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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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities Probe How Homeless Man Caught Fire At Hackensack Train Station Authorities Probe How Homeless Man Caught Fire At Hackensack Train Station Authorities Probe How Homeless Man Caught Fire At Hackensack Train Station
Authorities Probe How Homeless Man Caught Fire At Hackensack Train Station HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Two good Samaritans stamped out the flames after a homeless man caught fire at the Essex Street train station in Hackensack overnight Wednesday. The victim was medevaced to St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston with serious injuries. Authorities were trying to determine whether the man had possibly fallen asleep with a cigarette or purposely ignited the blaze, NJ Transit's Lisa Torbeck told Daily Voice. No accelerant was found at the scene, a police source told Daily Voice. An investigation was continuing.

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Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Felician Assistant Resident Director Charged With Sex Assault Felician Assistant Resident Director Charged With Sex Assault Felician Assistant Resident Director Charged With Sex Assault
Felician Assistant Resident Director Charged With Sex Assault RUTHERFORD, N.J. – An assistant resident director at Felician College in Rutherford was charged with sexually assaulting a woman, authorities said Wednesday. Rubadau Alverna, 32, of East Orange remained held in the Bergen County Jail following a detention hearing on Wednesday, records show. The woman contacted Rutherford police last Wednesday, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. They then alerted his detectives, and an interview with her was scheduled, he said. As a result, Alverna – who is married – was arrested on Tuesday and charged with sexual assault with penetration, the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Fair Lawn Restaurant Delivery Driver Cooks Up Bogus Robbery Story Police: Fair Lawn Restaurant Delivery Driver Cooks Up Bogus Robbery Story Police: Fair Lawn Restaurant Delivery Driver Cooks Up Bogus Robbery Story
Police: Fair Lawn Restaurant Delivery Driver Cooks Up Bogus Robbery Story FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- A Chinese restaurant delivery driver concocted a bogus story about being robbed of $168, said Fair Lawn police who arrested him and two accused accomplices. The Green Dragon driver told police that "he was robbed in Haledon after he made a delivery and became lost," Sgt. Brian Metzler said Wednesday. Detective Mark Wyka investigated and determined that 19-year-old Japneet Chani of Fair Lawn "made up the story to take the money with two friends who were with him," Metzler said. Chani and the other two -- identified as Jacob Finver, 20, and 21-year-old…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority PD Grab 2 GWB Toll Evaders Within 10 Minutes Port Authority PD Grab 2 GWB Toll Evaders Within 10 Minutes Port Authority PD Grab 2 GWB Toll Evaders Within 10 Minutes
Port Authority PD Grab 2 GWB Toll Evaders Within 10 Minutes FORT LEE, N.J. -- Port Authority police arrested two toll evaders within 10 minutes of each other at the George Washington Bridge. Officers first stopped a 2008 International tractor-trailer after it rolled through an E-ZPass without a pass just after 11 a.m. Tuesday, the authority's Joseph Pentaneglo said. The front license plate was also missing and the rear plate was altered -- "with two digits removed to defeat the E-ZPass cameras," he said. Officers arrested the driver, 37-year-old Rony D. Rochez of Baltimore, MD, on theft of service, record tampering and toll evasion charg…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Law Enforcers Promise Zero Tolerance For Hate Crimes At Totowa Summit Law Enforcers Promise Zero Tolerance For Hate Crimes At Totowa Summit Law Enforcers Promise Zero Tolerance For Hate Crimes At Totowa Summit
Law Enforcers Promise Zero Tolerance For Hate Crimes At Totowa Summit TOTOWA, N.J. – A who’s who of New Jersey law enforcement promised community faith leaders zero tolerance for hate crimes during their eighth annual roundtable gathering Tuesday at the State Police headquarters in Totowa. More than 100 attendees talked of how far the group has come over the past eight years and how its work has become increasingly important amid the recent wave of hate crimes and bias incidents – in New Jersey and nationwide. Speakers included Bishop Jethro James, Chaplain Gary Holden and Imam Mohamed El Filali, who emphasized the effectiveness of continuing collaborations a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Two Unlocked Cars In Tenafly: New Mercedes Stolen, Wallet From Another Gone Two Unlocked Cars In Tenafly: New Mercedes Stolen, Wallet From Another Gone Two Unlocked Cars In Tenafly: New Mercedes Stolen, Wallet From Another Gone
