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 Man Charged With Sawed-Off Shotgun Shooting Paterson Man Charged With Sawed-Off Shotgun Shooting Paterson Man Charged With Sawed-Off Shotgun Shooting
Paterson Man Charged With Sawed-Off Shotgun Shooting PATERSON, N.J. – Authorities arrested a 50-year-old Paterson man who they said shot at a group of people with a sawed-off shotgun hours earlier, wounding one of them. Juan Sosa was charged with nine counts of attempted murder, in addition to a variety of weapons charges – including having a defaced assault weapon, authorities said. Police responding to the 12:30 a.m. shooting at 465 Park Avenue identified Sosa and later took him into custody without incident, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Deputy Paterson Police Chief Heriberto Rodriguez said in a joint announcement. Sosa …

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Passaic Sheriff: Clifton Dealer Had 1½ Pounds Of Cocaine Passaic Sheriff: Clifton Dealer Had 1½ Pounds Of Cocaine Passaic Sheriff: Clifton Dealer Had 1½ Pounds Of Cocaine
Passaic Sheriff: Clifton Dealer Had 1½ Pounds Of Cocaine CLIFTON, N.J. -- Passaic County sheriff's detectives seized a pound and a half of cocaine, along with some heroin and $2,300 in drug proceeds, while arresting an accused Clifton dealer. Investigators who targeted Andy Hernandez, 25, took him into custody around noon Thursday and searched his Crooks Avenue home, finding $30,000 worth of drugs, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. Hernandez was being held without bail in the Passaic County Jail pending a detention hearing. ****** ALSO SEE: Thanks to a concerned citizen's call, Passaic County sheriff's detectives seized more than …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
VIDEO: Port Authority Police Rescue Fawn From Cliffs VIDEO: Port Authority Police Rescue Fawn From Cliffs VIDEO: Port Authority Police Rescue Fawn From Cliffs
Video: Port Authority Police Rescue Fawn From Cliffs FORT LEE, N.J. -- Port Authority police officers rescued a fawn stranded Friday on the Palisades in Fort Lee. Mother and fawn had become separated when officers on the George Washington Bridge walkway heard cries from just below an area of Fort Lee Historic Park, overlooking the Hudson River, around 10:30 a.m., the authority's Joseph Pentangelo told Daily Voice. With Officer Kevin Leonard securing him with a line from above, Andrew Vignapiano used a snare to retrieve the stranded but uninjured fawn, Pentangelo said. A reunion with the mother followed, he said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Palisades Park PD: Recidivist Caught Stealing Credit Cards From Cars Again Palisades Park PD: Recidivist Caught Stealing Credit Cards From Cars Again Palisades Park PD: Recidivist Caught Stealing Credit Cards From Cars Again
Palisades Park PD: Recidivist Caught Stealing Credit Cards From Cars Again PALISADES PARK, N.J. -- A known heroin user was arrested for the fourth time in the past eight months -- this time by Palisades Park police -- after authorities said he broke into a car and stole credit cards that he used to buy items that he resold for cash. Police Sgt. James Rotundo reviewed surveillance video before drafting charges against 32-year-old Alex Dinev, who over the past several months was arrested -- and later released without bail -- by police in Elmwood Park, Fort Lee and Cliffside Park. He also has prior arrests out of Palisades Park, records show. All involve burglaries …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Wayne Police Nab Hudson Man Bringing Heroin, Needle To Court Wayne Police Nab Hudson Man Bringing Heroin, Needle To Court Wayne Police Nab Hudson Man Bringing Heroin, Needle To Court
Wayne Police Nab Hudson Man Bringing Heroin, Needle To Court WAYNE, N.J. -- A 37-year-old Hudson County man came to Wayne Municipal Court carrying a half-dozen envelopes of heroin, said police who arrested him. Victor Sanchez of West New York activited the courtroom metal detector Thursday afternoon, drawing the attention of Officers Scott Agnes and Michael Polifrone, Capt. Laurence Martin said. Noticing he appeared drugged, the officers interviewed Sanchez, the captain said. He told the officers he had a syringe in his back pocket "but possessed a valid needle exchange card," Martin said. Searching him, they found the heroin in folds sta…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Driver Extricated, Critical, After Palisades Park Crash Driver Extricated, Critical, After Palisades Park Crash Driver Extricated, Critical, After Palisades Park Crash
