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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Cresskill-Closter, NJ
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Seen Him? Closter Police Seek Help In Car Credit Card Burglary Seen Him? Closter Police Seek Help In Car Credit Card Burglary Seen Him? Closter Police Seek Help In Car Credit Card Burglary
Seen Him? Closter Police Seek Help In Car Credit Card Burglary CLOSTER, N.J. -- Closter police hope someone has seen or knows something about a man wanted for questioning in a car burglary. The victim's credit card was used hours later at the Teterboro Walmart after it was taken on Friday from a car parked at CGI Fitness on Homans Avenue, Detective Sgt. Vincent Aiello said. The thief apparently was using a darkly-colored Ford Fiesta with New York license plates, he said. If you see him, know him or have information that could help find him, Aiello asked that you call Closter police: (201) 768-5000.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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15 Years Before Parole For Paterson Sex Offender Who Abused Boys 15 Years Before Parole For Paterson Sex Offender Who Abused Boys 15 Years Before Parole For Paterson Sex Offender Who Abused Boys
15 Years Before Parole For Paterson Sex Offender Who Abused Boys PATERSON, N.J. – A registered sex offender who admitted videotaping himself sexually abusing three boys between the ages of 13 and 15 while he was on parole will spend at least 15 years in prison before he is eligible for parole under a plea deal with prosecutors. Steven Brown pleaded guilty in court in Paterson to a trio of sexual assault and endangerment charges in exchange for a 25-year sentence as part of a bargain with prosecutors that denies him parole eligibility for 15. Brown, 41, also must register as a sex offender under Megan’s Law and remain on parole supervision for life, under…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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Washington Township Firefighters Douse Troublesome Chimney Blaze Washington Township Firefighters Douse Troublesome Chimney Blaze Washington Township Firefighters Douse Troublesome Chimney Blaze
Washington Township Firefighters Douse Troublesome Chimney Blaze WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- A Washington Township chimney blaze proved troublesome Wednesday morning. An ambulance was requested for a firefighter who wasn't feeling well. Meanwhile, his colleagues had to open a wall to douse the fire, which apparently had been burning in the fireplace of the Ridgewood Boulevard ranch house since the night before. A broken fire hydrant provided water but required a utility crew to turn it off. Hillsdale firefighters assisted their township colleagues.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Wayne Police: 14 Bags Of Crack Found In Traffic Stop Wayne Police: 14 Bags Of Crack Found In Traffic Stop Wayne Police: 14 Bags Of Crack Found In Traffic Stop
Wayne Police: 14 Bags Of Crack Found In Traffic Stop WAYNE, N.J. -- A Wayne woman was carrying 14 bags of crack when township police stopped the car she was riding in, authorities said. Officers Michael Polifrone and Mark Ciavirella pulled the black 2004 Cadillac over n Riverview Drive for an equipment violation Monday afternoon, Capt. Laurence Martin said. A prescription pill on the floor led to a search that turned up the cocaine bags and three other pills on 27-year-old Rebecca Sullivan, he said. The driver, Sabrina N Shorter, 25, of Nutley, was charged with the pill found on the floor and released pending a court hearing. Sullivan, mean…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Shoplifting? How About Drugs, Brass Knuckles, $3,329 Cash, Wayne Police Say Shoplifting? How About Drugs, Brass Knuckles, $3,329 Cash, Wayne Police Say Shoplifting? How About Drugs, Brass Knuckles, $3,329 Cash, Wayne Police Say
Shoplifting? How About Drugs, Brass Knuckles, $3,329 Cash, Wayne Police Say WAYNE, N.J. -- You never know where a shoplifting arrest can lead, said Wayne police who arrested two accused department store thieves -- one of whom they said were carrying several bags of pot for sale, brass knuckles and $3,329 in cash. Receipts showed that Ignacio Quiroz, 21, spent several hours at the Willowbrook Mall on Tuesday, Capt. Laurence Martin said. He was joined at some point by Kenneth L. Grant, 25. Security officers at Lord & Taylor who detained them in the middle of the afternoon said the pair had been "wandering the store taking items into the fitting room and ex…

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Pascack Valley, NJ
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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Fort Lee Man Charged In Palisades Park Pedestrian Hit-Run Crash Fort Lee Man Charged In Palisades Park Pedestrian Hit-Run Crash Fort Lee Man Charged In Palisades Park Pedestrian Hit-Run Crash
Fort Lee Man Charged In Palisades Park Pedestrian Hit-Run Crash PALISADES PARK, N.J. -- A Fort Lee man was behind the wheel of a car that sped off after hitting a woman in Palisades Park last Friday night, said authorities who arrested him. Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said members of his Fatal Accident Investigation Unit used parts of a black 2016 Kia Optima to track down Alexander T. Kim, 28, of Tenth Street. They charged him criminally with leaving the scene of a crash involving serious bodily injury and issued him a summons for leaving the scene, Grewal said. The woman was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries tha…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Passaic Sheriff's Detectives Nab 8 In Countywide Prostitution Sweep Passaic Sheriff's Detectives Nab 8 In Countywide Prostitution Sweep Passaic Sheriff's Detectives Nab 8 In Countywide Prostitution Sweep
Passaic Sheriff's Detectives Nab 8 In Countywide Prostitution Sweep PATERSON, N.J -- They come from Queens and were working in massage parlors and hotel rooms in Clifton, Totowa and Paterson, said Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik, whose detectives posed as clients to arrest eight woman on prostitution charges. A coordinated sweep organized by his department also netted nearly $7,000 in alleged proceeds, the sheriff said. The quality-of-life operation included other agencies: The Passaic County Prosecutor's Office assigned special detectives to assist any human trafficking victims, while the Liberation Way Drug and Rehabilitation Center offered a su…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Revolving Door: Wayne PD Nabs Duo With 9 Combined Arrest Warrants Revolving Door: Wayne PD Nabs Duo With 9 Combined Arrest Warrants Revolving Door: Wayne PD Nabs Duo With 9 Combined Arrest Warrants
Revolving Door: Wayne PD Nabs Duo With 9 Combined Arrest Warrants WAYNE, N.J. – The revolving door of justice put a repeat offender in the Passaic County Jail and another in the custody of Riverdale police after Wayne police who stopped their car found them wanted on a combined nine outstanding warrants. One of them claimed to be a sovereign national who didn’t believe in U.S. laws, police said. Officers Skylar Cauceglia and David Hoppe stopped a 2009 Ford Crown Victoria for equipment violations on Black Oak Ridge Road Saturday night, Capt. Laurence Martin said. A checked turned up five warrants for passenger Vincent Barbarossa, 40, of Wayne worth a comb…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
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Maywood Firefighter Revives Stricken Man, 69, In Paramus Supermarket Maywood Firefighter Revives Stricken Man, 69, In Paramus Supermarket Maywood Firefighter Revives Stricken Man, 69, In Paramus Supermarket
Maywood Firefighter Revives Stricken Man, 69, In Paramus Supermarket MAYWOOD, N.J. -- A 69-year-old Maywood man who went into cardiac arrest Monday in the Paramus ShopRite wasn't breathing and had no pulse when veteran Maywood Firefighter Roy De Young Jr. brought him back to life with a defibrillator. "I'd done CPR once before, but never this," De Young told Daily Voice a short time later. "We just had [defibrillator] class last year, so I'm grateful. "This made a nice refresher course." De Young, a Maywood DPW foreman, was off work Monday when he visited the supermarket "for a few things." As he headed toward the expres…

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