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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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Five Hospitalized, One Charged, In Hasbrouck Heights School Bus Crash Five Hospitalized, One Charged, In Hasbrouck Heights School Bus Crash Five Hospitalized, One Charged, In Hasbrouck Heights School Bus Crash
Five Hospitalized, One Charged, In Hasbrouck Heights School Bus Crash HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N.J. -- Three boys under 10 and two adults were hospitalized Tuesday morning after a multi-vehicle crash involving a school bus in Hasbrouck Heights, police told Daily Voice. "Amazingly, all of the injuries appear minor," Detective Lt. Michael Colaneri said. The driver of one of the vehicles, a 32-year-old Clifton resident, tried to flee but was stopped by police with a flat tire, Colaneri said. It began when the Clifton woman's Subaru rear-ended a Mercedes-Benz that was stopped for traffic on southbound Terrace Avenue near Division Avenue, the lieutenant said.…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Stolen Maywood Pit Bull Returned Stolen Maywood Pit Bull Returned Stolen Maywood Pit Bull Returned
Stolen Maywood Pit Bull Returned MAYWOOD, N.J. -- She was a little beaten up and lost quite a bit of weight, but a pit bull stolen from a Maywood family a week and a half earlier was finally returned on Tuesday. Barely six months old, Luna is "skinny and a little skittish," Tracey Zottarelli told Daily Voice. "But we are crying tears of joy for her return." The story of Luna's abduction dominated local social media and sent police to various locations, including Garfield and even Allentown, PA, based on evidence that the Zottarelli family might have known the dognapper. Zottarelli's son, Matthew, and t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Preschoolers Learn About Community Service From Garfield's Finest Preschoolers Learn About Community Service From Garfield's Finest Preschoolers Learn About Community Service From Garfield's Finest
Preschoolers Learn About Community Service From Garfield's Finest GARFIELD, N.J. -- Garfield Police Chief Raymond Kovach joined community affairs and school resource officers in making some new friends at Tuesday's "Community Helper Day" at the city's Pre-K Annex. Officers showed the children the various ways they serve the community each day. The youngsters also got to hop inside a police vehicle -- always a hit. Kovach said his department "continues to strive to forge positive relationships with the city’s preschool students."  

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Clifton 'World's Sexiest Psychiatrist' Loses License Clifton 'World's Sexiest Psychiatrist' Loses License Clifton 'World's Sexiest Psychiatrist' Loses License
Clifton 'World's Sexiest Psychiatrist' Loses License CLIFTON, N.J. -- A Clifton psychiatrist who authorities said had "inappropriate physical contact" with a patient in his office and at her home -- for which she gave him gifts that included a "World's Sexiest Psychiatrist" pin -- had his license revoked for four years. Theodore F. Jasper will be able to return to practice in August 2019, however:  The revocation by the State Board of Medical Examiners is retroactive to 2015, when he first agreed to surrender his license as part of an interim consent order, authorities said. Jasper "admitted to engaging in inappropri…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Pills, Pot, Guns, $25Gs: Sheriff's Detectives Smash Paterson 'Drugstore' Pills, Pot, Guns, $25Gs: Sheriff's Detectives Smash Paterson 'Drugstore' Pills, Pot, Guns, $25Gs: Sheriff's Detectives Smash Paterson 'Drugstore'
Pills, Pot, Guns, $25Gs: Sheriff's Detectives Smash Paterson 'Drugstore' PATERSON, N.J. -- A Paterson man operated a virtual pharmacy from his apartment, distributing up to seven different types of drugs, said authorities who seized three guns, more than two pounds of pot, three ounces of crack and hundreds of pills -- as well as more than $25,000 in cash. Passaic County sheriff's narcotics detectives were following up a tip about drug deals on Keen Street when they saw Eric T. Mckenzie, 38, get into a black Kia around 5:30 p.m. Monday, Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. Mckenzie drove to 6th Avenue and East 19th Street and met with a man identified as Brian T. Gi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn Woman Charged In Husband's Hit-Run Death Fair Lawn Woman Charged In Husband's Hit-Run Death Fair Lawn Woman Charged In Husband's Hit-Run Death
