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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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Teterboro Aeronautics Student Saved After Accidentally Cutting Artery Teterboro Aeronautics Student Saved After Accidentally Cutting Artery Teterboro Aeronautics Student Saved After Accidentally Cutting Artery
Teterboro Aeronautics Student Saved After Accidentally Cutting Artery MOONACHIE, N.J. -- Port Authority police rescued a 22-year-old Teterboro School of Aeronautics student who accidentally slit a wrist artery while working on his car behind the Moonachie facility on Wednesday, authorities told Daily Voice. The car was running when the East Orange student slipped while working on the front bumper and cut his wrist on the fan blade around 11:20 a.m., the authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. He ended up with "a deep cut to his right wrist that caused an arterial bleed," he said. Authority police applied a tourniquet before an ambulance took the victim…

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Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Emerson Police: DWI Driver Leaves Smashed Car After It Snaps Phone Pole Emerson Police: DWI Driver Leaves Smashed Car After It Snaps Phone Pole Emerson Police: DWI Driver Leaves Smashed Car After It Snaps Phone Pole
Emerson Police: DWI Driver Leaves Smashed Car After It Snaps Phone Pole EMERSON, N.J. -- A Closter man was drunk when he rammed his car into a telephone pole in Emerson -- snapping it in half -- and then ran home, authorities said Wednesday. Louis Montalvo, 23, "just left the car there and took off" following the 10:55 p.m. crash Tuesday on Old Hook Road, Police Chief Michael Mazzeo told Daily Voice. Closter police took Montalvo into custody after their Emerson colleagues traced the registration of the 2009 Honda wagon and issued an alert, Mazzeo said. Eastbound Old Hook Road was reopened mid-morning on Wednesday, while the westbound lanes remained c…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Shell Casing Discovery Forces Brief Lock Down Of Midland Park School Shell Casing Discovery Forces Brief Lock Down Of Midland Park School Shell Casing Discovery Forces Brief Lock Down Of Midland Park School
Shell Casing Discovery Forces Brief Lock Down Of Midland Park School MIDLAND PARK, N.J. -- Midland Park Jr./Sr. High School was temporarily locked down on Tuesday after someone reported finding a shell casing on school grounds, officials said. A Bergen County Sheriff's K-9 unit swept the building with negative results, they said. The lock down was lifted just after 11 a.m. Schools Supt. Marie Cirasella confirmed the discovery in an email to parents.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson PD: Detectives Chase Down Gunman Paterson PD: Detectives Chase Down Gunman Paterson PD: Detectives Chase Down Gunman
Paterson PD: Detectives Chase Down Gunman PATERSON, N.J. -- A trio of Paterson detectives chased down a city man who was carrying a semi-automatic handgun, authorities said Wednesday. Detectives Joehan Suarez, Salvatore Marotta and Jason English were monitoring hot spots in the city in an unmarked vehicle around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday when they spotted 21-year-old Kishun S. Hill standing in front of an East Main Street business. Given "a recent rash of business robberies," the detectives got out to investigate further, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. As they did, Marotta spotted the butt of a handgun sticking out of Hil…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Pregnant Woman, Companion Hit By Car In Hackensack Pregnant Woman, Companion Hit By Car In Hackensack Pregnant Woman, Companion Hit By Car In Hackensack
Pregnant Woman, Companion Hit By Car In Hackensack HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Two women -- one of whom is six months pregnant -- were hospitalized after being struck in Hackensack by a car driven by a 76-year-old Palisades Park man, authorities said. The pregnant 29-year-old woman from the Bronx remained under observation at Hackensack University Medical Center as a precaution, said Capt. Francesco Aquila, the department's officer in charge. The other woman, 48, from Jersey City was released from HUMC with a fractured arm, he said. The driver apparently stopped for a red light on southbound Prospect Avenue near the hospital, then made a left turn…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson Detectives Nab Couple In Street Robbery Paterson Detectives Nab Couple In Street Robbery Paterson Detectives Nab Couple In Street Robbery
Paterson Detectives Nab Couple In Street Robbery PATERSON, N.J. – Two Paterson detectives nabbed a couple moments after shots were fired during a Monday night street robbery that authorities said may be linked to previous holdups in the city. Detectives Anthony Castronova and William Hermann of the Special Investigations spotted a minivan fitting the description given by witnesses after the 11 p.m. holdup in the 400 block of Chamberlain Avenue, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. They stopped the vehicle at Memorial Drive and West Broadway and arrested both Iesha Brown of Elmwood Park and Terrance Douglas-Davis Jr. of Hackettstown, both …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen Residents Charged In Paterson Drug Sweep Bergen Residents Charged In Paterson Drug Sweep Bergen Residents Charged In Paterson Drug Sweep
Bergen Residents Charged In Paterson Drug Sweep PATERSON, N.J. -- A mid-morning Paterson police crackdown on out-of-town buyers and local dealers produced a dozen arrests -- including accused users from Fair Lawn, Lyndhurst, Midland Park and Ridgewood, authorities said. Narcotics detectives seized hundreds of bags of crack and dozens of heroin, along with nearly $9,000 in alleged profits, during Tuesday morning's operation on 12th Avenue, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Arrested were: Daniel Oniszeruk, 31, and Michael Oniszeruk, 30, both of Fair Lawn, charged with loitering to commit a drug offense; Michael Lopez, 34, of Lyndhurs…

