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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Hackensack Students Get Living History Lesson From Holocaust Survivor Hackensack Students Get Living History Lesson From Holocaust Survivor Hackensack Students Get Living History Lesson From Holocaust Survivor
Hackensack Students Get Living History Lesson From Holocaust Survivor HACKENSACK, N.J. – A group of Hackensack Middle School eighth-graders fell silent as Hanna Wechsler lifted her sleeve and showed them an identification number branded on her arm nearly 75 years ago, after the Nazis invaded her native Poland. She was five years old at the time. The students have been studying the history of genocide, the two World Wars – and, of course, the Holocaust. Three eighth-grade students and a Hackensack High School sophomore were winners at this year’s Siegelbaum Literary and Visual Arts Competition, sponsored by the Holocaust Museum and Center for Tolerance in Suf…

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by Jerry DeMarco & Jennifer Zisa
Paterson, NJ
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Five Busted, 1½ Pounds Of Pot Seized In Paterson Five Busted, 1½ Pounds Of Pot Seized In Paterson Five Busted, 1½ Pounds Of Pot Seized In Paterson
Five Busted, 1½ Pounds Of Pot Seized In Paterson PATERSON, N.J. -- Paterson detectives tipped off to drug dealing on a local street seized more than a pound and a half of pot and a small amount of heroin while arresting five men, authorities said Tuesday. A Hewitt man, 48-year-old Jeffrey Spurlock, had just bought eight bags of heroin at the at the East 29th Street residence -- between 10th & 11th Avenue -- when investigators moved in and arrested him and four Paterson men: Michael Lewis, 41 Oneil Grant, 35 Rashawn Myrie, 28 Basil Rowe, 26 They also confiscated $465 in alleged drug proceeds for forfeiture proceedings.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Pennsylvania To Paterson: $500 Heroin Buy Gets Trio Busted, Sheriff Says Pennsylvania To Paterson: $500 Heroin Buy Gets Trio Busted, Sheriff Says Pennsylvania To Paterson: $500 Heroin Buy Gets Trio Busted, Sheriff Says
Pennsylvania To Paterson: $500 Heroin Buy Gets Trio Busted, Sheriff Says PATERSON, N.J. -- A nearly 60-mile trip ended in arrests for a Pennsylvania trio after Passaic County sheriff's detectives caught them buying heroin in Paterson, authorities said Tuesday. The narcotics detectives were watching the area of East 36th Street and 20th Avenue early Monday evening when they spotted a familiar face: 21-year-old Edward Martinez of Passaic, Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. Miller, whom they charged with selling two bricks of heroin in February, was "pacing back and forth while on the phone and looking in all directions," Berdnik said. A Jeep then pulled t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Sheriff: Paroled Bloomingdale Rapist Trafficked Child Porn Sheriff: Paroled Bloomingdale Rapist Trafficked Child Porn Sheriff: Paroled Bloomingdale Rapist Trafficked Child Porn
Sheriff: Paroled Bloomingdale Rapist Trafficked Child Porn BLOOMINGDALE, N.J. -- A convicted rapist from Bloomingdale who was banned from social media or chat rooms without parole supervision trafficked child porn videos until Passaic County sheriff's detectives arrested him Tuesday, authorities said. Members of his Internet Crime Unit took 41-year-old Lawrence Ramirez into custody after a six-week investigation, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. They charged him with possession and distribution of child pornography after catching Ramirez sharing nearly a dozen illegal files from his Union Avenue home, Berdnik said. Ramirez served n…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Leonia PD: Teen Car Burglar Caught After Leaving Shoes Behind Leonia PD: Teen Car Burglar Caught After Leaving Shoes Behind Leonia PD: Teen Car Burglar Caught After Leaving Shoes Behind
Leonia PD: Teen Car Burglar Caught After Leaving Shoes Behind LEONIA, N.J. -- A 17-year-old Leonia car burglar caught in the act Tuesday morning left behind not only the proceeds but both of his shoes, said police who tracked him down and arrested him at the high school after he stole a pair of sneakers from a teacher's car. A resident of the 100 block of Hillcrest Avenue called police around 7:45 a.m. after spotting the borough teen rummaging through his car, Capt. Scott Tamagny told Daily Voice. The thief bolted when the resident tried questioning him, hopping a backyard fence, Tamagny said, adding that a surveillance camera captured the incident. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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ARREST MADE: One Dead, Other Wounded In Passaic Street Shooting ARREST MADE: One Dead, Other Wounded In Passaic Street Shooting ARREST MADE: One Dead, Other Wounded In Passaic Street Shooting
