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
NJAG: Passaic County Podiatrist 'Indiscriminately' Fed Patients Painkillers NJAG: Passaic County Podiatrist 'Indiscriminately' Fed Patients Painkillers NJAG: Passaic County Podiatrist 'Indiscriminately' Fed Patients Painkillers
Njag: Passaic County Podiatrist 'Indiscriminately' Fed Patients Painkillers PASSAIC COUNTY, N.J. -- A Passaic County podiatrist "prescribed large quantities of painkillers to patients for years without any legitimate medical purpose" and "prescribed other drugs to treat conditions unrelated to podiatry," New Jersey's attorney general said Thursday. Dr. Anthony Enrico, Jr., who has maintained practices in and around Paterson and Passaic, had his license temporarily suspended by the state Board of Medical Examiners while charges against him are pursued, Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino said. Porrino accused Enrico of "indiscriminate pr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Family Affair: Mom, Sons Found With Heroin, Crack Outside Wayne QuickChek Family Affair: Mom, Sons Found With Heroin, Crack Outside Wayne QuickChek Family Affair: Mom, Sons Found With Heroin, Crack Outside Wayne QuickChek
Family Affair: Mom, Sons Found With Heroin, Crack Outside Wayne QuickChek WAYNE, N.J. -- A Wayne police sergeant found a 50-year-old Sussex County woman and her two adult sons with heroin, cocaine and materials used to ingest both in a car parked behind a QuickChek. Sgt. Michael McNiff approached the four-door Nissan behind the Pompton Road convenience store Tuesday afternoon and spotted a capped hypodermic needle, tourniquet and other paraphernalia in plain view, Capt. Laurence Martin said. Backup Officer Sean Mitchell arrived, and both found two full envelopes and several empties of heroin stamped “BLACKJACK,” 14 ziplocking bags of crack and a glass pipe, Mart…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority PD: Drifting GWB Driver Registers 2X DWI Limit Port Authority PD: Drifting GWB Driver Registers 2X DWI Limit Port Authority PD: Drifting GWB Driver Registers 2X DWI Limit
Port Authority PD: Drifting GWB Driver Registers 2X DWI Limit FORT LEE, N.J. -- A driver stopped on the George Washington Bridge overnight Thursday registered twice the legal alcohol limit on a breath test, Port Authority police said. Officers stopped the 2011 Infinity sedan as it drifted in and out of lanes across the span at 1:45 a.m., the authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. Ricardo Puig, 35, of the Bronx "had a noticeable smell of alcoholic beverage on him and slurred speech," Pentangelo said. "His eyes were also read and watery. "He got out of his car and was unsteady on his feet." The officers arrested Puig -- charging …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Passaic Sheriff: Detectives Find Ex-Con With Loaded Stolen Gun, Drugs Passaic Sheriff: Detectives Find Ex-Con With Loaded Stolen Gun, Drugs Passaic Sheriff: Detectives Find Ex-Con With Loaded Stolen Gun, Drugs
Passaic Sheriff: Detectives Find Ex-Con With Loaded Stolen Gun, Drugs PATERSON, N.J. -- An ex-con stopped by Passaic County sheriff's detectives in Paterson for having tinted windows on his Cadillac was carrying a stolen handgun -- loaded with hollow-point bullets -- along with nearly two dozen bags of heroin, authorities said Thursday. As they approached the stopped vehicle at Halpin and North 4th streets, the detectives saw the 32-year-old driver, Jason King of Paterson, "reach towards the back seat," Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. The detective on the passenger side "was able to see the handle of handgun sticking out of an o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Landlord Charged In Deaths Of Little Ferry Girl, 5, Grandmother In Fire Landlord Charged In Deaths Of Little Ferry Girl, 5, Grandmother In Fire Landlord Charged In Deaths Of Little Ferry Girl, 5, Grandmother In Fire
Landlord Charged In Deaths Of Little Ferry Girl, 5, Grandmother In Fire LITTLE FERRY, N.J. – A Little Ferry landlord’s failure to follow state codes led to a fire last summer that killed a 5-year-old Little Ferry girl and her grandmother, authorities charged. Gary L’Heruex of Tenafly was charged with two counts of knowingly violating the New Jersey fire code, leading to the deaths of Margaret and 5-year-old Maribella Colon, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal announced Wednesday night. He also was charged with two additional counts for causing injuries to Maribella's mother, Stephanie Colon, and David Lucero, Grewal said. The arrest followed a joint inve…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Ridgewood Businessman Fired Pistols In County Park Police: Ridgewood Businessman Fired Pistols In County Park Police: Ridgewood Businessman Fired Pistols In County Park
