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

Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
5-Year-Old Monmouth County Girl, Dad Dead In GWB Crash 5-Year-Old Monmouth County Girl, Dad Dead In GWB Crash 5-Year-Old Monmouth County Girl, Dad Dead In GWB Crash
5-Year-Old Monmouth County Girl, Dad Dead In GWB Crash FORT LEE, N.J. (UPDATE) -- A 5-year-old Howell Township girl and her father were killed in a crash Wednesday night on the approach to the upper eastbound level of the George Washington Bridge in New York City, authorities told Daily Voice. A GMC Acadia with New Jersey license plates struck the rear of a truck that was stopped in the left lane under the apartments on the Washington Heights side of the bridge around 9 p.m., the authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. The crash killed young Marianna Pedercini and the SUV driver, 50-year-old Hector Pedercini, Pentangelo said. It injured three othe…

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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
5-Year-Old Monmouth County Girl, Dad Dead In GWB Crash 5-Year-Old Monmouth County Girl, Dad Dead In GWB Crash 5-Year-Old Monmouth County Girl, Dad Dead In GWB Crash
5-Year-Old Monmouth County Girl, Dad Dead In GWB Crash FORT LEE, N.J. (UPDATE) -- A 5-year-old Howell Township girl and her father were killed in a crash Wednesday night on the approach to the upper eastbound level of the George Washington Bridge in New York City, authorities told Daily Voice. A GMC Acadia with New Jersey license plates struck the rear of a truck that was stopped in the left lane under the apartments on the Washington Heights side of the bridge around 9 p.m., the authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. The crash killed young Marianna Pedercini and the SUV driver, 50-year-old Hector Pedercini, Pentangelo said. It injured three othe…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
5-Year-Old Monmouth County Girl, Dad Dead In GWB Crash 5-Year-Old Monmouth County Girl, Dad Dead In GWB Crash 5-Year-Old Monmouth County Girl, Dad Dead In GWB Crash
5-Year-Old Monmouth County Girl, Dad Dead In GWB Crash FORT LEE, N.J. (UPDATE) -- A 5-year-old Howell Township girl and her father were killed in a crash Wednesday night on the approach to the upper eastbound level of the George Washington Bridge in New York City, authorities told Daily Voice. A GMC Acadia with New Jersey license plates struck the rear of a truck that was stopped in the left lane under the apartments on the Washington Heights side of the bridge around 9 p.m., the authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. The crash killed young Marianna Pedercini and the SUV driver, 50-year-old Hector Pedercini, Pentangelo said. It injured three othe…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Carlstadt PD: Daily Voice Aid Leads To 2nd Arrest In Uber Robbery Carlstadt PD: Daily Voice Aid Leads To 2nd Arrest In Uber Robbery Carlstadt PD: Daily Voice Aid Leads To 2nd Arrest In Uber Robbery
Carlstadt PD: Daily Voice Aid Leads To 2nd Arrest In Uber Robbery CARLSTADT, N.J. – A second suspect in the beating robbery of an Uber driver was charged by Carlstadt police, who thanked a Daily Voice editor for helping make it possible. Kevin Galladay, 23 (above, left), had joined fellow Kearny resident Brandon C. Ryan in assaulting the driver in Carlstadt -- and then kicking and denting his door -- after sharing a ride with others from Mother’s Ale House in Wayne the night of May 12, Police Chief Thomas Nielsen said. Both then "turned around and returned after Ryan observed the driver attempting to use his cell phone to call 911," Nielsen said…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen Prosecutor's Detectives Find Stashed $300,000 Cash In Drug Stop Bergen Prosecutor's Detectives Find Stashed $300,000 Cash In Drug Stop Bergen Prosecutor's Detectives Find Stashed $300,000 Cash In Drug Stop
Bergen Prosecutor's Detectives Find Stashed $300,000 Cash In Drug Stop HACKENSACK, N.J. – Bergen County prosecutor’s detectives investigating an East Coast drug ring arrested a Bronx driver who they said had more than $300,000 hidden in a secret vehicle compartment. Gerald Flores, 47, was released pending court action on money laundering charges – more specifically: transporting or possessing property believed derived from criminal activity, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said after his arrest Tuesday in Hackensack. A June 28 first appearance was scheduled in Bergen County Central Judicial Processing Court. Grewal thanked the Bergen County Sheriff’…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Lodi Career Criminal Ordered Held After String Of Garfield Incidents Lodi Career Criminal Ordered Held After String Of Garfield Incidents Lodi Career Criminal Ordered Held After String Of Garfield Incidents
