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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Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Swastika, Phallic Symbol Found In Ridgewood Sidewalk -- After 2 Years Swastika, Phallic Symbol Found In Ridgewood Sidewalk -- After 2 Years Swastika, Phallic Symbol Found In Ridgewood Sidewalk -- After 2 Years
Swastika, Phallic Symbol Found In Ridgewood Sidewalk -- After 2 Years RIDGEWOOD, N.J. – A swastika and phallic symbol remained embedded in a Ridgewood sidewalk for two years before someone finally noticed, authorities said Tuesday. The discovery -- along with those of two other swastikas that recently were found in town -- nonetheless was "very upsetting and disheartening," Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke said. Police responding to a criminal mischief call on residential North Van Dien Avenue found the markings, the chief said. “It appears the damage occurred when the sidewalk was poured and drying, which was approximately two years ago,” she said. Village …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Missing Fairview Man Found Dead In Jersey City Missing Fairview Man Found Dead In Jersey City Missing Fairview Man Found Dead In Jersey City
Missing Fairview Man Found Dead In Jersey City FAIRVIEW, N.J. -- The body of a Fairview man reported missing after a night out was found beneath a Jersey City railroad trestle, authorities told Daily Voice on Tuesday. The body of Luis Garcia, 27, was found late last week off Route 139 near the Tonnelle Avenue circle, Police Chief Martin Kahn said. The cause of death wasn't immediately determined, he said. Formal next-of-kin notifications were being completed Tuesday, after a relative identified his body, the chief said. Garcia was last seen the morning of July 15 in the Journal Square area across from the White Castle on Kennedy Boule…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Bronx Man Admits $50G Fort Lee Knifepoint Bank Robbery Bronx Man Admits $50G Fort Lee Knifepoint Bank Robbery Bronx Man Admits $50G Fort Lee Knifepoint Bank Robbery
Bronx Man Admits $50G Fort Lee Knifepoint Bank Robbery FORT LEE, N.J. -- A 38-year-old Bronx man admitted robbing a Fort Lee bank of $50,000 with a large knife in January. A U.S. District Court judge in Newark scheduled an Oct. 31 sentencing after Andres Dominguez pleaded guilty on Tuesday to bank robbery as part of a deal with the government. Dominguez admitted that he was wearing a gray Nike hooded sweatshirt, a blue rubber glove, sunglasses, a wool hat, black Adidas pants, and white sneakers when he entered the Bank of New Jersey branch on Palisade Avenue on Jan. 12. He "approached one of the bank tellers with a large kitchen knife in …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
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Suicide: Dumont Man, 47, Steps In Front Of Freight Train In Bergenfield Suicide: Dumont Man, 47, Steps In Front Of Freight Train In Bergenfield Suicide: Dumont Man, 47, Steps In Front Of Freight Train In Bergenfield
Suicide: Dumont Man, 47, Steps In Front Of Freight Train In Bergenfield BERGENFIELD, N.J. -- A 47-year-old Dumont man killed himself Tuesday morning by stepping in front of an oncoming freight train in Bergenfield, authorities said. The victim parked in a nearby lot and walked to a stretch of tracks between West Central Avenue and Church Street, where he was struck at 8:18 a.m. by a southbound CSX freight train, Capt. Mustafa Rabboh said. He was pronounced dead at the scene, the captain said. "Our condolences go out to the family," Rabboh said. "For anyone who’s suffering through difficult times and contemplating suicide, please reach out to someone," he adde…

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Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Suicide: Dumont Man, 47, Steps In Front Of Freight Train In Bergenfield Suicide: Dumont Man, 47, Steps In Front Of Freight Train In Bergenfield Suicide: Dumont Man, 47, Steps In Front Of Freight Train In Bergenfield
Suicide: Dumont Man, 47, Steps In Front Of Freight Train In Bergenfield BERGENFIELD, N.J. -- A 47-year-old Dumont man killed himself Tuesday morning by stepping in front of an oncoming freight train in Bergenfield, authorities said. The victim parked in a nearby lot and walked to a stretch of tracks between West Central Avenue and Church Street, where he was struck at 8:18 a.m. by a southbound CSX freight train, Capt. Mustafa Rabboh said. He was pronounced dead at the scene, the captain said. "Our condolences go out to the family," Rabboh said. "For anyone who’s suffering through difficult times and contemplating suicide, please reach out to so…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Man Slashed With Box Cutter In Rutherford Train Station Incident Man Slashed With Box Cutter In Rutherford Train Station Incident Man Slashed With Box Cutter In Rutherford Train Station Incident
