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

Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Obituaries
Ramsey Teen Remembered As Fine Young Man, Top Soccer Player Ramsey Teen Remembered As Fine Young Man, Top Soccer Player Ramsey Teen Remembered As Fine Young Man, Top Soccer Player
Ramsey Teen Remembered As Fine Young Man, Top Soccer Player RAMSEY, N.J. -- Friends and loved ones were still reeling from shock and grief Thursday over the sudden death of a recent Ramsey High School graduate. Samuel "Sam" Berman, 19, sent out one last tweet Tuesday afternoon: "There has to be somewhere better than here." ****** ARRANGEMENTS: A private cremation will follow a funeral service Monday for a former Ramsey High School soccer captain who died suddenly on Wednesday. CLICK HERE.... ****** Condolences continued to pour in to the family via social media on Thursday. "Don Berman, Rosemarie Sciancalepore Berman,&qu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Wayne PD: Unlicensed Driver Had 110 Bags Of Heroin, Taser Wayne PD: Unlicensed Driver Had 110 Bags Of Heroin, Taser Wayne PD: Unlicensed Driver Had 110 Bags Of Heroin, Taser
Wayne PD: Unlicensed Driver Had 110 Bags Of Heroin, Taser WAYNE, N.J. -- A Bloomingdale driver had 110 bags of heroin and a stun gun when Wayne police stopped her car, authorities said Wednesday. Officers Adrian Sulejmani and John Donado pulled over the 1995 Toyota Camry for equipment violations and the driver's failing to use turn signals, Capt. Laurence Martin said. Driver Bobbie Mathews, 45, had a suspended license and "white powdered residue around her nostrils," he said. The officers then found her carrying the heroin -- stamped "LEXUS" -- along with the Taser-style stun gun, Martin said. They turned up a small amount of…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Get 'Juicy' Over Lunch With Fair Lawn's Finest Get 'Juicy' Over Lunch With Fair Lawn's Finest Get 'Juicy' Over Lunch With Fair Lawn's Finest
Get 'Juicy' Over Lunch With Fair Lawn's Finest FAIR LAWN, N.J. – After brewing success with “Coffee With a Cop,” Fair Lawn police are gettin’ juicy. On Monday, April 24, Fair Lawn's finest will meet with residents and merchants at Juicy Platters, 23-16 Broadway, from noon to 2 p.m. Join them for conversation about any topic, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. You can contact Metzler for more information at (201) 794-5365 or [email protected].

