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.

Jerry DeMarco's Contributions

Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
North Jersey Feels Shock Waves From 4.1 Delaware Earthquake North Jersey Feels Shock Waves From 4.1 Delaware Earthquake North Jersey Feels Shock Waves From 4.1 Delaware Earthquake
North Jersey Feels Shock Waves From 4.1 Delaware Earthquake North Jerseyans 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 said. Shock waves were also felt in New York City and Philadelphia. Some buildings shook in and around Dover, but no damage was reported. The Geological Survey initially reported the magnitude at 5.1 but then revised that figure, first to 4.4 and t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Paterson Gunman Shot At By Police Charged Prosecutor: Paterson Gunman Shot At By Police Charged Prosecutor: Paterson Gunman Shot At By Police Charged
Prosecutor: Paterson Gunman Shot At By Police Charged PATERSON, N.J. – An 18-year-old Paterson man pointed a gun at a group of city police officers, two of whom fired at him and missed, authorities said Thursday. Dionte Robinson pointed the gun at the officers as they approached him just after 5 p.m. Wednesday on North 5th Street between Clinton and Jefferson streets, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. “Two of the officers discharged their department-issued handguns,” Valdes said, adding that there was “no immediate indication of injuries to either police or civilians.” Police arrested Robinson and seized the gun, which had a d…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Tractor-Trailer Tips Off NJ Turnpike Ramp In Ridgefield Park Tractor-Trailer Tips Off NJ Turnpike Ramp In Ridgefield Park Tractor-Trailer Tips Off NJ Turnpike Ramp In Ridgefield Park
Tractor-Trailer Tips Off NJ Turnpike Ramp In Ridgefield Park RIDGEFIELD, N.J. -- A tractor-trailer tipped onto its side Thursday afternoon on westbound Route 46 just past the New Jersey Turnpike interchange in Ridgefield Park. The driver was taken to Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck with minor injuries just after 1 p.m. after losing control of the rig -- which was hauling paper, Sgt. Lawrence Peele said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Breaking News
Closter PD: Oregon Couple At DWI Check Had 3 Pounds Of Pot, 57 THC Vials Closter PD: Oregon Couple At DWI Check Had 3 Pounds Of Pot, 57 THC Vials Closter PD: Oregon Couple At DWI Check Had 3 Pounds Of Pot, 57 THC Vials
Closter PD: Oregon Couple At DWI Check Had 3 Pounds Of Pot, 57 THC Vials CLOSTER, N.J. – A DWI checkpoint produced one drunk driver – but also netted Closter police three pounds of marijuana and 57 vials of liquid THC from an Oregon couple, authorities said.  Annique Monk-Goldsmith, 33, and Preston Mckinney, 31, were charged with having the drugs with the intent to distribute them near a school, Detective Sgt. Vincent Aiello said. Monk-Goldsmith and Mckinney, of Bend, were released pending hearings. Roughly 200 cars were stopped at the six-hour overnight checkpoint, Aiello said. In addition to the drug bust, police issued 31 summonses and arrested a DWI driver…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Wrong-Way Driver On George Washington Bridge: I Was Following GPS Wrong-Way Driver On George Washington Bridge: I Was Following GPS Wrong-Way Driver On George Washington Bridge: I Was Following GPS
Wrong-Way Driver On George Washington Bridge: I Was Following GPS FORT LEE, N.J. -- A livery driver claimed he was following his GPS when he was stopped driving the wrong way on the George Washington Bridge before dawn Thursday, police said. All westbound traffic was stopped around 5 a.m. while construction workers tried to detain 58-year-old Sterno Dorcelian of Rahway, who'd gone the wrong way up Exit 73 off Route 95, the Port Authority's Joseph Pentangelo told Daily Voice. But the 2017 Toyota sedan kept going before Port Authority police stopped and arrested Dorcelian mid-span, Pentangelo said. Dorcelian, formerly of North Lauderdale, FL, was taken to…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Undercover Bust: Mahwah Man Charged With Selling THC Vape Cartridges Undercover Bust: Mahwah Man Charged With Selling THC Vape Cartridges Undercover Bust: Mahwah Man Charged With Selling THC Vape Cartridges
