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 Police Snatch Loaded Gun From Suicidal Pregnant Woman Paterson Police Snatch Loaded Gun From Suicidal Pregnant Woman Paterson Police Snatch Loaded Gun From Suicidal Pregnant Woman
Paterson Police Snatch Loaded Gun From Suicidal Pregnant Woman PATERSON, N.J. -- Quick-moving Paterson police snatched a loaded handgun from a suicidal pregnant woman, authorities said. The Glock 17 was loaded with a mix of 21 hollow-point and standard rounds, with a magazine capable of holding 32, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Officers dispatched to the 600 block of Broadway just before 9 a.m. Sunday found 22-year-old Destinee Roberson of Paterson sitting on the ground on the side of the building, Speziale said. As they approached, they could see the butt of a handgun on her lap under her hands, "which she was attempting to conceal with a…

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Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Garfield PD: Dragnet Nabs Gunman Who Threatened Lyft Driver Garfield PD: Dragnet Nabs Gunman Who Threatened Lyft Driver Garfield PD: Dragnet Nabs Gunman Who Threatened Lyft Driver
Garfield PD: Dragnet Nabs Gunman Who Threatened Lyft Driver GARFIELD, N.J. – Quick-moving Garfield police arrested a local ex-con who a Lyft driver said took off without paying after threatening him with a gun in a dispute over a fare. The driver called police just after 11 p.m. Saturday and said the gunman and a woman he was with fled on foot toward Palisade Avenue after the incident on Maple Street, Capt. Darren Sucorowski said. The driver wasn’t injured, Sucorowski said. Responding officers, joined by a Bergen County sheriff’s K9 unit, set up a perimeter – and spotted the pair about 45 minutes later in a Palisades Avenue backyard “not far from t…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
NJSP Shooting: Morris County Man Charged At Troopers, Authorities Say NJSP Shooting: Morris County Man Charged At Troopers, Authorities Say NJSP Shooting: Morris County Man Charged At Troopers, Authorities Say
Njsp Shooting: Morris County Man Charged At Troopers, Authorities Say LAKE HOPATCONG, N.J. -- A Lake Hopatcong man who charged at State Police troopers who went to arrest him for assaulting his girlfriend was shot and wounded, authorities said Monday morning. Attorney General Christopher Porrino’s Shooting Response Team was investigating the Sunday night shooting. According to the preliminary investigation, the incident began when troopers from the Netcong State Police Barracks received a report of a woman walking along the shoulder of Route 80. "When a trooper responded to assist the woman and bring her to the State Police barracks, she reported that s…

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Accused Street Shooter Slain, Paterson Killings Up To 16 Accused Street Shooter Slain, Paterson Killings Up To 16 Accused Street Shooter Slain, Paterson Killings Up To 16
Accused Street Shooter Slain, Paterson Killings Up To 16 PATERSON, N.J. – Police were searching for 20-year-old Edward Andeliz of Paterson on attempted murder charges, but someone else got to him first. Andeliz’s body was found on the street in the 200 block of 16th Avenue around 11:45 p.m. Saturday, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. He'd been shot dead, the director said. Authorities announced several weeks ago that they were searching for Andeliz after charging him with a March 1 shooting. That night, patrol units responded to the area of 12th Avenue and East 23rd Street on a shots-fired report but didn't find a victim – he’d been driven …

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Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
HEROES: Off-Duty Police Sergeant, Trainer Rescue Drowning Boy In Emerson HEROES: Off-Duty Police Sergeant, Trainer Rescue Drowning Boy In Emerson HEROES: Off-Duty Police Sergeant, Trainer Rescue Drowning Boy In Emerson
Heroes: Off-Duty Police Sergeant, Trainer Rescue Drowning Boy In Emerson EMERSON, N.J. (UPDATE) -- An off-duty Northvale police sergeant and a local professional trainer saved a boy who nearly drowned in an Emerson pool during a Sunday gathering. Northvale Police Sgt. Michael Graham did CPR on the unconscious youngster and "saved the boy's life," , borough Police Chief Michael Mazzeo told Daily Voice. It was around 4 p.m. Sunday when another child told the adults at the Colonial Road gathering that "something was wrong in the pool," the chief said. Guest Thomas Mulhern, 39, "jumped in and pulled the unconscious boy out," then handl…

