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

Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Lodi Man Charged With Attacking Trailer Park Neighbor With Lawn Mower Lodi Man Charged With Attacking Trailer Park Neighbor With Lawn Mower Lodi Man Charged With Attacking Trailer Park Neighbor With Lawn Mower
Lodi Man Charged With Attacking Trailer Park Neighbor With Lawn Mower LODI, N.J. -- A Lodi trailer park resident released from jail hours after being charged with attacking a neighbor with a lawn mower and fighting with police was arrested later that day for kicking an EMS worker, authorities said. That made six times that Lodi police have arrested Michael P. Daley, 55, in less than six weeks -- and five times that he'd been released soon afterward, records show. On Friday night, Daley assaulted a police officer who responded to the lawn mower incident at the Costa Mobile Home Park off Bergen Boulevard, Lt. Robert Salerno said. "There's apparently been …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
PHOTO: Driver Kills Eight On Lower Manhattan Bike Path, Shot By NYPD PHOTO: Driver Kills Eight On Lower Manhattan Bike Path, Shot By NYPD PHOTO: Driver Kills Eight On Lower Manhattan Bike Path, Shot By NYPD
Photo: Driver Kills Eight On Lower Manhattan Bike Path, Shot By Nypd 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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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
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Wanaque PD: Injured Homeless Man Blows Blood, Spit At Officer Wanaque PD: Injured Homeless Man Blows Blood, Spit At Officer Wanaque PD: Injured Homeless Man Blows Blood, Spit At Officer
Wanaque PD: Injured Homeless Man Blows Blood, Spit At Officer WANAQUE, N.J. – An injured homeless man causing a disturbance at a Wanaque Dunkin Donuts was arrested after he blew blood and spit into an officer’s face, police said. The hand of Kristopher Maloney, 31, was bleeding heavily when Officer Kevin Norton convinced him to come out of the bathroom of the Ringwood Avenue donut shop Monday night after he’d been banging and yelling in there, frightening the employees, Capt. Kenneth Fackina said. “At this point, without warning, he raised his hand and blew blood and saliva into the officer’s face and then attempted to leave,” Fackina said. Maloney, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Garfield Mom Charged With Child Abuse Prosecutor: Garfield Mom Charged With Child Abuse Prosecutor: Garfield Mom Charged With Child Abuse
Prosecutor: Garfield Mom Charged With Child Abuse GARFIELD, N.J. – A state corrections officer from Garfield was charged with child abuse after the youngster showed up for school with arm and leg bruises, authorities said Tuesday. Christine Tenchka, 34, who is single, was arrested by members of Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal’s Special Victims Unit and Garfield police on Monday, Grewal said. She was released pending a Nov. 13 first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
SEEN HIM? Tattoo Of Rosary With Roses Could Help Find Missing Paterson Teen SEEN HIM? Tattoo Of Rosary With Roses Could Help Find Missing Paterson Teen SEEN HIM? Tattoo Of Rosary With Roses Could Help Find Missing Paterson Teen
Seen HIM? Tattoo Of Rosary With Roses Could Help Find Missing Paterson Teen PATERSON, N.J. -- Paterson police asked the public's help Tuesday finding a missing teen. Manuel Lopez, 17,  was reported missing by his mother on Sunday after he returned from a party in Clifton. He was wearing a pink hoodie, dark jeans and white sneakers, she said. Manuel -- who's 5-foot-7 and about 160 pounds -- has brown eyes, brown hair and a tattoo of a rosary with roses on his left forearm, city Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Anyone who sees or knows where to find him is asked to contact Lt. Jaime Navarro, the Paterson Juvenile Division commander, at: (973) 321-1126.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Teaneck Rape Suspect Released After Bogota Officer Is Injured In Scuffle Teaneck Rape Suspect Released After Bogota Officer Is Injured In Scuffle Teaneck Rape Suspect Released After Bogota Officer Is Injured In Scuffle
