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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Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Westwood DPW Worker Whacked In Head By Tree Branch Westwood DPW Worker Whacked In Head By Tree Branch Westwood DPW Worker Whacked In Head By Tree Branch
Westwood DPW Worker Whacked In Head By Tree Branch WESTWOOD, N.J. -- A Westwood DPW worker was hospitalized with a head injury after being struck by a tree branch Wednesday afternoon. Although an Advanced Life Support unit was originally requested, EMS workers determined an ambulance could take the call . The worker was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center.

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn PD: Burglar Tries Grabbing Officer's Gun Fair Lawn PD: Burglar Tries Grabbing Officer's Gun Fair Lawn PD: Burglar Tries Grabbing Officer's Gun
Fair Lawn PD: Burglar Tries Grabbing Officer's Gun FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- A suspected burglar tried grabbing a Fair Lawn police officer's gun during a struggle, authorities said Wednesday. Officer Tiller Uriate was on patrol just before 3:30 a.m. Tuesday when he spotted Mark Howard walking in the area of Bellair Ave and 15th Street, Sgt. Sean Macys said. Uriate discovered Howard carrying burglary tools and stolen property, then began to arrest him when Howard pulled away, Macys said. "A struggle ensued and Howard attempted multiple times to grab the officer’s gun belt," the sergeant said. Uriate subdued the suspect with help from ba…

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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
FOUND! Leonia Owner Reunited With Dog Snatched On Tinder Date FOUND! Leonia Owner Reunited With Dog Snatched On Tinder Date FOUND! Leonia Owner Reunited With Dog Snatched On Tinder Date
Found! Leonia Owner Reunited With Dog Snatched On Tinder Date LEONIA, N.J. -- A 2-year-old Maltese stolen during a Tinder date in Leonia was reunited with her owner, thanks in part to Daily Voice, police said Wednesday. The homeowner's 18-year-old dog sitter invited the man she'd met on Tinder over Sunday night while the owner was in South Carolina, Capt. Scott Tamagny said. He brought a friend, the captain said. "While the house sitter was distracted by one of the subjects, the other was alone in the house," he said. After they left, she found Maggie missing -- along with a laptop and a package from Amazon. Then came a break. Elena Rami…

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Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
River Vale Hiring Police Officers River Vale Hiring Police Officers River Vale Hiring Police Officers
River Vale Hiring Police Officers RIVER VALE, N.J. -- In anticipation of several upcoming retirements, River Vale police are hiring new officers. There are two separate application processes for the police officer positions. One is being conducted for Police Training Commission (PTC) certified applicants and applicants currently enrolled in a PTC certified NJ Police Academy Alternate Route program. The other is non-PTC certified applicants who’ll be required to attend the basic course for police officers if selected. DEADLINE for applications for both processes: Sept. 21. REQUIREMENTS: 21 and older; U.S. citizenship; …

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Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Garfield PD: Don't For Any Reason Leave Kids, Pets In Cars On Hot Days Garfield PD: Don't For Any Reason Leave Kids, Pets In Cars On Hot Days Garfield PD: Don't For Any Reason Leave Kids, Pets In Cars On Hot Days
Garfield PD: Don't For Any Reason Leave Kids, Pets In Cars On Hot Days GARFIELD, N.J. -- Outside of car crashes, heatstroke is the number one killer of children, Garfield police warned parents and caregivers. As part of its “Look Before You Lock” program -- which focused on the dangers leaving children and pets in hot cars -- the department's Community Affairs Division held a "Coffee With a Cop" session Tuesday at a local McDonalds. Besides the potential for heat stroke, violators face arrest and prosecution, authorities warn. The Passaic Street fast food restaurant donated free coffee and soda to citizens who came to discuss those and other concern…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Cabbie Caught With 50 Pounds Of Coke In GWB Stop, Bergen Prosecutor Says Cabbie Caught With 50 Pounds Of Coke In GWB Stop, Bergen Prosecutor Says Cabbie Caught With 50 Pounds Of Coke In GWB Stop, Bergen Prosecutor Says
Cabbie Caught With 50 Pounds Of Coke In GWB Stop, Bergen Prosecutor Says FORT LEE, N.J. – A staggering 50 pounds of cocaine were found after detectives stopped a Bronx cab driver near the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee, authorities said Wednesday. Members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Narcotics Task Force were investigating drug dealing when they stopped a 2009 Buick Enclave on the Route 95 lower-level toll plaza approach on Monday, authorities said. A search turned up seven kilograms of coke in a duffle bag on the back seat -- as well as 16 kilos in an electronically-operated hidden compartment, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. …

