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
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UPDATE: Principal Told Mahwah Parents Of Supposed School Shooting Threat UPDATE: Principal Told Mahwah Parents Of Supposed School Shooting Threat UPDATE: Principal Told Mahwah Parents Of Supposed School Shooting Threat
Update: Principal Told Mahwah Parents Of Supposed School Shooting Threat MAHWAH, N.J. -- Mahwah Schools Supt. C. Lauren Schoen apologized to parents Saturday afternoon for the timing of an announcement the night before involving a 13-year-old boy who'd supposedly threatened to "shoot up" Ramapo Ridge Middle School. But she also said it was necessary. "It is clear from the emails received that the communication sent out on Friday evening did not meet its intended purpose and for that we sincerely apologize," Schoen wrote. "The timing of the email, late Friday, before a four-day weekend, was unfortunate but necessary to respond to increase…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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UPDATE: Principal Told Mahwah Parents Of School Shooting Threat 'Rumor' UPDATE: Principal Told Mahwah Parents Of School Shooting Threat 'Rumor' UPDATE: Principal Told Mahwah Parents Of School Shooting Threat 'Rumor'
Update: Principal Told Mahwah Parents Of School Shooting Threat 'Rumor' MAHWAH, N.J. -- Mahwah Schools Supt. C. Lauren Schoen apologized to parents Saturday afternoon for the timing of an announcement the night before involving a 13-year-old boy who'd supposedly threatened to "shoot up" Ramapo Ridge Middle School. But she also said it was necessary. "It is clear from the emails received that the communication sent out on Friday evening did not meet its intended purpose and for that we sincerely apologize," Schoen wrote. "The timing of the email, late Friday, before a four-day weekend, was unfortunate but necessary to respond to increase…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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UPDATE: Principal Told Mahwah Parents About School Threat In October UPDATE: Principal Told Mahwah Parents About School Threat In October UPDATE: Principal Told Mahwah Parents About School Threat In October
Update: Principal Told Mahwah Parents About School Threat In October MAHWAH, N.J. -- (UPDATE) MAHWAH, N.J. -- Contrary to initial belief, some Mahwah parents were, in fact, told that a threat had been made to a township middle school last October. Enraged parents said that they were told for the first time Friday night that a 13-year-old Ramapo Ridge Middle School student had threatened to "shoot up" the school next Friday. However, Daily Voice has obtained a copy of an Oct. 28 email sent to parents from Ramapo Ridge Principal Daniel Vander Molen: Dear Ramapo Ridge Families, I have received some inquiries about a matter that we have already addre…

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Hackensack, NJ
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49 Years For Cold-Blooded Killer Of Popular Hackensack Limo Driver 49 Years For Cold-Blooded Killer Of Popular Hackensack Limo Driver 49 Years For Cold-Blooded Killer Of Popular Hackensack Limo Driver
49 Years For Cold-Blooded Killer Of Popular Hackensack Limo Driver HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Mujahideen Abdullah will be 60 years old by the time his first opportunity for parole arrives for the cold-blooding killing of a popular Hackensack limousine driver on Route 80 four years ago. A judge in Hackensack on Friday sentenced Abdullah, of Newark, to 49 years in state prison -- 85% of which he must serve before being eligible for parole -- for the June 12, 2014 shooting death of Jeffrey Mansilla on Route 80 in Saddle Brook. Jurors previously convicted Abdullah, 28, of aggravated manslaughter, hindering his arrest and illegal weapons possession following a trial. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Police: Ramapo Lobster Tail Thief Caught In Mahwah Police: Ramapo Lobster Tail Thief Caught In Mahwah Police: Ramapo Lobster Tail Thief Caught In Mahwah
Police: Ramapo Lobster Tail Thief Caught In Mahwah MAHWAH, N.J. – A transient admitted stashing a safe and several cases of lobster tails stolen from a Ramapo seafood store at a Mahwah home, said authorities who arrested him. Clark Judge, 49, cut himself breaking a window at J&R Lobster and Seafood in a Route 59 strip mall, leaving blood behind, while taking the tails and the safe, with $500 inside, authorities said. After linking the burglary to Judge, Ramapo police contacted their Mahwah counterparts, who found a car he’d been driving parked on First Street, Mahwah Police Chief James N. Batelli said. Officer Christopher Fasulo ended …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Seven From Bergen, Passaic Busted In Wayne Home Two-Pound Pot Raid Seven From Bergen, Passaic Busted In Wayne Home Two-Pound Pot Raid Seven From Bergen, Passaic Busted In Wayne Home Two-Pound Pot Raid