Man Slashed With Box Cutter In Rutherford Train Station Incident RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- One man was slashed and another was facing charges in an incident at the Rutherford train station. 911 callers described a man carrying a box cutter -- later identified as Kenneth Reneau, 46, Hackensack -- running between cars as another man chased him through the parking lot at Station Square around 10:30 p.m. Friday. Officer Scott Ahearn was met on Orient Way south of the station by a 56-year-old Jersey City man who was bleeding from a chest wound and "screaming that he'd been stabbed," Capt. Patrick Feliciano told Daily Voice Ahearn called for an ambulance, which too…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Accused Uber Robber Sexually Assaulted Girl, 15, In Ridgewood Prosecutor: Accused Uber Robber Sexually Assaulted Girl, 15, In Ridgewood Prosecutor: Accused Uber Robber Sexually Assaulted Girl, 15, In Ridgewood
Prosecutor: Accused Uber Robber Sexually Assaulted Girl, 15, In Ridgewood RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- Weeks after a judge released a man charged with beating and robbing an Uber driver, he sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl in Ridgewood, authorities charged. Brandon C. Ryan, 22, of Kearny was freed in May by Municipal Judge George Savino -- under the terms of New Jersey's 2017 Bail Reform & Speedy Trial Act -- a day after screen grabs posted on Daily Voice from a surveillance video in the Uber driver's car led to his arrest by Carlstadt police. This past Friday, detectives from Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal's office and Ridgewood police took Ryan into c…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Wayne PD: Trailer Park Pot Smoker Left Summons Behind Wayne PD: Trailer Park Pot Smoker Left Summons Behind Wayne PD: Trailer Park Pot Smoker Left Summons Behind
Wayne PD: Trailer Park Pot Smoker Left Summons Behind WAYNE, N.J. -- Wayne police called to a trailer park management building found pot and bongs -- along with a summons on the floor for the man they said was responsible. Contacted by police, Thomas Greatorex came to headquarters Monday and was sent to the Passaic County Jail pending a detention hearing, Capt. Laurence Martin said. Officers Ardian Cela and Elliot Lyons originally responded to the Finns Mobile trailer Park neighborhood at 122 Fairfield Road earlier this month on a report of possible drug activity, Martin said. They found two plastic bags of marijuana in plain view on a table,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Three Brothers Admit $920,000 Payroll Con At Clifton Trucking Company Three Brothers Admit $920,000 Payroll Con At Clifton Trucking Company Three Brothers Admit $920,000 Payroll Con At Clifton Trucking Company
Three Brothers Admit $920,000 Payroll Con At Clifton Trucking Company PATERSON, N.J. – A truck driver on Monday joined his two brothers in admitting his role in a scheme to con a Clifton company out of $920,000. Angel D. Vidal, 25, of Paterson and his brothers -- Angel G. Vidal and Miguel Vidal, both 23 – all said they allowed 55-year-old Lisa Popewiny of Clifton to use their personal identifying information to generate bogus paychecks from Clifford B. Finkle Jr. Inc. The trio then converted the checks, many of which were deposited into their bank accounts and then funneled out of the accounts in cash, said Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick. Pop…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Your Community
'Singin' For The Drain': Teaneck Chorus Hopes To Help Repair Church 'Singin' For The Drain': Teaneck Chorus Hopes To Help Repair Church 'Singin' For The Drain': Teaneck Chorus Hopes To Help Repair Church
'Singin' For The Drain': Teaneck Chorus Hopes To Help Repair Church TEANECK, N.J. -- With selections that ranged from Handel to the Temptations,  a 24-member chorus of Teaneck parishioners took to the water for a unique fundraiser. To help St. Mark’s Episcopal Church repair a broken drainage system, the St. Mark's singers donned colorful rain slickers Saturday for “Singin’ for the Drain” before a standing-room-only audience. Fittingly, the program included "Down by the Riverside,” “Over the Rainbow,” “I Wish It Would Rain,” and “Bridge Over Troubled Waters” -- not to mention the title song from the Gene Kelly film “Singin’ in the Rain,” among others. …

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