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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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Hiker, 50, Collapses, Dies In High Mountain Park, Wayne Police Report Hiker, 50, Collapses, Dies In High Mountain Park, Wayne Police Report Hiker, 50, Collapses, Dies In High Mountain Park, Wayne Police Report
Hiker, 50, Collapses, Dies In High Mountain Park, Wayne Police Report WAYNE, N.J. -- A 50-year-old hiker collapsed and died at High Mountain Park Preserve on Monday, Wayne police said. The person he was hiking with dialed 911 after the victim collapsed around 1 p.m., Police Capt. Laurence J. Martin said. The hikers were found on a trail about a half-mile from Valley Road and drew township police, firefighters and the First Aid Squad, along with St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center paramedics, North Haledon firefighters and police from North Haledon and William Paterson University, Martin said. The victim "apparently suffered a medical episode and was fo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
West Milford Police Try To ID Dead Body Found In Burned-Up Jeep West Milford Police Try To ID Dead Body Found In Burned-Up Jeep West Milford Police Try To ID Dead Body Found In Burned-Up Jeep
West Milford Police Try To ID Dead Body Found In Burned-Up Jeep WEST MILFORD, N.J. – A burning Jeep found by West Milford police Sunday night contained a body that as of Monday afternoon still hadn’t been identified, authorities said. The gray 2007 Cherokee apparently ignited in a crash, police said. Officer Matthew Kloo came upon the fully engulfed vehicle off Clinton Road just before 10 p.m. Sunday, Lt. Stephen Singerline said early Monday evening. A large section of the wooded area had also caught fire, he said. West Milford Fire Companies 2, 1 and 4 responded and doused the flames, after which the body was found, the lieutenant said. He asked tha…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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Oakland PD: Franklin Lakes Woman Admits $700 Gas Station Smokes Burglary Oakland PD: Franklin Lakes Woman Admits $700 Gas Station Smokes Burglary Oakland PD: Franklin Lakes Woman Admits $700 Gas Station Smokes Burglary
Oakland PD: Franklin Lakes Woman Admits $700 Gas Station Smokes Burglary FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. – A 23-year-old Russian native was arrested by Oakland police after they said she admitted a trio of break-ins -- including an overnight burglary that netted $700 worth of cigarettes from a Franklin Lakes gas station. Acting Sgt. Ryan O’Keefe and Officers Gary Fiore and Bryan Rowin found Katerina Pokrovsky of Franklin Lakes behind the wheel of a green SUV that a witness saw leave the scene of a vehicle burglary on Colgate Road just after 5 a.m. Sunday, Lt. Christian Eldridge said Monday. She "was questioned and later admitted to the burglary as well as two others …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Clifton Driver Lied About DWI Crash To Collect Insurance Prosecutor: Clifton Driver Lied About DWI Crash To Collect Insurance Prosecutor: Clifton Driver Lied About DWI Crash To Collect Insurance
Prosecutor: Clifton Driver Lied About DWI Crash To Collect Insurance CLIFTON, N.J. – A self-employed Turkish immigrant from Clifton who police said was drunk when he smashed up his car collected on the damage by lying to his insurance company, said authorities who arrested him early Monday. Comert Comertogullari, 37, was charged with “knowingly committing five or more acts of insurance fraud” in the story he gave the insurance company to collect more than $1,000, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. Police in Woodland Park arrested Comertogullari after a Sept. 15 crash and charged him with several offenses -- operating a motor vehicle under the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Former New Milford Rec Director Charged In $92K Diversion Of Funds Former New Milford Rec Director Charged In $92K Diversion Of Funds Former New Milford Rec Director Charged In $92K Diversion Of Funds
Former New Milford Rec Director Charged In $92K Diversion Of Funds NEW MILFORD, N.J. -- A former New Milford borough recreation director diverted some of nearly $92,000 found missing from the department's coffers to other purposes while he was in charge, local authorities said Monday. Police zeroed in on John Bigger, a 57-year-old retired Hudson County Prosecutor's Office detective sergeant, after Borough Administrator Christine Demiris reported a shortfall in late February for the 2016 year, Detective Sgt. Kevin Van Saders said. They found that Bigger -- who currently sits on the borough Board of Education -- "failed to make deposits of a portion of …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