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
SEEN HIM? Accused Car Burglar Wanted In Glen Rock, Fair Lawn, Ho-Ho-Kus SEEN HIM? Accused Car Burglar Wanted In Glen Rock, Fair Lawn, Ho-Ho-Kus SEEN HIM? Accused Car Burglar Wanted In Glen Rock, Fair Lawn, Ho-Ho-Kus
Seen HIM? Accused Car Burglar Wanted In Glen Rock, Fair Lawn, Ho-Ho-Kus GLEN ROCK, N.J. -- Covering his face with a cloth while trying to buy gift cards with a stolen credit card didn't help a Bronx man accused of a series of thefts in Glen Rock, Ho-Ho-Kus and Fair Lawn, authorities said Monday. John F. Clarke, 54, was being sought by police from all three towns, Glen Rock Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Ho-Ho-Kus police obtained surveillance images of Clarke and his car, which Ackermann said had "specific markings and stickers on it." Clarke was known to police, having been arrested in 2013 for stealing and using credit cards from a car he'd burgl…

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Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Accord Gets Worst Of Ridgewood Crash Accord Gets Worst Of Ridgewood Crash Accord Gets Worst Of Ridgewood Crash
Accord Gets Worst Of Ridgewood Crash RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- Neither driver wanted medical attention after their sedans crashed early Monday in Ridgewood. Firefighters attended to a minor fuel spill from an Accord that got the worst of the collision at the intersection of Grove Street and South Van Dien Avenue just before 7 a.m. A flatbed tow truck removed both vehicles. There was no immediate word on possible summonses. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this article.

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Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Boy Pulled From Emerson Pool, Revived By Police Sergeant, Trainer Boy Pulled From Emerson Pool, Revived By Police Sergeant, Trainer Boy Pulled From Emerson Pool, Revived By Police Sergeant, Trainer
Boy Pulled From Emerson Pool, Revived By Police Sergeant, Trainer EMERSON, N.J. (UPDATE) -- An off-duty Northvale police sergeant and a local professional trainer saved a boy who nearly drowned in an Emerson pool during a Sunday gathering. Northvale Police Sgt. Michael Graham did CPR on the unconscious youngster and "saved the boy's life," , borough Police Chief Michael Mazzeo told Daily Voice. It was around 4 p.m. Sunday when another child told the adults at the Colonial Road gathering that "something was wrong in the pool," the chief said. Guest Thomas Mulhern, 39, "jumped in and pulled the unconscious boy out," then handl…

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Pregnant Driver Hospitalized In Glen Rock Crash Pregnant Driver Hospitalized In Glen Rock Crash Pregnant Driver Hospitalized In Glen Rock Crash
Pregnant Driver Hospitalized In Glen Rock Crash GLEN ROCK, N.J. -- A pregnant driver was hospitalized with what responders said were non-critical injuries after a sedan and SUV collided Friday afternoon in Glen Rock. Tow trucks were needed to remove both vehicles from the intersection of Hamilton and South Maple Avenues. The victim was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center by the Glen Rock Volunteer Ambulance Corps. Glen Rock police responded, along with a paramedic team from St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this story.

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Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
VIDEO: Garfield Police Make Burglary Arrest VIDEO: Garfield Police Make Burglary Arrest VIDEO: Garfield Police Make Burglary Arrest
Video: Garfield Police Make Burglary Arrest GARFIELD, N.J. -- Surveillance video released by Garfield police of a January home burglary led to the arrest of a parolee last month, authorities said Friday. Police were still seeking a second suspect after arresting Timothy Oneal, 47, of Paterson with help from the New Jersey State Parole Board and the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office, Capt. Darren Sucorowski said. A judge ordered Oneal released, under New Jersey's 2017 bail reform law, a day after his April 3 arrest on burglary and theft charges, records show. The Malcolm Avenue victims had returned home just before 6 p.m. Jan. 3 to f…

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