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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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Bodies Of Elderly Clifton Couple Found, Authorities Say Bodies Of Elderly Clifton Couple Found, Authorities Say Bodies Of Elderly Clifton Couple Found, Authorities Say
Bodies Of Elderly Clifton Couple Found, Authorities Say CLIFTON, N.J. – The bodies of a 74-year-old man and his 70-year-old wife were found in their Clifton home Thursday night, authorities said Friday night. Authorities didn’t say whether the deaths were being considered murder-suicide or the work of someone taken into custody, or whether autopsies were being conducted -- only that they were conducting "an active and ongoing criminal investigation." They also didn't say why they waited nearly 24 hours to release any information. Clifton police who responded to 5 Everson Place after a call of concern came in just before 8:30 p.m. foun…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Convicted Hawthorne Stalker Charged With Pursuing Same Bergen Woman Again Convicted Hawthorne Stalker Charged With Pursuing Same Bergen Woman Again Convicted Hawthorne Stalker Charged With Pursuing Same Bergen Woman Again
Convicted Hawthorne Stalker Charged With Pursuing Same Bergen Woman Again GLEN ROCK, N.J. – Paroled after three months for stalking a Bergen County woman he didn’t know, a repeat offender from Hawthorne went after her again, authorities said Friday. Christopher J. Greig, a 35-year-old dishwasher, has a rap sheet that includes several arrests for stalking and/or harassment charges in several Bergen County towns, as well as others for aggravated assault with a weapon, making terroristic threats, resisting arrest and witness tampering, records show. Authorities last year accused Greig of private messaging the the then-52-year-old married mother on Facebook after spo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson Man Shot Dead At City Pool Hall Paterson Man Shot Dead At City Pool Hall Paterson Man Shot Dead At City Pool Hall
Paterson Man Shot Dead At City Pool Hall PATERSON, N.J. – A Paterson man was gunned down at a city pool hall before dawn Friday. Police responding to a report of shots fired at Paterson Billiards on Market Street just after 2:30 a.m. found 34-year-old Dontrell Horne gravely injured, authorities said. Horne was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson, where he was pronounced dead a half-hour later, where he was pronounced deceased at approximately 3:08 a.m., Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Deputy Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint release. The release didn’t say whether any sus…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Knock, Knock: Teterboro Burglar Locks Himself In Van, Moonachie Police Say Knock, Knock: Teterboro Burglar Locks Himself In Van, Moonachie Police Say Knock, Knock: Teterboro Burglar Locks Himself In Van, Moonachie Police Say
Knock, Knock: Teterboro Burglar Locks Himself In Van, Moonachie Police Say MOONACHIE, N.J. – Moonachie police couldn’t have had it any easier: A heroin addict from Little Ferry accidentally locked himself inside a van he’d broken into, they said. The driver summoned police Friday to the parking lot of the Panera Bread off Route 46 in Teterboro, where Sgt. Jeff Napolitano and Officer Dan Leoncini removed 37-year-old John J. Buonocore, Police Chief Richard Behrens said. Buonocore was known to police: Earlier this year, he tried to convince former Elmwood Park Mayor Robert Colletti’s wife that he was a utility worker who’d come to fix the furnace. He was arrested mom…

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Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Arrest Made After Undercover Heroin Deal In Dumont Arrest Made After Undercover Heroin Deal In Dumont Arrest Made After Undercover Heroin Deal In Dumont
Arrest Made After Undercover Heroin Deal In Dumont DUMONT, N.J. – An undercover heroin deal in Dumont led to the arrest of an Oak Ridge man, authorities said. Detectives who got a tip in April that Steven Dahmer, 29, was dealing in Dumont set up the sting, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. They then took Dahmer into custody without incident at his home on Wednesday, the prosecutor said. Dahmer was released pending Dec. 20 first appearance on drug charges in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack. Grewal thanked Dumont police for their role in the investigation and arrest.