Police: Ridgewood Businessman Fired Pistols In County Park RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- A 27-year-old financial consultant from Ridgewood was arrested on weapons charges after police said he fired a pair of pistols into a tree in Saddle River County Park, authorities said Wednesday. Taylor Hallman was released pending a court hearing after police responding to reports from several callers "that it sounded like there were gunshots or firecrackers being set off by or in the park" around 11 p.m. April 4, Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke said. Police turned the two 9mm Sig Sauer handguns over to the Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identificat…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
NJ Man Added To FBI's 'Ten Most Wanted Fugitives' List NJ Man Added To FBI's 'Ten Most Wanted Fugitives' List NJ Man Added To FBI's 'Ten Most Wanted Fugitives' List
NJ Man Added To FBI's 'Ten Most Wanted Fugitives' List The FBI on Wednesday added a New Jersey man to its “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” list and offered a $100,000 reward for information leading to his capture. Walter Yovany Gomez should be considered armed and dangerous, said Timothy Gallagher, the Special Agent in charge of the Newark Field Office. Gomez and a co-conspirator – both members of the Plainfield Locos Salvatrucha (PLS) gang -- struck the victim in the head with a baseball bat, sliced his throat, and stabbed him in the back 17 times with a screwdriver on May 8, 2011, all because he “was suspected of socializing with a rival gang,” Ga…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Dump Truck, Car Crash Closes Northbound Route 208 In Fair Lawn Dump Truck, Car Crash Closes Northbound Route 208 In Fair Lawn Dump Truck, Car Crash Closes Northbound Route 208 In Fair Lawn
Dump Truck, Car Crash Closes Northbound Route 208 In Fair Lawn FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- A dump truck and passenger car collided around noon Wednesday, closing northbound Route 208 in Fair Lawn at the Route 4 split. An occupant of a Honda Civic involved in the crash may have sustained a broken arm in the crash, which included an airbag deployment, responders at the scene told Daily Voice. The highway's southbound side was also backed up to Wyckoff. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Convicted Paramus Sex Offender Busted Again -- After 5 Years Probation Convicted Paramus Sex Offender Busted Again -- After 5 Years Probation Convicted Paramus Sex Offender Busted Again -- After 5 Years Probation
Convicted Paramus Sex Offender Busted Again -- After 5 Years Probation PARAMUS, N.J. – Ten months after completing five years of federal probation for a similar offense, a Paramus man was arrested Tuesday morning by Bergen County prosecutor's detectives on charges of trafficking child pornography videos. A judge ordered 26-year-old welder Justin Birdsall held without bail in the Bergen County Jail pending a detention hearing Wednesday in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack. Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said members of his Cyber Crimes Unit arrested Birdsall while seizing equipment that “contained images and videos depicting child explo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
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West Milford PD: Officer Nabs Tattooed Credit Card, ATV Thief West Milford PD: Officer Nabs Tattooed Credit Card, ATV Thief West Milford PD: Officer Nabs Tattooed Credit Card, ATV Thief
West Milford PD: Officer Nabs Tattooed Credit Card, ATV Thief WEST MILFORD, N.J. – A West Milford man who sped by a township police officer on an ATV was on his way to buy cigarettes – with a credit card he’d just stolen, authorities said Wednesday. Officer Gregory Post found the vehicle hidden behind a garbage bin outside the S&S Deli moments after it sped by him, Lt. Stephen Singerline said. Seeing Post, 28-year-old Eric R. Trent bolted from the Macopin Road store into the woods behind it, he said. The officer quickly chased him down and took Trent into custody, the lieutenant said. Meanwhile, Officer Suzanne Novakowski was collecting informat…

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