking lot -- one of them an ex-con who served time for kidnapping -- got there in a stolen car that they parked in a handicap spot, said police who arrested them. Borough officers discovered that ex-con Geno LoCascio, 40, and Jordan Roy Stevens, 29, were wanted on warrants when grabbed them at the River Road pharmacy last Tuesday night, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. LoCascio, who was paroled from state prison last March after serving three years for kidnapping, was taken into custody after giving police a fake name, he said. Stevens…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
HEROISM IN ACTION: Wayne Police Officer Rescues Woman From Burning Home HEROISM IN ACTION: Wayne Police Officer Rescues Woman From Burning Home HEROISM IN ACTION: Wayne Police Officer Rescues Woman From Burning Home
Heroism IN Action: Wayne Police Officer Rescues Woman From Burning Home WAYNE, N.J. – A Wayne police officer pulled a woman through the window of her burning home, saving her life, authorities said. Her frightened husband yelled to Officers Rick Vanderclock and Eric Caffrey that she was still inside the Beechwood Drive house when they arrived at 3:20 a.m. Monday to find the front of the house "fully engulfed in flames" after a seies of explosions, Detective Capt. Laurence Martin said. Vanderclock ran to the back and heard the woman yelling from an open window, Martin said, adding that heavy smoke was pouring out. The officer pulled the woman out and …

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