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
Breaking News
Fugitive Wanted In West Virginia Shooting Captured In Hackensack Fugitive Wanted In West Virginia Shooting Captured In Hackensack Fugitive Wanted In West Virginia Shooting Captured In Hackensack
Fugitive Wanted In West Virginia Shooting Captured In Hackensack HACKENSACK, N.J. -- U.S. Marshals and Hackensack police detectives early Tuesday captured a West Virginia fugitive who authorities said fired a sawed-off shotgun at two men at a used car dealership. Ex-con Darrell Lamar Claybrook, 33, fled to his girlfriend's house on Atlantic Street, next to Hackensack University Medical Center, where members of the U.S. Marshals New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force and city detectives took him into custody around 6 a.m., city Police Capt. Timothy Lloyd told Daily Voice. Police in Fairmont, WV, said the 6-foot-3-inch, 225-pound Claybrook went …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Police: Clifton Woman Finds 15-Year-Old Burglar In Dining Room Police: Clifton Woman Finds 15-Year-Old Burglar In Dining Room Police: Clifton Woman Finds 15-Year-Old Burglar In Dining Room
Police: Clifton Woman Finds 15-Year-Old Burglar In Dining Room CLIFTON, N.J. -- A Clifton police officer chased down a 15-year-old boy after a resident found him in her dining room stealing her wallet, authorities said Tuesday. The Laurel Avenue victim told police she heard a noise just after 4 p.m. and found the boy had broken in and was removing the wallet, Lt. Robert Bracken said. Then he took off, she said. Officer Thomas Buell, who was among those who flooded the area, spotted the teen hopping a fence and fleeing, Bracken said. Buell chased the boy down, found the wallet and took the teen into custody, he said. Police filed a delinquency compla…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Elevator Fire Clears Bergen County Courthouse Elevator Fire Clears Bergen County Courthouse Elevator Fire Clears Bergen County Courthouse
Elevator Fire Clears Bergen County Courthouse HACKENSACK, N.J. -- An elevator motor shorted out, igniting a small fire extinguished by sheriff's officers that cleared that Bergen County Courthouse Tuesday afternoon. "No one was in the elevator when the fire broke out around 2:20 p.m., triggering alarms," William Schievella, the sheriff's public information director, told Daily Voice. "Nobody was injured. Nobody was in any danger." People were let back into the building a short time later, he said. "At least it wasn't a bomb threat this time," said a county employee who was among the evacuees. The has bee…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Motorcyclist Crashes, Dies In Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Chase Motorcyclist Crashes, Dies In Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Chase Motorcyclist Crashes, Dies In Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Chase
Motorcyclist Crashes, Dies In Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Chase FORT LEE, N.J. -- A 33-year-old East Harlem man who crashed his motorcycle and died after he and another rider sped away from pursuing Palisades Interstate Parkway police was identified early Tuesday evening. Marlon M. Quiros was killed when he crashed at the Fort Lee off-ramp just after midnight Tuesday, leaving "a large debris field," Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. ****** UPDATE (6/29/2017): Bergen County prosecutor’s detectives tracked down and charged a New York City motorcyclist who they said took off after his companion was killed in a crash in Fort Lee fol…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Clifton PD: Handyman Went On $10,000 Spree With Dead Man's Credit Card Clifton PD: Handyman Went On $10,000 Spree With Dead Man's Credit Card Clifton PD: Handyman Went On $10,000 Spree With Dead Man's Credit Card
Clifton PD: Handyman Went On $10,000 Spree With Dead Man's Credit Card CLIFTON, N.J. -- A maintenance worker from Elmwood Park went on a $10,000 shopping spree with credit cards he stole from a dead Clifton man's apartment, police said. The Richfield Village Apartments tenant died on New Year's Day, Lt. Robert Bracken said. An executor assigned in March discovered that the dead man's debit card was used for 87 purchases over nearly a month (beginning in February) in Clifton, Garfield, Paterson, Westwood, Woodland Park and Bloomfield, Bracken said. Detective Michael Davey followed the paper trail and other leads and soon identified 58-year-old Carl Melicz, who…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority PD: 54 Violations Plus Fines Equals $3,500 For Toll Cheat Port Authority PD: 54 Violations Plus Fines Equals $3,500 For Toll Cheat Port Authority PD: 54 Violations Plus Fines Equals $3,500 For Toll Cheat
