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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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Cabbie Stopped In Fort Lee Had $800,000 Worth Of Crystal Meth Prosecutor: Cabbie Stopped In Fort Lee Had $800,000 Worth Of Crystal Meth Prosecutor: Cabbie Stopped In Fort Lee Had $800,000 Worth Of Crystal Meth
Prosecutor: Cabbie Stopped In Fort Lee Had $800,000 Worth Of Crystal Meth FORT LEE, N.J. – A taxi driver was nabbed in Fort Lee with 10 pounds of crystal meth worth an estimated $800,000, authorities said. Gerardo Camilo-Nolasco, 42, of the Bronx, was ordered held in the Bergen County Jail pending a detention hearing, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said Monday. Prosecutor’s detectives stopped him in the Bronx and found the meth, along with a small amount of cocaine, in his vehicle, Calo said.

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Veteran Park Ridge Lawman Sworn As Bergen Chiefs Association President Veteran Park Ridge Lawman Sworn As Bergen Chiefs Association President Veteran Park Ridge Lawman Sworn As Bergen Chiefs Association President
Veteran Park Ridge Lawman Sworn As Bergen Chiefs Association President GARFIELD, N.J. -- Park Ridge Police Chief Joseph Madden was sworn in over the weekend as the 93rd president of the Bergen County Police Chiefs Association. Madden and the 2018 board officers were sworn in by new State Attorney General (and former Bergen County Prosecutor) Gurbir S. Grewal during an installation dinner at the Venetian in Garfield. The board: Immediate Past President: Oakland Police Chief Edward J. Kasper 1st Vice President: Old Tappan Police Chief Thomas M. Shine 2nd Vice President: Rutherford Police Chief John R. Russo 3rd Vice President: Montvale Police Chief Jeremy Abra…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Mom, Daughter Struck By Car In Hawthorne Mom, Daughter Struck By Car In Hawthorne Mom, Daughter Struck By Car In Hawthorne
Mom, Daughter Struck By Car In Hawthorne HAWTHORNE, N.J. -- A mother and her daughter weren't seriously injured when they were struck by a car while crossing a Hawthorne street Monday morning. Both were taken to a local hospital as a precaution. The incident occurred in a crosswalk at the intersection of Lafayette and Van Winkle Avenues around 8:30 a.m. Hawthorney police and EMS responded. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this article.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
PHOTO: Sports Car Flips On Route 17 In Paramus PHOTO: Sports Car Flips On Route 17 In Paramus PHOTO: Sports Car Flips On Route 17 In Paramus
Photo: Sports Car Flips On Route 17 In Paramus PARAMUS, N.J. -- Firefighters and EMTs helped a driver out of his sports car after it flipped Sunday morning on Route 17 in Paramus. An ambulance took him to Hackensack University Medical Center after the crash, just before 8 a.m., on the northbound highway near East Midland Avenue. A flatbed tow truck righted and removed the two-door, two-seater Nissan 350Z. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this article.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Wayne Police: Ex-Employee Burglarized Popular Hamburg Turnpike Restaurant Wayne Police: Ex-Employee Burglarized Popular Hamburg Turnpike Restaurant Wayne Police: Ex-Employee Burglarized Popular Hamburg Turnpike Restaurant
Wayne Police: Ex-Employee Burglarized Popular Hamburg Turnpike Restaurant WAYNE, N.J. -- It's why detectives always ask for a list of former employees: Wayne police on Friday arrested an ex-restaurant worker from Pompton Lakes who they said burglarized a popular local eatery he used to work for. Detective Henry Ellis worked the case for several weeks before arresting Drew J Canning, 27, for the Dec. 10 break-in at Mc Cobbs Restaurant on Hamburg Turnpike, authorities said. Canning took cash register drawers, along with rolled coins, tip jars and a few hundred dollars or so in cash, Detective Capt. Laurence Martin said. He didn't stop there, the captain said: Cann…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Homeless Man Carjacks Hackensack Victim To Paterson And Back Police: Homeless Man Carjacks Hackensack Victim To Paterson And Back Police: Homeless Man Carjacks Hackensack Victim To Paterson And Back
