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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Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Englewood Carpenter Charged With Sexually Assaulting Underage Girl Englewood Carpenter Charged With Sexually Assaulting Underage Girl Englewood Carpenter Charged With Sexually Assaulting Underage Girl
Englewood Carpenter Charged With Sexually Assaulting Underage Girl ENGLEWOOD, N.J. – An Englewood carpenter sexually assaulted an underage girl, authorities charged Friday. Jomo Guscott, 23, was arrested earlier in the day after members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Special Victims Unit were notified by Englewood police, county Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. Guscott is charged with aggravated sexual assault and child endangerment. He was being held without bail in the Bergen County Jail pending arraignment Saturday morning in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Obituaries
Retired Maywood Police Lieutenant Richard Price Dies Retired Maywood Police Lieutenant Richard Price Dies Retired Maywood Police Lieutenant Richard Price Dies
Retired Maywood Police Lieutenant Richard Price Dies MAYWOOD, N.J. — Retired Maywood Police Lt. Richard Price died Friday morning. He was 74. Funeral services will be held on Tues., Feb. 14 at 10:30 a.m. at Trinka-Faustini. A Funeral Mass will follow at Our Lady Queen of Peace Church in Maywood at 11 a.m. Visiting is on Monday from 3 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m.  Donations can be made in Richard Price's name to the Maywood First Aide & Emergency Squad, P.O.Box 803, Maywood, NJ 07607.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
School Mini-Bus Driver Injured In Fair Lawn Crash School Mini-Bus Driver Injured In Fair Lawn Crash School Mini-Bus Driver Injured In Fair Lawn Crash
School Mini-Bus Driver Injured In Fair Lawn Crash FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- No youngsters were aboard when a school mini-bus crashed Friday morning in Fair Lawn, leaving it facing the wrong way on Route 4. The Scholastic Bus Company (Fair Lawn) driver -- a 57-year-old Paterson woman -- complained of back pain but refused medical treatment after the crash on the highway's eastbound side at Saddle River Road just after 10 a.m., Sgt. Brian Metzler said. A 34-year-old passenger, also from Paterson, wasn't injured, he said. The driver said her 2008 short bus struck a snow bank, spinning it into a 2012 Toyota and then the concrete divider. The Toyota…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
'Time Warp' Edgewater Hotel Paid Men More Than Woman, State Charges 'Time Warp' Edgewater Hotel Paid Men More Than Woman, State Charges 'Time Warp' Edgewater Hotel Paid Men More Than Woman, State Charges
'Time Warp' Edgewater Hotel Paid Men More Than Woman, State Charges EDGEWATER, N.J. -- An Edgewater hotel paid male employees more than a female employee for the same work -- then fired her after she complained about it, state authorities charged Friday. Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino called the allegations against the Hilton Homewood Suites hotel "troubling" and said they "suggest that the ownership and management of this hotel are caught in a time warp,” “Employers have a duty under the law to treat male and female workers equally, and that most assuredly includes hourly wages," Porrino said. "Here in the 21st Century, th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Fence Rammed, Three Cars Swiped From Clifton Auto Dealer Fence Rammed, Three Cars Swiped From Clifton Auto Dealer Fence Rammed, Three Cars Swiped From Clifton Auto Dealer
Fence Rammed, Three Cars Swiped From Clifton Auto Dealer CLIFTON, N.J. -- Someone stole a Mercedes, a BMW and a Maxima after plowing through a Clifton car dealer's fence, police said. Police from Clifton and Paterson responded to B&M Auto Mall on Hazel Street on a 2 a.m. burglary report Thursday and found the front door forced open, the office ransacked and a fence broken, apparently with a vehicle, Clifton Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. Gone were a 2010 Mercedes Benz, a 2011 Nissan Maxima, and a 2007 BMW, he said. Anyone with information that could help the investigation is asked to contact Clifton detectives: (973) 470-5908.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson Victim, 26, Grazed By Bullet Paterson Victim, 26, Grazed By Bullet Paterson Victim, 26, Grazed By Bullet
