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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Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
PHOTOS: New Homes For Special Needs Military Veterans Christened In Emerson PHOTOS: New Homes For Special Needs Military Veterans Christened In Emerson PHOTOS: New Homes For Special Needs Military Veterans Christened In Emerson
Photos: New Homes For Special Needs Military Veterans Christened In Emerson EMERSON, N.J. -- The ribbon was formally cut Wednesday at a 14-unit housing project in Emerson for military veterans with special needs. American Legion Post 269 leased the land behind its Main Street building for a dollar a year to the non-profit Housing Development Corporation of Bergen County, which built the units. “We can never fully repay the men and women in our armed services who are willing to make the ultimate sacrifice in order to protect us," County Executive Jim Tedesco said, "But we have a moral obligation to make sure affordable homes are always within reach.” Proj…

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Wayne PD: Woman Busted After Interfering With Boyfriend's Drug Arrest Wayne PD: Woman Busted After Interfering With Boyfriend's Drug Arrest Wayne PD: Woman Busted After Interfering With Boyfriend's Drug Arrest
Wayne PD: Woman Busted After Interfering With Boyfriend's Drug Arrest WAYNE, N.J. -- A woman whose boyfriend was found with Ecstasy, Xanax and pot during a Wayne traffic stop was also arrested after she interfered with police, authorities said. Jason Rivera, 26, of Paterson was "extremely nervous," his hands trembling, as he spoke with the woman on the phone after Officer Mark Ciavirella stopped his 2006 BMW for equipment violations at Kime Avenue and Black Oak Ridge Road late Tuesday afternoon, Capt. Laurence Martin said. There was a strong odor of burnt marijuana coming from inside the car, Martin added. A search turned up pot in Rivera's left so…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
SEEN HER? NJ FBI Seeks Woman In Child Sex Video SEEN HER? NJ FBI Seeks Woman In Child Sex Video SEEN HER? NJ FBI Seeks Woman In Child Sex Video
Seen HER? NJ FBI Seeks Woman In Child Sex Video NEWARK, N.J. – FBI agents in New Jersey sought the public’s help Wednesday in identifying a woman seen in a child sex video. Photos of the unidentified woman – known only as Jane Doe 39 – were being distributed along with information about the case. She “may have critical information pertaining to the identity of a child victim in an ongoing sexual exploitation investigation,” the bureau said. The child seen having sex with her in a video was pixelated from screen captures. The video was spotted by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in April 2016, the bureau said. The…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Driver Hospitalized In Paramus Rollover Driver Hospitalized In Paramus Rollover Driver Hospitalized In Paramus Rollover
Driver Hospitalized In Paramus Rollover PARAMUS, N.J. -- A sedan apparently hit a tree before rolling over in Paramus on Wednesday. The four-door Chevy's female driver was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center after the crash at the intersection of East Midland and Beech avenues. Paramus police, firefighters and EMS responded, along with a paramedic team from The Valley Hospital. The vehicle was removed by flatbed tow truck. A portion of East Midland Avenue was temporarily closed to through traffic while the driver was extricated and the wreckage cleared. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this report.

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Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Simultaneous Raids In Lodi, Paterson Net 3½ Pounds Heroin, Coke, $100G Simultaneous Raids In Lodi, Paterson Net 3½ Pounds Heroin, Coke, $100G Simultaneous Raids In Lodi, Paterson Net 3½ Pounds Heroin, Coke, $100G
Simultaneous Raids In Lodi, Paterson Net 3½ Pounds Heroin, Coke, $100G  LODI, N.J. -- Authorities seized 3½ combined pounds of heroin and cocaine, along with two guns and more than $100,000 in suspected drug money in a quick-strike drug takedown targeting three locations -- one in Lodi and two in Paterson. An investigation by the Paterson Police Narcotics Division led to the simultaneous raids around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday involving the DEA, as well as both the city police Emergency Response Team and its K-9 unit, city Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Raided were: 163 Beech St., Paterson; 957 E. 27th St., Paterson; 12 Oration Place, Lodi. Arrested were Gabrie…

