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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Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Paramus Police Officer Stops Stolen Car On GSP, Finds Heroin, Hotel Keys Paramus Police Officer Stops Stolen Car On GSP, Finds Heroin, Hotel Keys Paramus Police Officer Stops Stolen Car On GSP, Finds Heroin, Hotel Keys
Paramus Police Officer Stops Stolen Car On GSP, Finds Heroin, Hotel Keys PARAMUS, N.J. -- A Paramus police officer stopped a car on the Garden State Parkway moments after it was stolen from a local restaurant employee Friday afternoon, authorities said. Officer Sean Nutland spotted the 2005 Honda Civic on the southbound parkway after hearing a stolen car alert just before 12:30 p.m., Deputy Police Chief Robert Guidetti said. Behind the wheel was 38-year-old Nicholas Mazzola of Spotswood, who'd taken the car from outside the Bonefish Grill after swiping the owner's wallet and keys from the hostess stand while she was working, Guidetti said. Police found Mazzola …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Wayne Police: Fugitive, Companion At Fast-Food Joint Had 77 Bags Of Heroin Wayne Police: Fugitive, Companion At Fast-Food Joint Had 77 Bags Of Heroin Wayne Police: Fugitive, Companion At Fast-Food Joint Had 77 Bags Of Heroin
Wayne Police: Fugitive, Companion At Fast-Food Joint Had 77 Bags Of Heroin WAYNE, N.J. -- A pair of Wayne police officers on routine patrol found a Sussex County fugitive and his companion parked outside a Route 23 fast-food restaurant with 77 bags of heroin in their car, authorities said Friday. Officers David Hoppe and Skylar Cauceglia were patrolling the highway's business corridor when they spotted the vehicle outside the Taco Bell. The driver, 32-year-old Edwin G Mahlon of Newton, and his passenger, Kristy L Hamady, 29, of Franklin, "did not appear to be involved in the business they were parked at," Capt. Laurence Martin said. As the officers appr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Englewood Laborer Charged With Sexually Touching Boy, 5 Englewood Laborer Charged With Sexually Touching Boy, 5 Englewood Laborer Charged With Sexually Touching Boy, 5
Englewood Laborer Charged With Sexually Touching Boy, 5 ENGLEWOOD, N.J. – An Englewood laborer was charged with fondling a 5-year-old boy. A judge ordered Bradley A. Gooden, 23, held in the Bergen County Jail pending a hearing in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack on Saturday, Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. Gooden was charged with sexual assault by sexual contact and child endangerment after Grewal said city police and his office “received information that [the boy] was inappropriately touched” by him in Englewood last November.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Tractor-Trailer Crash On Routes 17/287 In Mahwah Sends Two To Hospital Tractor-Trailer Crash On Routes 17/287 In Mahwah Sends Two To Hospital Tractor-Trailer Crash On Routes 17/287 In Mahwah Sends Two To Hospital
Tractor-Trailer Crash On Routes 17/287 In Mahwah Sends Two To Hospital MAHWAH, N.J. -- Two victims were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center following a crash involving a tractor-trailer and four other vehicles Friday afternoon where Routes 17 and 287 split in Mahwah, police told Daily Voice. Two advanced life support units and a pediatric emergency crew were among six ambulances initially requested following the pileup, which occurred just after 2:30 p.m., Police Chief James Batelli said. A doctor also was on scene, he said. Unconfirmed reports were that the ALS requests were later cancelled. Although two lanes initially were open, traffic was back…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
High CO Reading Draws Responders To Ramapo College During Break High CO Reading Draws Responders To Ramapo College During Break High CO Reading Draws Responders To Ramapo College During Break
High CO Reading Draws Responders To Ramapo College During Break MAHWAH, N.J. -- Students were on break when responders rushed to Ramapo College for a room-by-room search late Friday afternoon following a high carbon monoxide reading in a dormitory, authorities told Daily Voice. No injuries were reported, they said. A PSE&G crew joined township emergency services responders at the school, Police Chief James Batelli said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Two Homicide Victims Found Burned In Car On Paterson Street Two Homicide Victims Found Burned In Car On Paterson Street Two Homicide Victims Found Burned In Car On Paterson Street
