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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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Bail Reform Slashes Passaic County Jail Population: Good Or Bad? Bail Reform Slashes Passaic County Jail Population: Good Or Bad? Bail Reform Slashes Passaic County Jail Population: Good Or Bad?
Bail Reform Slashes Passaic County Jail Population: Good Or Bad? HACKENSACK, N.J. -- The population at the Passaic County Jail dropped by nearly 10% the first five months of this year -- and nearly 40% the past two years -- as a result of bail reform laws that have allowed more defendants to remain free before trial, statistics show. Bergen County, like Passaic, saw a 10% decrease from Jan. 1 to May 31. Of all defendants brought before judges in New Jersey between Jan. 1 and the end of May, 13% were ordered held, records show. The rest were released with conditions or supervision, under New Jersey's Bail Reform And Speedy Trial Act. Changes in procedur…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bail Reform Slashes Bergen County Jail Population: Good Or Bad? Bail Reform Slashes Bergen County Jail Population: Good Or Bad? Bail Reform Slashes Bergen County Jail Population: Good Or Bad?
Bail Reform Slashes Bergen County Jail Population: Good Or Bad? HACKENSACK, N.J. -- The population at the Bergen County Jail dropped by nearly 10% the first five months of this year -- and nearly 40% the past two years -- as a result of bail reform laws that have allowed more defendants to remain free before trial, statistics show. Passaic County, like Bergen, saw a 10% decrease from Jan. 1 to May 31. Of all defendants brought before judges in New Jersey between Jan. 1 and the end of May, 13% were ordered held, records show. The rest were released with conditions or supervision, under New Jersey's Bail Reform And Speedy Trial Act. Changes in procedure…

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Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
New Milford PD: 17 Summonses For Motorcyclist Who Eluded Police In Chase New Milford PD: 17 Summonses For Motorcyclist Who Eluded Police In Chase New Milford PD: 17 Summonses For Motorcyclist Who Eluded Police In Chase
New Milford PD: 17 Summonses For Motorcyclist Who Eluded Police In Chase NEW MILFORD, N.J -- A motorcyclist who blew through several red lights during a New Milford police chase before ditching the bike was caught after he fled on foot, charged with eluding and resisting arrest and given 17 summonses, authorities said. Officer Christopher Bores tried to stop Eloy Sanchez III, 31, of Hamilton, for crossing the double-yellow line to pass other motorists and weaving through traffic at a high rate of speed on River Road just before 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, Detective Sgt. Kevin Van Saders told Daily Voice. But Sanchez kept going, he said. Bores, concerned for other civi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Passaic Sheriff's Detectives Bust Trio, Seize Assault Rifle, Gun, Pot Passaic Sheriff's Detectives Bust Trio, Seize Assault Rifle, Gun, Pot Passaic Sheriff's Detectives Bust Trio, Seize Assault Rifle, Gun, Pot
Passaic Sheriff's Detectives Bust Trio, Seize Assault Rifle, Gun, Pot PATERSON, N.J. -- Passaic County sheriff's detectives seized 3½ pounds of marijuana, an assault rifle and a handgun while arresting three men during a drug deal, authorities said Thursday. Detectives were watching the area of Mary and Chadwick Streets early Wednesday night when several people went in and out of a residence, Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. At one point, they saw two men talking. One of them, 18-year-old Anthony Torres of Passaic, stuffed a bag of marijuana down his pants, as he spoke with Uriel Bartolome, 19, of Paterson , Berdnik said. A third man -- identified as Niair …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
VIDEO: Boys Charged With Starting Fire That Ravaged Vacant Garfield Home VIDEO: Boys Charged With Starting Fire That Ravaged Vacant Garfield Home VIDEO: Boys Charged With Starting Fire That Ravaged Vacant Garfield Home
Video: Boys Charged With Starting Fire That Ravaged Vacant Garfield Home GARFIELD, N.J. -- Two boys -- one 13, the other 15 -- started a fire Tuesday that ravaged the upper floor of a vacant Garfield home, police said Thursday. No one was injured in the Schley Street blaze, which firefighters initially told Daily Voice was apparently set on the second floor around 3:45 p.m. Police were responding to a call “reporting two juveniles on the rear roof” of the residence when the fire broke out, Capt. Darren Sucorowski said. Officer Mariggi Lopez saw one of them on the roof above the first floor and ordered him down, then called out for the other, Sucorowski said. B…

