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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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Feds: Grocery Managers From Wayne Sold $4M Worth Of Food Stamps For Cash Feds: Grocery Managers From Wayne Sold $4M Worth Of Food Stamps For Cash Feds: Grocery Managers From Wayne Sold $4M Worth Of Food Stamps For Cash
Feds: Grocery Managers From Wayne Sold $4M Worth Of Food Stamps For Cash WAYNE, N.J. -- A married Wayne couple who managed a grocery store sold $4 million worth of food stamps for cash, federal authorities charged. Ibrahim Zughbi, 64, Miriam Zughbi, 59, have operated Jamaica Meat Market, a medium-size grocery store in Paterson, since January 2014. They were authorized to accept benefits provided by SNAP, formerly known as the Food Stamp Program, which is administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said."Retail food stores approved for participation in SNAP may sell food in exchange for SNAP benefits," Carpenito sai…

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Paterson, NJ
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Witnesses Point Wayne Police To Pair In Snatch-And-Grab Fragrance Theft Witnesses Point Wayne Police To Pair In Snatch-And-Grab Fragrance Theft Witnesses Point Wayne Police To Pair In Snatch-And-Grab Fragrance Theft
Witnesses Point Wayne Police To Pair In Snatch-And-Grab Fragrance Theft WAYNE, N.J. -- Thanks to witnesses, Wayne police snagged a pair of snatch-and-grab thieves who fled a local store with nearly two dozen bottles of perfume, authorities said. Several witnesses to the Bath and Body Works theft at the Preakness Shopping Center snapped cellphone shots of the suspects and the getaway car, a Ford Escape that township police stopped on Alpine Drive, Detective Capt. Laurence Martin said. Strewn across the back seat was the more than $300 of stolen mist fragrance bottles, along with a crack pipe, he said. Police arrested the driver, Ciriaco “Kenny” Lombardo, 49,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Video Catches Contractor Swiping $1,000 From Fair Lawn Restaurant Police: Video Catches Contractor Swiping $1,000 From Fair Lawn Restaurant Police: Video Catches Contractor Swiping $1,000 From Fair Lawn Restaurant
Police: Video Catches Contractor Swiping $1,000 From Fair Lawn Restaurant FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- Surveillance video shows a Hawthorne plumber taking $1,000 from a Fair Lawn restaurant's lock box, said police who arrested him. Fair Lawn native Ryan DeNegri, 45, was arrested a day after the noontime burglary at Rivara's Restaurant on Maple Avenue, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Detective Mark Wyka charged DeNegri with burglary, theft and criminal mischief after identifying him, Metzler aid. DeNegri was released pending a hearing.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Yonkers, NY
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Yonkers Convict's Accomplice Busted In $3.5M 'Shotgunning' Scheme, Feds Say Yonkers Convict's Accomplice Busted In $3.5M 'Shotgunning' Scheme, Feds Say Yonkers Convict's Accomplice Busted In $3.5M 'Shotgunning' Scheme, Feds Say
Yonkers Convict's Accomplice Busted In $3.5M 'Shotgunning' Scheme, Feds Say An accomplice of a convicted Westchester man was charged in connection with a $3.5 million "shotgunning" scheme, said federal authorities who arrested him Sunday. Saoud “Sam” Rihan, 57, was a business partner of Yonkers resident Simon Curanaj, 63, who admitted last November that he and his associates used bogus information and simultaneous loan applications at multiple banks to fraudulently obtain home equity lines of credit -- a practice known as “shotgunning,” U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Rihan, of the Bronx, was scheduled to appear in federal court in Newark. Among othe…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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Ridgefield Police: 1½ Pounds Of Pot In One Stop, Pound In Another Ridgefield Police: 1½ Pounds Of Pot In One Stop, Pound In Another Ridgefield Police: 1½ Pounds Of Pot In One Stop, Pound In Another
Ridgefield Police: 1½ Pounds Of Pot In One Stop, Pound In Another RIDGEFIELD, N.J. -- Days after seizing a pound and a half of pot from a driver, Ridgefield police found another pound during another stop. Officer Hagop Cigercioglu stopped a black 2011 Range Rover exiting eastbound Route 46 East across Grand Avenue and up Maple Avenue for several moving violations around 8:30 last Tuesday morning, Police Chief Thomas Gallagher said. Cigercioglu arrested the driver, 41-year-old Rafael Sanchez of Ridgefield Park, on drug charges after finding the marijuana, the chief said. Sanchez was released, pending a hearing, under New Jersey's 2017 bail reform law. Le…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
