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
MUGSHOT: Son Charged With Killing Paramus Mom, 56, Desecrating Remains MUGSHOT: Son Charged With Killing Paramus Mom, 56, Desecrating Remains MUGSHOT: Son Charged With Killing Paramus Mom, 56, Desecrating Remains
Mugshot: Son Charged With Killing Paramus Mom, 56, Desecrating Remains PARAMUS, N.J. -- A Paramus man was charged late Tuesday with killing his 56-year-old mother and leaving her corpse in a garage for nearly two weeks. Jesus Lopez, 30, remained in custody at River Edge Medical Center (formerly Bergen Regional) in Paramus pending a detention hearing. He's charged with murder, desecrating human remains, hindering apprehension and weapons possession. Police arrested Lopez after a case worker who visited him found Susana Lopez's decomposed body in a detached garage, law enforcement sources said. "After making contact with Jesus Lopez, who was inside the ho…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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School Bus Driver Charged In Mahwah Crash That Injured 4 Youngsters School Bus Driver Charged In Mahwah Crash That Injured 4 Youngsters School Bus Driver Charged In Mahwah Crash That Injured 4 Youngsters
School Bus Driver Charged In Mahwah Crash That Injured 4 Youngsters MAHWAH, N.J. -- (UPDATE) A school bus driver from Hackensack was charged in connection with a Mahwah crash that sent her and four juveniles to the hospital earlier this week. Witnesses were interviewed and township Detective Michael Grassi, a certified account reconstructionist, reviewed data from the "black box" on the bus before bringing charges of reckless driving and failing to stop against Maria Pena, 57, Police Chief James N. Batelli said. Pena blew a stop sign as she turned the northbound Bergen Academies bus from East Crescent Avenue toward Masonicus Road around 5 p.m. Tue…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Tenafly Man Freed In Car Arson Torched Clothing Near School, Police Charge Tenafly Man Freed In Car Arson Torched Clothing Near School, Police Charge Tenafly Man Freed In Car Arson Torched Clothing Near School, Police Charge
Tenafly Man Freed In Car Arson Torched Clothing Near School, Police Charge TENAFLY, N.J. – A 21-year-old Tenafly man released after video showed him and a companion torching a parked car four months ago was re-arrested after police said he set fire to a piece of clothing on school property. A judge last Friday ordered Jeanluc Dulot held in the Bergen County Jail pending a detention hearing on arson and criminal mischief charges. Also taken into custody were two underage boys and a girl who face possible delinquency complaints “based upon their participation,” Capt. Michael deMoncada said Tuesday. Middle School officials notified police last Wednesday after findin…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Drug Investigators Seize $24,000, Bust Pair In Ridgefield Park Stop Drug Investigators Seize $24,000, Bust Pair In Ridgefield Park Stop Drug Investigators Seize $24,000, Bust Pair In Ridgefield Park Stop
Drug Investigators Seize $24,000, Bust Pair In Ridgefield Park Stop RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J. – Narcotics detectives seized nearly $24,000 in suspected drug proceeds and arrested two New York City men after pulling their car over in Ridgefield Park. Investigators from Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal’s office stopped the pair’s 2005 Toyota Sienna on Monday as part of a drug probe, the prosecutor said Tuesday. They found the “suspiciously packaged” cash and took the unemployed Juan C. Mateo-Terrero, 33 of the Bronx and Richard A. Almonte, a 39-year-old handyman from Washington Heights, into custody, Grewal said. The vehicle was impounded. Mateo-Terrer…

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Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
MUGSHOT: Son Charged With Killing Paramus Mom, 56, Desecrating Remains MUGSHOT: Son Charged With Killing Paramus Mom, 56, Desecrating Remains MUGSHOT: Son Charged With Killing Paramus Mom, 56, Desecrating Remains
Mugshot: Son Charged With Killing Paramus Mom, 56, Desecrating Remains PARAMUS, N.J. -- A Paramus man was charged late Tuesday with killing his 56-year-old mother and leaving her corpse in a garage for nearly two weeks. Jesus Lopez, 30, remained in custody at River Edge Medical Center (formerly Bergen Regional) in Paramus pending a detention hearing. He's charged with murder, desecrating human remains, hindering apprehension and weapons possession. Police arrested Lopez after a case worker who visited him found Susana Lopez's decomposed body in a detached garage, law enforcement sources said. "After making contact with Jesus Lopez, who was inside the ho…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
