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.

Jerry DeMarco's Contributions

Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Tractor-Trailer Downs Utility Pole On Route 17 In Ramsey Tractor-Trailer Downs Utility Pole On Route 17 In Ramsey Tractor-Trailer Downs Utility Pole On Route 17 In Ramsey
Tractor-Trailer Downs Utility Pole On Route 17 In Ramsey RAMSEY, N.J. (UPDATE) -- Northbound Route 17 was partially reopened hours after a tractor-trailer struck a utility pole in front of Houlihan's in Ramsey. The 5:32 a.m. crash took down the transformer and pole, dragging cable lines across the highway, responders told Daily Voice. The driver was taken to the Valley Hospital with minor injuries. The right lane and the Lake Street exit remained closed past 9:30 a.m. as utility crews repaired the damage. GOT A PHOTO of the crash? Please send to (201) 943-2794 or [email protected]. 

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
PHOTOS: Jack-Knifed Tractor-Trailer Jams Route 17 In Wood-Ridge PHOTOS: Jack-Knifed Tractor-Trailer Jams Route 17 In Wood-Ridge PHOTOS: Jack-Knifed Tractor-Trailer Jams Route 17 In Wood-Ridge
Photos: Jack-Knifed Tractor-Trailer Jams Route 17 In Wood-Ridge WOOD-RIDGE, N.J. -- A jack-knifed tractor trailer backed up northbound traffic on Route 17 in Wood-Ridge Saturday afternoon. The afternoon crash also closed the northbound access ramp across from the Fiesta. The driver was uninjured, responders said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Fire Rescue, Cash Seizures, Major Arrests: Ridgefield Park's Finest Honored Fire Rescue, Cash Seizures, Major Arrests: Ridgefield Park's Finest Honored Fire Rescue, Cash Seizures, Major Arrests: Ridgefield Park's Finest Honored
Fire Rescue, Cash Seizures, Major Arrests: Ridgefield Park's Finest Honored RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J. – They pulled an elderly couple from their burning home, collared a quartet of muggers following a series of vicious attacks and helped produce a trio of attempted murder arrests in a nightclub shooting – for which several Ridgefield Park police officers were recently honored. Last year, village officers also: Chased down a drunk driver who hit two police cruisers with his vehicle; Seized more than $350,000 in suspected drug proceeds in a pair of routine traffic stops; Showed restraint in grabbing a street robber wielding a large kitchen knife after he'd terrorized se…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Passaic Sheriff: Officers Nab Ex-Con Trying To Ditch Loaded Gun Passaic Sheriff: Officers Nab Ex-Con Trying To Ditch Loaded Gun Passaic Sheriff: Officers Nab Ex-Con Trying To Ditch Loaded Gun
Passaic Sheriff: Officers Nab Ex-Con Trying To Ditch Loaded Gun PATERSON, N.J. -- Passaic County sheriff's officers took another gun off the streets of Paterson and arrested the ex-con who they said tried to ditch it when he saw them coming before dawn Saturday. Tamier Hedgeman, 25, threw the sliver handgun near a garbage can on the side of 25 Oak Street as he was approached by Officer Joseph Carmichael, who was part of a quality-of-life patrol, Sheriff Richard H.. Berdnik said. Hedgeman -- who has a previous felony conviction for aggravated assault -- then "walked away at a fast pace on Oak Street towards Madison Street," the sheriff said. C…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Heroin, Cash, Stolen Street Sign Found In Routine Rochelle Park Police Stop Heroin, Cash, Stolen Street Sign Found In Routine Rochelle Park Police Stop Heroin, Cash, Stolen Street Sign Found In Routine Rochelle Park Police Stop
Heroin, Cash, Stolen Street Sign Found In Routine Rochelle Park Police Stop ROCHELLE PARK, N.J. -- - A Rochelle Park police officer who stopped a car for having a cracked windshield and bald tires turned up heroin, prescription drugs, $1,600 in suspected drug proceeds -- and a stolen City of Paterson street sign, authorities said. Officer Brian Gallina could see the sign – stolen from East 23rd Street and 18th Avenue – through the rear window during Friday’s West Passaic Street stop, Lt. Dean Pinto told Daily Voice. On the front passenger seat were various prescription medications outside their original containers, he said. A search turned up the cash – “in denomi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Warehouse Fire Set By Paterson Man, 20, Authorities Charge Warehouse Fire Set By Paterson Man, 20, Authorities Charge Warehouse Fire Set By Paterson Man, 20, Authorities Charge
