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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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Surveillance Photos Produce Paterson Burglary Bust Surveillance Photos Produce Paterson Burglary Bust Surveillance Photos Produce Paterson Burglary Bust
Surveillance Photos Produce Paterson Burglary Bust PATERSON, N.J. -- Clear surveillance photos led to the arrest of a Paterson man for a machine shop theft, authorities said. Rafael Lopez stole a grinder machine and tools from the loading dock room of 176 East 7th Street during operating hours on or about July 11, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Detectives identified him thanks to surveillance photos published on Daily Voice and elsewhere that produced several tips, Speziale said. They arrested him at 6:50 a.m. Friday near the corner of Main Street and De Grasse Street, the director said.

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Lyndhurst, NJ
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North Arlington Road Closed After Driver Nods Off, Knocks Down Utility Pole North Arlington Road Closed After Driver Nods Off, Knocks Down Utility Pole North Arlington Road Closed After Driver Nods Off, Knocks Down Utility Pole
North Arlington Road Closed After Driver Nods Off, Knocks Down Utility Pole NORTH ARLINGTON, N.J. -- (UPDATE) A sleeping driver escaped without serious injury after her Jeep downed a utility pole before dawn Tuesday, closing a major North Arlington roadway for several hours. The driver "is believed to have fallen asleep," Police Chief Scott Hedenberg told Daily Voice. "Her vehicle then struck a utility pole, which came down and blocked the roadway." The Cherokee driver wasn't injured seriously, the chief said. Schuyler Avenue behind Holy Cross Cemetery remained closed in both directions between Noel Drive and the Belleville Turnpike while the p…

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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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Fairview Father Charged With Endangering Son, 6, In Meth, Pot Raid Fairview Father Charged With Endangering Son, 6, In Meth, Pot Raid Fairview Father Charged With Endangering Son, 6, In Meth, Pot Raid
Fairview Father Charged With Endangering Son, 6, In Meth, Pot Raid FAIRVIEW, N.J. – A Fairview father was charged with child endangerment and drug possession after a raid turned up methamphetamine, pot and Xanax at his home, authorities said. Cliffside Park police received a tip that Marc Rodriguez, a 38-year-old stagehand, was selling drugs from the apartment he shares with his wife and 6-year-old boy in a two-family house on 3rd Street, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said Tuesday. A joint investigation of Grewal’s detectives and borough police, assisted by their Fairview colleagues, led to Friday’s raid, the prosecutor said. Rodriguez was arr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Gun Hurled By Elmwood Park Heroin Dealer, 20, Lands Near Pursuers Police: Gun Hurled By Elmwood Park Heroin Dealer, 20, Lands Near Pursuers Police: Gun Hurled By Elmwood Park Heroin Dealer, 20, Lands Near Pursuers
Police: Gun Hurled By Elmwood Park Heroin Dealer, 20, Lands Near Pursuers ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. -- A 20-year-old Elmwood Park man carrying nearly 500 bags of heroin hurled a gun that nearly landed at the feet of two Paterson police officers who were chasing him, authorities said. It began when a pair of Paterson police officers stopped a 2007 Honda Accord just after 2 a.m. Saturday because the driver, Jhazir N. Smith, failed to signal for a turn onto East 19th Street from 10th Avenue, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. "As soon as the vehicle came to a stop, the driver opened the door and began to flee on foot while holding a black semi-automatic handgun in h…

