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

Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
New Milford Police: ID Thief Chased Down Outside Bank New Milford Police: ID Thief Chased Down Outside Bank New Milford Police: ID Thief Chased Down Outside Bank
New Milford Police: ID Thief Chased Down Outside Bank NEW MILFORD, N.J. -- A New York man who'd withdrawn $3,000 of an unwitting victim's money from a local bank was at it again when New Milford police grabbed him outside a Chase branch, authorities said Tuesday. The fraud-in-progress call brought Lt. Robert Jones, Detective Derek Mattesich and Officers Darrell Marshall, Francis Haggerty and Robert Sokol Jr., who spotted the 64-year-old Frank Prescod in a parking lot next store, Detective Sgt. Kevin Van Saders said. Prescod tried to run but was quickly caught, Van Saders said. He was carrying several out-of-state driver's licenses in various …

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Woman's Body Found Covered In Parked Truck In Clifton Woman's Body Found Covered In Parked Truck In Clifton Woman's Body Found Covered In Parked Truck In Clifton
Woman's Body Found Covered In Parked Truck In Clifton CLIFTON, N.J. -- The body of an apparent drug overdose victim was left in a box truck, covered in insulation, in a Clifton parking lot before police found it and arrested a man who they said left it there. A caller pointed police to Getty Avenue commercial lot, where they forced their way in through a locked gate, searched several vehicles and found the covered body around 10:45 p.m. Saturday, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. "Indications are that the decedent passed away sometime earlier in the day, probably during the late morning or early afternoon hours," Bracken said. "…

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Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Of All The Cluck: Driver Hits Wild Turkey On Route 4 In Paramus Of All The Cluck: Driver Hits Wild Turkey On Route 4 In Paramus Of All The Cluck: Driver Hits Wild Turkey On Route 4 In Paramus
Of All The Cluck: Driver Hits Wild Turkey On Route 4 In Paramus PARAMUS, N.J. -- It's not often a motorist hits a wild turkey on Route 4 in Paramus. "My wife was driving," Elan Carmel of Paramus told Daily Voice. "She called me from the road and said she hit a bird and to come downstairs." Alexa Carmel, due to give birth to identical twins in June, figured she was doing about 50 mph when she struck the turkey around 11:30 p.m. Thursday near the Garden State Plaza. "I met her in the driveway," her husband said, "and to my surprise, it was still in the bumper." After sending his wife upstairs, Carmel drove to Par…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Daylong Delays Continue After NY Penn Station Train Derailment Daylong Delays Continue After NY Penn Station Train Derailment Daylong Delays Continue After NY Penn Station Train Derailment
Daylong Delays Continue After NY Penn Station Train Derailment Train service between Newark and Manhattan continued to be diverted in and out of Hoboken for the rest of Monday after a morning NJ Transit train derailment that injured at least five people, none seriously, authorities said. PATH trains in and out of Hoboken were subject to delays of up to a half-hour as of just before 5 p.m. Limited service resumed on the Northeast Corridor and North Jersey Coast lines with delays. Tickets were cross-honored on PATH trains, as well as on buses, private carriers and New York Waterway ferries. The "slow speed derailment" of the 3926 Northeast Co…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Weekend Event Boosts Fair Lawn Officer Mary Ann Collura Scholarship Weekend Event Boosts Fair Lawn Officer Mary Ann Collura Scholarship Weekend Event Boosts Fair Lawn Officer Mary Ann Collura Scholarship
Weekend Event Boosts Fair Lawn Officer Mary Ann Collura Scholarship FAIR LAWN, N.J. – A strong turnout is expected for this Saturday’s 3rd Annual MAC136 Scholarship Foundation Event to raise money for the Police Officer Mary Ann Collura Scholarship Fund. The free event will be held from 3-11 p.m. at the Fair Lawn Athletic Club, 14-19 Parmelee Ave. 15% of the Athletic Club’s proceeds will be donated to the scholarship fund named for Collura, a popular officer who was shot and killed coming to the aid of a fellow officer trying to arrest a murderous ex-con in April 2003. Food donated by local businesses will be served and entertainment provided. 50/50 drawi…

