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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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Bicycle Rider In Lincoln Tunnel Blames GPS Bicycle Rider In Lincoln Tunnel Blames GPS Bicycle Rider In Lincoln Tunnel Blames GPS
Bicycle Rider In Lincoln Tunnel Blames GPS FORT LEE, N.J. -- A food deliveryman told police he was following his GPS when he rode his bicycle into the Lincoln Tunnel, authorities said. Port Authority police stopped 26-year-old Hicham Oulhint just after 7 p.m. Tuesday as he was headed toward Manhattan, the authority's Joseph Pentangelo told Daily Voice. "He claimed he worked for Uber and was bound for West 22nd Street for a food delivery in Manhattan when he followed his GPS into the tunnel," Pentangelo said. PAPD police gave Oulhint a summons for defiant trespassing and released him pending a Municipal Court hearing in We…

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Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Teaneck PD: Speeding Wanted Driver Had $30,000 Cash, Drug Presses Teaneck PD: Speeding Wanted Driver Had $30,000 Cash, Drug Presses Teaneck PD: Speeding Wanted Driver Had $30,000 Cash, Drug Presses
Teaneck PD: Speeding Wanted Driver Had $30,000 Cash, Drug Presses TEANECK, N.J. – A wanted Passaic County driver was carrying more than $30,000 in cash and two drug-pressing machines when he was stopped on Route 95 in Teaneck, authorities said. Kenneth M. Valenzeula, 31, of Totowa was speeding when a detective stopped his southbound 2016 Honda Odyssey in the local lanes, Police Chief Glenn M. O’Reilly said Wednesday. Valenzuela “exhibited suspicious behavior and was evasive when questioned,” O’Reilly said. “Later, it was discovered that the driver had an active warrant for his arrest and his vehicle was impounded.“ Detectives later obtained a search warr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Body Of GWB Suicide Jumper Found In West New York Body Of GWB Suicide Jumper Found In West New York Body Of GWB Suicide Jumper Found In West New York
Body Of GWB Suicide Jumper Found In West New York FORT LEE, N.J. -- The body of a Pennsylvania man who jumped to his death from the George Washington Bridge was recovered about seven miles down the Hudson River, authorities said. Ferando Fernando, 29, of Hazelton, abandoned his SUV mid-span of the eastbound bBridge just before 6:30 a.m. Monday, then climbed over the railing, the Port Authority's Joseph Pentangelo told Daily Voice. Responders searched the immediate area with no success, Pentangelo said. West New York police later recovered the body at Port Imperial, he said. It was the ninth suicide from the bridge this year, Pentangelo s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Body Of GWB Suicide Jumper Found In West New York Body Of GWB Suicide Jumper Found In West New York Body Of GWB Suicide Jumper Found In West New York
Body Of GWB Suicide Jumper Found In West New York FORT LEE, N.J. -- The body of a Pennsylvania man who jumped to his death from the George Washington Bridge was recovered about seven miles down the Hudson River, authorities said. Fernando F. Martin, 29, of Hazelton, abandoned his SUV mid-span of the eastbound bBridge just before 6:30 a.m. Monday, then climbed over the railing, the Port Authority's Joseph Pentangelo told Daily Voice. Responders searched the immediate area with no success, Pentangelo said. West New York police later recovered the body at Port Imperial, he said. Martin, originally from the Bronx, had moved to Pennsylvania e…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Stoned GWB Trucker Had Pot, No License, Port Authority Police Say Stoned GWB Trucker Had Pot, No License, Port Authority Police Say Stoned GWB Trucker Had Pot, No License, Port Authority Police Say
Stoned GWB Trucker Had Pot, No License, Port Authority Police Say FORT LEE, N.J. -- A commercial trucker from the Bronx admitted that he'd gotten high before being stopped at the George Washington Bridge, Port Authority police said. An officer conducting routine safety checks at the upper level entrance to the bridge asked Cheikh Fall, 24, for the paperwork for his 2012 GMC truck around 10 a.m. Tuesday, the authority's Joseph Pentangelo told Daily Voice. The officer "noticed a distinct smell of burnt marijuana from inside the truck" and was told by Fall that he'd smoked some earlier that morning, Pentangelo said. Police found a small bag of pot…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Franklin Lakes Police Nab Motorist Fleeing Mahwah Crash Franklin Lakes Police Nab Motorist Fleeing Mahwah Crash Franklin Lakes Police Nab Motorist Fleeing Mahwah Crash
