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
NJ Senate Committee Recommends Assistant Passaic Prosecutor As Judge NJ Senate Committee Recommends Assistant Passaic Prosecutor As Judge NJ Senate Committee Recommends Assistant Passaic Prosecutor As Judge
NJ Senate Committee Recommends Assistant Passaic Prosecutor As Judge PATERSON, N.J. -- An assistant Passaic County prosecutor was recommended for approval as a Superior Court judge Monday by the state Senate Judiciary Committee in Trenton. LaToyia Jenkins of Butler was one of 14 judges nominated this go-round by Gov. Christie -- all of whom had no opposition. Jenkins, a Paterson Catholic Regional High School graduate, has been an assistant Passaic County prosecutor since 2002, currently handling domestic violence cases. Before that, the Rutgers Law School and Morgan State University graduate was with Sciro & Marotta in Paterson. She'd also worked as a s…

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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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Cliffside Park Crash Leaves Pole Tipped Over Intersection Cliffside Park Crash Leaves Pole Tipped Over Intersection Cliffside Park Crash Leaves Pole Tipped Over Intersection
Cliffside Park Crash Leaves Pole Tipped Over Intersection CLIFFSIDE PARK, N.J. -- A sedan driver was hospitalized Monday night after a crash with a pickup truck that toppled a mailbox and left a utility pole tipped precariously over a Cliffside Park street. Palisade Avenue remained closed as police awaited a PSE&G crew to replace or repair the pole, which tipped over the intersection in front of the Bank of New Jersey at Jersey Avenue. Southbound traffic was being detoured at Jersey Avenue and northbound traffic at Cliff Street. 

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgefield Park Man Admits $495,000 'Shotgun' Real Estate Scheme Ridgefield Park Man Admits $495,000 'Shotgun' Real Estate Scheme Ridgefield Park Man Admits $495,000 'Shotgun' Real Estate Scheme
Ridgefield Park Man Admits $495,000 'Shotgun' Real Estate Scheme RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J. – A Ridgefield Park man admitted in federal court in Newark on Monday that he used bogus information and simultaneous loan applications at various banks to fraudulently obtain home equity lines of credit -- a practice known as “shotgunning.” A U.S. District Court judge set an Oct. 10 sentencing date after Rafael Popoteur, 65, pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit bank fraud between 2012 and 2014, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick said. Popoteur said he conspired with Simon Curanaj and “to fraudulently obtain multiple home equity lines of credit (HELOCs) from…

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Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Missing Resident From Rutherford Assisted Living Facility Found In Philly Missing Resident From Rutherford Assisted Living Facility Found In Philly Missing Resident From Rutherford Assisted Living Facility Found In Philly
Missing Resident From Rutherford Assisted Living Facility Found 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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Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Landscapers Aid Washington Township Woman, 94, After Tree Hits House Landscapers Aid Washington Township Woman, 94, After Tree Hits House Landscapers Aid Washington Township Woman, 94, After Tree Hits House
Landscapers Aid Washington Township Woman, 94, After Tree Hits House WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- A 94-year-old Washington Township woman was doing laundry in her basement Monday afternoon when a backyard tree snapped in half and smashed through her kitchen and living room, responders said. The woman, who's lived in the Taylor Avenue home for nearly 60 years, wasn't injured, they said. She told responders that she ordinarily sits in the kitchen but fortunately wasn't there when the mishap occurred. "Her attic is now in her kitchen and living room," a neighbor said.

