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

Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Wayne PD: Victoria's Secret Shoplifter Had Stun Gun, Six Warrants Wayne PD: Victoria's Secret Shoplifter Had Stun Gun, Six Warrants Wayne PD: Victoria's Secret Shoplifter Had Stun Gun, Six Warrants
Wayne PD: Victoria's Secret Shoplifter Had Stun Gun, Six Warrants WAYNE, N.J. -- A Victoria's Secret shoplifter wanted on six warrants not only had $660 worth of stolen merchandise on her -- she was also carrying a stun gun, Wayne police said Friday. Jasmine Cobb, 30, of Newark snatched 16 items while "wandering the store" at the Willowbrook Mall late Thursday, Capt. Laurence Martin said. Officers who detained her also found her carrying the Cheetah brand weapon, he said. Cobb, who was taken into custody, was already wanted on a warrant out of Wayne, as well as three out of Elizabeth and one each out of Tinton Falls and East Hanover, the captai…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
PHOTOS: Law Enforcement Torch Run Through Bergen, Passaic Draws Cheers PHOTOS: Law Enforcement Torch Run Through Bergen, Passaic Draws Cheers PHOTOS: Law Enforcement Torch Run Through Bergen, Passaic Draws Cheers
Photos: Law Enforcement Torch Run Through Bergen, Passaic Draws Cheers Among thousands of participants in the 34th Annual Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run early Friday were a special group of youngsters from Ridgefield Park. "The children had a great time -- and so did everyone," Alison Butler, a teacher's assistant at Lincoln Elementary School, told Daily Voice. The 21 young participants -- joined by a dozen adults -- range from first to 6th grade, said Butler, who raised $1,300 for the cause. They ran alongside Bogota police and other community members on their local leg of the run, which made its way through North Jersey on a sun-splas…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
Wanaque PD Seeks Witnesses After Pedestrian, 67, Is Struck Wanaque PD Seeks Witnesses After Pedestrian, 67, Is Struck Wanaque PD Seeks Witnesses After Pedestrian, 67, Is Struck
Wanaque PD Seeks Witnesses After Pedestrian, 67, Is Struck WANAQUE, N.J. -- Wanaque police had blood taken for testing from a 39-year-old Haskell driver after her car struck a 67-year-old pedestrian from town. The victim was struck as she crossed Ringwood Avenue and Doty Road around 11:20 a.m. Thursdsay, Capt. Kenneth Fackina said. "Witnesses at the scene indicated the pedestrian stepped out in front of the vehicle and the driver did not have time to stop," Fackina said Friday. The victim was alert and conscious while being taken to Morristown Memorial Hospital with head trauma and other injuries, the captain said. Officers, meanwhile, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Bergenfield PD: Spree Netted 19-Year-Old Burglar $95,000 In Valuables Bergenfield PD: Spree Netted 19-Year-Old Burglar $95,000 In Valuables Bergenfield PD: Spree Netted 19-Year-Old Burglar $95,000 In Valuables
Bergenfield PD: Spree Netted 19-Year-Old Burglar $95,000 In Valuables BERGENFIELD, N.J. – Bergenfield detectives investigating the thefts of a combined $95,000 in merchandise during an eight-month residential break-in spree arrested a 19-year-old borough man on a variety of burglary-related charges. William K. Muller, 19, was released pending a June 28 detention hearing in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack, under New Jersey’s 2017 bail reform law, following his arrest Thursday, Capt. Mustafa Rabboh said. Detectives investigating the string of burglaries between June of last year and this past February identified Muller as a suspect, Rabboh said…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Your Community
Passaic School Buses Crash After Bag Falls Onto Route 17 In Mahwah Passaic School Buses Crash After Bag Falls Onto Route 17 In Mahwah Passaic School Buses Crash After Bag Falls Onto Route 17 In Mahwah
Passaic School Buses Crash After Bag Falls Onto Route 17 In Mahwah MAHWAH, N.J. -- More than a dozen students from a City of Passaic grade school were hospitalized with minor injuries after a school bus rear-ended another that tried to avoid a bag on northbound Route 17 in Mahwah early Friday, authorities told Daily Voice. A bag that either fell off a vehicle or was thrown into the roadway caused the collision just before 10 a.m., Mahwah Police Chief James Batelli told Daily Voice. The chief said 15 to 17 students were taken to The Valley Hospital with various bumps, bruises and minor injuries. "Most complained of some type of pain," Batelli sai…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
