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
Wanted Ex-Con In Paterson Shooting Captured Wanted Ex-Con In Paterson Shooting Captured Wanted Ex-Con In Paterson Shooting Captured
Wanted Ex-Con In Paterson Shooting Captured PATERSON, N.J. – Authorities on Thursday captured a wanted Paterson ex-con who they said shot another man in the arm. Camar Campbell, 36, had a detention hearing scheduled Friday in Central Judicial Processing Court in Paterson on attempted murder and various weapons charges, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Deputy Paterson Police Chief Heriberto Rodriguez said in a joint release. Members of the city Cease Fire Unit and prosecutor’s office tracked down Campbell after identifying him as the May 2 shooter at 10th Avenue and East 27th Street, they said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
PHOTOS: Hasbrouck Heights Kindergarteners Meet First Responders PHOTOS: Hasbrouck Heights Kindergarteners Meet First Responders PHOTOS: Hasbrouck Heights Kindergarteners Meet First Responders
Photos: Hasbrouck Heights Kindergarteners Meet First Responders HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N.J. -- Lincoln Elementary School's kindergarteners made some new friends Thursday. All three classes went on a walking trip to the borough police and fire departments. "The children have been learning about community helpers and enjoyed the opportunity to see what we are learning first hand," said teacher Danielle Kroncke. Her husband, Police Sgt. Daniel Kroncke, was one of the guides.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Tipster Leads Passaic Sheriff's Investigators To Pound Of Pot, Heroin, Coke Tipster Leads Passaic Sheriff's Investigators To Pound Of Pot, Heroin, Coke Tipster Leads Passaic Sheriff's Investigators To Pound Of Pot, Heroin, Coke
Tipster Leads Passaic Sheriff's Investigators To Pound Of Pot, Heroin, Coke PATERSON, N.J. -- Thanks to a concerned citizen's call, Passaic County sheriff's detectives seized more than a pound of pot, nearly 100 bags of heroin and seven bags of cocaine while arresting two Paterson residents. The citizen pointed investigators to Crosby Street and Sheridan Avenue and a white Jeep Cherokee that was being used to transport the drugs, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said Thursday. As they watched, 18-year-old Jose Miranda Jr. approached the Jeep holding a large plastic bag and pulled out a vacuum-sealed bag filled with marijuana that he showed to the driver, A…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Driver Hospitalized After Ridgewood Garbage Truck Crash Driver Hospitalized After Ridgewood Garbage Truck Crash Driver Hospitalized After Ridgewood Garbage Truck Crash
Driver Hospitalized After Ridgewood Garbage Truck Crash RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- A Pathfinder driver was hospitalized after a collision with a village garbage truck in Ridgewood early Thursday. The Nissan driver was taken to the Valley Hospital with what apparently was a neck injury after the 6 a.m. crash at the intersection of East Ridgewood Avenue and South Irving Street. Police issued a summons to the sanitation truck driver. A flatbed tow truck removed the SUV. The sanitation vehicle was being repaired on the street. Village firefighters cleaned up a fuel spill. It couldn't immediately be determined whether a subsequent call for a hazardous m…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Prospect Park PD: Pursued Paterson Pair Had Guns, Ammo, Ski Masks Prospect Park PD: Pursued Paterson Pair Had Guns, Ammo, Ski Masks Prospect Park PD: Pursued Paterson Pair Had Guns, Ammo, Ski Masks
Prospect Park PD: Pursued Paterson Pair Had Guns, Ammo, Ski Masks PROSPECT PARK, N.J. -- Two Paterson men were found with a pair of guns -- one of them stolen -- as well as ski masks after leading Prospect Park police on a brief pursuit, authorities said Wednesday. Lt. William Rausch stopped their 2001 Toyota Corolla after a short chase Monday afternoon and, with help from backup officers, found the driver, 26-year-old Shajar Pujols, and passenger Christopher Rodriguez, 21, carrying the weapons and masks, Detective Walter Richmond said. Pujols had a semi-automatic 9mm Smith & Wesson reported stolen out of Palmetto, FL and loaded with seven full metal …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Allendale Officer Eludes Head-On Stolen Car Crash, Paramus PD Nabs Driver Allendale Officer Eludes Head-On Stolen Car Crash, Paramus PD Nabs Driver Allendale Officer Eludes Head-On Stolen Car Crash, Paramus PD Nabs Driver
