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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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
PHOTOS: SUV Rolls In Hackensack Crash PHOTOS: SUV Rolls In Hackensack Crash PHOTOS: SUV Rolls In Hackensack Crash
Photos: SUV Rolls In Hackensack Crash HACKENSACK, N.J. -- No serious injuries were immediately reported Friday after an SUV collided with a sedan and rolled onto its side in Hackensack. The crash occurred just before 2 p.m. at the corner of Essex Street and Arcadia Road.

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Paramus, NJ
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Paramus PD: Lyndhurst's Schuyler Diner Owner Lied About $138G In Charges Paramus PD: Lyndhurst's Schuyler Diner Owner Lied About $138G In Charges Paramus PD: Lyndhurst's Schuyler Diner Owner Lied About $138G In Charges
Paramus PD: Lyndhurst's Schuyler Diner Owner Lied About $138G In Charges PARAMUS, N.J. -- The owner of the Schuyler Diner in Lyndhurst lied when he told authorities that someone used his credit cards for $138,000 in purchases that he actually made himself, Paramus police charged. Sanjiv Kumar, 46, of Paramus, reported to borough police that "several of this credit cards were used fraudulently on four separate occasions," mostly at Restaurant Depot stores, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. Restaurant Depot is a wholesale cash-and-carry food service supplier for independent restaurants and caterers. The case was assigned to Paramus Police Detective R…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Elmwood Park Smoke Shop Employee Fights Off Flare Gunman Elmwood Park Smoke Shop Employee Fights Off Flare Gunman Elmwood Park Smoke Shop Employee Fights Off Flare Gunman
Elmwood Park Smoke Shop Employee Fights Off Flare Gunman ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. -- An Elmwood Park smoke shop worker fought with a robber who threatened to shoot him in the face with a flare gun, giving police enough time to arrive and subdue the bandit, authorities said Friday. Gabriel Velez, 33, of Fort Lee pulled the gun from his pocket and loaded it with a live flare after entering Tracks Smoke Shop on Midland Avenue and announcing a robbery around 7 p.m. Thursday, Police Chief Michael Foligno told Daily Voice. He then told one of the employees he was going to shoot him in the face, igniting a struggle, Foligno said. Velez broke free and ran rig…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Englewood Ex-Con Charged With Having Assault Rifle, Ammo Englewood Ex-Con Charged With Having Assault Rifle, Ammo Englewood Ex-Con Charged With Having Assault Rifle, Ammo
Englewood Ex-Con Charged With Having Assault Rifle, Ammo ENGLEWOOD, N.J. -- An Englewood ex-con had an AR-15 assault rifle, another gun – both loaded – and several rounds of ammunition and high-capacity magazines, said authorities who arrested him during a campaign to combat gun violence in the city. Tahref Folkes, 26, was arrested after a raid Thursday on his Oakland Street apartment turned up the guns and ammo, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. He was charged with various counts of illegally possessing both – including being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, resisting arrest and child endangerment. Arrested with Folk…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority Police: No Documents Gets Pot-Smoking GWB Driver Busted Port Authority Police: No Documents Gets Pot-Smoking GWB Driver Busted Port Authority Police: No Documents Gets Pot-Smoking GWB Driver Busted
Port Authority Police: No Documents Gets Pot-Smoking GWB Driver Busted FORT LEE, N.J. -- A driver from Woodland Park caught smoking pot in his car while rolling through the George Washington Bridge tolls had no license, registration or insurance -- but he did have a warrant out of Hackensack for child neglect, authorities said. Gilman Figaro, 38, was stopped around 3:15 p.m. Thursday after driving his black 2011 Hyundai sedan through an E-ZPass lane without a transponder, the authority's Joseph Pentangelo said Police noticed the smell of marijuana coming from Figaro, whose pupils were dilated, Pentangelo said. Figaro also couldn't produce any documents, he sa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
