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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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Clothing, Supplies Intended For Vets Stolen From Outside Glen Rock Home Clothing, Supplies Intended For Vets Stolen From Outside Glen Rock Home Clothing, Supplies Intended For Vets Stolen From Outside Glen Rock Home
Clothing, Supplies Intended For Vets Stolen From Outside Glen Rock Home GLEN ROCK, N.J. -- A Glen Rock resident told police three bags of clothing she'd left outside her garage door for veterans were stolen. The Fieldmere Avenue resident said she'd left the bags of clothing, towels and pillows outside her garage door Friday morning for pickup by the Veterans of America organization, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. The organization later contacted her and said the bags were gone when the driver pulled up, the chief said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Tunnel Traffic Into NJ Jammed By Passed Out Driver, Port Authority Says Tunnel Traffic Into NJ Jammed By Passed Out Driver, Port Authority Says Tunnel Traffic Into NJ Jammed By Passed Out Driver, Port Authority Says
Tunnel Traffic Into NJ Jammed By Passed Out Driver, Port Authority Says An overnight traffic jam entering New Jersey from the Holland Tunnel had an uncommon twist: A driver drunk on wine had passed out behind the wheel, authorities said. Port Authority Police Officer Christopher Hooper got caught in the 2:20 a.m. traffic jam Saturday coming from the World Trade Center, then found 48-year-old Robert D. Tume-Ponce unconscious in a 2003 Ford Explorer -- the motor running and the car in gear -- at 14th Street and Manila Avenue, the authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. Tume-Ponce smelled of alcohol and had an open bottle of wine on the floor of the passenger seat, he…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Paterson Man Arrested After Showing Up At Hospital With Gunshot Wound Paterson Man Arrested After Showing Up At Hospital With Gunshot Wound Paterson Man Arrested After Showing Up At Hospital With Gunshot Wound
Paterson Man Arrested After Showing Up At Hospital With Gunshot Wound PATERSON, N.J. – A Paterson man who showed up at the hospital with a gunshot wound was arrested, authorities said. Jacques Mills, 29, went on his own to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center with the non-fatal wound at 11:48 p.m. Saturday, authorities said. Detectives investigating the shooting ended up charging Mills with hindering apprehension or prosecution. No further information was released Sunday afternoon.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Mahwah PD: Ex-Con Stopped On Route 17 Had Loaded Gun, $12,000 Drug Cash Mahwah PD: Ex-Con Stopped On Route 17 Had Loaded Gun, $12,000 Drug Cash Mahwah PD: Ex-Con Stopped On Route 17 Had Loaded Gun, $12,000 Drug Cash
Mahwah PD: Ex-Con Stopped On Route 17 Had Loaded Gun, $12,000 Drug Cash MAHWAH, N.J. – Mahwah police seized a loaded gun and $12,000 in suspected drug proceeds while arresting an ex-con after a Route 17 traffic stop, authorities said. Officers Liam Kantanas and John Lange stopped the white Buick sedan for several violations -- failing to stay right, tinted windows and an obstructed view – around 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Police Chief James N. Batelli said. The front-seat passenger, 28-year-old Nysheem Mann of Newark, had a small amount of marijuana, prompting the officers to order him and the driver out of the car, the chief said. A search turned up a loaded .22-c…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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PHOTOS: Wayne Firefighters Douse Condo Garage Row Fire PHOTOS: Wayne Firefighters Douse Condo Garage Row Fire PHOTOS: Wayne Firefighters Douse Condo Garage Row Fire
Photos: Wayne Firefighters Douse Condo Garage Row Fire WAYNE, N.J. -- Hours after several Wayne firefighters had to be decontaminated from a pre-dawn hazardous materials incident Sunday, members doused a blaze that blew through a garage row of a condominium complex. Someone working on a car in one of the units "may have spilled gasoline," igniting the 10:30 a.m. fire at the Knox Terrace Condos, Police Detective Capt. Lawrence Martin said. Members of the township's volunteer Fire Companies 4, 3 and 5 responded, along with the Wayne Memorial Volunteer First Aid Squad. Firefighters contained the flames to five units. No injuries were r…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Nine Wayne Responders Decontaminated After Exposure To Hazardous Chemical Nine Wayne Responders Decontaminated After Exposure To Hazardous Chemical Nine Wayne Responders Decontaminated After Exposure To Hazardous Chemical
