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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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Motorcyclist Found, Charged In Fatal PIP Police Chase Crash Motorcyclist Found, Charged In Fatal PIP Police Chase Crash Motorcyclist Found, Charged In Fatal PIP Police Chase Crash
Motorcyclist Found, Charged In Fatal PIP Police Chase Crash FORT LEE, N.J. -- Bergen County prosecutor’s detectives tracked down and charged a New York City motorcyclist who they said took off after his companion was killed in a crash in Fort Lee following a police chase down the Palisades Interstate Parkway. Sheldon Lee, 46, a barber by trade, and 33-year-old Marlon M. Quiros of East Harlem blew by a Palisades Interstate Parkway police officer at Closter Dock Road in Alpine just after midnight May 9, initiating the pursuit, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said Thursday. PIP PD Officer Martin Clancy chased the pair for nearly four miles, w…

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Northern Valley, NJ
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Haworth PD: Driver Who Nearly Hit 2 Police Cars Was Selling Pot To Boy, 17 Haworth PD: Driver Who Nearly Hit 2 Police Cars Was Selling Pot To Boy, 17 Haworth PD: Driver Who Nearly Hit 2 Police Cars Was Selling Pot To Boy, 17
Haworth PD: Driver Who Nearly Hit 2 Police Cars Was Selling Pot To Boy, 17 HAWORTH, N.J. -- A driver in the middle of a drug deal nearly struck one Haworth police officer's patrol cruiser with his car before cutting off another, authorities said Thursday. Sgt. Justin Fox told Daily Voice that he and Officer Andrew Soltes were returning to headquarters to take an incident report when the vehicle swerved in front of his radio car, then cut off Soltes's cruiser behind him. The driver "apparently was on the phone and not paying attention," he said. Soltes activated his lights and pulled the driver over, Fox said. In the car were three young Elmwood Park ad…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Franklin Lakes Police Bust Underage Drinking Party, Charge 3 Franklin Lakes Police Bust Underage Drinking Party, Charge 3 Franklin Lakes Police Bust Underage Drinking Party, Charge 3
Franklin Lakes Police Bust Underage Drinking Party, Charge 3 FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. – Franklin Lakes police who crashed a party where underage drinkers were being served ended up charging three 18-year-olds. Responding to reports of a loud party on Trailing Ridge Road just after 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, police discovered several underage drinkers, Capt. John Bakelaar said. A resident, 18-year-old Dalton Graham, was charged with making alcohol available to underage drinkers, maintaining a nuisance and a borough noise violation, the captain said. Charged with underage consumption of alcohol were John Connelly of Franklin Lakes and Michelina Castro of Wayne, …

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Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Experts Give Garfield Seniors Primer On Avoiding Scams, Thanks To Police Experts Give Garfield Seniors Primer On Avoiding Scams, Thanks To Police Experts Give Garfield Seniors Primer On Avoiding Scams, Thanks To Police
Experts Give Garfield Seniors Primer On Avoiding Scams, Thanks To Police GARFIELD, N.J. -- With phone scams increasing in number and sophistication, a CPA and investigator from the IRS both offered tips to Garfield seniors on protecting themselves. Certified Public Accountant Howard Bookbinder and IRS Criminal Investigator Robert Glantz provided their expertise in the area of senior citizen scams during the Garfield Police Community Affairs Division's second Scam and Fraud Awareness Workshop at the Garfield Senior Center on Wednesday. Topics included grandparent scams, Medicare scams and various other types of fraud."Education is the key to prevention,"…

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Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Teaneck's Mexicali Live Rebranded As Standing-Room Music Hall Teaneck's Mexicali Live Rebranded As Standing-Room Music Hall Teaneck's Mexicali Live Rebranded As Standing-Room Music Hall
Teaneck's Mexicali Live Rebranded As Standing-Room Music Hall TEANECK, N.J. -- Teaneck's Mexicali Live is being rebranded as a mostly standing-room music hall -- with some reserved seats -- for local, regional and touring acts, it was announced Wednesday. The formal grand opening of new owners David and Alberta Gaskill's Debonair Music Hall is scheduled for Sept. 12, with a week of special shows promised to kick off what the Passaic County couple said was the Queen Anne Road venue's "new direction." “When we purchased Mexicali we saw an incredible venue that had an identity crisis,” said David Gaskill of Bloomingdale. “It was unclear to fans…

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah Tree Falls Onto Neighbor's House Mahwah Tree Falls Onto Neighbor's House Mahwah Tree Falls Onto Neighbor's House
Mahwah Tree Falls Onto Neighbor's House MAHWAH, N.J. -- A tree fell onto a Mahwah neighbor's attached garage Wednesday afternoon. No one was home when the Karen Drive tree toppled onto the single-family home, bringing police, firefighters and a building subcode official. The tree owner's fence and pool cabana were damaged, as well. An Orange & Rockland Electric crew handled utility repairs. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this article.

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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
CAUGHT! Police: Palisades Park Stalker Caught CAUGHT! Police: Palisades Park Stalker Caught CAUGHT! Police: Palisades Park Stalker Caught
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 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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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
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Slick Situation: Ridgewood Clean-Up Follows 55-Gallon Cooking Oil Spill Slick Situation: Ridgewood Clean-Up Follows 55-Gallon Cooking Oil Spill Slick Situation: Ridgewood Clean-Up Follows 55-Gallon Cooking Oil Spill
Slick Situation: Ridgewood Clean-Up Follows 55-Gallon Cooking Oil Spill RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- A thorough clean-up was needed after someone inadvertently knocked over a 55-gallon drum of cooking oil in a Ridgewood municipal parking lot Wednesday morning. Police, firefighters and sanitation workers responded along with members of the village Health and Engineering departments. A private contractor was then summoned to complete the job. The drum apparently was toppled by a refuse removal contractor trying to access a nearby trash container. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this report.

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Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Kinderkamack Road Utility Pole Crash In Park Ridge Downs Wires Onto Cars Kinderkamack Road Utility Pole Crash In Park Ridge Downs Wires Onto Cars Kinderkamack Road Utility Pole Crash In Park Ridge Downs Wires Onto Cars
Kinderkamack Road Utility Pole Crash In Park Ridge Downs Wires Onto Cars PARK RIDGE, N.J. -- A car slammed into a utility pole Tuesday night on Kinderkamack Road in Park Ridge, snapping it in two and downing live wires on the vehicle and another, police said. No one was injured in the 9:55 p.m. crash, Lt. Peter Mauro told Daily Voice early Wednesday. The car was headed northbound near Maple Terrace when it struck the pole on the east side of Kinderkamack Road, Mauro said. "The pole was cut in half and landed on the car, along with both the primary and secondary electrical feeder lines, which remained live," he said. A second vehicle headed southbound…

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Molotov Cocktail Tossed Into Fair Lawn Knights Of Columbus Prosecutor: Molotov Cocktail Tossed Into Fair Lawn Knights Of Columbus Prosecutor: Molotov Cocktail Tossed Into Fair Lawn Knights Of Columbus
Prosecutor: Molotov Cocktail Tossed Into Fair Lawn Knights Of Columbus FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- A manhunt was on for whoever threw "an incendiary device, more than likely a Molotov cocktail" through a window at the Fair Lawn Knights of Columbus building late Tuesday, igniting a brief fire, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal confirmed Wednesday morning. Grewal's Arson Investigations Squad was working the case, the prosecutor told Daily Voice. He couldn't confirm a report that someone who'd been ejected from an event at the hall earlier Tuesday night might have been responsible. No injuries were reported in the 11:15 p..m. blaze, which occurred while…

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