Teaneck Rape Suspect Released After Bogota Officer Is Injured In Scuffle BOGOTA, N.J. -- A Teaneck man charged three years ago with raping a teenager was released by a judge hours after Bogota police said he put an officer out work for at least a month. Officer Walter Kumka discovered that Kareem Gibbs, 25, was wanted on two warrants following a traffic stop Friday night on Linden Avenue, Capt. James Sepp said. After a brief exchange, Gibbs took off on foot but was chased down by Kumka, he said. Gibbs was subdued and arrested, but Kumka had to be hospitalized for a broken finger, swelling and bruising on his face, a bloody nose and cuts and scrapes on his arms,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Palisades Park Post Office Robber Who Bragged On Facebook Gets 90 Days Palisades Park Post Office Robber Who Bragged On Facebook Gets 90 Days Palisades Park Post Office Robber Who Bragged On Facebook Gets 90 Days
Palisades Park Post Office Robber Who Bragged On Facebook Gets 90 Days PALISADES PARK, N.J. -- A Bergen County man who bragged on Facebook about robbing the Palisades Park post office was sentenced to 90 days in the county jail. Despite an extensive rap sheet -- which followed a delinquency history that began in his early teens -- 21-year-old Christopher Siguenza of Moonachie received leniency when a Municipal Court judge sentenced him Monday. Under the terms of a plea deal, Siguenza admitted that he jumped the counter at Palisades Park's Central Boulevard post office on March 22 and ordered a clerk to open a cash drawer. He snatched $90 in cash, ran out and …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn Police Bust Accused Package Thief With Resident's Help Fair Lawn Police Bust Accused Package Thief With Resident's Help Fair Lawn Police Bust Accused Package Thief With Resident's Help
Fair Lawn Police Bust Accused Package Thief With Resident's Help FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- Thanks to an alert resident, Fair Lawn police nabbed a package thief who ordered a new phone and had it sent to an unknowing victim's home, authorities said. The resident told police the thief snatched the package off a Pollitt Drive porch, then got into a maroon Honda and drove off, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Detective Mark Wyka later tracked down and arrested 36-year-old Melvin Gomez-Peralta of Paterson, who Metzler said admitting taking the package containing a Samsung Galaxy S8+ valued at $840. He was charged with theft and released, pending after he admitted to takin…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn PD: Midland Park Stolen Car Driver Had Drugs, Brass Knuckles Fair Lawn PD: Midland Park Stolen Car Driver Had Drugs, Brass Knuckles Fair Lawn PD: Midland Park Stolen Car Driver Had Drugs, Brass Knuckles
Fair Lawn PD: Midland Park Stolen Car Driver Had Drugs, Brass Knuckles FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- An unlicensed Midland Park driver caught behind the wheel of a stolen car was carrying drugs and brass knuckles, Fair Lawn police said. Officer Justin DiGuglielmo stopped the silver Honda on Plaza Road at Romaine Street just before 2 a.m. Friday and arrested 35-year-old Melissa DeYoung after discovering the car had been stolen, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. DeYoung was charged with drug and weapons possession, as well as with receiving stolen property and driving with a suspended license. Fair Lawn police then handed her over to their Midland Park colleagues to deal with stol…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
POLICE: 2x Legal Limit DWI Motorist Drove Onto GWB On Shredded Tire POLICE: 2x Legal Limit DWI Motorist Drove Onto GWB On Shredded Tire POLICE: 2x Legal Limit DWI Motorist Drove Onto GWB On Shredded Tire
Police: 2x Legal Limit DWI Motorist Drove Onto GWB On Shredded Tire FORT LEE, N.J. -- A DWI motorist involved in a crash registered nearly two times the legal limit after she drove onto the George Washington Bridge on a shredded tire, Port Authority police said. Officer Ed Berdecia found 22-year-old Janina Aguirre of Jersey City sitting alone in a stopped 2007 Nissan sedan, its engine running, in a safety zone on the bridge's New Jersey-bound lower level around 2 a.m., the authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. The passenger side of the Nissan's front bumper was heavily damaged and its front tire shredded, exposing the wheel's rim, he said. Aguirre's "ey…

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