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Teaneck Driver At GWB: $6,840 In Unpaid Tolls, Fines Found, PAPD Says Teaneck Driver At GWB: $6,840 In Unpaid Tolls, Fines Found, PAPD Says Teaneck Driver At GWB: $6,840 In Unpaid Tolls, Fines Found, PAPD Says
Teaneck Driver At GWB: $6,840 In Unpaid Tolls, Fines Found, Papd Says FORT LEE, N.J. -- A 35-year-old Teaneck motorist who blew through a George Washington Bridge E-ZPass lane without paying Monday morning owed $6,840 in unpaid tolls and fines, Port Authority police told Daily Voice they found. Officer Lionel Gonzalez stopped a 2012 Jeep Cherokee just after 8:30 a.m. and found the violations by Annikea Bernard, the authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. Altogether, Gonzalez passed through E-ZPass lanes without paying 106 times, Pentangelo said. The unpaid $1,545 in tolls added $5,300 in fines and fees to her total, he said. Bernard was arrested and processed …

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Hackensack, NJ
Your Community
Rutgers Commencement: From 'Miami Steve' To Sopranos To Dr. Van Zandt Rutgers Commencement: From 'Miami Steve' To Sopranos To Dr. Van Zandt Rutgers Commencement: From 'Miami Steve' To Sopranos To Dr. Van Zandt
Rutgers Commencement: From 'Miami Steve' To Sopranos To Dr. Van Zandt Call him "Miami Steve" or "Little Steven" -- or even Sylvio Dante, if y'like. Rutgers University will call living rock-and-roll legend Steven Van Zandt doctor at its 251st anniversary commencement on May 14. Van Zandt -- known as the E Street Band's first genuine lead guitarist, a prominent mobster on "The Sopranos," the star/co-writer/executive producer of Netflix drama "Lilyhammer," a co-founder of Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes and the host of Sirius XM's wildly popular weekly "Underground Garage" -- will be the commencement speaker…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn Resident Points Police To Suspect Moments After Burglary Fair Lawn Resident Points Police To Suspect Moments After Burglary Fair Lawn Resident Points Police To Suspect Moments After Burglary
Fair Lawn Resident Points Police To Suspect Moments After Burglary FAIR LAWN, N.J. – Fair Lawn police got a boost from a borough resident who pointed them to a South Jersey man moments after he burglarized a local home, authorities said Monday. Officers responding to the Union Street burglary call just before 2 p.m. Saturday were shown a rear window that had been forced open, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Taken were her Ipad, sunglasses, a Fitbit and assorted jewelry, along with a blue Nike boog bag and an ID card – all worth a combined $1,500, he said. Moments later, a Williams Street resident told officers canvassing the neighborhood that he’d seen a suspici…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen PD Union: Sheriff Is Discriminating, Retaliating Against Us Bergen PD Union: Sheriff Is Discriminating, Retaliating Against Us Bergen PD Union: Sheriff Is Discriminating, Retaliating Against Us
Bergen PD Union: Sheriff Is Discriminating, Retaliating Against Us PARAMUS, N.J. – Representatives of more than three dozen former Bergen County Police Department officers who received notices of layoffs or demotions from the county sheriff last week said they’re being discriminated against. The officers “are being targeted as victims of political retribution” by Sheriff Michael Saudino, who’s “engaging in union busting,” said leadership of Bergen County Police Officers PBA Local 49, which scheduled a news conference Monday afternoon in Paramus. Saudino last week said he was making the moves, beginning in mid-June, “for reasons of efficiency and economy.&q…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Police Officers Dive In, Save Drowning Boy, 15, In Prospect Park Quarry Police Officers Dive In, Save Drowning Boy, 15, In Prospect Park Quarry Police Officers Dive In, Save Drowning Boy, 15, In Prospect Park Quarry
Police Officers Dive In, Save Drowning Boy, 15, In Prospect Park Quarry PROSPECT PARK, N.J. -- A group of Prospect Park and Haledon police officers jumped into the water in a quarry Saturday night and rescued a drowning 15-year-old boy, authorities said. The boy, who lives in Haledon, "jumped off a small ledge into the water and immediataly began struggling to stay afloat" at the P Park Quarry on Planten Avenue around 7:30 p.m., Detective Walter Richmond told Daily Voice. A group of juveniles he was with called police, Richmond said. Prospect Park Officers Arthur Canestrino and Jawad Hataf and Haledon Officers Jake Rutkowski, John Bonilla, and Mike H…

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