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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Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Passenger Takes Wheel In Wild Chase From New Milford To NY State Police: Passenger Takes Wheel In Wild Chase From New Milford To NY State Police: Passenger Takes Wheel In Wild Chase From New Milford To NY State
Police: Passenger Takes Wheel In Wild Chase From New Milford To NY State NEW MILFORD, N.J. -- A wild chase that began in New Milford ended nearly 60 miles later in Orange County, NY after the passenger jumped behind the wheel while the driver was being arrested, struck an ambulance and drove into oncoming traffic, authorities said Tuesday. New Milford Police Sgt. Justin Pisano tried stopping the 2002 Pontiac Grand Am in the area of River Road and River Edge Avenue after the driver ran a stop sign just before 5:30 p.m. Monday, Det. Lt. Kevin Van Saders said. The driver -- identified as 26-year-old Karisa Horsch of East Brunswick -- "initially pulled over on …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Passaic County Bank Robber Gets 4½ Years In Fed Pen Passaic County Bank Robber Gets 4½ Years In Fed Pen Passaic County Bank Robber Gets 4½ Years In Fed Pen
Passaic County Bank Robber Gets 4½ Years In Fed Pen LITTLE FALLS, N.J. – A Passaic County man got 4½ years in federal prison Tuesday for robbing a TD Bank in Hawthorne. Robert Somers, 45, of Little Falls admitted in U.S. District Court in Newark in May that he handed the Lafayette Avenue bank teller a note on Feb. 17, 2016 that said: “This is a holdup” and demanded cash. After getting some, he demanded more and got it from a second teller, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick said. Somers then fled in a car identified by federal authorities as driven by Alehandro L. Ortiz of East Stroudsburg, PA. His case was still pending. There's…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Franklin Lakes Police Make Series Of Labor Day Traffic-Stop Arrests Franklin Lakes Police Make Series Of Labor Day Traffic-Stop Arrests Franklin Lakes Police Make Series Of Labor Day Traffic-Stop Arrests
Franklin Lakes Police Make Series Of Labor Day Traffic-Stop Arrests FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. -- A series of Labor Day weekend traffic stops in Franklin Lakes turned up three people wanted on warrants and others carrying pot, authorities said. It began just after 9 p.m. Friday, when 29-year-old Jaime Ratowsky of Suffern was stopped on Route 208 and charged with marijuana possession, Franklin Lakes Police Capt. John Bakelaar said. A trio of arrests followed Sunday. The first came just after 2:30 p.m., when police took 39-year-old Dylan St. John of Hawthorne into custody on pot possession charges following a Franklin Lake Road stop, Bakelaar said Tuesday. Two fo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Wayne PD: DWI Motorist Drove Wrong Way On Route 23 Wayne PD: DWI Motorist Drove Wrong Way On Route 23 Wayne PD: DWI Motorist Drove Wrong Way On Route 23
Wayne PD: DWI Motorist Drove Wrong Way On Route 23 WAYNE, N.J. -- A drunken Lyndhurst motorist drove a minivan the wrong way on Route 23 in Wayne, said police who arrested him. "That guy almost killed me," a concerned motorist told police after the white 2008 Toyota Sienna came at him near the Kohl’s shopping center around 4:40 a.m. Sunday, Capt. Lawrence Martin said. Officers Mark Ciavirella and Thomas Antonucci stopped the vehicle near the Royal Car Wash, said Martin, adding that, miraculously, no cars were struck. Naseem Zeidan, 18, failed field sobriety tests and was arrested, the captain said. The minivan was impounded, he s…

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah Eruv Vandal From Midland Park Restaurant Family, Police Charge Mahwah Eruv Vandal From Midland Park Restaurant Family, Police Charge Mahwah Eruv Vandal From Midland Park Restaurant Family, Police Charge
Mahwah Eruv Vandal From Midland Park Restaurant Family, Police Charge UPDATE: A member of the family that owns Arturo’s Restaurant in Midland Park was charged by Mahwah police with damaging an eruv in town, thanks to a photo taken by a passing motorist. A surveillance image posted on Daily Voice and elsewhere helped lead detectives to Mahwah resident Marcello Allegra, 49, Police Chief James N. Batelli said. He was issued a summons to appear in court, the chief said. READ MORE: https://mahwah.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/midland-park-restaurateur-charged-in-mahwah-eruv-vandalism/729960/ ****** ORIGINAL STORY: MAHWAH, N.J. – Mahwah police sought the public’s h…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Armed Robbers Hit Jersey Gardens Jewelry Store Armed Robbers Hit Jersey Gardens Jewelry Store Armed Robbers Hit Jersey Gardens Jewelry Store
