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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Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Lodi, Teaneck Men Got 4½ Pounds Of Fentanyl Shipped Via Mail Prosecutor: Lodi, Teaneck Men Got 4½ Pounds Of Fentanyl Shipped Via Mail Prosecutor: Lodi, Teaneck Men Got 4½ Pounds Of Fentanyl Shipped Via Mail
Prosecutor: Lodi, Teaneck Men Got 4½ Pounds Of Fentanyl Shipped Via Mail HACKENSACK, N.J. – A Lodi man assisted by a Teaneck accomplice used the U.S. Postal Service to collect the morphine-like synthetic drug Fentanyl for statewide distribution, authorities said Friday. Leo Mollette Jr., 41, and Eric Stalsbroten, 38, were arrested at the Lodi post officer following an investigation that involved the the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Postal Inspection Service and Lodi police, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. A search of Stalsbroten’s vehicle turned up more than 4½ pounds of the drug in two packages, h…

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Englewood, NJ
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Prosecutor: Englewood Ex-Con Caught Selling Pot Had Gun, Hollow-Point Ammo Prosecutor: Englewood Ex-Con Caught Selling Pot Had Gun, Hollow-Point Ammo Prosecutor: Englewood Ex-Con Caught Selling Pot Had Gun, Hollow-Point Ammo
Prosecutor: Englewood Ex-Con Caught Selling Pot Had Gun, Hollow-Point Ammo ENGLEWOOD, N.J. -- Bergen County prosecutor’s detectives and local police found a handgun, pot, plastic distribution bags and more than $3,300 in suspected drug proceeds while arresting an Englewood ex-con with a lengthy criminal record. Rashaun Henry, 43, was dealing from his Green Street home, which was raided Wednesday, Bergen County Gurbir S. Grewal said. Found were a .38-caliber Taurus revolver and hollow-point bullets, along with the marijuana, bags, cash and a digital scale, he said. Henry – whose rap sheet includes previous arrests for drugs and weapons the past 17 years -- remaine…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgewood Boy, 5, Missing For Hour Turns Up In Neighbor's Yard Ridgewood Boy, 5, Missing For Hour Turns Up In Neighbor's Yard Ridgewood Boy, 5, Missing For Hour Turns Up In Neighbor's Yard
Ridgewood Boy, 5, Missing For Hour Turns Up In Neighbor's Yard RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- It was a frightening hour after a 5-year-old boy went missing on Friday -- before he turned up in a neighbor's backyard. Ho-Ho-Kus police and a Bergen County Sheriff's K-9 unit joined village police in searching the area before finding the youngster seemingly unharmed in a fenced rear yard of a nearby home. Police were interviewing neighbors to determine what exactly happened. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this story.

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Wayne PD: Drunken Garfield Man Goes On Rampage At Bar, Police HQ, In Cell Wayne PD: Drunken Garfield Man Goes On Rampage At Bar, Police HQ, In Cell Wayne PD: Drunken Garfield Man Goes On Rampage At Bar, Police HQ, In Cell
Wayne PD: Drunken Garfield Man Goes On Rampage At Bar, Police HQ, In Cell WAYNE, N.J. -- A drunken patron from Garfield who blew cigarette smoke in a Wayne police officer's face after he was ejected from Mother's Ale House showed up at police headquarters and went on a rampage -- then ripped off his clothing, bit and ripped a padded bunk mattress and urinated on the floor of a holding cell after being arrested, authorities said. It began just after 12:30 a.m. Friday when police received a disorderly persons call from security at the Mountain View Boulevard nightspot, Capt. Laurence Martin said. Employees told the officers that they'd asked a "highly intoxica…

