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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New Rochelle, NY
Breaking News
New Rochelle Man Caught With Loaded Gun On GWB, Police Say New Rochelle Man Caught With Loaded Gun On GWB, Police Say New Rochelle Man Caught With Loaded Gun On GWB, Police Say
New Rochelle Man Caught With Loaded Gun On GWB, Police Say  A New Rochelle man and a DWI motorist who drove through a closed construction area on the George Washington Bridge before dawn Friday had a loaded gun in their car, Port Authority police said. Kashiem Johnson, 25, and the driver, 31-year-old Darius E. Washington of Queens, also had an open bottle of cognac in the vehicle, the authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. Washington failed a breath test -- and was found to have an active warrant -- after officers stopped his 2017 Lexus as 1:40 a.m., Pentangelo said. Inside the car, officers found a fully loaded Phoenix Arms .22-caliber semiautomatic…

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Fort Lee, NJ
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Police: DWI Motorist Drove Through Closed GWB Construction Lane With Gun Police: DWI Motorist Drove Through Closed GWB Construction Lane With Gun Police: DWI Motorist Drove Through Closed GWB Construction Lane With Gun
Police: DWI Motorist Drove Through Closed GWB Construction Lane With Gun FORT LEE, N.J. -- A DWI motorist who drove through a closed construction area on the George Washington Bridge had a loaded gun in the car, said Port Authority police who arrested him and his passenger before dawn Friday. Darius E. Washington, 31, of Queens, and his passenger, 25-year-old Kashiem Johnson of New Rochelle, also had an open bottle of cognac in the vehicle, the authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. Washington failed a breath test -- and was found to have an active warrant -- after officers stopped his 2017 Lexus as 1:40 a.m., Pentangelo said. Inside the car, officers found a full…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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Tear Gas Ends SWAT Standoff With Cliffside Park Man, 46 Tear Gas Ends SWAT Standoff With Cliffside Park Man, 46 Tear Gas Ends SWAT Standoff With Cliffside Park Man, 46
Tear Gas Ends SWAT Standoff With Cliffside Park Man, 46 CLIFFSIDE PARK, N.J. -- An hours-long standoff ended before dawn Friday when a SWAT team lobbed tear gas into a Cliffside Park house and took an emotionally disturbed man into custody. Police responded just after 8 p.m., borough spokesman Bill Maer said, after the 46-year-old resident began throwing coffee cups, brooms, mops and other objects from his window at patrons of the neighboring Villa Amalfi restaurant and catering hall. The Marion Road resident "had some kind of problem with the [Palisade Avenue] catering hall," a law enforcement source told Daily Voice. There had also …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
FBI Raids Englewood Sports Agency In College Basketball Bribery Probe FBI Raids Englewood Sports Agency In College Basketball Bribery Probe FBI Raids Englewood Sports Agency In College Basketball Bribery Probe
FBI Raids Englewood Sports Agency In College Basketball Bribery Probe ENGLEWOOD, N.J. -- FBI agents raided the Englewood offices of a high-profile basketball sports agency as part of an investigation into corruption in college basketball, law enforcement sources confirmed. The computer of ASM Sports' founder, Andy Miller, was among the items seized by agents from the bureau's Newark Field Office, one said. The Wednesday raid at the Dean Street officers of the agency -- which represents, among others, Knicks star Kristaps Porzingis -- came during an investigation led by the FBI into various allegations, including that high school recruits were bribed to go to …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Tenafly Couple Charged In $162,270 Superstorm Sandy Scam Tenafly Couple Charged In $162,270 Superstorm Sandy Scam Tenafly Couple Charged In $162,270 Superstorm Sandy Scam
Tenafly Couple Charged In $162,270 Superstorm Sandy Scam WYCKOFF, N.J. -- A Tenafly couple collected nearly $162,270 in taxpayer-funded Superstorm Sandy relief by claiming their damaged Jersey Shore home as their primary residence, state authorities charged. The home that Charles Tuohy, 55, and his wife, Joanne Benzoni, 64, own on Lynn Ann Lane in Manahawkin that was damaged by the historic storm Superstorm Sandy is actually a vacation home, state Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino said. By lying on applications, Tuohy and Benzoni received $2,270 from FEMA, a $10,000 RSP grant, and $150,000 in RREM grant funds, Porrino said. Authorities cha…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Wyckoff Homeowner Charged With $201,861 Superstorm Sandy Scam Wyckoff Homeowner Charged With $201,861 Superstorm Sandy Scam Wyckoff Homeowner Charged With $201,861 Superstorm Sandy Scam
