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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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Elmwood Park Gas Station Attendant Dodges Bullet During Robbery Elmwood Park Gas Station Attendant Dodges Bullet During Robbery Elmwood Park Gas Station Attendant Dodges Bullet During Robbery
Elmwood Park Gas Station Attendant Dodges Bullet During Robbery ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. – A fleeing bandit fired a shot at an Elmwood Park gas station attendant who chased him and an accomplice with a crowbar after a $400 robbery Thursday night, authorities said. One River Drive Delta station attendant told police the masked pair approached him around 8:40 p.m. near the pump booth, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. He handed them the cash after one of the robbers pointed a black handgun at him, the chief said. A second employee saw what was happening, grabbed a crowbar and ran after them. One of the bandits then turned and fired a .40-caliber round at him…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
SEEN HIM? Video Shows Man Wanted For Questioning In Paterson Shooting SEEN HIM? Video Shows Man Wanted For Questioning In Paterson Shooting SEEN HIM? Video Shows Man Wanted For Questioning In Paterson Shooting
Seen HIM? Video Shows Man Wanted For Questioning In Paterson Shooting PATERSON, N.J. -- Seeking the public's help, authorities on Friday released a video of a "person of interest" in a shooting in Paterson earlier this month. The 29-year-old male male victim survived the Jan. 13 shooting in the area of Main and Weiss Street, authorities said. Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Deputy Paterson Police Chief Troy Oswald asked that anyone who recognizes the man in the video or has information that could help find him contact 1-877-370-PCPO or [email protected] or contact the Paterson Police Ceasefire Unit at 973-321-1342. 

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Glen Rock Chamber President/Publisher Arrested For Using Stolen Credit Card Glen Rock Chamber President/Publisher Arrested For Using Stolen Credit Card Glen Rock Chamber President/Publisher Arrested For Using Stolen Credit Card
Glen Rock Chamber President/Publisher Arrested For Using Stolen Credit Card GLEN ROCK, N.J. -- The president of the Glen Rock Chamber of Commerce and publisher of an online news site was charged with using a stolen credit card to pay traffic tickets, motor vehicle restoration fees and a mattress, said police who arrested her Thursday night. Julie Maxwell Allen, publisher of Glen Rock News Today (formerly Banana Tree News), turned herself in to police around 6 p.m., was processed and was released pending a Feb. 16th appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. "I was a victim of a scam," Allen told Daily …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Passersby Stop Cars To Help Victims In Fiery Route 80 Crash Passersby Stop Cars To Help Victims In Fiery Route 80 Crash Passersby Stop Cars To Help Victims In Fiery Route 80 Crash
Passersby Stop Cars To Help Victims In Fiery Route 80 Crash TOTOWA, N.J. -- Passersby stopped their cars to help five people involved in a fiery rush-hour crash on eastbound Route 80 in Woodland Park. Totowa and Woodland Park firefighters extinguished the flames, which spread from one sedan to one it T-boned on the passenger side around 4 p.m. The Wayne Township Memorial First Aid Squad tended to those injured. Several State Police vehicles surrounded the scene, closing off three lanes. Werner R. Ennesser contributed to this story.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Let's Hear It! Clifton 'Cheer Mom' Leads Police To Fugitive's Hideout Let's Hear It! Clifton 'Cheer Mom' Leads Police To Fugitive's Hideout Let's Hear It! Clifton 'Cheer Mom' Leads Police To Fugitive's Hideout
Let's Hear It! Clifton 'Cheer Mom' Leads Police To Fugitive's Hideout CLIFTON, N.J. -- A self-proclaimed "cheer mom" from Clifton who led police to a vacant house where a fugitive from Newark was hiding out said her gut "told me this guy was bad news." Officers surrounded the house, shouting demands for Martin Adam Burnett, 47, of Coal Township, PA to surrender after they spotted him standing with a flashlight in the bay window of the Springdale Court home. After about 45 minutes, they kicked the door in, then found him hiding in the attic with bolt and glass cutters and other burglary tools, authorities said. The mom, whose name was bein…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: Student Brings Pocket Knife To Northern Valley HS In Old Tappan UPDATE: Student Brings Pocket Knife To Northern Valley HS In Old Tappan UPDATE: Student Brings Pocket Knife To Northern Valley HS In Old Tappan
