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
Plane Returns To JFK After Engine Catches Fire Plane Returns To JFK After Engine Catches Fire Plane Returns To JFK After Engine Catches Fire
Plane Returns To JFK After Engine Catches Fire A plane that had just left JFK Airport quickly returned Friday after an engine caught fire, authorities said. Cancun-bound American Airlines 2681 had 165 passengers aboard had just taken off when the pilot "reported flames in an engine" on the right wing of the 737, the Port Authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. "They returned and landed without incident," he said.

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Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Paramus Officer Clears Snow For Handicapped Resident, Schoolkids Paramus Officer Clears Snow For Handicapped Resident, Schoolkids Paramus Officer Clears Snow For Handicapped Resident, Schoolkids
Paramus Officer Clears Snow For Handicapped Resident, Schoolkids PARAMUS, N.J. -- A passing Paramus police reserve officer got his back into helping a handicapped borough resident and youngsters at a nearby school. Alfredo Batenga IV grabbed a shovel Friday morning and helped local businessman Polao Macaayan clear the Lockwood Drive neighbor's sidewalk next to Ridge Ranch Elementary School. "The resident is handicapped," said Batenga, who is also a volunteer borough firefighter. "At the same time, in front of her house is a sidewalk where students and citizens of Paramus pass by. "I want to help keep them safe all the time."