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Tax Preparer From Fair Lawn Admits $130,000 Fraud Tax Preparer From Fair Lawn Admits $130,000 Fraud Tax Preparer From Fair Lawn Admits $130,000 Fraud
Tax Preparer From Fair Lawn Admits $130,000 Fraud FAIR LAWN, N.J. – A Fair Lawn tax preparer admitted Monday that she got more than $130,000 in returns for clients that they weren’t entitled to. Shirley Arias, 43, filed tax returns on clients’ behalf using false information from 2012 through 2014 while she owned and operated Santos & Associates in Union City, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick said Modnay. Arias – also known as Shirley Zambrano -- “used a number of fraudulent practices, including falsely claiming deductions and fabricating educational credits,” Fitzpatrick explained. She pleaded guilty Monday in federal court…

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Charges Mulled After Glen Rock Police Find Tennessee Driver With Gun, Ammo Charges Mulled After Glen Rock Police Find Tennessee Driver With Gun, Ammo Charges Mulled After Glen Rock Police Find Tennessee Driver With Gun, Ammo
Charges Mulled After Glen Rock Police Find Tennessee Driver With Gun, Ammo GLEN ROCK, N.J. -- Authorities were sorting out charges against a Tennessee driver found with a handgun and a magazine loaded with hollow-point bullets during a Route 208 traffic stop in Glen Rock. Although 23-year-old Rayan A. Parrish of Greenbrier, TN has a carrying permit in his state, it isn't valid in New Jersey, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Officer John Tarantino found the 9mm Glock and 15-round magazine after stopping his car for an obstructed windshield, the chief said. "At the direction of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office, preliminary charges were filed against [Par…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Wayne Valley HS Sheltered After Resident Brings Found Grenade To Police HQ Wayne Valley HS Sheltered After Resident Brings Found Grenade To Police HQ Wayne Valley HS Sheltered After Resident Brings Found Grenade To Police HQ
Wayne Valley HS Sheltered After Resident Brings Found Grenade To Police HQ WAYNE, N.J. -- A shelter-in-place was ordered for Wayne Valley High School early Monday after a resident brought a Japanese-style World War II grenade he'd found while cleaning out his basement over the weekend to police headquarters. The man reported to the department Records Bureau around 9:15 a.m. that he had the grenade in the trunk of his car parked out in front of the municipal complex, Capt. Laurence W. Martin said. Wayne police summoned the Passaic County Sheriff’s Bomb Squad, which rendered the device safe and removed it for disposal, the captain said. "We consider them all e…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Released In Gym Thefts, Garfield Man Steals From Ex-Roomie Police: Released In Gym Thefts, Garfield Man Steals From Ex-Roomie Police: Released In Gym Thefts, Garfield Man Steals From Ex-Roomie
Police: Released In Gym Thefts, Garfield Man Steals From Ex-Roomie GARFIELD, N.J. – A week after being arrested on charges of stealing credit cards, cash and cellphones from patrons at two Wayne gyms, a Garfield man dubbed a “one-man crime wave” was caught swiping a television, tablet, and jacket from an ex-roommate, city police said Monday. The roommate called police Sunday night after finding 25-year-old Chase Griskonis in his Sherman Street home, despite a restraining order, Garfield Police Capt. Darren Sucorowski said. Griskonis -- who records show has had a string of drug-related arrests over the past several years -- was yelling profanities and sla…

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Glen Rock PD: Unlicensed DWI Driver Tried To Tow Uninsured Car After Crash Glen Rock PD: Unlicensed DWI Driver Tried To Tow Uninsured Car After Crash Glen Rock PD: Unlicensed DWI Driver Tried To Tow Uninsured Car After Crash
Glen Rock PD: Unlicensed DWI Driver Tried To Tow Uninsured Car After Crash GLEN ROCK, N.J. -- An unlicensed DWI driver from Garfield tried to have his uninsured car towed without calling police after an overnight crash in Glen Rock, authorities said Monday. AAA Road Service Dispatch notified police, who responded to the crash at Prospect Street near Orchard Place at 4:30 a.m. Sunday, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Michael Koppenal, 25, was charged with DWI, refusing to submit to a breath test, careless driving, failing to report a crash, driving with a suspended license and operating an uninsured vehicle, the chief said. The vehicle was impounded and Koppenal …

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