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.

Jerry DeMarco's Contributions

Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Obituaries
Doing For Others Was Life Of Former Bergen Woman, 80 Doing For Others Was Life Of Former Bergen Woman, 80 Doing For Others Was Life Of Former Bergen Woman, 80
Doing For Others Was Life Of Former Bergen Woman, 80 FAIRVIEW, N.J. -- Fairview native Marilyn B. Mays worked in customer service for two decades and spent even more time contributing to her community -- be it in Cliffside Park, Paramus or her more recent Jersey Shore community. Mays, 80, died at her home earlier this month. Born in Fairview, Mays was a proud graduate of Lincoln School. She later moved to Cliffside Park and was graduated from the high school. She and her husband, Lawrence, lived in Paramus for 43 years before moving to River Pointe in Manchester 10 years ago. Mays worked for the New York Telephone Company and, after raisi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Glen Rock Publisher/Former Chamber President Busted Again Glen Rock Publisher/Former Chamber President Busted Again Glen Rock Publisher/Former Chamber President Busted Again
Glen Rock Publisher/Former Chamber President Busted Again GLEN ROCK, N.J. -- The now-former president of the Glen Rock Chamber of Commerce and publisher of an online news site was charged with using a bogus insurance card to retrieve her car from the impound lot, police said. For the second time this year, Julie Maxwell Allen was arrested and processed at police headquarters -- this time on charges of exhibiting a fraudulent document to a law enforcement officer, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said Monday. Allen - publisher of Glen Rock News Today (formerly Banana Tree News) -- previously was charged with using a stolen credit card to cover traffic t…

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Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Meet The New-Look River Vale Police Department Meet The New-Look River Vale Police Department Meet The New-Look River Vale Police Department
Meet The New-Look River Vale Police Department RIVER VALE, N.J. – The new-look River Vale Police Department has six new officers hired over the past three months and six recently-promoted supervisors. “In order to continue the department's tremendous success, we must prepare for the future,” Mayor Glen Jasionowski said. “By hiring the best available police officers and promoting our most talented leaders, we have paved the way for a successful future.” The moves come on the heels of several recent and upcoming retirements of long-time department members. “This is a very exciting time for us,” Police Chief William Giordano said. “W…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Fair Lawn Officer Nabs Teaneck Hit-Run Driver In Elmwood Park Police: Fair Lawn Officer Nabs Teaneck Hit-Run Driver In Elmwood Park Police: Fair Lawn Officer Nabs Teaneck Hit-Run Driver In Elmwood Park
Police: Fair Lawn Officer Nabs Teaneck Hit-Run Driver In Elmwood Park FAIR LAWN, N.J. – Fair Lawn police arrested an Englewood driver moments after authorities said he fled the scene of a crash late Sunday in Teaneck. Responding to a BOLO (Be On the Lookout) for a vehicle heavily damaged in the Route 4 crash, Officer Geovanny Buitron stopped the car on Broadway in Elmwood Park, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. The driver, 43-year-old Richard Hill, failed roadside sobriety tests and was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center for treatment of injuries sustaine din the crash, Metzler said. Fair Lawn police charged him with DWI. Other charges were filed out of T…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Passaic Sheriff's Chase Ends In Crash, Arrest For Gun, Drugs, More Passaic Sheriff's Chase Ends In Crash, Arrest For Gun, Drugs, More Passaic Sheriff's Chase Ends In Crash, Arrest For Gun, Drugs, More
Passaic Sheriff's Chase Ends In Crash, Arrest For Gun, Drugs, More PATERSON, N.J. -- A pre-dawn Paterson chase ended in a crash and the arrest of a drug dealer who was carrying a loaded handgun, heroin and Xanax, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. PCSD Officer Patrick Holt tried pulling the car over Presidential Boulevard around 4 a.m. Thursday, but the driver, Clarence Chambers, hit the gas instead, Berdnik said. The chase continued onto Ryle Avenue before Chambers made a right onto Matlock Street and crash the vehicle into a parked car, the sheriff said. Chambers bailed and ran but was caught by Holt near a West Broadway food store, he said…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
PHOTOS: Saddle Brook Firefighters Rescue 3 Dogs From House Blaze PHOTOS: Saddle Brook Firefighters Rescue 3 Dogs From House Blaze PHOTOS: Saddle Brook Firefighters Rescue 3 Dogs From House Blaze
Photos: Saddle Brook Firefighters Rescue 3 Dogs From House Blaze SADDLE BROOK, N.J. -- Saddle Brook firefighters rescued three dogs from a fast-moving blaze that blew through the roof of their home Monday -- two blocks from the scene of another devastating fire this weekend. The rear of the two-story, wood-frame house on Spruce Street was engulfed when firefighters arrived just after 11:30 a.m.  Responders said they initially had trouble getting there because of a freight train. They had the bulk of the fire knocked down by noon. The roof had partially collapsed. "Due to the quick and heroic actions of the first responding Saddle Brook firefighter…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
SEE ANYTHING? Masked Robbers Hold Up Fair Lawn Domino's SEE ANYTHING? Masked Robbers Hold Up Fair Lawn Domino's SEE ANYTHING? Masked Robbers Hold Up Fair Lawn Domino's
SEE Anything? Masked Robbers Hold Up Fair Lawn Domino's FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- Two short Hispanic men, both masked and one armed with a silver handgun, robbed a Fair Lawn Domino's of $80 over the weekend, police said. Three employees told police that the robbers walked in and around the counter at 12:47 a.m. Sunday, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. The gunman "was wearing a black sweater and black mask and had green eyes," Metzler said. The other had on a red sweater and red mask. They fled with cash they took from the register and the delivery driver -- as well as a cellphone. Anyone who saw something or has information that could help police …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
SEEN HER? Search Continues For Missing Cliffside Park Lab Pup SEEN HER? Search Continues For Missing Cliffside Park Lab Pup SEEN HER? Search Continues For Missing Cliffside Park Lab Pup
Seen HER? Search Continues For Missing Cliffside Park Lab Pup CLIFFSIDE PARK, N.J. -- The desperate search for a missing Labrador puppy from Cliffside Park reached five days on Monday. Abby went missing around 11 a.m. last Wednesday, Alen Guner said. "She is very friendly and scared of loud noises," he said. If you see Abby or know where to find her, please call Guner: (201) 214-8031.

