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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Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Wounded Dog Dumped At Bergen Hospital Put Down Wounded Dog Dumped At Bergen Hospital Put Down Wounded Dog Dumped At Bergen Hospital Put Down
Wounded Dog Dumped At Bergen Hospital Put Down PARAMUS, N.J. -- A severely injured dog dumped at the Oradell Animal Hospital in Paramus had to be put down, authorities said Monday. "He had to be euthanized due to severity of injuries and to alleviate suffering," Bergen County SPCA Chief Roni Wildoner said Authorities were still trying to find the owner of the 2-year-old Akita mix, who they believe came from in or around Mahwah or southern Rockland County, she said. He was "covered in mud, soaking wet, with a swollen hind leg and wound that might suggest a tether of some type," Wildoner said. The occupants of a blac…

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Hackensack, NJ
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'Bad Santa' Caught With Crack Pipe, Needle, South Hackensack Police Charge 'Bad Santa' Caught With Crack Pipe, Needle, South Hackensack Police Charge 'Bad Santa' Caught With Crack Pipe, Needle, South Hackensack Police Charge
'Bad Santa' Caught With Crack Pipe, Needle, South Hackensack Police Charge SOUTH HACKENSACK, N.J. -- A 66-year-old retiree who portrays Santa Claus was caught with used bags of crack and heroin, a crack pipe and a hypodermic needle after a Route 46 traffic stop, South Hackensack police said. "This is the guy who has our kids sitting on his lap," Capt. Robert Kaiser said after officers arrested Charles R. Smith of Pompton Lakes. Officer Matt Orefice pulled Smith over for a traffic violation on Route 46, Kaiser said. "The crack pipe and Santa Claus costume were in plain view," the captain said. A search turned up the pipe and used bags of drugs…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Monsey, NY
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Rockland Man Busted In NJ Prostitution Sting Rockland Man Busted In NJ Prostitution Sting Rockland Man Busted In NJ Prostitution Sting
Rockland Man Busted In NJ Prostitution Sting HAVERSTRAW, N.Y. -- A Haverstraw man was among 10 men busted on charges of soliciting prostitutes during a police sting operation in New Jersey. Felipe Maldonado, 46, Haverstraw was accused of rolling up and trying to solicit an undercover officer posing as a hooker Friday night in Paterson, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. The others, he said, were: Sakib Razzak, 26, Paterson; Brian Sierens, 32, Wayne; Joseph Solari, 31, Wayne; Justin Floyd, 22, Prospect Park; Jose Sanchez, 40, Clifton; Jerardo Florez, 43, Passaic; William Simmon, 70, Hasbrouck Heights; Wojtek Kolkowski, 38, Wallingt…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Clifton PD: Armed Kidnapper Caught, Victim Rescued Clifton PD: Armed Kidnapper Caught, Victim Rescued Clifton PD: Armed Kidnapper Caught, Victim Rescued
Clifton PD: Armed Kidnapper Caught, Victim Rescued CLIFTON, N.J. -- An armed kidnapper was caught and his Clifton victim rescued, thanks to Totowa police, authorities said. Clifton police flooded the area and notified neighboring jurisdictions after the victim was snatched from Luddington Avenue at gunpoint around 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Lt. Robert Bracken said. Authorities searched for nearly 45 minutes before Totowa police located the car on Union Boulevard, arrested the gunman and recovered the weapon, he said. The victim was found unharmed. Because it was a domestic violence incident, identities aren't being disclosed.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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SUV Hits Train In Glen Rock, Driver Hospitalized SUV Hits Train In Glen Rock, Driver Hospitalized SUV Hits Train In Glen Rock, Driver Hospitalized
SUV Hits Train In Glen Rock, Driver Hospitalized GLEN ROCK, N.J. -- The driver of an SUV that clipped a commuter train in Glen Rock late Sunday was hospitalized, authorities said. NJ Transit's Bergen Line train No. 1876 was struck by the white Toyota on Rock Road while it was stopped at the Borough Hall station, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. The 63-year-old North Haledon female driver apparently stopped too close to the gates then hit the back of the Waldwick-to-Hoboken train with her car when she mistakenly put it into drive, NJ Transit's Lisa Torbic said. The train continued on, and the woman was taken to The Valley Hospital with c…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Undercover Prostitutes From Paterson PD Bust 10 Johns -- One 70 Years Old Undercover Prostitutes From Paterson PD Bust 10 Johns -- One 70 Years Old Undercover Prostitutes From Paterson PD Bust 10 Johns -- One 70 Years Old
