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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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Lear Jet In Trouble Over Teterboro Lands Safely In NY Lear Jet In Trouble Over Teterboro Lands Safely In NY Lear Jet In Trouble Over Teterboro Lands Safely In NY
Lear Jet In Trouble Over Teterboro Lands Safely In NY TETERBORO, N.J. – A Lear jet headed to Teterboro diverted safely late Thursday morning to Stewart Airport in Orange County, NY, after a problem with the nose landing gear, authorities said. The troubled jet landed before noon at the public/military airport in the southern Hudson Valley town of New Windsor, nearly 57 miles north of Teterboro, the Port Authority's Joseph Pentangelo told Daily Voice. Hasbrouck Heights firefighters and Port Authority responders were at Teterboro Airport as the jet, with five people aboard, began circling to burn off fuel around 10:30 a.m., Pentangelo said. The…

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Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
CAUGHT! 5-Year Cocaine Fugitive Nabbed After Returning To Lodi CAUGHT! 5-Year Cocaine Fugitive Nabbed After Returning To Lodi CAUGHT! 5-Year Cocaine Fugitive Nabbed After Returning To Lodi
Caught! 5-Year Cocaine Fugitive Nabbed After Returning To Lodi LODI, N.J. -- A major drug fugitive from Lodi was captured by Bergen County prosecutor's detectives and sheriff's officers after five years on the run, authorities said Thursday. Welinton Garcia, 38, skipped bail in March 2012 after being charged with having 17 pounds of cocaine for sale, along with $150,000 in suspected drug money, during a December 2010 bust, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. The U.S. Marshals Service NY/NJ Regional Fugitive Task Force learned that Garcia, formerly of Long Valley Road, fled to the Dominican Republic – but he couldn’t be located, Calo said…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Several Injured In Route 17 Paramus Pileup Several Injured In Route 17 Paramus Pileup Several Injured In Route 17 Paramus Pileup
Several Injured In Route 17 Paramus Pileup PARAMUS, N.J. -- The first of two Thursday morning chain-reaction pileups on major Bergen highways left several people injured and snarled traffic on southbound Route 17 in Paramus. Paramus police responded to the crash near West Century Road along with Paramus EMS and mutual aid ambulances from The Valley Hospital and Holy Name Medical Center.  All five vehicles involved had to be towed. A short time later, a 10-car pileup on Route 4 in Teaneck produced one minor injury. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this article.

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
One Of HUMC's Youngest Kidney Transplant Recipients Ever Readies For Pre-K One Of HUMC's Youngest Kidney Transplant Recipients Ever Readies For Pre-K One Of HUMC's Youngest Kidney Transplant Recipients Ever Readies For Pre-K
One Of Humc's Youngest Kidney Transplant Recipients Ever Readies For Pre-K HACKENSACK, N.J. -- When Marianny Hilario of Paterson was pregnant, her doctor told her there was a problem with her unborn son. The physician "recognized that his kidneys weren’t forming as they should,” she said. Born at 37 weeks, Kyle Lugo spent three months in neo-natal intensive care.  Just weeks ago, he became one of the youngest patients ever to undergo a kidney transplant at Hackensack University Medical Center. When Kyle was a year old, he was referred to Dr. Kenneth Lieberman, chief of Pediatric Nephrology at the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital at Hackensack Meridian H…

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Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
10-Car Pileup On Route 4 In Teaneck 10-Car Pileup On Route 4 In Teaneck 10-Car Pileup On Route 4 In Teaneck
10-Car Pileup On Route 4 In Teaneck TEANECK, N.J. -- (UPDATE) Only one minor injury was reported in a 10-car pileup on eastbound Route 4 Thursday morning, responders said. The chain-reaction crashes occurred just after 9:30 a.m. near Belle Avenue. It came after another pileup -- this one on Route 17 in Paramus -- injured several people.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
No Injuries Reported In Wood-Ridge Attic Fire No Injuries Reported In Wood-Ridge Attic Fire No Injuries Reported In Wood-Ridge Attic Fire
No Injuries Reported In Wood-Ridge Attic Fire WOOD-RIDGE, N.J. -- No injuries were reported in an attic fire Wednesday night in Wood-Ridge. Firefighters had to cut through the roof to get at the Helm Avenue blaze, which was quickly extinguished. They were joined by their colleagues from East Rutherford and Wallington. The two residents who live there weren't home, responders said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Pedestrian, 77, Struck In Westwood Dies Pedestrian, 77, Struck In Westwood Dies Pedestrian, 77, Struck In Westwood Dies
Pedestrian, 77, Struck In Westwood Dies WESTWOOD, N.J. -- (UPDATE) A 77-year-old Westwood woman struck Tuesday by a sedan driven by an 86-year-old River Vale woman died of her injuries, authorities said Wednesday. The victim, who lives in a nearby senior citizens building, was struck by the green Chrysler Concorde just after 10 a.m. at Broadway and Irvington Street, Lt. Matthew McClutchy told Daily Voice. She was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center's Intensive Care Unit with head and internal injuries, said McClutchy, the officer in charge of the department. Police initially issued the motorist a careless driving summo…

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Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgewood ATM Tampered With, Police Urge Customers To Check Accounts Ridgewood ATM Tampered With, Police Urge Customers To Check Accounts Ridgewood ATM Tampered With, Police Urge Customers To Check Accounts
Ridgewood ATM Tampered With, Police Urge Customers To Check Accounts RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- Police urged customers who've recently used the ATM at the Valley National Bank in Ridgewood to check their accounts after someone tampered with the machine. A technician at the Franklin Avenue bank who examined the machine discovered that someone monkeyed with the internal components sometime between Friday and Monday, Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke said. Village detectives were investigating with bank officials, she said. Anyone who used that particular ATM over the weekend "should contact Valley National Bank and monitor your account and report any fraudulent ac…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
VIDEO: Ridgefield Park Man, 73, Killed In Overnight House Fire VIDEO: Ridgefield Park Man, 73, Killed In Overnight House Fire VIDEO: Ridgefield Park Man, 73, Killed In Overnight House Fire
Video: Ridgefield Park Man, 73, Killed In Overnight House Fire RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J. -- An overnight house fire killed a 73-year-old Ridgefield Park man, authorities confirmed. Luis Ocha-Sanchez was trapped inside after the fast-moving Brinkerhoff Street blaze broke out around 12:30 a.m., Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. A firefighter also was injured when he slipped on ice, responders said. The cause of the fire was accidental, Calo said. Flames shot through every window of the house and the roof as firefighters spent nearly two hours bringing the blaze under control. Because someone was killed, the Bergen County Arson Investigatio…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
SEE ANYTHING? Wanaque PD Investigates 911 Supermarket 'Explosion' Call SEE ANYTHING? Wanaque PD Investigates 911 Supermarket 'Explosion' Call SEE ANYTHING? Wanaque PD Investigates 911 Supermarket 'Explosion' Call
SEE Anything? Wanaque PD Investigates 911 Supermarket 'Explosion' Call WANAQUE, N.J. – Whoever called in a false alarm at a Wanaque supermarket could face charges if caught, authorities said. Police and firefighters rushed to the Stop & Shop on Union Avenue in Haskell Monday afternoon in response to a 911 call to a Pompton Lakes dispatcher of a “reported explosion, fire, smoke condition and evacuation of the store,” Capt. Kenneth Fackina said. Fackina asked that anyone who may have noticed someone acting suspiciously at the store to call Detective Charles Sahanas: (973) 835-5600.

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