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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Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Wallington PD: ShopRite ID Thief Stashed Bogus Cards Behind The Gatorade Wallington PD: ShopRite ID Thief Stashed Bogus Cards Behind The Gatorade Wallington PD: ShopRite ID Thief Stashed Bogus Cards Behind The Gatorade
Wallington PD: ShopRite ID Thief Stashed Bogus Cards Behind The Gatorade WALLINGTON, N.J. -- An ID thief from Queens tried stashing nearly a dozen bogus credit cards behind the Gatorade at a Wallington ShopRite before being caught, authorities said Tuesday. Security at the Paterson Avenue supermarket seized 22-year-old Javani A. McLean after attempts at buying Visa gift cards with four different credit cards were rejected, Detective Capt. Shawn Kudlacik told Daily Voice. After police took Javani to headquarter under arrest, they returned to the ShopRite, reviewed surveillance footage and saw him hide the 10 cards, Kudlacik said. He was charged with fraudulent u…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
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Flooding Concerns 'Nothing To Worry About' As Oradell Reservoir Tops Out Flooding Concerns 'Nothing To Worry About' As Oradell Reservoir Tops Out Flooding Concerns 'Nothing To Worry About' As Oradell Reservoir Tops Out
Flooding Concerns 'Nothing To Worry About' As Oradell Reservoir Tops Out ORADELL, N.J. -- Barely three months after concerns were raised over drought conditions in North Jersey, the Oradell Reservoir exceeded its capacity on Tuesday, prompting caution about potential flooding in certain areas of Bergen County. SUEZ Water enacted its first level of notification -- a standard procedure when the reservoir exceeds its capacity of 23.16 feet. It reached 24.1 early Tuesday, according to the US Geological Survey. "The first level doesn't mean that flooding is imminent," SUEZ spokeswoman Billie Gallo told Daily Voice. "It's just a matter of making sure t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Heroin's Tragic Toll: Pompton Lakes Woman Hospitalized After Wayne Arrest Heroin's Tragic Toll: Pompton Lakes Woman Hospitalized After Wayne Arrest Heroin's Tragic Toll: Pompton Lakes Woman Hospitalized After Wayne Arrest
Heroin's Tragic Toll: Pompton Lakes Woman Hospitalized After Wayne Arrest WAYNE, N.J. -- The ravages of heroin abuse sent a Pompton Lakes woman to the hospital after Wayne police said they caught her and a companion with the drug -- and her with fresh track marks. Officers Skylar Cauceglia and David Hoppe were on security and safety patrols in the commercial district along Route 46 late Monday when they saw Matthew Muccia of Glen Ridge standing in a traffic lane on the service road in front of the Ramada Inn, Capt. Laurence Martin said. Muccia, 27, who has an extensive criminal record, was warned and released, Martin said. After he left, however, police discover…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fairfield, CT
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Businessman From Fairfield Admits Scamming Investors Out Of $5 Million Businessman From Fairfield Admits Scamming Investors Out Of $5 Million Businessman From Fairfield Admits Scamming Investors Out Of $5 Million
Businessman From Fairfield Admits Scamming Investors Out Of $5 Million FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- A former businessman from Fairfield admitted Tuesday in federal court in New Jersey that he scammed investors out of more than $5 million. James Trolice, 63, and Lee Vaccaro, 45, of Las Vegas, sold investors interests in companies that they claimed held securities that “gave holders the right to buy common stock at a specific price within a certain time frame,” Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick said. Trolice at the time was president and owner of Trolice Consulting Services LLC and president and chief marketing officer of eAgency, a California-based company tha…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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Former Alpine Businessman Admits Scamming Investors Out Of $5 Million Former Alpine Businessman Admits Scamming Investors Out Of $5 Million Former Alpine Businessman Admits Scamming Investors Out Of $5 Million
