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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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Fair Lawn HS Student, 15, Busted With More Than ¼-Pound Of Pot Police: Fair Lawn HS Student, 15, Busted With More Than ¼-Pound Of Pot Police: Fair Lawn HS Student, 15, Busted With More Than ¼-Pound Of Pot
Police: Fair Lawn HS Student, 15, Busted With More Than ¼-Pound Of Pot FAIR LAWN, N.J. – A Fair Lawn High School student was busted with more than a quarter-pound of pot stashed in his bedroom, authorities said Tuesday morning. Detective Lt. Joseph Dawicki and Detective Anthony Lugo, working with School Resource Officer Sean Nagle, first detained the boy Monday afternoon, then brought him home, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. There, with a parent present, they found 4.6 ounces of marijuana, a digital scale and “personal use paraphernalia” in a lock box in his bedroom, Metzler said. The boy, who was released to his parent at the residence, will answer a delinquency c…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Two Hospitalized After SUV Rolls In Teaneck Crash With Van Two Hospitalized After SUV Rolls In Teaneck Crash With Van Two Hospitalized After SUV Rolls In Teaneck Crash With Van
Two Hospitalized After SUV Rolls In Teaneck Crash With Van TEANECK, N.J. -- There were no critical injuries after an SUV rolled in a collision with a van in Teaneck early Tuesday. Two people were taken to Holy Name Medical Center with minor injuries following the crash at New Bridge and River roads at the New Milford border just before 7 a.m., Capt. John A. Faggello told Daily Voice.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
PHOTO: Honey-Loving Bear Ravages Ramsey Beehives PHOTO: Honey-Loving Bear Ravages Ramsey Beehives PHOTO: Honey-Loving Bear Ravages Ramsey Beehives
Photo: Honey-Loving Bear Ravages Ramsey Beehives RAMSEY, N.J. -- A honey-lovin' bear wrought havoc on a Ramsey resident's backyard beehives early Monday. "There were some heavy hives he knocked over to get at the honey," a friend of the Grove Street homeowner told Daily Voice on Monday.The homeowner "watched while the bear ate," then was left with a major cleanup, she said. Ramsey police issued an alert. The Eric Smith Middle School is behind the property. Although bears prefer immature bees -- for their fat and protein -- they'll endure the stings and narrows of domestic hives to get at the sweet stuff, according to …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson Police Raid Yields 18,000 Bags of Heroin, 1,200 Crack Capsules Paterson Police Raid Yields 18,000 Bags of Heroin, 1,200 Crack Capsules Paterson Police Raid Yields 18,000 Bags of Heroin, 1,200 Crack Capsules
Paterson Police Raid Yields 18,000 Bags of Heroin, 1,200 Crack Capsules PATERSON, N.J. -- Paterson drug detectives seized 18,000 bags of heroin and more than 1,200 crack capsules -- weighing dozens of collective pounds and worth a combined $100,000 -- while arresting a 58-year-old city man during a Monday afternoon raid, authorities said. The arrest of Oscar Saez at his Godwin Avenue apartment around 12:50 p.m. Monday followed an investigation into neighborhood complaints of drug dealing on the lower part of 12th Avenue, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Saez had 18,012 folds of heroins and 1,228 capsules of crack for sale, Speziale said. Narcotics detectiv…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Accused Murderer Admits Robbing Passaic Nightclub Of $26G At Gunpoint Accused Murderer Admits Robbing Passaic Nightclub Of $26G At Gunpoint Accused Murderer Admits Robbing Passaic Nightclub Of $26G At Gunpoint
Accused Murderer Admits Robbing Passaic Nightclub Of $26G At Gunpoint PASSAIC, N.J. -- An East Orange man awaiting trial for murder admitted in federal court on Monday that he robbed a Passaic club at gunpoint of $26,084 four months earlier. Shaheed Blamahsah, also known as “Aboo,” 29, told a U.S. District Court judge that he and an accomplice got the cash by threatening an employee with a gun the night of Sept. 6, 2015. Blamahsah said he and the accomplice – identified by federal authorities as 28-year-old Keontrae “Taz” Lawrence of South Orange – made the employee dump the contents of two safes into two purses and then count to 100 as they left the club. P…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
