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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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Police In Bergen Hold Line On Fatal Heroin ODs Prosecutor: Police In Bergen Hold Line On Fatal Heroin ODs Prosecutor: Police In Bergen Hold Line On Fatal Heroin ODs
Prosecutor: Police In Bergen Hold Line On Fatal Heroin ODs HACKENSACK, N.J. – An all-out effort to cut the number of overdose deaths from heroin and other opiates in Bergen County last year by supplying Narcan to police had a troubling result, authorities said. 87 OD victims died in Bergen in 2016, the same as the year before. A total of 308 overdoses were reported last year – up nearly 7% from the 288 reported in 2015, according to a report released Thursday by Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal. The majority involved heroin and other opioids, it says. The number of deaths were the same as in 2015, however, “due in large part to the tirel…

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Paterson, NJ
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Indictment: Wayne Hotel Manager Stole $1M From His Boss Indictment: Wayne Hotel Manager Stole $1M From His Boss Indictment: Wayne Hotel Manager Stole $1M From His Boss
Indictment: Wayne Hotel Manager Stole $1M From His Boss WAYNE, N.J. -- A Wayne hotel manager used various scams to steal $1 million from his boss -- including a $600,000 insurance annuity -- that he used, in part, to buy properties in Englewood Cliffs that he then flipped for profit, a grand jury charged. Vikas Mehta, 43, of Cliffside Park, worked in what was then a Ramada (now Fairbridge) Inn in Wayne owned by a Long Island businessman. While there, he learned that of the annuity with Prudential, authorities said. In January and February of 2013, Mehta "used his boss’s personal information to arrange to have the annuity cashed out via the…

