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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Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Garfield Police Bust Teen Pair In Online-Arranged Sale Turned Robbery Garfield Police Bust Teen Pair In Online-Arranged Sale Turned Robbery Garfield Police Bust Teen Pair In Online-Arranged Sale Turned Robbery
Garfield Police Bust Teen Pair In Online-Arranged Sale Turned Robbery GARFIELD, N.J. – A pair of online sellers who arranged a meeting in Garfield were robbed by two purported buyers, one armed with a gun, said police who nabbed two teenage suspects Tuesday. The couple – a 19-year-old man and 20-year-old woman – told police they went to Malcolm Avenue to meet the would-be buyers just before 6 p.m. Sunday, Capt. Darren Sucorowski said. Instead, one of the pair pulled out a handgun and took their cash, the couple told police. In short time, Lt. Joseph Delaney and Det. Marc Amos identified two suspects. On Tuesday, detectives took two juveniles into custody –…

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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New Jersey's New Top Lawman: Bergen County's Gurbir S. Grewal New Jersey's New Top Lawman: Bergen County's Gurbir S. Grewal New Jersey's New Top Lawman: Bergen County's Gurbir S. Grewal
New Jersey's New Top Lawman: Bergen County's Gurbir S. Grewal GLEN ROCK, N.J. -- He made his name in Bergen first as a federal prosecutor and then as a fighter against the opioid epidemic as county prosecutor. Now Gurbir S. Grewal is the top lawman in the state. Grewal, of Glen Rock, became the 61st attorney general in state history -- and the first Sikh-American attorney general in U.S. history -- when the state Senate unanimously confirmed his appointment following the inauguration Tuesday of new Gov. Phil Murphy. “I am honored and humbled to assume the role of Attorney General at this critical time for our state and country," Grewal said. &qu…

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Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
SEEN HIM? Sketch Released Of Garfield Shrink-Wrap Robber SEEN HIM? Sketch Released Of Garfield Shrink-Wrap Robber SEEN HIM? Sketch Released Of Garfield Shrink-Wrap Robber
Seen HIM? Sketch Released Of Garfield Shrink-Wrap Robber GARFIELD, N.J. – Garfield police on Tuesday issued a composite sketch of one of two robbers who they said pistol-whipped a mechanic and strapped him to a chair in shrink wrap. The victim said the two entered the garage where he was working at Passaic Street and Cambridge Avenue around 6:50 p.m. Thursday wearing dark-colored winter hats, hooded sweatshirts and bubble jackets. After asking for help, one of the robbers “pointed a handgun at him [and] struck him in the face,” Capt. Darren Sucorowski said. They bound him in the chair, robbed him and fled, the captain said. The victim sustaine…

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Little Ferry Bank Robber Who Grabbed Teller By Blouse Admits 4 Holdups Little Ferry Bank Robber Who Grabbed Teller By Blouse Admits 4 Holdups Little Ferry Bank Robber Who Grabbed Teller By Blouse Admits 4 Holdups
Little Ferry Bank Robber Who Grabbed Teller By Blouse Admits 4 Holdups LITTLE FERRY, N.J. – An Elizabeth man admitted Tuesday that he robbed a bank in Little Ferry -- during which he grabbed a teller by the blouse and threatened to shoot her -- along with another in New York and two in Maryland. Israel Cosme, 36, was arrested on Jan. 24, 2017, nine days after federal authorities said he robbed the Main Street TD Bank in Little Ferry in an incident captured on surveillance video. He admitted in federal court in Newark on Tuesday that he threatened to shoot the teller if she didn't comply, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. He then reached over the counter, gr…

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Fort Lee, NJ
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Police: DWI Driver In GWB Crash Couldn't Recall What Happened Police: DWI Driver In GWB Crash Couldn't Recall What Happened Police: DWI Driver In GWB Crash Couldn't Recall What Happened
Police: DWI Driver In GWB Crash Couldn't Recall What Happened FORT LEE, N.J. -- A DWI driver found sitting behind the wheel of a crashed car near the George Washington Bridge told an officer he couldn't remember what happened, Port Authority police said. Officer Ed Berdecia found Nicholas D. Moy in the driver's seat of the 2007 Toyota Scion -- the engine running, headlights on -- just after it struck a concrete barrier at 5 a.m. Sunday, the authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. "His eyes were bloodshot and he could not recall details of the collision," Pentangelo said. "When asked for his paperwork, he could not provide proof of insurance…

