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
Overnight Fire Blows Through Roof Of Hawthorne House Overnight Fire Blows Through Roof Of Hawthorne House Overnight Fire Blows Through Roof Of Hawthorne House
Overnight Fire Blows Through Roof Of Hawthorne House HAWTHORNE, N.J. -- Two firefighters were injured and several people displaced by an overnight house fire in Hawthorne. Firefighters from several departments battled the three-alarm blaze, which broke out just before 2:30 a.m. on Sunrise Drive. It took them two hours or so to douse the flames, which blew through the roof. Firefighters from Wyckoff, Glen Rock, North Haledon and Prospect Park were among the responders.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Feds Charge Passaic County Man In 35-Pound Heroin Trafficking Network Feds Charge Passaic County Man In 35-Pound Heroin Trafficking Network Feds Charge Passaic County Man In 35-Pound Heroin Trafficking Network
Feds Charge Passaic County Man In 35-Pound Heroin Trafficking Network PASSAIC COUNTY, N.J. – A Passaic County man helped traffic more than 35 pounds of heroin into New Jersey and New York, federal authorities charged. A federal judge in Newark ordered Yasmil "Animal" Minaya, 31, held without bail Tuesday on conspiracy, distribution and other drug-related charges, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick said. "Minaya and his co-defendants were serving as New Jersey and New York area distributors for a drug trafficking organization operating in the Dominican Republic, Mexico and elsewhere," Fitzpatrick said. The drugs "were usually…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
SEEN HIM? Wayne Police Seek Help Finding $37,500 Rolex Thief SEEN HIM? Wayne Police Seek Help Finding $37,500 Rolex Thief SEEN HIM? Wayne Police Seek Help Finding $37,500 Rolex Thief
Seen HIM? Wayne Police Seek Help Finding $37,500 Rolex Thief WAYNE, N.J. -- Wayne police released surveillance photos Tuesday of a man disguised as a medical or laboratory worker who they said swiped a $37,500 Rolex from a mall store. The thief entered the Michael Anthony jewelry store in the Willowbroook Mall around 1:45 p.m. Monday and asked in a slight patois about a Presidential watch, Capt. Laurence Martin said. "He stated he had just worked a 16-hour shift and was shopping for his birthday," Martin said. "The identification tag hanging from around the suspect’s neck says 'Mount Vernon.'  "Once the item was retrieved and pre…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
3 Charged With Cruelty For 26 Puppies Found In Van Behind Garfield Walmart 3 Charged With Cruelty For 26 Puppies Found In Van Behind Garfield Walmart 3 Charged With Cruelty For 26 Puppies Found In Van Behind Garfield Walmart
3 Charged With Cruelty For 26 Puppies Found In Van Behind Garfield Walmart GARFIELD, N.J. -- (UPDATE) Three Florida residents charged with animal cruelty for packing 26 thirsty, imported puppies into a minivan found parked behind the Walmart in Garfield didn't show up for court Tuesday, authorities said. SEE: https://garfield.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/garfield-walmart-van-trio-skips-court-authorities-seek-custody-of-puppies/723252/ ORIGINAL STORY: GARFIELD, N.J. -- Three Florida residents were charged with animal cruelty for packing 26 thirsty, imported puppies into a minivan found parked behind the Walmart in Garfield, authorities said Tuesday. Jesus Gabriel V…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Ex-Glen Rock Officer Who Admitted Sexting Girls, Stealing Guns Paroled Ex-Glen Rock Officer Who Admitted Sexting Girls, Stealing Guns Paroled Ex-Glen Rock Officer Who Admitted Sexting Girls, Stealing Guns Paroled
Ex-Glen Rock Officer Who Admitted Sexting Girls, Stealing Guns Paroled GLEN ROCK, N.J. -- A former Glen Rock police officer who admitted sexting two teenage girls and selling guns he stole from headquarters was paroled earlier this month after serving a year behind bars, records show. Eric Reamy, 53, of Fair Lawn was released from the Central Reception and Assignment Facility, a minimum security facility in Trenton that houses nonviolent offenders for short periods, on Sept 18. Reamy, a 27-year veteran who was stricken with cancer, must register as a sex offender under Megan's Law, remain under lifetime parole supervision and pay the victims' medical expenses.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