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Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
East Rutherford Junior Police Academy Gives Retiring Chief Final Salute East Rutherford Junior Police Academy Gives Retiring Chief Final Salute East Rutherford Junior Police Academy Gives Retiring Chief Final Salute
East Rutherford Junior Police Academy Gives Retiring Chief Final Salute EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- More than 70 youngsters who participated in the 22nd East Rutherford Junior Police Academy were graduated Wednesday. It was a special event for both the 5th- and 7th-graders, as well as for retiring Police Chief Larry Minda, a 40-year law enforcement veteran who wore his dress uniform for the last time. "What a blessing and a joy this has been," Minda told Daily Voice after this year's class' final drills at Henry P. Becton Regional High School. Leading the class were Capt. Jeffrey Yannacone and Sgt. Daniel Perry -- both U.S. Marine veterans -- and Office…

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn PD: Bogus Domino's Pizza Discounts Cook Employee Fair Lawn PD: Bogus Domino's Pizza Discounts Cook Employee Fair Lawn PD: Bogus Domino's Pizza Discounts Cook Employee
Fair Lawn PD: Bogus Domino's Pizza Discounts Cook Employee FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- An employee at Domino's Pizza in Fair Lawn was arrested for improperly placing discounts onto food orders and keeping the money that was discounted, authorities said. Daryl Roberson, 21, was charged with theft by deception after Detective Paul Donohue discovered that he'd recorded -- and the pocketed -- $300 in phantom discounts on orders to the Domino's at 26-15 Broadway, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Roberson was released pending a hearing.

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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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Prosecutor: Cliffside Park Couple Had Crack, Xanax For Sale Prosecutor: Cliffside Park Couple Had Crack, Xanax For Sale Prosecutor: Cliffside Park Couple Had Crack, Xanax For Sale
Prosecutor: Cliffside Park Couple Had Crack, Xanax For Sale CLIFFSIDE PARK, N.J. – Investigators led by a SWAT team raided a Cliffside Park apartment overlooking the Hudson River and arrested a couple who authorities said had crack and Xanax for sale. Michael Gale and Gina Edwards, both 30-year-old food service employees at Hello Fresh in Newark, were charged with various drug counts after Wednesday’s raid at 20 Lawton Avenue, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said Thursday. The raid followed an investigation by prosecutor’s detectives and borough police following a tip that the pair were selling drugs, he said. Gale was ordered held in the…

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson Man, 24, Shows Up At Hospital With Gunshot Wound, Shooter Sought Paterson Man, 24, Shows Up At Hospital With Gunshot Wound, Shooter Sought Paterson Man, 24, Shows Up At Hospital With Gunshot Wound, Shooter Sought
Paterson Man, 24, Shows Up At Hospital With Gunshot Wound, Shooter Sought PATERSON, N.J. -- A 24-year-old Paterson man showed up at the hospital before dawn Thursday with a gunshot wound that he said he got during a street argument with another man, authorities said. The victim was grazed by the bullet around 3:30 a.m. in the area of Clinton and North 6 streets, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. An "altercation became physical," during which the gunman pulled a weapon and fired, Speziale said. Two people who were with the victim took him to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, the director said. Anyone who was in the area at the time and saw somet…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Palisades Park PD: Stalker Caught Palisades Park PD: Stalker Caught Palisades Park PD: Stalker Caught
Palisades Park PD: 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 victims identified him as the 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 sketch W…

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