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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Armonk, NY
Obituaries
Rest In Peace, 2017: We'll Remember Them Rest In Peace, 2017: We'll Remember Them Rest In Peace, 2017: We'll Remember Them
Rest In Peace, 2017: We'll Remember Them Nationally, internationally and more regionally known notables we lost in 2017 included longtime giants in their fields, from Tom Petty, Gregg Allman, Glen Campbell, Chuck Berry and Fats Domino to Mary Tyler Moore, Jerry Lewis and Don Rickles. There were also those known best in the New York metropolitan area, led by Nat Hentoff and Jimmy Breslin, who died a day before David Rockefeller. From the music world: Petty, Campbell, Allman Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry Antoine Dominique "Fats" Domino Jr. Al Jarreau Larry Coryell Pat DiNizio of the Smithereens David Ca…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Weather
Think This Is Cold? Wait 'Till Later This Week Think This Is Cold? Wait 'Till Later This Week Think This Is Cold? Wait 'Till Later This Week
Think This Is Cold? Wait 'Till Later This Week On the heels of one of the coldest New Year's Eves in recent memory comes word that, believe it or not, it's going to get colder. "Saturday morning, in particular, will be the coldest day of this stretch that began back on Christmas," leading tri-state meteorologist Joe Cioffi said Sunday afternoon. "There is no question that a major storm is going to develop Wednesday night and Thursday along the Atlantic seaboard," Cioffi said. "All the models have it. The upper air supports it. "The storm will usher in the coldest of the arctic air yet Friday and Saturday,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Colorado Shooting: Deputy Killed, 6 Wounded, Gunman Dead Colorado Shooting: Deputy Killed, 6 Wounded, Gunman Dead Colorado Shooting: Deputy Killed, 6 Wounded, Gunman Dead
Colorado Shooting: Deputy Killed, 6 Wounded, Gunman Dead One deputy was killed, while four others and two civilians were wounded early Sunday by a gunman in Colorado whom authorities said was then shot and killed following a domestic dispute. Members of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office responded to the domestic call at an apartment complex in Highland Ranch, about 15 miles south of Denver, just after 5 a.m., the sheriff's office said. "Shots were fired and multiple deputies were injured," authorities said in a release. An emergency shelter was set up for those affected. The FBI's Denver Field Office said it "has been monitorin…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Obituaries
Requiescat In Pace, 2017: We'll Remember Them Requiescat In Pace, 2017: We'll Remember Them Requiescat In Pace, 2017: We'll Remember Them
Requiescat In Pace, 2017: We'll Remember Them Nationally, internationally and more regionally known notables we lost in 2017 included longtime giants in their field, from Tom Petty, Gregg Allman, Glen Campbell, Chuck Berry and Fats Domino to Mary Tyler Moore, Jerry Lewis and Don Rickles. Then there was Charles Manson -- who died on the same day (Nov. 19) as legendary country music singer-songwriter Mel Tillis -- and Philly mob boss Nicodemo Domenic "Little Nicky" Scarfo. There were also those known best in the New York metropolitan area, led by Nat Hentoff and Jimmy Breslin, who died a day before David Rockefeller. From the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Your Community
'Landlord' Who Wasn't Could Leave Franklin Lakes Mom, Daughter Out In Cold 'Landlord' Who Wasn't Could Leave Franklin Lakes Mom, Daughter Out In Cold 'Landlord' Who Wasn't Could Leave Franklin Lakes Mom, Daughter Out In Cold
'Landlord' Who Wasn't Could Leave Franklin Lakes Mom, Daughter Out In Cold FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. -- For months, Jenny Tisdale paid rent for her Franklin Lakes apartment to a man she thought was her landlord. Now the single mom is terrified that she and her daughter will be locked out by the actual landlord before both can find an affordable place to live. Tisdale said the man, Daniel McNamara, 49, quietly moved out of his next-door unit Christmas night -- nearly a month after records show a judge in Hackensack ordered the premises vacated. The problem: The second unit where McNamara lived was illegal. So the eviction covers the entire house. McNamara's whereabout…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fairfield, CT