Two Homicide Victims Found Burned In Car On Paterson Street UPDATE: Detectives and U.S. Marshals arrested two men on murder, arson and robbery charges Monday night in connection with the killings of two others who were found on a Paterson street in a burning car owned by "The Real Wives of New Jersey" guest Kim DePaola, authorities said Tuesday. SEE: https://southpassaic.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/two-arrested-in-paterson-torched-car-killing-connected-to-rhonj-guest/704338/ UPDATE: Two men found slain on a Paterson street in a torched car owned by “Real Housewives of New Jersey” guest Kim DePaola were identified Monday as city residents Aa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Passaic Sheriff's Officer Charged With Loaning Cellphone To Inmate Passaic Sheriff's Officer Charged With Loaning Cellphone To Inmate Passaic Sheriff's Officer Charged With Loaning Cellphone To Inmate
Passaic Sheriff's Officer Charged With Loaning Cellphone To Inmate PATERSON, N.J. – A Passaic County sheriff’s officer loaned his cellphone to a county jail inmate to make an outside call, said authorities who arrested him on Friday. Wade Hyman was charged with violating a state law that “prohibits an employee of a county correctional facility from knowingly selling, transferring, assigning, providing or otherwise giving an electronic communication device to a person who is confined in a county correctional facility,” Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik and county Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said in a joint release. Hyman, 49, who authorities said now lives in New…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
$41,500 Stashed In Suitcase Gets Florida Driver Busted In Fort Lee Stop $41,500 Stashed In Suitcase Gets Florida Driver Busted In Fort Lee Stop $41,500 Stashed In Suitcase Gets Florida Driver Busted In Fort Lee Stop
$41,500 Stashed In Suitcase Gets Florida Driver Busted In Fort Lee Stop FORT LEE, N.J. – A Florida driver was arrested on money laundering charges after Bergen County prosecutor’s detectives said they found more than $41,500 stashed in a suitcase during a Fort Lee traffic stop. Daren Joseph, 28, was released without bail pending a first appearance in the Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack. Detectives pulled him over on Thursday and found the cash “secreted in the liner of a suitcase,” Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said Friday. Joseph was charged with transporting or possessing property believed to be derived from criminal activity, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson Police, FBI Team Up To Nab Accused Gunman Paterson Police, FBI Team Up To Nab Accused Gunman Paterson Police, FBI Team Up To Nab Accused Gunman
Paterson Police, FBI Team Up To Nab Accused Gunman PATERSON, N.J. -- Working with the FBI, Paterson police raided a Newark residence early Friday and arrested a man who they said shot another in the chest last month. The 19-year-old victim survived the Feb. 27 shooting at 16th and Madison avenues, said Police Director Jerry Speziale, in announcing Friday's arrest of Christian Rodriguez. Detectives Michael Quinones and Passaic County Prosecutor’s Detective Ricardo Ferreira of the Ceasefire Unit identified Rodriguez as the shooter, Speziale said. Working with members of the F.B.I.'s Newark-based Violent Crime Fugitive Task Force, they found …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Garfield Police Rescue Drug OD Victim, 18 Garfield Police Rescue Drug OD Victim, 18 Garfield Police Rescue Drug OD Victim, 18
Garfield Police Rescue Drug OD Victim, 18 GARFIELD, N.J. – Garfield police saved an 18-year-old drug overdose victim with Narcan and rescue breathing. Responding Officers Brian Porco, Daniel Drazek and Mariggi Lopez found the unresponsive victim on his back in the street having difficulty breathing, Capt. Darren Sucorowski said Friday. After determining that he may have taken opiates, the officers administered Narcan and did rescue breathing until EMS arrived, Sucorowski said. “As they placed [him] in the ambulance he began to regain consciousness,” the captain said. He was taken to an area hospital, Sucorowski said. Since they,…

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