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Northern Highlands, NJ
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Upper Saddle River Man Indicted For 3rd Time In Child Sex Case Upper Saddle River Man Indicted For 3rd Time In Child Sex Case Upper Saddle River Man Indicted For 3rd Time In Child Sex Case
Upper Saddle River Man Indicted For 3rd Time In Child Sex Case HACKENSACK, N.J. — After two failed attempts at prosecuting a former construction company owner from Upper Saddle River on child sex charges, authorities have obtained a third indictment. A defense lawyer for Louis Tantillo, 53, got the previous indictments dismissed each of the past two years based on the alleged victim's apparent inability to specify when she says the assault occurred. The latest accuses Tantillo of sexually assaulting and endangering the girl, during a sleepover at his home between June 25-Sept. 3, 2009, when she was 12. The case emerged five years later, after the girl…

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Pascack Valley, NJ
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Park Ridge Police Rescue Residents Trapped On Roof In House Fire Park Ridge Police Rescue Residents Trapped On Roof In House Fire Park Ridge Police Rescue Residents Trapped On Roof In House Fire
Park Ridge Police Rescue Residents Trapped On Roof In House Fire PARK RIDGE, N.J. -- Park Ridge police rescued two people trapped on the roof of a burning two-family home before dawn Tuesday. The Pascack Road blaze broke out just before 3:30 a.m. in a first-floor apartment bathroom, leaving the second-floor residents trapped on the roof, responders said. Firefighters attacked the flames while police grabbed a nearby ladder and got the residents down safely. One resident sustained minor smoke inhalation, borough firefighters said. No other injuries were reported. Colleagues from Woodcliff Lake and Hillsdale also responded, along with Tri-Boro Ambulance,…

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Paterson, NJ
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Prospect Park PD: Teens Arrange Separate 'Sale' Meetings, Swipe 3 Dirtbikes Prospect Park PD: Teens Arrange Separate 'Sale' Meetings, Swipe 3 Dirtbikes Prospect Park PD: Teens Arrange Separate 'Sale' Meetings, Swipe 3 Dirtbikes
Prospect Park PD: Teens Arrange Separate 'Sale' Meetings, Swipe 3 Dirtbikes PROSPECT PARK, N.J. – Aided by cellphone video, Prospect Park police tracked down two teens who they said arranged meetings to buy dirt bikes from three different owners – then stole them. Ameir Logan, 18, was working on one of the stolen bikes in front of his Paterson home when Detective Walter Richmond and Officer Arthur Canestrino rolled up on him, authorities said. The first victim, from Englewood, told police he arranged to meet what he thought was a buyer in Prospect Park after placing a 2017 Yamaha 85 bike for sale on LetGo.com. The “buyer” took the bike for what the victim said he …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Reckless Driver Drank 'Catnip Cocktail,' Wayne Police Say Reckless Driver Drank 'Catnip Cocktail,' Wayne Police Say Reckless Driver Drank 'Catnip Cocktail,' Wayne Police Say
Reckless Driver Drank 'Catnip Cocktail,' Wayne Police Say WAYNE, N.J. -- A driver was under the influence of a "catnip cocktail" when he suddenly jerked his car across several lanes of Route 23, said police who arrested him. Sgt. James Clark saw the driver of the 2018 Toyota Camry make the "extremely dangerous maneuver" off the southbound highway and then speed recklessly up Packanack Lake Road past his patrol car just before 11 p.m. Saturday, Detective Capt. Laurence Martin said. Clark stopped the driver -- Joseph Donofrio, 35, of Westchester County -- who Martin said had "slurred speech and jerky hand movements" whi…

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Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Glen Rock, Wyckoff Seniors Tell Phone Scammers To Get Lost Glen Rock, Wyckoff Seniors Tell Phone Scammers To Get Lost Glen Rock, Wyckoff Seniors Tell Phone Scammers To Get Lost
Glen Rock, Wyckoff Seniors Tell Phone Scammers To Get Lost GLEN ROCK/WYCKOFF, N.J. – Not everyone falls for phone scams: Two elderly women – one from Glen Rock, the other from Wyckoff – recently sniffed them out and called police. The 85-year- old Glen Rock woman told police she got a call from someone claiming to be her granddaughter, saying that she and her father needed bail money after being involved in a car crash. “This was followed by a call from a man claiming to be a lawyer representing the granddaughter,” Glen Rock Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. “The woman was aware of the grandparent’s scam and contacted her family in Florida to conf…

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