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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Hackensack, NJ
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Prosecutor: Hackensack Housekeeper Abused Girl Prosecutor: Hackensack Housekeeper Abused Girl Prosecutor: Hackensack Housekeeper Abused Girl
Prosecutor: Hackensack Housekeeper Abused Girl HACKENSACK, N.J. – A Hackensack housekeeper was charged with child abuse after a young girl came to school with an injured leg, authorities said. Maria Lema, 26, was arrested after Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal’s Special Victims Unit received a complaint from the state Division of Child Protection and Permanency, the prosecutor said Wednesday. Lema, a divorced Ecuadoran native, was released pending a July 10 first appearance in Bergen County Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack, he said.

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Moonachie PD: Scissor-Wielding Walmart Game Controller Thief Chased Down Moonachie PD: Scissor-Wielding Walmart Game Controller Thief Chased Down Moonachie PD: Scissor-Wielding Walmart Game Controller Thief Chased Down
Moonachie PD: Scissor-Wielding Walmart Game Controller Thief Chased Down MOONACHIE, N.J. – Moonachie police chased down a Paterson man moments after they said he was caught on surveillance video cutting security tags from video game controllers in the Teterboro Walmart that he then stuffed into his backpack. Responding to a call just before 4 p.m. Tuesday, Sgt. Jeffrey Napolitano spotted 22-year-old Donte Gaskin leaving the store, Police Chief Richard Behrens said. Gaskin took off across Route 46 into the parking lot of an industrial building on the other side of the highway, the chief said. Backup Officers Christopher Inserra, John Bussanich, Victor Migliorino…

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Paterson, NJ
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Passaic County Man Charged In $15M California-To-NJ Cocaine Deal Passaic County Man Charged In $15M California-To-NJ Cocaine Deal Passaic County Man Charged In $15M California-To-NJ Cocaine Deal
Passaic County Man Charged In $15M California-To-NJ Cocaine Deal PROSPECT PARK, N.J. – A Prospect Park man led a ring of conspirators – two of them Mexican nationals – caught trying to traffic more than 33 pounds of cocaine to New Jersey from California, federal authorities said. Luis Tomas Alba Urena, 53, who was arrested with the others in California, was ordered detained without bail by a federal judge in Newark on Wednesday, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick said. He identified the others as: Froylan “Froilan Gill” Gil Palomares, 39, and Javier Armando Cortes Quintal, 48, both Mexican nationals; Efrain “Ifrain Alcaras” Cardenas, 39, of Sunn…

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Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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Both Drivers, 4-Year-Old Boy Survive Rt. 208 Crash In Franklin Lakes Both Drivers, 4-Year-Old Boy Survive Rt. 208 Crash In Franklin Lakes Both Drivers, 4-Year-Old Boy Survive Rt. 208 Crash In Franklin Lakes
Both Drivers, 4-Year-Old Boy Survive Rt. 208 Crash In Franklin Lakes FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. -- Both drivers -- one from Fair Lawn, the other from Leonia -- and a 4-year-old boy survived a serious crash on northbound Route 208 Wednesday morning, Franklin Lakes police told Daily Voice. Jackie Nam of Leonia swerved her 2007 Honda Odyssey to avoid crashing with an unknown vehicle that she told police came into her lane just after 8:30 a.m., Capt. John Bakelaar said. Her vehicle then struck a 2005 Dodge Caravan driven by Stacie Geffner-Attiya of Fair Lawn, sending it off the roadway and over a curb, a patch of grass and a boulder, sending it airborne, Bakelaar sai…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Paterson PD: 3,240 Heroin Bags, .38 Special Seized In Raid, Six Arrested Paterson PD: 3,240 Heroin Bags, .38 Special Seized In Raid, Six Arrested Paterson PD: 3,240 Heroin Bags, .38 Special Seized In Raid, Six Arrested
Paterson PD: 3,240 Heroin Bags, .38 Special Seized In Raid, Six Arrested PATERSON, N.J. -- Drug detectives who zeroed in on a pair of Paterson heroin dealers ended up making six arrests and seizing 3,240 envelopes of heroin, a .38 Special and more than $1,600 in drug proceeds, authorities said Wednesday. City Narcotics Unit investigators set up outside The Oak low-rise apartment building at 484 E. 24th Street, then followed a car involved in a drug deal, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. They arrested two occupants from Pompton Plains -- identified as Scott Dudas, 18, and Hunter Delaney, 19 -- after finding them with nine bags of heroin stamped "Free El…