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Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Franklin Lakes Fashion Designer Charged With Underage Drinking Party Franklin Lakes Fashion Designer Charged With Underage Drinking Party Franklin Lakes Fashion Designer Charged With Underage Drinking Party
Franklin Lakes Fashion Designer Charged With Underage Drinking Party FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. -- A popular Franklin Lakes fashion designer was charged after police found juveniles at her home during an alcohol-fueled party, authorities said Tuesday. A call of an in intoxicated and juvenile passed out in the neighborhood brought police to the Summit Avenue home of Soneca Guadara just before 8 p.m. Friday, Capt. John Bakelaar said. Officers found alcohol being served and nine more juveniles, he added. They charged the 47-year-old former Mrs. Bergen County with maintaining a nuisance and leaving property in the custody of another where alcohol was being served to …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
JCC Official: Safety First In New Bomb-Threat Wave In Tenafly, Elsewhere JCC Official: Safety First In New Bomb-Threat Wave In Tenafly, Elsewhere JCC Official: Safety First In New Bomb-Threat Wave In Tenafly, Elsewhere
JCC Official: Safety First In New Bomb-Threat Wave In Tenafly, Elsewhere TENAFLY, N.J. -- A wave of bomb threats called in to Kaplen JCC on the Palisades in Tenafly and other Jewish centers nationwide on Tuesday was the third so far this year, say authorities who hope the threats prove as harmless as their predecessors. In the wake of increasing reports, David Posner, director of strategic performance at JCC Association of North America, issued a statement. “Today, a third wave of bomb threats called in to Jewish community centers has caused 14 centers in 10 states plus one Canadian province, to quickly carry out practiced security protocols to ensure the safety…

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Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Teaneck Driver, 86, Hits Bergenfield Pedestrian, 61 Teaneck Driver, 86, Hits Bergenfield Pedestrian, 61 Teaneck Driver, 86, Hits Bergenfield Pedestrian, 61
Teaneck Driver, 86, Hits Bergenfield Pedestrian, 61 BERGENFIELD, N.J. -- A BMW driven by an 86-year-old Teaneck woman struck a 61-year-old Bergenfield woman at a busy borough intersection Tuesday afternoon, sending the victim to the hospital with a hip injury, authorities said. Police issued a summons for failing to stop for a pedestrian to Myrna Gillespie after her red 2014 Beamer hit Maria Catano as she crossed South Washington Avenue heading east just after 2:30 p.m., Bergenfield Police Capt. Mustafa Rabboh said. Gillespie was making a left off New Bridge Road headed north when the crash occurred, he said. The Bergenfield Volunteer Ambul…

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