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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Garfield-Lodi, NJ
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NJ Corrections Officer From Lodi Charged With Collecting Child Porn NJ Corrections Officer From Lodi Charged With Collecting Child Porn NJ Corrections Officer From Lodi Charged With Collecting Child Porn
NJ Corrections Officer From Lodi Charged With Collecting Child Porn LODI, N.J. -- A state corrections officer from Lodi was charged with collecting images of child sex abuse while trying to arrange a tryst with what he thought was an 8-year-old girl. Stephen Salamak, 37, was arrested at his home Thursday by special agents of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and brought before a federal judge in Newark. The judge released him on $125,000 unsecured bond, with home confinement and electronic location monitoring, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick said. Salamak -- who's listed on the New Jersey Depa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Port Authority PD: Suspended, Unregistered GWB Toll Evader Owes $11,540 Port Authority PD: Suspended, Unregistered GWB Toll Evader Owes $11,540 Port Authority PD: Suspended, Unregistered GWB Toll Evader Owes $11,540
Port Authority PD: Suspended, Unregistered GWB Toll Evader Owes $11,540 FORT LEE, N.J. -- A driver snagged by Port Authority police at the George Washington Bridge owed $11,540 in unpaid tolls and fees, records show. Miguel A. Vargas, 31, of Reading, PA also was driving on the suspended list and didn't have registration for the 2013 Volkswagen Jetta, which was impounded, the authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. Officer Leonel Gonzalez stopped Vargas after he blew through an E-ZPass lane, Pentangelo said. Vargas was released pending a hearing on charges of theft of services, toll evasion and driving while on the suspended list. He also received several traffic s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
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Closter DPW Worker Busted For Pot Had Clean Urine, Warmers, Police Say Closter DPW Worker Busted For Pot Had Clean Urine, Warmers, Police Say Closter DPW Worker Busted For Pot Had Clean Urine, Warmers, Police Say
Closter DPW Worker Busted For Pot Had Clean Urine, Warmers, Police Say CLOSTER, N.J. -- A veteran Closter DPW worker was carrying a clean urine sample and hand warmers -- ostensibly to defeat a random drug test -- when police busted him for pot, authorities said. Vincent Diluzio, 41, was charged with possession of marijuana with the intent to sell it and possession of drug paraphernalia following an investigation, Police Chief Dennis Kaine said Thursday. Diluzio "also had in his possession clean urine and hand warmers to keep the sample warm in order to possibly defraud any type of drug test [required by the municipality or the state]," Kaine told Da…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Wayne Teen Charged With Stalking, Threatening Victims For Years Wayne Teen Charged With Stalking, Threatening Victims For Years Wayne Teen Charged With Stalking, Threatening Victims For Years
Wayne Teen Charged With Stalking, Threatening Victims For Years WAYNE, N.J. – A Wayne man who’d been stalking and threatening local juveniles for several years was arrested after he keyed one of their cars, authorities said. Yousef Eshak, 19, was taken into custody after Detective Sgt. Scott Rappaport found a girl whose family provided “two years of threatening and intimidating text messages,” Capt. Laurence Martin said. Eshak also “followed the victims and appeared at school functions,” continuing the activity after being told to stop, “causing emotional distress,” Martin said. He also made threats through cellphones and social media against the victi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
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Ridgewood PD: 'Suspicious' Man Was Picking Up Grandchild From School Ridgewood PD: 'Suspicious' Man Was Picking Up Grandchild From School Ridgewood PD: 'Suspicious' Man Was Picking Up Grandchild From School
Ridgewood PD: 'Suspicious' Man Was Picking Up Grandchild From School RIDGEWOOD, N.J. – UPDATE: A man who at first appeared to be wearing a bullet-proof vest – sending Ridgewood schools into shelter in place on Wednesday – was simply picking up his grandchild, police said Thursday. "Fortunately, this was an innocent misunderstanding and simply was a lost resident," Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke said.   A resident told police the man had asked for directions to the Willard Elementary School. Ridgewood officers were quickly joined by colleagues from surrounding towns. Patrols found him soon after on West Ridgewood Avenue wearing a colorful shirt a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Wayne PD: Dozens Of Beer-Drinking Teens Trash Townhouse, One Fights Police Wayne PD: Dozens Of Beer-Drinking Teens Trash Townhouse, One Fights Police Wayne PD: Dozens Of Beer-Drinking Teens Trash Townhouse, One Fights Police
