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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Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Accused Driver In $11,000 Stabbing Robbery At East Rutherford Hotel Caught Accused Driver In $11,000 Stabbing Robbery At East Rutherford Hotel Caught Accused Driver In $11,000 Stabbing Robbery At East Rutherford Hotel Caught
Accused Driver In $11,000 Stabbing Robbery At East Rutherford Hotel Caught EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – The accused getaway driver in a stabbing robbery at an East Rutherford hotel has been captured, authorities announced Tuesday. Authorities said Kendrick Terrell Brown, 21, and two accomplices left the victim for dead with several stab wounds the afternoon of Aug. 6 at the Extended Stay America Hotel on Route 3, taking what sources told Daily Voice was $11,000. The trio then fled south on the NJ Turnpike, bound for South Carolina, they said. The victim was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center for treatment of his injuries, the prosecutor said. Andrew J. Jef…

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Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Tenafly Synogogue Employee Charged With Stolen Credit Card Shopping Spree Tenafly Synogogue Employee Charged With Stolen Credit Card Shopping Spree Tenafly Synogogue Employee Charged With Stolen Credit Card Shopping Spree
Tenafly Synogogue Employee Charged With Stolen Credit Card Shopping Spree TENAFLY, N.J. – An employee at a Tenafly synagogue surrendered to police who charged her with using a stolen credit card throughout Bergen County 29 times. Sophia Deutsch, 19, of Teaneck also took $300 in cash from several co-workers at the Lubavtich on the Palisades on Harold Street, Capt. Michael deMoncada said. In the days following the thefts, Deutsch rang up $780 in charges around the county, deMoncada said. She was released pending a court hearing on theft and credit card fraud charges.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Newark Terminal Check Closed After Fluid Leak Sickens TSA Agents Newark Terminal Check Closed After Fluid Leak Sickens TSA Agents Newark Terminal Check Closed After Fluid Leak Sickens TSA Agents
Newark Terminal Check Closed After Fluid Leak Sickens TSA Agents UPDATE (3:10 p.m.): The security checkpoint at Newark Airport Terminal A was reopened at 3:10 p.m. Tuesday after being closed several hours by a cleaning fluid leak that sickened at least three TSA agents. "There was an issue with the HVAC system and maintenance was cleaning the coils with a degreaser [just before 11 a.m.]," Joseph Pentangelo of the Port Authority told Daily Voice. "When the system was turned on, the odor from the degreaser made TSA officers sick," he said. "The checkpoint shut down by the TSA because of the odor and will remain shut down until the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
SEEN HIM? Paterson PD Hunts Machine Theft Suspect SEEN HIM? Paterson PD Hunts Machine Theft Suspect SEEN HIM? Paterson PD Hunts Machine Theft Suspect
Seen HIM? Paterson PD Hunts Machine Theft Suspect PATERSON, N.J. -- (UPDATE) Clear surveillance photos led to the arrest of a Paterson man for a machine shop theft, authorities said. https://bergenfield.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/surveillance-photos-produce-paterson-burglary-bust/719659/ ORIGINAL STORY: Paterson police on Tuesday sought the public's help identifying an alleged thief. The burglar "stole a grinder machine and assorted tools from the loading dock room of 176 East 7th Street during operating hours on or about July 11," Police Director Jerry Speziale said. If you see him, can identify him or know where to find him,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
License Forfeited By Prison-Bound River Edge Doctor, 79 License Forfeited By Prison-Bound River Edge Doctor, 79 License Forfeited By Prison-Bound River Edge Doctor, 79
