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
Passaic Sheriff: Detectives Nab Window-Bound Fugitive With Crack, Heroin Passaic Sheriff: Detectives Nab Window-Bound Fugitive With Crack, Heroin Passaic Sheriff: Detectives Nab Window-Bound Fugitive With Crack, Heroin
Passaic Sheriff: Detectives Nab Window-Bound Fugitive With Crack, Heroin PATERSON, N.J. -- Passaic County sheriff's detectives grabbed a Paterson fugitive before he could make it out a window Monday morning during a raid that turned up 278 bags of crack and 310 envelopes of heroin, authorities said. Members of the Fugitive Warrant Squad hit the East 18th Street apartment just before 9 a.m., looking for 21-year-old Randy Ward, who was wanted on drug and burglary warrants, Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. While detectives went inside, two others waited outside, the sheriff said. The two who went in grabbed Ward as he tried to escape, he said. In the bedroom they…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Dad Sold Son’s School-Issued Laptop, Glen Rock Principal Says Dad Sold Son’s School-Issued Laptop, Glen Rock Principal Says Dad Sold Son’s School-Issued Laptop, Glen Rock Principal Says
Dad Sold Son’s School-Issued Laptop, Glen Rock Principal Says GLEN ROCK, N.J. – Computer hacked? No: HOCKED. Glen Rock police were looking for a man who school officials said stole his son’s laptop. The $850 district-issued laptop was then sold by the 48-year-old father, Glen Rock High School officials told police. “The family no longer resides in Glen Rock,” Police Chief Dean Ackermann said, adding that detectives were “attempting to locate the parent, who is believed to be estranged from the family.”

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Two Caught, One Sought After Paramus Police Chase Down Stolen Mercedes Two Caught, One Sought After Paramus Police Chase Down Stolen Mercedes Two Caught, One Sought After Paramus Police Chase Down Stolen Mercedes
Two Caught, One Sought After Paramus Police Chase Down Stolen Mercedes PARAMUS, N.J. -- An ex-con who once swiped an off-duty sheriff's officer's car was one of two men nabbed by Paramus police after an overnight stolen car chase. As Daily Voice originally reported, 30-year-old Shakir Curry was charged with aggravated assault on a police officer after he and fellow Newark resident Jaquan Summer, 25, were chased down before dawn Sunday. Curry and Summer were also charged with eluding, resising arrest, theft and drug possession. A third suspect got away, authorities said. Police said the trio stole a Mercedes SUV from a Sweetbriar Avenue driveway around 11:30 p…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
SEE ANYTHING? Lodi Bakery/Restaurant Worker Tackles Would-Be Robber SEE ANYTHING? Lodi Bakery/Restaurant Worker Tackles Would-Be Robber SEE ANYTHING? Lodi Bakery/Restaurant Worker Tackles Would-Be Robber
SEE Anything? Lodi Bakery/Restaurant Worker Tackles Would-Be Robber LODI, N.J. – A Lodi bakery/restaurant employee tackled a would-be robber, who fled empty-handed Monday morning, police said. El Machetico Columbiano at 153 S. Main Street had opened barely 20 minutes earlier when the bandit walked in around 6:20 a.m. wearing a mask and a grey shirt, “with one hand in his shirt for the appearance of a weapon [hand gun], demanding money from the register,” Deputy Police Chief Donald Scorzetti said. The victim tackled the would-be robber, who got up and ran out the door, heading south on South Main Street, he said. The victim was OK, other than having two g…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
New Milford PD: Unwanted Drunken Party Guest Bites Officer New Milford PD: Unwanted Drunken Party Guest Bites Officer New Milford PD: Unwanted Drunken Party Guest Bites Officer
New Milford PD: Unwanted Drunken Party Guest Bites Officer NEW MILFORD, N.J. – A drunken party crasher tangled with New Milford police, leaving one officer with a bite mark on his arm, as she was being arrested, authorities said. Officers called to a Boulevard apartment just before 4 a.m. Saturday found Melissa Oliveira, 18, of Allendale, unwilling to leave, Detective Lt. Kevin Van Saders said. “As the officers attempted to take Oliveira into custody, she began to kick the officers,” Van Saders said. They eventually restrained her, but when they tried putting Oliveira in the police car, “she became verbally and physically combative and bit Lt. Bri…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Clifton PD: Black-Clad Pair Rob Grocery Store Clifton PD: Black-Clad Pair Rob Grocery Store Clifton PD: Black-Clad Pair Rob Grocery Store
Clifton PD: Black-Clad Pair Rob Grocery Store CLIFTON, N.J. -- Two bandits dressed completely in black -- one of them carrying a gun -- robbed a Clifton grocery store clerk Friday night, authorities said. The gunman chambered a round as the pair, both with their faces covered, entered the Center Street store around 9 p.m. Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. The robbers forced a store employee from the back of the store to the counter, demanded all of the cash and fled with an undetermined amount, he said. Anyone who saw something, or who has information that could help police, is asked to contact the Clifton Police Detective Bureau: (9…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
VIDEO: Remains Of Elderly Teaneck Couple Found After Furious House Fire VIDEO: Remains Of Elderly Teaneck Couple Found After Furious House Fire VIDEO: Remains Of Elderly Teaneck Couple Found After Furious House Fire
Video: Remains Of Elderly Teaneck Couple Found After Furious House Fire TEANECK, N.J. -- Authorities found the bodies of an elderly Teaneck couple killed when a fire roared through their home hours early Sunday, multiple law enforcement sources told Daily Voice. Gerald and Rosanne Ryan, both 81, were trapped by flames that blew through the 2½-story house on Sherman Avenue just after 6:35 a.m. Excavators had to shore up what was left of the home before being able to comb through the wreckage for their remains. "The exact cause of the fire is undetermined due to the extensive fire damage," Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said Monday. "…