NJ Top Cop Honors Woodcliff Lake Community Policing NJ Top Cop Honors Woodcliff Lake Community Policing NJ Top Cop Honors Woodcliff Lake Community Policing
NJ Top Cop Honors Woodcliff Lake Community Policing WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J. -- Woodcliff Lake police were among a small group of law enforcement agencies and officers from New Jersey honored Monday by state Attorney General Christopher Porrino for "outstanding achievements and innovation in community policing throughout the state." “I firmly believe that a successful community policing program is far more than uniformed police officers walking the beat,” Porrino said. “Rather, it’s an overarching strategy that depends on the collaboration between police departments and community groups working together to identify and solve local neigh…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Clifton Driver, 33, Critical After Utility Pole Crash Police: Clifton Driver, 33, Critical After Utility Pole Crash Police: Clifton Driver, 33, Critical After Utility Pole Crash
Police: Clifton Driver, 33, Critical After Utility Pole Crash CLIFTON, N.J. -- A 33-year-old Clifton driver was hospitalized in critical condition after being ejected from his car when it crashed into a telephone pole overnight Monday, authorities told Daily Voice. The driver was alone in the vehicle when the crash occurred around 3 a.m. on Lakeview Avenue near East 3rd Street, Lt. Robert Bracken said. He was taken to St Joseph' s Regional Medical Center in Paterson in critical condition, Bracken said. The Clifton Police Traffic Division was investigating, he said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Wayne PD: Passenger Wanted On Warrants From Six Different Places Wayne PD: Passenger Wanted On Warrants From Six Different Places Wayne PD: Passenger Wanted On Warrants From Six Different Places
Wayne PD: Passenger Wanted On Warrants From Six Different Places WAYNE, N.J. -- Routine traffic stops turned into arrests for Wayne police -- one when they found a passenger wanted on warrants for skipping court in six different jurisdictions and the other after a man claimed his cellphone was stolen. Officer Tomasz Cydzik stopped one of the vehicles Sunday afternoon at Route 23 South and Fairfield Road, Capt. Laurence Martin said. The registered owner had an expired driver’s license and the front passenger wasn't wearing a seat belt, he said. The passenger -- who told Cydzik that another occupant could take over the driving -- "began making up [pe…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Carlstadt Police Credit Daily Voice In Uber Driver Robbery Arrest Carlstadt Police Credit Daily Voice In Uber Driver Robbery Arrest Carlstadt Police Credit Daily Voice In Uber Driver Robbery Arrest
Carlstadt Police Credit Daily Voice In Uber Driver Robbery Arrest CARLSTADT, N.J. -- An Uber passenger who beat and robbed the driver was identified and arrested with help from Daily Voice, Carlstadt police said Monday. Brandon C. Ryan, 22, of Kearny was arrested after screen grabs from the car's surveillance video were posted on Daily Voice and on the Carlstadt police Facebook page, Police Chief Thomas Nielsen said. "Numerous tips from citizens were soon after received," he said, "and all but one of those tips indicated Ryan as the person pictured in the image," the chief said. Ryan and an unidentified friend shared an Uber ride with…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
NJ's Top Cop Honors Park Ridge Community Policing NJ's Top Cop Honors Park Ridge Community Policing NJ's Top Cop Honors Park Ridge Community Policing
NJ's Top Cop Honors Park Ridge Community Policing PARK RIDGE, N.J. -- Park Ridge police were among a small group of law enforcement agencies and officers from New Jersey honored Monday by state Attorney General Christopher Porrino for "outstanding achievements and innovation in community policing throughout the state." Porrino presented the 2017 Community Policing Awards to three Bergen County recipients -- Emerson, Midland Park, Park Ridge and Woodcliff Lakes police -- at a ceremony Monday in the Rutgers University Livingston Campus Student Center in Piscataway honoring nearly 30 altogether. “I firmly believe that a successful c…

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