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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Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Rutherford Rite Aid Offers $5,000 In Robbery Rutherford Rite Aid Offers $5,000 In Robbery Rutherford Rite Aid Offers $5,000 In Robbery
Rutherford Rite Aid Offers $5,000 In Robbery RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Rite Aid is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the capture of an armed robber who Rutherford police said took $350 and a carton of Newports. The robber was wearing a dark hoodie under a Yankee jacket when he entered the Park Avenue pharmacy at 4 a.m. Friday, gave the cashier “a handwritten note demanding all of the money in the register and flashed a portion of a handgun in his front sweatshirt pocket,” Police Chief John R. Russo said. After collecting the cash and smokes, he ran south on Park Avenue, the chief said. “There were no injuries reported and…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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SEEN HIM? Repeat Church Burglar Strikes Again, Clifton Police Say SEEN HIM? Repeat Church Burglar Strikes Again, Clifton Police Say SEEN HIM? Repeat Church Burglar Strikes Again, Clifton Police Say
Seen HIM? Repeat Church Burglar Strikes Again, Clifton Police Say SADDLE BROOK, N.J. – A career burglar with a history of breaking into churches struck again in Clifton, said authorities who sought the public's help trying to find him. Authorities issued a warrant for the arrest of ex-con Peter Heitmann, a 27-year-old transient repeat offender, was released from the Bergen County Jail early last month after being sentenced to time served for breaking a stained glass window worth more than $4,100 at a Saddle Brook church before looting its poor boxes seven months earlier. He also was charged with stealing a $15,000 chalice and donation box cash from St. Pa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Armed Mahwah Bank Robber Warns Tellers: 'Don't Make Me Have To Kill You' Armed Mahwah Bank Robber Warns Tellers: 'Don't Make Me Have To Kill You' Armed Mahwah Bank Robber Warns Tellers: 'Don't Make Me Have To Kill You'
Armed Mahwah Bank Robber Warns Tellers: 'Don't Make Me Have To Kill You' MAHWAH, N.J. -- As his girlfriend waited behind the wheel of their getaway car, a Tenafly native who robbed a Mahwah bank on Sunday warned tellers not to "make me have to kill you," the FBI said Monday. Wanda Soel, a 52-year-old teacher's assistant from Hasbrouck Heights, waited outside as Joel L. Robbins, 47, entered the TD Bank on northbound Route 17 just before 1 p.m. with his face covered and carrying a replica handgun, authorities said. The 5-foot-6-inch, 145-pound Robbins, currently of Oradell, was wearing gray pants, a black jacket, sunglasses, a dark skull cap and light-co…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Tenafly Ex-Con, Hasbrouck Heights Girlfriend Charged In Mahwah Bank Holdup Tenafly Ex-Con, Hasbrouck Heights Girlfriend Charged In Mahwah Bank Holdup Tenafly Ex-Con, Hasbrouck Heights Girlfriend Charged In Mahwah Bank Holdup
Tenafly Ex-Con, Hasbrouck Heights Girlfriend Charged In Mahwah Bank Holdup MAHWAH, N.J. -- As his girlfriend waited behind the wheel of their getaway car, a Tenafly native who robbed a Mahwah bank on Sunday warned a teller not to "make me have to kill you," the FBI said Monday. Wanda Soel, a 52-year-old teacher's assistant from Hasbrouck Heights, waited outside as Joel L. Robbins, 47, entered the TD Bank on northbound Route 17 just before 1 p.m. with his face covered and carrying a replica handgun, authorities said. The 5-foot-6-inch, 145-pound Robbins was wearing gray pants, a black jacket, sunglasses, a dark skull cap and light-colored latex gloves,&qu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority PD: Trucker Caught With Loaded Gun, Ammo, Pot, THC Gummies Port Authority PD: Trucker Caught With Loaded Gun, Ammo, Pot, THC Gummies Port Authority PD: Trucker Caught With Loaded Gun, Ammo, Pot, THC Gummies
Port Authority PD: Trucker Caught With Loaded Gun, Ammo, Pot, THC Gummies FORT LEE, N.J. -- Port Authority police found a loaded handgun and additional ammo on a trucker who they said was also carrying more than a half-ounce of marijuana and edible THC gummies, authorities said. Officers stopped the 2016 Hino tractor-tailer sending morning after it set off ian over-height alarm at the Lincoln Tunnel toll plaza in Weehawken, the authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. The driver, 27-year-old Michael Anthony Paige Morse of Denver, provided an expired license, Pentangelo said. "Inside the cab of his truck police recovered a 9mm Glock pistol with a 15-round magazin…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Saddle Brook PD: Rockland Man Was Meeting Locals With Pound Of Pot For Sale Saddle Brook PD: Rockland Man Was Meeting Locals With Pound Of Pot For Sale Saddle Brook PD: Rockland Man Was Meeting Locals With Pound Of Pot For Sale
