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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Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Jack-Knifed Tractor-Trailer Closes Westbound Route 4 In Teaneck Jack-Knifed Tractor-Trailer Closes Westbound Route 4 In Teaneck Jack-Knifed Tractor-Trailer Closes Westbound Route 4 In Teaneck
Jack-Knifed Tractor-Trailer Closes Westbound Route 4 In Teaneck TEANECK, N.J. -- A tractor trailer jack-knifed into the path of a pickup truck on westbound Route 4 early Thursday. No immediate injuries were reported in the 7:20 a.m. crash, which closed the westbound highway near Tuxedo Square..

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Autistic Palisades Park Boy Pulled From Creek Returns Home To Cheers Autistic Palisades Park Boy Pulled From Creek Returns Home To Cheers Autistic Palisades Park Boy Pulled From Creek Returns Home To Cheers
Autistic Palisades Park Boy Pulled From Creek Returns Home To Cheers PALISADES PARK, N.J. -- An 8-year-old autistic boy from Palisades Park who was pulled from Overpeck Creek after he wandered off from his family in November returned home to cheers Wednesday. Video captured Joseph Cassese being driven up to the Palisades Park Early Childhood Center -- with an escort from borough police off Route 46 and through town -- for a raucous homecoming. Waiting were dozens of youngsters -- including Joseph's two sisters, ages 4 and 5, who attend the ECC. Although Joseph doesn't speak, "his eyes and his face spoke so much," his mother, Angela, told Daily Voi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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Colombian National Found Guilty Of Murder In Fairview Baby's Bathtub Death Colombian National Found Guilty Of Murder In Fairview Baby's Bathtub Death Colombian National Found Guilty Of Murder In Fairview Baby's Bathtub Death
Colombian National Found Guilty Of Murder In Fairview Baby's Bathtub Death HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Nearly seven years after he was accused of killing his Fairview girlfriend’s 1-year-old daughter by beating her and holding her head under water in a bathtub, a Colombian national was convicted of the crime on Wednesday. The INS was expected to deport Yoher Jiminez once a judge passes sentence next month on Yoher Jiminez for murder, child endangerment and hindering guilty verdicts delivered by jurors in Hackensack. Prosecutors refused to offer Jiminez a deal in what was the oldest active murder prosecution in Bergen County. Jimenez and his attorney were seeking a charge…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson Man Takes 13½-Year Deal In Tire Shop Killing Paterson Man Takes 13½-Year Deal In Tire Shop Killing Paterson Man Takes 13½-Year Deal In Tire Shop Killing
Paterson Man Takes 13½-Year Deal In Tire Shop Killing PATERSON, N.J. -- A Paterson man must serve a minimum of 13½ years in state prison before being eligible for parole in exchange for admitting that he shot and killed a man during an argument at a city tire shop. Tremaine Adams pleaded guilty Wednesday to first-degree aggravated manslaughter in Superior Court in Paterson, admitting that he pulled out a .38-caliber gun and shot Ismail Walker during an argument at B&B Tire & Auto Repair on 10th Avenue on April 15, 2014 Prosecutors agreed to a 16-year sentence, 85% of which Adams must serve. He also will be under parole supervision for …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Paterson Heroin Ringleader Takes 3½-Year Plea Deal Paterson Heroin Ringleader Takes 3½-Year Plea Deal Paterson Heroin Ringleader Takes 3½-Year Plea Deal
Paterson Heroin Ringleader Takes 3½-Year Plea Deal PATERSON, N.J. -- The top member of a ring that flooded Paterson with heroin admitted his role in the operation on Wednesday in exchange for a minimum 3½-year prison stretch before he's eligible for parole. Whie 35-year-old Marino Pimentel-Tejada of Paterson was pleading guilty to a first-degree charge of maintaining a heroin production facility, four co-defendants were also admitting their roles in exchange for favorable sentences. State Police who smashed the ring found a table "overflowing" with glassine envelopes containing the drug, along with grinders, sifters and other pack…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Injured Passerby Outside Fair Lawn School Whose Pants Fell Brings Police Injured Passerby Outside Fair Lawn School Whose Pants Fell Brings Police Injured Passerby Outside Fair Lawn School Whose Pants Fell Brings Police
Injured Passerby Outside Fair Lawn School Whose Pants Fell Brings Police FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- An injured 70-something Fair Lawn man whose pants fell down brought police to a local elementary school Wednesday afternoon. The man, who lives nearby, had already walked past Thomas Jefferson Middle School and was in the parking lot when he "lost his legs" around 2 p.m., Sgt. Brian Metzler told Daily Voice."A back issue," Metzler said. "He grabbed on to the back of a pickup truck [to keep from falling] and his pants fell down." The man told a borough woman who sought that he needed a ride. So she called police. "He was hanging on to th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
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Paramus Firefighters Keep Explosive Chemicals From Igniting In Garage Blaze Paramus Firefighters Keep Explosive Chemicals From Igniting In Garage Blaze Paramus Firefighters Keep Explosive Chemicals From Igniting In Garage Blaze
Paramus Firefighters Keep Explosive Chemicals From Igniting In Garage Blaze PARAMUS, N.J. -- Firefighters Wednesday morning kept a Paramus garage blaze from igniting what authorities confirmed were propane, black powder and ammonium nitrate. A middle-aged Gerald Street resident was at work in the garage when "something sparked and he tried to put it out himself," Deputy Police Chief Robert Guidetti told Daily Voice. No injuries were immediately reported. The two-alarm fire was reported around 10:10 a.m., bringing Paramus and Oradell firefighters, Deputy Fire Chief Kevin Joyce told Daily Voice. It took a little over a half hour to bring under control, he …

