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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Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Squatter Murdered Fellow Homeless Man From Waldwick, Jury Finds Squatter Murdered Fellow Homeless Man From Waldwick, Jury Finds Squatter Murdered Fellow Homeless Man From Waldwick, Jury Finds
Squatter Murdered Fellow Homeless Man From Waldwick, Jury Finds PATERSON, N.J. – Jurors deliberated for five days before convicting a Paterson man of beating a fellow squatter from Waldwick to death with a hammer before stealing his car. Carl Jones, 47, faces a minimum of 30 years in state prison – and a possible lifetime sentence -- after jurors convicted him last week of murder, burglary and theft. Superior Court Judge Scott J. Bennion scheduled sentencing for Aug. 25. Jones will remain held in the Passaic County Jail until then. The victim, 29-year-old Timothy Linnartz, was squatting with Jones in an abandoned factory at 49-55 Governor St. when Jone…

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Mahwah PD: Stolen Rig Stopped On Route 287 Contained $9,000 Cash Mahwah PD: Stolen Rig Stopped On Route 287 Contained $9,000 Cash Mahwah PD: Stolen Rig Stopped On Route 287 Contained $9,000 Cash
Mahwah PD: Stolen Rig Stopped On Route 287 Contained $9,000 Cash MAHWAH, N.J. – A trucker stopped by a Mahwah police officer before dawn Tuesday was driving a rig whose tractor and trailer were reported stolen out of separate states -- and carrying $9,000 in bundled cash, authorities said. Officer Tyler Boucher pulled over Charles Edward Morton, 62, of Detroit, for careless driving on northbound Route 287 just before 12:30 a.m., Police Chief James N. Batelli told Daily Voice. Morton provided paperwork and gave the officer information that proved false when a computer check showed the tractor reported stolen out of Akron, Ohio, and trailer swiped in Mecha…

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Rutherford, NJ
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Paterson Man Serves Nearly 3 Years For Endangering Girl In East Rutherford Paterson Man Serves Nearly 3 Years For Endangering Girl In East Rutherford Paterson Man Serves Nearly 3 Years For Endangering Girl In East Rutherford
Paterson Man Serves Nearly 3 Years For Endangering Girl In East Rutherford UPDATE: David Brinez was released two weeks ago after serving two years and 10 months in state prison for convictions on drug and child endangerment convictions, records show.  East Rutherford police and prosecutor’s detectives received information in May 2017 that the victim was endangered by David Brinez, then 41, when he “ingested a controlled dangerous substance in the victim’s presence,” Grewal said Tuesday. Following additional investigation, detectives obtained an arrest warrant on May 18, the prosecutor said. Authorities seized him in East Hanover in July 2017 after Brinez had…

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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Elmwood Park Drug Ring Member Gets 13½ Years For Trafficking Heroin Elmwood Park Drug Ring Member Gets 13½ Years For Trafficking Heroin Elmwood Park Drug Ring Member Gets 13½ Years For Trafficking Heroin
Elmwood Park Drug Ring Member Gets 13½ Years For Trafficking Heroin ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. – An Elmwood Park man was sentenced to 13½ years in federal prison Tuesday for trafficking nearly seven pounds of heroin from Paterson to street-level buyers in Bergen, Passaic and Rockland counties. Edwin Lopez, 31 – also known as “E” and “Pan” – admitted in April in U.S. District Court in Newark that he moved the heroin with four other men. He was the first to accept a plea deal from the government, affecting how the cases unfolded against four co-defendants -- among them, Joseph Trimarco of Stony Point, who federal authorities said trafficked the heroin into Rockland C…

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Driver Extricated After Fair Lawn Crash Driver Extricated After Fair Lawn Crash Driver Extricated After Fair Lawn Crash
Driver Extricated After Fair Lawn Crash FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- Fair Lawn's Rescue Squad extricated the driver of a sedan that was broadsided by a van Tuesday morning. She and another victim were hospitalized with injuries that didn't appear life-threatening after the crash at the intersection of Maple and Hemlock avenues. She was fitted with a neck brace before being transported. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this report.

