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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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Critically Injured Officer Airlifted After Being T-Boned By Tractor-Trailer Near NJ/NY Line Critically Injured Officer Airlifted After Being T-Boned By Tractor-Trailer Near NJ/NY Line Critically Injured Officer Airlifted After Being T-Boned By Tractor-Trailer Near NJ/NY Line
Critically Injured Officer Airlifted After Being T-Boned By Tractor-Trailer Near NJ/NY Line A police officer whose cruiser was rammed by a tractor-trailer just north of the New Jersey state line was in stable condition, her department said, as authorities sought witnesses to the horrific crash. Warwick Police Officer Jordan Tetreault was headed southwest on Route 94 when her 2019 Ford Explorer wast-boned by the rig coming northwest off Warwick Turnpike at 9:47 p.m. Tuesday, July 12, New York State Police said. The 2011 Freightliner was driven by Mouhamadou Diallo, 50, of Brooklyn, they said Wednesday. The rig then struck a telephone pole and landed on its side after continuing t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
ROADSIDE DRAMA: Trapped Driver Extricated From Mangled SUV Off Route 4 In Paramus ROADSIDE DRAMA: Trapped Driver Extricated From Mangled SUV Off Route 4 In Paramus ROADSIDE DRAMA: Trapped Driver Extricated From Mangled SUV Off Route 4 In Paramus
Roadside Drama: Trapped Driver Extricated From Mangled SUV Off Route 4 In Paramus Paramus firefighters extricated a trapped driver whose SUV slammed into a guard rail and a tree off Route 4 Wednesday morning. The firefighters cut the driver's side door and dashboard from the Nissan Murano in the parking lot of Anve Kitchen & Bath just off the westbound highway below the Spring Valley Road overpass shortly after 8 a.m. July 12. With help from Paramus Emergency Services police officers, they delicately removed the 37-year-old driver and  strapped him onto a gurney in a neck brace. Then they placed him into a waiting ambulance with what Police Chief Robert Guidetti sa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Edison, NJ
Breaking News
FINAL MOMENTS: Video Shows Knife-Wielding NJ Man Shot Dead Charging Down Stairs FINAL MOMENTS: Video Shows Knife-Wielding NJ Man Shot Dead Charging Down Stairs FINAL MOMENTS: Video Shows Knife-Wielding NJ Man Shot Dead Charging Down Stairs
Final Moments: Video Shows Knife-Wielding NJ Man Shot Dead Charging Down Stairs A dispute over an in-home surveillance camera led to the death of a New Jersey man who charged at a police officer with a knife in his hand. Luke Mendez, 26, had his left hand wrapped around the knife handle as he barreled down a set of stairs inside the Middlesex County home, bodycam video released by New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin shows. He was only two steps from the landing -- within less than three feet of Old Bridge Police Officer Christopher Hammel -- when three shots rang out. Mendez was pronounced dead at a local hospital about 90 minutes later. Platkin released the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Repeat Hackensack Offender Captured After Pulling Knife On Garfield Resident: Police Repeat Hackensack Offender Captured After Pulling Knife On Garfield Resident: Police Repeat Hackensack Offender Captured After Pulling Knife On Garfield Resident: Police
Repeat Hackensack Offender Captured After Pulling Knife On Garfield Resident: Police A repeat offender from Hackensack was caught hiding in a Garfield resident's backyard after he threatened someone with a knife, police said. Elijah I. Fulgham, 24, was also wanted on a December 2021 warrant out of Teaneck, records show. Officers who responded to a report of a dispute possibly involving a handgun in the area of Palisade Avenue and Sampson Street spoke with the victim, Garfield Police Capt. Mario X. Pozo said. He told them that Fulgham "knocked on his apartment door and threatened him with a knife," Pozo said. The issue between them was immediately clear. Fulgham tipped aw…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Meadowlands Hotel Housekeeper Finds Loaded Gun In Room, PA Guest Goes To Jail Meadowlands Hotel Housekeeper Finds Loaded Gun In Room, PA Guest Goes To Jail Meadowlands Hotel Housekeeper Finds Loaded Gun In Room, PA Guest Goes To Jail
Meadowlands Hotel Housekeeper Finds Loaded Gun In Room, PA Guest Goes To Jail A Pennsylvania man found himself in jail after a housekeeper at a hotel across the highway from MetLife Stadium found a loaded gun in his room, authorities said. The 9mm Springfield Armory XD-E pistol found on a nightstand at the Hilton Meadowlands on eastbound Route 3 had eight hollow-point bullets in the magazine and a round in the chamber, East Rutherford Police Capt. Jeff Yannacone said. Royal Spraggins, 35, of Sharon Hill, PA, remained held in the Bergen County Jail on Tuesday, July 11, pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack, records show. He's c…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Montvale Man Convicted Of Murdering Parents, Brothers Freed After 45 Years Montvale Man Convicted Of Murdering Parents, Brothers Freed After 45 Years Montvale Man Convicted Of Murdering Parents, Brothers Freed After 45 Years
