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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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Glen Rock PD Asks Parents To Help Curb Increase In 'Illicit Teen Activity' Glen Rock PD Asks Parents To Help Curb Increase In 'Illicit Teen Activity' Glen Rock PD Asks Parents To Help Curb Increase In 'Illicit Teen Activity'
Glen Rock PD Asks Parents To Help Curb Increase In 'Illicit Teen Activity' GLEN ROCK, N.J. — Aiming to address what they called an "uptick in illicit activity" among teens in town, Glen Rock borough and school officials turned to parents and guardians for help. A community message was sent by borough police, Mayor Bruce Packer and other school and borough officials Monday evening that spells out the situation. "School officials may only respond to illicit activity occurring outside of the school when that activity negatively impacts the smooth operations of the school and/or disrupts the learning environment for students," police said in the me…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Passaic Prosecutor: Accused Paterson Killer Tries To Run, Fights Police Passaic Prosecutor: Accused Paterson Killer Tries To Run, Fights Police Passaic Prosecutor: Accused Paterson Killer Tries To Run, Fights Police
Passaic Prosecutor: Accused Paterson Killer Tries To Run, Fights Police PATERSON, N.J. -- A 19-year-old Paterson man who police said killed one man and wounded another in a hail of gunfire over the weekend was home Monday night when they arrested him -- but he wasn't going quietly, authorities said. City police found Tamaj Lemmon around 6:30 p.m. Monday in the boiler room of a building where he lived on North 4th Street, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said Tuesday. He was carrying 38 bags of heroin, with a handgun nearby, she said. While being taken into custody, Lemmon "assaulted a police officer, causing bruising and swelling to the wrist,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Elmwood Park Dad, Ump Scuffle At Glen Rock Girls Softball Game Elmwood Park Dad, Ump Scuffle At Glen Rock Girls Softball Game Elmwood Park Dad, Ump Scuffle At Glen Rock Girls Softball Game
Elmwood Park Dad, Ump Scuffle At Glen Rock Girls Softball Game GLEN ROCK, N.J. -- An argument between an Elmwood Park father and an umpire at a girls grade-school softball game in Glen Rock got physical, leaving the dad suspended from the field for a year and claiming he was injured, authorities said. Witnesses told officers responding to the Clara E. Coleman School ball field last Wednesday night that the umpire ejected the 53-year-old dad from the game of 7th-, 8th- and 9th-graders after he’d been riding him. The father “confronted the umpire after the game and a dispute ensued when the man refused to allow the umpire to leave,” Police Chief Dean Ack…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Harrington Park Man Seriously Injured In Fall From Swing Police: Harrington Park Man Seriously Injured In Fall From Swing Police: Harrington Park Man Seriously Injured In Fall From Swing
Police: Harrington Park Man Seriously Injured In Fall From Swing HARRINGTON PARK, N.J. -- AirMed One was summoned Monday afternoon from Hackensack University Medical Center to airlift a Harrington Park man who borough police said was seriously injured in a fall from a park swing. The 30-year-old victim "was unable to feel anything in his lower body," Police Chief Allbert Maalouf told Daily Voice after the mishap around 3 p.m. in Pondside Park, "and therefore the medics chose to airlift him to HUMC." AirMed One picked him up at Northern Valley Regional High School in Old Tappan.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Your Community
ESPN: Paramus Catholic Grad Peppers Tests Positive For Dilute Sample ESPN: Paramus Catholic Grad Peppers Tests Positive For Dilute Sample ESPN: Paramus Catholic Grad Peppers Tests Positive For Dilute Sample
ESPN: Paramus Catholic Grad Peppers Tests Positive For Dilute Sample UPDATE: Former Paramus Catholic star Jabrill Peppers was selected 25th in the first round of the NFL Draft in Philadelphia by the Cleveland Browns. https://paramus.dailyvoice.com/sports/paramus-catholic-grad-peppers-taken-by-browns-in-nfl-drafts-first-round/708923/ ****** PARAMUS, N.J. -- Former Paramus Catholic star Jabrill Peppers tested positive for what's known as a dilute sample at the NFL's scouting combine in March, ESPN'S Adam Schefter reported Monday afternoon. The NFL notified all teams in advance of this Thursday's draft, in which Peppers was expected to be a first-round pick. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Violent Paterson Weekend Ends With 2 Men Shot In Same Neighborhood Violent Paterson Weekend Ends With 2 Men Shot In Same Neighborhood Violent Paterson Weekend Ends With 2 Men Shot In Same Neighborhood