Obituaries
Rest In Peace, 2017: We'll Remember Them Rest In Peace, 2017: We'll Remember Them Rest In Peace, 2017: We'll Remember Them
Rest In Peace, 2017: We'll Remember Them Nationally, internationally and more regionally known notables we lost in 2017 included longtime giants in their fields, from Tom Petty, Gregg Allman, Glen Campbell, Chuck Berry and Fats Domino to Mary Tyler Moore, Jerry Lewis, and Don Rickles. There were also those known best in the New York metropolitan area, led by Nat Hentoff and Jimmy Breslin, who died a day before David Rockefeller. From the music world: Petty, Campbell, Allman Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry Antoine Dominique "Fats" Domino Jr. Al Jarreau Larry Coryell Pat DiNizio of the Smithereens David C…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
VIDEO / PHOTOS: Jitney Bus Goes Up In Flames In Cliffside Park VIDEO / PHOTOS: Jitney Bus Goes Up In Flames In Cliffside Park VIDEO / PHOTOS: Jitney Bus Goes Up In Flames In Cliffside Park
Video / Photos: Jitney Bus Goes Up In Flames In Cliffside Park CLIFFSIDE PARK, N.J. -- A jitney bus in a Cliffside Park parking lot was incinerated Saturday night. The cause wasn't immediately known. A firefighter sustained a knee injury in the incident off Anderson Avenue next to the Greenhouse condos, behind what used to be a McDonalds. Apart from that, there were no other injuries, Police Chief Richard Gaito said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Police Nab Unlicensed Driver After Route 17 Chase From Mahwah To Paramus Police Nab Unlicensed Driver After Route 17 Chase From Mahwah To Paramus Police Nab Unlicensed Driver After Route 17 Chase From Mahwah To Paramus
Police Nab Unlicensed Driver After Route 17 Chase From Mahwah To Paramus MAHWAH, N.J. – An unlicensed driver who got onto southbound Route 17 by heading the wrong way up an exit ramp in Mahwah was finally stopped and arrested in Paramus after a high-speed chase Friday night, police said. Andrea Rifkin, 57, of Philadelphia, "refused to open the door and the window had to be broken to remove her," Mahwah Police Chief James N. Batelli said. Rifkin's car entered the southbound highway from the off ramp near the corner of MacArthur Boulevard and North Central Avenue around 9:30 p.m., the chief said. Officer Thomas Mitchell tried to stop her, but Rifkin kep…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah/Franklin Lakes PD: Stolen Car Pursuit On Route 208 Hits 120MPH Mahwah/Franklin Lakes PD: Stolen Car Pursuit On Route 208 Hits 120MPH Mahwah/Franklin Lakes PD: Stolen Car Pursuit On Route 208 Hits 120MPH
Mahwah/Franklin Lakes PD: Stolen Car Pursuit On Route 208 Hits 120MPH MAHWAH, N.J. -- Hours after a chase that began in Mahwah ended on Route 17 in Paramus, police from Mahwah and Franklin Lakes pursued another vehicle – this one a stolen SUV -- on Route 208. Moments after a 3 a.m. alert went out that a 2016 Silver Landcruiser was swiped from a Beverly Place resident’s driveway, Franklin Lakes police spotted the SUV. Mahwah Sgt. Michael Blondin and Officer Christopher Fasulo joined the pursuit on southbound Route 208 – which ended because the fleeing driver hit a speed of more than 120 miles an hour, Mahwah Police Chief James N. Batelli said. New Jersey Sta…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
SEE ANYTHING? Paterson Food Truck Vendor Shot, Masked Robbers Sought SEE ANYTHING? Paterson Food Truck Vendor Shot, Masked Robbers Sought SEE ANYTHING? Paterson Food Truck Vendor Shot, Masked Robbers Sought
SEE Anything? Paterson Food Truck Vendor Shot, Masked Robbers Sought PATERSON, N.J. – A Paterson food truck vendor went directly to the hospital after being shot before dawn Saturday, said authorities who were searching for two masked robbers. Officers responding to a 3:42 a.m. call of shots fired at Peach and Plum streets didn’t find anything – but soon after got word that the 28-year-old victim showed up St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center for treatment of a non-fatal gunshot wound, authorities said. The victim told police that he was working in the truck when “two masked men approached [him] and demanded money,” Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valde…

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