Lodi Career Criminal Ordered Held After String Of Garfield Incidents GARFIELD, N.J. -- It took only two weeks for a Lodi career criminal to swipe a purse from an employee at Applebee’s, break the window of a liquor store in a failed burglary attempt and snatch a $650 iPhone from an AT&T store, authorities said – only this time a judge ordered that he stay locked up until his cases are resolved. Detective Sgt. Thomas LaMantia identified 30-year-old Ryan Morgan as the River Drive AT&T store thief, Capt. Darren Sucorowski said Wednesday. Morgan was freed without bail after Garfield police charged him on June 6 with grabbing the purse of an employee at t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Your Community
New Fairview Council Member Sworn: 3rd Woman In Borough's 123 Years New Fairview Council Member Sworn: 3rd Woman In Borough's 123 Years New Fairview Council Member Sworn: 3rd Woman In Borough's 123 Years
New Fairview Council Member Sworn: 3rd Woman In Borough's 123 Years FAIRVIEW, N.J. -- Only the third woman in 123 years to hold a Fairview Borough Council seat was sworn in Tuesday night during a dignitary-studded ceremony. Violetta Berisha will serve out the unexpired three-year term of the late Councilman John Rossi, which began Jan. 1. "I look forward to working together with all of you to stabilize taxes, keep our streets safe and clean and work to improve the overall quality of life for all Fairview residents," Berisha told her colleagues after being sworn to office at Borough Hall by state Sen. Nicholas Sacco, who is also neighboring North B…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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'Lost' Newark 6 Might Have Been Casing Area For Cars, Tenafly Police Say 'Lost' Newark 6 Might Have Been Casing Area For Cars, Tenafly Police Say 'Lost' Newark 6 Might Have Been Casing Area For Cars, Tenafly Police Say
'Lost' Newark 6 Might Have Been Casing Area For Cars, Tenafly Police Say TENAFLY, N.J. – Tenafly police believe six Newark residents who claimed to be lost when an officer stopped the driver for having her vehicle's headlights off before dawn were casing neighborhoods for luxury cars to steal. Officer Brandon Moriarty pulled over the gray Nissan Sentra on County Road around 12:45 a.m. and quickly spotted the rear seat passengers not wearing seat belts, Capt. Michael deMoncada said. After the 20-year-old driver and her passengers gave conflicting stories, police found Alshadeem Greene, also 20, carrying more than four dozen folds of heroin, deMoncada said. He wa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn PD: Woman Finds Drug User Charged With Endangering Kids In Home Fair Lawn PD: Woman Finds Drug User Charged With Endangering Kids In Home Fair Lawn PD: Woman Finds Drug User Charged With Endangering Kids In Home
Fair Lawn PD: Woman Finds Drug User Charged With Endangering Kids In Home FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- A career petty criminal from Hackensack already charged with having his young son and months-old daughter in his car while he was carrying heroin earlier this spring was confronted by a Fair Lawn woman who found him in her home, authorities said. Daniel Reynoso of Hackensack told Fair Lawn police that "he was chased by two unknown [men] from Broadway and entered through the unlocked front door, then locked it behind him to get away," Sgt. Brian Metzler said. The woman confronted him and called the officers, who took Reynoso into custody Monday afternoon, charged…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson Police Seek Gunman In Street Shooting Paterson Police Seek Gunman In Street Shooting Paterson Police Seek Gunman In Street Shooting
Paterson Police Seek Gunman In Street Shooting PATERSON, N.J. -- A Paterson man was shot in the leg as dawn broke Wednesday morning, authorities said. The city's ShotSpotter Gunfire Detection system led officers to 12th Avenue and Auburn Street around 5 a.m., Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Although at first unable to find a victim, police located him near Straight and Governor Streets, Speziale said. The 35-year-old was taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, where the director said he was reported in stable condition. An investigation was continuing, he said. Speziale asked that anyone who saw something or has informatio…

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