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Corrections Officer From Lyndhurst Charged With Sexually Assaulting Girl Corrections Officer From Lyndhurst Charged With Sexually Assaulting Girl Corrections Officer From Lyndhurst Charged With Sexually Assaulting Girl
Corrections Officer From Lyndhurst Charged With Sexually Assaulting Girl LYNDHURST, N.J. – A Bergen County corrections officer from Lyndhurst was charged with sexually assaulting a girl several times over a decade ago when she was 12 and 13, authorities said. Alan Carrino Jr., 42, who is married, was being held in the Morris County Jail pending a first appearance in Bergen County Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack on Friday, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. Carrino, who works as a corrections officer in the Bergen County Sheriff's Office, is charged with aggravated sexual assault and child endangerment. He was arrested by members of …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Seen Him? He's Part Of Hotel Drug Crew, Rochelle Park Police Say Seen Him? He's Part Of Hotel Drug Crew, Rochelle Park Police Say Seen Him? He's Part Of Hotel Drug Crew, Rochelle Park Police Say
Seen Him? He's Part Of Hotel Drug Crew, Rochelle Park Police Say ROCHELLE PARK, N.J. -- Rochelle Park police Thursday night released a surveillance image of a man wanted in connection with a hotel drug ring raid. Authorities took four men into custody Wednesday while seizing nearly six pounds of black tar heroin, $22,000 in cash, a loaded gun and two sedans with electronically controlled stash traps at a local hotel. Meanwhile, the man in the surveillance shot -- identified as Carlos Ayala, a Mexican national -- fled amid the flurry of activity. Ayala was described as 25, about 5-foot-8 to 5-foot-10, with a medium build and wearing a light blue hoodie a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Attempted Murder Arrest Made In Paterson Party Shooting Attempted Murder Arrest Made In Paterson Party Shooting Attempted Murder Arrest Made In Paterson Party Shooting
Attempted Murder Arrest Made In Paterson Party Shooting PATERSON, N.J. -- The search for a gunman who shot a man in the stomach during a party in Paterson ended with the arrest of a 26-year-old city man on attempted murder and weapons charges, authorities said Thursday. Officers responding to a 12:25 a.m. call at 12th Avenue and Rosa Parks Boulevard on Jan. 22 found the 31-year-old victim in the home, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. He was taken to Saint Joseph's Regional Medical Center, the director said. Detectives Francisco Brito and Salvatore Marotta of the Ceasefire Unit identified Tariq Holly, obtained a warrant for his arrest and tr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Fugitive In South Hackensack Underage Sex Slave Ring Captured Fugitive In South Hackensack Underage Sex Slave Ring Captured Fugitive In South Hackensack Underage Sex Slave Ring Captured
Fugitive In South Hackensack Underage Sex Slave Ring Captured SOUTH HACKENSACK, N.J. – A Long Island fugitive wanted after South Hackensack police rescued three underage girls from sexual slavery at a Route 46 motel was captured Thursday, authorities announced. Jamel Griffin, 25, who Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said was arrested in his Brentwood hometown, was one of four accused accomplices of a Paterson woman in the alleged human trafficking ring. He remained in the Suffolk County (L.I.) Jail pending extradition to New Jersey to face charges of human trafficking, promoting prostitution of a juvenile and child endangerment, Grewal said. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Elderly Saddle Brook Woman Foils Bogus Water Company Burglars Elderly Saddle Brook Woman Foils Bogus Water Company Burglars Elderly Saddle Brook Woman Foils Bogus Water Company Burglars
Elderly Saddle Brook Woman Foils Bogus Water Company Burglars SADDLE BROOK, N.J. -- A Saddle Brook woman in her late 70s nearly became a victim -- but, instead, called police Thursday when two would-be burglars tried convincing her that they needed to get into her house to check the water. The pair fled, Police Chief Robert Kugler said. "Fortunately, she had the mindset to question the validity of the bogus problem -- and more importantly, didn't allow them into her home," he said. The pair came to the Lanza Avenue house around 2:30 p.m., the chief said. One "tried distracting her with a bogus story about a problem with the township …

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