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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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
SEEN HIM? Knife-Wielding Clifton Home Invader Knocks Down Grandma, 72 SEEN HIM? Knife-Wielding Clifton Home Invader Knocks Down Grandma, 72 SEEN HIM? Knife-Wielding Clifton Home Invader Knocks Down Grandma, 72
Seen HIM? Knife-Wielding Clifton Home Invader Knocks Down Grandma, 72 CLIFTON, N.J. -- A Clifton home invader pushed past a 72-year-old woman who answered a constantly ringing doorbell at 4 a.m., said police who sought the public's help finding him. "Residents in the 200 block of Ackerman Avenue awoke to hearing their doorbell ringing numerous times" before dawn Saturday, Lt. Robert Bracken said. The elderly woman answered the door and was pushed inside by a robber armed with a knife who demanded cash, Bracken said. Family members came to her aid as the robber forced him way into several rooms before fleeing, the lieutenant said. It wasn't immedia…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Feds: Upper Saddle River Police Help Smash $1M Electronics Delivery Ring Feds: Upper Saddle River Police Help Smash $1M Electronics Delivery Ring Feds: Upper Saddle River Police Help Smash $1M Electronics Delivery Ring
Feds: Upper Saddle River Police Help Smash $1M Electronics Delivery Ring UPPER SADDLE RIVER, N.J. -- Federal authorities credit Upper Saddle River police with helping smash a ring that they said used stolen identities to order smartphones and other electronic goods, then paid delivery drivers to divert the parcels to them. The cross-country scheme compromised the identities of hundreds of residents in municipalities throughout several states and caused more than $1 million in losses to a victimized cell company, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick for the District of New Jersey said. Eight of those accused were arrested Wednesday morning and later brough…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Monsey, NY
Breaking News
Feds: Rockland Men Participated In $1M Stolen Electronics Delivery Scheme Feds: Rockland Men Participated In $1M Stolen Electronics Delivery Scheme Feds: Rockland Men Participated In $1M Stolen Electronics Delivery Scheme
Feds: Rockland Men Participated In $1M Stolen Electronics Delivery Scheme ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. -- A ring that included members from Spring Valley and Nanuet used stolen identities to order smartphones and other electronic goods, then paid delivery drivers to divert the parcels to them, federal authorities said Wednesday. The cross-country scheme compromised the identities of hundreds of residents in municipalities throughout several states -- among them, Upper Saddle River -- and caused more than $1 million in losses to a victimized cell company, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick for the District of New Jersey said. Eight of those accused were arrested…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Pedestrian Struck In Hackensack Pedestrian Struck In Hackensack Pedestrian Struck In Hackensack
Pedestrian Struck In Hackensack HACKENSACK, N.J. -- A pedestrian sustained a minor leg injury after being struck on a Hackensack sidewalk Wednesday afternoon, authorities said. A car exiting from between two buildings on Main Street between Bergen and Atlantic streets struck the man around 12:30 p.m., witnesses said. An ambulance crew and firefighters responded along with police.

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
50 Years Later, Wanaque Reservoir UFO Photographer Identified 50 Years Later, Wanaque Reservoir UFO Photographer Identified 50 Years Later, Wanaque Reservoir UFO Photographer Identified
50 Years Later, Wanaque Reservoir UFO Photographer Identified WANAQUE, N.J. – A once-anonymous photographer who 50 years ago snapped a shot of what observers called a UFO over the Wanaque Reservoir has been identified. “Claude Coutant was the name of the individual who took at least five photos of the Wanaque Reservoir craft in late December 1966, including the ‘beam’ shot,” Anthony Bragalia reports on UFOExplorations.com. Bragalia said he got previously-unreleased images taken by Coutant, along with his identity, from a woman who once worked for the Star-Ledger – who said she got it from a woman who’d been engaged to the 46-year-old factory worker. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
75-Year-Old Driver Of Bus That Struck Glen Rock Girl, 15, Gets Summons 75-Year-Old Driver Of Bus That Struck Glen Rock Girl, 15, Gets Summons 75-Year-Old Driver Of Bus That Struck Glen Rock Girl, 15, Gets Summons
75-Year-Old Driver Of Bus That Struck Glen Rock Girl, 15, Gets Summons GLEN ROCK, N.J. – (UPDATE) A 75-year-old driver who was behind the wheel of a bus that struck a 15-year-old girl in Glen Rock earlier this month received a summons for failing to stop for a pedestrian, authorities said following an investigation. Mandatory drug and alcohol testing by NJ Transit after the Maple Avenue crash at Rock Road proved negative, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. “An inspection of the bus found no defects and all equipment operating as intended,” Ackermann added. The driver “made a left turn from eastbound Rock Road onto northbound Maple Avenue” just after 7:30 p.m. …

