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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Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
VIDEO: Flames Ravage Vacant Garfield Home VIDEO: Flames Ravage Vacant Garfield Home VIDEO: Flames Ravage Vacant Garfield Home
Video: Flames Ravage Vacant Garfield Home GARFIELD, N.J. -- Flames ravaged the upper floor of a vacant Garfield home Tuesday afternoon. No one was injured in the Schley Street blaze, which broke out in the rear between the roof and second floor, responders said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
VIDEO: Adults, Children Hospitalized After SUVs Crash In Ridgewood VIDEO: Adults, Children Hospitalized After SUVs Crash In Ridgewood VIDEO: Adults, Children Hospitalized After SUVs Crash In Ridgewood
Video: Adults, Children Hospitalized After SUVs Crash In Ridgewood RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- Two adults and three children were hospitalized with what Ridgewood responders said weren't life-threatening injuries after a Land Rover was knocked on its side in a crash Tuesday afternoon. Both the Land Rover and Lexus SUV were removed by flatbed tow trucks after the crash at Kenilworth and Laurel roads. Ridgewood police, firefighters and EMS workers responded, along with Glen Rock police. Firefighters cleaned up a fluid spill. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this story.

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
Pair In Stop Had Heroin, Pot Stashed In Car, Socks, Wanaque Police Charge Pair In Stop Had Heroin, Pot Stashed In Car, Socks, Wanaque Police Charge Pair In Stop Had Heroin, Pot Stashed In Car, Socks, Wanaque Police Charge
Pair In Stop Had Heroin, Pot Stashed In Car, Socks, Wanaque Police Charge WANAQUE, N.J. -- Two men stopped by Wanaque police had pot and heroin hidden in their car -- and stuffed into the passenger's socks, authorities said Tuesday. Officer John Galinus stopped the vehicle for an equipment violation on Ringwood Avenue near Conklintown Road just after midnight June 14, Capt. Ken Fackina said. Galinus was talking with the driver when he smelled raw pot from inside the car, then noticed the passenger "moving around a lot and appearing very nervious," he said. Officer James Cappello and Sgt. Kevin LaCouture responded as backups, after which some of the dru…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Missing Rutherford Assisted Living Facility Resident Turns Up -- In Philly Missing Rutherford Assisted Living Facility Resident Turns Up -- In Philly Missing Rutherford Assisted Living Facility Resident Turns Up -- In Philly
Missing Rutherford Assisted Living Facility Resident Turns Up -- In Philly A man who went missing from a Rutherford assisted living facility turned up more than 100 miles away -- in Philadelphia -- and was due to be returned after a medical checkup, police said Tuesday. Thomas Straus, 44, who was carrying cash when he went missing on Friday, "may have hopped on a bus in Hackensack and wound up in a facility where he was previously housed many years ago," Capt. Patrick Feliciano told Daily Voice. Rutherford Police Sgt. Kevin Scannell contacted the 14th Precinct in Philadelphia, which dispatched Officer Alfonzo Brown to the Spears Personal Care Home on Wes…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Lodi Owner's Gun Accidentally Discharges, Alarming Neighbors Lodi Owner's Gun Accidentally Discharges, Alarming Neighbors Lodi Owner's Gun Accidentally Discharges, Alarming Neighbors
Lodi Owner's Gun Accidentally Discharges, Alarming Neighbors LODI, N.J. -- No serious injuries or charges resulted after a Lodi man's gun discharged, startling neighbors, while he was cleaning it Tuesday morning, police told Daily Voice. The man received medical attention but was OK following the 9 a.m. incident at a Kimming Avenue housing complex, Lt. Robert Salerno said. The gun, which the lieutenant said is legally registered, apparently slipped from the man's hands, he said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Washington Township Boy, 4, In Remission Shows Firefighters Who's Chief Washington Township Boy, 4, In Remission Shows Firefighters Who's Chief Washington Township Boy, 4, In Remission Shows Firefighters Who's Chief