PHOTOS: Bear In Fair Lawn Tree Rescued, Released PHOTOS: Bear In Fair Lawn Tree Rescued, Released PHOTOS: Bear In Fair Lawn Tree Rescued, Released
Photos: Bear In Fair Lawn Tree Rescued, Released FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- After climbing from one tree to another, a bear cub was brought down safely Friday morning in Fair Lawn. Fair Lawn police, firefighters and DPW workers responded along with Tyco Animal Control and NJDEP Division of Fish & Wildlife to the scene at 18-00 Fair Lawn Avenue. The 131½-pound bear was tranquilized and tagged for release into the wild. ALL PHOTOS: Werner R. Ennesser CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
PHOTOS: Bear Cub In Fair Lawn Tree Rescued, Released PHOTOS: Bear Cub In Fair Lawn Tree Rescued, Released PHOTOS: Bear Cub In Fair Lawn Tree Rescued, Released
Photos: Bear Cub In Fair Lawn Tree Rescued, Released FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- After climbing from one tree to another, a bear cub was brought down safely Friday morning in Fair Lawn. Fair Lawn police, firefighters and DPW workers responded along with Tyco Animal Control and NJDEP Division of Fish & Wildlife to the scene at 18-00 Fair Lawn Avenue. The 131½-pound bear was tranquilized and tagged for release into the wild. ALL PHOTOS: Werner R. Ennesser CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Breaking News
Closter Homeowner Gets Family Out Safely In Overnight Fire Closter Homeowner Gets Family Out Safely In Overnight Fire Closter Homeowner Gets Family Out Safely In Overnight Fire
Closter Homeowner Gets Family Out Safely In Overnight Fire CLOSTER, N.J. -- A Closter homeowner got his wife and two children out safely after an overnight fire spread from an attached garage to his home. The resident said "heard the smoke alarms going off and found that there was a fire in his garage" at 750 Closter Dock Road just before 4:30 a.m., Police Chief Dennis Kaine told Daily Voice. He tried extinguishing the fire after getting his family out safely. Borough firefighters, joined by colleagues from other Northern Valley towns, took it from there.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson PD Busts 3, Seizes 1,100 Bags Of Heroin, Pound Of Pot, Coke, Crack Paterson PD Busts 3, Seizes 1,100 Bags Of Heroin, Pound Of Pot, Coke, Crack Paterson PD Busts 3, Seizes 1,100 Bags Of Heroin, Pound Of Pot, Coke, Crack
Paterson PD Busts 3, Seizes 1,100 Bags Of Heroin, Pound Of Pot, Coke, Crack PATERSON, N.J. – Raids at two Paterson apartments turned up more than 1,100 bags of heroin, nearly a pound of pot and roughly four ounces each of crack and powdered cocaine, authorities said. Members of the Paterson Narcotics Division turned up the drugs and arrested three men after raiding residences at 490 Park Avenue and 83-85 N 5th Street (inset) just before 4 p.m. Wednesday, city Police Director Jerry Speziale said. They also seized four scales and various items bearing drug residue, as well as nearly $6,000 in alleged proceeds, he said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Garfield Police Track Down Bicycle-Riding Applebee's Purse Snatcher Garfield Police Track Down Bicycle-Riding Applebee's Purse Snatcher Garfield Police Track Down Bicycle-Riding Applebee's Purse Snatcher
Garfield Police Track Down Bicycle-Riding Applebee's Purse Snatcher GARFIELD N.J. – Some might think the theft of a restaurant employee’s purse might end in a police report. Not in Garfield, where detectives tracked down and identified a suspect from Lodi in no time. The Applebee’s worker reported her purse stolen just before 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Capt. Darren Sucorowski said. Officers Richy Mendez and Daniel Pozo, along with Sgt. Nicolas Santillo, learned that the thief entered the restaurant wearing a black shirt, grey sweatpants, and a camouflage backpack asking to use the bathroom, Sucorowski said. After loitering around for several minutes, he grabbed t…

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