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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Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Bergenfield PD: NJ Bail Reform Sets Man Free After Brothers Jump Officer Bergenfield PD: NJ Bail Reform Sets Man Free After Brothers Jump Officer Bergenfield PD: NJ Bail Reform Sets Man Free After Brothers Jump Officer
Bergenfield PD: NJ Bail Reform Sets Man Free After Brothers Jump Officer BERGENFIELD N.J. – A Bergenfield police captain blasted New Jersey’s bail reform law Saturday for allowing one of two brothers who ganged up on a police officer hours earlier to be freed while the officer was being hospitalized. Officer Adam Fingeroth approached a group gathered on Howard Drive in the Foster Village apartment complex just before 12:30 a.m. Saturday and asked Junior Jimenez-Mariano, 21, of Bergenfield to move his car because it was blocking traffic, Capt. Mustafa Rabboh said. Jimenez-Mariano refused, he said. After also refusing to give the officer his credentials, Jimenez-…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Volunteer In Knights' Coin Collection Drive Struck By Car In Rochelle Park Volunteer In Knights' Coin Collection Drive Struck By Car In Rochelle Park Volunteer In Knights' Coin Collection Drive Struck By Car In Rochelle Park
Volunteer In Knights' Coin Collection Drive Struck By Car In Rochelle Park ROCHELLE PARK, N.J. -- A 58-year-old volunteer from Maywood who was collecting coins during the Knights of Columbus annual collection drive in Rochelle Park was struck by a car just before noon Saturday. The victim sustained a facial injury after being struck near the corner of Passaic Street and Rochelle Avenue, Lt. Dean Pinto said. The victim was conscious when the Rochelle Park Volunteer Ambulance Corps took him to Hackensack University Medical Center, the lieutenant said. The Knights cancelled the rest of the day's collections after the accident, said Kathleen Ryan Cronin, whose husban…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities: Paterson Man Killed, Second Wounded In Hail Of Gunfire Authorities: Paterson Man Killed, Second Wounded In Hail Of Gunfire Authorities: Paterson Man Killed, Second Wounded In Hail Of Gunfire
Authorities: Paterson Man Killed, Second Wounded In Hail Of Gunfire UPDATE: 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. CLICK HERE: https://southpassaic.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/passaic-prosecutor-accused-paterson-killer-tries-to-run-fights-police/708525/ 

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn PD: Baby Food Jars Left In Intersections Held Black Candles Fair Lawn PD: Baby Food Jars Left In Intersections Held Black Candles Fair Lawn PD: Baby Food Jars Left In Intersections Held Black Candles
Fair Lawn PD: Baby Food Jars Left In Intersections Held Black Candles FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- A dozen or so small bags left at several Fair Lawn intersections early Saturday held baby food jars containing black candles that at first looked like M-80s, police said. Streets were closed off and residents asked to remain in their homes while the Bergen County Bomb Squad checked out the packages, which were left in the center of intersections on Rosalie Street from Banta Place to 27th Street, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. A 27th Street resident walking home from a Banta Place business called police after spotting the shopping bags of different colors around 7:40 a.m., Metzl…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn PD: Baby Food Jars Left In Intersections Held Black Candles Fair Lawn PD: Baby Food Jars Left In Intersections Held Black Candles Fair Lawn PD: Baby Food Jars Left In Intersections Held Black Candles
Fair Lawn PD: Baby Food Jars Left In Intersections Held Black Candles FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- A dozen or so small bags left at several Fair Lawn intersections early Saturday held baby food jars containing black candles that at first looked like M-80s, police said. Streets were closed off and residents asked to remain in their homes while the Bergen County Bomb Squad checked out the packages, which were left in the center of intersections on Rosalie Street from Banta Place to 27th Street, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. A 27th Street resident walking home from a Banta Place business called police after spotting the shopping bags of different colors around 7:40 a.m., Metzl…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Bicyclist Struck In River Vale Bicyclist Struck In River Vale Bicyclist Struck In River Vale