Montvale Man Convicted Of Murdering Parents, Brothers Freed After 45 Years A New Jersey convict who drew international attention after he shot and killed his entire family in their Bergen County home on Thanksgiving weekend 47 years ago has been paroled. Harry De La Roche, 64, had been denied six times and was told in 2019 that he'd have to wait until 2028 before he could petition the Parole Board again. However, records show a variety of work, annual reviews and other credits combined to free De La Roche on June 29 after 45 years behind bars. As with all state inmates, the 6-foot-3-inch, 219-pound De La Roche must first pull time at a halfway house while findin…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Flat Tire, Popped Airbags Don't Deter Wayne Driver Trying To Outrace Franklin Lakes PD Flat Tire, Popped Airbags Don't Deter Wayne Driver Trying To Outrace Franklin Lakes PD Flat Tire, Popped Airbags Don't Deter Wayne Driver Trying To Outrace Franklin Lakes PD
Flat Tire, Popped Airbags Don't Deter Wayne Driver Trying To Outrace Franklin Lakes PD A repeat offender tried to outrace a Franklin Lakes police officer with a flat tire and his airbags deployed, authorities said. Needless to say, he didn't get far. Officer Kevin Shutrop spotted the crippled Toyota Camry at the traffic circle at Franklin Lake and High Mountain roads shortly before 1 p.m. Tuesday, July 11, Police Mark McCombs said. The officer tried pulling him over, but the driver -- identified as Wilkins Perdomo. 34, of Wayne -- tried to keep going, the captain said. Perdomo lost and then regained control of the sedan after it barreled off and then back onto southboun…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
MANHUNT: Help Sought Capturing Hit-And-Run Driver Who Killed Hawthorne Military Vet, 83 MANHUNT: Help Sought Capturing Hit-And-Run Driver Who Killed Hawthorne Military Vet, 83 MANHUNT: Help Sought Capturing Hit-And-Run Driver Who Killed Hawthorne Military Vet, 83
Manhunt: Help Sought Capturing Hit-And-Run Driver Who Killed Hawthorne Military Vet, 83 Authorities released the name and a photo of the accused hit-and-run driver who they said killed an 83-year-old Hawthorne man as he crossed the street near his home. Juan Martinez Gonzalez, who recently lived in Hawthorne, was behind the wheel of the Ford F-150 that struck Joe Bender as he crossed Wagaraw Road at Passaic Avenue -- near the Fair Lawn border -- shortly before 9 p.m. on Wednesday, June 28, they said. The U.S. Marine Corps veteran was pronounced dead a short time later at St. Joseph's University Medical Center. Police found the pickup abandoned in the City of Passaic on June …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: Black-Hooded White-Capped Robber In Surgical Mask Flees Fair Lawn Bank UPDATE: Black-Hooded White-Capped Robber In Surgical Mask Flees Fair Lawn Bank UPDATE: Black-Hooded White-Capped Robber In Surgical Mask Flees Fair Lawn Bank
Update: Black-Hooded White-Capped Robber In Surgical Mask Flees Fair Lawn Bank UPDATE: A black-hooded bandit in a white cap and blue surgical mask implied -- but didn't show -- a gun while robbing a Fair Lawn bank Tuesday morning, investigators said. The robber entered the Provident Bank at River Road and Hopper Avenue shortly before 10:30 a.m. July 11. He implied he had a weapon but no one saw one, law enforcement sources told Daily Voice. He then fled along Hopper and got into a white Jeep Cherokee parked in the 1300 block of George Street near the John A. Forrest Elementary School, they said. The take: About $2,500. A Bergen County K-9 leads investigators to…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: White-Capped Robber Flees Fair Lawn Bank UPDATE: White-Capped Robber Flees Fair Lawn Bank UPDATE: White-Capped Robber Flees Fair Lawn Bank
Update: White-Capped Robber Flees Fair Lawn Bank UPDATE: A black-hooded bandit in a white cap and blue surgical mask implied -- but didn't show -- a gun while robbing a Fair Lawn bank Tuesday morning, investigators said. The robber entered the Provident Bank at River Road and Hopper Avenue shortly before 10:30 a.m. July 11. He implied he had a gun but didn't show it, law enforcement sources told Daily Voice. He then fled along Hopper and got into a vehicle parked in the 1300 block of George Street near the John A. Forrest Elementary School, they said. The take: About $2,500. Officers had responded after receiving a call from the Pr…

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