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by Cecilia Levine, Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Back-To-Back GWB Saves: Port Authority Stops Transgender Teen, Mid-Aged Man Back-To-Back GWB Saves: Port Authority Stops Transgender Teen, Mid-Aged Man Back-To-Back GWB Saves: Port Authority Stops Transgender Teen, Mid-Aged Man
Back-To-Back GWB Saves: Port Authority Stops Transgender Teen, Mid-Aged Man FORT LEE, N.J. -- A transgender teen disowned by family in Bahrain was talked out of jumping from the George Washington Bridge early Wednesday -- minutes after Port Authority officers convinced another would-be jumper to get help, Daily Voice has learned. Officers Juan Guzman and Amos Shand were in a police cruiser when they saw 56-year-old man on the south walkway near the New York tower at 7:18 a.m., the authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. "His body language suggested that something was amiss," another law enforement source with direct knowledge of the incident told Daily Voice.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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Englewood Honors Retiring Chief Marion, Welcomes New Firefighters Englewood Honors Retiring Chief Marion, Welcomes New Firefighters Englewood Honors Retiring Chief Marion, Welcomes New Firefighters
Englewood Honors Retiring Chief Marion, Welcomes New Firefighters ENGLEWOOD, N.J. — As two new firefighters joined Englewood's ranks, city officials honored a respected veteran who gave 27 years of service: retired Fire Chief Gerald Marion. John Herrman and Gabriel Perrone both began attending the Fire Academy at the Bergetn County Law and Public Safety Institute in Mahwah on Wednesday following their swearings-in Tuesday night. Mayor Frank Huttle and other officials also honored Marion, an Englewood native and Operation Desert Storm veteran who became chief a little over six years ago. Marion officially retired last Wednesday. "His dedication and …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Paramus Officer Justified In Shooting Route 4 Getaway Driver Prosecutor: Paramus Officer Justified In Shooting Route 4 Getaway Driver Prosecutor: Paramus Officer Justified In Shooting Route 4 Getaway Driver
Prosecutor: Paramus Officer Justified In Shooting Route 4 Getaway Driver PARAMUS, N.J. – A Paramus police officer who landed on the hood of a fleeing vehicle in an aborted burglary of a Route 4 cellphone store was justified in shooting the driver, who later died of his injuries, the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office announced Tuesday night. “It was not necessary to present this matter to the Grand Jury because there were no material facts in dispute regarding the fatal shooting of [Miguel Reyes], on Oct. 8, 2014,” Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. There is "ample evidence to justify the use of force" because it was "immediately neces…

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