Bicyclist Struck In River Vale RIVER VALE, N.J. - A bicyclist was hospitalized after being struck Saturday morning in River Vale, Old Tappan Police Chief Thomas Shine confirmed. Poplar Road remained closed through late morning following the crash, which occurred just before 9 a.m. near the wildlife reserve. The Hillsdale Volunteer Ambulance Service transported the victim. (NOTE: An earlier version of this story said the victim was airlifted to the hospital. That was incorrect.) CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Wayne PD: Carjacked Driver Endures Night Of Terror From Released Ex-Con Wayne PD: Carjacked Driver Endures Night Of Terror From Released Ex-Con Wayne PD: Carjacked Driver Endures Night Of Terror From Released Ex-Con
Wayne PD: Carjacked Driver Endures Night Of Terror From Released Ex-Con WANYE, N.J. -- An ex-con wearing an ankle bracelet while awaiting trial in an Elmwood Park armed robbery carjacked a night school student at the Wayne McDonalds drive-thru, then forced him to drive around Paterson for nearly six hours, having the victim pull money from his ATM so he could buy drugs and pick up hookers, authorities charged. Taravis Mann -- who was freed under New Jersey's new bail reform law -- approached the Passaic County Tech student at the Hamburg Turnpike McDonalds around 9 p.m. Friday and asked if he could use his phone to call his family, Capt. Laurence Martin said. H…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Passaic Welfare Worker Charged With Stealing Food Stamps Passaic Welfare Worker Charged With Stealing Food Stamps Passaic Welfare Worker Charged With Stealing Food Stamps
Passaic Welfare Worker Charged With Stealing Food Stamps PATERSON, N.J. – A Passaic County welfare worker tapped the food stamp cards of five recipients to buy more than $500 worth of good for herself, said authorities who arrested her on Friday. Carol Austin, 61, of Paterson, was working as a clerk for the Passaic County Board of Social Services when she “used food stamp benefits contained on Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards that did not belong to her and that she did not have authorization to use,” beginning in November 2015 before she was caught, county Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. “EBT cards are issued by the Passaic County Boar…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Rochelle Park PD: Bear Mountain Trip Delayed For Pot-Toting Philly Driver Rochelle Park PD: Bear Mountain Trip Delayed For Pot-Toting Philly Driver Rochelle Park PD: Bear Mountain Trip Delayed For Pot-Toting Philly Driver
Rochelle Park PD: Bear Mountain Trip Delayed For Pot-Toting Philly Driver ROCHELLE PARK, N.J. -- A tailgating Philadelphia driver headed to Bear Mountain for the weekend had pot hidden in a gum box and resealable food package when a Rochelle Park police officer pulled him over Friday afternoon on Route 17, authorities told Daily Voice. Officer Jared Shatkin was talking with Sean P. Rhein, 26, and other occupants when he smelled raw marijuana inside the car after stopping it just before 1:45 p.m., Lt. Dean Pinto said. A search turned up the secret stash, along with a pipe and rolling papers, he said. Rhein was processed and released pending a Municipal Court hear…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Your Community
Foundation Keeps Memory Of Popular Emerson Athlete Alive By Helping Others Foundation Keeps Memory Of Popular Emerson Athlete Alive By Helping Others Foundation Keeps Memory Of Popular Emerson Athlete Alive By Helping Others
Foundation Keeps Memory Of Popular Emerson Athlete Alive By Helping Others EMERSON, N.J. -- As always, a May 5 buffet dinner will be the only fundraiser that the Eric Ayala Memorial Foundation holds this year -- yet it will do so much for so many with your help, organizers of the Emerson-based non-profit say. Eric Ayala was a three-sport Emerson High School athlete who died on May 8, 2000 at the age of 23, six years after he was graduated from Emerson Junior-Senior High School -- and only four months after he was diagnosed with acute lymphatic leukemia. The foundation that bears his name helps those who are ill or in need, while also providing $1,000 scholarships …

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