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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Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Indictment: Admitted Bergen Con Man, Parents Charged In Retiree Scam Indictment: Admitted Bergen Con Man, Parents Charged In Retiree Scam Indictment: Admitted Bergen Con Man, Parents Charged In Retiree Scam
Indictment: Admitted Bergen Con Man, Parents Charged In Retiree Scam PARK RIDGE, N.J. -- It was a family affair: A Bergen County father and son who agreed to pay $5.5 million after being caught in a previous scam were right back at it the very next month -- conning mostly elderly victims in a second scam with the help of seven other defendants, an indictment returned by a state grand jury on Friday charges. Victims included a recently-widowed elderly woman who lost $500,000, the indictment says. George Bussanich Jr., 37, of Saddle River ran the schemes and solicited investors with his George Bussanich Sr., 58, and mother, Wilma, 56, of Park Ridge -- all of w…

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Paterson, NJ
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Paterson Detectives Crack Teen's Killing With Arrest Paterson Detectives Crack Teen's Killing With Arrest Paterson Detectives Crack Teen's Killing With Arrest
Paterson Detectives Crack Teen's Killing With Arrest PATERSON, N.J. -- Paterson police detectives solved last month's shooting death of a 16-year-old city resident in a drug den with the arrest of a 23-year-old man on murder charges. Jarvis Porter, of Jefferson Street, also was charged with the attempted murder of a 17-year-old companion of Kasir Davis, who was killed in the Feb. 4 shooting at an Auburn Street apartment house where drugs were sold, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Porter also was charged with robbery and weapons offenses. The investigation was continuing, Speziale said. He asked that anyone with information about the sh…