New Milford PD: Officer Nabs Fleeing ID Thieves New Milford PD: Officer Nabs Fleeing ID Thieves New Milford PD: Officer Nabs Fleeing ID Thieves
New Milford PD: Officer Nabs Fleeing ID Thieves NEW MILFORD, N.J. -- A New Milford police officer nabbed two identity thieves moments after they tried to intercept a FedEx delivery of iPhones ordered in the victim's name, authorities said. Officer Bryan Mone found the fleeing Newark pair a few blocks from the victim's Avon Place residence late Saturday morning, Detective Lt. Kevin Van Saders said. They were carrying "multiple driver's licenses, credit cards and other identifications," he said. Agustin Yolydelarosa, 21, and Fransisco Garcia-Moreno, 23, were taken into custody and charged with attempting to receive stolen proper…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Breaking News
Closter Police Officer Rouses Sleeping Tenant In House Fire Closter Police Officer Rouses Sleeping Tenant In House Fire Closter Police Officer Rouses Sleeping Tenant In House Fire
Closter Police Officer Rouses Sleeping Tenant In House Fire CLOSTER, N.J. -- Everyone got out safely, thanks to a passing Closter police officer, after a house fire broke out before dawn Tuesday. Officer Aldo Guerino saw smoke coming from the third-floor bedroom at 465 High Street just after 12:30 a.m., Police Chief Dennis Kaine said. Guerino forced his way in and woke a second-floor tenant, then went to the third floor, where he was met by a tenant escaping heavy smoke, Kaine said. Borough firefighters quickly brought the blaze under control,assisted by their colleagues from Demarest, Norwood, and Northvale, the chief said. The borough First Aid …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority PD: Turnstile Jumper Bites Officer Port Authority PD: Turnstile Jumper Bites Officer Port Authority PD: Turnstile Jumper Bites Officer
Port Authority PD: Turnstile Jumper Bites Officer NEWARK, N.J. -- A turnstile jumper fought with officers before biting one of them on the hand, Port Authority police said. Matthew A. Jones, 32, of Newark, "positioned himself in a fighting stance" when officers approached him at the Newark Penn Station PATH station for passing through a handicap turnstile without paying, the authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. The 6-foot-2-inch, 200-pound suspect -- who already was on a receiving stolen property charge -- flailed his arms to fend off the officers, then fled a short distance before they grabbed him again, he said. "One offic…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Sketchy Driving Leads Rochelle Park Officer To Pot Bust Police: Sketchy Driving Leads Rochelle Park Officer To Pot Bust Police: Sketchy Driving Leads Rochelle Park Officer To Pot Bust
Police: Sketchy Driving Leads Rochelle Park Officer To Pot Bust ROCHELLE PARK, N.J. -- A driver seeing a Rochelle Park police officer behind her suddenly pulled into a side street and parked -- leading to a drug bust, authorities said Tuesday. Officer Nick Mercoun spotted the silver Honda with several equipment violations traveling on Rochelle Avenue around 11 a.m. Monday, Detective Sgt. James DePreta said. Spotting Mercoun, the driver "abruptly pulled onto a side street and parked," he said. After the officer's car passed, she drove off toward Essex Street, where he stopped her, the sergeant said. Mercoun smelled unburnt marijuana, then fou…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
PHOTOS: Firefighters Douse Bergenfield Laundry Blaze PHOTOS: Firefighters Douse Bergenfield Laundry Blaze PHOTOS: Firefighters Douse Bergenfield Laundry Blaze
Photos: Firefighters Douse Bergenfield Laundry Blaze BERGENFIELD, N.J. -- Firefighters doused a smoky Bergenfield laundry blaze that apparently broke out in a dryer Monday afternoon. The Cascade Laudromat, which faces Madison Avenue, was severely damaged and the adjacent Dynamic Automotive parts store on South Washington Avenue slightly damaged, responders said. Bogota, Dumont, New Milford, Ridgefield Park and Tenafly firefighters were among those who provided mutual aid at the three-alarm blaze, which was doused by 5:15 p.m., less than an hour after it broke out. The laundry is in back of the auto parts store off the main drag.

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