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
Prospect Park Sergeant Crashes Street Drug Deal Prospect Park Sergeant Crashes Street Drug Deal Prospect Park Sergeant Crashes Street Drug Deal
Prospect Park Sergeant Crashes Street Drug Deal PROSPECT PARK, N.J. – A Prospect Park police sergeant interrupted a drug deal, leading to a pair of arrests, thanks to a tipster, authorities said Friday. Accused dealer Harry Alexander, 31, of Paterson tossed a black plastic shopping bag under a car after Sgt. Amy Perlmutter spotted him and 30-year-old Evan McManus of Haledon just after 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Capt. Ammen Matari said. Perlmutter was responding to a call of two suspicious men in the area of North 8th Street and Fairview Avenue, he said. Alexander and McManus began splitting up when Perlmutter got out of her police cruiser and…

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Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Garfield Man Who Accidentally Shot Self Charged With Pot Possession Garfield Man Who Accidentally Shot Self Charged With Pot Possession Garfield Man Who Accidentally Shot Self Charged With Pot Possession
Garfield Man Who Accidentally Shot Self Charged With Pot Possession GARFIELD, N.J. -- A 60-year-old Garfield man who accidentally shot himself in the leg late Thursday afternoon was charged with pot and paraphernalia possession, police said Friday. Responding police officers and detectives began rendering aid to the MacArthur Avenue man, who sustained a non-critical wound in the incident in his home just after 5 p.m., Police Chief Raymond Kovach told Daily Voice. He was later taken to an area hospital. "It was determined as a result of the investigation that the discharge was accidental," Capt. Darren Sucorowski said Friday. The investigation wa…

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Boy, 9, Critically Injured In Wayne DWI-Related Crash Boy, 9, Critically Injured In Wayne DWI-Related Crash Boy, 9, Critically Injured In Wayne DWI-Related Crash
Boy, 9, Critically Injured In Wayne Dwi-related Crash WAYNE, N.J. – A 9-year-old boy was critically injured Thursday in a Wayne crash involving five cars that police said was caused by a drunk driver, authorities said. A Mercedes GLK 350 driven by 58-year-old Gina Damario-Aubin of Wayne was headed east on Ratzer Road when it struck a Toyota Sienna from behind, pushing it into three other vehicles in traffic, just before 6 p.m., Lt. Daniel Daly said. The Mercedes then left the roadway and came to a stop in a nearby driveway, he said. The boy, who was sitting in the back of the Sienna was unconscious at the scene, the lieutenant said. First re…

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Wayne PD: Stoned Driver Outside Route 23 Fast-Food Joint Resisted Arrest Wayne PD: Stoned Driver Outside Route 23 Fast-Food Joint Resisted Arrest Wayne PD: Stoned Driver Outside Route 23 Fast-Food Joint Resisted Arrest
Wayne PD: Stoned Driver Outside Route 23 Fast-Food Joint Resisted Arrest WAYNE, N.J. -- "I have to go," a stoned driver told Wayne police who found him slumped over the wheel of his car outside a Route 23 fast food restaurant, authorities said. Officers Mark Ciavirella and Mike Polifrone smelled the odor of burnt pot inside the 2007 Honda Accord parked outside the Taco Bell as soon as the driver rolled down his window Wednesday afternoon, Capt. Laurence Martin said. Carlos Rufino, 21, of Wayne, "appeared dazed and stated 'I have to go' and attempted to leave," Martin said. Polifrone reached inside and removed the keys, after which Rufino rai…

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Clifton PD: Bus Rider Snatches Driver's Cash, Hides In Basement Clifton PD: Bus Rider Snatches Driver's Cash, Hides In Basement Clifton PD: Bus Rider Snatches Driver's Cash, Hides In Basement
Clifton PD: Bus Rider Snatches Driver's Cash, Hides In Basement CLIFTON, N.J. -- A teenage bus rider pretended to lose his cellphone as he got off in Clifton so he could snatch cash from the driver's hand while everyone was distracted, authorities charged. The NJ Transit driver chased Mohammad Bajes, 18, onto Notch Road off Broad Street and lost him after he turned down a side street around 1:30 p.m., but responding police officers and members of the Passaic County Sheriff's Department set up a perimeter, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. Soon after, Officer Michael Adamo "noticed suspicious activity near a residence on Highview Drive," Bra…