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by Jerry DeMarco & Cecilia Levine
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Paramus PD: Alert Officer Nabs Mall Trio With Cocaine, Heroin Paramus PD: Alert Officer Nabs Mall Trio With Cocaine, Heroin Paramus PD: Alert Officer Nabs Mall Trio With Cocaine, Heroin
Paramus PD: Alert Officer Nabs Mall Trio With Cocaine, Heroin PARAMUS, N.J. -- An alert Paramus police officer nabbed a trio of would-be thieves from Newark with hundreds of vials of cocaine and dozens of envelopes of heroin, authorities said. Officer Anthony Mordaga spotted the trio leaving a mall after trying and failing to use a woman's credit card in different stories, Deputy Chief Robert Guidetti said Wednesday. While interviewing them, Mordaga "detected the odor of burnt marijuana on the suspects clothing and inside their 2013 Chevrolet Camaro," Guidetti said. A search of the vehicle turned up four zip-locking bags containing 359 vial…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Your Community
Lyndhurst Special Needs Super Bowl Sparked By Unique Bond Lyndhurst Special Needs Super Bowl Sparked By Unique Bond Lyndhurst Special Needs Super Bowl Sparked By Unique Bond
Lyndhurst Special Needs Super Bowl Sparked By Unique Bond LYNDHURST, N.J. -- Thanks to a unique bond between Lyndhurst High School's football players and an appreciative group of teens, the area's very first Special Needs Super Bowl kicks off on Monday. The LHS varsity coaches will face members of the Special Angels recreation program in a flag football game at the high school, with the varsity players guiding their young charges. Deborah Wertalik, president of the 12-year-old Special Angels program, promises an unforgettable event. “The coaches will play, and the varsity football players who've served as their mentors will help the special needs…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Clifton PD: Officers Corner Construction Site Thieves Clifton PD: Officers Corner Construction Site Thieves Clifton PD: Officers Corner Construction Site Thieves
Clifton PD: Officers Corner Construction Site Thieves CLIFTON, N.J. -- Clifton police converged on a construction site and nabbed two men who they said were stealing copper piping. The property at 85 Ackerman Avenue was burglarized sometime overnight Monday into Tuesday, Lt. Robert Bracken said. Around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Officer Bryan Baurys was patrolling the area and spotted both men inside the site, he said. Officers established a perimeter, searched the property and arrested Christopher Janas, 57, of Passaic and Neil Lori, 50, of Nutley, Bracken said. Both were charged with burglary -- although additional charges were possible, the lieut…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Wayne Police Officer Injured In Brawl With Wanted Man Wayne Police Officer Injured In Brawl With Wanted Man Wayne Police Officer Injured In Brawl With Wanted Man
Wayne Police Officer Injured In Brawl With Wanted Man WAYNE, N.J. -- A Pompton Plains man wanted on a warrant fought tooth-and-nail with a Wayne police officer before being subdued, authorities said Tuesday. Officer Skylar Cauceglia was patrolling the southbound Route 23 commercial strip Tuesday night when he spotted a car in the Burger King lot whose driver "appeared nervous and startled by the presence of the police car," Capt. Laurence Martin said. Cauceglia recognized the driver, 30-year-old Christian Paul, who Martin said told the officer that he didn't want to be arrested. Despite attempts to calm Paul down, "it became ob…

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