Jerry DeMarco

Senior Reporter

[email protected]

FOLLOW ON

Facebook Twitter Linkedin

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.

Jerry DeMarco's Contributions

Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Ex Tries Burning Down Ridgefield Park Woman's Apartment Police: Ex Tries Burning Down Ridgefield Park Woman's Apartment Police: Ex Tries Burning Down Ridgefield Park Woman's Apartment
Police: Ex Tries Burning Down Ridgefield Park Woman's Apartment RIDGEFIELD, N.J. – A Ridgefield Park woman’s ex-boyfriend broke into her apartment, chained the door from the inside and tried to set the place on fire, said police who got there in time. Officers dispatched to a burglary call at a 5th Street apartment just after 9:30 p.m. Monday “noticed a strong odor of natural gas” and found the door chained shut from inside, Lt. Joseph Rella said. Forcing their way in, the officers found the stove knobs on and a lit candle, Rella said. They turned off the gas at the source with help from a PSE&G crew that already was there investigating a gas odor …

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Oakland Defense Attorney Charged With Swindling Client Oakland Defense Attorney Charged With Swindling Client Oakland Defense Attorney Charged With Swindling Client
Oakland Defense Attorney Charged With Swindling Client OAKLAND, N.J. -- An Oakland defense attorney forged a court document to swindle a client out of $14,500, authorities charged. Craig Swenson, 54, "provided the clients with a forged judgment, which was purported to have been issued by a Bergen County Superior Court judge," Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. "In reality, no such judgment had been issued." Investigators from his office found that Swenson furthered the scheme by using $14,500 in entrusted funds from another account to pay the client, the prosecutor said. Swenson was given a Sept. 20 first court…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Fairview Laborer Had Sex With Girl, 14, Authorities Charge Fairview Laborer Had Sex With Girl, 14, Authorities Charge Fairview Laborer Had Sex With Girl, 14, Authorities Charge
Fairview Laborer Had Sex With Girl, 14, Authorities Charge FAIREVIEW, N.J. – A Fairview laborer was charged with having sexual intercourse with a 14-year-old girl, authorities said Thursday. Wilson Patzan, 20, was arrested after borough police and county Special Victims Unit detectives received information about the alleged incident, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. A judge ordered him held in the Bergen County Jail pending a detention hearing Thursday on charges of sexual assault and child endangerment.

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Upper Saddle River PD: Rt. 17 Driver Had Crack In Pants, $7,000 Drug Cash Upper Saddle River PD: Rt. 17 Driver Had Crack In Pants, $7,000 Drug Cash Upper Saddle River PD: Rt. 17 Driver Had Crack In Pants, $7,000 Drug Cash
Upper Saddle River PD: Rt. 17 Driver Had Crack In Pants, $7,000 Drug Cash UPPER SADDLE RIVER, N.J. – A driver was spending his birthday behind bars after an Upper Saddle River police officer found two ounces of crack stuffed down his pants and $7,000 in suspected drug proceeds in his car, authorities said Thursday. Officer Kevin McWilliams pulled the car over on northbound Route 17 for several violations at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Detective Lt. Edward Kane said. The driver, Marlin Turner of Saratoga County, NY, had a criminal history involving drugs, records show. Four years ago, he was arrested in Saratoga Springs by authorities who said he and an accomplice were …

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Lyndhurst Boys, 13, Struck By Car Headed To School, Crossing Guard Also Hit Lyndhurst Boys, 13, Struck By Car Headed To School, Crossing Guard Also Hit Lyndhurst Boys, 13, Struck By Car Headed To School, Crossing Guard Also Hit
Lyndhurst Boys, 13, Struck By Car Headed To School, Crossing Guard Also Hit LYNDHURST, N.J. -- Two 13-year-old Lyndhurst boys on their way to school were struck by a car Thursday morning, minutes before an elderly crossing guard was clipped on the hand by a hit-and-run driver, police said. The boys were crossing Page Avenue to Ridge Road when they were struck by a vehicle driven by a 47-year-old Lyndhurst woman who was turning left in the same direction, Capt. John Valente said. The boys were taken with minor cuts to Hackensack University Medical Center as a precaution, he said. "The accident is still under investigation, but it appears that several factors m…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
11th GWB Suicide Jumper Of 2017 Identified 11th GWB Suicide Jumper Of 2017 Identified 11th GWB Suicide Jumper Of 2017 Identified
11th GWB Suicide Jumper Of 2017 Identified FORT LEE, N.J. -- The 11th suicide jumper from the George Washington Bridge this year was identified as a 54-year-old marketing executive from Monmouth County. The former U.S. Air Force serviceman abandoned his car on the eastbound level of the bridge's upper lanes around 2:40 p.m. Sunday and jumped, the Port Authority's Joseph Pentangelo told Daily Voice. The body was seen in the middle of the Hudson River water south of the bridge. The NYPD harbor and aviation units were directed to the location. Palisades Interstate Parkway police recovered the body. There were 18 suicide jumpers from …

