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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Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
VIDEO: Resident, Two Dogs Escape Lyndhurst Fire VIDEO: Resident, Two Dogs Escape Lyndhurst Fire VIDEO: Resident, Two Dogs Escape Lyndhurst Fire
Video: Resident, Two Dogs Escape Lyndhurst Fire LYNDHURST, N.J. -- (UPDATE) A Lyndhurst resident made it out with two small dogs Saturday as flames engulfed the upper floors of a single-family home. Firefighters faced frigid cold in extinguishing the smoky Page Avenue blaze, which borough police Detective Vincent Auteri said apparently was sparked by a faulty extension cord in a second-floor bedroom. The resident "detected a strange odor [around 10:50 a.m.] and ultimately found the second floor engulfed in smoke," Auteri said. "The occupant, along with two small dogs, made it at out of the home unharmed." Lyndhurst f…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
PHOTOS: SUV Plows Through Front Of Edgewater Store PHOTOS: SUV Plows Through Front Of Edgewater Store PHOTOS: SUV Plows Through Front Of Edgewater Store
Photos: SUV Plows Through Front Of Edgewater Store EDGEWATER, N.J. -- Somehow no one was hurt when an SUV plowed through an Edgewater store on Saturday. The driver got out after crashed through the front of the Charming Charlie store at City Place off River Road just after 11:30 a.m. A tow truck removed the SUV.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
PHOTOS: Driver Extricated After Mahwah Crash PHOTOS: Driver Extricated After Mahwah Crash PHOTOS: Driver Extricated After Mahwah Crash
Photos: Driver Extricated After Mahwah Crash MAHWAH, N.J. -- Firefighters cut a driver out of a sedan that rolled over Saturday night in Mahwah. The driver was hospitalized after firefighters secured the Chevy sedan and removed the roof just after 6:30 p.m. crash on MacArthur Boulevard. There was no immediate word on the extent of injuries.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Fort Lee Tax Cheat Who Collected Nearly $1.5M Gets 3 Years In Fed Prison Fort Lee Tax Cheat Who Collected Nearly $1.5M Gets 3 Years In Fed Prison Fort Lee Tax Cheat Who Collected Nearly $1.5M Gets 3 Years In Fed Prison
Fort Lee Tax Cheat Who Collected Nearly $1.5M Gets 3 Years In Fed Prison FORT LEE, N.J. – A Fort Lee mortgage broker who admitted collecting nearly $1.5 million in unentitled tax refunds from the government was sentenced to three years in federal prison. Jose Crespo, who took a plea deal in September, filed returns that falsely listed income from bonds and fuel excise tax credits for several years, beginning in 2006, IRS Special Agent Jonathan D. Larsen said. Crespo collected $652,478 the first year of the scheme for his Specialty Home Services company in Fort Lee, while taking in nearly $60,000 on his personal return, Larsen said. The following two years, he c…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: Gas-Fed Deck Fire Destroys Wayne Home UPDATE: Gas-Fed Deck Fire Destroys Wayne Home UPDATE: Gas-Fed Deck Fire Destroys Wayne Home
Update: Gas-Fed Deck Fire Destroys Wayne Home WAYNE, N.J. -- Propane fed a raging fire that consumed a Wayne house Friday, causing several small explosions and drawing dozens of firefighters. No injuries were reported. The noontime blaze broke out on a rear deck (see photo above) before racing through the MacDonald Drive home, occupied by a man and his daughter, responders at the scene said.  Firefighters were forced out as flames engulfed the two-story home, they said. It took three hours to bring it under control. A PSE&G crew was summoned to kill live wires that had fallen.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Maywood PD: DWI Hit-Run Pickup Driver Hits House, Leaves License Plate Maywood PD: DWI Hit-Run Pickup Driver Hits House, Leaves License Plate Maywood PD: DWI Hit-Run Pickup Driver Hits House, Leaves License Plate
