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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Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
2 Pedestrians Hit By SUV In Tenafly Hospitalized, Police Seek Witnesses 2 Pedestrians Hit By SUV In Tenafly Hospitalized, Police Seek Witnesses 2 Pedestrians Hit By SUV In Tenafly Hospitalized, Police Seek Witnesses
2 Pedestrians Hit By SUV In Tenafly Hospitalized, Police Seek Witnesses TENAFLY, N.J. – Two women were hospitalized with non-critical injuries after they were hit by an SUV in Tenafly early Wednesday, police said. The women were walking east across Knickerbocker Road at West Clinton Avenue when the 2015 Honda CRV – headed in the same direction -- hit them as the 62-year-old Tenafly driver tried to make a left turn onto northbound Knickerbocker around 8 a.m., woman, Capt. Michael deMoncada said. Both women were taken to Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, he said. The driver “remained on scene and was cooperative,” the captan said. No summonses were immedia…

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Charges Boosted Against Ex-Con In Paterson Deli Shooting Tied To Rapper Charges Boosted Against Ex-Con In Paterson Deli Shooting Tied To Rapper Charges Boosted Against Ex-Con In Paterson Deli Shooting Tied To Rapper
Charges Boosted Against Ex-Con In Paterson Deli Shooting Tied To Rapper PATERSON, N.J. – (UPDATE) A second ex-con has been charged in an incident involving rapper Fetty Wap and his entourage that led to shootings that left three men wounded. Sylvester Huffin, 34, of Paterson was charged with attempted murder and weapons counts that include being a "certain person" in possession of a firearm (namely: an ex-convict), Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Deputy Paterson Police Chief Troy Oswald said Wednesday afternoon. "All of the shooting victims are currently in stable condition," they said in a joint release. Hours earlier, bot…

