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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Cortlandt, NY
Breaking News
Wanted Buchanan Man Nabbed With Heroin In New Jersey, Police Say Wanted Buchanan Man Nabbed With Heroin In New Jersey, Police Say Wanted Buchanan Man Nabbed With Heroin In New Jersey, Police Say
Wanted Buchanan Man Nabbed With Heroin In New Jersey, Police Say BUCHANAN, N.Y. – A wanted Buchanan man and two companions had 50 bags of heroin when a New Jersey police officer stopped their car, authorities said Monday. Matthew Troccoli, 28, was a passenger in a car stopped by a Glen Rock police detective in Bergen County last Tuesday night. The driver, Maryann McKinnon, 33, of West Milford, NJ, was charged with heroin possession and released without bail pending a May 26 detention hearing, Glen Rock Police Chief Dean Ackermann told Daily Voice. McKinnon also received a trio of summonses -- for having drugs in a motor vehicle, no side view mirrors and…

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Glen Rock Detective Nabs Wanted West Milford, Westchester Men Glen Rock Detective Nabs Wanted West Milford, Westchester Men Glen Rock Detective Nabs Wanted West Milford, Westchester Men
Glen Rock Detective Nabs Wanted West Milford, Westchester Men GLEN ROCK, N.J. – A wanted West Milford ex-con with a history of drug-related crimes and two companions – a Westchester County man who was also wanted -- had 50 bags of heroin when a Glen Rock police detective stopped their car, authorities said Monday. Michael Dellapenna, 29, and 28-year-old Buchanan, NY resident Matthew Troccoli were passengers in the car stopped by Detective Michael Trover last Tuesday night, Police Chief Dean Ackermann told Daily Voice. The driver, Maryann McKinnon, 33, also of West Milford, was charged with heroin possession and released without bail pending a May 26 d…

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Clifton PD: Accused Serial Pickpocket Surrenders Clifton PD: Accused Serial Pickpocket Surrenders Clifton PD: Accused Serial Pickpocket Surrenders
Clifton PD: Accused Serial Pickpocket Surrenders CLIFTON, N.J. -- An accused thief who Clifton police said had been pick-pocketing unsuspecting shoppers throughout North Jersey surrendered amid news reports that she was wanted, authorities said Monday morning. Sunday Alston, 47, was the subject of a search reported here last Wednesday.Alston talked up her victims in order to distract them before she made off with their valuables, Lt. Robert Bracken said last week. She also "often wears different hats and scarfs while committing these offenses in an effort to disguise her appearance," he said. Alston was wanted for six separate …