Warehouse Fire Set By Paterson Man, 20, Authorities Charge PATERSON, N.J. -- A fire that destroyed a mixed-use warehouse and three vehicles was deliberately started by a 20-year-old Paterson man who torched one of the cars – and was caught on surveillance video, authorities charged Friday. Nathan D. Santana entered one of the cars, parked at 97 East 20th Street, and set it on fire just before 6 a.m. last Saturday, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Fire Chief Michael Postorino said in a joint announcement. Flames spread to the two-story warehouse, which also contained an office and apartment whose lone tenant got out safely, t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Tenafly PD: Drunk Fort Lee Driver Crossed Yellow Lines, Nearly Hit Cars Tenafly PD: Drunk Fort Lee Driver Crossed Yellow Lines, Nearly Hit Cars Tenafly PD: Drunk Fort Lee Driver Crossed Yellow Lines, Nearly Hit Cars
Tenafly PD: Drunk Fort Lee Driver Crossed Yellow Lines, Nearly Hit Cars TENAFLY, N.J. – A Fort Lee driver was intoxicated when she crossed the double-yellow lines in a speeding car, nearly side-swiping several other vehicles, Tenafly police said. Officer Vincent Cooper stopped the black Jeep on Engle Street near Hudson Avenue after spotting it near East Clinton just before 11 p.m. June 5, Capt. Michael deMoncada said. Cooper took the driver, 36-year-old Joan Magee of Fort Lee, into custody after she failed several field sobriety tests, deMoncada said. At police headquarters, Magee “refused to provide a breath sample and was subsequently charged with speeding, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Masked Bandit Robs Oxy From Hackensack Pharmacy Police: Masked Bandit Robs Oxy From Hackensack Pharmacy Police: Masked Bandit Robs Oxy From Hackensack Pharmacy
Police: Masked Bandit Robs Oxy From Hackensack Pharmacy HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Hackensack police were looking for a robber who threatened a clerk and fled a local drug store with Oxycodone pills just after noon on Friday. The tall, white or Hispanic robber had his face covered and displayed either a knife or scissors to hold up J&J Pharmacy on State Street, Capt. Patrick Coffey said. The cleark "handed over an undetermined amount of Oxycodone pills in a white plastic bag," and the robber "fled the store in a smaller white SUV-style vehicle last seen heading south on State Street," Coffey said. He asked that anyone who saw s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson Detectives Seize Loaded Gun, 300+ Heroin Bags, Two Suspects Paterson Detectives Seize Loaded Gun, 300+ Heroin Bags, Two Suspects Paterson Detectives Seize Loaded Gun, 300+ Heroin Bags, Two Suspects
Paterson Detectives Seize Loaded Gun, 300+ Heroin Bags, Two Suspects PATERSON, N.J. -- Paterson drug detectives grabbed a handgun and more than 300 bags of heroin while busting two men, authorities said. A concerned citizen turned investigators' attention to 376 E. 28th Street, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Seeing them coming, a suspect ran into a store at the corner of East 28th Street and 10th Avenue, a known drug dealing hangout, he said. Further investigation led to the arrests of Nyja Dejesus, 20, and 18-year-old Hudhaifa Johnson, the director said. Johnson was charged with possession of a Smith & Wesson .40-caliber handgun, with ten live r…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
VIDEO: Car Nearly Hits Cross-Walking Ridgewood Pedestrians VIDEO: Car Nearly Hits Cross-Walking Ridgewood Pedestrians VIDEO: Car Nearly Hits Cross-Walking Ridgewood Pedestrians
Video: Car Nearly Hits Cross-Walking Ridgewood Pedestrians RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- A Waldwick driver's dashboard camera captured video of a speeding motorist blowing a red light and coming close to hitting a pair of pedestrians in a Ridgewood crosswalk. "I only wish my camera could have picked up the [license] plate," said Russell Hauptman, who recorded the incident at North Maple and East Ridgewood avenues around 5 p.m. Thursday. Because it didn't, Hauptman considered it more "a cautionary tale" than reason to report it to police. "People need to pay more attention," he said. "Everyone is in a giant rush." Pos…

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