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack Firefighters Douse House Blaze Hackensack Firefighters Douse House Blaze Hackensack Firefighters Douse House Blaze
Hackensack Firefighters Douse House Blaze HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Hackensack firefighters quickly doused a house blaze Friday morning. The two-alarm fire on Van Wettering Place broke out on the first floor of the 2½-story wood-frame house just before 11:30 a.m. and quickly worked its way up. A Teaneck FAST team also responded. No injuries were immediately reported.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Teaneck PD: Holiday-Detail Officer Finds THC, Pot, Oxy In Speeding Stop Teaneck PD: Holiday-Detail Officer Finds THC, Pot, Oxy In Speeding Stop Teaneck PD: Holiday-Detail Officer Finds THC, Pot, Oxy In Speeding Stop
Teaneck PD: Holiday-Detail Officer Finds THC, Pot, Oxy In Speeding Stop TEANECK, N.J. – Teaneck police who stopped a car doing nearly 75 miles an hour on eastbound Route 4 found 13 THC vape cartridges, five ounces of pot, 30 Oxycodone pills and several THC gummies, authorities said. Ex-con Ohmarie Z. Chambers, 38, of Haledon and Anthony C. Adams, 32, of Englewood were arrested just after 2 a.m. Saturday by Officer James Lynch, who was assigned to the 2017 year-end “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” holiday crackdown, Police Chief Glenn M. O’Reilly said. The drugs were seized, along with $6,000 in suspected proceeds that the chief said was found on Chambers -- who…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Second Drug Bust In A Month, This One In Wayne, For Oak Ridge Man Second Drug Bust In A Month, This One In Wayne, For Oak Ridge Man Second Drug Bust In A Month, This One In Wayne, For Oak Ridge Man
Second Drug Bust In A Month, This One In Wayne, For Oak Ridge Man WANYE, N.J. -- A little over a month after he was busted for drugs in Bergen County, a driver was caught with 98 bags of heroin in Wayne, police said. Detective Paul Kindler and Detective Sgt. Joseph Rooney were conducting safety and security checks of commercial properties along the business corridor at the north end of Route 23 when they approached a car at the QuickChek gas station around 6:20 p.m. Wednesday. "The driver and passenger then moved the vehicle to a secluded area in the rear lot of the complex," arousing the detectives' curiosity, Capt. Lawrence W. Martin said. Af…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
SEE ANYTHING? Teaneck Man, 28, Killed In Hit-Run Outside Teterboro Walmart SEE ANYTHING? Teaneck Man, 28, Killed In Hit-Run Outside Teterboro Walmart SEE ANYTHING? Teaneck Man, 28, Killed In Hit-Run Outside Teterboro Walmart
SEE Anything? Teaneck Man, 28, Killed In Hit-Run Outside Teterboro Walmart UPDATE: A Lodi man was charged Tuesday (Feb. 20) in connection with the hit-and-run death of 28-year-old Teaneck man as he crossed Route 46 near the Teterboro Walmart last month. Brandon Bialek, 32, was booked into the Bergen County Jail on charges of knowingly leaving the scene of a crash resulting in death and hindering his apprehension by suppressing evidence. He remained there pending a detention hearing. Bialek, a twin whose Facebook profile lists him as a lab aide at the Bergen County Utilities Authority, is listed on his MyLife page as owning a 2013 Ford Focus -- the model of car tha…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Oakland Officer Finds Pompton Lakes Driver With Suspended License, Warrants Oakland Officer Finds Pompton Lakes Driver With Suspended License, Warrants Oakland Officer Finds Pompton Lakes Driver With Suspended License, Warrants
Oakland Officer Finds Pompton Lakes Driver With Suspended License, Warrants OAKLAND, N.J. -- An Oakland police officer stopped a Pompton Lakes driver who, it turned out, had his license suspended and was wanted on warrants out of three towns, authorities said. Officer Bryan Rowin pulled the car over on Long Hill Road and found warrants out of Mahwah, Bloomingdale, and South Plainfield for the driver, 21-year-old Joshua Zariq Hewitt, Lt. Christian Eldridge said. Hewitt received traffic summonses before being turned over to Mahwah police, he said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn PD Nabs Garfield Driver Wanted In High-Speed Multi-Agency Chase Fair Lawn PD Nabs Garfield Driver Wanted In High-Speed Multi-Agency Chase Fair Lawn PD Nabs Garfield Driver Wanted In High-Speed Multi-Agency Chase
Fair Lawn PD Nabs Garfield Driver Wanted In High-Speed Multi-Agency Chase FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- A Garfield driver who authorities said nearly ran over a sheriff's officer and almost hit a Hawthorne patrol cruiser in a high-speed pursuit was caught by Fair Lawn police just under 24 hours later. Officer Juan Rodriguez pulled over a white Volkswagen Jetta driven by 48-year-old Faredon Abida on River Road at Hopper Avenue just after 9:30 p.m. Monday, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Rodriguez discovered active warrants for Abida out of Mahwah and Ho-Ho-Kus -- and also that he'd been involved in an assault on police and a chase that began just before 9:30 p.m. Sunday at Lafayett…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities: Ridgewood/Glen Rock U.S. Postal Clerk Stole Holiday Gift Cards Authorities: Ridgewood/Glen Rock U.S. Postal Clerk Stole Holiday Gift Cards Authorities: Ridgewood/Glen Rock U.S. Postal Clerk Stole Holiday Gift Cards
Authorities: Ridgewood/Glen Rock U.S. Postal Clerk Stole Holiday Gift Cards GLEN ROCK, N.J. -- A postal clerk from the Ridgewood office assigned to the Glen Rock facility stole gift cards sent through the mail before being caught, said authorities who were seeking additional victims. The trouble "occurred in October but additional incidents may have occurred throughout the holiday season," Glen Rock Police Chief Dean Ackermann explained. Ackermann's detectives and a special agent from the Office of Inspector General of the U.S. Postal Service took the clerk into custody on Tuesday. The clerk's name was temporarily being withheld. Ackermman asked that any…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Occupants OK After Truck Tips On Snowy Route 17 In Saddle RIver Occupants OK After Truck Tips On Snowy Route 17 In Saddle RIver Occupants OK After Truck Tips On Snowy Route 17 In Saddle RIver
Occupants OK After Truck Tips On Snowy Route 17 In Saddle RIver SADDLE RIVER, N.J. -- A truck driver and passenger climbed out safely after a Thursday morning crash on northbound Route 17 in Saddle River. The truck tipped over just before 11 a.m., closing the northbound highway and backing traffic near the Mahwah border for a few hours. Weather conditions made clearing the wreckage difficult.

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