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Northern Highlands, NJ
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Allendale PD: Burglary Spree Suspect Nabbed In Intensive Overnight Manhunt Allendale PD: Burglary Spree Suspect Nabbed In Intensive Overnight Manhunt Allendale PD: Burglary Spree Suspect Nabbed In Intensive Overnight Manhunt
Allendale PD: Burglary Spree Suspect Nabbed In Intensive Overnight Manhunt ALLENDALE, N.J. – “We got him,” Allendale Police Chief George Scherb told Daily Voice early Monday after an intensive overnight manhunt – including tracking dogs and a helicopter – led to the early-morning arrest of a man suspected in a recent burglary spree. Burglary and theft charges were among those being prepared against 20-year-old Justinian Rocco, a former borough resident who "has no fixed address but had been staying somewhere in Paterson," Scherb said. Although only 20, Rocco already has a lengthy sheet of charges following area arrests -- for, among other offenses, burgl…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: Reward Hiked To $2,000 To Find Pit Bull Stolen From Maywood Family UPDATE: Reward Hiked To $2,000 To Find Pit Bull Stolen From Maywood Family UPDATE: Reward Hiked To $2,000 To Find Pit Bull Stolen From Maywood Family
Update: Reward Hiked To $2,000 To Find Pit Bull Stolen From Maywood Family UPDATE: 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. Matthew Zottarelli and t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Hudson Officer, 44, From Lyndhurst Killed In Route 3 Crash Prosecutor: Hudson Officer, 44, From Lyndhurst Killed In Route 3 Crash Prosecutor: Hudson Officer, 44, From Lyndhurst Killed In Route 3 Crash
Prosecutor: Hudson Officer, 44, From Lyndhurst Killed In Route 3 Crash EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- A 44-year-old Union City police sergeant headed to work from Lyndhurst was killed in a multi-vehicle crash on Route 3 late Saturday. Sgt. Mark Zeitounian was driving a car that was struck from behind on the eastbound highway near the Hackensack River Bridge, igniting a chain reaction that involved four vehicles, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said, confirming an earlier Daily Voice report. The 18-year veteran was killed and five other people were injured, he said. No charges were immediately filed. However, the Bergen County Prosecutor's Fatal Accident U…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
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Prosecutor: Hudson Officer, 44, From Lyndhurst Killed In Route 3 Crash Prosecutor: Hudson Officer, 44, From Lyndhurst Killed In Route 3 Crash Prosecutor: Hudson Officer, 44, From Lyndhurst Killed In Route 3 Crash
Prosecutor: Hudson Officer, 44, From Lyndhurst Killed In Route 3 Crash EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- A 44-year-old Union City police sergeant headed to work from Lyndhurst was killed in a multi-vehicle crash on Route 3 late Saturday. Sgt. Mark Zeitounian was driving a car that was struck from behind on the eastbound highway near the Hackensack River Bridge, igniting a chain reaction that involved four vehicles, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said, confirming an earlier Daily Voice report. The 18-year veteran was killed and five other people were injured, he said. No charges were immediately filed. However, the Bergen County Prosecutor's Fatal Accident U…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack Firefighter Charged With Peddling Pain Killers Hackensack Firefighter Charged With Peddling Pain Killers Hackensack Firefighter Charged With Peddling Pain Killers
Hackensack Firefighter Charged With Peddling Pain Killers HACKENSACK, N.J – A Hackensack firefighter was selling Oxycodone – which authorities said they discovered after police needed Narcan to revive an overdose victim. James B. Rattacasa, 35, was released without bail pending a May 31 detention hearing in Central Judicial Processing Court on drug distribution charges, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. “On May 6, the Oakland Police Department revived a 33-year-old male overdose victim using Nalaxone,” Grewal said. “Subsequent investigation by the Oakland Police Department revealed that [Rattacasa] was distributing controlled dangero…

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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Typical Friday: Evening Rush Backs GWB-Bound Traffic Past Fort Lee Typical Friday: Evening Rush Backs GWB-Bound Traffic Past Fort Lee Typical Friday: Evening Rush Backs GWB-Bound Traffic Past Fort Lee
Typical Friday: Evening Rush Backs Gwb-bound Traffic Past Fort Lee FORT LEE, N.J. -- New York City-bound Friday evening traffic had delays of up to 40 minutes at the upper level of the George Washington Bridge and a half hour at the lower, police reported. Local Fort Lee streets were thick with the overflow, while highway traffic stretched for miles into Englewood around 5:30 p.m., they said. Just your typical Friday jam up.

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Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Nurse Charged With Sexually Abusing Incapacitated Wyckoff Victim Nurse Charged With Sexually Abusing Incapacitated Wyckoff Victim Nurse Charged With Sexually Abusing Incapacitated Wyckoff Victim
Nurse Charged With Sexually Abusing Incapacitated Wyckoff Victim UPDATE (June 8, 2017): A male registered nurse from Maywood accused of sexually abusing a physically helpless and mentally incapacitated victim in Wyckoff was temporarily suspended from practice, state authorities said Thursday. https://wyckoff.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/nurse-has-license-suspended-amid-wyckoff-patient-sex-abuse-charges/713249/ WYCKOFF, N.J. – A male registered nurse from Maywood sexually abused a physically helpless and mentally incapacitated victim in Wyckoff, authorities charged Friday. Radcliffe R. Rose, 51, who is married, was charged with aggravated sexual assault fo…

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