License Forfeited By Prison-Bound River Edge Doctor, 79 RIVER EDGE, N.J. -- A 79-year-old River Edge family doctor who's headed to federal prison for accepting $200,000 in bribes in exchange for test referrals had his license permanently revoked. Bernard Greenspan, who was sentenced to 41 months in June, signed a consent order with the state Board of Medical Examiners to surrender the license, eliminating the need for a formal hearing. READ THE CONSENT ORDER: http://www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/Actions/20170804_25MB02154700.pdf Federal jurors convicted Greenspan in March of all 10 counts brought against him following just over four hours of delibe…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Wayne Police Find Illegal Prescription Drugs, More In Separate Stops Wayne Police Find Illegal Prescription Drugs, More In Separate Stops Wayne Police Find Illegal Prescription Drugs, More In Separate Stops
Wayne Police Find Illegal Prescription Drugs, More In Separate Stops WAYNE, N.J. -- Separate stops by Wayne police led to arrests involving illegal prescription drugs and more, authorities said Monday. Sgt. James Clark stopped a 2002 Toyota Corolla headed north on Route 23 at the Pequannock border Friday afternoon and spotted drug paraphernalia, Capt. Lawrence Martin said. He and backup Officer Cory Deak then discovered 40 glassine bags of heroin on the passenger, 28-year-old David Pezak of Belleville, along with an unlabeled prescription pill bottle with nearly three dozen pills and two glass vials filled with cocaine, Martin said. Pezak was sent to the Pa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Wrong-Way SUV Crashes Off Route 80 In Hackensack Wrong-Way SUV Crashes Off Route 80 In Hackensack Wrong-Way SUV Crashes Off Route 80 In Hackensack
Wrong-Way SUV Crashes Off Route 80 In Hackensack HACKENSACK, N.J. -- A wrong-way driver who mistakenly took an exit ramp to Route 80 in Hackensack crashed his SUV into a box truck Monday afternoon. An ambulance crew responded along with police and firefighters after the crash on the Hudson Street exit ramp on the westbound side of the highway. The extent of the SUV driver's injuries couldn't immediately be determined. The box truck driver apparently wasn't injured.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson Raid Turns Up Pot, Cocaine, Gun Paterson Raid Turns Up Pot, Cocaine, Gun Paterson Raid Turns Up Pot, Cocaine, Gun
Paterson Raid Turns Up Pot, Cocaine, Gun PATERSON, N.J. -- Paterson police seized a handgun, three ounces of pot and three bags of cocaine while arresting three family members during a drug raid, authorities said Monday. Arrested after the raid on East 19th Street off 21st Avenue were Miguel Rodriguez, 49, Marta Rodriguez, 55, and Miguel Rodriguez Jr., 27, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Recovered along with the 20 bags of marijuana and three of cocaine was a Glock 17 9mm handgun and five illegal Roxicet pills, he said. All were charged with various drug and weapons charges and released pending a court hearing.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
FOUND (AGAIN): Lodi Runaway, 16, Back Home FOUND (AGAIN): Lodi Runaway, 16, Back Home FOUND (AGAIN): Lodi Runaway, 16, Back Home
Found (Again): Lodi Runaway, 16, Back Home LODI, N.J. -- A 16-year-old Lodi girl who's run away at least three times in a little over a year was back home again, police said Monday. Jakira Jeffrey -- also known as Jakira Waddell -- took off last Wednesday, police said. She'd also run away and was gone for five days last month before police found her in Paterson. Jakira also went missing in May 2016 but turned up soon after:  https://fairlawn.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/missing-lodi-girl-15-found/656606/.

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Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
FOUND (AGAIN): Lodi Runaway, 16, Back Home FOUND (AGAIN): Lodi Runaway, 16, Back Home FOUND (AGAIN): Lodi Runaway, 16, Back Home
Found (Again): Lodi Runaway, 16, Back Home LODI, N.J. -- A 16-year-old Lodi girl who's run away at least three times in a little over a year was back home again, police said Monday. Jakira Jeffrey -- also known as Jakira Waddell -- took off last Wednesday, police said. She'd also run away and was gone for five days last month before police found her in Paterson. Jakira also went missing in May 2016 but turned up soon after:  https://fairlawn.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/missing-lodi-girl-15-found/656606/.

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