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

Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Passaic Sheriff's Officers Nab Fugitive Wanted On Gun, Assault Charges Passaic Sheriff's Officers Nab Fugitive Wanted On Gun, Assault Charges Passaic Sheriff's Officers Nab Fugitive Wanted On Gun, Assault Charges
Passaic Sheriff's Officers Nab Fugitive Wanted On Gun, Assault Charges PATERSON, N.J. -- A group of Passaic County sheriff's officers working overnight tracked down a fugitive wanted on gun and assault on police charges, authorities said. It was just before 1:30 a.m. Saturday when the officers converged on El Fogon Restaurant on Union Avenue on a tip and found Julio Rivera, Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. Rivera, 32, "eluded officers during a previous incident where a loaded firearm was recovered," the sheriff noted. He was carrying four bundles of envelopes filled with heroin and nearly $200 cash when Saturday's arrest was made, he said. A judge …

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Chief: Crack Smoker Causes Glen Rock Fire Chief: Crack Smoker Causes Glen Rock Fire Chief: Crack Smoker Causes Glen Rock Fire
Chief: Crack Smoker Causes Glen Rock Fire GLEN ROCK, N.J. – A 40-year-old Glen Rock crack smoker accidentally set her bedroom on fire, authorities said. Sheri A. McGill remained held in the Bergen County Jail early Monday pending a detention hearing on charges of possessing drugs and paraphernalia and maintaining a public nuisance, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Her 53-year-old live-in boyfriend was treated for smoke inhalation at the West Main Street home after the couple tried to put out the flames with a garden hose around 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Ackermann said. A Glen Rock police officer doused the blaze with a portable extin…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Christie Commutes Sentence For Marine Vet Sentenced For Gun In Fort Lee Christie Commutes Sentence For Marine Vet Sentenced For Gun In Fort Lee Christie Commutes Sentence For Marine Vet Sentenced For Gun In Fort Lee
Christie Commutes Sentence For Marine Vet Sentenced For Gun In Fort Lee FORT LEE, N.J. -- Days before his five-year prison sentence was to begin, a decorated Marine MP whose loaded service weapon was brandished at police by another man during a melee outside a Fort Lee nightclub had his term commuted to time served by Gov. Christie. Christie withheld a decision on a pardon for Hisashi Pompey pending further consideration, however. A judge in Hackensack in 2013 said he had no choice on the sentence under New Jersey's Graves Act. Although the gun was legal for Pompey to carry in Virginia, where he was stationed, it isn't in New Jersey.If the gun was in a lock bo…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Rochelle Park PD: Pickup Driver Steals 3 Dozen Traffic Cones, Barricade Rochelle Park PD: Pickup Driver Steals 3 Dozen Traffic Cones, Barricade Rochelle Park PD: Pickup Driver Steals 3 Dozen Traffic Cones, Barricade
Rochelle Park PD: Pickup Driver Steals 3 Dozen Traffic Cones, Barricade ROCHELLE PARK, N.J. – A Union County man snatched up three dozen orange traffic cones and a police barricade before Rochelle Park police said they stopped his pickup truck. A fire prevention officer called the cops just before 11 a.m. Saturday after Jackie K. Purnell Jr., 55, grabbed a couple of township DPW cones from around a tree that is pending work in front of a Crescent Street home, Lt. Dean Pinto said. Officers Brendan Stapleton, Frank LaBoy, Chris Salidvia and Sgt. Ed Kukalski stopped the Ford F150 pickup, which had New York license plates and “Hylan Datacom and Electrical” on the s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Stolen Car Search Yields 3 Guns, Drugs For Passaic Sheriff's Officers Stolen Car Search Yields 3 Guns, Drugs For Passaic Sheriff's Officers Stolen Car Search Yields 3 Guns, Drugs For Passaic Sheriff's Officers
Stolen Car Search Yields 3 Guns, Drugs For Passaic Sheriff's Officers PATERSON, N.J. -- Passaic County sheriff's officers searching for a stolen car instead found a trio of firearms -- including a submachine gun -- along with heroin and pot for sale in a Paterson apartment house, authorities said Sunday. Detective Jose Vargas and Officers Chazz Gonzalez, Francesca Vollaro and Kiril Sekulovski were searching for the car when people told the'd seen a man named "Manny" enter the North 3 Street house carrying a silver handgun and leave, Police Chief Richard H. Berdnik said. Discovering that the second-floor apartment he'd entered was vacant, Vargas in…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Rochelle Park PD: Clifton Man Holds Woman, Child In Hotel Room Rochelle Park PD: Clifton Man Holds Woman, Child In Hotel Room Rochelle Park PD: Clifton Man Holds Woman, Child In Hotel Room
