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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Yorktown, NY
Breaking News
BMW Dealer From Yorktown Uses Buyer's Money For Himself, Police Say BMW Dealer From Yorktown Uses Buyer's Money For Himself, Police Say BMW Dealer From Yorktown Uses Buyer's Money For Himself, Police Say
BMW Dealer From Yorktown Uses Buyer's Money For Himself, Police Say WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. – A BMW dealer from Yorktown Heights used a Tenafly, NJ customer’s money to pay for his own car and its insurance, said police who arrested him on theft charges. Michael J. Goldberg, 25, stole the victim’s checking account information, made several withdrawals from the account and also never credited him for a service contract he bought for a new car, Tenafly Police Capt. Michael deMoncada said. The money was transferred instead to an account maintained by BMW Financial Services, then ended up being used or pocketed by Goldberg, he said. The victim contacted police…

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Englewood, NJ
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Police: BMW Dealer Used Tenafly Buyer's Money For Himself Police: BMW Dealer Used Tenafly Buyer's Money For Himself Police: BMW Dealer Used Tenafly Buyer's Money For Himself
Police: BMW Dealer Used Tenafly Buyer's Money For Himself TENAFLY, N.J. – A BMW dealer from Westchester used a Tenafly customer’s money to pay for his own car and its insurance, said police who arrested him on theft charges. Michael J. Goldberg, 25, of Yorktown Heights stole the victim’s checking account information, made several withdrawals from the account and also never credited him for a service contract he bought for a new car, Capt. Michael deMoncada said. The money was transferred instead to an account maintained by BMW Financial Services, then ended up being used or pocketed by Goldberg, he said. The victim contacted police after noticing…

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Paterson, NJ
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Jurors Return Guilty Verdicts In Clifton 'Hello, Friend' Roommate Stabbing Jurors Return Guilty Verdicts In Clifton 'Hello, Friend' Roommate Stabbing Jurors Return Guilty Verdicts In Clifton 'Hello, Friend' Roommate Stabbing
Jurors Return Guilty Verdicts In Clifton 'Hello, Friend' Roommate Stabbing PATERSON, N.J. – “Hello, friend,” a Clifton man told his roommate before stabbing him in the gut and leaving him for dead, jurors in Paterson found. Only swift medical attention saved the victim’s life after he was attacked around 1:30 a.m. of Jan. 10 last year by Jose M. Tepancalt Tepale, the jury agree after a weeklong trial. Tepale faces up to 20 years in state prison – 17 years of which he must serve – when he is sentenced April 21 for convictions for attempted murder, aggravated assault and weapons possession, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. He would also have to rem…

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West Milford, NJ
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West Milford Detectives Crack Two Cases With One Arrest West Milford Detectives Crack Two Cases With One Arrest West Milford Detectives Crack Two Cases With One Arrest
West Milford Detectives Crack Two Cases With One Arrest WEST MILFORD, N.J. -- West Milford detectives solved a car theft and shoplifting with the arrest of a 36-year-old resident, authorities said. Eric Hawk had just boarded an NJ Transit bus when they grabbed him Thursday, Police Chief Timothy Storbeck said. Hawk, who had several outstanding warrants, was taken to the Passaic County Jail to await a bail hearing after Storbeck said he confessed to stealing a car from the Hewitt section of town on Dec. 17 and then swiping $250 worth of baby formula from Walgreens on Dec. 28. The car was recovered in Paterson and returned to its owner the day aft…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Bergen Detectives Bust Used Car Lot Owners With 3½ Pounds Heroin, $10G Cash Bergen Detectives Bust Used Car Lot Owners With 3½ Pounds Heroin, $10G Cash Bergen Detectives Bust Used Car Lot Owners With 3½ Pounds Heroin, $10G Cash
Bergen Detectives Bust Used Car Lot Owners With 3½ Pounds Heroin, $10G Cash RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J. -- Members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Narcotic Task Force busted two out-of-county used car lot owners with 3½ pounds of heroin and $10,025 in accused drug proceeds following an investigation that began in Ridgefield Park. Yair Gutierrez, 43, of Linden and Alexander Garcia, 44, of Westfield were ordered held without bail pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack on drug charges. After a two-month investigation, detectives obtained search warrants for Emporium Auto Sales in Elizabeth, which is owned by both men, as well …