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Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
VIDEO: Wallington Police Make Arrest In Van Burglary VIDEO: Wallington Police Make Arrest In Van Burglary VIDEO: Wallington Police Make Arrest In Van Burglary
Video: Wallington Police Make Arrest In Van Burglary WALLINGTON, N.J. -- Wallington police arrested a Paterson man who they said was captured on video taking tools and electronics from a parked work van. Estanislao Penaloza, 31, was ordered held in the Bergen County Jail and then released by a judge less than 24 hours later pending a court hearing next month, records show. Police charged him with burglary, theft, possession of burglary tools and criminal mischief, among other offenses. The van, parked on Lincoln Place, was broken into on July 29. Taken were a pair of work boots, a drill, and a handheld scanner for cable TV installation -- w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Road-Rage Motorcyclist Seriously Injured In Crash Outside Wayne Mall Road-Rage Motorcyclist Seriously Injured In Crash Outside Wayne Mall Road-Rage Motorcyclist Seriously Injured In Crash Outside Wayne Mall
Road-Rage Motorcyclist Seriously Injured In Crash Outside Wayne Mall WAYNE, N.J. -- A motorcyclist was in critical condition after a road rage-related crash Tuesday outside the Willowbrook Mall in Wayne. Authorities were trying to identify the rider, who responders said was taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in serious condition. Witnesses said he got into a dispute with the female driver of a car who he thought cut him off at the intersection of Routes 80, 23 and 46. Witnesses said he followed the car into the shopping mall lot, then threw some type of object at it. He then took off -- and accidentally crash his bike into another car outside t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
FOUND! Leonia PD Recovers Dog Stolen On Tinder Date FOUND! Leonia PD Recovers Dog Stolen On Tinder Date FOUND! Leonia PD Recovers Dog Stolen On Tinder Date
Found! Leonia PD Recovers Dog Stolen On Tinder Date UPDATE: Thanks in part to Daily Voice, Leonia police reunited a local owner with a dog stolen from her sitter by a Tinder date after the 2-year-old Maltese turned up in Garfield. https://fortlee.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/found-daily-voice-helps-leonia-police-find-dog-snatched-on-tinder-date/719765/ ORIGINAL STORY: LEONIA, N.J. -- A Leonia dog was stolen after the sitter invited over a man she'd met on Tinder, said authorities who turned to the public for help. The homeowner was out of state when the 18-year-old invited the man over Sunday night, Capt. Scott Tamagny said. He arrived with…

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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Lodi Man In Daring Fire Rescue Caught With Coke In Spiderman Bag Police: Lodi Man In Daring Fire Rescue Caught With Coke In Spiderman Bag Police: Lodi Man In Daring Fire Rescue Caught With Coke In Spiderman Bag
Police: Lodi Man In Daring Fire Rescue Caught With Coke In Spiderman Bag FORT LEE, N.J. -- A Lodi man involved in a daring 2013 fire rescue had 31 bags of cocaine stuffed into a Spiderman bag when he was stopped Tuesday night at the George Washington Bridge, said Port Authority police. Wilgen "Eddie" Herasme, 38, was pulled over Monday night in the bridge's lower-level approach lanes from Route 95 for failing to keep right in his 2009 Hyundai, the authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. Inside the front compartment officers found the cocaine-filled superhero bag, along with 11 plastic twists of crack, Pentangelo said. Herasme was arrested on drug charges…

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