Maywood PD: DWI Hit-Run Pickup Driver Hits House, Leaves License Plate MAYWOOD, N.J. – Easy peasy: Maywood police collared a drunk driver who they said crashed his pickup into a house and then took off – leaving his license plate embedded in a wall. It wasn’t tough for Sgt. Darryl Wuhrl to spot and stop the fleeing vehicle and arrest 62-year-old David Tasker of Oak Ridge about a half-mile from the Stone Street crash site, Police Chief David Pegg said. Along with the license plate, various parts of the pickup were broken off and left at the scene, the chief added. Tasker was tested at headquarters and charged with DWI, DWI in a school zone and leaving the scen…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Man Who Groped Girl On Newark Flight Gets 90 Days In Fed Pen Man Who Groped Girl On Newark Flight Gets 90 Days In Fed Pen Man Who Groped Girl On Newark Flight Gets 90 Days In Fed Pen
Man Who Groped Girl On Newark Flight Gets 90 Days In Fed Pen An Indian national who admitted that he groped a teenage girl on a flight to Newark from Seattle was sentenced Friday to 90 days in federal prison.  Vijaykumar Krishnappa, 29, got the maximum Friday after pleading guilty in early November to assault in the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States in exchange for a sentence of 30 to 90 days. Krishnappa didn't know the girl, 16, who was seated next to him on the United Airlines flight from Seattle to Newark this past July 23, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. He admitted that while the victim was asleep, he "intentionally to…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Twins, Father Charged In Hit-Run Death Of Teaneck Man, 28, In Teterboro Twins, Father Charged In Hit-Run Death Of Teaneck Man, 28, In Teterboro Twins, Father Charged In Hit-Run Death Of Teaneck Man, 28, In Teterboro
Twins, Father Charged In Hit-Run Death Of Teaneck Man, 28, In Teterboro (UPDATE) The father of twins charged in the hit-and-run death of a 28-year-old Teaneck man as he crossed Route 46 near the Teterboro Walmart last month hid the car at his Wallington home, said authorities who arrested him. Detectives on Thursday found the 2013 black Ford Focus at the home of John Bialek, , a 52-year-old train mechanic, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said Friday afternoon. Bialek was charged with hindering apprehension and released pending a March 5 hearing in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack, the prosecutor said. One of his sons, Brandon Bialek,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Lodi Teacher Who Severely Injured Bergen Officer In DWI Crash Gets 4 Years Lodi Teacher Who Severely Injured Bergen Officer In DWI Crash Gets 4 Years Lodi Teacher Who Severely Injured Bergen Officer In DWI Crash Gets 4 Years
Lodi Teacher Who Severely Injured Bergen Officer In DWI Crash Gets 4 Years HACKENSACK, N.J. -- A Lodi high school teacher who authorities said was drunk when his car slammed into a police cruiser, critically injuring a Bergen County Police officer, was sentenced to a plea-bargained four years in prison on Friday. Sentencing Superior Court Judge Christopher Kazlau ordered Michael Ettz, 40, held Friday in the Bergen County Jail pending placement in the state prison system. Officer Daniel Breslin, working for what then was the Bergen County Police Department, had stopped his SUV in the right lane of Route 46, with its lights flashing, to block traffic from hitting a …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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SEEN HIM? Father, Son Stole Garbagemen's Holiday Tips, Police Charge SEEN HIM? Father, Son Stole Garbagemen's Holiday Tips, Police Charge SEEN HIM? Father, Son Stole Garbagemen's Holiday Tips, Police Charge
Seen HIM? Father, Son Stole Garbagemen's Holiday Tips, Police Charge WEST MILFORD, N.J. – Authorities were looking for a man who they said fled the state after he and his father snatched Christmas tips left for garbagemen from beneath trash can lids in Wyckoff and West Milford. Brien Loder, 28, “will be served with charges upon his return,” Police Chief Timothy Storbeck said Friday. Detective Michael Malfetti charged him and his father, 54-year-old Roger Loder, also of Hewitt, with two thefts in town, both on Dec. 22, the chief said. A witness told police of a car that matched surveillance images released last month by Wyckoff police, he said. Officer Nich…

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