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
Paterson Charter Schoolteacher Accused Of Sexual Relationship With Girl, 14 Paterson Charter Schoolteacher Accused Of Sexual Relationship With Girl, 14 Paterson Charter Schoolteacher Accused Of Sexual Relationship With Girl, 14
Paterson Charter Schoolteacher Accused Of Sexual Relationship With Girl, 14 PATERSON, N.J. – A former Paterson charter school teacher had an “inappropriate sexual relationship” with a 14-year-old female student, authorities charged. Vincent McDuffie, 48, formerly a teacher at Community Charter School of Paterson, remained held without bail in the county jail, charged with aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual contact and child endangerment. McDuffie and the girl had the relationship between June 2016 and May 2017, according to an investigation that initially began with Paterson police and continued with the Special Victims Unit of th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
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Drunken Garfield Burglar, 63, Caught Fleeing Scene On Scooter, Police Say Drunken Garfield Burglar, 63, Caught Fleeing Scene On Scooter, Police Say Drunken Garfield Burglar, 63, Caught Fleeing Scene On Scooter, Police Say
Drunken Garfield Burglar, 63, Caught Fleeing Scene On Scooter, Police Say GARFIELD, N.J. – A drunken 63-year-old burglar tried fleeing on a motor scooter, said Garfield police who arrested him. William Lyons of Garfield was carrying three window screens and a weed wacker that he’d just swiped from a Morris Avenue garage when Detective Dennis Serritella spotted him riding the scooter at the corner of Jewell Street and Pacific Avenue, Capt. Darren Sucorowski said. He was also “highly intoxicated,” Sucorowski said. Lyons was taken to Bergen Regional Medical Center to detox. Police charged him with burglary, theft and possession of burglar tools. Police in 2013 cha…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Tactical Unit Storms Home Of Garfield Man With Police Assault History Tactical Unit Storms Home Of Garfield Man With Police Assault History Tactical Unit Storms Home Of Garfield Man With Police Assault History
Tactical Unit Storms Home Of Garfield Man With Police Assault History GARFIELD, N.J. – A Garfield man with a history of assaulting police barricaded himself in his apartment for 2½ hours before tactical officers stormed in and arrested him, authorities said. Officer Nicholas Kopacz pulled over a white Honda Accord driven by 42-year-old Spencer Dearing on Cambridge Avenue near the intersection of Monroe Street just after 2:30 a.m. Friday, Capt. Darren Sucorowski said. Dearing stopped the car, then put it in reverse, hitting Kopacz’s police cruiser, Sucorowski said. He then got out and ran into his home on Monroe Street despite several commands to stop, the ca…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority PD: GWB Driver Had License Plate Swiped From NY Dealer Port Authority PD: GWB Driver Had License Plate Swiped From NY Dealer Port Authority PD: GWB Driver Had License Plate Swiped From NY Dealer
Port Authority PD: GWB Driver Had License Plate Swiped From NY Dealer FORT LEE, N.J. -- Port Authority police at the George Washington Bridge arrested a Pennsylvania driver  who they said had a dealer's license plate reported stolen out of Orange County, N.Y. Officers stopped 60-year-old Kevenne U. Parchment at the lower-level toll plaza Thursday morning because it didn't have a front license plate, the authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. After discovering that Parchment didn't have a registration for the car, officers learned that the rear plate had been reported stolen from Heim Auto Auction in Newburgh, N.Y. in February 2016. Parchment, of Tannersville, w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgewood Police Investigate Theft Of $1,200 Silver Container From Church Ridgewood Police Investigate Theft Of $1,200 Silver Container From Church Ridgewood Police Investigate Theft Of $1,200 Silver Container From Church
Ridgewood Police Investigate Theft Of $1,200 Silver Container From Church RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- Someone stole a silver container worth $1,200 from a Ridgewood church, police said. Known as a cruet, it holds water for the Eucharist portion of Mass. Authorities didn't identify the Cottage Place church by name but said that detectives were investigating.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Prospect Park Man Gets 34 Years In Sex Assaults On Girls: 12, 14, 15 Prospect Park Man Gets 34 Years In Sex Assaults On Girls: 12, 14, 15 Prospect Park Man Gets 34 Years In Sex Assaults On Girls: 12, 14, 15