Saddle Brook PD: Rockland Man Was Meeting Locals With Pound Of Pot For Sale SADDLE BROOK, N.J. -- Saddle Brook police nabbed a Rockland County man who they said was carrying a pound of pot for sale. Officer Robert Littlejohn Jr. stopped a car driven by 22-year-old Michael Rastelli of Stony Point on Graham Terrace around midnight Thursday to ask what he and two young occupants were up to, Police Chief Robert Kugler said.  Littlejohn immediately smelled marijuana, the chief said. The officer found a large plastic bag full of pot, a box of zip-lock freezer bags, a vape with THC oil and $2,000 in suspected drug cash, Kugler said. Township police learned that the trio…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
SEEN HIM? Armed Rutherford Rite Aid Robber Gets $350, Carton Of Smokes SEEN HIM? Armed Rutherford Rite Aid Robber Gets $350, Carton Of Smokes SEEN HIM? Armed Rutherford Rite Aid Robber Gets $350, Carton Of Smokes
Seen HIM? Armed Rutherford Rite Aid Robber Gets $350, Carton Of Smokes RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Rite Aid is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the capture of gunman who Rutherford police said robbed a local Rite Aid of $350 and a carton of Newports. The robber was wearing a dark hoodie under a Yankee jacket when he entered the Park Avenue pharmacy at 4 a.m. Friday, gave the cashier “a handwritten note demanding all of the money in the register and flashed a portion of a handgun in his front sweatshirt pocket,” Police Chief John R. Russo said. After collecting the cash and smokes, he ran south on Park Avenue, the chief said. “There were no injuries…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Brave Driver Helps Mahwah PD Nab Fleeing Route 17 Bank Robbers Brave Driver Helps Mahwah PD Nab Fleeing Route 17 Bank Robbers Brave Driver Helps Mahwah PD Nab Fleeing Route 17 Bank Robbers
Brave Driver Helps Mahwah PD Nab Fleeing Route 17 Bank Robbers MAHWAH, N.J. -- As his girlfriend waited behind the wheel of their getaway car, a Tenafly native who robbed a Mahwah bank on Sunday warned a teller not to "make me have to kill you," the FBI said Monday. Wanda Soel, a 52-year-old teacher's assistant from Hasbrouck Heights, waited outside as Joel L. Robbins, 47, entered the TD Bank on northbound Route 17 just before 1 p.m. with his face covered and carrying a replica handgun, authorities said. The 5-foot-6-inch, 145-pound Robbins, currently of Oradell, was wearing gray pants, a black jacket, sunglasses, a dark skull cap and light-c…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Pickups Crash Head-On Near GSP In Washington Township, Driver Medevac'd Pickups Crash Head-On Near GSP In Washington Township, Driver Medevac'd Pickups Crash Head-On Near GSP In Washington Township, Driver Medevac'd
Pickups Crash Head-On Near GSP In Washington Township, Driver Medevac'd WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- A pickup truck driven by an Emerson man struck another pickup carrying three construction workers head-on in Washington Township early Saturday, sending all four to the hospital, authorities said. The 42-year-old driver in the westbound pickup had just cleared the crest of a hill on Washington Avenue near the Garden State Parkway overpass when his truck drifted into the lane and collided with the other truck around 7:20 a.m., Lt. Richard Skinner said. AirMed One flew the Emerson victim to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that were serious but n…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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Pickups Crash Head-On Near GSP In Washington Township, Driver Medevac'd Pickups Crash Head-On Near GSP In Washington Township, Driver Medevac'd Pickups Crash Head-On Near GSP In Washington Township, Driver Medevac'd
Pickups Crash Head-On Near GSP In Washington Township, Driver Medevac'd WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- A pickup truck driven by an Emerson man struck another pickup carrying three construction workers in Washington Township head-on early Saturday, sending all four to the hospital, authorities said. The 42-year-old driver in the westbound pickup had just cleared the crest of a hill on Washington Avenue near the Garden State Parkway overpass when his truck drifted into the lane and collided with the other truck around 7:20 a.m., Lt. Richard Skinner said. AirMed One flew the Emerson victim to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that were serious but n…

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