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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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Glen Rock Business Owner Falls For Phone Scam, Loses $860+ Glen Rock Business Owner Falls For Phone Scam, Loses $860+ Glen Rock Business Owner Falls For Phone Scam, Loses $860+
Glen Rock Business Owner Falls For Phone Scam, Loses $860+ GLEN ROCK, N.J. – PSE&G never threatens to shut off your service while demanding a specific payment, Glen Rock police said after a business owner was taken in by a telephone con artist. The Maple Avenue salon owner reported a call from what turned out to be a scammer citing an $861.17 utility bill that had to be paid immediately to prevent a shutoff, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Following instructions, the business owner drove to a nearby pharmacy and obtained two green dot money packs for that amount, then relayed the card numbers to the caller, Ackermann said. Borough detectives…

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
West Milford PD: Passed-Out F150 Driver Had Heroin, Syringe West Milford PD: Passed-Out F150 Driver Had Heroin, Syringe West Milford PD: Passed-Out F150 Driver Had Heroin, Syringe
West Milford PD: Passed-Out F150 Driver Had Heroin, Syringe WEST MILFORD, N.J. – A West Milford man with a drug history was charged again after police said they found him passed out behind the wheel of a Ford F150 that barreled off the roadway. Christopher VanSplinter, 30, wasn’t injured, police said after officers responding to a call found the truck off LaRue Road around 10:10 p.m. June 8. He had bags of heroin and a hypodermic needle in his lap, they said. First responders eventually revived VanSplinter, who was taken to Chilton Medical Center in Pompton Plains. Police charged him with DWI, careless driving, failure to drive within a single lan…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Hasbrouck Heights Detective Captures NYC Fugitive On Route 17 Hasbrouck Heights Detective Captures NYC Fugitive On Route 17 Hasbrouck Heights Detective Captures NYC Fugitive On Route 17
Hasbrouck Heights Detective Captures NYC Fugitive On Route 17 HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N.J. -- Tipped off by the NYPD, Hasbrouck Heights police captured a fugitive after he left a Route 17 gym, authorities told Daily Voice. Alfred P. Laskas, 62, who was wanted on larceny charges, was a regular at the local 24-Hour Fitness, Detective Lt. Michael Colaneri Jr. said Thursday. Just after 7:15 p.m. Wednesday, Detective Joseph Armeli spotted a stolen vehicle that Laskas was known to have driven parked outside the gym, Colaneri said. After spotting Laskas get into it, Armeli radioed to patrols for backup and stopped the car, the lieutenant said. Laskas initially …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Witnesses: Victim In Ridgewood Restaurant Brawl Could Lose Eye Witnesses: Victim In Ridgewood Restaurant Brawl Could Lose Eye Witnesses: Victim In Ridgewood Restaurant Brawl Could Lose Eye
Witnesses: Victim In Ridgewood Restaurant Brawl Could Lose Eye RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- A restaurant brawl in Ridgewood sent one Fair Lawn man to jail and could cost another his eye. Chanakya Bali, 58, was charged with aggravated assault following the Monday night incident at a Franklin Avenue restaurant, records show. Bali threw a glass at the 55-year-old victim requiring hospitalization, Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke told Daily Voice. A large piece of glass was embedded in his eye, a witness told the news site. Bali remained in the Bergen County Jail until Wednesday, when he was released after a detention hearing, records show. Both men are from Fair …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Autopsy Set For Man, 89, Found Dead In Ridgewood Pool Autopsy Set For Man, 89, Found Dead In Ridgewood Pool Autopsy Set For Man, 89, Found Dead In Ridgewood Pool
Autopsy Set For Man, 89, Found Dead In Ridgewood Pool RIDGEWOOD, N.J. — An autopsy was being conducted to determine the official cause of death for an 89-year-old man who was found unresponsive in a Ridgewood backyard pool, authorities said Thursday. Police, EMS workers and firefighters responded to the the Wyndemere Avenue home on Wednesday after the victim's body was found. It wasn't immediately clear whether or not the man suffered a medical episode or died through other circumstances. ****** WANT MORE NEWS? Sign up for free news alerts or follow Daily Voice on Facebook. FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/DailyVoiceBergenCounty/

