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
Police: DWI GWB Driver Who Refused To Stop Had Child Neglect Warrant Police: DWI GWB Driver Who Refused To Stop Had Child Neglect Warrant Police: DWI GWB Driver Who Refused To Stop Had Child Neglect Warrant
Police: DWI GWB Driver Who Refused To Stop Had Child Neglect Warrant FORT LEE, N.J. -- A DWI driver who refused to stop for Port Authority police at the George Washington Bridge had a .13% blood-alcohol level, an active warrant for child neglect -- and no license, authorities said. A uniformed officer in a marked cruiser repeatedly signaled the driver of a black, 2016 Toyota sedan coming off the bridge's lower level at 3:15 a.m. to pull over, the authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. Raudy Morel Bueno, 27, of Guttenberg "ignored the instructions for the officer and continued on," Pentangelo said. Bueno eventually stopped at a light at Fletcher Avenu…

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Northern Valley, NJ
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Northvale Police Bust NY Trio In Credit Card Theft Northvale Police Bust NY Trio In Credit Card Theft Northvale Police Bust NY Trio In Credit Card Theft
Northvale Police Bust NY Trio In Credit Card Theft NORTHVALE, N.J. – A trio of thieves who swiped a motorist's credit card at a Northvale gas station apparently thought they were home free – until local police nabbed them, authorities said. It began when an attendant at the Citgo on Livingston Street told a customer that a thief had just snatched the card from her car while she was in the station’s mini-mart section the night of Aug. 19, Police Chief William Essmann said. A review of surveillance video showed three men pulling up in two cars, the chief said Monday. Two of them tried to buy cigarettes in the mini mart, but the card was decl…

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Teen Flocks Flee Unsupervised Glen Rock House Party, Police Restore Order Teen Flocks Flee Unsupervised Glen Rock House Party, Police Restore Order Teen Flocks Flee Unsupervised Glen Rock House Party, Police Restore Order
Teen Flocks Flee Unsupervised Glen Rock House Party, Police Restore Order GLEN ROCK, N.J. -- Unruly teens scattered in all directions, said Glen Rock police who are investigating what they said was an unsupervised house party. Teens fleeing the Saturday night party at the Indian Rock townhouses at Harristown Road and Rodney Street "spread through the area," leading to a "series of disturbances," Police Chief Dean Ackermann said Monday. "Glen Rock officers, assisted by officers from both Ridgewood and Fair Lawn, spent the better part of the next two hours restoring order in the area," the chief said. Detectives and a juvenile officer…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Glen Rock PD: Threatening Call Came From Vermont Mental Patient Glen Rock PD: Threatening Call Came From Vermont Mental Patient Glen Rock PD: Threatening Call Came From Vermont Mental Patient
Glen Rock PD: Threatening Call Came From Vermont Mental Patient GLEN ROCK, N.J. — A threatening phone call that ignited a check of all schools and public facilities in Glen Rock came from a former borough resident confined to a psychiatric facility in Vermont, authorities said. "The matter is being handled through the facility he is confined to," Police Chief Dean Ackermann said Monday. Detective Jim Calaski investigated the suspicious Aug. 19 call, which police at the time deemed unfounded. A Northwest Bergen Central Dispatch received the call of a possible threat against a school building or active public facility on a non-emergency phone l…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Clifton Police Officer Rescues Boy With Autism, 15, From Brook Clifton Police Officer Rescues Boy With Autism, 15, From Brook Clifton Police Officer Rescues Boy With Autism, 15, From Brook
Clifton Police Officer Rescues Boy With Autism, 15, From Brook CLIFTON, N.J. -- A Clifton police officer rescued a 15-year-old boy with autism who'd jumped into a brook Sunday night. Using his training, Officer Thomas Buell "positioned himself at the edge of the water" at Weasel Brook Park around 8:45 p.m. and began communicating with the boy, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. "After several minutes, Officer Buell was able to establish a rapport with the child," Bracken said. Eventually, the officer got the boy to approach and give him a high five. Police then escorted him to his mother. "Understanding the techniques in bei…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Motorcyclists OK After PIP Crash In Alpine Police: Motorcyclists OK After PIP Crash In Alpine Police: Motorcyclists OK After PIP Crash In Alpine
Police: Motorcyclists OK After PIP Crash In Alpine ALPINE, N.J. -- Two motorcyclists sustained only minor injuries in a crash Sunday on the Palisades Interstate Parkway in Alpine, police said. The bikes went down on the Interchange 2 off-ramp to Route 9W around 11:30 a.m., Police Chief Michael Coppola said. The ramp was temporarily closed.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Jersey City Firefighter From Lyndhurst Busted With Child Porn Jersey City Firefighter From Lyndhurst Busted With Child Porn Jersey City Firefighter From Lyndhurst Busted With Child Porn
Jersey City Firefighter From Lyndhurst Busted With Child Porn LYNDHURST, N.J. – A Jersey City firefighter living in Lyndhurst trafficked in child porn, said authorities who busted him during a raid on his home. A judge ordered Christopher Todd, 49, held until a Sept. 20 first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack following his arrest Thursday, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. That day, the prosecutor said, investigators from his office raided the married defendant’s home following a month-long investigation that “revealed that Todd utilized the Internet to access, view, and share sexually explicit files depicting…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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Fairview Police Sergeant Transporting Suspect Stops To Arrests Another Fairview Police Sergeant Transporting Suspect Stops To Arrests Another Fairview Police Sergeant Transporting Suspect Stops To Arrests Another
Fairview Police Sergeant Transporting Suspect Stops To Arrests Another FAIRVIEW, N.J. -- A Fairview police officer transporting an accused donation and tip jar thief to headquarters caught another suspect with a hypodermic needle and bogus IDs, authorities said. Detective Sgt. Michael Martic was headed back to headquarters from Union City with Jacob J. Angarita when he spotted Carmen Christina Gomez, 41, of Carteret "hunched over and swaying" on Desoto Place, Police Chief Martin Kahn said. Gonzalez was taken to headquarters, processed and released pening a court hearing. ****** ALSO SEE: Fairview detectives tracked down a brazen thief who they said…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Killer At Large: Paterson Man, 22, Shot Dead In Street Killer At Large: Paterson Man, 22, Shot Dead In Street Killer At Large: Paterson Man, 22, Shot Dead In Street
Killer At Large: Paterson Man, 22, Shot Dead In Street PATERSON, N.J. – Police were searching for a killer who riddled the victim with bullets overnight Sunday on a Paterston street. A Shotspotter activation brought city police to North Main and Jefferson streets, where they found 22-year-old Davon Owens shot dead just after 2 a.m., Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Deputy Paterson Police Chief Heriberto Rodriguez said in a joint announcement before noon Sunday. They asked that anyone with information that could help catch Owens’s killer call a tips line at 1-877-370-PCPO or [email protected] or contact the Paterson Police …

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Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Two Garfield Women Killed In Paramus Rollover Crash Two Garfield Women Killed In Paramus Rollover Crash Two Garfield Women Killed In Paramus Rollover Crash
Two Garfield Women Killed In Paramus Rollover Crash PARAMUS, N.J. -- (UPDATE) Two Garfield women were killed when their car rolled several times off Route 4 in Paramus and into the parking lot outside the Olive Garden overnight Sunday, authorities said. All four occupants were ejected from the 2001 Ford Mustang in the 1:09 a.m. crash into the Bergen Town Centre parking lot, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. A 19-year-old Garfield woman was pronounced dead at the scene, Grewal said. A second Garfield female in her 20s later died at Hackensack University Medical Center, he said. A third Garfield woman, also in her 20s, and a 23…

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