Seven From Bergen, Passaic Busted In Wayne Home Two-Pound Pot Raid WAYNE, N.J. -- Complaints of open-air drug dealing and the constant smell of pot in the neighborhood brought Wayne police to a rented house where they said they arrested seven people after finding two pounds of marijuana. Members of the department's Special Operations Narcotics Squad, supported by several colleagues, also found several blunts, along with packaging materials and some cocaine, during Tuesday night's raid on Witmore Avenue off Ryerson Avenue, Detective Capt. Laurence Martin said Friday. Police were responding to complaints of “open-air drug dealing” also “heavy vehicular and …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Grewal On Assault Weapon Smugglers: 'Iron Pipeline' Has To Stop Grewal On Assault Weapon Smugglers: 'Iron Pipeline' Has To Stop Grewal On Assault Weapon Smugglers: 'Iron Pipeline' Has To Stop
Grewal On Assault Weapon Smugglers: 'Iron Pipeline' Has To Stop "To reduce gun violence in our communities and to reduce the threat to our communities, and to reduce the threat to our law enforcement officers from assault rifles and other illegal firearms, we need to stop the flow of illegal guns into our state," New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Friday. "New Jersey has some of the toughest gun laws in this country. You can’t just walk into a store here, present your driver’s license, and walk out with multiple guns, including assault rifles," Grewal said in announcing indictments against seven purported members of a C…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
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VIDEO: Elderly Driver Hospitalized After Paramus Crash VIDEO: Elderly Driver Hospitalized After Paramus Crash VIDEO: Elderly Driver Hospitalized After Paramus Crash
Video: Elderly Driver Hospitalized After Paramus Crash PARAMUS, N.J. -- The elderly driver of an SUV was hospitalized with injuries that responders said weren't life-threatening after a Friday morning crash in Paramus. The other driver apparently wasn't injured. Both the Toyota SUV and Mercedes sedan involved in the crash at the intersection of Paramus Road and West Midland Avenue were removed by flatbed tow truck. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this article.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Convicted Robber Fires Shot During Paterson Holdup, Authorities Charge Convicted Robber Fires Shot During Paterson Holdup, Authorities Charge Convicted Robber Fires Shot During Paterson Holdup, Authorities Charge
Convicted Robber Fires Shot During Paterson Holdup, Authorities Charge PATERSON, N.J. – An ex-con robbed two victims with hours of one another, firing at shot at one of them, said Passaic County authorities who teamed up to arrest him. Timothy Simmons, 29, who spent two years in prison after a 2013 robbery spree, first pulled a gun on a 44-year-old city woman just after 7 a.m. Monday on East 22nd Street, authorities said. Less than three hours later, they said, he robbed a 27-year-old city man on Crosby Street – firing a handgun as he fled but missing the victim, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. Simmons was due in court Friday after a joint i…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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19 Years Without Filing, Edgewater Consultant Admits Ducking $650G In Taxes 19 Years Without Filing, Edgewater Consultant Admits Ducking $650G In Taxes 19 Years Without Filing, Edgewater Consultant Admits Ducking $650G In Taxes
19 Years Without Filing, Edgewater Consultant Admits Ducking $650G In Taxes EDGEWATER, N.J. – An Edgewater stock promoter who the IRS said hasn’t filed a personal income tax return in nearly 20 years -- while ducking taxes on $1.75 million in income over three of them -- pleaded guilty to tax evasion. Danny Colon, 52, the sole owner and operator of DC International Consulting, “controlled 17 brokerage accounts, some of which were in the name of DCI, some in the name of another individual and some jointly in the name of Colon and the other individual,” IRS Special Agent Robert Glantz said after Thursday's plea in federal court in Newark. Between January 2009 and Dec…

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