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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Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
River Vale Caretaker's Killer Gets 21 Years To Life River Vale Caretaker's Killer Gets 21 Years To Life River Vale Caretaker's Killer Gets 21 Years To Life
River Vale Caretaker's Killer Gets 21 Years To Life RIVER VALE, N.J. -- An upstate New York man who admitted killing a bungalow-colony caretaker from River Vale was sentenced to 21 years to life. John Ferrari, 61, was beaten to death with a shovel before his body was torched in September 2016 in the Sullivan County, N.Y., town of Thompson. An employee, 37-year-old Rickey Bolden, previously pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and waived his right to appeal in exchange for the sentence. Attending last Friday's sentencing in Monticello, N.Y. were Ferrari’s former wife, Christine Barrington, and his best friend, Robin Malley of Woodcliff Lak…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Port Chester, NY
Breaking News
Police: Port Chester Girl, 16, Found Drugged, Unconscious In Car With Man Police: Port Chester Girl, 16, Found Drugged, Unconscious In Car With Man Police: Port Chester Girl, 16, Found Drugged, Unconscious In Car With Man
Police: Port Chester Girl, 16, Found Drugged, Unconscious In Car With Man A 16-year-old Westchester girl who relatives said was staying with family in New Jersey was found passed out along with a 29-year-old man in a parked car, its engine running and emergency flashers on, early Christmas morning, police said. Christian D. Martinez and the girl from Port Chester remained unresponsive after police in New Milford (NJ) who were alerted by a Suez Water employee found them unconscious in a rented Toyota Corolla on company property just after 6:30 a.m. Sunday, Sgt. Justin Fox said. Police also found five loose Xanax pills in the car, he said. Responding officers coul…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Driver Hits Gas, Not Brake, In Dumont Building Crash Driver Hits Gas, Not Brake, In Dumont Building Crash Driver Hits Gas, Not Brake, In Dumont Building Crash
Driver Hits Gas, Not Brake, In Dumont Building Crash DUMONT, N.J. -- A driver who apparently hit the gas instead of the brake sent an SUV into a Dumont apartment building, causing damage to an apartment window. No injuries were reported after the Nissan SUV hit the building after jumping a Schraalenburgh Way parking lot curb and falling a few inches through a fence just after 1:30 p.m., responders said. Window panes were broken and the frame was damaged in the crash. The driver, whom responders described as elderly, wasn't injured seriously, they said. ****** ALSO SEE: A 29-year-old New Milford driver and a 16-year-old girl from Dumont wer…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Hip-Hop Star Vows To Buy Mom 'Biggest House' After Englewood Christmas Fire Hip-Hop Star Vows To Buy Mom 'Biggest House' After Englewood Christmas Fire Hip-Hop Star Vows To Buy Mom 'Biggest House' After Englewood Christmas Fire
Hip-Hop Star Vows To Buy Mom 'Biggest House' After Englewood Christmas Fire ENGLEWOOD, N.J. -- Firefighters doused remaining pockets of flame at his mother's gutted Englewood house Christmas morning as hip-hop star Jim Jones looked to God. "The best gift of all is that my family is together. Everybody is safe," said Jones, of the Bronx, who bought his mother the house after his first big break in music. "Sometimes just gotta count your blessings," said the 41-year-old Jones (real name: Joseph Guillermo Jones II), who was raised in Harlem by his maternal grandmother (see video above). "The one blessing we had is we got my family. We can alw…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Christmas Eve Paterson Shooting Victim Found In Crashed Car Christmas Eve Paterson Shooting Victim Found In Crashed Car Christmas Eve Paterson Shooting Victim Found In Crashed Car
Christmas Eve Paterson Shooting Victim Found In Crashed Car PATERSON, N.J. – Police responding to a Christmas Eve shooting in Paterson found the victim behind the wheel of a crashed car, authorities said. The 24-year-old city victim was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson and survived the 4:40 p.m. shooting near the corner of East 24th Street and 17th Avenue, authorities said. Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Deputy Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora asked that anyone who saw something or has information that can help identify the shooter contact the prosecutor’s tips line at 1-877-370-PCPO or tips@passaiccoun…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Haworth PD: New Milford Man, Dumont Girl, 16, Found Unconscious In Car Haworth PD: New Milford Man, Dumont Girl, 16, Found Unconscious In Car Haworth PD: New Milford Man, Dumont Girl, 16, Found Unconscious In Car