Update: Student Brings Pocket Knife To Northern Valley HS In Old Tappan OLD TAPPAN, N.J. -- A student brought a pocket knife to Northern Valley High School in Old Tappan on Thursday, authorities said. Administrators also seized an empty vape pen from the teen, who was sent for evaluation and testing as a matter of school policy, Police Chief Thomas Shine said. "The NVRHS administration requested an ambulance to provide the students transportation to a local medical group for testing," the chief said. Possession of both the knife and vape violate district policies, he noted. "The Old Tappan Police Department will assist the NVRHS administration …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Fairview Laborer Charged With Trafficking Child Porn Fairview Laborer Charged With Trafficking Child Porn Fairview Laborer Charged With Trafficking Child Porn
Fairview Laborer Charged With Trafficking Child Porn FAIRVIEW, N.J. – A Fairview laborer was trafficking child pornography, said authorities who arrested him. William J. Smith, 37, remained held Thursday in the Bergen County Jail pending a Feb. 14 first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack following his arrest a day earlier by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Cyber Crimes Unit. Detectives who raided Smith's Walker Street apartment found more then 100 digital files of nude and "sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children," Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. They charged him with…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Clifton PD: Driver Who 'Thought He Hit Someone' Runs After House Crash Clifton PD: Driver Who 'Thought He Hit Someone' Runs After House Crash Clifton PD: Driver Who 'Thought He Hit Someone' Runs After House Crash
Clifton PD: Driver Who 'Thought He Hit Someone' Runs After House Crash CLIFTON, N.J. -- The driver of a speeding car that crashed into a Clifton house was captured by police after he hid in nearby bushes and then tried to run, authorities said. The passenger stay behind after the two-door 2017 Audi R8 slammed into the Lotz Hill Road house just before 5 p.m. Wednesday, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. Officers searched the area for the driver -- Bryan Gallego, 24, of Haledon -- and found him in bushes on Cobble Street near 4 Seasons Blvd, the lieutenant said. Gallego tried to run through a townhome complex but was tackled and taken into custody, he said. H…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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Ridgefield PD: Cellphone Stop Turns Up 1½ Pounds Of Pot Ridgefield PD: Cellphone Stop Turns Up 1½ Pounds Of Pot Ridgefield PD: Cellphone Stop Turns Up 1½ Pounds Of Pot
Ridgefield PD: Cellphone Stop Turns Up 1½ Pounds Of Pot RIDGEFIELD, N.J. -- A Ridgefield police officer found a pound and a half of pot after stopping a driver who was using a handheld cellphone, authorities said. Officer Daniel Berger "detected a strong odor of raw marijuana" after stopping the 2008 Grey Mercedes on southbound Routes 1 & 9 in the middle of the afternoon, Police Chief Thomas Gallagher said. The officer requested a Bergen County sheriff's K-9 unit, which confirmed cause for a search that turned up the marijuana, Gallagher said. The driver, 33-year-old Jean C. Labanda of Fairview, was processed on drug possession ch…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Driver Shot At By Paterson Police Charged With Eluding After 15-Mile Chase Driver Shot At By Paterson Police Charged With Eluding After 15-Mile Chase Driver Shot At By Paterson Police Charged With Eluding After 15-Mile Chase
Driver Shot At By Paterson Police Charged With Eluding After 15-Mile Chase PATERSON, N.J. – A Paterson police officer fired a shot at a fleeing driver who was caught after a chase of nearly 15 miles before dawn Wednesday, authorities said. The officer approached Terrance Nelson, 26, of Jersey City, in the area of Cianci and Market streets around 2:30 a.m. “as part of an investigation in progress,” Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. Nelson got into a car, however, and “pulled away while refusing police commands to stop,” she said. “During the encounter, one round was discharged from the officer’s department-issued handgun,” the prosecutor said. “A …

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