Driver Extricated, Critical, After Palisades Park Crash PALISADES PARK, N.J. -- A Hudson County driver was reported in critical condition Friday morning after barreling off Route 46 and crashing her mini-van into a four parked vehicles on a Palisades Park street hours earlier. Borough firefighters had to cut the apparently intoxicated 29-year-old Weehawken driver from her car after the 2:30 a.m. crash on 6th Street, two houses in from East Homestead Avenue, responders told Daily Voice. Police later had blood taken at the hospital to determine her level of intoxication, they said. The car came off the highway's 6th Street ramp and crossed East H…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
Your Community
Norwood PTO Carnival Adds Special Community Night Norwood PTO Carnival Adds Special Community Night Norwood PTO Carnival Adds Special Community Night
Norwood PTO Carnival Adds Special Community Night NORWOOD, N.J. -- Norwood makes history this weekend with its first-ever Community Night as part of the annual three-day PTO carnival. Police, firefighters, elected and district officials, as well as teachers, coaches and other leaders will staff game booths from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, giving the community "the chance to see the faces that make our town the amazing place that it is," the all-volunteer Norwood Public Schools Parent Teacher Organization said. The carnival is also at a new location -- Kennedy Field at 453 Broadway -- and organizers are expecting huge success. There w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn PD: Officer Finds Drugs, Pellet Gun, Busts 2 Behind Barber Shop Fair Lawn PD: Officer Finds Drugs, Pellet Gun, Busts 2 Behind Barber Shop Fair Lawn PD: Officer Finds Drugs, Pellet Gun, Busts 2 Behind Barber Shop
Fair Lawn PD: Officer Finds Drugs, Pellet Gun, Busts 2 Behind Barber Shop FAIR LAWN, N.J. – A Fair Lawn police officer checking out a suspicious vehicle in the parking lot behind a barber shop arrested a Long Island couple after finding a pellet gun, THC wax and pot, authorities said Friday. Officer Geovanny Buitron spotted the car in the parking lot behind Gents Barber Studio on Broadway around 1 a.m. Monday, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. He arrested the driver, Felix Pena-Aquino, 21, of Islip, and passenger, 20-year-old Abigail Vellon of Commack, after finding the marijuana, Metzler said. A search turned up the additional drugs in the car and the unloaded pellet gu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Palisades Park Boy Rescued From Overpeck Creek Is 'Chief For A Day' Palisades Park Boy Rescued From Overpeck Creek Is 'Chief For A Day' Palisades Park Boy Rescued From Overpeck Creek Is 'Chief For A Day'
Palisades Park Boy Rescued From Overpeck Creek Is 'Chief For A Day' PALISADES PARK, N.J. — An 8-year-old boy with autism from Palisades Park who was rescued from drowning in Overpeck Park last fall was spending Friday as "Chief for a Day," sponsored by Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino. Joseph Cassese, who is nonverbal, began his day with an escort to the Bergen County Sheriff's Department before a trip to the county seat in Hackensack for the 7th annual event.  Daily Voice was with Joseph, who was rescued after wandering off from his therapist last November. Thankfully, a bystander dialed 911 and responders were at the park almost instantly.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities Trying To Find Kin Of Homeless Man Struck, Killed In Hackensack Authorities Trying To Find Kin Of Homeless Man Struck, Killed In Hackensack Authorities Trying To Find Kin Of Homeless Man Struck, Killed In Hackensack
Authorities Trying To Find Kin Of Homeless Man Struck, Killed In Hackensack HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Authorities were trying to notify the next of kin of a 58-year-old homeless man struck and killed Thursday night in Hackensack. "It appears that the pedestrian was crossing South River Street in the crosswalk when the vehicle came off the Court Street bridge going west when the light changed" just before 7:40 p.m., Capt. Francesco Aquila told Daily Voice early Friday. The 59-year-old Bogota driver then turned his 2009 Chevy left to head south on River Street when the pedestrian was struck, said Aquila, the department's officer in charge. An investigation was c…

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