Wayne PD: Dozens Of Beer-Drinking Teens Trash Townhouse, One Fights Police WAYNE, N.J. -- Wayne police found a townhouse trashed by dozens of beer-drinking juveniles, one of whom had to be subdued after he began fighting with officers, authorities said. Fifty or so teens fled, "leaving beer cans scattered in the backyard and on neighbor’s property," as officers responded to a complaint of teens congregating and open-air drug sales at the Heritage Manor housing complex late Saturday, Capt. Laurence Martin said. Lt. Robert Franco and Officer Luis Oliveira found beer cans strewn on the floor of the kitchen, chairs overturned and a large hole punched through…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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NYC St. Patrick's Day Parade Names Port Authority PD Best NYC St. Patrick's Day Parade Names Port Authority PD Best NYC St. Patrick's Day Parade Names Port Authority PD Best
NYC St. Patrick's Day Parade Names Port Authority PD Best FORT LEE, N.J. -- Port Authority police this week received this year's highest honor from the NYC St. Patrick's Day Parade. The 2017 First Place Emerald Societies Award recognizes outstanding marching during the March 17 parade along 5th Avenue between 44th and 79th streets -- a 255-year tradition. The award was presented at the Parade's delegate meeting Monday at Cathedral High School on E. 56th Street. The New York City St. Patrick’s Parade is the oldest and largest of its kind in the world. The first parade was held on March 17, 1762 — 14 years before the signing of the Declaration of I…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
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Ridgewood PD: 'Suspicious' Man Was Picking Up Grandchild From School Ridgewood PD: 'Suspicious' Man Was Picking Up Grandchild From School Ridgewood PD: 'Suspicious' Man Was Picking Up Grandchild From School
Ridgewood PD: 'Suspicious' Man Was Picking Up Grandchild From School RIDGEWOOD, N.J. – A man who at first appeared to be wearing a bullet-proof vest – sending Ridgewood schools into shelter in place on Wednesday – was simply picking up his grandchild, police said Thursday. "Fortunately, this was an innocent misunderstanding and simply was a lost resident," Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke said.   A resident told police the man had asked for directions to the Willard Elementary School. Ridgewood officers were quickly joined by colleagues from surrounding towns. Patrols found him soon after on West Ridgewood Avenue wearing a colorful shirt and pants…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Glen Rock Police Make Arrest In School Bomb Threat Glen Rock Police Make Arrest In School Bomb Threat Glen Rock Police Make Arrest In School Bomb Threat
Glen Rock Police Make Arrest In School Bomb Threat GLEN ROCK, N.J. – An 18-year-old Fair Lawn man surrendered to police in connection with a bomb threat at Glen Rock High School last week, authorities said Wednesday. Jared Burger apparently “had an association with students” at the school and made the threat “in response to a disagreement via social media which had gone on for several days,” Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Principal John Arlotta "reported receiving information concerning [the threat]," Ackermann said. Glen Rock patrols, along with a Bergen County Sheriff’s K-9 Unit, the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office and Fai…

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Garfield-Lodi, NJ
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Undercover Heroin Buys Produce Bust Of Accused Garfield Dealer Undercover Heroin Buys Produce Bust Of Accused Garfield Dealer Undercover Heroin Buys Produce Bust Of Accused Garfield Dealer
Undercover Heroin Buys Produce Bust Of Accused Garfield Dealer GARFIELD, N.J. -- An undercover Bergen County prosecutor’s agent bought several bags of heroin from a Garfield man before busting him on drug-selling charges, authorities said. Zakee R. Murphy, 27, who is single and unemployed, sold the smack to the investigator in Hackensack and Garfield in July and August, then was arrested Tuesday while carrying 50 gags of heroin, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. A search of his Cambridge Avenue apartment turned up 40 more bags of heroin, an ounce of marijuana, 17 Xanax pills in an unlabeled bottle, drug paraphernalia and $2,700 in suspect…

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