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Lyndhurst, NJ
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Family Thanks Volunteers Who Revived Deejay At Lyndhurst Fundraiser Family Thanks Volunteers Who Revived Deejay At Lyndhurst Fundraiser Family Thanks Volunteers Who Revived Deejay At Lyndhurst Fundraiser
Family Thanks Volunteers Who Revived Deejay At Lyndhurst Fundraiser LYNDHURST, N.J. – If any of a group of public servants from Lyndhurst ever feels down, they can recall the night they saved the life of a popular local deejay whose heart stopped, his grateful wife told them during a special awards presentation. Borough officials had already held their own ceremony, but Theresa and Dick Italiano wanted to do something special of their own for Nicholas and Paul Haggerty Jr., Dominic Rotundo, Isabella Maldonado and Charles Pelle. “If I had it within my power, I would grant each one of you a life that is worry-free, pain-free and carefree,” Theresa Italiano to…

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Paterson, NJ
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Paterson Police Coordinate Arrest In Mosque Burglary Paterson Police Coordinate Arrest In Mosque Burglary Paterson Police Coordinate Arrest In Mosque Burglary
Paterson Police Coordinate Arrest In Mosque Burglary PATERSON, N.J. -- Surveillance video that showed a burglar fruitlessly trying to crack open a safe in a Paterson mosque during Ramadan preparations helped produce charges against a local man, authorities said. Detectives Benny Ramos and Jason English developed a "person of interest" in the failed June 6 attempt at the Mevlana Camii mosque that was forwarded to patrol officers, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. This past weekend, Officers Jonathan Bustios, John Luizzi, and Evelyn Gonzalez stopped a car driven by 36-year-old Ala Abuawad and took him into custody, Speziale said. …

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Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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PHOTOS: Drivers, 4-Year-Old Boy Survive Route 208 Crash In Franklin Lakes PHOTOS: Drivers, 4-Year-Old Boy Survive Route 208 Crash In Franklin Lakes PHOTOS: Drivers, 4-Year-Old Boy Survive Route 208 Crash In Franklin Lakes
Photos: Drivers, 4-Year-Old Boy Survive Route 208 Crash In Franklin Lakes FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. -- Both drivers and a 4-year-old boy survived a serious crash on northbound Route 208 Wednesday morning, Franklin Lakes police told Daily Voice. Jackie Nam of Leonia swerved her 2007 Honda Odyssey to avoid crashing with an unknown vehicle that she told police came into her lane just after 8:30 a.m., Capt. John Bakelaar said. Her vehicle then struck a 2005 Dodge Caravan driven by Stacie Geffner-Attiya of Fair Lawn, sending it off the roadway and over a curb, a patch of grass and a boulder, sending it airborne, Bakelaar said. The Caravan hit two trees, then rolled over,…

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Fair Lawn Officers Who Rescued Women Trapped In Group Home Fire Honored Fair Lawn Officers Who Rescued Women Trapped In Group Home Fire Honored Fair Lawn Officers Who Rescued Women Trapped In Group Home Fire Honored
Fair Lawn Officers Who Rescued Women Trapped In Group Home Fire Honored FAIR LAWN, N.J. – Two Fair Lawn police officers who saved two women trapped on the second floor of a group home during a fire that killed two others were honored Tuesday night for their heroism. Flames blew through the upper story of the Berkshire Road home -- operated by the Alliance Against Homelessness of Bergen County -- just before midnight on Nov. 23, 2013. Using a wooden bedframe propped against the house, Officer Juan Rodriguez climbed to the second floor with help from Officers John Rovetto, Edward Egan and Luis Vasquez and got a 54-year-old resident out a window as flames roared b…

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Paramus, NJ
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River Edge Family Doctor, 79, Gets 41 Months For Taking $200G In Bribes River Edge Family Doctor, 79, Gets 41 Months For Taking $200G In Bribes River Edge Family Doctor, 79, Gets 41 Months For Taking $200G In Bribes
River Edge Family Doctor, 79, Gets 41 Months For Taking $200G In Bribes RIVER EDGE, N.J. -- A federal judge in Newark on Tuesday sentenced a 79-year-old River Edge family doctor to 41 months in prison for accepting $200,000 in bribes in exchange for test referrals. Jurors in March convicted Bernard Greenspan guilty of all 10 counts brought against him following just over four hours of deliberation after an 11-day trial. Greenspan was part of what Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick called "a long-running and elaborate scheme operated by Biodiagnostic Laboratory Services LLC (BLS), of Parsippany, its president and numerous associates. The U.S. Atto…

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