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Mercedes Stolen From Fairview Dealer Found Damaged On Route 80 Mercedes Stolen From Fairview Dealer Found Damaged On Route 80 Mercedes Stolen From Fairview Dealer Found Damaged On Route 80
Mercedes Stolen From Fairview Dealer Found Damaged On Route 80 FAIRVIEW, N.J. -- One of two vehicles stolen from a Fairview dealership was found damaged on Route 80 in Elmwood Park, authorities said. The robbers broke into the office at Dream Cars -- just north of the Fairview Avenue jughandle on Broad Avenue -- and took the keys to a Mercedes and a Kia late Wednesday, Police Chief Martin Kahn told Daily Voice. The Mercedes "was found unoccupied, with extensive damage" on Route 80, the chief said early Thursday. That may have occurred from blocking in the Kia at the dealership, he said. Plans were for it to be examined for evidence by the B…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Wayne PD: Passenger With Pot Busted While Driver Argues Over Turn Signals Wayne PD: Passenger With Pot Busted While Driver Argues Over Turn Signals Wayne PD: Passenger With Pot Busted While Driver Argues Over Turn Signals
Wayne PD: Passenger With Pot Busted While Driver Argues Over Turn Signals WAYNE, N.J. -- A Wayne man awaiting trial after police charged him with crashing two stolen cars and then stealing a bicycle was busted for drugs after the driver he was with told officers who stopped his commercial van that he was legally using hand signals to turn because the indicators were broken. As the driver argued with the Wayne officers -- at one point dialing 911 on his cellphone, demanding that NJ State Police respond to the Hamburg Turnpike traffic stop -- they detected the smell of marijuana from the passenger, 26-year-old Michael Giaquinto, Capt. Laurence Martin said. A search…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
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PHOTOS: Two Sustain Minor Injuries In Teaneck Rollover PHOTOS: Two Sustain Minor Injuries In Teaneck Rollover PHOTOS: Two Sustain Minor Injuries In Teaneck Rollover
Photos: Two Sustain Minor Injuries In Teaneck Rollover TEANECK, N.J. -- Both occupants sustained minor injuries after an SUV clipped two trees and tipped over on a quiet Teaneck street Wednesday evening. The crash occurred around 6:40 p.m. on North Street between River Road and Catalpa Avenue. Members of the Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corps. tended to one victim was tended to one victim on the street and the other in the rig. Teaneck police and firefighters responded.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
PHOTOS: Bergenfield Ambulance Corps Tops Dumont In Annual Softball Match PHOTOS: Bergenfield Ambulance Corps Tops Dumont In Annual Softball Match PHOTOS: Bergenfield Ambulance Corps Tops Dumont In Annual Softball Match
Photos: Bergenfield Ambulance Corps Tops Dumont In Annual Softball Match DUMONT, N.J. – Bergenfield’s Volunteer Ambulance Corps rallied in the final inning to top their Dumont colleagues, 10-7, during their annual Fourth of July softball game. Dumont and Bergenfield work closely together as mutual-aid partners to make sure each town is covered 24/7, so the game at TwinBoro field in Dumont provided an opportunity to socialize. Bergenfield persevered despite a heroic diving catch by Dumont's Kyle Wengerter to end the fifth inning. Bergenfield's Joe Frino had a triple that drove in two runs.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Wayne PD: Wrong-Way DWI Motorist At Mother's Threatens To Kill Officers Wayne PD: Wrong-Way DWI Motorist At Mother's Threatens To Kill Officers Wayne PD: Wrong-Way DWI Motorist At Mother's Threatens To Kill Officers
Wayne PD: Wrong-Way DWI Motorist At Mother's Threatens To Kill Officers WAYNE, N.J. -- "I will shoot you right in the head -- click, you're dead," a DWI motorist told a Wayne police officer who stopped him coming out of Mother's Ale House, authorities said Wednesday. Officer Tomasz Cydzik stopped the silver 2005 Mercedes Benz, which nearly struck a utility pole head-on and continued into oncoming traffic on Mountain View Boulevard late Saturday, Capt. Laurence Martin said. The driver, 23-year-old Kerelazi M. Burell of Kinnelon, "had a strong odor of alcoholic beverage," along with slow speech and bloodshot eyes, Martin said. His driver's li…

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