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Authorities Charge Senior, 78, With Sexually Assaulting Pre-Teen In Paramus Authorities Charge Senior, 78, With Sexually Assaulting Pre-Teen In Paramus Authorities Charge Senior, 78, With Sexually Assaulting Pre-Teen In Paramus
Authorities Charge Senior, 78, With Sexually Assaulting Pre-Teen In Paramus PARAMUS, N.J. -- Bergen County authorities charged a 78-year-old senior with sexually assaulting a pre-teen in Paramus. Samuel Arias, a Colombian national living in the U.S., was being held in the Bergen County Jail pending a detention hearing following his arrest Saturday. The 6-foot-2-inch, 200-pound Arias was charged with sexually assaulting a pre-teen victim, aggravated criminal sexual contact and lewdness. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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by Jerry DeMarco
Tappan-Blauvelt, NY
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Police: Dominican College Van Thief Chased From Blauvelt To NJ Police: Dominican College Van Thief Chased From Blauvelt To NJ Police: Dominican College Van Thief Chased From Blauvelt To NJ
Police: Dominican College Van Thief Chased From Blauvelt To NJ A driver who stole a van from Dominican College in Blauvelt led police on a chase before he was stopped and arrested in New Jersey, authorities said. Not officially identified yet by police, the man was booked into the Bergen County Jail as Rah Ralla, 19, records show. Charges of aggravated assault on a police officer, resisting arrest, eluding police and throwing bodily fluids at a law enforcement officer, among other counts, were filed, according to jail records. An extradition hearing was being scheduled. The van was stolen just after 6:30 p.m. Saturday., authorities said. Orangetown …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
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Police: Dominican College Van Thief Chased, Caught In Old Tappan Police: Dominican College Van Thief Chased, Caught In Old Tappan Police: Dominican College Van Thief Chased, Caught In Old Tappan
Police: Dominican College Van Thief Chased, Caught In Old Tappan OLD TAPPAN, N.J. – A driver who stole a van from Dominican College led police on a chase before he was stopped and arrested in Old Tappan, authorities said. Not officially identified yet by police, the man was booked into the Bergen County Jail as Rah Ralla, 19, records show. Charges of aggravated assault on a police officer, resisting arrest, eluding police and throwing bodily fluids at a law enforcement officer, among other counts, were filed, according to jail records. An extradition hearing was being scheduled. The van was stolen just after 6:30 p.m. Saturday., authorities said. Oran…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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VIDEO: Basement Tenant Charged With Torching Paterson Apartment Building VIDEO: Basement Tenant Charged With Torching Paterson Apartment Building VIDEO: Basement Tenant Charged With Torching Paterson Apartment Building
Video: Basement Tenant Charged With Torching Paterson Apartment Building PATERSON, N.J. – A Paterson man was charged with starting an arson fire overnight Sunday in an occupied city apartment building. City firefighters contained the 1 a.m. three-alarm blaze to the basement of the 11-unit building at 50 Clinton Street, where Alberto Peralta-Gomez lived, and an adjoining apartment. Alberto Peralta-Gomez, 23, who was promptly arrested, had set the fire in one of his closets, authorities said. No injuries were reported. Gomez was being held in the Passaic County Jail pending a detention hearing Monday in Central Judicial Processing Court in Paterson on charges of…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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Wily Coyotes: Authorities Say Bergenites' Habits Attract Them Wily Coyotes: Authorities Say Bergenites' Habits Attract Them Wily Coyotes: Authorities Say Bergenites' Habits Attract Them
Wily Coyotes: Authorities Say Bergenites' Habits Attract Them PARK RIDGE, N.J. -- Bergen County isn't attractive only to home buyers: Coyotes continue to prowl the area -- including one spotted the other day in Park Ridge. "He walked right in front of the car and stood there looking at us so cool," said Timothy O'reilly, who spotted the animal on Brae Boulevard. More coyote sightings were reported last year in Bergen County than ever before, said authorities who added that already three dozen have been reported this year. Why? Because we make it easy for them. "Coyotes primarily hunt rodents and rabbits for food, but will take advanta…

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