Allendale Officer Eludes Head-On Stolen Car Crash, Paramus PD Nabs Driver ALLENDALE, N.J. – An Allendale police officer steered out of the way of a head-on collision with a stolen SUV that later crashed in Rochelle Park during an overnight chase Wednesday, authorities said. Officers responding to a Gloria Drive resident’s 3 a.m. call that his SUV was being stolen from his driveway found the vehicle and a Toyota Camry on Gloria Drive, Police Chief George Scherb told Daily Voice. Officer Dan Rosendahl stopped the Camry – with three occupants inside -- on Wilton Drive. However, the stolen SUV’s driver “accelerated and drove directly at Police Officer Vincent Rizzo,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
'Town Hall' Opioid Abuse Meeting In Paramus Smashes Myths, Offers Hope 'Town Hall' Opioid Abuse Meeting In Paramus Smashes Myths, Offers Hope 'Town Hall' Opioid Abuse Meeting In Paramus Smashes Myths, Offers Hope
'Town Hall' Opioid Abuse Meeting In Paramus Smashes Myths, Offers Hope PARAMUS, N.J. -- If you think most heroin users started by choice, you're in for a surprise, speakers at an anti-opioid Town Hall meeting at Bergen Community College in Paramus on Wednesday agreed. If you think casual teenage drinking makes no difference in the long run, do some research -- beginning with material from the live-streamed "Knock Out Opioid Abuse" event, which drew more than 300 professionals and lay people from all walks of life. Several myths were shattered at the gathering. For instance: If you think most users are uneducated younger people who don't know any b…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Maywood's Newest Police Officer Injured In Crash Maywood's Newest Police Officer Injured In Crash Maywood's Newest Police Officer Injured In Crash
Maywood's Newest Police Officer Injured In Crash MAYWOOD, N.J. -- Maywood's newest police officer was being examined for head and knee injuries in the emergency room at Hackensack University Medical Center after being involved in a crash Wednesday morning. Officer Benjamin Singer was headed east on East Spring Valley Avenue when a driver ran a stop sign from Coles Avenue, Police Chief David Pegg told Daily Voice. Singer, who was sworn to the force on March 29, "attempted to swerve out of the way," said Pegg, who was at the hospital. "However, they made contact, forcing the patrol vehicle onto a front lawn nearby. "T…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
GWB E-ZPass Violator Owes $78,000, Port Authority Police Say GWB E-ZPass Violator Owes $78,000, Port Authority Police Say GWB E-ZPass Violator Owes $78,000, Port Authority Police Say
GWB E-zpass Violator Owes $78,000, Port Authority Police Say FORT LEE, N.J. -- Port Authority police who stopped a dump truck driver for ducking an E-ZPass toll Wednesday morning on the George Washington Bridge found the owner had racked up more than $70,000 in unpaid tolls and fees, authorities said. PAPD Officer Lionel Gonzales stopped the the 1982 Kenworth dump truck after it passed through the bridge's upper-level toll without paying just after 9 a.m., the authority's Joseph Pentangelo told Daily Voice. A records check on the vehicle turned up more than 300 open violations totaling $36,000 in tolls and fees, he said. Police contacted the owner, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
'Fully Functional' Grow House, With 40 Pot Plants, Found In Paterson Fire 'Fully Functional' Grow House, With 40 Pot Plants, Found In Paterson Fire 'Fully Functional' Grow House, With 40 Pot Plants, Found In Paterson Fire
'Fully Functional' Grow House, With 40 Pot Plants, Found In Paterson Fire PATERSON, N.J. -- Firefighters dousing a Paterson apartment blaze discovered a "fully functional" marijuana grow house outfitted with equipment -- along with more than three dozen large pot plants, authorities said. Responders to Friday night's Church Street fire found two large "virtual sun hydroponic tents" -- one used to culivate and the other to dry and harvest the marijuana -- with temperature sensors, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. "The two tents took up most of the space inside of the apartment" and had "flexible exhaust pipes attached to them…

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