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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Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Palisades Parkway Police Respond To Half-Dozen Crashes, Entrapment In Snow Palisades Parkway Police Respond To Half-Dozen Crashes, Entrapment In Snow Palisades Parkway Police Respond To Half-Dozen Crashes, Entrapment In Snow
Palisades Parkway Police Respond To Half-Dozen Crashes, Entrapment In Snow No fewer than six collisions occurred on the Palisades Interstate Parkway between Rockland County and the George Washington Bridge during Wednesday morning's snowfall -- five of them within 20 minutes, authorities said. A driver who had to be extricated sustained minor injuries in a northbound crash just north of Interchange 1 shortly before 1 p.m., police said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities: Former Lyndhurst Man Jailed For Cyber-Harassing Ex Authorities: Former Lyndhurst Man Jailed For Cyber-Harassing Ex Authorities: Former Lyndhurst Man Jailed For Cyber-Harassing Ex
Authorities: Former Lyndhurst Man Jailed For Cyber-Harassing Ex LYNDHURST, N.J. -- A former Lyndhurst man was arrested on cyber harassment charges after a judge said he violated a restraining order by sending his ex-girlfriend text and Facebook messages. Wallington police picked up Jamie Lee Costa, 34, of Nutley on a warrant issued by a Lyndhurst judge after the 28-year-old woman filed a complaint, Detective Vincent Auteri said Wednesday. He was processed and taken to the Bergen County Jail on Sunday, then ordered released by a Superior Court judge, pending further court action, the following afternoon, records show.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Your Community
'Ashes To Go': Bergen Churches Take Ash Wednesday To The Streets 'Ashes To Go': Bergen Churches Take Ash Wednesday To The Streets 'Ashes To Go': Bergen Churches Take Ash Wednesday To The Streets
'Ashes To Go': Bergen Churches Take Ash Wednesday To The Streets DUMONT, N.J. -- Area clergy and lay church members will be out distributing ashes among the public this Ash Wednesday in Dumont, Demarest, Bergenfield and elsewhere as part of a growing nationwide movement. “Ashes to Go” is about bringing “beliefs and symbols of our faith out into the places where people who may treasure them no longer prioritize them as part of their everyday lives,” said the Rev. Susan Kerr of Old Reformed Church in Dumont, which will participate for the first time on Feb. 14. It will also be offered at local bus stops by Calvary United Methodist Church in Dumont, the Uni…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Wayne PD: Detective Busts Fugitive Shooting Heroin In Pickup Off Route 23 Wayne PD: Detective Busts Fugitive Shooting Heroin In Pickup Off Route 23 Wayne PD: Detective Busts Fugitive Shooting Heroin In Pickup Off Route 23
Wayne PD: Detective Busts Fugitive Shooting Heroin In Pickup Off Route 23 WAYNE, N.J. -- A Morris County fugitive was preparing to shoot heroin in a pickup truck off Route 23 when a Wayne police detective showed up, authorities said. Detective Paul Kindler approached the black 2014 Toyota Tacoma in a remote area off the highway and saw Jason Devonmille, 36, of Kinnelon, opening a bag of the drug, Detective Capt. Laurence Martin said Wednesday. Inside the truck were several used bags, along with 15 full ones, a tourniquet and a hypodermic needle, he said. Kindler arrested Devonmille, who records show was also wanted on drug charges by the Morris County Prosecutor…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Driver OK In Mahwah Rollover Driver OK In Mahwah Rollover Driver OK In Mahwah Rollover
Driver OK In Mahwah Rollover MAHWAH, N.J. -- A driver sustained a minor injury in a rollover crash at one of Mahwah's most notorious intersections early Tuesday evening, police said. "Very minor injury. No charges. One vehicle," Police Chief James Batelli told Daily Voice after the Honda SUV rolled at the corner of Airmont Avenue and Airmount Road around 5:30 p.m.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Six Holdups In One Month: Passaic Man Admits Serial Bank Robberies Six Holdups In One Month: Passaic Man Admits Serial Bank Robberies Six Holdups In One Month: Passaic Man Admits Serial Bank Robberies
Six Holdups In One Month: Passaic Man Admits Serial Bank Robberies CLIFTON, N.J. -- A Passaic man admitted robbing six banks in one month -- including a Wells Fargo branch in Clifton. Hours after the FBI posted a reward for his capture, state parole officers last summer arrested Quentin Morales, 25. Morales, 25, worn "some form of dark hat or head covering, a long-sleeved shirt or jacket, black or orange sunglasses, and/or what appeared to be prescription glasses" during the holdups -- and used a demand note each time, the FBI said at the time. “You are being robbed. Give me all your large bills. No alarms. No dye packs. You got 10 seconds,” rea…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: River Vale Driver, 86, Injures Pedestrian, 77, In Westwood Crash UPDATE: River Vale Driver, 86, Injures Pedestrian, 77, In Westwood Crash UPDATE: River Vale Driver, 86, Injures Pedestrian, 77, In Westwood Crash
Update: River Vale Driver, 86, Injures Pedestrian, 77, In Westwood Crash WESTWOOD, N.J. -- (UPDATE) A 77-year-old Westwood woman remained in serious but stable condition Tuesday after being struck by a sedan driven by an 86-year-old River Vale woman, authorities said. 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. An investigation was continuing, the li…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: 20 Displaced In Paterson Fire UPDATE: 20 Displaced In Paterson Fire UPDATE: 20 Displaced In Paterson Fire
Update: 20 Displaced In Paterson Fire PATERSON, N.J. – A storefront was destroyed and four families lost their homes in a furious Paterson fire that collapsed a Main Street building. No one was seriously injured in the four-alarm blaze, although responders said a firefighter was hospitalized. A resident also apparently slipped and fell while fleeing the flames, which broke out late Monday in the basement and quickly raced through a street-level cellular phone store and two floors of apartments above. The Red Cross was tending to what it said were 20 residents left homeless by the fire, which continued burning toward daybreak. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
River Vale Driver, 86, Critically Injures Pedestrian, 77, In Westwood Crash River Vale Driver, 86, Critically Injures Pedestrian, 77, In Westwood Crash River Vale Driver, 86, Critically Injures Pedestrian, 77, In Westwood Crash
River Vale Driver, 86, Critically Injures Pedestrian, 77, In Westwood Crash WESTWOOD, N.J. -- (UPDATE) A 77-year-old Westwood woman remained in serious but stable condition Tuesday after being struck by a sedan driven by an 86-year-old River Vale woman, authorities said. 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. An investigation was continuing, the li…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Driver Busted, $35,000 Suspected Drug Cash Seized In Fort Lee Stop Driver Busted, $35,000 Suspected Drug Cash Seized In Fort Lee Stop Driver Busted, $35,000 Suspected Drug Cash Seized In Fort Lee Stop
Driver Busted, $35,000 Suspected Drug Cash Seized In Fort Lee Stop FORT LEE, N.J. – A Philadelphia driver stopped in Fort Lee tried to stuff a bag packed with nearly $35,000 in suspected drug money under the seat of his car, authorities said. Detectives who were on a drug investigation spotted the bag after they stopped the gold 2005 Honda Odyssey – at which point the driver, 22-year-old Michael De Castro tried to stuff it under the seat, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. The cash was seized for forfeiture proceedings and De Castro was released on money laundering charges pending a Feb. 14 hearing in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hac…

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