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Bergenfield, NJ
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Bergenfield Man Tried Holding Up Gas Station, New Milford Police Charge Bergenfield Man Tried Holding Up Gas Station, New Milford Police Charge Bergenfield Man Tried Holding Up Gas Station, New Milford Police Charge
Bergenfield Man Tried Holding Up Gas Station, New Milford Police Charge NEW MILFORD, N.J. -- A Bergenfield man who fled a New Milford gas station after unsuccessfully trying to rob the attendant there early Saturday morning was arrested and charged soon after, authorities said. New Milford police arrested Sarju Patel, 32, at his home with help from Bergenfield police, Detectives Sgt. Kevin Van Saders said. Patel approached the teller at the Shell station on River Road just before 7:30 a.m. and demanded money, Van Saders said. "The gas attendant retreated to his booth and [Patel] continued to go after him for money," the sergeant said. "After an …

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Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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Prosecutor: Midland Park Man Posted Sex Pics Of Woman With Protection Order Prosecutor: Midland Park Man Posted Sex Pics Of Woman With Protection Order Prosecutor: Midland Park Man Posted Sex Pics Of Woman With Protection Order
Prosecutor: Midland Park Man Posted Sex Pics Of Woman With Protection Order MIDLAND PARK, N.J. – A Midland Park telemarketer posted sexually explicit images online – along with personal identifying information -- about a woman who’d obtained a permanent restraining order against him 2½ years ago, said authorities who arrested him Friday. Steven P. Felice, 23, was taken into custody by members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Cyber Crimes Unit during a raid on his home, authorities said. He was charged with cyber harassment, invasion of privacy, contempt of court and wrongful access/disclosure of personal information, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said.…

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Police: Alert Hasbrouck Heights Officer Nabs Car Burglar Police: Alert Hasbrouck Heights Officer Nabs Car Burglar Police: Alert Hasbrouck Heights Officer Nabs Car Burglar
Police: Alert Hasbrouck Heights Officer Nabs Car Burglar HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N.J. -- An alert Hasbrouck Heights patrol officer nabbed a Passaic man who police said stole change from several cars in town and in Wood-Ridge overnight. Rashawn Vaughn, 20, also was wanted on oustanding warrants when Officer Anthony Rossillo spotted him on Woodside Avenue just after 4 a.m. Friday, Detective Lt. Michael Colaneri, Jr. told Daily Voice. Vaughn "gave conflicting accounts and could not come up with a valid reason why he was in that area," Colaneri said. Rossillo found him carrying a large amount of loose change and turned up the warrants during a …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Feds Charge Harlem Man With Fort Lee Bank Robbery Feds Charge Harlem Man With Fort Lee Bank Robbery Feds Charge Harlem Man With Fort Lee Bank Robbery
Feds Charge Harlem Man With Fort Lee Bank Robbery FORT LEE, N.J. (UPDATE) -- A Harlem man admitted Monday that he robbed a Bank of New Jersey branch in Fort Lee in January. https://fortlee.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/bank-robber-caught-by-fort-lee-police-pleads-guilty/716282/ PREVIOUS STORY: FORT LEE, N.J. -- The FBI on Friday charged a Harlem man with robbing a Bank of New Jersey branch in Fort Lee seven weeks ago. Fort Lee police captured Isaac Nesbit, 30, after they said he tried to elude them by running across 14 lanes of a George Washington Bridge approach full of traffic moments following the Jan. 20 holdup. He was scheduled for a …

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Tappan-Blauvelt, NY
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Pearl River Driver In NJ Crash Had Backpack Of Drugs, Police Say Pearl River Driver In NJ Crash Had Backpack Of Drugs, Police Say Pearl River Driver In NJ Crash Had Backpack Of Drugs, Police Say
Pearl River Driver In NJ Crash Had Backpack Of Drugs, Police Say ROCHELLE PARK, N.J. – A Pearl River man who crashed his car into another on Route 17 early Friday had cocaine and pot stashed in a backpack, police in New Jersey said. Rochelle Park Officer Brian Gallina smelled burnt marijuana coming from a car driven by Matthew Bosco, 20, following the crash just after 8 8 a.m., Lt. Dean Pinto said. In plain view was a glass bong and the backpack, Pinto said. Inside the pack police found three baggies of cocaine, a large sandwich bag filled with marijuana, two baggies with 10 Xanax pills, four vials of THC oil and various drug paraphernalia, he said. B…

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