Washington Township Boy, 4, In Remission Shows Firefighters Who's Chief WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- A 4-year-old Washington Township boy who captured first responders' hearts had firefighters in stitches when, as Chief of the Day, he ordered one of them to clean the firehouse bathrooms. Alex Hammer also got to supervise his 9-year-old sister, Alanna, who was named deputy chief. "He was giving orders and taking names," their grandmother, Chris Ragusa, told Daily Voice. "He had a ball." A fire truck pulled up to the Hammer home early Monday with sirens blaring. Grinning from ear to ear, Alex -- who was diagnosed last November with T-cell ly…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
Wanaque PD: Motorcyclist Hospitalized In Crash Was Unlicensed, Uninsured Wanaque PD: Motorcyclist Hospitalized In Crash Was Unlicensed, Uninsured Wanaque PD: Motorcyclist Hospitalized In Crash Was Unlicensed, Uninsured
Wanaque PD: Motorcyclist Hospitalized In Crash Was Unlicensed, Uninsured WANAQUE, N.J. (UPDATE) -- Wanaque police on Tuesday identified an unlicensed and uninsured motorcyclist who was injured in a crash last week as an Easton, PA man. Responders used a leg tourniquet on Philip Dimitrijevic, 23, to control the bleeding after the 9:14 p.m. crash at the intersection of Ringwood Avenue and Conklintown Road last Thursday, Capt. Kenneth Fackina said. He was transported to Morristown Medical Center for treatment, the captain said. "The last information received was that he was in stable condition," Fackin added. From witness accounts, it that 23-year-Nicho…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
Wanaque PD: Sleeping Man Busted For Heroin Claimed To Be Uber Driver Wanaque PD: Sleeping Man Busted For Heroin Claimed To Be Uber Driver Wanaque PD: Sleeping Man Busted For Heroin Claimed To Be Uber Driver
Wanaque PD: Sleeping Man Busted For Heroin Claimed To Be Uber Driver WANAQUE, N.J. -- A Garfield man who claimed to be an Uber driver was found slumped over the wheel of his car after injecting heroin, Wanaque police said Tuesday. Gabriel Bernard, 24 -- who'd been arrested on drug charges in Maywood two months ago -- told officers who found him parked on Furnace Avenue just after 9:30 p.m. Sunday that he "was an Uber driver and was resting," Capt. Kenneth Fackina said. Police couldn't determine whether he was telling the truth, Fackina said. He later "admitted to injecting heroin about an hour earlier and being in possession of heroin and syr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Rochelle Park PD: Philly Pair Stopped On Route 17 Had Heroin, Stolen Phones Rochelle Park PD: Philly Pair Stopped On Route 17 Had Heroin, Stolen Phones Rochelle Park PD: Philly Pair Stopped On Route 17 Had Heroin, Stolen Phones
Rochelle Park PD: Philly Pair Stopped On Route 17 Had Heroin, Stolen Phones ROCHELLE PARK, N.J. – A tailgating stop by a Rochelle Park police officer on Route 17 led to the discovery of five packages of heroin, as well as two cellphones stolen from the Teterboro Costco, and the arrests of two Philadelphia men, authorities said. Officer Jared Shatkin spotted the black Nissan with Pennsylvania license plates on the northbound highway just after 2:30 p.m. Monday. While speaking with both occupants, Shatkin smelled burnt marijuana from inside the car, said Lt. Dean Pinto, who arrived soon after. Interviewed separately, the pair “provided conflicting stories as to thei…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen Sheriff: Laid-Off County Police Could've Kept Jobs With Pay Cuts Bergen Sheriff: Laid-Off County Police Could've Kept Jobs With Pay Cuts Bergen Sheriff: Laid-Off County Police Could've Kept Jobs With Pay Cuts
Bergen Sheriff: Laid-Off County Police Could've Kept Jobs With Pay Cuts HACKENSACK, N.J. – Layoffs of what were once Bergen County Police officers could have been avoided if union leaders had allowed members to vote on a revised proposal aimed at keeping them employed, Sheriff Michael Saudino said. Twenty-six law enforcement officers with the reconstituted Bureau of Police Services were laid off Monday, and 11 more were demoted, according to PBA Local 49 President Chris Weston. Saudino said union leadership “failed in three attempts to halt the approved layoffs through the courts” and the New Jersey Civil Service Commission, yet he “agreed to three separate del…

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