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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
PHOTOS: Saddle Brook Firefighters Rescue Three Dogs From House Blaze PHOTOS: Saddle Brook Firefighters Rescue Three Dogs From House Blaze PHOTOS: Saddle Brook Firefighters Rescue Three Dogs From House Blaze
Photos: Saddle Brook Firefighters Rescue Three Dogs From House Blaze SADDLE BROOK, N.J. -- Saddle Brook firefighters rescued three dogs from a fast-moving blaze that blew through the roof of their home Monday -- two blocks from the scene of another devastating fire this weekend. The rear of the two-story, wood-frame house on Spruce Street was engulfed when firefighters arrived just after 11:30 a.m.  Responders said they initially had trouble getting there because of a freight train. They had the bulk of the fire knocked down by noon. The roof had partially collapsed. "Due to the quick and heroic actions of the first responding Saddle Brook firefighter…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson PD: Officers Cut Open Dealer's Pants To Retrieve Stolen Handgun Paterson PD: Officers Cut Open Dealer's Pants To Retrieve Stolen Handgun Paterson PD: Officers Cut Open Dealer's Pants To Retrieve Stolen Handgun
Paterson PD: Officers Cut Open Dealer's Pants To Retrieve Stolen Handgun PATERSON, N.J. -- A dealer selling from his car was carrying a loaded gun that Paterson police retrieved by cutting open his pants, authorities said. Officers Rene Alicea and Christopher Polonkay were on patrol late Friday when in an area known for violent crime, open-air drug sales and gangs,when they saw a man approach a silver Honda Accord driven by Jose R. Espinal-Henriquez, 23, of Paterson, in front of a Market Street liquor store, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. The man, identified as Pedro Cruz, paid for a bag of pot, then walked away, he said. Espinal-Henriquez was startled an…

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