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
VIDEO: Worker Accuses Wayne Councilman Of Harassment After Profane Rant VIDEO: Worker Accuses Wayne Councilman Of Harassment After Profane Rant VIDEO: Worker Accuses Wayne Councilman Of Harassment After Profane Rant
Video: Worker Accuses Wayne Councilman Of Harassment After Profane Rant WAYNE, N.J. -- A campaign worker signed a harassment complaint against a Wayne councilman after a vulgar exchange that was recorded on cellphone. Councilman Richard Jazerbiski confronted Susan Enderly-Peracchio over the removal of signs from the window of the Passaic County Regular Republican Organization headquarters on Hamburg Turnpike just after 9 p.m. Sunday. "[Expletive] you," Enderly-Peracchio says to him in the confrontation, recorded by her adult daughter and obtained by Daily Voice. "You should be so lucky if I was [expletive] you," Jazerbiski responds, "b…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
VIDEO: Hackensack Man Fires Gun, Crashes Stolen Car In Family Dispute VIDEO: Hackensack Man Fires Gun, Crashes Stolen Car In Family Dispute VIDEO: Hackensack Man Fires Gun, Crashes Stolen Car In Family Dispute
Video: Hackensack Man Fires Gun, Crashes Stolen Car In Family Dispute HACKENSACK, N.J. -- A 20-year-old Hackensack man was arrested Tuesday morning after police said he fired a gun into the air during a family dispute, then crashed a stolen car into two parked vehicles.  They also arrested his sister after they said she interfered with her brother's arrest. Christian Pacas "began to act irrationally during a family argument" just after 8 a.m., Capt. Patrick Coffey said.Pacas then left the Holt Street house and got into a stolen black Honda CR-V, then "fired one shot from a handgun into the air and sped off," Coffey said. His sister, 21-ye…

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by Jerry DeMarco & Cecilia Levine
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Franklin Lakes PD: Troubled Woman Stole Mercedes, Deli Rolls Franklin Lakes PD: Troubled Woman Stole Mercedes, Deli Rolls Franklin Lakes PD: Troubled Woman Stole Mercedes, Deli Rolls
Franklin Lakes PD: Troubled Woman Stole Mercedes, Deli Rolls FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. – An emotionally troubled Franklin Lakes woman stole a Mercedes Benz from a resident's garage, then drove to a local deli, where she stole boxes of fresh rolls, police said. Randianne Conroy, 55, was taken to Bergen Regional Medical Center for evaluation after police charged her with burglary, theft of a motor vehicle and property theft, Franklin Lakes Capt. John Bakelaar said Tuesday. Conroy took the car from a Circle Avenue resident’s garage, then stole the bread from the Deli Mart on Franklin Avenue around 7 a.m. Monday, Bakelaar said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Your Community
Park Ridge HS Senior Gets Scholarship From Eric Ayala Foundation Park Ridge HS Senior Gets Scholarship From Eric Ayala Foundation Park Ridge HS Senior Gets Scholarship From Eric Ayala Foundation
Park Ridge HS Senior Gets Scholarship From Eric Ayala Foundation EMERSON, N.J. -- For the very first time, an Emerson non-profit group that awards scholarships in memory of a popular athlete who died in 2000 has included a Park Ridge High School senior with its two Emerson recipients. Josh Lewis received his from the Eric Ayala Memorial Foundation during a special ceremony last Wednesday at Park Ridge High School. The two Emerson recipients get theirs on June 22. Eric Ayala was a three-sport Emerson High School athlete who died on May 8, 2000 at the age of 23, six years after he was graduated from Emerson Junior-Senior High School -- and only four month…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Would-Be Robber Cut Him, Clifton Teen Tells Police Would-Be Robber Cut Him, Clifton Teen Tells Police Would-Be Robber Cut Him, Clifton Teen Tells Police
Would-Be Robber Cut Him, Clifton Teen Tells Police CLIFTON, N.J. -- A Clifton teen told police he was cut by a would-be robber who tried taking his cellphone. The 16-year-old told police he walking in the area of Lake Avenue near Hope Avenue around 8 p.m. Monday when he was approached and forced into the hallway of a nearby apartment building, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. The would-be robber demanded his cellphone and cut the teen on the arm -- but the boy said he pushed him away and fled without surrendering any valuables, Bracken said. The teen described him as a young adult with dark skin. He sought medical attention on his own, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Haworth PD: Scofflaw Brings Heroin, Straw To Traffic Court Haworth PD: Scofflaw Brings Heroin, Straw To Traffic Court Haworth PD: Scofflaw Brings Heroin, Straw To Traffic Court