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Seen Him? Paterson Police Seek Help Finding Accused Street Shooter Seen Him? Paterson Police Seek Help Finding Accused Street Shooter Seen Him? Paterson Police Seek Help Finding Accused Street Shooter
Seen Him? Paterson Police Seek Help Finding Accused Street Shooter PATERSON, N.J. -- Paterson police sought the public's help finding a 20-year-old city resident accused in an early-March street shooting. An arrest warrant charges Edward Andeliz with attempted murder and weapons possession following an investigation by city Detective Michael Quinones and Passaic County Prosecutor’s Detective Ricardo Ferreira of the Ceasefire Unit, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Patrol units had responded to the area of 12th Avenue and East 23rd Street on March 1 a shots-fired report and didn't find a victim, Speziale said. That's because he'd been driven in a privat…

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Prospect Park PD: Pot Bust Leads To Heroin, BB Gun, Resisting Attempt Prospect Park PD: Pot Bust Leads To Heroin, BB Gun, Resisting Attempt Prospect Park PD: Pot Bust Leads To Heroin, BB Gun, Resisting Attempt
Prospect Park PD: Pot Bust Leads To Heroin, BB Gun, Resisting Attempt PROSPECT PARK, N.J. – What began as a pot bust ended with Prospect Park police seizing more than 200 folds of heroin and a bb gun from a car passenger who tried to run, authorities said. Officer Arthur Canestrino pulled over a 2010 Honda Civic on North 6th Street and Fairview Avenue late Wednesday morning for having tinted windows and no front license plate, Capt. Ammen Matari said. Canestrino immediately smelled raw marijuana, which 21-year-old passenger Khadir Lindsey said was his, Matari said. Lindsey had a cigarette filled with pot – along with a black plastic shopping bag in his pants…

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Glen Rock Police Nab Teens In Separate Commercial Break-Ins Glen Rock Police Nab Teens In Separate Commercial Break-Ins Glen Rock Police Nab Teens In Separate Commercial Break-Ins
Glen Rock Police Nab Teens In Separate Commercial Break-Ins GLEN ROCK, N.J. – Two Glen Rock teens were charged in separate commercial break-ins following joint investigative work by detectives, police officers and school officials, authorities said. Theodore “Vlad” Geiger, 19, was arrested Tuesday night and charged with an overnight break-in Monday at the Exxon station on South Maple Avenue, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said Thursday night. Surveillance video shows Geiger first unsuccessfully trying to pry open the door to the attendant booth and then to the main store before returning to the booth and forcing the door open, Ackermann said. An alarm…

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Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Charges Pending Against Garfield Man Who Shot Self In Leg Police: Charges Pending Against Garfield Man Who Shot Self In Leg Police: Charges Pending Against Garfield Man Who Shot Self In Leg
Police: Charges Pending Against Garfield Man Who Shot Self In Leg UPDATE: A 60-year-old Garfield man who accidentally shot himself in the leg late Thursday afternoon was charged with drug and paraphernalia possession, police said Friday. https://garfield.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/garfield-man-who-accidentally-shot-self-charged-with-drug-possession/704972/ GARFIELD, N.J. -- Charges were being prepared against a 60-year-old Garfield man who shot himself in the leg late Thursday afternoon, police said. The man was treated for a non-critical wound after the incident in his MacArthur Avenue home around 5 p.m., Police Chief Raymond Kovach told Daily Voice. M…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Teterboro Used Car Manager Gets 10 Years In $1.4M Scam Teterboro Used Car Manager Gets 10 Years In $1.4M Scam Teterboro Used Car Manager Gets 10 Years In $1.4M Scam
Teterboro Used Car Manager Gets 10 Years In $1.4M Scam TETERBORO, N.J. -- The manager of a defunct Teterboro used car dealership was sentenced in Hackensack to 10 years in prison for his role as the “point man” in a $1.4 million luxury car scam, authorities announced Thursday. Hector Marquez, a 44-year-old Monroe, N.Y. resident, also was ordered to pay $110,370 in restitution. Marquez, the general manager of D.I.B Leasing, pleaded guilty in Superior Court in Hackensack last July to money laundering and corporate misconduct in exchange for the sentence. He also pleaded guilty to insurance fraud in a separate indictment involving a $139,000 Bent…

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