Two Unlocked Cars In Tenafly: New Mercedes Stolen, Wallet From Another Gone TENAFLY, N.J. – Two Tenafly residents who left their car doors unlocked paid for it: One lost several hundred dollars and credit cards and the other her 2017 Mercedes Benz GLS450, police said Tuesday. The Woodland Street Mercedes owner told police the vehicle was taken sometime between 7:45 p.m. Wednesday and 9 a.m. Thursday, Capt. Michael deMoncada said. It had been left “unlocked in the driveway with the key fob inside the car,” with a purse and other personal items inside, he said. Later on Thursday, an Oak Street resident told police the someone took her wallet – with cash and credit c…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Rochelle Park Businessman Embezzled $1,000,000 Prosecutor: Rochelle Park Businessman Embezzled $1,000,000 Prosecutor: Rochelle Park Businessman Embezzled $1,000,000
Prosecutor: Rochelle Park Businessman Embezzled $1,000,000 ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. -- The former president of a metropolitan-area company who lives in Rochelle Park embezzled $1 million, then tried to cover his tracks by destroying records, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said Tuesday. Keith Feuilly, the former president of Atlas Equipment Rentals, was charged with theft by deception, money laundering and misconduct by a corporate official following an investigation by Grewal’s Financial Crimes Unit, the prosecutor said. It began with a complaint last July, Grewal said. Detectives learned that Feuilly “received payments to the company in chec…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Fair Lawn Detective Nabs Career Burglary In Home Break-In Fair Lawn Detective Nabs Career Burglary In Home Break-In Fair Lawn Detective Nabs Career Burglary In Home Break-In
Fair Lawn Detective Nabs Career Burglary In Home Break-In FAIR LAWN, N.J. – A Fair Lawn detective working a home burglary case arrested an ex-con with an extensive criminal history after finding that he’d used a stolen credit card at a Paterson business, authorities said Tuesday. Detective Anthony Lugo went to the business after a Blue Hill Avenue resident alerted police to a May 30 afternoon break-in in which a window pane to a side door had been broken, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Lugo found that 48-year-old Barry Green used one of two stolen credit cards at the business to buy nearly $285 worth of merchanise, Metzler said. The detective was heade…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Suspect Nabbed In Glen Rock Car Burglary Spree, Police Seek Citizen Video Suspect Nabbed In Glen Rock Car Burglary Spree, Police Seek Citizen Video Suspect Nabbed In Glen Rock Car Burglary Spree, Police Seek Citizen Video
Suspect Nabbed In Glen Rock Car Burglary Spree, Police Seek Citizen Video GLEN ROCK, N.J – Glen Rock police believe they helped crack 15 recently reported vehicle burglaries with the arrest of a Rutherford man whom a sheriff’s officer’s dog found hiding in bushes early Tuesday. They also asked that anyone in the area review their home surveillance videos as part of the search for additional suspects. Josean Alexander, 30, was tracked down with help from Ridgewood police and the Bergen County Sheriff’s K-9 unit after several vehicles were burglarized, Police Chief Glen Ackermann said Tuesday afternoon. Alexander, who had a previous arrest for marijuana possession…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
SEE ANYTHING? Englewood Police Investigate Abduction Report SEE ANYTHING? Englewood Police Investigate Abduction Report SEE ANYTHING? Englewood Police Investigate Abduction Report
SEE Anything? Englewood Police Investigate Abduction Report ENGLEWOOD, N.J. -- Until Englewood police could confirm otherwise, they said they were treating a call of a possible abduction of a woman from a city street corner near the Fort Lee border seriously. The call came into the Dispatch Center just before 10:30 that "a white female had been abducted from the street at the corner of Jones and Fountain roads by an Hispanic looking male wearing dark clothing and a hooded sweatshirt [and] driving a black Jeep Cherokee," Detective Capt. Timothy Torell told Daily Voice. Officers "converged on the area quickly and were unable to locate a…

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