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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority PD: GWB Toll Cheats Caught Minutes Apart, One From Fairview Port Authority PD: GWB Toll Cheats Caught Minutes Apart, One From Fairview Port Authority PD: GWB Toll Cheats Caught Minutes Apart, One From Fairview
Port Authority PD: GWB Toll Cheats Caught Minutes Apart, One From Fairview FORT LEE, N.J. -- An unlicensed Fairview driver was arrested at the George Washington Bridge after Port Authority police said they discovered she owed $5,900 in tolls and fees. That came five minutes before a PAPD officer nabbed a Queens driver who owed nearly $6,400, authorities said. Evangelin Murcia, 32, was stopped after driving her 2002 Nissan through the E-ZPass lane without a transponder, the authority's Joseph Pentangelo told Daily Voice. Besides having a suspended license, Murcia amassed 91 toll violations, Pentangelo said. The Nissan was impounced and Murcia was released pending…

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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Driver OK After Car Lands On Another In Leonia Driver OK After Car Lands On Another In Leonia Driver OK After Car Lands On Another In Leonia
Driver OK After Car Lands On Another In Leonia LEONIA, N.J. -- A Leonia driver walked away without a scratch after her car barreled off a steep road and landed on another, police said. The 23-year-old borough resident was headed west down Chestnut Street when she lost control of the 2005 Lexus as she approached a severe turn in the road just before 6 p.m. Monday, Capt. Scott Tamagny told Daily Voice. The Lexus barreled off the roadway, went over an embankment and landed on a 2010 Toyota Prius parked in a driveway, Tamagny said. The driver, who was alone in the car, wasn't injured after responders rescued her, the captain said. Borough…

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Clifton Gas Station Robber Pistol-Whips Attendant, Police Say Clifton Gas Station Robber Pistol-Whips Attendant, Police Say Clifton Gas Station Robber Pistol-Whips Attendant, Police Say
Clifton Gas Station Robber Pistol-Whips Attendant, Police Say CLIFTON, N.J. -- An armed robber pistol-whipped a Clifton gas station attendant and fled with an undetermined amount of cash before dawn Tuesday, authorities said. The robber hit the Jersey Gas attendant on Lakeview Avenue in the face while forcing him to remove the cash from the register around 4 a.m., Lt. Robert Bracken said. He then fled toward Crooks Avenue, the attendant told police.

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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Fort Lee PD: Detective Tracks Down Car Burglar Confronted By Resident Fort Lee PD: Detective Tracks Down Car Burglar Confronted By Resident Fort Lee PD: Detective Tracks Down Car Burglar Confronted By Resident
Fort Lee PD: Detective Tracks Down Car Burglar Confronted By Resident FORT LEE, N.J. – A Fort Lee detective tracked down and nabbed a car burglar from Palisades Park moments after an early Monday morning break-in, authorities said. A Gerome Avenue resident dialed 911 after catching Kyung Cho, a 21-year-old clerk, rummaging through a neighbor’s car around 6:15 a.m., Capt. Stephen Gallagher said. Cho claimed “he was looking for an Uber vehicle,” Gallagher said. The resident came out and scared off Cho, then pointed arriving police toward Lemoine Avenue. Moments later, Detective Dennis Pothos arrested Cho at the intersection of Lemoine Avenue and Hoyt Street, …

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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Bank Robber Caught By Fort Lee Police Pleads Guilty Bank Robber Caught By Fort Lee Police Pleads Guilty Bank Robber Caught By Fort Lee Police Pleads Guilty
Bank Robber Caught By Fort Lee Police Pleads Guilty FORT LEE, N.J. -- A Harlem man admitted Monday that he robbed a Bank of New Jersey branch in Fort Lee in January. Isaac Nesbit, 30, told a federal court judge in Newark that he handed a teller a hand-written note on Jan. 20 demanding money and threatening to shoot everyone in the bank if the teller did not comply.   He then fled with an undisclosed amount of cash, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick said. Fort Lee police captured Nesbit after they said he tried to elude them by running across 14 lanes of traffic on a George Washington Bridge approach. An alert was issued and unifo…

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