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Man Struck, Killed By Commuter Train In Passaic Man Struck, Killed By Commuter Train In Passaic Man Struck, Killed By Commuter Train In Passaic
Man Struck, Killed By Commuter Train In Passaic PASSAIC, N.J. -- Authorities were trying to identify a man struck and killed by an NJ Transit Wednesday afternoon near the Broadway station in Passaic. The man was struck at 1:15 p.m. by a Port Jervis train on the Main Line bound for Middletown, N.Y. out of Hoboken, NJ Transit's Lisa Torbic told Daily Voice. Although Track 2 was shut down, Track 1 was open, as trains moved slowly through, she said. None of the 60 people aboard was injured, Torbic said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Stony Point, NY
Breaking News
Guilty Plea Could Affect Case Of Stony Point Man In Massive Heroin Ring Guilty Plea Could Affect Case Of Stony Point Man In Massive Heroin Ring Guilty Plea Could Affect Case Of Stony Point Man In Massive Heroin Ring
Guilty Plea Could Affect Case Of Stony Point Man In Massive Heroin Ring STONY POINT, N.Y. – A guilty plea Wednesday by an admitted heroin trafficker from New Jersey could affect the case of a Stony Point man charged in connection with the ring. Joseph Trimarco was one of five men charged by federal authorities a year ago with participating in a trafficking organization that moved large amounts of heroin from the Bronx into the suburbs of New York and New Jersey. They accused Trimarco of trafficking the drugs from Paterson, N.J. to street-level dealers in Rockland. The case took a turn when an Elmwood Park, N.J. man admitted Wednesday that he bought nearly seve…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Elmwood Park Drug Ring Member Admits Trafficking 7 Pounds Of Heroin Elmwood Park Drug Ring Member Admits Trafficking 7 Pounds Of Heroin Elmwood Park Drug Ring Member Admits Trafficking 7 Pounds Of Heroin
Elmwood Park Drug Ring Member Admits Trafficking 7 Pounds Of Heroin ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. – A drug trafficking ring member from Elmwood Park admitted Wednesday that he bought nearly seven pounds of heroin that made its way from Paterson to street-level buyers in Bergen, Passaic, Rockland and other counties. Edwin Lopez, 31 – also known as “E” and “Pan” – was one of five men charged by federal authorities a year ago with moving large amounts of heroin from the Bronx to Paterson. He’s the first to accept a plea deal from the government, which could affect how the cases against his four co-defendants unfold. They include Joseph Trimarco of Stony Point, who feder…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Cliffside, Waldwick, River Edge Drug Buyers, Sellers Busted In Paterson Cliffside, Waldwick, River Edge Drug Buyers, Sellers Busted In Paterson Cliffside, Waldwick, River Edge Drug Buyers, Sellers Busted In Paterson
Cliffside, Waldwick, River Edge Drug Buyers, Sellers Busted In Paterson PATERSON, N.J. -- They came from Cliffside Park, Waldwick, River Edge, Garfield and Hackensack, said Paterson police, who busted them for both buying and selling heroin, cocaine and pot. The Bergen County defendants are among out-of-town buyers, and some dealers, who continue to pour into Paterson, Police Director Jerry Speziale said Wednesday. They ranged in age from a 16-year-old Garfield boy armed with heroin and cocaine for sale to a 57-year-old Hackensack woman caught with a small bag of marijuana. The ride by car was barely a half-hour for Giovanni Zarro, 33, and Matthew Albanese, 29…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Lodi PD: Deli Burglar Selling Stolen Lottery Tickets Subdued After Struggle Lodi PD: Deli Burglar Selling Stolen Lottery Tickets Subdued After Struggle Lodi PD: Deli Burglar Selling Stolen Lottery Tickets Subdued After Struggle
Lodi PD: Deli Burglar Selling Stolen Lottery Tickets Subdued After Struggle LODI, N.J. – An 18-year-old Lodi man was busted after he tried selling lottery tickets on the street that he’d stolen from a local deli, authorities said Wednesday. Lodi police detectives and officers teamed up to arrest Dylan Nieves after the overnight break-in Tuesday at the Charles Street deli on Passaic Avenue, Lt. Robert Salerno said. Also taken in the burglary were cash and cigarettes, he said. Around 11 a.m, a trio of officers headed to the 100 block of Main Street on a report that someone was selling loose lottery tickets on the street. Seeing them, Nieves took off on a bicycle, S…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Hospital Treatment, Summonses After Tractor-Trailers Crash On GWB Hospital Treatment, Summonses After Tractor-Trailers Crash On GWB Hospital Treatment, Summonses After Tractor-Trailers Crash On GWB
Hospital Treatment, Summonses After Tractor-Trailers Crash On GWB FORT LEE, N.J. -- Two tractor-trailer drivers were hospitalized -- and received summonses -- after their rigs collided on the Jersey-bound upper level of the George Washington Bridge overnight, snarling Wednesday morning's commute, authorities told Daily Voice. The crash occurred when the first driver, 46, of Levittown, PA, stopped his flatbed on the bridge and the second, 57, of Fresno, TX, slammed his Rite Aid rig into it from behind around 3:30 a.m., the authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. The first driver received a summons for stopping and the second for imprudent speed, Pentangelo sa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Pot, $5,700 Cash Seized, Three Arrests Made On Quiet Paterson Street Pot, $5,700 Cash Seized, Three Arrests Made On Quiet Paterson Street Pot, $5,700 Cash Seized, Three Arrests Made On Quiet Paterson Street
Pot, $5,700 Cash Seized, Three Arrests Made On Quiet Paterson Street PATERSON, N.J. -- Paterson detectives seized more than a half-pound of marijuana and nearly $5,700 in cash while arresting three people during a raid on a quiet local street. The pot was found bundled in two knotted bags during Tuesday's warranted search, assisted by Prospect Park police, city Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Charged with having it for sale was Orlando Trinidad, 28, who lives in the Hopper Street home, Speziale said. Charged with buying it were Jesse Krautheim of Haledon and Tiffany Broere of Paterson, both 21, he said. All were released pending court hearings.

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