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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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Glen Rock PD: NY Driver Had 66 Bags Of Heroin, Syringes, Tourniquets Glen Rock PD: NY Driver Had 66 Bags Of Heroin, Syringes, Tourniquets Glen Rock PD: NY Driver Had 66 Bags Of Heroin, Syringes, Tourniquets
Glen Rock PD: NY Driver Had 66 Bags Of Heroin, Syringes, Tourniquets GLEN ROCK, N.J. – A New York State driver had 66 envelopes of heroin, two hypodermic syringes and two tourniquets to shoot up with when he was stopped on northbound Route 208, Glen Rock police said. Officer T.J. Graziani pulled over the car just after 3:15 p.m. Saturday, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. The driver, 32-year-old Joseph Durbin of Cuddebackville, NY had a brick of heroin with 50 envelopes of the drug, a bundle with 10 envelopes and a half-dozen loose ones, the chief said. Durbin was released on a summons charging him with various drug offenses.

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Garfield-Lodi, NJ
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Lodi PD: Brothers Busted In Drug Den Across From Elementary School Lodi PD: Brothers Busted In Drug Den Across From Elementary School Lodi PD: Brothers Busted In Drug Den Across From Elementary School
Lodi PD: Brothers Busted In Drug Den Across From Elementary School LODI, N.J. – Lodi detectives raided an apartment down the street from an elementary school early Tuesday, seizing marijuana, cash and drug-packaging materials, while arresting two brothers. A month-long undercover operation led to the 8 a.m. raid on Contant Avenue across from the Columbus Elementary School, Police Chief Vincent Quatrone said. “During the operation, detectives witnessed numerous transactions between various buyers and both suspects,” Quatrone said. Arrested were 26-year-old Lamar Joshua and 31-year-old Leslie Joshua, he said. Seized along with the pot and $900 in suspecte…

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
SEEN HIM? Paterson Express Bus Robber Caught On Video SEEN HIM? Paterson Express Bus Robber Caught On Video SEEN HIM? Paterson Express Bus Robber Caught On Video
Seen HIM? Paterson Express Bus Robber Caught On Video PATERSON, N.J. – Paterson police released video Tuesday of a man who they said drove off in an express bus after robbing the driver of $200 at knifepoint. The driver told police the robber pulled a "brass knuckles-type knife" on him before taking the cash and commandeering the bus around 2:50 a.m. June 1, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. The bus was later recovered in Paterson, he said. Speziale asked that anyone who sees the suspect, knows him or knows where to find him contact the Paterson Police Detective Bureau: (973) 321-1120.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Detectives Charge Couple With Edgewater Target Bomb Threat Detectives Charge Couple With Edgewater Target Bomb Threat Detectives Charge Couple With Edgewater Target Bomb Threat
Detectives Charge Couple With Edgewater Target Bomb Threat EDGEWATER, N.J. – An unemployed Cliffside Park man and a receptionist from Hawthorne were charged with calling in a bomb scare to the Target store in Edgewater, authorities said Tuesday. Shane Turner, 33, and Nina Walsh, 32, blocked caller ID to place the call last June 22, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. The caller said a bomb in the bathroom was set to go off at 7 p.m. that night, police told Daily Voice at the time. The Bergen County Sheriff's Bomb Squad and K-9 Unit searched the building and nothing was found, they said. Turner and Walsh surrendered to Grewal’s detecti…