Haworth PD: Scofflaw Brings Heroin, Straw To Traffic Court HAWORTH, N.J. -- A suspended Dumont driver came to Haworth Municipal Court to answer a traffic ticket with 10 bags of heroin and a straw in his sock, authorities said. Officer Andrew Soltes was working court security Monday when he noticed the bulge and began to pat down Robert Blackwell, 28, Detective Sgt. Justin Fox told Daily Voice. "At that point, [Blackwell] tried to turn and leave," Fox said, "but Officer Soltes confronted him and asked what was in his sock." That's when he pulled out the smack and the straw, he said. Blackwell was processed and released without…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Law Enforcement, Faith-Based Leaders Aim To Strengthen Security Ties Law Enforcement, Faith-Based Leaders Aim To Strengthen Security Ties Law Enforcement, Faith-Based Leaders Aim To Strengthen Security Ties
Law Enforcement, Faith-Based Leaders Aim To Strengthen Security Ties TOTOWA, N.J. -- Dozens of New Jersey law enforcement and faith-based community leaders will convene again at the New Jersey State Police barracks in Totowa on Tuesday to discuss the crucial bonds between them. Violence against various faiths have kept security concerns high, prompting the annual gathering.Expected guests include representatives from New Jersey's state Attorney General's Office, State Police and Department of Homeland Security, along with local, county and state officials -- and various leaders of churches, synagogues and mosques throughout the Garden State. The FBI, U.S.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Shooter In Hackensack Neighbor Murder-Suicide Had Second Gun Prosecutor: Shooter In Hackensack Neighbor Murder-Suicide Had Second Gun Prosecutor: Shooter In Hackensack Neighbor Murder-Suicide Had Second Gun
Prosecutor: Shooter In Hackensack Neighbor Murder-Suicide Had Second Gun HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Arthur Hillman was carrying two guns when police found his body and that of his neighbor, James Bellamy, at the condominium complex where they'd lived and fought, authorities told Daily Voice on Monday. Hillman, 63, who resided in unit 3C at the Hampton on Linden Avenue, frequently complained about noise coming from Bellamy's apartment above him, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. It came to a head Sunday morning, the prosecutor said, when Hillman shot Bellamy, 66, of 4J, dead in the building lobby. Hillman then got into his car in the parking lot behind th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Shooter In Hackensack Neighbor Murder-Suicide Had Second Gun Prosecutor: Shooter In Hackensack Neighbor Murder-Suicide Had Second Gun Prosecutor: Shooter In Hackensack Neighbor Murder-Suicide Had Second Gun
Prosecutor: Shooter In Hackensack Neighbor Murder-Suicide Had Second Gun HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Arthur Hillman was carrying two guns when police found his body and that of his neighbor, James Bellamy, at the condominium complex where they'd lived and fought, authorities told Daily Voice on Monday. Hillman, 63, who resided in unit 3C at the Hampton on Linden Avenue, frequently complained about noise coming from Bellamy's apartment above him, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. It came to a head Sunday morning, the prosecutor said, when Hillman shot Bellamy, 66, of 4J, dead in the building lobby. Hillman then got into his car in the parking lot behind th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Ex-Elmwood Park Athlete Paroled In Teen Sex Assault Video Charged In Holdup Ex-Elmwood Park Athlete Paroled In Teen Sex Assault Video Charged In Holdup Ex-Elmwood Park Athlete Paroled In Teen Sex Assault Video Charged In Holdup
Ex-Elmwood Park Athlete Paroled In Teen Sex Assault Video Charged In Holdup ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. -- A former Elmwood Park High School football player who was spared prison time for his involvement in the videotaping of group sex with a drunken 15-year-old girl was charged with a weekend gunpoint robbery. The 17-year-old victim told police he was walking through the Elmwood Village Apartment Complex on Donor Avenue around 5 p.m. Sunday when five robbers approached him, Police Chief MIchael Foligno said. One of them pulled a handgun and put it to his head while the others stole his jacket, two necklaces and his cellphone, the chief told Daily Voice. He was then struck…

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