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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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Route 17 Stop: Mahwah Police Seize Pound Of Cocaine, Arrest 2 NYC Men Route 17 Stop: Mahwah Police Seize Pound Of Cocaine, Arrest 2 NYC Men Route 17 Stop: Mahwah Police Seize Pound Of Cocaine, Arrest 2 NYC Men
Route 17 Stop: Mahwah Police Seize Pound Of Cocaine, Arrest 2 NYC Men MAHWAH, N.J. – A Mahwah police officer found a pound of cocaine and arrested two Orange County men during a routine Route 17 traffic stop, authorities said. Inconsistencies and nervous behavior from the driver and his passenger drew Officer Chris Fasulo’s suspicions during the 12:15 a.m. stop on the northbound highway Thursday, Police Chief James Batelli told Daily Voice. The driver, 26-year-old Carlos O. Aviles, said “he was heading back to upstate New York after driving back from an airport in New York City,” Batelli said. A consented search turned up the uncut cocaine – worth $30,000 on…

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Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Truck Snaps Englewood Cliffs Utility Pole In Half Truck Snaps Englewood Cliffs Utility Pole In Half Truck Snaps Englewood Cliffs Utility Pole In Half
Truck Snaps Englewood Cliffs Utility Pole In Half ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J. -- Power to the immediate area was restored just before 10:30 a.m. Friday in Englewood Cliffs, nearly three hours after a fruit-and-vegetable delivery truck snapped a utility pole in half. The 7:30 a.m. incident on Hudson Terrace in front of Borough Hall tied up morning commuters headed to the George Washington Bridge. The driver escaped unharmed but had to remain inside the truck until PSE&G could cut power, because of downed live utility lines, Police Chief Michael Cioffi told Daily Voice.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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VIDEO: Tipped Dump Truck Spills Load Onto Route 3 In Clifton VIDEO: Tipped Dump Truck Spills Load Onto Route 3 In Clifton VIDEO: Tipped Dump Truck Spills Load Onto Route 3 In Clifton
Video: Tipped Dump Truck Spills Load Onto Route 3 In Clifton CLIFTON, N.J. -- A dump truck tipped on Route 3 outside Clifton Commons Friday morning, spilling debris across three lanes and jamming traffic. The driver wasn't injured, witnesses said. A single lane of traffic initially was getting past following the crash in the eastbound lanes at Main Avenue just before 11 a.m.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Ex-Hasbrouck Heights Scrap Metal Exec Admits Cheating Customers Of Millions Ex-Hasbrouck Heights Scrap Metal Exec Admits Cheating Customers Of Millions Ex-Hasbrouck Heights Scrap Metal Exec Admits Cheating Customers Of Millions
Ex-Hasbrouck Heights Scrap Metal Exec Admits Cheating Customers Of Millions HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N.J. -- A former scrap metal company executive from Hasbrouck Heights admitted that he cheated customers out of millions of dollars over 17 years. During a guilty plea in federal court in Newark on Thursday, Michael A. Valenti III, 43, admitted that he and others at Secaucus-based Cinelli Iron & Metal Co. bought scrap metal for less than they should have paid, then resold if for a profit from 1999 through March 2016. The net loss was more than $9.5 million, he said. CIMCO, which operated three recycling facilities in New Jersey, delivered scrap metal containers to c…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn Police Bust Out-Of-State Ring With Hundreds In Counterfeit Cash Fair Lawn Police Bust Out-Of-State Ring With Hundreds In Counterfeit Cash Fair Lawn Police Bust Out-Of-State Ring With Hundreds In Counterfeit Cash
Fair Lawn Police Bust Out-Of-State Ring With Hundreds In Counterfeit Cash FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- Fair Lawn police chased down a group of accused out-of-state counterfeiters Thursday night. Alerted that a bogus $100 bill was used on a $9 purchase at the River Road ShopRite, Officers Geovanny Buitron, John Rovetto, Justin DiGuglielmo, Juan Rodriguez and Brian Goodson stopped a Hyundai Elantra on River Road and Maple Avenue, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. The officers ordered all five occupants from the car, then found $350 in counterfeit currency -- three hundreds and a fifty -- as well as nearly $170 in items believed bought with funny money, he said. Two more bogus hundre…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Overdosing Heroin User Crashes Caddy In Glen Rock, Revived With Narcan Overdosing Heroin User Crashes Caddy In Glen Rock, Revived With Narcan Overdosing Heroin User Crashes Caddy In Glen Rock, Revived With Narcan