Arrest Made: One Dead, Other Wounded In Passaic Street Shooting PASSAIC, N.J. (UPDATE) -- A Lodi man was charged with murder and attempted murder, among other counts, in a drive-by shooting in Passaic that killed one victim and injured another. https://southpassaic.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/lodi-man-charged-with-murder-in-passaic-drive-by-shooting/711861/ PASSAIC, N.J. – A shooting in Passaic left a 23-year-old man dead and a 20-year-old with minor injuries, authorities said Tuesday. The shooting occurred just before 11:30 p.m. near 37 Federal Street, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Passaic Police Chief Luis Guzman said in a joint anno…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Fair Lawn Rescue Squad Frees Baby Bird Who Tumbled Into Storm Drain Fair Lawn Rescue Squad Frees Baby Bird Who Tumbled Into Storm Drain Fair Lawn Rescue Squad Frees Baby Bird Who Tumbled Into Storm Drain
Fair Lawn Rescue Squad Frees Baby Bird Who Tumbled Into Storm Drain FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- Members of the Fair Lawn Rescue Squad had a special save Tuesday afternoon. A UPS worker called with a report of a baby bird stuck in a storm drain, and the squad immediately responded. "It's a baby, way too young to fly," one said after the responders freed the fledgling. Although fledglings have developed most of their flight feathers, they typically hop around -- awkwardly, at times -- before someday taking flight.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
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Parents: 'Knock Out Opioid Abuse' Town Hall Series Comes To Bergen County Parents: 'Knock Out Opioid Abuse' Town Hall Series Comes To Bergen County Parents: 'Knock Out Opioid Abuse' Town Hall Series Comes To Bergen County
Parents: 'Knock Out Opioid Abuse' Town Hall Series Comes To Bergen County PARAMUS, N.J. -- Bergen County residents are invited to attend -- and join in on -- a discussion of the heroin and prescription drug epidemic at a special Town Hall meeting on May 31 at Bergen Community College. "People have to realize that it can happen to them," a mother who lost a child to drug abuse said. "Parents don't think it's going to happen to them. Our children didn't think it was going to happen to them. The community -- everybody just kind of just sweeps things under the rug. "It can [happen] and it does." The "Knock Out Opioid Abuse Town Hall&quo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
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Free Speech Fight Over, Norwood Activist Creates Special Needs Startup Free Speech Fight Over, Norwood Activist Creates Special Needs Startup Free Speech Fight Over, Norwood Activist Creates Special Needs Startup
Free Speech Fight Over, Norwood Activist Creates Special Needs Startup NORWOOD, N.J. – A Norwood activist for children with special needs hopes to succeed with a start-up company aimed at helping businesses and their employees become warm and welcoming to people with disabilities. A state judge in Hackensack earlier this year cleared Jonathan Singer of charges that he harassed his ex-wife’s attorneys on Facebook and through emails to their peers. Another judge three years ago ordered the 52-year-old former Tenafly resident to remove the Facebook posts -- and then found him in contempt of court when he refused. Singer was in Florida at the time and says he was…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
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Norwood Firefighters, Auxiliary To Be Honored At 28th Annual Memorial Norwood Firefighters, Auxiliary To Be Honored At 28th Annual Memorial Norwood Firefighters, Auxiliary To Be Honored At 28th Annual Memorial
Norwood Firefighters, Auxiliary To Be Honored At 28th Annual Memorial NORWOOD, N.J. -- The 28th annual memorial service for deceased Norwood firefighters and members of the Ladies Auxiliary will be held on May 25. The Norwood Exempt Firemen’s Association The association will present a grave flag and a floral tribute to each family of deceased members during the service, which begins at 7 p.m. at the firehouse at 602 Broadway. Attendees will include state and county fire association members, as well as elected officials. Refreshments will be served afterward. During the 106 years that Norwood Fire Co. No. 1 has been serving the borough, 135 of 300 firefighter…

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