Armed Robbers Hit Jersey Gardens Jewelry Store ELIZABETH, N.J. -- Police were searching for a band of robbers who they said held up a Jersey Gardens jewelry store in Elizabeth at gunpoint Tuesday morning, responders said. At least one of the four robbers had a long firearm -- possibly a semi-automatic TEC-9 -- in the 9:45 a.m. holdup of Jewelers on Fifth, a police spokesman said, adding that no shots were fired. A total value of what was taken wasn't immediately disclosed. Responders said the crew fled in an Audi with blacked-out windows. Elizabeth police were working with the NYPD to determine whether the same robbers were responsibl…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Paul McCartney, Wife Dine In Asbury Before NJ Arena Shows Paul McCartney, Wife Dine In Asbury Before NJ Arena Shows Paul McCartney, Wife Dine In Asbury Before NJ Arena Shows
Paul McCartney, Wife Dine In Asbury Before NJ Arena Shows ASBURY PARK, N.J. -- As his arena dates in Newark and New York City draw closer, Paul McCartney reportedly had dinner with his wife on Labor Day weekend at a landmark Asbury Park restaurant. "I was having dinner at Jimmy's in Asbury Park last night, and when I looked up from my stuffed artichoke, there was Sir Paul, Nancy and a few friends being seated at a table across from us," Frank Mozino of Little Silver posted on Facebook on Monday. "What are the odds?" McCartney's wife, Nancy Shevell -- who grew up in Metuchen -- has family who live in nearby Deal. McCartney hims…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn Police Officer Injured Catching Wanted Panhandler Fair Lawn Police Officer Injured Catching Wanted Panhandler Fair Lawn Police Officer Injured Catching Wanted Panhandler
Fair Lawn Police Officer Injured Catching Wanted Panhandler FAIR LAWN, N.J. – A Fair Lawn police officer was injured chasing down a panhandler who was wanted on warrants, authorities said Monday. Several officers “approached Phillip Maroney, 34, of Paterson, on the Fair Lawn Avenue bridge after reports that he was asking motorists for money,” Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Once Maroney discovered he was being arrested for two outstanding warrants out of Paterson, he took off, Metzler said. The officers caught Maroney on McLean Boulevard, but not before Officer Tiller Urate sustained a knee injury that will keep him out on medical leave indefinitely, the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Elderly Rochelle Park Man With Alzheimer's Somehow Ends Up In Glen Rock Elderly Rochelle Park Man With Alzheimer's Somehow Ends Up In Glen Rock Elderly Rochelle Park Man With Alzheimer's Somehow Ends Up In Glen Rock
Elderly Rochelle Park Man With Alzheimer's Somehow Ends Up In Glen Rock ROCHELLE PARK, N.J. – Authorities were trying to determine how an elderly Rochelle Park man with Alzheimer’s ended up in Glen Rock. A Broad Street business manager called Glen Rock police just after noon last Thursday, saying that the man “had entered the business and did not know his way home,” Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Officers discovered that he’d been reported missing from Rochelle Park -- which is roughly seven miles away. The man’s wife came to get him, although she and officers were unable to locate his car, Ackermann said. “It is unknown how he got to Glen Rock or where he…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Newburgh, NY
Breaking News
NJ Police: Walden Driver's Passenger Had LSD, Ecstasy, Heroin In Pants NJ Police: Walden Driver's Passenger Had LSD, Ecstasy, Heroin In Pants NJ Police: Walden Driver's Passenger Had LSD, Ecstasy, Heroin In Pants
NJ Police: Walden Driver's Passenger Had LSD, Ecstasy, Heroin In Pants WALDEN, N.Y. – A passenger in a car driven by a Montgomery man had Ecstasy, LSD and heroin stashed in his pants, police in New Jersey said. Officers stopped the car on northbound Route 208 at Harristown Road after the driver failed to maintain his lane or signal a lane change, Sgt. Brian Metzler of the Fair Lawn Police Department said Monday. The driver, 30-year-old Nicholas Colella of Walden, had marijuana in the car, Metzler said. Police arrested Colella and his passenger, 41-year-old Lenard Best of Paterson, after discovering outstanding warrants for Best out of New Jersey. During a se…

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