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by Jerry DeMarco & Cecilia Levine
Paramus, NJ
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Two Caught, One Sought After Paramus Police Chase Down Stolen Mercedes Two Caught, One Sought After Paramus Police Chase Down Stolen Mercedes Two Caught, One Sought After Paramus Police Chase Down Stolen Mercedes
Two Caught, One Sought After Paramus Police Chase Down Stolen Mercedes An ex-con who once swiped an off-duty sheriff's officer's car was one of two men nabbed by Paramus police after an overnight stolen car chase. As Daily Voice originally reported, 30-year-old Shakir Curry was charged with aggravated assault on a police officer after he and fellow Newark resident Jaquan Summer, 25, were chased down before dawn Sunday. Curry and Summer were also charged with eluding, resising arrest, theft and drug possession. A third suspect got away, authorities said. Police said the trio stole a Mercedes SUV from a Sweetbriar Avenue driveway around 11:30 p.m. Saturday afte…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Altar Fire Clears Hawthorne Church Altar Fire Clears Hawthorne Church Altar Fire Clears Hawthorne Church
Altar Fire Clears Hawthorne Church HAWTHORNE, N.J. -- No injuries were reported after an altar in a Hawthorne church caught fire Sunday morning. Firefighters removed the still-smoking altar from the Hawthorne United Methodist Church on Lafayette Avenue and used thermal imaging cameras to be sure that flames hadn't extended to any part of the church. They also ventilated the building. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this article.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
PHOTOS: Sedan Downs Elmwood Park Hedge, Fence, Slams Into Minivan, House PHOTOS: Sedan Downs Elmwood Park Hedge, Fence, Slams Into Minivan, House PHOTOS: Sedan Downs Elmwood Park Hedge, Fence, Slams Into Minivan, House
Photos: Sedan Downs Elmwood Park Hedge, Fence, Slams Into Minivan, House ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. -- A car slammed into an Elmwood Park house -- narrowly missing a gas meter -- after downing part of a fence and a hedge, hitting a minivan and barreling across several lawns late Saturday morning. The 80-something driver was hospitalized with a severe leg injury after the chain-reaction crash on East 54th Street. After her sedan mounted a resident's lawn, the driver put it into reverse and hit the accelerator instead of the brake, knocking down a hedge and the fence before hitting the minivan, neighbor Dominick Scalcione told Daily Voice. "She then went forward, j…

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