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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Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Good Samaritan Rescues SUV Driver, 87, Stuck On Northvale Tracks Good Samaritan Rescues SUV Driver, 87, Stuck On Northvale Tracks Good Samaritan Rescues SUV Driver, 87, Stuck On Northvale Tracks
Good Samaritan Rescues SUV Driver, 87, Stuck On Northvale Tracks NORTHVALE, N.J. -- A good Samaritan got an 87-year-old driver out of his SUV after it got stuck on the railroad tracks in Northvale. The borough driver told police he was headed south on Briarwood Lane Saturday morning when he hit the gas instead of the brake approaching the stop sign for Clinton Avenue, Police Chief William Essmann said. The vehicle blew through the intersection, over an embankment and onto the railroad tracks, where it got stuck, the chief said. Closter EMS took him to the hospital as a precaution after the good Samaritan got him out, Essmann said. Northvale firefighter…

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by Jerry DeMarco
New City, NY
Breaking News
Nyack Firefighter, 50, Dies After Responding To Noxious Odor Call At Bank Nyack Firefighter, 50, Dies After Responding To Noxious Odor Call At Bank Nyack Firefighter, 50, Dies After Responding To Noxious Odor Call At Bank
Nyack Firefighter, 50, Dies After Responding To Noxious Odor Call At Bank NYACK, N.Y. -- A 58-year-old Nyack volunteer firefighter collapsed during a noxious odor call at a local bank Monday morning and later died at the hospital, authorities confirmed. David Jahnes, a 16-year department veteran, was responding to a call at the Chase Bank on North Broadway around 8:30 a.m. when he went into cardiac arrest, they said. What was reported as a chemical spill turned out to be an overheated battery in the bank's alarm system, authorities said. The building was temporarily evacuated, they said. Jahnes joined the department in November 2001 and served as company captai…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Female Pedestrian Struck by Pickup Truck In Westwood Female Pedestrian Struck by Pickup Truck In Westwood Female Pedestrian Struck by Pickup Truck In Westwood
Female Pedestrian Struck by Pickup Truck In Westwood WESTWOOD, N.J. -- A female pedestrian had surgery for broken leg bones after being struck in Westwood late Monday afternoon. The 30-year-old woman was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center after being struck at the intersection of Center and Westwood avenues by a Ford pickup driven by a 76-year-old borough man, Lt. Matthew McClutchy said. She was walking westbound on the south side of Westwood Avenue into the crosswalk when she was struck, he said. The Bergen County Prosecutor's Fatal Accident Investigation Unit was investigating along with borough police. The county sheriff's Bur…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Poughkeepsie, NY
Breaking News
Killer Of NY State Trooper Paroled From Fishkill Killer Of NY State Trooper Paroled From Fishkill Killer Of NY State Trooper Paroled From Fishkill
Killer Of NY State Trooper Paroled From Fishkill A man convicted of slaying a New York State Police trooper was released on parole Monday from the Fishkill Correctional Facility in Dutchess County, authorities confirmed. John Ruzas -- who shot Trooper Emerson Dillon dead in 1974 -- was released to an address in Suffolk County, the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision said. Ruzas, 74, had been denied parole 11 times after being sentenced to 25 years to life. State troopers and other supporters of law enforcement fought hard to keep Ruzas being bars. The NYS Troopers' Police Benevolent Association went all the way to t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah Residents Furious At Social Media Post After Secor Fire Mahwah Residents Furious At Social Media Post After Secor Fire Mahwah Residents Furious At Social Media Post After Secor Fire
Mahwah Residents Furious At Social Media Post After Secor Fire MAHWAH, N.J. -- Several hours after fire destroyed the home of a beloved Mahwah family, a Facebook group appeared to mock the tragedy, several angry residents said. "A family will be without their home for Christmas, and they think it's funny?” a township resident wrote about the post on "MahWatchwatch." Created earlier this year in response to what opponents say were hastily-enacted ordinances designed to keep Hasidic Jews out of town, "MahWatchwatch" posted a photo of a burning building barely seven hours after an electrical fire on Saturday destroyed the home of …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Female Pedestrian Struck by Pickup Truck In Westwood Female Pedestrian Struck by Pickup Truck In Westwood Female Pedestrian Struck by Pickup Truck In Westwood
