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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Hackensack, NJ
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South Hackensack PD: 'Click It/Ticket' Finds Ex-Con With Stolen Gun, Drugs South Hackensack PD: 'Click It/Ticket' Finds Ex-Con With Stolen Gun, Drugs South Hackensack PD: 'Click It/Ticket' Finds Ex-Con With Stolen Gun, Drugs
South Hackensack PD: 'Click It/Ticket' Finds Ex-Con With Stolen Gun, Drugs SOUTH HACKENSACK, N.J. -- A South Hackensack police officer on a seatbelt detail found a Paterson ex-con carrying a stolen gun, as well as heroin and pot, authorities said Wednesday. Officer Gary Yannetti arrested Vernon S. Wilson, 40, on eastbound Route 46 near Phillps Avenue around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday after finding the drugs and a loaded 9mm handgun reported stolen out of Ohio during a "Click It or Ticket" detail, Capt. Robert Kaiser told Daily Voice. Wilson's lengthy criminal history includes arrests for aggravated assault, firearms possession and theft -- as well as being charge…

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Hackensack, NJ
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NJ's Top Cop Revises Controversial Bail Reform Terms NJ's Top Cop Revises Controversial Bail Reform Terms NJ's Top Cop Revises Controversial Bail Reform Terms
NJ's Top Cop Revises Controversial Bail Reform Terms New Jersey's top law enforcement officer on Wednesday announced changes, effectively immediately, in how prosecutors and police can proceed under a controversial 2017 state bail reform law that has drawn harsh criticism from both. The goal, Attorney General Christopher Porrino said, is to "better ensure that dangerous and recidivist criminals are detained pending trial." Among other changes, the revised directive "creates presumptions that prosecutors will seek an arrest warrant and/or pretrial detention for offenders charged with gun crimes, assaults on police, certain crime…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Mahwah PD: Paroled In NYPD Shootout, Driver With Drugs, Ammo Nearly Freed Mahwah PD: Paroled In NYPD Shootout, Driver With Drugs, Ammo Nearly Freed Mahwah PD: Paroled In NYPD Shootout, Driver With Drugs, Ammo Nearly Freed
Mahwah PD: Paroled In Nypd Shootout, Driver With Drugs, Ammo Nearly Freed MAHWAH, N.J. – A Queens man who spent 12 years in prison for a shootout that sent four NYPD officers to the hospital was nearly freed after a Mahwah police officer stopped his car and found him with two pounds of pot and hollow-point bullets -- underscoring the need to revisit New Jersey’s 2017 bail reform law, Police Chief James N. Batelli told Daily Voice on Wednesday. Officer Christopher Fasulo stopped the four-door 2012 Nissan on northbound Route 17 around 12:30 a.m. Wednesday for violations of the driver’s view and vehicle lights, Batelli said. During a conversation with the driver -- …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
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Teaneck Firefighters Battle House Blaze Teaneck Firefighters Battle House Blaze Teaneck Firefighters Battle House Blaze
Teaneck Firefighters Battle House Blaze TEANECK, N.J. -- A Teaneck homeowner was apparently on vacation when a Stuyvesant Road house caught fire Tuesday morning, responders told Daily Voice. Mutual aid was requested from Bogota and Ridgefield Park after the fire broke out just after 10:30 a.m. ANYONE with a photo that they themselves took of the fire? Send to Jerry DeMarco at (201) 943-2794 or [email protected] or [email protected].