Wyckoff Homeowner Charged With $201,861 Superstorm Sandy Scam WYCKOFF, N.J. -- A Wyckoff homeowner collected nearly $201,861 in taxpayer-funded Superstorm Sandy relief by claiming his damaged Jersey Shore home as his primary residence, state authorities charged. The home that Michael A. Avena, 65, owns on 5th Avenue in Ortley Beach that was damaged by the historic storm Superstorm Sandy is actually a vacation home, state Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino said. By lying on applications, Avena received $31,900 from FEMA, a $10,000 RSP grant, RREM grant funds totaling $150,000 and $9,961 in SHRAP funds, Porrino said. Authorities charged Avena with…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Elderly Hikers Found Safe After Copter's Emergency Alpine Lookout Landing Elderly Hikers Found Safe After Copter's Emergency Alpine Lookout Landing Elderly Hikers Found Safe After Copter's Emergency Alpine Lookout Landing
Elderly Hikers Found Safe After Copter's Emergency Alpine Lookout Landing ALPINE, N.J. -- (UPDATE) An elderly Harrington Park couple who'd gone hiking along the Palisades were found Thursday, hours after a Westchester County police helicopter with a smoke condition in the cockpit made an emergency landing at the Alpine Lookout. The pair, both 75, were being evaluated by EMS professionals, Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Chief Michael Coppola said just after 1 p.m. No one was injured earlier when a Westchester County police chopper, forced to make an emergency landing, skidded 30 feet to a stop in the lookout parking lot just before 10:30 a.m., the chief said.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
SEEN THEM? FBI Releases Photos Of Garfield Female Bank Robbers SEEN THEM? FBI Releases Photos Of Garfield Female Bank Robbers SEEN THEM? FBI Releases Photos Of Garfield Female Bank Robbers
Seen Them? FBI Releases Photos Of Garfield Female Bank Robbers GARFIELD, N.J. -- The FBI on Thursday released surveillance photos of two women -- one armed with a pistol -- who authorities said robbed somewhere between $2,000 and $3,000 from a Garfield bank Wednesday afternoon. Police joined by a Bergen County sheriff's K-9 unit conducted an intensive search of the area surrounding the Spencer Savings bank on Passaic Street, with no luck, authorities told Daily Voice. Both women were short and appeared in their 20s, Garfield Police Lt. Richard Uram said. One was a blue head scarf and carrying a large leather handbag, Uram said. The other had dark, wa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Elderly Hikers Found Safe After Copter's Emergency Alpine Lookout Landing Elderly Hikers Found Safe After Copter's Emergency Alpine Lookout Landing Elderly Hikers Found Safe After Copter's Emergency Alpine Lookout Landing
Elderly Hikers Found Safe After Copter's Emergency Alpine Lookout Landing ALPINE, N.J. -- (UPDATE) An elderly Harrington Park couple who'd gone missing while hiking along the Palisades overnight were found Thursday, hours after a Westchester County police helicopter with a smoke condition in the cockpit made an emergency landing at the Alpine Lookout. The pair, both 75, were being evaluated by EMS professionals, Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Chief Michael Coppola said just after 1 p.m. No one was injured earlier when a Westchester County police chopper, forced to make an emergency landing, skidded 30 feet to a stop in the lookout parking lot just before 10:…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Maywood Police Dog Helps Lead Investigators Toward Hit-Run Killer Maywood Police Dog Helps Lead Investigators Toward Hit-Run Killer Maywood Police Dog Helps Lead Investigators Toward Hit-Run Killer
Maywood Police Dog Helps Lead Investigators Toward Hit-Run Killer MAYWOOD, N.J. -- A Maywood police dog helped authorities identify the hit-and-run driver who killed a woman waiting for a bus. Police in North Bergen "specifically reached out for Zoey because of the bloodhound's extreme tracking skills" after Luisa Valdes, 59, of Union City, was struck by a Hyundai Santa Fe on Tuesday, Maywood Police Chief David Pegg said. "Zoey was able to track the driver, identified as Olvy R. Torres, 36, of New York, from the crime scene to where he used further transportation to flee," the chief said. "Although I cannot get into specifics, l…

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