Prospect Park Man Gets 34 Years In Sex Assaults On Girls: 12, 14, 15 PROSPECT PARK, N.J. -- A 43-year-old Prospect Park man was sentenced in Paterson on Friday to 34 years in prison for sexually assaulting three girls – ages 12, 14 and 15 – who are the children of family friends. Superior Court Judge Adam E. Jacobs sentenced Santos Granados to consecutive prison terms of 25 years for an aggravated sexual assault conviction and two 4-year sentences for child endangerment. “Each of the three sentences run consecutive to each other, meaning that [Granados] must complete one sentence before beginning the other two sentences,” Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Brothers Nabbed By East Bergen Task Force In Cliffside Park Burglaries Brothers Nabbed By East Bergen Task Force In Cliffside Park Burglaries Brothers Nabbed By East Bergen Task Force In Cliffside Park Burglaries
Brothers Nabbed By East Bergen Task Force In Cliffside Park Burglaries CLIFFSIDE PARK, N.J. – A multi-departmental burglary task force investigating an eastern Bergen County burglary spree arrested two brothers moments after a Cliffside Park home break-in, authorities said Saturday. Tyrone Goins, 37, of Hackensack and his brother, 32-year-old Travis Goins of Englewood, were circling the same Cliffside Park blocks for awhile on Thursday night when detectives confirmed a burglary on Washington Avenue and took them into custody, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. Members of the ad hoc squad included police detectives from Fort Lee, Paramus, Cliffside…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Rochelle Park: Are You Prepared For A Hurricane Or Flood? Rochelle Park: Are You Prepared For A Hurricane Or Flood? Rochelle Park: Are You Prepared For A Hurricane Or Flood?
Rochelle Park: Are You Prepared For A Hurricane Or Flood? ROCHELLE PARK, N.J. -- With the advent of hurricane and flood season, Rochelle Park emergency management officials conducted an information session for nearly 100 residents and responders. Topics included what to do before, during and after a flood, the new FEMA flood plain map and how to obtain elevation certificates. OEM Director Pete Donatello and other officials also provided information on evacuation procedures and how to receive emergency alerts through Swift Reach and Nixle, emergency notification system messaging and reverse 911. Wednesday night's event at the senior center on Wes…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
SEE ANYTHING? Masked Gunmen Tried To Rob Her, Says Clifton Woman, 21 SEE ANYTHING? Masked Gunmen Tried To Rob Her, Says Clifton Woman, 21 SEE ANYTHING? Masked Gunmen Tried To Rob Her, Says Clifton Woman, 21
SEE Anything? Masked Gunmen Tried To Rob Her, Says Clifton Woman, 21 CLIFTON, N.J. -- Clifton police sought the public's help finding two men who a 21-year-old city woman said were wearing masks when they pushed her against a light pole and pressed a handgun to her side in a robbery attempt. The woman told police the bandits ran off without taking anything after accosting her on Grace Avenue near Getty Avenue around 1:30 a.m. Friday, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. They headed toward Clifton Avenue, the woman told police. Anyone who saw anything suspicious in that area around that time or has information about the incident is asked to contact Clifton pol…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
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SEEN HER? Lyndhurst Police Seek Help Finding Car Burglar SEEN HER? Lyndhurst Police Seek Help Finding Car Burglar SEEN HER? Lyndhurst Police Seek Help Finding Car Burglar
Seen HER? Lyndhurst Police Seek Help Finding Car Burglar LYNDHURST, N.J. -- Lyndhurst police turned to the public for help finding a woman who they said burglarized a vehicle. The woman was wanted for questioning in connection with a May 18 theft in Bergen County Park North, police said. They asked that anyone who knows or recognizes her to contact the department's Criminal Investigations Division: (201) 939-2900, ext. 2740 -- or remain anonymous at (201) 804-9346. Or email: [email protected].

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