Violent Paterson Weekend Ends With 2 Men Shot In Same Neighborhood PATERSON, N.J. -- Paterson police were exploring a possible connection between two men each shot in different homes in the same neighborhood before dawn Monday, capping a weekend of gun violence that left one man dead and several other victims wounded, including a 15-year-old boy. Patrol officers responding to a 2 a.m. call of shots fired from the city’s ShotSpotter gunfire detection system in the area of North Main and East Main streets "located an apparent crime scene but no victims," Police Director Jerry Speziale said. A short time later, a 22-year-old man reported being shot …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Rochelle Park PD: Florida Duo With Drugs, $5,800 Cash Tries To Duck Officer Rochelle Park PD: Florida Duo With Drugs, $5,800 Cash Tries To Duck Officer Rochelle Park PD: Florida Duo With Drugs, $5,800 Cash Tries To Duck Officer
Rochelle Park PD: Florida Duo With Drugs, $5,800 Cash Tries To Duck Officer ROCHELLE PARK, N.J. -- Two Florida men who tried to avoid a Rochelle Park police officer had heroin, cocaine and nearly $6,000 in drug proceeds when he stopped them, authorities said Monday. Officer Brian Gallina saw the driver of the white Lexus make an illegal U-turn on West Passaic Street on Sunday morning and pull into a mostly empty parking lot of a business there, Lt. Dean Pinto said. One of the men got out, went into the business and emerged with a small handbag, Pinto said. The driver at first pulled out of the lot but then drove back in after spotting Gallina, Detective Sgt. James…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah Officer Pushes Man Out Of Way Before DWI Crash Injures Girl, 3 Mahwah Officer Pushes Man Out Of Way Before DWI Crash Injures Girl, 3 Mahwah Officer Pushes Man Out Of Way Before DWI Crash Injures Girl, 3
Mahwah Officer Pushes Man Out Of Way Before DWI Crash Injures Girl, 3 MAHWAH, N.J. – A Mahwah police officer pushed a man out of the way of a speeding car driven by a drunk driver on the shoulder of Route 17 before it slammed into his patrol cruiser, pushing it into a vehicle that had a 3-year-old girl in the back seat, authorities said. The girl “complained of pain and had a bump on her head” and was taken to The Valley Hospital by Mahwah Emergency Medical Services, Police Chief James N. Batelli said. Her mother was contacted and responded to the hospital, he said. It began Friday night when Officer Chris Fasulo stopped a northbound car near the West Ramapo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah PD: Shielded Officers Seize Armed Man, 66, Bent On 'Suicide By Cop' Mahwah PD: Shielded Officers Seize Armed Man, 66, Bent On 'Suicide By Cop' Mahwah PD: Shielded Officers Seize Armed Man, 66, Bent On 'Suicide By Cop'
Mahwah PD: Shielded Officers Seize Armed Man, 66, Bent On 'Suicide By Cop' MAHWAH, N.J. – An armed 66-year-old Mahwah man bent on “suicide by cop” was subdued by township officers who rushed him using ballistic shields, authorities said Sunday. The man’s daughter called police after fleeing his Fardale home around 7:45 p.m. Saturday, telling them that he said he was going to kill himself and had retrieved a gun case that she knew contained a rifle, Police Chief James N. Batelli said. Responding officers “set up a perimeter, closed the street and surrounded the house,” Batelli said. They “attempted to make contact via telephone but received no answer from the home…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Boy, 15, Man, 18, Struck In Paterson Shooting Boy, 15, Man, 18, Struck In Paterson Shooting Boy, 15, Man, 18, Struck In Paterson Shooting
Boy, 15, Man, 18, Struck In Paterson Shooting PATERSON, N.J. -- A 15-year-old boy and 18-year-old man were wounded in a shooting incident on a Paterson street Saturday night, as gun violence in the city continued to escalate. The younger teen was struck in the torso and the older one grazed on the arm in the 9:20 p.m. incident at Governor and Carroll Streets, city Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Police found the younger one at the scene and had him brought by ambulance to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, Speziale said. The older teen showed up later, having been taken there in a private vehicle, he said. Anyone with informa…

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