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Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Seen Him? Thief Steals $6,000 From Lyndhurst Church Seen Him? Thief Steals $6,000 From Lyndhurst Church Seen Him? Thief Steals $6,000 From Lyndhurst Church
Seen Him? Thief Steals $6,000 From Lyndhurst Church LYNDHURST, N.J. -- Lyndhurst police hope someone recognizes a man who they said took more than $6,000 from a local church during an early morning burglary. "The combination of checks and cash were inside of three separate bags in a closed, unlocked safe" when they were stolen from St. Michael's Church, Capt. John Valente told Daily Voice on Tuesday. Surveillance photo shows the man entering the church rectory around 7 a.m. Monday, he said. He asked a church employee for food from the food bank and "was then asked to fill out a form requesting identification while the employee …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
South Hackensack Police: NYC Man Had 33 Bogus IDs With His Picture South Hackensack Police: NYC Man Had 33 Bogus IDs With His Picture South Hackensack Police: NYC Man Had 33 Bogus IDs With His Picture
South Hackensack Police: NYC Man Had 33 Bogus IDs With His Picture SOUTH HACKENSACK, N.J. -- A New York City man was carrying 33 bogus IDs, 13 credit cards obtained with them and $5,100 cash when a South Hackensack detective-patrol officer duo busted him, authorities said Tuesday. Anand Clifton Persaud, 60, was apparently drunk when he tried to buy $10,000 worth of flooring from Lumber Liquidators, Capt. Robert Kaiser told Daily Voice. A manager said Persaud handed him a phony California identification and Chase Visa card with matching information, so he called police. Detective James Donatello and Officer Stephen Knatz got there immediatelyk and took Per…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Glen Rock Recruiter Harassed, Tried To Frame Borough Residents Prosecutor: Glen Rock Recruiter Harassed, Tried To Frame Borough Residents Prosecutor: Glen Rock Recruiter Harassed, Tried To Frame Borough Residents
Prosecutor: Glen Rock Recruiter Harassed, Tried To Frame Borough Residents GLEN ROCK, N.J. – An employment recruiter from Glen Rock harassed a borough resident with notes and text messages and then sent some to himself in what became a failed effort to frame another target, authorities said Tuesday. While harassing his target over an 18-month span, 48-year-old Brian Rooney told Glen Rock police and county investigators that he’d received similar communications – that, it turns out, he actually sent to himself, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. He then “attempted to implicate a third person as the person sending the harassing communications,” the pros…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Undercover Sting: Paramus, County Detectives Bust 2 With 1,000 Heroin Bags Undercover Sting: Paramus, County Detectives Bust 2 With 1,000 Heroin Bags Undercover Sting: Paramus, County Detectives Bust 2 With 1,000 Heroin Bags
Undercover Sting: Paramus, County Detectives Bust 2 With 1,000 Heroin Bags PARAMUS, N.J. – Paramus police and Bergen County prosecutor’s detectives teamed up to bust two Paterson men who were carrying 1,000 bags of heroin for sale in an undercover sting, authorities said Monday. Tony Crowe, 24, and Makia Reed, 22, were “delivering heroin from Paterson into Bergen County towns,” Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. Borough police pulled off an undercover deal that led to their arrests during a run, he said. A judge ordered Crowe and Reed held in the Bergen County Jail on Thursday pending first appearances in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack on drug pos…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgewood Woman Conned Out Of $6,000 In I.R.S. Phone Scam Ridgewood Woman Conned Out Of $6,000 In I.R.S. Phone Scam Ridgewood Woman Conned Out Of $6,000 In I.R.S. Phone Scam
Ridgewood Woman Conned Out Of $6,000 In I.R.S. Phone Scam RIDGEWOOD, N.J. – A Ridgewood woman was conned out of $6,000 by a caller who claimed she owed the I.R.S. that money, authorities said. Following the thief’s directions, the Ponfield Place resident bought 60 iTunes gift cards for $100 each, then scratched off the backs and gave the caller the serial numbers, village police said. The caller told the victim she “needed to pay immediately or be arrested,” Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke said. “She realized shortly thereafter the call was a scam and reported the incident to the iTunes theft department,” Luthcke said. An iTunes representative t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Monsey, NY
Breaking News
Suffern Gang Member Admits Role In Cab, Bar Robberies Suffern Gang Member Admits Role In Cab, Bar Robberies Suffern Gang Member Admits Role In Cab, Bar Robberies
Suffern Gang Member Admits Role In Cab, Bar Robberies SUFFERN, N.Y. -- A Suffern man on Monday admitted his role in the carjacking, kidnapping and robbing a local cab driver in New Jersey after he and a group of fellow purported gang members held up a bar there. Guillermo Carrillo-Iraheta, 19, and other members of the 18th Street Gang got into a cab in Paterson around 3 a.m. on Dec. 26, 2015 for a ride to Waldwick, authorities told Daily Voice last year. The crew members hit the taxicab driver in the head with a beer bottle, and sliced his throat with a knife before leaving him on the side of the New York State Thruway near Woodbury, N.Y., fed…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Suffern Gang Member Admits Role In Ridgewood Cab, Hawthorne Bar Robberies Suffern Gang Member Admits Role In Ridgewood Cab, Hawthorne Bar Robberies Suffern Gang Member Admits Role In Ridgewood Cab, Hawthorne Bar Robberies
Suffern Gang Member Admits Role In Ridgewood Cab, Hawthorne Bar Robberies RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- A Suffern man on Monday admitted his role in the carjacking, kidnapping and robbing a local cab driver in New Jersey after he and a group of fellow purported gang members held up a bar there. Guillermo Carrillo-Iraheta, 19, and other members of the 18th Street Gang got into a cab in Paterson around 3 a.m. on Dec. 26, 2015 for a ride to Waldwick, authorities told Daily Voice last year. The crew members hit the taxicab driver in the head with a beer bottle, and sliced his throat with a knife before leaving him on the side of the New York State Thruway near Woodbury, N.Y., f…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Garfield Man Sexually Abused Dumont Pre-Teen Prosecutor: Garfield Man Sexually Abused Dumont Pre-Teen Prosecutor: Garfield Man Sexually Abused Dumont Pre-Teen
Prosecutor: Garfield Man Sexually Abused Dumont Pre-Teen DUMONT, N.J. – An aviation ground crew member from Garfield had sex with a pre-teenage girl four years ago in Dumont, authorities charged. Moses Ventura, 30, was ordered held without bail in the Bergen County Jail following a detention hearing Saturday before a judge in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack, records show. He was charged with aggravated sexual assault, assault by sexual contact and child endangerment. Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said Dumont police and detectives from his office arrested Ventura after interviewing a 17-year-old girl about sexual abuse…

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