Fair Lawn Woman Charged In Husband's Hit-Run Death FAIR LAWN, N.J. – A Fair Lawn health care professional was charged with leaving the scene of what became a fatal crash after her husband jumped on the hood of her car to try to stop her from leaving during an argument and fell off as it was moving. Police had received several reports of a hit a run just before 11:30 a.m. on May 6, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. Daniel Offield, 35, had “jumped on the hood of Ammara Chaudry’s vehicle in an apparent attempt to prevent [her] from leaving the area following a domestic dispute,” Grewal said. A short distance later, Offield fell …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgewood Gang Member Admits Role In Cab Carjacking, Bar Robberies Ridgewood Gang Member Admits Role In Cab Carjacking, Bar Robberies Ridgewood Gang Member Admits Role In Cab Carjacking, Bar Robberies
Ridgewood Gang Member Admits Role In Cab Carjacking, Bar Robberies RIDGEWOOD, N.J. – A gang member from Ridgewood admitted Tuesday that he participated in carjacking, kidnapping and leaving a local cab driver for dead after he and four fellow crew members robbed a Hawthorne bar. Wilbur J. Barahona became the last of six defendants to accept a plea deal from federal prosecutors in Newark. He told a U.S. District Court judge there on Tuesday that he and other members of the 18th Street Gang got into a cab in Paterson around 3 a.m. on Dec. 26, 2015 for a ride to Waldwick. The crew members took control of the cab in Ridgewood, hit the driver in the head with…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Target Agrees To Record $18M Payment, Reforms For Shoppers' Data Breach Target Agrees To Record $18M Payment, Reforms For Shoppers' Data Breach Target Agrees To Record $18M Payment, Reforms For Shoppers' Data Breach
Target Agrees To Record $18M Payment, Reforms For Shoppers' Data Breach In the largest settlement ever for a multi-state data breach, Target Corp. has agreed to pay New Jersey, 46 other states and the District of Columbia $18 million dollars for its role in compromising the payment card information of more than 41 million shoppers nationwide. New Jersey's cut of the payout is $680,411. The company also agreed "to enact a variety of cyber-security reforms designed to prevent similar data breaches in the future," New Jersey Attorney General Christopher Porrino said. That includes creating an information security program "headed by an executive …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Your Choice In Allendale PD Bike Helmet Safety Sweep: Prize Or Summons Your Choice In Allendale PD Bike Helmet Safety Sweep: Prize Or Summons Your Choice In Allendale PD Bike Helmet Safety Sweep: Prize Or Summons
Your Choice In Allendale PD Bike Helmet Safety Sweep: Prize Or Summons ALLENDALE, N.J. – Some lucky Allendale youngsters who wear their helmets while riding bicycles and skateboards downtown will receive fun prizes – while the parents of those who don’t could find themselves dragged into court as part of new borough police safety initiative. Beginning at the end of this Friday’s school day, officers will begin distributing coupons for free Dairy Queen ice cream cones, doughnuts from Dunkin’ Donuts and free jump time at Sky Zone Trampoline Park to helmet-wearing youngsters they spot in the business district, Sgt. Bill Kroepke said. A local anonymous donor and c…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Ex-Con Tries To Kill Elmwood Park Girlfriend With Arson Fire Prosecutor: Ex-Con Tries To Kill Elmwood Park Girlfriend With Arson Fire Prosecutor: Ex-Con Tries To Kill Elmwood Park Girlfriend With Arson Fire
Prosecutor: Ex-Con Tries To Kill Elmwood Park Girlfriend With Arson Fire ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. (UPDATE) -- A 33-year-old ex-con who spent 10 of the past 13 years in state prison was charged with attempted murder after trying to burn down his girlfriend's Elmwood Park home, authorities told Daily Voice. Sharrod L. Stuart assaulted and choked the woman before leaving, trying to break his way back in and setting a laundry bag of clothes in front of her apartment door on fire -- "causing flames to spread to the roof of the porch to the apartment," Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said late Tuesday morning. Police got a first 911 call from the woman …

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