Female Pedestrian Struck by Pickup Truck In Westwood WESTWOOD, N.J. -- A female pedestrian had surgery for broken leg bones after being struck in Westwood late Monday afternoon. The 26-year-old woman was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center after being struck at the intersection of Center and Westwood avenues by a Ford pickup driven by a 76-year-old borough man, Lt. Matthew McClutchy said. She was walking westbound on the south side of Westwood Avenue into the crosswalk when she was struck, he said. The Bergen County Prosecutor's Fatal Accident Investigation Unit was investigating along with borough police. The county sheriff's Bur…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
SEEN HER? Missing Pennsylvania Teen May Be In Paterson, Police Say SEEN HER? Missing Pennsylvania Teen May Be In Paterson, Police Say SEEN HER? Missing Pennsylvania Teen May Be In Paterson, Police Say
Seen HER? Missing Pennsylvania Teen May Be In Paterson, Police Say PATERSON, N.J. -- Police in Pennsylvania said a missing teenage girl may be in Paterson. Carmen Espinal is about 5-foot-2 with a medium build, brown eyes and black hair, authorities said. She was last seen in Wilkes-Barre, PA. Police there asked anyone who sees or knows where to find her to call them: (570) 208-4200.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
William Paterson University Police Seize Trio With Guns, Ammo, Ski Masks William Paterson University Police Seize Trio With Guns, Ammo, Ski Masks William Paterson University Police Seize Trio With Guns, Ammo, Ski Masks
William Paterson University Police Seize Trio With Guns, Ammo, Ski Masks WAYNE, N.J. -- William Paterson University police seized three handguns, hollow-point ammo, carpet razors and more than a quarter-pound of vacuum-sealed pot over the weekend from three outsiders with ski masks, authorities said. The Essex County trio -- one of them a former WPU student -- had a defaced .45-caliber revolver reported stolen out of Virginia, along with a semi-automatic and a pellet gun, when they were found in a parking lot at the North Haledon end of the campus at 3:44 a.m. Sunday, authorities said. The suspects also apparently were recording images on a camera and appeared …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Response To Tragic Fire Humbles Mahwah's Secor Farms Family Response To Tragic Fire Humbles Mahwah's Secor Farms Family Response To Tragic Fire Humbles Mahwah's Secor Farms Family
Response To Tragic Fire Humbles Mahwah's Secor Farms Family MAHWAH, N.J. -- As hundreds of customers -- actually, friends -- continued to flock to their Mahwah farm, the Secor family praised the massive outpouring of love following a weekend fire that destroyed their home. Despite the circumstances, "we find ourselves filled with gratitude and optimism," the family wrote in a Monday morning post. "Thankfully our family and pets are safe.  "We are also thankful to all of you, the members of our outstanding community, whose response to our tragedy have left us speechless." As news of the fire began to spread late Saturday aft…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
SEEN IT? Pregnant Clifton Widow Heartbroken Over Lost Engagement Ring SEEN IT? Pregnant Clifton Widow Heartbroken Over Lost Engagement Ring SEEN IT? Pregnant Clifton Widow Heartbroken Over Lost Engagement Ring
Seen IT? Pregnant Clifton Widow Heartbroken Over Lost Engagement Ring CLIFTON, N.J. -- A pregnant Clifton woman widowed five months ago was praying for a Christmas miracle after she said she lost her engagement ring. Marianna Sciancalepore-Ventura said she believes she lost the ring, given to her by her husband of 18 years, fellow Hoboken native Henry Ventura, while at the Clifton Stop & Shop on Broad Street late last Wednesday morning.  Henry Ventura, a 39-year-old U.S. Army veteran and PSE&G lineman, died of lung failure in July. "I’m 95% sure I dropped it in the parking lot while putting the groceries in the car," said Sciancalepore-Vent…

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