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Love Abounds For Late Glen Rock Police Chaplain Love Abounds For Late Glen Rock Police Chaplain Love Abounds For Late Glen Rock Police Chaplain
Love Abounds For Late Glen Rock Police Chaplain GLEN ROCK, N.J. – Tributes continued mounting on Friday, hours before a funeral Mass for beloved former Glen Rock Police Chaplain Roger William Spencer. The Rev. Spencer, who was born in Brooklyn on May 4, 1947, died Tuesday at 70 years old. "To be a success, you have to love your people," Spencer told an SRO gathering in February 2016, during his final sermon at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Glen Rock after more than 40 years in the ministry. "I couldn't find better words to describe Rev. Spencer," borough Police Chief Dean Ackerman said afterward. "He's …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Garfield Police Get Special Training In Teen Opiate Abuse Garfield Police Get Special Training In Teen Opiate Abuse Garfield Police Get Special Training In Teen Opiate Abuse
Garfield Police Get Special Training In Teen Opiate Abuse GARFIELD, N.J. -- In an effort to connect with high school students and teach them about the dangers of opiates, a group of Garfield police officers attended a comprehensive drug awareness training program. #NotEvenOnce was launched by the Manchester Township Police Department "to bolster the prevention aspect of curtailing drug abuse focusing on the teen population," Officer Jeff Stewart told Daily Voice. Police Chief Raymond Kovach will continue sending officers for the special training so that he can implement the program citywide once the school years starts in September, Stew…

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Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Five Hospitalized In Bergenfield Crash Five Hospitalized In Bergenfield Crash Five Hospitalized In Bergenfield Crash
Five Hospitalized In Bergenfield Crash BERGENFIELD, N.J. -- Five people were hospitalized -- two of them with serious injuries -- after a crash Thursday night in Bergenfield, responders said. The two-vehicle crash on Prospect Road near Clinton Avenue around 6:30 p.m. drew three ambulances from Bergenfield and two from Dumont, as well as borough police and firefighters. All five victims were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center.  Two had severe injuries that authorities said weren't life-threatening, while the others had minor injuries, responders said.

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Mahwah Man Charged With Vandalizing Ramapo Polo Club Mahwah Man Charged With Vandalizing Ramapo Polo Club Mahwah Man Charged With Vandalizing Ramapo Polo Club
Mahwah Man Charged With Vandalizing Ramapo Polo Club MAHWAH, N.J. – The Ramapo Polo Club endured vandalism to “No Parking” and homeowners’ signs – as well as the bird-shot destruction of two historical streetlights -- until Mahwah police nailed a suspect. After Polo Club members two weeks ago reported the sign vandalism along Halifax Road – as well as the street lights being shot out – township detectives began re-interviewing people and reviewing images captured by video surveillance cameras in the area, Police Chief James Batelli said. The township Fire Department Evidence Recovery Team also retrieved various pieces of evidence thrown into …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Trapped Teaneck Ducklings Reunited With Mom Trapped Teaneck Ducklings Reunited With Mom Trapped Teaneck Ducklings Reunited With Mom
Trapped Teaneck Ducklings Reunited With Mom TEANECK, N.J. -- Emergencies responders made a family reunion possible when they scooped five ducklings from a Teaneck storm drain during Thursday's rain. Vince Ascolese from Bergen County Humane Enforcement of Cliffside Park and members of Teaneck Fire Department Engine 1 needed two hours to collect the ducklings from the corner of Van Arsdale Place and Van Cortlandt Terrace. Their mother was clearly grateful.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Passaic Sheriff: Detectives Crash Paterson Bicycle Drive-Up Drug Deal Passaic Sheriff: Detectives Crash Paterson Bicycle Drive-Up Drug Deal Passaic Sheriff: Detectives Crash Paterson Bicycle Drive-Up Drug Deal
Passaic Sheriff: Detectives Crash Paterson Bicycle Drive-Up Drug Deal PATERSON, N.J. -- It was a different kind of drive-up drug deal as a bicyclist exchanged heroin that he'd pulled from a car parked in his driveway with a buyer on a Paterson street , authorities said Thursday. Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said his narcotics detectives were following up on a tip about drugs being sold out of 447 E. 38th Street when they saw Lirse Jones, 25, get into the car, parked in the driveway of a residence, and removed what turned out to be heroin early Wednesday evening. He then mounted a bicycle, peddled to E. 38th Street and Market Street, then pulled up to a black F…

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