Haworth PD: New Milford Man, Dumont Girl, 16, Found Unconscious In Car HAWORTH, N.J. -- A 29-year-old New Milford driver and a 16-year-old girl from Dumont were both passed out when they were found in a parked car, its engine running and emergency flashers on, early Christmas morning, police said. Christian D. Martinez and the girl remained unresponsive after police who were alerted by a Suez Water employee found them unconscious in a rented Toyota Corolla on company property just after 6:30 a.m. Sunday, Sgt. Justin Fox said. Police also found five loose Xanax pills in the car, he said. Responding Sgt. Gianluca Ragone and Officers Kevin McKery and James Divit…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Clifton Liquor Store Employee Cut During Furious Struggle, Suspect Captured Clifton Liquor Store Employee Cut During Furious Struggle, Suspect Captured Clifton Liquor Store Employee Cut During Furious Struggle, Suspect Captured
Clifton Liquor Store Employee Cut During Furious Struggle, Suspect Captured CLIFTON, N.J. -- A Clifton liquor store employee was cut during a furious struggle with a knife-wielding robber who fled empty-handed, said detectives who arrested a suspect. The Limonta Liquors employee chased Kevin Owens, 35, of Paterson, onto Vernon Avenue, but he got away after the 7:30 p.m. attack Dec. 13, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. Police pulled up as the injured employee was returning the store, which they found in complete disarray, with various broken liquor bottles on the floor, Bracken said. Owens had entered the store moments earlier and demanded cash, but the employee …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Responders Rescue Residents From Roof In Lyndhurst Fire Responders Rescue Residents From Roof In Lyndhurst Fire Responders Rescue Residents From Roof In Lyndhurst Fire
Responders Rescue Residents From Roof In Lyndhurst Fire LYNDHURST, N.J. -- Responders rescued two people trapped on the roof and two others who were hanging from a front window during a Lyndhurst bedroom fire early Tuesday. One of them was hospitalized with minor burns, Deputy Fire Commissioner Paul Haggerty said. The fire broke out just before 6:30 a.m. at 541 Page Avenue and was knocked down within 15 minutes, containing it to the second-floor bedroom, Haggerty said. Police used ground ladders to pluck two occupants from separate ends of the roof, the deputy commissioner said. Firefighters got the other two down. The icy slate roof and groun…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Wyckoff Police: Couple Wanted On Separate Warrants Had Heroin, Fake Gun Wyckoff Police: Couple Wanted On Separate Warrants Had Heroin, Fake Gun Wyckoff Police: Couple Wanted On Separate Warrants Had Heroin, Fake Gun
Wyckoff Police: Couple Wanted On Separate Warrants Had Heroin, Fake Gun WYCKOFF, N.J. – A man and woman wanted for skipping court in different states were carrying 360 bags of heroin and a phony handgun when a Wyckoff patrol officer stopped them on Route 208, authorities said. Officer Robert Schlossberg stopped the car on the northbound highway near Russell Avenue for several violations, including defective lights, and found the heroin and prop gun along with three digital scales and five cellphones, Police Chief David Murphy said. He arrested the driver, 45-year-old Scott C. Sweeney of Walden, NY, on various drug charges. Sweeney also received several traffic …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn's Cecil Barker Becomes Essex Sheriff's Lieutenant Fair Lawn's Cecil Barker Becomes Essex Sheriff's Lieutenant Fair Lawn's Cecil Barker Becomes Essex Sheriff's Lieutenant
Fair Lawn's Cecil Barker Becomes Essex Sheriff's Lieutenant FAIR LAWN, N.J. – A veteran law enforcement officer from Fair Lawn was promoted to lieutenant with the Essex County Sheriff’s Office. Cecil Barker, a 15-year department veteran, is a supervisory officer with the department’s Bureau of Criminal Identification. Barker, 45, was president in 2016 of the Essex County Sheriff's Officers FOP Lodge #138 and director in 2015 of the Fryeburg Academy Alumni Association.

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