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
'Rocket' Rod From Burning Car Smashes Maywood Fire Truck Windshield 'Rocket' Rod From Burning Car Smashes Maywood Fire Truck Windshield 'Rocket' Rod From Burning Car Smashes Maywood Fire Truck Windshield
'Rocket' Rod From Burning Car Smashes Maywood Fire Truck Windshield MAYWOOD, N.J. -- A rod launched from a burning car engine whizzed past six Maywood firefighters before smashing the windshield of their truck Monday morning on Route 17. "That thing was like a rocket," Fire Lt. Roy DeYoung Jr. told Daily Voice. Firefighters were stretching a line from the truck to reach the blaze beneath the vehicle's hood and dashboard, DeYoung said. "We were 150 feet away and heard a pop. We thought it was a tire," he said. "Turns out it was an air piston shot from underneath the hood. "Those things have gone through fire gear before,"…

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Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
High Tension: Wallington Police Subdue Suicidal Man With 12-Inch Knife High Tension: Wallington Police Subdue Suicidal Man With 12-Inch Knife High Tension: Wallington Police Subdue Suicidal Man With 12-Inch Knife
High Tension: Wallington Police Subdue Suicidal Man With 12-Inch Knife WALLINGTON, N.J. -- A knife-wielding man was threatening to harm himself or someone else when a trio of Wallington police officers calmly subdued him and took him into custody, saving his life, authorities said Monday. Summoned to a Locust Avenue apartment by the 38-year-old troubled man's father, police found him "in an agitated state, complaining about his father, God, Jesus and Mary," Police Chief Carmelo Imbruglia said. He then "reached into a drawer and removed a 12-inch-long carving knife," Imbruglia said. Officer David Norris drew his service weapon and ordered t…

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Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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Franklin Lakes PD: Wanted Parolee Caught In Stolen Car After Brief Chase Franklin Lakes PD: Wanted Parolee Caught In Stolen Car After Brief Chase Franklin Lakes PD: Wanted Parolee Caught In Stolen Car After Brief Chase
Franklin Lakes PD: Wanted Parolee Caught In Stolen Car After Brief Chase FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. – Franklin Lakes police chased down and caught a wanted parolee who was behind the wheel of a stolen car, authorities said Monday. Officers Mark MacQuesten and Francis O’Brien were on Route 208 when they spotted the car, which had been reported stolen out of Newark last Thursday, around 11:15 p.m. Saturday, Capt. John Bakelaar said. A brief pursuit ended on Route 287 when the driver, 40-year-old Larry Simms of Asbury Park, voluntarily pulled over, the captain said. Simms, who was wanted on a parole violation, was being held in the Bergen County Jail pending a detentio…

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Glen Rock Drug Stop Nets Released Offenders, Heroin, Fentanyl Glen Rock Drug Stop Nets Released Offenders, Heroin, Fentanyl Glen Rock Drug Stop Nets Released Offenders, Heroin, Fentanyl
Glen Rock Drug Stop Nets Released Offenders, Heroin, Fentanyl GLEN ROCK, N.J. -- Glen Rock police arrested an East Bergen trio -- one of them an ex-con who's been caught and released several times since last fall -- during a traffic stop that they said turned up 31 bags of heroin, seven patches of fentanyl and four bags of cocaine. Officer John Tarantino pulled the car over on northbound Route 208 just after 4:30 a.m. Saturday, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Ackerman said Tarantino ended up arresting Danielle M. Monaco, 38, of Ridgefield for possession of the fentanyl. Monaco also was charged with possession of the other drugs and several residue-…

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Clifton PD: Passaic Gunman Seized, Aggressive Partiers Pepper-Sprayed Clifton PD: Passaic Gunman Seized, Aggressive Partiers Pepper-Sprayed Clifton PD: Passaic Gunman Seized, Aggressive Partiers Pepper-Sprayed
Clifton PD: Passaic Gunman Seized, Aggressive Partiers Pepper-Sprayed CLIFTON, N.J. -- Clifton police said they had to use pepper spray to quell several "irate and uncooperative" partygoers during a large weekend disturbance at a home where a handgun was shown. "Due to the aggressive behavior of some in attendance" at the Madison Avenue party around 11:30 p.m. Saturday, police deployed pepper spray and took two juveniles into custody for obstructing justice, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said Monday. No injuries were reported. Police identified the alleged gunman -- 18-year-old Elizjah T. Booker of Passaic -- and arrested him at his home e…

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