Former Alpine Businessman Admits Scamming Investors Out Of $5 Million ALPINE, N.J. -- A former Alpine businessman admitted Tuesday that he scammed investors out of more than $5 million. James Trolice, 63, and Lee Vaccaro, 45, of Las Vegas, sold investors interests in companies that they claimed held securities that “gave holders the right to buy common stock at a specific price within a certain time frame,” Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick said. Trolice at the time was president and owner of Trolice Consulting Services LLC and president and chief marketing officer of eAgency, a California-based company that developed mobile security products. He a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Clifton PD: Sleeping Driver Found With 16 Different Types Of Drugs Clifton PD: Sleeping Driver Found With 16 Different Types Of Drugs Clifton PD: Sleeping Driver Found With 16 Different Types Of Drugs
Clifton PD: Sleeping Driver Found With 16 Different Types Of Drugs CLIFTON, N.J. -- A Clifton driver had no fewer than 16 different types of drugs -- including Oxycodone, MDMA, crystal meth, GHB, mushrooms and even pot brownies -- when officers found him asleep at the wheel in the parking lot of a local shopping center, authorities said Tuesday. Hector Veloz, 31, was taken into custody by Officers Timothy Taffin and Thomas Trommelen after they found him parked in the Ackerman Avenue lot with the drugs, which Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said included: Diazepam; Viagra; Oxycodone; MDMA; Lamotrigine; Fluoxetine; Clonazepam; Tramadol; Promethazine; Gabapenti…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Monsey, NY
Breaking News
'Horrifying' Video Shows Former Suffern Nurse Abusing Paralyzed Patient 'Horrifying' Video Shows Former Suffern Nurse Abusing Paralyzed Patient 'Horrifying' Video Shows Former Suffern Nurse Abusing Paralyzed Patient
'Horrifying' Video Shows Former Suffern Nurse Abusing Paralyzed Patient SUFFERN, N.Y. -- "Horrifying images" captured on video show a former Suffern registered nurse slapping and roughing up a paralyzed, ventilator-dependent patient she was hired to care for in his home, authorities said Tuesday. Dorothea Harvilik, 64, who's since moved to Saddle River, N.J., faces up to 18 months in state prison if convicted of assaulting the 23-year-old patient, Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino said. Footage of the abuse was captured by a hidden video camera set up by the man's mother, who suspected her son was being mistreated, Porrino said. The video, and …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
'Horrifying' Video Captures Saddle River Nurse Abusing Paralyzed Patient 'Horrifying' Video Captures Saddle River Nurse Abusing Paralyzed Patient 'Horrifying' Video Captures Saddle River Nurse Abusing Paralyzed Patient
'Horrifying' Video Captures Saddle River Nurse Abusing Paralyzed Patient SADDLE RIVER, N.J. -- "Horrifying images" captured on video show a registered nurse from Saddle River slapping and roughing up a paralyzed, ventilator-dependent patient she was hired to care for in his home, authorities said Tuesday. Dorothea Harvilik, 64, faces up to 18 months in state prison if convicted of assaulting the 23-year-old patient, Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino said. Footage of the abuse was captured by a hidden video camera set up by the man's mother, who suspected her son was being mistreated, Porrino said. The video, and other caught-on-tape examples of …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
3 Young Children Found In Ridgefield Park Drug Raid, Fugitive At Large 3 Young Children Found In Ridgefield Park Drug Raid, Fugitive At Large 3 Young Children Found In Ridgefield Park Drug Raid, Fugitive At Large
3 Young Children Found In Ridgefield Park Drug Raid, Fugitive At Large RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J. – Three people were arrested and another remained a fugitive Tuesday following a drug raid on a Ridgefield Park apartment where authorities said three young children were found. Roy Cabreja, a 53-year-old convicted sex offender from Elmwood Park, was being sought by authorities after the raid on the Teaneck Road home of Maria Morales, 59, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. Grewal’s Narcotic Task Force detectives and village police determined that Morales and Cabrja were selling cocaine from the apartment, where three young children were under Morales's car…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Tenant Hospitalized In Ridgefield Park Apartment Fire Tenant Hospitalized In Ridgefield Park Apartment Fire Tenant Hospitalized In Ridgefield Park Apartment Fire
Tenant Hospitalized In Ridgefield Park Apartment Fire RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J. -- A tenant was hospitalized in a Ridgefield Park apartment fire Tuesday morning, responders told Daily Voice. The fourth-floor Brewster Avenue blaze was doused within minutes of the 10:45 a.m. call, they said. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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