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
PHOTOS: Firefighters Douse Clifton House Blaze PHOTOS: Firefighters Douse Clifton House Blaze PHOTOS: Firefighters Douse Clifton House Blaze
Photos: Firefighters Douse Clifton House Blaze CLIFTON, N.J. -- No injuries were reported in a two-alarm Clifton house fire Monday morning. A neighbor helped a woman and her 2-year-old daughter escape the 5:45 a.m. blaze at 31 Barrington Avenue unscathed, fire officials told northjersey.com. The fire was declared under control by 7:30 a.m. Paterson firefighters joined their colleagues at the scene. FULL STORY:  http://www.northjersey.com/story/news/passaic/clifton/2017/06/26/firefighters-battling-two-alarm-blaze-clifton/427706001/ MORE PHOTOS: https://www.facebook.com/elbachateroblanco

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Your Community
John Legend, Chrissy Teigen Grab Ices In Glen Rock John Legend, Chrissy Teigen Grab Ices In Glen Rock John Legend, Chrissy Teigen Grab Ices In Glen Rock
John Legend, Chrissy Teigen Grab Ices In Glen Rock GLEN ROCK, N.J. — An employee at Rita's Italian Ice in Glen Rock got the surprise of her life on Sunday. Singer-songwriter John Legend and model wife Chrissy Teigen stopped in for ices. The couple is in the area for Legend's upcoming shows at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday and Wednesday.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Shots Fired In Clifton Street Robbery Shots Fired In Clifton Street Robbery Shots Fired In Clifton Street Robbery
Shots Fired In Clifton Street Robbery CLIFTON, N.J. -- Shots were fired when two men mugged another on a Clifton street before dawn this weekend, authorities said Monday. The 24-year-old city resident was standing in the area of Parker and Highland avenues around 2:30 a.m. Saturday when the robbers -- described as Hispanic and in their 20s -- grabbed him by the neck and punched and kicked him in the face, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. One of them then pulled a handgun from his waistband and pointed it at the victim, Bracken said. Several shots were fired at one point, he said, adding that there were no indictations that …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Unsung Heroes: Glen Rock Crossing Guards Honored Unsung Heroes: Glen Rock Crossing Guards Honored Unsung Heroes: Glen Rock Crossing Guards Honored
Unsung Heroes: Glen Rock Crossing Guards Honored GLEN ROCK, N.J. -- A group of unsung Glen Rock heroes and heroines were honored after the last day of school: Borough crossing guards were treated to a luncheon. Victor Quinn hosted the event at his Glen Rock Inn. "Adult school crossing guards, first established in Glen Rock during the early 1950s, play an important role in the lives of our schoolchildren," Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. "They help them safely cross the street at key locations." FROM LEFT: Noreen Egan, Barbara Northway, Alaistar Northway, Marion Kuchar, Jim Lane, Joyce Stahl, Mayor Bruce Packer, Bill…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Bogota PD: North Carolina Mover For Hire Swipes 3 Guns Bogota PD: North Carolina Mover For Hire Swipes 3 Guns Bogota PD: North Carolina Mover For Hire Swipes 3 Guns
Bogota PD: North Carolina Mover For Hire Swipes 3 Guns BOGOTA, N.J. -- A North Carolina man hired as a mover was arrested by Bogota police, who said he swiped three guns from the victim. Jamil S. Hicks, 38, of Wilmington, NC was carrying one of the handguns in his waistband when police arrested him Saturday night on River Road, Sgt. Geoffrey Cole told Daily Voice. Hicks, Cole said, "rifled through the property of a person who hired him to help them move" and took a .45 Glock, a 9mm Sig Sauer and .38 Ruger. He was charged with illegal weapons possession and ordered held in the Bergen County Jail pending a detention hearing in Central …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen Jail Inmate Charged In Brutal Beating Of Reggae Legend's Son Bergen Jail Inmate Charged In Brutal Beating Of Reggae Legend's Son Bergen Jail Inmate Charged In Brutal Beating Of Reggae Legend's Son