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Englewood, NJ
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Fugitive In Englewood Double Stabbing Chased Down By Police Fugitive In Englewood Double Stabbing Chased Down By Police Fugitive In Englewood Double Stabbing Chased Down By Police
Fugitive In Englewood Double Stabbing Chased Down By Police ENGLEWOOD, N.J. -- A suspect wanted since last May for a double-stabbing was arrested by Englewood police after a late-night foot chase. Dante Crawford, 27, of Englewood, is accused of stabbing a man and woman during an argument at a West Englelwood apartment building, Detective Capt. Tim Torell told Daily Voice. Crawford was riding a bicycle on Mary Street when he saw detectives, hopped off and ran into area backyards just before midnight Tuesday, Detective Capt. Tim Torell told Daily Voice. Officer Luana Sharpe joined in the chase and ran down Crawford a short distance away. Crawford, w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Passaic County Sheriff: $28,000 Deadbeat Dad Was Dealing Drugs In Haledon Passaic County Sheriff: $28,000 Deadbeat Dad Was Dealing Drugs In Haledon Passaic County Sheriff: $28,000 Deadbeat Dad Was Dealing Drugs In Haledon
Passaic County Sheriff: $28,000 Deadbeat Dad Was Dealing Drugs In Haledon HALEDON, N.J. – An accused drug dealer from Paterson who owes more than $28,000 in child support was carrying a trove of drugs that included nearly a pound of heroin divided into hundreds of glassine envelopes when Passaic County sheriff’s detectives grabbed him after a street deal in Haledon, authorities said. Maga Robinson, 28, also had nearly five dozen zip-locking bags of cocaine, two ounces of pot and two dozen oxycodone pills, Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. Berdnik’s detectives stopped Brandon Ciavarella, 25, of Wayne after watching him pull over in a GMC truck and buy heroin from …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Runaway Ambulance Topples Hackensack University Medical Center Flagpole Runaway Ambulance Topples Hackensack University Medical Center Flagpole Runaway Ambulance Topples Hackensack University Medical Center Flagpole
Runaway Ambulance Topples Hackensack University Medical Center Flagpole HACKENSACK, N.J. -- No injuries were reported after an unoccupied ambulance jumped a curb, rolled through a row of hedges and toppled a flagpole Thursday outside Hackensack University Medical Center. The driver of the MP Care private ambulance "said he put it in park and it rolled," Capt. Patrick Coffey told Daily Voice.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah Police Charge Suffern Man With 7-Eleven Holdup Mahwah Police Charge Suffern Man With 7-Eleven Holdup Mahwah Police Charge Suffern Man With 7-Eleven Holdup
Mahwah Police Charge Suffern Man With 7-Eleven Holdup MAHWAH, N.J. -- Mahwah detectives cracked the robbery of a 7-Eleven near the New York State border with the arrest of a 24-year-old Suffern man, authorities said Thursday. Cory M. Tridgell was wearing a hoodie, a scarf camouflage pants when he motioned as if he had a gun and told the Franklin Turnpike convenience store clerk around 12:20 a.m. Feb. 19 that he "would kill him if he didn't give him the money from the register," Police Chief James N. Batelli told Daily Voice. "The clerk told him he didn't have access to the register and the gunman then demanded his wallet," …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Your Community
Bergen Prosecutor Dismisses Activist's 'Bridgegate' Case V. Christie Bergen Prosecutor Dismisses Activist's 'Bridgegate' Case V. Christie Bergen Prosecutor Dismisses Activist's 'Bridgegate' Case V. Christie
Bergen Prosecutor Dismisses Activist's 'Bridgegate' Case V. Christie HACKENSACK, N.J. – The Bergen County Prosecutor's Office on Thursday administratively dismissed a political activist’s criminal complaint against Gov. Christie in connection with Bridgegate. Last month, a decision prepared by First Assistant Prosecutor John Higgins III said a local judge should never have found probable cause to proceed in the first place, . William J. Brennan filed a complaint in Fort Lee Municipal Court late last September accusing Christie of official misconduct. Specifically, Brennan charged that Christie “refrained from ordering that his subordinates take all necessar…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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One Hospitalized In Police-Involved Shooting In Paterson One Hospitalized In Police-Involved Shooting In Paterson One Hospitalized In Police-Involved Shooting In Paterson
One Hospitalized In Police-Involved Shooting In Paterson PATERSON, N.J. -- A civilian was being treated for injuries sustained in a police-involved shooting Thursday morning in Paterson, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said just after 1 p.m. No other injuries were reported, she said. Valdes said she activated her Shooting Response Team to investigate the 9:30 a.m. shooting in the area of Levine Street at Main Street, down the street from St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center. "The scene has been secured and the investigation is active and ongoing," she said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Little Falls Doctor, 77, Charged In OD Death Of Clifton Addict Little Falls Doctor, 77, Charged In OD Death Of Clifton Addict Little Falls Doctor, 77, Charged In OD Death Of Clifton Addict
Little Falls Doctor, 77, Charged In OD Death Of Clifton Addict LITTLE FALLS, N.J. -- A 77-year-old Little Falls doctor was charged with liability for the drug-induced death of a 26-year-old Clifton patient to whom he prescribed oxycodone. Dr. Byung Kang also was charged with money laundering -- as was his wife, 73-year-old Soo Kang, who was his receptionist, state Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino said. Operating from an office on Long Hill Road, Kang sold 90-count prescriptions for 30 milligram oxycodone pills to various patients who had no medical need for it for $150 or $200, a grand jury indictment charges. The potent pain pills are known to…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Paterson Man Who Said Gunman Wounded Him Really Shot Himself, Police Charge Paterson Man Who Said Gunman Wounded Him Really Shot Himself, Police Charge Paterson Man Who Said Gunman Wounded Him Really Shot Himself, Police Charge
Paterson Man Who Said Gunman Wounded Him Really Shot Himself, Police Charge PATERSON, N.J. -- A 20-year-old Paterson man who told police he was shot by another man during an argument on a city street was lying, authorities said: He shot himself. Trevaughn Johnson was charged with weapons offenses following an extensive investigation by Detective Michael Quinones and Prosecutor’s Detective Ricardo Ferreira of the Ceasefire Unit, Police Director Jerry Speziale said Thursday. Police who went to the trauma center of St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center Tuesday afternoon were told that Johnson was in the area of Harris Place and 7th Avenue near the Riverside housing dev…

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