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Off-Duty NJSP Trooper Helps Paterson Police Nab Teenage Armed Robbers Off-Duty NJSP Trooper Helps Paterson Police Nab Teenage Armed Robbers Off-Duty NJSP Trooper Helps Paterson Police Nab Teenage Armed Robbers
Off-Duty Njsp Trooper Helps Paterson Police Nab Teenage Armed Robbers PATERSON, N.J. -- An off-duty New Jersey State Police trooper helped Paterson police nab two teens moments after they robbed a woman at gunpoint -- their third holdup of the day, authorities said. Trooper Holland Mack summoned patrol units to 18th Avenue and East 24th Street shortly before 3 p.m. Monday as he followed the pair -- one 16, the other 17 -- after the robbery at 22nd Avenue and East 30th Street, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Officers Selba Perez, Angel Gonzalez, Eddie Pichardo and Andres Brea responded and took both into custody without incident, the director said. One w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Fortified Paterson Drug Den Had Locks, Crossbars, Cameras Police: Fortified Paterson Drug Den Had Locks, Crossbars, Cameras Police: Fortified Paterson Drug Den Had Locks, Crossbars, Cameras
Police: Fortified Paterson Drug Den Had Locks, Crossbars, Cameras PATERSON, N.J. -- A 67-year-old Paterson man was arrested after city police raided a ramshackle home that had reinforced doors with multiple locks and wooden crossbars, barred windows and a camera system covering all approaches, authorities said. Narcotics detectives seized more than 1,500 illegal prescription pills -- Percoset, Xanax and Oxycontin -- and arrested Jaime Zapata after the Oak Street raid, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Zapata was charged with various drug offenses and released pending a court hearing.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
PHOTOS: Fire Destroys Trailer At Opici Warehouse In Glen Rock PHOTOS: Fire Destroys Trailer At Opici Warehouse In Glen Rock PHOTOS: Fire Destroys Trailer At Opici Warehouse In Glen Rock
Photos: Fire Destroys Trailer At Opici Warehouse In Glen Rock GLEN ROCK, N.J. -- Flames incinerated a tractor-trailer outside the Opici wine warehouse in Glen Rock on Monday. No injuries were reported in the De Boer Drive blaze, which apparently was ignited by fallen utility wires, a responder at the scene said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Prosecutor: Upper Saddle River Man Had 40 Pounds Of Pot, $317,540 Drug Cash Prosecutor: Upper Saddle River Man Had 40 Pounds Of Pot, $317,540 Drug Cash Prosecutor: Upper Saddle River Man Had 40 Pounds Of Pot, $317,540 Drug Cash
Prosecutor: Upper Saddle River Man Had 40 Pounds Of Pot, $317,540 Drug Cash UPPER SADDLE RIVER, N.J. – Detectives seized 40 pounds of pot and $317,540 in suspected drug proceeds from an Upper Saddle River man whom they arrested along with an alleged buyer, authorities said Monday. Detectives searched the car, home and storage locations of 45-year-old William Echeverri after watching him conduct a drug deal in South Hackensack with  Brian Cohen, 43, of Scotch Plains, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. They found Cohen carrying an ounce of marijuana after stopping his vehicle and the rest at Echeverri’s locations, he said. The prosecutor estimated the s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Prosecutor: Wayne Hospital Pharmacy Tech Swapped Liquid For Fentanyl Prosecutor: Wayne Hospital Pharmacy Tech Swapped Liquid For Fentanyl Prosecutor: Wayne Hospital Pharmacy Tech Swapped Liquid For Fentanyl
Prosecutor: Wayne Hospital Pharmacy Tech Swapped Liquid For Fentanyl TOTOWA, N.J. – A pharmacy technician stole fentanyl from operating-room dispensing machines at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Wayne by swapping it out for a colorless solution, said authorities who arrested him. Jason D’Amico, 28, of Totowa was responsible for filling the Pyxis machines, which “are designed to dispense certain types of medications used during surgical procedures,” Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said Monday. D’Amico took the potentially-lethal pain killer from several vials, replacing it with the solution, Valdes said. He then returned the vials to the hospital pharm…

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Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Allendale PD: Teen Pair Caught Breaking Into Townhouse Clubhouse Allendale PD: Teen Pair Caught Breaking Into Townhouse Clubhouse Allendale PD: Teen Pair Caught Breaking Into Townhouse Clubhouse
Allendale PD: Teen Pair Caught Breaking Into Townhouse Clubhouse ALLENDALE, N.J. – Allendale police grabbed two high school students who they said broke into a townhouse development clubhouse before dawn. A neighbor called police after seeing the pair, wearing hooded sweatshirts, enter the Whitney At Allendale clubhouse around 3:30 a.m. Sunday, Police Chief George Scherb told Daily Voice. Sgt. Terrence Lawler and Officer Sean Hubbard responded and “saw signs of forced entry and movement inside,” Scherb said. As police were establishing a perimeter, the 18-year-old man and girl emerged, he said. The Ho-Ho-Kus adult was charged with burglary and criminal…

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