Franklin Lakes Police Nab Motorist Fleeing Mahwah Crash FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. -- Franklin Lakes police nabbed a North Carolina motorist after their Mahwah colleagues said he left the scene of an accident. The other driver notified Mahwah police that 19-year-old Matthew Thomas of Mount Airy intended to take off after the Route 287 crash around 9 a.m. Monday. "By the time we arrived the driver had left," Mahwah Police Chief James Batelli said Wednesday, "so we put an alert out for the vehicle." Franklin Lakes police stopped the car a short time later and took Thomas into custody. They charged him with possession of marijuana, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Garfield Man Charged With Sexually Abusing Minor Garfield Man Charged With Sexually Abusing Minor Garfield Man Charged With Sexually Abusing Minor
Garfield Man Charged With Sexually Abusing Minor GARFIELD, N.J. -- A Garfield man with a criminal history was charged Wednesday with sexually abusing a minor. James Catrillo, 29, is charged with criminal sexual contact, lewdness and child endangerment through sexual conduct, records show. A judge ordered the Wood-Ridge native held in the Bergen County Jail pending a detention hearing. Catrillo has a rap sheet that includes arrests on charges of assaulting a police officer in Cliffside Park in 2011, separate arrests in Little Ferry on drug charges in 2013 and tangling with Carlstadt police, also in 2013, records show. CHECK BACK FOR MORE…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Driver, 27, Injured After Car Splits Mahwah Utility Pole Driver, 27, Injured After Car Splits Mahwah Utility Pole Driver, 27, Injured After Car Splits Mahwah Utility Pole
Driver, 27, Injured After Car Splits Mahwah Utility Pole MAHWAH, N.J. -- His airbag injured a 27-year-old driver's face Tuesday afternoon when his car slammed into a utility pole in Mahwah, cracking it in half, police said. Mahwah EMS took the Bloomingdale driver to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood for evaluation after the 3:30 p.m. crash on Darlington Avenue, Police Chief James Batelli said. He also received a careless driving summons, the chief said. Township firefighters responded and disconnected the battery. Darlington Avenue was closed between MacArthur Boulevard and Campgaw Road while Orange & Rockland repaired the damage.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Obituaries
Memorial Service Set For Thursday For Popular NYC Talent Agent From Oradell Memorial Service Set For Thursday For Popular NYC Talent Agent From Oradell Memorial Service Set For Thursday For Popular NYC Talent Agent From Oradell
Memorial Service Set For Thursday For Popular NYC Talent Agent From Oradell ORADELL, N.J. -- He represented some of Hollywood's most familiar names -- from Samuel L. Jackson and Debra Messing to Viola Davis and Steve Buscemi -- some of whom were expected to pay final respects this week to Mark A. Schlegel of Oradell. Others plan to attend a celebration of life being planned for the legendary talent agent in New York City. A memorial service for Schlegel, 57, was scheduled for 11 a.m. Thursday at the Church of the Atonement on Highwood Avenue in Tenafly. Visitation will be from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Volk Leber Funeral Home, 268 Kinderkamack Road i…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Don't Be A Car Theft Victim, Tenafly Police Captain Says Don't Be A Car Theft Victim, Tenafly Police Captain Says Don't Be A Car Theft Victim, Tenafly Police Captain Says
Don't Be A Car Theft Victim, Tenafly Police Captain Says TENAFLY, N.J. – Car owners who’ve left their vehicles unlocked with key fobs inside make Tenafly a destination for thieves, police said after a 2017 Mercedes Benz was snatched from a resident’s driveway. “Thieves have been targeting unlocked high-end luxury vehicles (Mercedes Benz, Land Rover, etc.), which they ultimately attempt to ship overseas to sell on the black-market in Africa and Eastern Europe,” Capt. Michael deMoncada said. Police “have to dedicate resources and countless hours to investigate these crimes,” the captain said.  “Our officers proactively patrol our streets looking f…

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