Port Authority PD: 54 Violations Plus Fines Equals $3,500 For Toll Cheat FORT LEE, N.J. -- A driver who blew through a George Washington Bridge E-ZPass lane without paying owed nearly $3,500 in tolls and fees, authorities said Tuesday. Port Authority officers stopped the blue GMC Yukon around 12:30 p.m. Monday at the lower level toll plaza, the authority's Joseph Pentangelo told Daily Voice. When 25-year-old John M. Woodley of Jersey City couldn't produce an E-ZPass transponder, they checked his records and found 54 violations, Pentangelo said. Woodley, who was charged with theft of services, toll evasion and disobeying a sign, was released on a summons to app…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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NJ Offers Hidden Cams To Monitor Loved Ones' Nursing Home Treatment NJ Offers Hidden Cams To Monitor Loved Ones' Nursing Home Treatment NJ Offers Hidden Cams To Monitor Loved Ones' Nursing Home Treatment
NJ Offers Hidden Cams To Monitor Loved Ones' Nursing Home Treatment New Jerseyans can now monitor how their loved ones are treated in nursing homes and other institutional care facilities with hidden cameras provided for free by the state. Requests to borrow Safe Care Cams for use anywhere but in private homes previously was denied. But on Tuesday, Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino and the Division of Consumer Affairs announced that they'd opened the program to residents who want to use micro-surveillance cameras in nursing homes, assisted-living facilities, residences for the developmentally disabled and other care facilities. "Extending Safe C…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Teaneck Tenant, 62, Dies In Fall Teaneck Tenant, 62, Dies In Fall Teaneck Tenant, 62, Dies In Fall
Teaneck Tenant, 62, Dies In Fall TEANECK, N.J.. -- A 62-year-old man fell or jumped to his death from a second-floor window of a Teaneck garden apartment early Tuesday, responders said. They couldn't immediately say for certain whether the 7 a.m. plunge was accidental or intentional. "This is still an active investigation," Police Chief Glenn O'Reilly told Daily Voice. Another responder told Daily Voice that the man recently had been depressed and struggling with addiction. The Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification joined Teaneck police at the River Road apartment complex off Cedar Lane to g…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Lodi PD: Bagel Shop Burglar Caught On Video Lodi PD: Bagel Shop Burglar Caught On Video Lodi PD: Bagel Shop Burglar Caught On Video
Lodi PD: Bagel Shop Burglar Caught On Video LODI, N.J. -- Surveillance video sent to a Lodi bagel shop owner showed a burglar in a black hoodie who police said broke in and stole $500 from the register. The bandit triggered the burglar alarm breaking into the Bagel House on Main Avenue overnight Monday, Lt. Robert Salerno told Daily Voice. Besides the hooded sweatshirt, he wore a brown leather coat, black shorts and black sneakers, the lieutenant said. He asked that anyone with information that could help detectives find the burglar call Lodi police: (973) 473-7600.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Ex-Serviceman Brought To Bergen Regional After River Edge Standoff Ex-Serviceman Brought To Bergen Regional After River Edge Standoff Ex-Serviceman Brought To Bergen Regional After River Edge Standoff
Ex-Serviceman Brought To Bergen Regional After River Edge Standoff RIVER EDGE, N.J. -- A discharged U.S. serviceman was taken to Bergen Regional Medical Center after a domestic episode turned into an hours-long standoff in River Edge, authorities said. The man "was having an episode" with a woman in the Summit Avenue home who left and called police around 9 p.m. Sunday, a law enforcement officer at the scene told Daily Voice. A Bergen County Regional SWAT team was called out with the man, who was "depressed and threatening suicide," the officer said, adding that no weapons apparently were involved. Negotiators eventually convinced the …

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