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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Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Firefighters Douse Blaze In Vacant Dumont Home Firefighters Douse Blaze In Vacant Dumont Home Firefighters Douse Blaze In Vacant Dumont Home
Firefighters Douse Blaze In Vacant Dumont Home DUMONT, N.J. -- Firefighters doused a blaze in a vacant Dumont home Wednesday night. Flames met responding firefighters in the stairwell and knee walls of the Romano Drive home's second floor around 10 p.m., the department said. They quickly knocked down the main body of fire, then needed to do extensive overhaul to extinguish any remaining pockets, officials said. Tenafly, Bergenfield and Cresskill firefighters also responded, while those from New Milford and Haworth stood by at Dumont firehouses. The Dumont Ambulance Corps also responded. No injuries were reported, and the scene was c…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Wyckoff PD: Citizen Leads Police To Man Wanted In Midland Park Car Burglary Wyckoff PD: Citizen Leads Police To Man Wanted In Midland Park Car Burglary Wyckoff PD: Citizen Leads Police To Man Wanted In Midland Park Car Burglary
Wyckoff PD: Citizen Leads Police To Man Wanted In Midland Park Car Burglary WYCKOFF, N.J. -- A defendant wanted for a car burglary in Midland Park was arrested by Wyckoff police thanks to an alert citizen, authorities said. Jaime Bauer, 29, was taken into custody at the Boulder Run Shopping Center around 9 p.m. Friday after a passerby called to report him acting suspiciously, Lt. Joseph Soto said. Officers found him carrying crack, heroin and drug paraphernalia -- all of which brought separate possession charges, Soto said. Bauer was wanted on a burglary to auto warrant out of Midland Park, along with an outstanding drug warrant out of that town, records show. He…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
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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Northern Valley, NJ
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Piermont Road Closed After Sleeping Trucker Crashes In Rockleigh Piermont Road Closed After Sleeping Trucker Crashes In Rockleigh Piermont Road Closed After Sleeping Trucker Crashes In Rockleigh
Piermont Road Closed After Sleeping Trucker Crashes In Rockleigh ROCKLEIGH, N.J. -- Piermont Road near the Rockland County border remained closed into the evening rush after a box truck crashed in Rockleigh. The driver -- who apparently fell asleep behind the wheel -- checked out OK after hitting a utility pole around 1:30 p.m., responders said. The road north of Rockleigh Road remained closed in both directions while responders waited for an Orange & Rockland crew.

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Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Sadness, Anger: New Milford's Darren Drake Killed In NYC Terror Attack Sadness, Anger: New Milford's Darren Drake Killed In NYC Terror Attack Sadness, Anger: New Milford's Darren Drake Killed In NYC Terror Attack
Sadness, Anger: New Milford's Darren Drake Killed In NYC Terror Attack NEW MILFORD, N.J. — Those who knew him reacted with shock, sadness and anger after learning Wednesday that former New Milford Board of Education President Darren Drake was among those killed in Tuesday's lower Manhattan terror attack. Drake, 32, was mowed down along the Hudson River bicycle path next to the West Side Highway by a rented truck driven by a man identified by authorities as Sayfullo Saipov of Paterson. "Darren was a good friend," wrote Maximo Paulino of New Milford. "He was honest, kind, driven. He was a man to be admired." A funeral service was scheduled f…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Wallington Police Officer Nabs Package Thief, Authorities Say Wallington Police Officer Nabs Package Thief, Authorities Say Wallington Police Officer Nabs Package Thief, Authorities Say
Wallington Police Officer Nabs Package Thief, Authorities Say WALLINGTON, N.J. -- A keen-eyed Wallington police officer nabbed a package thief who stole nearly $2,000 of valuables from a resident's porch, authorities said. Officer Nick Melfi was on patrol on Tuesday when he spotted Jonathan Diaz-Santana, 20, of Passaic riding a bicycle on Wallington Avenue. Four weeks earlier, Melfi responded to a Locust Avenue home where a black Samsung Galaxy 8 phone valued at $950 and a candy mix and assortment of children's toys valued at nearly $1,000 were stolen from an enclosed porch, Detective Capt. Shawn Kudlacik said. The homeowner's surveillance cameras sh…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
PHOTOS: New Bergen Rapid-Response Vehicles Protect Public, Police PHOTOS: New Bergen Rapid-Response Vehicles Protect Public, Police PHOTOS: New Bergen Rapid-Response Vehicles Protect Public, Police
Photos: New Bergen Rapid-Response Vehicles Protect Public, Police PARAMUS, N.J. – Bergen County law enforcement authorities unveiled a pair of quick-response units Wednesday morning to enhance both public and law enforcement safety -- particularly in instances when every second matters. Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal, Sheriff Michael Saudino and members of the county Police Chiefs Association obtained the vehicles for the Bergen County Regional SWAT team. Both were to begin operating immediately, they said.  The vehicles -- one stationed at the north end of the county, the other in the south -- will: respond to critical incidents: active shooters, barricad…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Wayne House Brawl Leaves One Hospitalized, One Jailed, Windshield Smashed Wayne House Brawl Leaves One Hospitalized, One Jailed, Windshield Smashed Wayne House Brawl Leaves One Hospitalized, One Jailed, Windshield Smashed
Wayne House Brawl Leaves One Hospitalized, One Jailed, Windshield Smashed WAYNE, N.J. -- A fight over uninvited house guests sent one Wayne man to the hospital and another to jail, authorities said. Responding officers interviewed several witnesses and determined that Gian P. Falla, 21, "attacked the victim with his hands, closed fists and a baseball bat" in the head, face and arms at a Hillside Terrace home around 9:30 a.m. Sunday, Capt. Laurence Martin said. He also smashed the victim's car windshield with the bat, Martin said. The victim was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson with facial injuries, the captain said. Falla, wh…

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Pascack Valley, NJ
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Westwood Crash Sends Driver To Hospital Westwood Crash Sends Driver To Hospital Westwood Crash Sends Driver To Hospital
Westwood Crash Sends Driver To Hospital WESTWOOD, N.J. -- A driver was hospitalized after a crash in Westwood. The crash occurred Tuesday afternoon in the parking lot of the CVS on Broadway, when a Nissan toppled a sign before mounting the front of a new Hyundai.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Sources: Driver In NYC Terror Attack That Killed 8 Lived In Paterson Sources: Driver In NYC Terror Attack That Killed 8 Lived In Paterson Sources: Driver In NYC Terror Attack That Killed 8 Lived In Paterson
Sources: Driver In NYC Terror Attack That Killed 8 Lived In Paterson UPDATE: The rental truck driver who authorities said mowed dozens of people -- killing eight of them -- on a popular lower Manhattan bicycle path moved to Passaic County a few months ago, authorities confirmed. Media reports that the 29-year-old Uzbek national Sayfullo Saipov was heard shouting, "Allahu Akbar!" ("God is great!") couldn't be officially confirmed. Police did say that statements uttered by Saipov when he was arrested made the killings an act of terror. Saipov had a Florida address on his driver's license but this summer moved to Gennessee Avenue in Paterson…

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