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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Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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Wyckoff's Rooney: Time To Stop Owners Who Harm Pets To Get Prescriptions Wyckoff's Rooney: Time To Stop Owners Who Harm Pets To Get Prescriptions Wyckoff's Rooney: Time To Stop Owners Who Harm Pets To Get Prescriptions
Wyckoff's Rooney: Time To Stop Owners Who Harm Pets To Get Prescriptions WYCKOFF, N.J. -- Training their dogs to cough -- and even purposely injuring them -- are among the ruses that addicts have used to get prescription opiates for themselves, says a state lawmaker from Wyckoff who aims to curb the abuse. Prescriptions for pets would be regulated under a bill introduced in Trenton by Assemblyman Kevin J. Rooney in response to growing reports nationwide of owners going to vets to get opiates. “Addiction is a disease, and people go to great lengths because of it,” said Rooney (R--Bergen). “Unfortunately, pets are often harmed intentionally so [that] veterinarian…

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Garfield-Lodi, NJ
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Lodi Residents: Get Free Helmet, Lock At Bicycle Safety Day Lodi Residents: Get Free Helmet, Lock At Bicycle Safety Day Lodi Residents: Get Free Helmet, Lock At Bicycle Safety Day
Lodi Residents: Get Free Helmet, Lock At Bicycle Safety Day LODI, N.J. -- The first 100 Lodi residents whose children are grammar school age will receive a free bicycle helmet or lock from borough police at Bicycle Safety Day on May 20. Police will etch all bicycles with an identification number in an attempt to prevent theft. They also will provide bicycle safety instructions and theft prevention precautions, along with instructional demonstrations and videos. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Lodi police parking lot on Memorial Drive. INFO: Sgt. Anthony Mobilio at (973) 473-7600, ext. 8126.

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Paterson, NJ
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Wayne PD: Church-Area Car Burglar Seen In Video Is Caught Wayne PD: Church-Area Car Burglar Seen In Video Is Caught Wayne PD: Church-Area Car Burglar Seen In Video Is Caught
Wayne PD: Church-Area Car Burglar Seen In Video Is Caught WAYNE, N.J. -- A 22-year-old Wayne man confronted by a woman whose husband's cellphone had been stolen is the one seen in surveillance video following a series of car burglaries in and around the parking lot of a local church, authorities said Friday. Isaiah C. Samuel was confronted by the woman on Ratzer Road early Wednesday after she traced her husband's stolen iPhone with a special app, Capt. Laurence Martin said. He ran but was quickly caught by township police, Martin said. Samuel ws carrying a debit card belonging to a victim whose car was broken into at the Ratzer Road YMCA on April…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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Police: Hillsdale Driver OK After SUV Slides 100 Yards On Side In Crash Police: Hillsdale Driver OK After SUV Slides 100 Yards On Side In Crash Police: Hillsdale Driver OK After SUV Slides 100 Yards On Side In Crash
Police: Hillsdale Driver OK After SUV Slides 100 Yards On Side In Crash MAYWOOD, N.J. -- A 19-year-old Hillsdale driver and two passengers climbed out the back of a small SUV that slid nearly 100 yards on its side and hit a tree overnight Friday in Maywood, authorities said. Borough firefighters stabilized the vehicle as the trio climbed through the hatch following the 3:48 a.m. crash in the 700 block of northbound Maywood Avenue, Police Chief David Pegg told Daily Voice. All three were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that were considered minor. Maywood firefighters and two borough EMS units joined police at the scene, along with Ro…