Rochelle Park PD: Clifton Man Holds Woman, Child In Hotel Room ROCHELLE PARK, N.J. – A Clifton man held a woman with her child at in a Rochelle Park hotel room until police rescued them, authorities said. The Division of Children and Families placed the youngster with a grandmother for the weekend, and the woman obtained a restraining order against Jewald R. Whitmore Jr., 51, who was being held in the Bergen County Jail pending a detention hearing on domestic assault charges after the incident late Friday at a West Passaic Street hotel, Lt. Dean Pinto said. Officers Ryan Burke and Nicholas Mercoun, who went there just after 11 p.m., “learned that [the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Man Shot In Foot On Paterson Street Man Shot In Foot On Paterson Street Man Shot In Foot On Paterson Street
Man Shot In Foot On Paterson Street PATERSON, N.J. -- A 22-year-old Paterson man shot in the foot Saturday night was in stable condition at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, authorities said. Detectives were investigating the shooting, just before 10 p.m. in the 100 block of Cedar Street, Police Director Jerry Speziale said Easter morning. He didn't say whether someone else was responsible or if the victim shot himself. Anyone with information that could help the investigation is asked to contact Detectives Rolando Polio or Edgar Taylor of the Ceasefire Unit: (973) 321-1342. Information can also be forwarded anonymously …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Passaic Sheriff's Detectives Find 2 Wanted In Garfield Home Invasion Passaic Sheriff's Detectives Find 2 Wanted In Garfield Home Invasion Passaic Sheriff's Detectives Find 2 Wanted In Garfield Home Invasion
Passaic Sheriff's Detectives Find 2 Wanted In Garfield Home Invasion GARFIELD, N.J. -- Two men wanted in a Christmas home invasioin in Garfield were arrested by detectives from the Passaic County sheriff's Warrant Squad this week. Detectives who knew both Paterson men from previous incidents grabbed Jesse “Hard Luck” Batchellor, 32, Wednesday night near the White Castle on Broadway, Sheriff Richard H. Berdnick said. The next morning, they arrested 31-year-old Jaques “Chuck Goonie” Giles, he said. Arresting Batchellor were Detectives Brian Weitzman, Rashedul Chowdury, Atli Sela and John Tolerico, the sheriff said. Detectives Luis Pagan, Mike Pascale and Joe…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Disabled Train Under Hudson Strands 1,200 NYC-Bound NJ Commuters Disabled Train Under Hudson Strands 1,200 NYC-Bound NJ Commuters Disabled Train Under Hudson Strands 1,200 NYC-Bound NJ Commuters
Disabled Train Under Hudson Strands 1,200 Nyc-bound NJ Commuters No injuries were reported but commuters had significant delays Friday night after a Penn Station-bound train broke down in a Hudson River tunnel between Manhattan and New Jersey. Approximately 1,200 commuters were affected, New York City's Office of Emergency Management reported. Reported delays of up to 45 minutes continued until 5 o'clock. A team had to assess the damage before the train eventually made its way to Penn Station, according to NYC Fire Wire. NJ Transit's Northeast Corridor train #3850 left Trenton at 1:44 p.m. and was scheduled to arrive at New York's Penn Station at 3:15.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Seen Him? (VIDEO): Thief Emptied Rochelle Park Deposit Box With Stolen Key Seen Him? (VIDEO): Thief Emptied Rochelle Park Deposit Box With Stolen Key Seen Him? (VIDEO): Thief Emptied Rochelle Park Deposit Box With Stolen Key
Seen Him? (Video): Thief Emptied Rochelle Park Deposit Box With Stolen Key ROCHELLE PARK, N.J. -- Rochelle Park police are hoping the public can help them find an unusually dressed thief who swiped a large amount of jewelry and cash from someone's safe deposit box after stealing the key. The thief struck at the Rochelle Avenue bank on March 29 wearing a black overcoat over a white chef-style jacket, along with a black wool hat and a large gold chain with a cross, Detective Sgt. Jim DePreta told Daily Voice. "We're trying to figure out how he got his hands on that key," DePreta said. He asked that anyone who sees or knows the man in the images call him a…

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