Bergen Jail Inmate Charged In Brutal Beating Of Reggae Legend's Son HACKENSACK, N.J. — Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino said Friday that his office charged a Queens man awaiting trial in a home invasion gone awry with a brutal jailhouse beating that left the son of the late reggae star Peter Tosh in a coma. Kyrie Baum, 40, of Maspeth, was charged with aggravated assault in an attempt to purposefully, knowingly and recklessly cause bodily injury to Jawara McIntosh on Feb. 21 at the county jail in Hackensack. Daily Voice earlier Friday published a story about McIntosh's family seeking a federal investigation into the beating, which Saudino said happened …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority PD: New Milford Motorist Owed $41,200 In Tolls, Fees Port Authority PD: New Milford Motorist Owed $41,200 In Tolls, Fees Port Authority PD: New Milford Motorist Owed $41,200 In Tolls, Fees
Port Authority PD: New Milford Motorist Owed $41,200 In Tolls, Fees FORT LEE, N.J. -- A New Milford motorist caught trying to duck a George Washington Bridge E-ZPass booth Friday morning owed $41,200 in unpaid tolls and fees, Port Authority police told Daily Voice. Officer Leonel Gonzales stopped Osigbemhe Coombs, 37, after he drove his 2009 Toyota Camry through the lower-level lane without paying just after 9 a.m., the authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. A computer check found 642 open violations, he said. Coombs, a Brooklyn native, was released pending a July 7 appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Dumont PD: Pennsylvania Man Nabbed With 400 Bags Of Heroin For Sale Dumont PD: Pennsylvania Man Nabbed With 400 Bags Of Heroin For Sale Dumont PD: Pennsylvania Man Nabbed With 400 Bags Of Heroin For Sale
Dumont PD: Pennsylvania Man Nabbed With 400 Bags Of Heroin For Sale DUMONT, N.J. -- As police watched, a Pennsylvania man headed to a drug deal dumped 400 bags of heroin in a planter on a local Dumont street, authorities said Friday. Dumont Detective Luke Totten, assisted by his borough colleagues and investigators from the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office, moved in and took 30-year-old Engelbert Nunez of Wilkes-Barre, PA into custody. Totten, who received information that Nunez planned to sell 400 bags of heroin, set up surveillance and was watching as Nunez parked his 2001 Ford Taurus station wagon in a lot at the corner of Madison Avenue and Brook Stree…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Jailed Reggae Legend's Son Beaten Into Coma After 65½-Pound Mahwah Pot Bust Jailed Reggae Legend's Son Beaten Into Coma After 65½-Pound Mahwah Pot Bust Jailed Reggae Legend's Son Beaten Into Coma After 65½-Pound Mahwah Pot Bust
Jailed Reggae Legend's Son Beaten Into Coma After 65½-Pound Mahwah Pot Bust HACKENSACK, N.J. (UPDATE) -- Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino said Friday that his office charged a Queens man awaiting trial in a home invasion gone awry with a brutal jailhouse beating that left the son of the late reggae star Peter Tosh in a coma. SEE: https://hackensack.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/bergen-jail-inmate-charged-in-brutal-beating-of-reggae-legends-son/714811/ PREVIOUS STORY: The family of legendary reggae artist Peter Tosh's son wants the U.S. Justice Department to investigate a brutal beating by a fellow inmate at the Bergen County Jail while serving a six-month senten…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen Officials Seek Volunteers To Help Domestic Violence Victims Bergen Officials Seek Volunteers To Help Domestic Violence Victims Bergen Officials Seek Volunteers To Help Domestic Violence Victims
Bergen Officials Seek Volunteers To Help Domestic Violence Victims HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Volunteers are being sought to help domestic violence victims in Bergen County. Local police and the Bergen County Department of Human Services are recruiting the volunteers for a regional team that will respond to victims of domestic violence at police departments across the county. "Volunteers from the community are trained to offer necessary information and referrals to victims at a time when they need it most," County Executive Jim Tedesco said. Applicants must agree to a criminal background check, urine test, fingerprinting and a 40-hour training seminar…

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