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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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Indictment: Cliffside Park Hotel Manager Stole $1M From His Supervisor Indictment: Cliffside Park Hotel Manager Stole $1M From His Supervisor Indictment: Cliffside Park Hotel Manager Stole $1M From His Supervisor
Indictment: Cliffside Park Hotel Manager Stole $1M From His Supervisor CLIFFSIDE PARK, N.J. -- A hotel manager from Cliffside Park used various scams to steal $1 million from his boss -- including a $600,000 insurance annuity -- that he used, in part, to buy properties in Englewood Cliffs that he then flipped for profit, a grand jury charged. Vikas Mehta, 43, worked in what was then a Ramada (now Fairbridge) Inn in Wayne owned by a Long Island businessman. While there, he learned that of the annuity with Prudential, authorities said. In January and February of 2013, Mehta "used his boss’s personal information to arrange to have the annuity cashed out via…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
Ringwood Man Shot Ex Dead Through Front Door, Authorities Charge Ringwood Man Shot Ex Dead Through Front Door, Authorities Charge Ringwood Man Shot Ex Dead Through Front Door, Authorities Charge
Ringwood Man Shot Ex Dead Through Front Door, Authorities Charge RINGWOOD, N.J. -- A 38-year-old Ringwood man killed his ex-girlfriend with a shotgun blast through a glass door late Wednesday, authorities said. Clinton J. Degroat was charged with murder and weapons offenses, among other counts, in the killing of Nicole Sierra, also 38, just before midnight Thursday, Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Ringwood Police Chief Joseph J. Walker said. He was ordered held in the Passaic County Jail pending a hearing, they said. Minutes before midnight, Degroat, who had a previous dating relationship with Sierra, "appeared" at her Van Dunk Lane home, Val…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
DWI Driver In New Milford Crash Caught After Bolting, Police Say DWI Driver In New Milford Crash Caught After Bolting, Police Say DWI Driver In New Milford Crash Caught After Bolting, Police Say
DWI Driver In New Milford Crash Caught After Bolting, Police Say NEW MILFORD, N.J. -- A Connecticut woman high on heroin sped past a police roadblock, slammed her car into one driven by an elderly motorist, then hopped into another driver's car in an attempt to get away, New Milford police said. Nilajah N. Sumter, 36, of Norwalk, drove around the road closure on Boulevard and "continued north at a high rate of speed" around 11 a.m. Thursday, Detective Kevin Van Saders told Daily Voice. Sgt. Christopher Vinci, who was working the traffic detail, got out of his vehicle in an attempt to stop her, Van Saders said, but she sped past him on the wrong…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
Ringwood Man Shot Ex-Girlfriend Dead, Authorities Charge Ringwood Man Shot Ex-Girlfriend Dead, Authorities Charge Ringwood Man Shot Ex-Girlfriend Dead, Authorities Charge
Ringwood Man Shot Ex-Girlfriend Dead, Authorities Charge RINGWOOD, N.J. -- A 38-year-old Ringwood man killed his ex-girlfriend with a shotgun blast through a glass door late Wednesday, authorities said. Clinton J. Degroat was charged with murder and weapons offenses, among other counts, in the killing of Nicole Sierra, also 38, just before midnight Thursday, Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Ringwood Police Chief Joseph J. Walker said. He was ordered held in the Passaic County Jail pending a hearing, they said. Minutes before midnight, Degroat, who had a previous dating relationship with Sierra, "appeared" at her Van Dunk Lane home, Val…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
VIDEO: Good Samaritans Snatch Woman, 89, From Path Of Saddle Brook Train VIDEO: Good Samaritans Snatch Woman, 89, From Path Of Saddle Brook Train VIDEO: Good Samaritans Snatch Woman, 89, From Path Of Saddle Brook Train
Video: Good Samaritans Snatch Woman, 89, From Path Of Saddle Brook Train SADDLE BROOK, N.J. -- An NJ Transit commuter train was speeding toward her Wednesday afternoon when two good Samaritans rushed onto a Saddle Brook railroad crossing and rescued an 89-year-old woman. A motorist stopped at the Market Street tracks caught the rescue on video (above). The Garfield woman, who walks with two canes, was crossing around 1:30 p.m. when the gates came down as a northbound train approached, Police Chief Robert Kugler told Daily Voice. Suddenly, 28-year-old Jonathan Mango of Park Ridge came from one direction and another savior -- who left before police arrived -- fro…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Reckless Manslaughter Parolee Charged With Paterson Weekend Shooting Reckless Manslaughter Parolee Charged With Paterson Weekend Shooting Reckless Manslaughter Parolee Charged With Paterson Weekend Shooting
Reckless Manslaughter Parolee Charged With Paterson Weekend Shooting PATERSON, N.J. -- Detectives charged an ex-con on parole for reckless manslaughter with shooting a 22-year-old fellow East Orange resident in a Paterson business over the weekend. The victim was taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center after the shooting around 8:10 p.m. at Montgomery and Summer streets, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Detectives Francisco Brito and Salvatore Marotta of the Ceasefire Unit investigated and soon after identified Tommie Pulliam, 26, as the shooter, Speziale said. They tracked down Pulliam with help from his parole officer and charged him with attemp…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Substitute Teacher From Teaneck Charged With Sexually Touching Girl, 6 Substitute Teacher From Teaneck Charged With Sexually Touching Girl, 6 Substitute Teacher From Teaneck Charged With Sexually Touching Girl, 6
Substitute Teacher From Teaneck Charged With Sexually Touching Girl, 6 TEANECK, N.J. – A substitute teacher from Teaneck was arrested Wednesday by authorities who charged him with inappropriately touching a 6-year-old township girl. A judge ordered Ronald Kraus, 41, held without bail pending an appearance Thursday in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackesnack. Kraus, who is single, is a substitute teacher in several districts, including Teaneck and Waldwick. He is charged with sexual assault by sexual contact and child endangerment, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. Teaneck police were first alerted of the alleged crime two weeks ago, Grew…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Stony Point, NY
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Retired Haverstraw, NYPD Officer, American Strongman Commits Suicide Retired Haverstraw, NYPD Officer, American Strongman Commits Suicide Retired Haverstraw, NYPD Officer, American Strongman Commits Suicide
Retired Haverstraw, Nypd Officer, American Strongman Commits Suicide HAVERSTRAW, N.Y. -- A popular strongman competitor and former Haverstraw and NYPD police officer shot and killed himself after a traffic stop Wednesday morning, a close friend confirmed. It wasn't immediately clear why FBI agents pulled over the Chevy Suburban driven by Gerard Benderoth, 48, at the corner of Rosman Road and Langschur Court at 8:20 a.m. Law enforcement sources cited his close friendship with Nicholas Tartaglione, a former Briarcliff Manor police officer and fellow weight lifter accused last year in a quadruple drug murder. "Everyone is shocked. He was a great guy,"…

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