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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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Ringleader Admits Pimping Girl, 16, In South Hackensack, Clifton Motels Ringleader Admits Pimping Girl, 16, In South Hackensack, Clifton Motels Ringleader Admits Pimping Girl, 16, In South Hackensack, Clifton Motels
Ringleader Admits Pimping Girl, 16, In South Hackensack, Clifton Motels SOUTH HACKENSACK, N.J. -- (UPDATE) A human trafficking ringleader faces 13 years in prison after admitting his role Monday in prostituting a 16-year-old girl at motels in South Hackensack and Clifton. Glen Bowman Sr., 42, of Newark, will be eligible for parole in five years, under the deal he struck with prosecutors. In return, he pleaded guilty Monday in Superior Court in Hackensack to first-degree conspiracy to commit human trafficking. Bowman ran the prostitution ring with his wife, Ernestine Bowman, 33, of Orange, who pleaded guilty to her role last December in exchange for a 10-year …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fairfield, CT
Breaking News
FBI: New Haven Woman, NJ Accomplice Held As Bank Robbery 'Nuns' FBI: New Haven Woman, NJ Accomplice Held As Bank Robbery 'Nuns' FBI: New Haven Woman, NJ Accomplice Held As Bank Robbery 'Nuns'
FBI: New Haven Woman, NJ Accomplice Held As Bank Robbery 'Nuns' TEANECK, N.J. -- (UPDATE) A New Haven woman and a Dominican national were being held in connection with the robbery of a New Jersey bank last month after police caught them fleeing another branch on Sunday. FBI agents believe Swahilys Pedraza-Rodriguez, 19, of New Haven and Melissa Aquino Arias, 23, dressed as nuns in a failed attempt to rob a bank in the Poconos in Pennsylvania several weeks ago, Daily Voice has learned. Both were brought before a federal judge in Newark Monday afternoon on federal warrants charging them with robbery through threat or fear of harm. Pedraza-Rodriguez and A…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
FBI: Leonia Officers Nab Garfield Bank Robbers Who Dressed As Nuns FBI: Leonia Officers Nab Garfield Bank Robbers Who Dressed As Nuns FBI: Leonia Officers Nab Garfield Bank Robbers Who Dressed As Nuns
FBI: Leonia Officers Nab Garfield Bank Robbers Who Dressed As Nuns TEANECK, N.J. -- (UPDATE) A Dominican national from Passaic and a Connecticut woman were being held in connection with the robbery of a Garfield bank last month after Leonia police caught them fleeing a Teaneck bank on Sunday. FBI agents believe Swahilys Pedraza-Rodriguez, 19, of New Haven and Melissa Aquino Arias, 23, dressed as nuns in a failed attempt to rob a bank in the Poconos in Pennsylvania several weeks ago (click on second image above), Daily Voice has learned. Both were brought before a federal judge in Newark Monday afternoon on federal warrants charging them with robbery throug…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Glen Rock Police Nab Maryland Fugitive Glen Rock Police Nab Maryland Fugitive Glen Rock Police Nab Maryland Fugitive
Glen Rock Police Nab Maryland Fugitive GLEN ROCK, N.J. -- Glen Rock police grabbed a Maryland fugitive during a weekend stop on Route 208. Officer John Tarantino stopped the car at 1:22 a.m. Saturday for having an obstructed windshield and discovered that the passenger, 37-year-old Harley D. Duarte of Philadelphia was wanted on various weapons and drug offenses out of Centerville (Queen Anne County), MD, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. He also was carrying heroin, crystal meth, marijuana and drug paraphernalia, Ackermann said. The driver, a 58-year-old Philadelphia woman, was also arrested for possession of marijuana. Duarte…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
FBI: Female Garfield Bank Robbery 'Nuns' Held After Leonia Grab FBI: Female Garfield Bank Robbery 'Nuns' Held After Leonia Grab FBI: Female Garfield Bank Robbery 'Nuns' Held After Leonia Grab
FBI: Female Garfield Bank Robbery 'Nuns' Held After Leonia Grab TEANECK, N.J. -- (UPDATE) A Connecticut woman and an Dominican national were being held in connection with the robbery of a Garfield bank last month after Leonia police caught them fleeing a Teaneck bank on Sunday. FBI agents believe Swahilys Pedraza, 19, of New Haven and Dominican national Melissa Aquino Arias, 23, dressed as nuns in a failed attempt to rob a bank in the Poconos in Pennsylvania several weeks ago, Daily Voice has learned. Both were being held Monday in the Bergen County Jail on federal warrants charging them with robbery through threat or fear of harm. The pair entered the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
