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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Stony Point, NY
Breaking News
Retired Haverstraw Police Officer, American Strongman Commits Suicide Retired Haverstraw Police Officer, American Strongman Commits Suicide Retired Haverstraw Police Officer, American Strongman Commits Suicide
Retired Haverstraw Police Officer, American Strongman Commits Suicide Updated story: Retired Haverstraw Police Officer, American Strongman Commits Suicide UPDATED STORY: 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 lif…

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by Jerry DeMarco & Zak Failla
Lyndhurst, NJ
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Seen Them? Lyndhurst Police Seek Diner Patron Who Pocketed Waitress' iPhone Seen Them? Lyndhurst Police Seek Diner Patron Who Pocketed Waitress' iPhone Seen Them? Lyndhurst Police Seek Diner Patron Who Pocketed Waitress' iPhone
Seen Them? Lyndhurst Police Seek Diner Patron Who Pocketed Waitress' iPhone LYNDHURST, N.J. – A Lyndhurst Diner waitress lost her iPhone to a thief who snatched it off a table as he left, said borough police who published a surveillance photo of their suspect and a companion who was with him. The thief (above), who was seated at the counter and wearing a black winter cap, took the phone as he walked past a table while leaving, police said. A second man (above, inset) – in a black hoodie and grey shirt -- was with him, but police don’t believe he knew what was happening at the time. Anyone who sees or knows either man is asked to call Lyndhurst police: (201) 939-29…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgefield Park Police Officers Complete Special Delivery: Lyon Judah Ridgefield Park Police Officers Complete Special Delivery: Lyon Judah Ridgefield Park Police Officers Complete Special Delivery: Lyon Judah
Ridgefield Park Police Officers Complete Special Delivery: Lyon Judah RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J. -- Lyon Judah Garcia wasn't due for another three weeks when Taina Peralta's water suddenly broke in her and Tito Garcia's Ridgefield Park apartment. Garcia ran to the bathroom to get ready after his wife woke him at 1:45 a.m. Friday.He came out moments later to find her leaning against a wall. "He's coming right now!" she shouted. "What?!" an anxious Garcia shouted. "Don't do this to me!" "His head is coming out!" his wife yelled. Garcia dialed 911.Moments later, a trio of Ridgefield Park police officers needed only a minute …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Lyndhurst Police Pull Troubled Hotel Guest From Passaic River Lyndhurst Police Pull Troubled Hotel Guest From Passaic River Lyndhurst Police Pull Troubled Hotel Guest From Passaic River
Lyndhurst Police Pull Troubled Hotel Guest From Passaic River LYNDHURST, N.J. -- A troubled man jumped off a Lyndhurst hotel roof and later became stuck in the Passaic River mud when he tried to elude police. Police got the call from the Winslow Motel just before 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Capt. John Valente said. The 39-year-old Secaucus man apparently "jumped off a lower roof of the building into the parking lot and was last seen running through the yards of neighboring properties," Valente said. Officers checked the surrounding area and eventually tracked him to the riverbank, where he'd been hiding in the weeds, the captain said. When he saw t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
New Fair Lawn Police Officer Joins Ranks New Fair Lawn Police Officer Joins Ranks New Fair Lawn Police Officer Joins Ranks
New Fair Lawn Police Officer Joins Ranks FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- New Fair Lawn Police Officer Thomas Spear completed his training at the Passaic County Police Academy and graduated during a ceremony Monday night at the Passaic County Technical Institute. Spear will be assigned first to a field training officer and then be assigned to the patrol division.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Feds Handling Case Against Accused Fort Lee, Hasbrouck Heights Bank Robber Feds Handling Case Against Accused Fort Lee, Hasbrouck Heights Bank Robber Feds Handling Case Against Accused Fort Lee, Hasbrouck Heights Bank Robber