Overdosing Heroin User Crashes Caddy In Glen Rock, Revived With Narcan GLEN ROCK, N.J. -- An overdosing heroin user got out of his car after it hit a tree in Glen Rock, then collapsed in the street and had to be revived by police before dawn Friday, authorities said. Responding officers found the unresponsive 34-year-old Pompton Plains driver lying in the the middle of Valley Road between Austin Place and Sterling Place just before 5:30 a.m., Police Chief Dean Ackermann said a short time later. Fifty feet away, his damaged 2000 Cadillac Eldorado blocked a driveway. "Various paraphernalia associated with IV drug use and two hypodermic needles were discove…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Wayne PD: High Beams In Traffic Lead To Heroin Bags, Used Syringes Wayne PD: High Beams In Traffic Lead To Heroin Bags, Used Syringes Wayne PD: High Beams In Traffic Lead To Heroin Bags, Used Syringes
Wayne PD: High Beams In Traffic Lead To Heroin Bags, Used Syringes WAYNE, N.J. -- A jalopy with its high beams on in heavy traffic led Wayne police to 41 bags of heroin and eight used syringes, authorities said Thursday. Officers Michael Polifrone and Mark Ciavirella were conducting safety and security patrols along southbound Route 23 when they spotted the 2003 vehicle, whose driver stopped at the TGI Fridays at Wayne Towne Center. The driver -- 39-year-old Jerry Caiazzo of Montclair -- didn't have a valid license, Capt. Lawrence Martin said. While talking with him, the officers also noticed a used heroin bag in plain view, the captain said. A search tu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
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Haworth Officer Finds Six Ounces Of Pot, Arrests Driver In Routine Stop Haworth Officer Finds Six Ounces Of Pot, Arrests Driver In Routine Stop Haworth Officer Finds Six Ounces Of Pot, Arrests Driver In Routine Stop
Haworth Officer Finds Six Ounces Of Pot, Arrests Driver In Routine Stop HAWORTH, N.J. -- A Haworth police officer making a routine traffic stop busted the driver for carrying six ounces of pot, authorities said Thursday. Officer Andrew Soltes pulled the vehicle over on Madison Avenue just before midnight Wednesday when the driver, 25-year-old Matthew Rigert of Long Island, failed to use a turn signal, Detective Sgt. Justin Fox told Daily Voice. The car also had equipment violations, Fox said. Soltes smelled raw marijuana after approaching the car, the sergeant said. A search turned up pot in the center console, as well as vacuum-sealed bags in the trunk, he s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Maywood Detective Nabs Hudson Man In Locker Room Thefts Maywood Detective Nabs Hudson Man In Locker Room Thefts Maywood Detective Nabs Hudson Man In Locker Room Thefts
Maywood Detective Nabs Hudson Man In Locker Room Thefts MAYWOOD, N.J. -- A Maywood detective nabbed a Jersey City man in a trio of locker room thefts. Jonah Williams, 46, was charged with several counts of burglary, credit card theft, theft and criminal mischief, as well as for trespassing at the Route 17 gym where the thefts occurred. He was arrested by Detective Matthew Parodi and released on a court summons.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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'See Something, Say Something': Bergen Prosecutor's Staff Hits Hubs 'See Something, Say Something': Bergen Prosecutor's Staff Hits Hubs 'See Something, Say Something': Bergen Prosecutor's Staff Hits Hubs
'See Something, Say Something': Bergen Prosecutor's Staff Hits Hubs HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Members of the Bergen County Rapid Deployment Team fanned out Thursday to bus and train stations across the county on a "See something, say something" campaign. Created to tap state resources for local agencies, the RDT serves New Jersey's largest county by population, with nearly 1 million residents in 70 municipalities. It mobilizes special resources as needed and conducts proactive initiatives, such as Thursday's station visits -- in, among other towns, Hackensack, Ridgewood and Rutherford. Prosecutor's detectives assigned to the RDT are "specially tra…

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