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Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
48 Hours: Franklin Lakes Police Bust Trio Of Motorists For Drugs 48 Hours: Franklin Lakes Police Bust Trio Of Motorists For Drugs 48 Hours: Franklin Lakes Police Bust Trio Of Motorists For Drugs
48 Hours: Franklin Lakes Police Bust Trio Of Motorists For Drugs FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. – Franklin Lakes police continued picking off motorists accused of carrying drugs, making three separate arrests in just over 48 hours this weekend. A report of a suspicious car parked at the Nature Preserve Sunday night led to the arrest of 22-year-old Linda Giannone of Haledon on charges of marijuana and drug paraphernalia possession, Capt. John Bakelaar said Tuesday. Exactly 24 hours earlier, a Route 287 stop of a speeding car led to the arrest of 25-year-old Paul Johnson Jr. on marijuana possession charges, Bakelaar said. The night before, another speeding stop on …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Ex-Con Who Shot Boy 3 Years Ago Shoots Woman At Paterson Party Police: Ex-Con Who Shot Boy 3 Years Ago Shoots Woman At Paterson Party Police: Ex-Con Who Shot Boy 3 Years Ago Shoots Woman At Paterson Party
Police: Ex-Con Who Shot Boy 3 Years Ago Shoots Woman At Paterson Party PATERSON, N.J. – An ex-con convicted of shooting a 15-year-old boy three years ago fired into a Paterson block party crowd earlier this month, wounding a woman, said authorities who arrested him. Eugeonce S. Coleman, 25, was tracked down and arrested on Saturday, less than a week after the Aug. 13 shooting, which occurred just before 3 a.m. outside 226 17th Avenue in the city’s 5th Ward, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Deputy Paterson Police Chief Heriberto Rodriguez said in a joint release. The victim, a 29-year-old woman, was treated at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Cente…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Couple Bolts, Mahwah Police Find Meth, Ecstasy, Machete, More In Car Couple Bolts, Mahwah Police Find Meth, Ecstasy, Machete, More In Car Couple Bolts, Mahwah Police Find Meth, Ecstasy, Machete, More In Car
Couple Bolts, Mahwah Police Find Meth, Ecstasy, Machete, More In Car MAHWAH, N.J. – An out-of-state couple took off after Mahwah police found crystal meth, cocaine, Ecstasy and other drugs in their car, authorities said Monday. Officer Tyler Boucher suspected there were drugs in the vehicle after stopping it on Route 287 for a traffic violation, Police Chief James N. Batelli told Daily Voice. The driver, 32-year-old Rachel E. Topping of Salida, Colorado, refused to consent to a search, after which K-9 Remco (with Officer Robert Rapp) indicated the presence of drugs, the chief said. Police impounded the vehicle while seeking a search warrant, assisted by the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Cliffside Park Construction Site Worker Rescued After Scaffold Collapses Cliffside Park Construction Site Worker Rescued After Scaffold Collapses Cliffside Park Construction Site Worker Rescued After Scaffold Collapses
Cliffside Park Construction Site Worker Rescued After Scaffold Collapses CLIFFSIDE PARK, N.J. -- A construction worker fell 20 feet and had to be rescued Monday after a scaffold collapsed at a Cliffside Park construction site atop the Palisades. Firefighters rappelled down to rescue the 32-year-old worker from Newark, who ended up stuck between the project on Adolphus Avenue, off Gorge Road, and the building next door around 10:30 a.m., borough spokesman Bill Maer told Daily Voice The worker was flown by AirMed One to Hackensack University Medical Center with head and back injuries, Maer said.  Construction recently began on the 14-story, 200-unit residential p…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Authorities: Record-Setting Fentanyl Seizure 'Could Have Killed Half Of NJ' Authorities: Record-Setting Fentanyl Seizure 'Could Have Killed Half Of NJ' Authorities: Record-Setting Fentanyl Seizure 'Could Have Killed Half Of NJ'
Authorities: Record-Setting Fentanyl Seizure 'Could Have Killed Half Of NJ' A New Jersey record 31-pound seizure of the deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl was enough to kill more than half the state's population, authorities said Monday. "While it has been spotlighted for killing Prince and other celebrities, fentanyl also is responsible for a growing death toll in New Jersey, where there were 417 overdose deaths from fentanyl in 2015 and 394 overdose deaths from fentanyl and fentanyl analogs in just the first six months of 2016," state Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino said. “These 14 kilos of fentanyl could have yielded upward of five million lethal…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Jet Skis Collide On Hudson In Fort Lee, One Hospitalized Jet Skis Collide On Hudson In Fort Lee, One Hospitalized Jet Skis Collide On Hudson In Fort Lee, One Hospitalized
Jet Skis Collide On Hudson In Fort Lee, One Hospitalized FORT LEE, N.J. -- Jet skis collided on the Hudson River in Fort Lee on Sunday, sending one man to the hospital with a serious leg injury, authorities said. The first vehicle was idling too close to the Hazard's Ramp dock near the George Washington Bridge's New Jersey tower around 4:15 p.m. when a second one that was speeding failed to slow in time, Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Chief Michael Coppola said. It hit the idling jet ski, sending everyone into the water, he said.  Bystanders helped the victims out of the water, the chief said. PIP Police Marine Ops member Officer Anthony B…

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