SEEN HER? Clifton Police Seek Public's Help Finding Wanted Woman SEEN HER? Clifton Police Seek Public's Help Finding Wanted Woman SEEN HER? Clifton Police Seek Public's Help Finding Wanted Woman
Seen HER? Clifton Police Seek Public's Help Finding Wanted Woman CLIFTON, N.J. -- Clifton police sought the public's help Monday finding a wanted woman. The woman in the photos above is shown "committing an act of fraud at a local bank outside of our jurisdiction," Lt. Robert Bracken said. "She is wanted for questioning with regard to an unsolved crime that took place in our jurisdiction over the summer," he said. Anyone who knows her, has seen her or has information about her is asked to contact Clifton detectives: (973) 470-5908. Callers can remain anonymous, Bracken said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Up, Up, Away: Lyndhurst Firefighters Make Safety Fun For 1,400 Youngsters Up, Up, Away: Lyndhurst Firefighters Make Safety Fun For 1,400 Youngsters Up, Up, Away: Lyndhurst Firefighters Make Safety Fun For 1,400 Youngsters
Up, Up, Away: Lyndhurst Firefighters Make Safety Fun For 1,400 Youngsters LYNDHURST, N.J. -- Continuing a tradition that dates back nearly a half-century, Lyndhurst firefighters made fire safety fun for nearly 1,400 young children. Presented to youngsters from pre-K through 3rd grade, the National Fire Prevention Week demonstrations included a firefighter getting dressed in stages -- including breathing apparatus -- and eventually crawling around the students, exchanging high-fives with them. "We don't want children hiding from a firefighter should they be in need of rescue during a fire incident," ex-chief Paul Haggerty explained. The youngsters, who …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn Road Rage: Hit-Run Driver Mows Down Pedestrian, Police Say Fair Lawn Road Rage: Hit-Run Driver Mows Down Pedestrian, Police Say Fair Lawn Road Rage: Hit-Run Driver Mows Down Pedestrian, Police Say
Fair Lawn Road Rage: Hit-Run Driver Mows Down Pedestrian, Police Say FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- A 29-year-old Park Ridge man was in surgery after being deliberately run over by a Fair Lawn driver who then took off following a road-rage incident before dawn Saturday, borough authorities told Daily Voice. The victim was part of a group nearly struck by a blue 2006 Volkswagen Jetta just before 3:15 a.m. on Plaza Road at High Street, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Those involved said they approached the driver -- 21-year-old David Rodriguez of Fair Lawn -- after he stopped for a light a block away, at Fair Lawn Avenue, he said. A passenger "eventually pushed the victim …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: Police Investigating Glen Rock School Bomb Threat UPDATE: Police Investigating Glen Rock School Bomb Threat UPDATE: Police Investigating Glen Rock School Bomb Threat
Update: Police Investigating Glen Rock School Bomb Threat GLEN ROCK, N.J. -- Glen Rock police were investigating a series of social media chats which led to an evacuation of the high school on Friday. Principal John Arlotta "reported receiving information concerning a social media threat toward the school, which was initially believed to be a bomb threat," Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Glen Rock patrols, along with a Bergen County Sheriff’s K-9 Unit, the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office and Fair Lawn police immediately responded -- with borough firefighters and the ambulance corps placed on standby as a precaution, Ackermann said. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: Police Investigating Glen Rock High School Bomb Threat UPDATE: Police Investigating Glen Rock High School Bomb Threat UPDATE: Police Investigating Glen Rock High School Bomb Threat
Update: Police Investigating Glen Rock High School Bomb Threat GLEN ROCK, N.J. -- Glen Rock police were investigating a series of social media chats which led to an evacuation and a search of the high school on Friday. Principal John Arlotta "reported receiving information concerning a social media threat toward the school, which was initially believed to be a bomb threat," Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Glen Rock patrols, along with a Bergen County Sheriff’s K-9 Unit, the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office and Fair Lawn police immediately responded -- with borough firefighters and the ambulance corps placed on standby as a precaution, Acke…

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