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah PD: Drunken Passenger Bites One Officer, Injures Another Mahwah PD: Drunken Passenger Bites One Officer, Injures Another Mahwah PD: Drunken Passenger Bites One Officer, Injures Another
Mahwah PD: Drunken Passenger Bites One Officer, Injures Another MAHWAH, N.J. – A drunken passenger on a bus bound for a New York state prison bit one Mahwah police officer and injured another while resisting arrest, authorities said. Sgt. Stacy Conley and Officer Daniel Stewart responded to a call of a disturbance at a Route 17 gas station, where a dispute involved 25-year-old Abel Juarbe of Queens, Police Chief James N. Batelli. The driver of a private bus that provides transportation to correctional facilities had stopped Juarbe from boarding because he appeared intoxicated, Batelli said. Juarbe then “became argumentative and threatening to other ind…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Greenwich, CT
Breaking News
Shoplifting Crew From CT Tangles With Victoria's Secret Security In NJ Shoplifting Crew From CT Tangles With Victoria's Secret Security In NJ Shoplifting Crew From CT Tangles With Victoria's Secret Security In NJ
Shoplifting Crew From CT Tangles With Victoria's Secret Security In NJ WAYNE, N.J. -- Three members of an organized shoplifting crew from Connecticut who made off with nearly $3,000 worth of goods were captured by Wayne police after they tangled with security guards at Victoria's Secret, authorities said. Responding to a call of a fight Tuesday night, Officer Tomasz Cydzik took 24-year-old Khari Trevon Calhoon of New Britain ionto custody at the Willowbrook Mall store, Capt. Lawrence W. Martin said. Meanwhile, Officers Skylar Cauceglia and Tomasz Cydzik chased down a 2016 Nissan Sentra from northbound Route 23 to eastbound Route 80, he said. The driver, 24-ye…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Fort Lee Gunman Shot By Police Was Fighting With Landlord Prosecutor: Fort Lee Gunman Shot By Police Was Fighting With Landlord Prosecutor: Fort Lee Gunman Shot By Police Was Fighting With Landlord
Prosecutor: Fort Lee Gunman Shot By Police Was Fighting With Landlord FORT LEE, N.J. – A gunman shot by Fort Lee police had been fighting with his landlord, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said Wednesday, while releasing new information about the incident. Grewal, in a statement about charges filed against Jaquan A. Suber said: “Fort Lee Police responded to 485 Summit Avenue on two occasions on Sunday [Sept. 3]. First, at approximately 6 a.m., [they] were summoned to a landlord/tenant dispute at 485 Summit Avenue involving Suber, who lived in the basement apartment, and his landlord, who lived on the first floor. The dispute was resolved and the of…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Wayne PD: Thief Accompanying Patient Steals ER Nurse's Cellphone Wayne PD: Thief Accompanying Patient Steals ER Nurse's Cellphone Wayne PD: Thief Accompanying Patient Steals ER Nurse's Cellphone
Wayne PD: Thief Accompanying Patient Steals ER Nurse's Cellphone WAYNE, N.J. -- An emergency room triage nurse had her cellphone stolen by a man accompanying a patient, said Wayne police, who arrested the accused thief after he was detained by security. Raul G. Soto, 41, of Paterson was seized by St. Joseph's Hospital personnel after surveillance video recorded the theft, Capt. Lawrence W. Martin said Wednesday. Soto "was accompanying an unidentified person to the hospital and while they were being admitted and interviewed stole the triage nurse's personal cellphone, valued at $900," Martin said. Soto "attempted to return the stolen phone…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Prev Page 1405 of 2958 1,403 1,404 1,405 1,406 1,407 Next
14,041 - 14,050 of 29,573 articles