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Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Boxer Bites Ridgewood Police Officer Boxer Bites Ridgewood Police Officer Boxer Bites Ridgewood Police Officer
Boxer Bites Ridgewood Police Officer RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- A Ridgewood police officer bitten by a dog Wednesday afternoon was taken to the Valley Hospital for treatment. Officer Kyle Scarpa was making a notification for another agency in the 600 block of Alanon Road when the boxer, who'd been tied to a chair, got loose just before 1 p.m., responders said. The officer sustained "a puncture wound and some scratches," Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke said. "The dog was in his own yard and got loose from its tie out when the officer was on scene. "The owner quickly had control of his dog," the chief said. Th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Passaic Sheriff: Nearly 300 Crack Bags, Pot, Stolen Gun Found In Van Passaic Sheriff: Nearly 300 Crack Bags, Pot, Stolen Gun Found In Van Passaic Sheriff: Nearly 300 Crack Bags, Pot, Stolen Gun Found In Van
Passaic Sheriff: Nearly 300 Crack Bags, Pot, Stolen Gun Found In Van PASSAIC, N.J. -- An ex-con driving on the suspended list was carrying hundreds of bags of crack and dozens of bags of pot, along with a loaded gun, when Passaic County sheriff's officers stopped his van in Passaic, authorities said. PCSO Officer Donald Reddin smelled marijuana after pulling over the Chevy van, driven by 24-year-old Delreese Delgado of Paterson, on Columbia Avenue and Washington Place in the City of Passaic late Tuesday, Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. Delgado "stated he just dropped his brother's girlfriend off and she had previously smoked, but [that he] currently ha…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
On Your Side
Cliffside Park Contractor Offers Free Carbon Monoxide Detectors Cliffside Park Contractor Offers Free Carbon Monoxide Detectors Cliffside Park Contractor Offers Free Carbon Monoxide Detectors
Cliffside Park Contractor Offers Free Carbon Monoxide Detectors CLIFFSIDE PARK, N.J. -- Michael Bayer of Cliffside Park has been installing and maintaining heating and air conditioning systems half his life and knows the dangers people face from carbon monoxide. Last year, for instance, more than 24,000 people in New Jersey were hospitalized with C0-related issues, state authorities reported. The owner and operator of Liberty Heating & Air Conditioning in his hometown, Bayer hopes to help homeowners become more aware of the dangers by giving away free carbon monoxide detectors to anyone who hires his company for heating system maintenance or install…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Garfield UPDATE: Four Arrests Made In Shooting, Stabbing Of Women Garfield UPDATE: Four Arrests Made In Shooting, Stabbing Of Women Garfield UPDATE: Four Arrests Made In Shooting, Stabbing Of Women
Garfield Update: Four Arrests Made In Shooting, Stabbing Of Women GARFIELD, N.J. -- Garfield police charged two couples – one from town and the other from Newark -- in connection with a drug-related incident that left one woman shot and another stabbed. The accused shooter, Tasheemah N. Tyson, 37, of Newark was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, among other related counts, stemming from Tuesday’s 5:30 p.m. incident on Palisade Avenue between Belmont Avenue and Botany Street, Police Chief Raymond Kovach said Thursday. A Newark man, 26-year-old Michael Clark, was charged with drug dealing, he said. Both Clark and Tyson were ordered held …

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Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: Four Arrests Made In Shooting, Stabbing Of Women In Garfield UPDATE: Four Arrests Made In Shooting, Stabbing Of Women In Garfield UPDATE: Four Arrests Made In Shooting, Stabbing Of Women In Garfield
Update: Four Arrests Made In Shooting, Stabbing Of Women In Garfield GARFIELD, N.J. -- Garfield police charged two couples – one from town and the other from Newark -- in connection with a drug-related incident that left one woman shot and another stabbed. The accused shooter, Tasheemah N. Tyson, 37, of Newark was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, among other related counts, stemming from Tuesday’s 5:30 p.m. incident on Palisade Avenue between Belmont Avenue and Botany Street, Police Chief Raymond Kovach said Thursday. A Newark man, 26-year-old Michael Clark, was charged with drug dealing, he said. Both Clark and Tyson were ordered held …

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