Undercover Prostitutes From Paterson PD Bust 10 Johns -- One 70 Years Old PATERSON, N.J. -- For those who asked why prostitutes are arrested but not johns, Paterson police had an answer: Among 10 accused patrons netted in a sting operation was a 70-year-old Hasbrouck Heights man. The nine others busted on charges of rolling up and trying to solicit undercover officers posing as Silk City hookers Friday night, according to Police Director Jerry Speziale, were: Sakib Razzak, 26, Paterson; Brian Sierens, 32, Wayne; Joseph Solari, 31, Wayne; Justin Floyd, 22, Prospect Park; Jose Sanchez, 40, Clifton; Jerardo Florez, 43, Passaic; William Simmon, 70, Hasbrouck Height…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Wounded Akita Mix Possibly From Mahwah, Rockland Put Down Wounded Akita Mix Possibly From Mahwah, Rockland Put Down Wounded Akita Mix Possibly From Mahwah, Rockland Put Down
Wounded Akita Mix Possibly From Mahwah, Rockland Put Down PARAMUS, N.J. -- (UPDATE) A severely injured dog dumped at the Oradell Animal Hospital in Paramus had to be put down, authorities said Monday. "He had to be euthanized due to severity of injuries and to alleviate suffering," Bergen County SPCA Chief Roni Wildoner said Authorities were still trying to find the owner of the 2-year-old Akita mix, who they believe came from in or around Mahwah or southern Rockland County, she said. He was "covered in mud, soaking wet, with a swollen hind leg and wound that might suggest a tether of some type," Wildoner said. The occupants …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
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Throngs Expected At Funeral Of New Milford Man Killed In Terror Attack Throngs Expected At Funeral Of New Milford Man Killed In Terror Attack Throngs Expected At Funeral Of New Milford Man Killed In Terror Attack
Throngs Expected At Funeral Of New Milford Man Killed In Terror Attack NEW MILFORD, N.J. — The funeral service Monday for former New Milford Board of Education President Darren Drake, killed in last week's lower Manhattan terror attack, is expected to draw a massive outpouring of mourners. Those who knew Drake, 32, as a man of integrity and great kindness reacted to his death with shock, sadness and anger. "Darren was a good friend," wrote Maximo Paulino of New Milford. "He was honest, kind, driven. He was a man to be admired." Drake was mowed down along the Hudson River bicycle path next to the West Side Highway by a rented truck driven b…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
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Prosecutor: Brothers Sold Vape Hash Oil From Store Near Old Tappan HS Prosecutor: Brothers Sold Vape Hash Oil From Store Near Old Tappan HS Prosecutor: Brothers Sold Vape Hash Oil From Store Near Old Tappan HS
Prosecutor: Brothers Sold Vape Hash Oil From Store Near Old Tappan HS OLD TAPPAN, N.J. – Two brothers were charged with selling hash-oil cartridges from a family-owned Old Tappan convenience store that sources said ended up in the hands of high-schoolers. Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said a series of raids Wednesday at the Garden State News on Old Tappan Road and the defendants’ home on Winding Creek turned up: $100,627 in cash that was seized and bank accounts that were frozen; 215 hash oil vaporizer cartridges; several packages of THC-infused edibles; marijuana; Adderall pills; drug packaging materials.  The total value of the drugs seized was r…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Heroes Who Pulled Palisades Park Boy With Autism From Creek Cheered Heroes Who Pulled Palisades Park Boy With Autism From Creek Cheered Heroes Who Pulled Palisades Park Boy With Autism From Creek Cheered
Heroes Who Pulled Palisades Park Boy With Autism From Creek Cheered PALISADES PARK, N.J. -- Nearly a year after rescuers pulled a young Palisades Park boy with autism from Overpeck Creek, his mother gathered the heroes together for a special anniversary celebration. "Thanking Joseph's Angels" was the theme of the party thrown by Angela Cassese -- featuring her son, Joseph Cassese, now 9. Palisades and Leonia police, Palisades Park firefighters and EMTs and paramedics from the town and Englewood Hospital and Medical Center attended. "Just to be able to give these men and women a day of appreciation was the least I could do," Angela Casse…

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