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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Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Gunmen Rob Tenafly Family Of Casino Winnings In Driveway Gunmen Rob Tenafly Family Of Casino Winnings In Driveway Gunmen Rob Tenafly Family Of Casino Winnings In Driveway
Gunmen Rob Tenafly Family Of Casino Winnings In Driveway TENAFLY, N.J. -- Two gunmen robbed a Tenafly family of more than $3,000 in their driveway, most of which they'd won earlier at a casino, authorities said. Members of the Franklin Street family believe the robbers followed them from the Empire City Casino in Yonkers before surprising them just after 4:30 a.m. Sunday, Capt. John Trainer told Daily Voice. "They didn't hurt them, but they threatened harm with handguns shown," Trainor said. "They took not only what they won at the casino but also their wallets and a backpack. "It was at least $3,000." Detectives were checking the neighborhood …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
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Drug OD Victim's Body Found At Ridgewood Construction Site Drug OD Victim's Body Found At Ridgewood Construction Site Drug OD Victim's Body Found At Ridgewood Construction Site
Drug OD Victim's Body Found At Ridgewood Construction Site RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- The body of a drug overdose victim was found Monday morning in a portable toilet at a Ridgewood construction site, authorities told Daily Voice. The needle was still in the victim's arm when he was found at the closed site, where a new Starbucks is being built, at Franklin Avenue and Oak Street, a law enforcement official said. Authorities were trying to positively identify the man, who responders said was about 40 years old and was carrying what may have been false identification from New York State. He "was not connected to the construction site but just randomly wande…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Man Critically Wounded In Paterson Street Shooting Man Critically Wounded In Paterson Street Shooting Man Critically Wounded In Paterson Street Shooting
Man Critically Wounded In Paterson Street Shooting PATERSON, N.J. -- A man was critically injured in a shooting outside a Paterson high rise, said police who were searching for his assailant. Officers responding to the shooting around 11:50 p.m. Sunday didn't find the victim in the area of Rosa Parks Boulevard and Harrison Street, Police Director Jerry Speziale. As often happens in Paterson, he was driven to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, the director said. An initial investigation indicates that he was accosted by a group -- one of whom pulled out a gun and fired once, striking the 33-year-old victim in the abdomen, he said. Spezi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Clifton Man Admits Passaic Bar Rape Clifton Man Admits Passaic Bar Rape Clifton Man Admits Passaic Bar Rape
Clifton Man Admits Passaic Bar Rape PASSAIC, N.J. – A Clifton man must spend more than 10 years in state prison without parole for raping a Passaic bar employee with help from others. Miguel A. Delacruz, 39, admitted sexually assaulting the woman “while being aided or abetted by one or more other persons and using physical force or coercion,” Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said after a judge in Paterson accepted a plea deal that Delacruz worked out with prosecutors. Delacruz pleaded guilty to a single count of first-degree aggravated sexual assault in connection with the November 2012 incident. In exchange, he…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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NYC Man Charged With Murder In Paterson Party Stabbing Death NYC Man Charged With Murder In Paterson Party Stabbing Death NYC Man Charged With Murder In Paterson Party Stabbing Death
NYC Man Charged With Murder In Paterson Party Stabbing Death PATERSON, N.J. -- Detectives arrested a Brooklyn man on murder charges shortly after police said he stabbed a Paterson man to death at a party, authorities said. Alfred Edwards, 41, was rushed to St. Joseph's Medical Center, where he died a few hours after the 1:30 a.m. stabbing Saturday at 12th Avenue and Straight Street, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Detectives quickly zeroed in on Miguel Nesbeth, 31, who was arrested without incident near the 100 block of Rosa Parks Boulevard, Speziale said. In addition to murder, Nesbeth is charged with two weapons possession counts, he said. S…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Driver Walks Away Without Injury After GSP Rollover In Hillsdale Driver Walks Away Without Injury After GSP Rollover In Hillsdale Driver Walks Away Without Injury After GSP Rollover In Hillsdale
Driver Walks Away Without Injury After GSP Rollover In Hillsdale HILLSDALE, N.J. -- A driver walked away without injury after his 90s-model Ford Explorer on the southbound Garden State Parkway in Hillsdale. The 20-something driver's vehicle rolled off the left lane near mile marker 167.9, about 200 yards south of the Hillsdale Avenue overpass Saturday afternoon. Washington Township firefighters handled the call, assisted by Hillsdale firefighters, Hillsdale and Westwood police and the New Jersey State Police. ****** WANT MORE NEWS? Sign up for free news alerts or follow Daily Voice on Facebook. FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/DailyVoiceBergenCoun…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
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Fire Rips Through Popular Carlstadt Restaurant Fire Rips Through Popular Carlstadt Restaurant Fire Rips Through Popular Carlstadt Restaurant
Fire Rips Through Popular Carlstadt Restaurant CARLSTADT, N.J. -- A 4-alarm fire ripped through a historic building that housed a popular Carlstadt restaurant. No injuries were reported in the blaze, which broke out around 3:25 a.m. in the attic over the VIP section of the Balcony on Broad Street, responders said. The restaurant/catering hall had closed for the night following a Fourth of July party a little over a half-hour earlier, they said. A Carlstadt ladder hose doused the blaze while firefighters braved flames blowing through the roof of the historic building, which dates back to 1869. The fire was knocked down in about a half …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Police: Palisades Park Stalker Caught Police: Palisades Park Stalker Caught Police: Palisades Park Stalker Caught
Police: Palisades Park Stalker Caught PALISADES PARK, N.J. -- Palisades Park police have arrested a 26-year-old man who they said jumped into a terrified woman's bed after breaking into her home, grabbed another woman's arm on the street and stalked four others. Sungjae Song was being held without bail Saturday in the Bergen County Jail pending a detention hearing, after the victims identified him as their stalker. Song, a South Korean national living in Palisades Park, is charged with aggravated sexual contact, three counts each of burglary and harassment and criminal trespassing. Daily Voice was the first to post a police sk…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Boyfriend Charged After Torso, Leg Of Missing Edgewater Woman Found In NYC Boyfriend Charged After Torso, Leg Of Missing Edgewater Woman Found In NYC Boyfriend Charged After Torso, Leg Of Missing Edgewater Woman Found In NYC
Boyfriend Charged After Torso, Leg Of Missing Edgewater Woman Found In NYC EDGEWATER, N.J. (UPDATE) -- A missing Edgewater woman was killed and dismembered by her Bergenfield boyfriend, authorities charged. Raphael Lolos dumped the remains of 31-year-old Jennifer Londono in the Hudson River, then "consistently and repeatedly" used her credit cards, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said late Friday. A torso cut from the waist to the knees was found by passersby along the rocks of Pier 44 in Red Hook three days after her mother said Londono went missing, authorities said. It bore a sanskrit tattoo below the right hip, Grewal said. Detectives at the 76th P…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bridgeport, CT
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Doctor Opens Fire On Ex-Colleagues At Bronx Hospital Doctor Opens Fire On Ex-Colleagues At Bronx Hospital Doctor Opens Fire On Ex-Colleagues At Bronx Hospital
Doctor Opens Fire On Ex-Colleagues At Bronx Hospital One person was killed and six others seriously wounded by a doctor who then turned the gun on himself Friday afternoon at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital, authorities said. The NYPD identified him as Henry Bello, a former family doctor at the hospital, who sources said was bent on revenge after being fired for harassment two years ago. Bello, 45, was found on the 17th floor, dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, with an M-16-type rifle with the gun nearby, NYPD Commissioner James O'Neil. He had apparently tried to set himself on fire, as well, O'Neil said. The body of a female doctor was found n…

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