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Glen Rock PD: One Girl, 15, Found Drunk; Other, 16, With LSD Glen Rock PD: One Girl, 15, Found Drunk; Other, 16, With LSD Glen Rock PD: One Girl, 15, Found Drunk; Other, 16, With LSD
Glen Rock PD: One Girl, 15, Found Drunk; Other, 16, With LSD GLEN ROCK, N.J. -- In a span over a little more than 24 hours, a Glen Rock police detective found a 16-year-old borough girl with LSD and the father of a 15-year-old girl found his daughter drunk on the lawn of a local school, authorities said. The older girl was carrying 10 tabs of LSD when she was arrested by Detective Mike Trover on May 5 during an ongoing investigation, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Police issued her a juvenile complaint charging here with drug possession and released the girl to her mother, pending a resoution in the Family Division of Superior Court in Hackensack.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Port Authority: Passaic Driver Masturbates In Middle Of Lincoln Tunnel Port Authority: Passaic Driver Masturbates In Middle Of Lincoln Tunnel Port Authority: Passaic Driver Masturbates In Middle Of Lincoln Tunnel
Port Authority: Passaic Driver Masturbates In Middle Of Lincoln Tunnel PASSAIC, N.J. -- A driver from Passaic who was high on PCP was found masturbating in his minivan after crashing it in the Lincoln Tunnel, Port Authority police said Friday. Officers responding to a 7:15 p.m. accident call Thursday found the 2005 Dodge minivan stopped with the engine running in the tunnel, the authority's Joseph Pentangelo told Daily Voice. The lone occupant of the vehicle -- Ismael Esquilin, 48, of Dayton Avenue -- was "removing his clothes and performing a lewd act," he said. Esquilin, who had a crack pipe on the front passenger seat and PCP on the floor, refuse…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
SUV Slides 100 Yards On Side In Maywood Crash SUV Slides 100 Yards On Side In Maywood Crash SUV Slides 100 Yards On Side In Maywood Crash
SUV Slides 100 Yards On Side In Maywood Crash MAYWOOD, N.J. -- Three occupants climbed out the back of a small SUV that slid nearly 100 yards on its side and hit a tree overnight Friday in Maywood, authorities said. Borough firefighters stabilized the vehicle as the 19-year-old driver from Hillsdale and both passengers climbed through the hatch following the 3:48 a.m. crash in the 700 block of northbound Maywood Avenue, Police Chief David Pegg told Daily Voice. All three were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that were considered minor. Maywood firefighters and two borough EMS units joined police at the scene…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
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National Guardswoman At Teaneck Armory, Kids Get Playhouse From Habitat National Guardswoman At Teaneck Armory, Kids Get Playhouse From Habitat National Guardswoman At Teaneck Armory, Kids Get Playhouse From Habitat
National Guardswoman At Teaneck Armory, Kids Get Playhouse From Habitat TEANECK, N.J. -- Two young children and their National Guard mother got a playhouse, thanks to Habitat for Humanity of Bergen County. The agency delivered the playhouse to the New Jersey Army National Guard Armory in Teaneck on Thursday. Angela King, Habitat's director of volunteers, led a group of volunteers who presented the playhouse to Spc. Adriana Garcia of the 250th Brigade Support Battalion and her children, Arianna, 3, and Adam, 2. A.J. Luna, Bergen County director of veterans’ services, helped arrange the donation after hearing about the need from another Guard Soldier Sgt. Eric C…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
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Ridgewood Business Owner Falls For Unpaid Utility Bill Scam, Loses $1,200 Ridgewood Business Owner Falls For Unpaid Utility Bill Scam, Loses $1,200 Ridgewood Business Owner Falls For Unpaid Utility Bill Scam, Loses $1,200
Ridgewood Business Owner Falls For Unpaid Utility Bill Scam, Loses $1,200 RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- The old "unpaid utility bill" scam cost an East Ridgewood Avenue business owner $1,200, say police who are warning others not to be duped. The merchant "reported receiving a phone call from a female purporting to represent PSEG," Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke said. "The caller stated the business had an outstanding unpaid balance that needed to be paid immediately or the service would be terminated." The caller had the unwitting victim buy pre-paid debtors cards and then read her their numbers over the phone, Luthcke said. The caller then …

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Paterson, NJ
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Sleep-Disturbed Paterson Man Kills Noisy Roommate, Authorities Charge Sleep-Disturbed Paterson Man Kills Noisy Roommate, Authorities Charge Sleep-Disturbed Paterson Man Kills Noisy Roommate, Authorities Charge
Sleep-Disturbed Paterson Man Kills Noisy Roommate, Authorities Charge PATERSON, N.J. – A Paterson man trying to get some sleep stabbed and killed a noisy roommate with a large kitchen knife, authorities said Thursday. Segundo “Paul” Ocon, 37, fled the Market Street apartment after stabbing 48-year-old Barriga Huaya twice in the torso, leaving the knife behind, before dawn last Friday, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Deputy Chief Heriberto Rodriguez said. Huaya was later pronounced dead at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, they said. Detectives tracked down Huaya at an East 27th Street apartment early Thursday and charged h…

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