Police: Homeless Man Carjacks Hackensack Victim To Paterson And Back HACKENSACK, N.J. -- A homeless man carjacked a motorist in Hackensack, made him drive him to Paterson, then took cash and his cellphone before making him drive back, said police who arrested him. Nathaniel James-Booth, 40, approached the victim in the parking lot of the Quick Chek on Main Street early Thursday, got in through the passenger door and placed his head inside the area of his sweatshirt, Capt. Peter Busciglio said. "Drive or I'll put this out," the victim said he was told. After robbing the driver, James-Booth had him drive to several locations in Paterson before headi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Fort Lee Driver Gets Five-Year Minimum In DWI Crash That Killed Mother Of 4 Fort Lee Driver Gets Five-Year Minimum In DWI Crash That Killed Mother Of 4 Fort Lee Driver Gets Five-Year Minimum In DWI Crash That Killed Mother Of 4
Fort Lee Driver Gets Five-Year Minimum In DWI Crash That Killed Mother Of 4 FORT LEE, N.J. -- A Fort Lee man could be freed from prison in five years after being sentenced for the drunk-driving death of a mother of four in Queens. Vladimir Menin, 44, was driving with a suspended license and had a blood-alcohol level twice the legal limit when his BMW hit 49-year-old Aissatou Diallo, 49, of Staten Island, knocking her off a Brooklyn-Queens Expressway bridge to her death in August 2016. Diallo had been standing outside her Chevy after a tire on an SUV driven by a relative went flat while she and family members were returning from a wedding in Queen. Witnesses report…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Mahwah Homeowner, 71, Charged With Setting Foreclosure Fire Mahwah Homeowner, 71, Charged With Setting Foreclosure Fire Mahwah Homeowner, 71, Charged With Setting Foreclosure Fire
Mahwah Homeowner, 71, Charged With Setting Foreclosure Fire MAHWAH, N.J. -- A 71-year-old Mahwah man was charged with torching his foreclosed house. Everett Nathaniel Johnson was being held in the Bergen County Jail Friday, charged with aggravated arson with the knowledge of "danger of death or bodily injury" in Thursday night's Marion Drive fire, records show. Mahwah police officers dispatched to the house on a welfare check saw Johnson near the garage holding a can of gasoline, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. "Multiple points of fire" also were found in the 5:30 p.m. blaze, responders told Daily Voice. The l…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Your Community
'Jersey Shore's Michael ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino, Brother Admit Tax Dodge 'Jersey Shore's Michael ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino, Brother Admit Tax Dodge 'Jersey Shore's Michael ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino, Brother Admit Tax Dodge
'Jersey Shore's Michael ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino, Brother Admit Tax Dodge Former "Jersey Shore" personality Michael “The Situation” Sorrentino and his brother admitted Friday that they ducked taxes on what authorities said was nearly $9 million in income from promotional gigs while claiming pricey clothing, high-end cars and personal grooming as business expenses. Michael Sorrentino, 36, pleaded guilty to tax evasion, while Marc Sorrentino, 38, pleaded guilty to aiding in the preparation of a false and fraudulent tax return, both in U.S. District Court in Newark.  After several delays, both were scheduled to go to trial last month. They took plea deals …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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'TV Crew' With Fake Bomb At Newark Airport Identified 'TV Crew' With Fake Bomb At Newark Airport Identified 'TV Crew' With Fake Bomb At Newark Airport Identified
'TV Crew' With Fake Bomb At Newark Airport Identified Port Authority police Friday morning identified nine people who were arrested after they tried to pass a fake bomb through Newark Airport security claiming it was part of a TV stunt. None of the nine -- including members from Jersey City, Sparta and Staten Island -- had any media credentials, the authority's Joseph Pentangelo told Daily Voice. Working "in concert," he said, the group packed items made to look like an explosive device into a specially designed suitcase, then recorded it as it passed through a security checkpoint at Terminal One on Thursday, Pentangelo said. TSA ag…

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