'Bail Reform' Brother Busted In Bungled Hackensack 7-Eleven Holdup 'Bail Reform' Brother Busted In Bungled Hackensack 7-Eleven Holdup 'Bail Reform' Brother Busted In Bungled Hackensack 7-Eleven Holdup
'Bail Reform' Brother Busted In Bungled Hackensack 7-Eleven Holdup HACKENSACK, N.J. -- The ongoing bail-reform saga of two ex-con brothers continued when one of them tried to rob a 7-Eleven in Hackensack at knifepoint over the weekend -- and got away with only a barcode scanner, authorities said. A judge earlier this month freed Shawn Todd, 47, less than 48 hours after he was arrested following back-to-back burglaries at an auto repair shop in Rochelle Park and a gas station in Maywood. Three weeks earlier, Maywood police responding to a call of a suspicious person on a bicycle said they found him carrying a power drill and copper piping taken from a house…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Ramsey PD: Car Seized, DWI Mahwah Driver Returns To HQ, Charged Again Ramsey PD: Car Seized, DWI Mahwah Driver Returns To HQ, Charged Again Ramsey PD: Car Seized, DWI Mahwah Driver Returns To HQ, Charged Again
Ramsey PD: Car Seized, DWI Mahwah Driver Returns To HQ, Charged Again RAMSEY, N.J. -- A 71-year-old Mahwah motorist released on DWI charges was re-arrested when he returned to headquarters in another vehicle looking for his car, Ramsey police said. Richard B. Haskell initially registered a .21 blood-alcohol level -- nearly three times the legal limit -- after officers responding to a call at 7:42 a.m. Saturday found him in his car parked at Suraci's Pond on Woodland Avenue, Police Chief Bryan Gurney said. A sergeant woke him, smelled alcohol on Haskell's breath and spotted the bottle, the chief said. After failing a sobriety test, Haskell was arrested and th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Gang Member Stole $8,000 From Glen Rock Municipal Court, Police Charge Gang Member Stole $8,000 From Glen Rock Municipal Court, Police Charge Gang Member Stole $8,000 From Glen Rock Municipal Court, Police Charge
Gang Member Stole $8,000 From Glen Rock Municipal Court, Police Charge GLEN ROCK, N.J. -- A member of an imprisoned rapper's gang used the account number of the Glen Rock Municipal Court to steal nearly $8,000, authorities said Tuesday. Jkwon Roney, 26, of East Flatbush has been in New York State custody since authorities in Brooklyn charged him in April with forging about $350,000 in money orders over the previous year. Roney -- a member of convicted rapper Bobby Shmurda‘s GS9 gang -- faces similar charges in Fairfield County, as well as in Manhattan and in Fort Worth, Texas. He also was recorded threatening to kill a bank teller as a message to "not to…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn Attendant: Gas Station Robbers Take $800 Fair Lawn Attendant: Gas Station Robbers Take $800 Fair Lawn Attendant: Gas Station Robbers Take $800
Fair Lawn Attendant: Gas Station Robbers Take $800 FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- Fair Lawn detectives were reviewing surveillance video after a gas station attendant reported being robbed overnight Tuesday. The Wagaraw Road BP attendant called police at 3:03 a.m. and told told police that three men, one carrying a handgun, assaulted him, took $800 and then fled in a white Jeep Grand Cherokee on the Lincoln Avenue bridge toward Paterson, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. The attendant refused medical attention, he said. The station, just over the bridge from Paterson, has been targeted frequently. Metzler said he couldn't confirm a tip received by Daily Voice…

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
SEE ANYTHING? Glen Rock PD Hunts Speeding Motorcyclist SEE ANYTHING? Glen Rock PD Hunts Speeding Motorcyclist SEE ANYTHING? Glen Rock PD Hunts Speeding Motorcyclist
SEE Anything? Glen Rock PD Hunts Speeding Motorcyclist GLEN ROCK, N.J. -- Glen Rock police were trying to identify a reckless motorcyclist who sped off during a pursuit. Officer James McGill tried to pull the driver over around 6 p.m. Saturday for tailgating another vehicle on Maple Avenue, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. The cyclist sped off on Bedford Place, running a stop sign at Ashton Place, before accelerating onto Maple Avenue -- where he passed several vehicles at high speed, the chief said. At that point, New Jersey Attorney General’s pursuit guidelines required McGill to end the pursuit. If you saw the motorcycle or have informati…

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