Nine Wayne Responders Decontaminated After Exposure To Hazardous Chemical WAYNE, N.J. -- Six Wayne firefighters, two EMTs, a police officer and a factory employee were hospitalized before dawn Sunday after they were exposed to a chemical used to make Teflon. Police Officer Corey Deak was among the responders to the 5:40 a.m. smoke-condition call at Saint Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation on Dey Road, Detective Capt. Lawrence Martin said. Deak, an employee and the other responders were exposed to the chemical Polutetrafluroethylene (PTFE) and were taken to Chilton Memorial Hospital for decontamintation, Martin said. All were released "and advised to be…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority PD: NYC Lawyer Swipes Cash-Stuffed Bag At Newark Airport Port Authority PD: NYC Lawyer Swipes Cash-Stuffed Bag At Newark Airport Port Authority PD: NYC Lawyer Swipes Cash-Stuffed Bag At Newark Airport
Port Authority PD: NYC Lawyer Swipes Cash-Stuffed Bag At Newark Airport A Manhattan lawyer was arrested at Newark Airport after he snatched a passenger's bag from a security belt, pulled out cash and a Visa gift card, then tossed the bag away, said Port Authority police who arrested him. Henry I. Weil, 62, who practices criminal defense and immigration law in Chinatown, was found at a nearby gate by officers who reviewed surveillance video of the Friday morning theft at Terminal C, the authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. He was carrying $700 in cash and a Visa gift card worth $130 that were taken from the bag, he said. Weil then "led officers to the locat…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Mahwah Firefighters Move Indian Camp Propane Tanks To Protect Ramapo River Mahwah Firefighters Move Indian Camp Propane Tanks To Protect Ramapo River Mahwah Firefighters Move Indian Camp Propane Tanks To Protect Ramapo River
Mahwah Firefighters Move Indian Camp Propane Tanks To Protect Ramapo River MAHWAH, N.J. -- Mahwah firefighters secured several propane tanks Saturday amid concerns that they'd float into the Ramapo River, which supplies water for millions of people in New Jersey and New York. Firefighters moved the tanks after being called to the Split Rock Sweetwater Prayer Camp, west of Route 202 in the Ramapo Mountains, where the recent rain and melted snow raised fears of serious flooding. The area is the first along the Ramapo River in Mahwah that floods -- and, some fear, could someday be washed out completely. The Ramapough Lenape Nation camp, on what is considered a sacre…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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False Alarm: Hawaii Wrongly Alerts 'Incoming Ballistic Missile' Threat False Alarm: Hawaii Wrongly Alerts 'Incoming Ballistic Missile' Threat False Alarm: Hawaii Wrongly Alerts 'Incoming Ballistic Missile' Threat
False Alarm: Hawaii Wrongly Alerts 'Incoming Ballistic Missile' Threat The timing couldn't have been worse: An emergency alert warning of an "incoming ballistic missile" was mistakenly sent out by Hawaiian officials on Saturday. It actually was part of a drill and wasn't supposed to be sent to cellphones, authorities said. "NO missile threat to Hawaii," the state's Emergency Management Agency (EMA) tweeted at 1:20 p.m. EDT (8:20 a.m. Hawaii time). It took 38 minutes to correct the error, which occurred when an employee selected the wrong item from a drop-down menu during what was supposed to be an internal test of Hawaii's emergency alert …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Monroe, NY
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NYC Man Waiting 'Too Close To Tracks' Struck By Port Jervis-Bound Train NYC Man Waiting 'Too Close To Tracks' Struck By Port Jervis-Bound Train NYC Man Waiting 'Too Close To Tracks' Struck By Port Jervis-Bound Train
NYC Man Waiting 'Too Close To Tracks' Struck By Port Jervis-Bound Train PORT JERVIS, N.Y. -- A 38-year-old man who apparently stood too close to the tracks was struck by a Port Jervis-bound express train at a New Jersey station and critically injured injured Friday night, authorities said. "Initial reports are that he was standing too close to the edge of the platform with his back to the tracks" when the victim was struck around 5:30 p.m. at the Kingsland Station in Lyndhurst, NJ Transit's Jim Smith said. The Woodside, Queens man was rushed to Hackensack University Medical Center in critical condition, Smith said. "His back was facing the way t…

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