Paterson Victim, 26, Grazed By Bullet PATERSON, N.J. -- A 26-year-old man told Paterson police he was grazed in the head by a bullet after a group accosted him near a city park. Detectives were investigating the shooting, which the victim said occurred just before 5 p.m. Wednesday near the basketball courts at Montgomery Park, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. City firefighters found him after responding to a call of an injured person at a Harrison Street home, Speziale said. Anyone with information that could help the investigation is asked to contact Detective Michael Quinones or Passaic County Prosecutor’s Detective Rica…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
PHOTOS: Route 287 In Mahwah Reopened After Jackknifed Trailers Crash PHOTOS: Route 287 In Mahwah Reopened After Jackknifed Trailers Crash PHOTOS: Route 287 In Mahwah Reopened After Jackknifed Trailers Crash
Photos: Route 287 In Mahwah Reopened After Jackknifed Trailers Crash MAHWAH, N.J. -- (UPDATE) Route 287 in Mahwah was reopened in both directions around 4:15 pm. Thursday following a chain-reaction crash involving at least four jackknifed tractor-trailers. The mishap during Thursday morning's snowstorm stranded nearly three dozen other vehicles that had to be pushed or towed free while closing both sides of the highway.Route 287 in Mahwah. Several injuries were reported, but all were minor, Police Chief James Batelli said. Police had only just reopened southbound Route 287 after closing it for snow removal and sanding when the mishap occurred on the other s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Arrest Made In Stabbing Death Of Paterson Man, 50 Arrest Made In Stabbing Death Of Paterson Man, 50 Arrest Made In Stabbing Death Of Paterson Man, 50
Arrest Made In Stabbing Death Of Paterson Man, 50 PATERSON, N.J. – A Mercer County man was arrested Thursday and charged with murder for his role in the stabbing death of a 50-year-old Paterson man Wednesday morning, authorities said. Detectives picked up Werner Bang, 28, of Hightstown Wednesday night in Paterson, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Deputy Police Chief Troy Oswald announced. Frank P. Edwin was stabbed dead on Paterson Street just before 11 a.m. Wednesday, they said. Bang, who also was charged with illegal weapons possession, remained held in the Passaic County Jail pending a first appearance Friday in…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor's Detectives Nab 5th Suspect In $750G Harrington Park Burglary Prosecutor's Detectives Nab 5th Suspect In $750G Harrington Park Burglary Prosecutor's Detectives Nab 5th Suspect In $750G Harrington Park Burglary
Prosecutor's Detectives Nab 5th Suspect In $750G Harrington Park Burglary HACKENSACK, N.J. – The final member of what authorities said was a major burglary crew that operated along Route 17 –swiping $750,000 in jewelry, cash, and rare artifacts from a Harrington Park home -- was arrested, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal announced. The spike in break-ins prompted Grewal’s detectives to assemble a multi-jurisdictional Burglary Task Force in October that began watching potential suspects. Then, on Nov. 16 came the Harrington Park burglary. Task force members quickly arrested Walter Smith, 49, of Englewood, Grewal said. Four alleged accomplices fled, he s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Palisade Park Police Make Arrest In $18,000 Liquor Store Burglary Palisade Park Police Make Arrest In $18,000 Liquor Store Burglary Palisade Park Police Make Arrest In $18,000 Liquor Store Burglary
Palisade Park Police Make Arrest In $18,000 Liquor Store Burglary PALISADES PARK, N.J. – One of two men who Palisades Park police said broke into a local liquor store dressed in painter’s suits and fled with $18,000 was charged with the crime, authorities told Daily Voice early Thursday. Clad in Tyvek suits, the pair cut the wires to the Banner II Liquor store on West Central Boulevard, forced open a rear door using a crowbar and sledgehammer and carried off a safe filled with cash last July 5, Police Chief Mark Jackson said. A months-long investigation led borough detectives to George Waddleton, an inmate at the Hudson County Correctional Facility with a…

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