Undercover Bust: Mahwah Man Charged With Selling THC Vape Cartridges MAHWAH, N.J. – A Mahwah man sold vape cartridges of THC oil to an undercover detective who busted him, authorities charged. Joeluis A. Ramirez, 25, was arrested without incident Wednesday at his home, near Don Bosco Prep, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. “A small amount of THC hash oil and a vaporizer pen containing THC hash oil was seized,” the prosecutor said. Grewal said his office got a tip in May that Ramirez was dealing in the chemical compound in marijuana that gets users high. During the ensuing investigation, he “distributed several vaporizer cartridges containin…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen Prosecutor: Coke-Selling Rap Manager, GF Had Toddler With Them Bergen Prosecutor: Coke-Selling Rap Manager, GF Had Toddler With Them Bergen Prosecutor: Coke-Selling Rap Manager, GF Had Toddler With Them
Bergen Prosecutor: Coke-Selling Rap Manager, GF Had Toddler With Them HACKENSACK, N.J. – A couple who’d been trafficking cocaine from Paterson to Bergen County had their 2-year-old child with them while dealing to an undercover detective, authorities said. Music manager and rap artist Samuel “Fame” Irizarry, 26, and Alma Rivera, 35, were busted Tuesday along with accused accomplice Jenece Miranda, 26, all of Paterson, during the last of several undercover buys on Tuesday, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. All three were taken to the Bergen County Jail -- charged with selling drugs and child endangerment – but a judge ordered all of them released…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Paramus IT Worker Sexually Assaulted 10-Year-Old, Took Photos Prosecutor: Paramus IT Worker Sexually Assaulted 10-Year-Old, Took Photos Prosecutor: Paramus IT Worker Sexually Assaulted 10-Year-Old, Took Photos
Prosecutor: Paramus IT Worker Sexually Assaulted 10-Year-Old, Took Photos PARAMUS, N.J. – An IT worker from Paramus who was trafficking in child porn sexually assaulted a 10-year-old, whom he also took nude pictures of, authorities said. John P. Huang, 47, was taken into custody at his home on Wednesday by Cyber Crimes Unit detectives from Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal’s office who were armed with a search warrant, the prosecutor said Thursday. The investigators had learned that Huang “utilized the Internet to view, possess, and attempt to distribute digital images depicting nude or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children,” Grewal said. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Man Who Caused Panic In Palisades Park Supermarket Charged Police: Man Who Caused Panic In Palisades Park Supermarket Charged Police: Man Who Caused Panic In Palisades Park Supermarket Charged
Police: Man Who Caused Panic In Palisades Park Supermarket Charged PALISADES PARK, N.J. – Palisades Park police arrested an Englewood construction worker whose alleged comments about killing anyone who publicly opposed President Trump ignited a panic at a local supermarket. Kihwa Chung, 53, was charged with making terroristic threats, simple assault and causing a public disturbance, Police Chief Mark Jackson said Thursday. He was released pending a hearing. Bergen County Regional SWAT team members and police from neighboring communities rushed to the ShopRite the night of Nov. 21 amid reports that customers had been threatened. "Apparently some guy w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Breaking News
ALERT: Closter Girl, 13, Says Dreadlocked Driver Tried Luring Her ALERT: Closter Girl, 13, Says Dreadlocked Driver Tried Luring Her ALERT: Closter Girl, 13, Says Dreadlocked Driver Tried Luring Her
ALERT: Closter Girl, 13, Says Dreadlocked Driver Tried Luring Her CLOSTER, N.J. -- Closter police seek the public's help finding a dreadlocked driver who they said pulled up to a 13-year-old girl and asked for her Snapchat and Instagram IDs. They issued a surveillance photo of the car in the hopes someone recognizes it or saw something. Shortly after leaving her house at 8:13 a.m. Monday, the girl told police, she was approached on Old Closter Dock Road. The driver of what may be a later-model, four-door Acura TL pulled up next to her. Described as black and his mid-20s, he had dreadlocks that the girl said made him look "like a clown," Detect…

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