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
West Milford PD: Speeding Driver Scarfed Pot During Route 23 Stop West Milford PD: Speeding Driver Scarfed Pot During Route 23 Stop West Milford PD: Speeding Driver Scarfed Pot During Route 23 Stop
West Milford PD: Speeding Driver Scarfed Pot During Route 23 Stop WEST MILFORD, N.J. – A driver began eating pot he had with him after being stopped for speeding on Route 23, West Milford police said. Officer Thomas Valente stopped the car driven by 32-year-old Grigory Feldshtein of Warren on the highway’s southbound side just after 10:30 p.m. Nov. 11, police said. “After returning from his patrol car to speak with the driver, the officer noticed a greenish brown leafy substance in the driver’s teeth that was not there when the driver was initially stopped,” a report states. Valente questioned Feldshtein, who told him he’d eaten pot, it says. More marij…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Teaneck Businessman Sold Coke To Undercover Cop Prosecutor: Teaneck Businessman Sold Coke To Undercover Cop Prosecutor: Teaneck Businessman Sold Coke To Undercover Cop
Prosecutor: Teaneck Businessman Sold Coke To Undercover Cop TEANECK, N.J. – A businessman from Teaneck got busted after selling cocaine to an undercover detective, authorities said. Detectives who got a tip in March that Stephen A. Lopez-Lejarde, 31, was dealing in the Teaneck area orchestrated a sting that led to his arrest at his home on Wednesday, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. Lopez-Lejarde -- who owns a restaurant not identified by authorities -- was released on a summons charging him with minor cocaine distribution.  A Dec. 20 first appearance was scheduled in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Suspected DWI Crash Snaps Poles, Closes Washington Township Road Suspected DWI Crash Snaps Poles, Closes Washington Township Road Suspected DWI Crash Snaps Poles, Closes Washington Township Road
Suspected DWI Crash Snaps Poles, Closes Washington Township Road WASHINGTON, N.J. -- Washington Avenue in Washington Township was expected to remain closed for repairs at least into Friday afternoon following a suspected DWI crash overnight that snapped two utility poles in half, authorities said. The 23-year-old driver from Westwood was taken to New Bridge Medical Center for treatment and a blood test after the 12:17 a.m. crash near the corner of Calvin Street, Police Chief Glenn Hooper said. The vehicle was headed eastbound when it hit the first pole, which shattered, Hooper said. The pressure of the wires then snapped the second pole, he said. An in…

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Armonk, NY
Breaking News
NY Residents Feel Shock Waves From 4.1 Mid-Atlantic Earthquake NY Residents Feel Shock Waves From 4.1 Mid-Atlantic Earthquake NY Residents Feel Shock Waves From 4.1 Mid-Atlantic Earthquake
NY Residents Feel Shock Waves From 4.1 Mid-Atlantic Earthquake Tristate area residents reported briefly feeling tremors from a 4.1-magnitude earthquake that occurred near Dover, Delaware shortly before 5 p.m. Thursday. The quake officially was recorded at 4:47 p.m. 10 kilometers east/northeast of Dover, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. "Lasted five seconds or so," Eugene Bazzarelli of Wood-Ridge, New Jersey said. Residents of New York and Connecticut also reported feeling it, including as far north in the Hudson Valley as Fishkill. Some buildings shook in and around Dover, but no damage was reported. The Geological Survey initially…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack Laborer Sexually Abused Two Children, Authorities Charge Hackensack Laborer Sexually Abused Two Children, Authorities Charge Hackensack Laborer Sexually Abused Two Children, Authorities Charge
Hackensack Laborer Sexually Abused Two Children, Authorities Charge HACKENSACK, N.J. – A Hackensack laborer was charged with sexually abusing two children, authorities charged. Marcos Delacruz, a 50-year-old Salvadoran national, was charged with aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault and child endangerment. Hackensack police received the first report on Tuesday that Delacruz “had inappropriate sexual contact with a juvenile in Hackensack from 2012 to 2014 when the child was between the ages of 6 and 8 years old,” Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. A day later, they received another report – this time that “had inappropriate sexual contact…

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