Feds Handling Case Against Accused Fort Lee, Hasbrouck Heights Bank Robber FORT LEE, N.J. – What authorities at first expected to be a local prosecution officially became a federal case when the FBI charged a serial bank robber from the Bronx with holding up TD Banks in Fort Lee and Hasbrouck Heights. A U.S. District Court judge in Newark on Tuesday ordered that Eddy Cruz, 41, remain in federal custody in New Jersey pending further action. Cruz is also charged with a bank robbery in Scarsdale, N.Y. There was no word Tuesday on how or when that prosecution could proceed following his brief initial appearance in federal court. Cruz was about to hit an Englewood ban…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson Mayor, 3 DPW Supervisors Busted For Private Work On City Dime Paterson Mayor, 3 DPW Supervisors Busted For Private Work On City Dime Paterson Mayor, 3 DPW Supervisors Busted For Private Work On City Dime
Paterson Mayor, 3 DPW Supervisors Busted For Private Work On City Dime PATERSON, N.J. -- The rumors finally ceased Tuesday when state authorities charged Paterson Mayor Jose “Joey” Torres and three city DPW supervisors with having employees work at a private warehouse leased by the mayor’s daughter and nephew while collecting taxpayer money. Charged with Torres, 58, of Paterson are two DPW supervisors, Joseph Mania, 51, of Randolph, and Imad Mowaswes, 52, of Clifton, and Assistant Supervisor Timothy Hanlon, 30, of Woodland Park. A six-count indictment obtained by the state Division of Criminal Justice Corruption Bureau and unsealed Tuesday accuses them with co…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Tenafly PD Catches Resident Exposing Himself To Passing Cars Through Window Tenafly PD Catches Resident Exposing Himself To Passing Cars Through Window Tenafly PD Catches Resident Exposing Himself To Passing Cars Through Window
Tenafly PD Catches Resident Exposing Himself To Passing Cars Through Window TENAFLY, N.J. – Undercover Tenafly police officers alerted to a 62-year-old resident who was exposing himself to passing vehicles through a window arrested him after catching him in flagrante delicto, authorities said Tuesday. A motorist called police after passing the home of Todd Birch on Friday afternoon after seeing him through a window on the Hickory Avenue side, Capt. Michael deMoncada said. “Several Tenafly officers responded to the area in unmarked vehicles to investigate,” deMoncada said. Sure enough, he said, one of them spotted Birch “completely nude, standing inside of a large …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Hillsdale Police Charge Bronx Trio With Getting Oxy With Bogus 'Scripts Hillsdale Police Charge Bronx Trio With Getting Oxy With Bogus 'Scripts Hillsdale Police Charge Bronx Trio With Getting Oxy With Bogus 'Scripts
Hillsdale Police Charge Bronx Trio With Getting Oxy With Bogus 'Scripts HILLSDALE, N.J. – A routine traffic stop by Hillsdale police turned up 120 fraudulently obtained Oxycodone pills from a pharmacy in town, prompting to the arrests of a Bronx trio, authorities said Tuesday. Officer German Decena was driving on Hillsdale Avenue when he spotted a white sedan with a South Carolina license plate delaying traffic around 3:45 p.m. last Thursday, Detective Bill Diedtrich said. Decena followed the vehicle into the Wendy’s parking lot and stopped the car there, Diedtrich said. Driver Kizzy Mccullum and passengers Stephone Williams, 36, and Maria Melendez, 50, had “i…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Englewood Evacuations Follow Partial Building Collapse Englewood Evacuations Follow Partial Building Collapse Englewood Evacuations Follow Partial Building Collapse
Englewood Evacuations Follow Partial Building Collapse ENGLEWOOD, N.J. -- No injuries were reported when an Englewood building partially collapsed as workers were doing construction on it Tuesday morning. Neighboring buildings were evacuated after the facade broke loose from the mixed-use East Forest Avenue building just before 10 a.m., Police Detective Capt. Tim Torell told Daily Voice. "We're not taking any chances," Torell said.

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