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
Prosecutor: Clifton City Employee Steals $2,500 From Dead Man Prosecutor: Clifton City Employee Steals $2,500 From Dead Man Prosecutor: Clifton City Employee Steals $2,500 From Dead Man
Prosecutor: Clifton City Employee Steals $2,500 From Dead Man CLIFTON, N.J. – A Clifton city employee swiped $2,500 in Social Security money from a dead man’s account to buy herself things, authorities charged. Jacklyn Delillo, 31, of Clifton, was arrested on identity theft charges Wednesday by members of the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Financial Crimes Unit, assisted by the Social Security Administration Inspector General’s Office, authorities said. Delillo worked at the Clifton Senior Citizens Center, where befriended the elderly victim. After he died, “Social Security checks continued to be deposited into [his] bank account,” Passaic County Prosec…

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Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
SEEN THEM? Female Duo Robs Garfield Bank SEEN THEM? Female Duo Robs Garfield Bank SEEN THEM? Female Duo Robs Garfield Bank
Seen Them? Female Duo Robs Garfield Bank 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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Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Report: Garfield Among '10 Most White Trash Cities In New Jersey' Report: Garfield Among '10 Most White Trash Cities In New Jersey' Report: Garfield Among '10 Most White Trash Cities In New Jersey'
Report: Garfield Among '10 Most White Trash Cities In New Jersey' GARFIELD, N.J. -- Garfield finished third in a "10 Most White Trash Cities in New Jersey" a survey by a company called RoadSnacks. You know you’re from the Garfield, says a post on roadsnacks.net, "if you’re hangin’ with your hick click at the local bowling alley and you send your best friend to get cigs and he calls 30 minutes later to tell you he got arrested with a sack of weed after running a stop light." ****** ALSO SEE: Two women -- one armed with a pistol -- robbed somewhere between $2,000 and $3,000 from a Garfield bank Wednesday afternoon. https://garfield.dailyvoice.com/pol…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Former Ridgewood Parking Officer Charged In Heroin-Related Oakland Crash Former Ridgewood Parking Officer Charged In Heroin-Related Oakland Crash Former Ridgewood Parking Officer Charged In Heroin-Related Oakland Crash
Former Ridgewood Parking Officer Charged In Heroin-Related Oakland Crash RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- A former Ridgewood parking enforcement officer was charged by Oakland police in what they said was a heroin-related car crash that injured the other driver. Christopher Thomas Foxon, 35, was behind the wheel of a Chrysler 300 that collided with a Chevy Equinox on Skyline Drive last Thursday, sending the 55-year-old other driver from Wanaque to the hospital with what were considered minor injuries, Lt. Christian Eldridge said. Foxon, of the Hewitt section of West Milford, was charged with assault by auto, being under the influence of drugs and illegally possessing a hypod…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: Driver Extricated, Pedestrian Injured In Paramus Crash UPDATE: Driver Extricated, Pedestrian Injured In Paramus Crash UPDATE: Driver Extricated, Pedestrian Injured In Paramus Crash
Update: Driver Extricated, Pedestrian Injured In Paramus Crash PARAMUS, N.J. -- Three people, including a pedestrian and a driver who had to be extricated, were injured Wednesday in a crash near Bergen Community College in Paramus. "It looks like everybody is alert and conscious," a responder told Daily Voice after the noontime Paramus Road crash, which took down a light pole and narrowly missed a bus shelter. Northbound traffic was being diverted through the campus, police said. Both the SUV and sedan involved in the collision had to be towed from the scene. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this story.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
SEEN THEM? Female Duo Robs Garfield Bank SEEN THEM? Female Duo Robs Garfield Bank SEEN THEM? Female Duo Robs Garfield Bank
Seen Them? Female Duo Robs Garfield Bank 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
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority PD: Combative Turnstile Jumper Threatens To Shoot Officer Port Authority PD: Combative Turnstile Jumper Threatens To Shoot Officer Port Authority PD: Combative Turnstile Jumper Threatens To Shoot Officer
Port Authority PD: Combative Turnstile Jumper Threatens To Shoot Officer NEWARK, N.J. -- A combative Penn Station turnstile jumper had to be pepper-sprayed after threatening to take a Port Authority police officer's gun and shoot her with it, authorities said Wednesday. Officers who caught Elijah Myers, 33, of East Orange, manipulating the handicapped turnstile entrace without paying the fare ordered him off the train around 5:15 p.m. Monday, the authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. Myers, in turn, refused to budge and "threatened to disarm an officer and shoot her," he said. Officers tried removing Myers, Pentangelo said, but he began kicking and fla…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Englewood Abortion Clinic Bomb Threat Charged To Queens Man Englewood Abortion Clinic Bomb Threat Charged To Queens Man Englewood Abortion Clinic Bomb Threat Charged To Queens Man
Englewood Abortion Clinic Bomb Threat Charged To Queens Man ENGLEWOOD, N.J. -- A Queens man was charged with phoning in a bomb threat to an abortion clinic in Englewood. Sentiliano Canko, 32, of Astoria was carrying Suboxone when he was arrested, for which he was also charged along with causing false public alarm, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said Wednesday. Canko made the Aug. 15 threat "using technology to anonymize his calling line," the prosecutor said. Grewal's Cyber Crimes Unit and Englewood police traced the call, anyway, he said. Canko was released pending an Oct. 11 first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Co…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
RECOGNIZE THEM? Carlstadt Police Hunt Credit Card Thieves RECOGNIZE THEM? Carlstadt Police Hunt Credit Card Thieves RECOGNIZE THEM? Carlstadt Police Hunt Credit Card Thieves
Recognize Them? Carlstadt Police Hunt Credit Card Thieves CARLSTADT, N.J. -- Carlstadt police were seeking the public's help finding two women who bought more than $2,000 worth of merchandise with a stolen credit card. The women bought the Michael Kors merchandise at the Willowbrook Mall in Wayne on Sept. 3, Carlsltadt Detective John Sanzari said Wednesday. If you recognize them, or have information that could help the investigation, call the Carlstadt Police Criminal Investigations Unit: (201) 438-4810.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
VIDEO/PHOTO: SUV Topples Utility Poles In Bergenfield VIDEO/PHOTO: SUV Topples Utility Poles In Bergenfield VIDEO/PHOTO: SUV Topples Utility Poles In Bergenfield
Video/Photo: SUV Topples Utility Poles In Bergenfield BERGENFIELD, N.J. -- A male driver was hospitalized after his SUV toppled two utility poles in downtown Bergenfield early Wednesday, responders said. Two toppled transformers were severely damaged in the 6 a.m. crash on the north side of Washington Avenue across from West Broad Street.   "Speed was definitely a factor," Police Capt. Mustafa Rabboh said. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON

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