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.

Jerry DeMarco's Contributions

Hackensack, NJ

Breaking News

NYC Murder Suspect In Hackensack Standoff Found Dead In Closet In Vomit HACKENSACK, N.J. -- An ex-boyfriend suspected of killing a New York City subway conductor was found dead and covered in vomit in a closet after barricading himself inside for several hours Friday, authorities said. "It was probably a drug overdose or a seizure," a responder at the scene told Daily Voice. "They're treating it as a suicide." The standoff with Zire King began around 1:20 p.m. after NYPD detectives went with Hackensack police to a home at First and Passaic streets looking for King, who was wanted in the killing of MTA conductor Jacqueline Dicks in Brooklyn t…

by Jerry DeMarco

05/06/2017

Hackensack, NJ

Breaking News

NYC Murder Suspect In Hackensack Standoff Found Dead HACKENSACK, N.J. -- An ex-boyfriend suspected of killing a New York City subway conductor was found dead and covered in vomit in a closet after barricading himself inside for several hours Friday, authorities said. "It was probably a drug overdose or a seizure," a responder at the scene told Daily Voice. "They're treating it as a suicide." The standoff with Zire King began around 1:20 p.m. after NYPD detectives went with Hackensack police to a home at First and Passaic streets looking for King, who was wanted in the killing of MTA conductor Jacqueline Dicks in Brooklyn t…

by Jerry DeMarco

05/05/2017

Paterson, NJ

Breaking News

Passaic Sheriff: Drug 'Trap House' Yields Gun, Heroin, Xanax, 4 Arrests PATERSON, N.J. -- A raid by Passaic County sheriff's officers on a Paterson "trap house" where buyers could use their drugs yielded a loaded handgun, 300 envelopes of heroin and 115 Xanax pills -- along with four arrests, authorities said Friday. A confidential text-a-tip lead detectives to the Park Avenue home, where they identified 46-year-old ex-con Reginald Bryant as their main target, Sheriff Richard N. Berdnik said. "Bryant was operating what is commonly referred to as a 'trap house,' a location in which narcotics of all varieties are distributed to the general public a…

by Jerry DeMarco

05/05/2017

Northern Highlands, NJ

Breaking News

SUV Burns On Route 17 In Ridgewood HO-HO-KUS, N.J. -- A Range Rover caught fire on northbound Route 17 in Ridgewood early Friday evening. The driver got out safely after the 5:30 p.m. mishap just before the Saddle River Road exit, a witness told Daily Voice. Firefighters extinguished the blaze.

by Jerry DeMarco

05/05/2017

Garfield-Lodi, NJ

Your Community

Service Scheduled For Garfield Teen Killed In West Milford Crash GARFIELD, N.J. -- With hundreds of mourners expected, the wake for a popular 19-year-old Garfield soccer player killed in a car crash last weekend will be held in the rectory of Holy Rosary RC Church in Passaic next Thursday. A private cremation for Aleksander Klos will be held after a 7 p.m. public Mass at the church, according to Warner-Wozniak Funeral Service in Wallington. Visitation at Holy Rosary will be from 4 to 7 p.m. ***** HOLY ROSARY RECTORY 6 Wall St, Passaic, NJ 07055 (973) 473-1578 ****** A GoFundMe account was established by Bryan Thomson, a former co-worker and family …

by Jerry DeMarco

05/05/2017

Hackensack, NJ

Breaking News

NYC Murder Suspect In Hackensack Standoff Found Dead HACKENSACK, N.J. -- An ex-boyfriend suspected of killing a New York City subway conductor was found dead and covered in vomit in a closet after barricading himself inside for several hours Friday, authorities said. "It was probably a drug overdose or a seizure," a responder at the scene told Daily Voice. "They're treating it as a suicide." The standoff with Zire King began around 1:20 p.m. after NYPD detectives went with Hackensack police to a home at First and Passaic streets looking for King, who was wanted in the killing of MTA conductor Jacqueline Dicks in Brooklyn t…

by Jerry DeMarco

05/05/2017

Rutherford, NJ

Breaking News

Video: East Rutherford Firefighters Rescue Stranded Motorists EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- First responders in several towns -- including East Rutherford -- rescued motorists during flash flooding caused by Friday's afternoon rainstorm. Video shows East Rutherford firefighters getting a family into a raft on DuBois Street, just off Route 17.

by Jerry DeMarco

05/05/2017

Paterson, NJ

Breaking News

Pompton Plains Driver, 51, Killed In Wayne Overnight Crash WAYNE, N.J. – A 51-year-old driver was killed in an overnight crash Friday in Wayne, authorities said. John Fahey of Pompton Plains was headed north on Newark-Pompton Turnpike when his 2008 GMC Savana van left the roadway, mounted the curb, traveled across the sidewalk and a front lawn and hit a row of trees just after 4:30 a.m., Capt. Laurence Martin said. Fahey, who was ejected, was pronounced dead at the scene, he said. Responders included township police, the Wayne Memorial First Aid Squad and paramedics from Chilton Memorial Hospital, the captain said. Anyone with information that co…

by Jerry DeMarco

05/05/2017

Bergenfield, NJ

Breaking News

Update: Dumont BMW Driver, 68, Killed In New Milford Crash NEW MILFORD, N.J. -- A 68-year-old motorist from Dumont was killed in New Milford Friday morning after his BMW struck two others and then rolled into a utility pole, police told Daily Voice. The 7:44 a.m. crash closed Madison Avenue near Charles Street, Detective Sgt. Kevin Van Saders said. Hackensack University Medical Center paramedics pronounced Jose Tumaneng dead at the scene, he said. New Milford firefighters cut him from the vehicle, the sergeant said. The 525i first crashed into two others at Boulevard before continuing on Madison, where it struck a pole, a tree and some fencing bef…

by Jerry DeMarco

05/05/2017

Bergenfield, NJ

Breaking News

Update: Dumont BMW Driver, 68, Killed In New Milford Crash NEW MILFORD, N.J. -- A 68-year-old motorist from Dumont was killed in New Milford Friday morning after his BMW struck two others and then rolled into a utility pole, police told Daily Voice. The 7:44 a.m. crash closed Madison Avenue near Charles Street, Detective Sgt. Kevin Van Saders said. Hackensack University Medical Center paramedics pronounced Jose Tumaneng dead at the scene, he said. New Milford firefighters cut him from the vehicle, the sergeant said. The 525i first crashed into two others at Boulevard before continuing on Madison, where it struck a pole, a tree and some fencing bef…

by Jerry DeMarco

05/05/2017

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