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Rochelle Park PD: Driver Stopped With Stolen Gun, Drugs Ready For Shootout Rochelle Park PD: Driver Stopped With Stolen Gun, Drugs Ready For Shootout Rochelle Park PD: Driver Stopped With Stolen Gun, Drugs Ready For Shootout
Rochelle Park PD: Driver Stopped With Stolen Gun, Drugs Ready For Shootout ROCHELLE PARK, N.J. – A driver found carrying a stolen semi-automatic handgun loaded with hollow-point bullets told Rochelle Park police overnight Wednesday that, given the chance, “there would have been a shootout,” authorities said hours later. Getting arrested is “nothing more than the price of business,” Jonathan R. Leon-Casiano, 25, of Paterson told Officer Ryan Burke, Police Chief Robert Flannelly said. “The amount of illegal firearms that my officers are more frequently encountering is alarming and has me concerned,” Flannelly said. “Officer Burke alone has gotten four guns off the s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Clifton PD: Pair Chased Down After Trying To Burglarize Occupied Car Clifton PD: Pair Chased Down After Trying To Burglarize Occupied Car Clifton PD: Pair Chased Down After Trying To Burglarize Occupied Car
Clifton PD: Pair Chased Down After Trying To Burglarize Occupied Car CLIFTON, N.J. -- A driver called Clifton police after two would-be thieves opened the door of his car with him still in it -- flooding the area with officers who said they found two Paterson men suspected in a spree of car burglaries trying to hide. As he and his colleagues responded to the 3:45 a.m. call in the 100 block of Edison Street, Officer Thomas Sucameli spotted 20-year-old Luis Gutierrez of Paterson ducking behind a vehicle and arrested him, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said Wednesday. Sgt. Gene Hayes found the second suspect -- later identified as Rasheed Barr, 26, also of Paters…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Clifton PD: Speeding ATV Rider Sends Sidewalk Bystanders Fleeing Clifton PD: Speeding ATV Rider Sends Sidewalk Bystanders Fleeing Clifton PD: Speeding ATV Rider Sends Sidewalk Bystanders Fleeing
Clifton PD: Speeding ATV Rider Sends Sidewalk Bystanders Fleeing CLIFTON, N.J. -- Clifton police chased down an ATV rider who sped along a sidewalk, sending bystanders fleeing, then jumped off and ran through several backyards and an apartment complex before his pursuers caught him in Passaic, authorities said Wednesday morning. In the end, the pursuing officers saw his shoes sticking out of a set of bushes and arrested 18-year-old Elizjah T. Booker of Passaic, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. Officers Matthew Philips and Michael Resciniti were patrolling the area of Highland Avenue when they spotted Booker speeding and not wearing a helmet on the ATV …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Rochelle Park PD Edges Paramus In Special Olympics NJ Fundraiser Rochelle Park PD Edges Paramus In Special Olympics NJ Fundraiser Rochelle Park PD Edges Paramus In Special Olympics NJ Fundraiser
Rochelle Park PD Edges Paramus In Special Olympics NJ Fundraiser ROCHELLE PARK, N.J. -- It's always a close one, and it was no different as Rochelle Park police edged their Paramus colleagues in the 3rd annual softball game to benefit Special Olympics New Jersey. Rochelle Park Pitcher/Dispatcher Tom Breen wiggled out of a 9th inning, bases-loaded jam to earn the complete game 8-6 victory at Carlock Field in Rochelle Park. More importantly, $3,000 was raised by the players and local businesses. Police will continue to accept donations up to the date of the June 9 Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics New Jersey. Rochelle Park Mayor Frank Val…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Newark Airport Reopened, 5 Injuries In Evacuation After Plane Engine Fire Newark Airport Reopened, 5 Injuries In Evacuation After Plane Engine Fire Newark Airport Reopened, 5 Injuries In Evacuation After Plane Engine Fire
Newark Airport Reopened, 5 Injuries In Evacuation After Plane Engine Fire Five people were treated for minor injuries in a plane evacuation after an engine caught fire, temporarily closing Newark Airport Tuesday night. There were 131 people aboard the Boeing 757 -- including 124 passengers, the Port Authority said. “During taxiing of United flight 1579 from Newark to San Francisco, the tower notified the crew of what appeared to be flames from one of the engines," United Airlines spokesman Jonathan Guerin said late Tuesday. "The crew immediately deployed the slides and evacuated the aircraft....," Guerin said. "We are working to get our custo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Wayne Brothers Had Prescription Drugs, Guns, Pot, Handcuffs, Police Charge Wayne Brothers Had Prescription Drugs, Guns, Pot, Handcuffs, Police Charge Wayne Brothers Had Prescription Drugs, Guns, Pot, Handcuffs, Police Charge
Wayne Brothers Had Prescription Drugs, Guns, Pot, Handcuffs, Police Charge WAYNE, N.J. -- Wayne narcotics detectives working with several other colleagues raided a local home and arrested two local brothers while seizing several weapons, ¾ of a pound of pot and 83 varying types of prescription drugs, along with hashish and police-style equipment, authorities said Tuesday night. Nelphi Peralta, 24, and Jewry Peralta-Ryes, 23, also had a 15-inch, black-handled machete, various packaging materials to sell drugs and bottles of cough syrup with the prescription labels removed, Capt. Laurence Martin told Daily Voice. After targeting the brothers following neighborhood c…

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