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
Tenafly Gas Station Spill Runs Off Into Storm Drain Tenafly Gas Station Spill Runs Off Into Storm Drain Tenafly Gas Station Spill Runs Off Into Storm Drain
Tenafly Gas Station Spill Runs Off Into Storm Drain TENAFLY, N.J. – A gasoline spill from a Tenafly service station Thursday morning posed no immediate threat to the public or the drinking water supply, police said. An unknown amount of gasoline spilled into a storm drain just before 6:30 a.m. from the Lukoil station at the intersection of County Road and Hudson Avenue, Capt. Michael deMoncada said. Patrol officers secured the area and the Tenafly Volunteer Fire Department responded, he said. Bergen County HAZMAT and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection also were contacted to respond to the scene. They were “working with a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson Police Officer Interrupts Woman Pointing Gun At Man On City Street Paterson Police Officer Interrupts Woman Pointing Gun At Man On City Street Paterson Police Officer Interrupts Woman Pointing Gun At Man On City Street
Paterson Police Officer Interrupts Woman Pointing Gun At Man On City Street PATERSON, N.J. -- A Paterson police officer who took cover behind a parked car after spotting a woman pointing a handgun at a man on a dark city street got the suspect into custody with help from a sergeant, authorities said Wednesday night. Officer Maribel Seabrooks was on patrol just after midnight Wednesday when she spotted the woman, wearing a dark-colored hoodie, pointing the gun at the victim, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. "The officer immediately notified headquarters and took cover behind a parked vehicle," Speziale said. "]She then] began yelling verbal comman…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Wild Paramus Chase Ends With Crash, Arrest Wild Paramus Chase Ends With Crash, Arrest Wild Paramus Chase Ends With Crash, Arrest
Wild Paramus Chase Ends With Crash, Arrest PARAMUS, N.J. -- A wild pursuit through several Bergen County towns that included a police car crash in Paramus ended Wednesday afternoon when the driver -- an ex-con involved in a similar incident a little over a year ago -- crashed again on the Turnpike in Essex County, authorities told Daily Voice. It was the second of two chases involving Paramus police on Wednesday. ****** (ALSO SEE: Paramus police arrested two men on illegal prescription drugs possession charges after the first of a pair of chases Wednesday that both included crashes into cruisers. READ MORE....) ****** The search …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
2 Busted After First Of Two Paramus Police Chases, Crashes 2 Busted After First Of Two Paramus Police Chases, Crashes 2 Busted After First Of Two Paramus Police Chases, Crashes
2 Busted After First Of Two Paramus Police Chases, Crashes PARAMUS, N.J. -- Paramus police arrested two men on illegal prescription drugs possession charges after the first of a pair of pursuits Wednesday that involved crashes into cruisers. Officer Donald Liu tried stopping a blue 2000 Audi A4 with a defective brake light on southbound Route 17 near G. Fried Carpets just after 2 p.m., but the car took off, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said Wednesday night. The vehicle then exited onto the Garden State Parkway southbound at exit 163, he said. "A short time later, the Audi attempted to merge onto Route 80 west where it spun out and hit a gua…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
$644,804 Owed On E-ZPass? Port Authority Says Paterson Bus Driver Did It $644,804 Owed On E-ZPass? Port Authority Says Paterson Bus Driver Did It $644,804 Owed On E-ZPass? Port Authority Says Paterson Bus Driver Did It
$644,804 Owed On E-zpass? Port Authority Says Paterson Bus Driver Did It PATERSON, N.J. -- A jitney bus driver from Paterson rang up a whopping $644,804 debt to the Port Authority by not paying tolls at the Hudson River crossings before police arrested him Wednesday morning, officials announced. The breakout on what Port Authority police said are 9,219 "known" toll-evasion violations by Manuel Aristy Arias, 51, according to the authority's Joseph Pentangelo: $183,904 in unpaid tolls; $460,900 in fees. PAPD officers took Aristyaris into custody during a special E-ZPass scofflaw detail Wednesday morning, Pentangelo said. Also charged were two other bu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Paramus Police Chase Through Several Towns Ends In Turnpike Crash Paramus Police Chase Through Several Towns Ends In Turnpike Crash Paramus Police Chase Through Several Towns Ends In Turnpike Crash
Paramus Police Chase Through Several Towns Ends In Turnpike Crash PARAMUS, N.J. -- A wild pursuit through several Bergen County towns that included a police car crash in Paramus ended Wednesday afternoon when the driver -- an ex-con involved in a similar incident a little over a year ago -- crashed again on the Turnpike in Essex County, authorities told Daily Voice. It was the second of two chases involving Paramus police on Wednesday. ****** (ALSO SEE: Paramus police arrested two men on illegal prescription drugs possession charges after the first of a pair of chases Wednesday that both included crashes into cruisers. READ MORE....) ****** The search …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Garfield Fitness Employee Charged With Sexually Assaulting Two Girls Garfield Fitness Employee Charged With Sexually Assaulting Two Girls Garfield Fitness Employee Charged With Sexually Assaulting Two Girls
Garfield Fitness Employee Charged With Sexually Assaulting Two Girls GARFIELD, N.J. – A Garfield fitness center employee sexually assaulted two girls, said authorities who arrested him. Goody Sotomayer-Gamarra, 26, was ordered held without bail in the Bergen County Jail pending a hearing Wednesday. Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said his Special Victims Unit detectives and Englewood police arrested him on sexual assault charges Tuesday after the New York City Police Department contacted his office about the allegations.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Teaneck Police: Ex-Con In Pot-Reeking Car Had Loaded Gun Teaneck Police: Ex-Con In Pot-Reeking Car Had Loaded Gun Teaneck Police: Ex-Con In Pot-Reeking Car Had Loaded Gun
Teaneck Police: Ex-Con In Pot-Reeking Car Had Loaded Gun TEANECK, N.J. – A 22-year-old ex-con in a stopped car that smelled of raw marijuana was carrying a loaded gun, Teaneck police said Wednesday. Lt. Kevin Marrero stopped the car for a traffic violation on Windsor Road near the intersection of Beatrice Street just before 10:30 p.m. Saturday. While talking with the driver, the lieutenant smelled the drugs, Acting Police Chief Glenn M. O’Reilly said. Officer Philip Apreda responded as backup and all of the occupants were ordered out of the vehicle, O’Reilly said. Passenger Tariq N. Bryant, 22, of Durham, NC, who at first gave a false name, was…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Cement Truck Tips Coming Off Route 17 In Mahwah Cement Truck Tips Coming Off Route 17 In Mahwah Cement Truck Tips Coming Off Route 17 In Mahwah
Cement Truck Tips Coming Off Route 17 In Mahwah MAHWAH, N.J. -- A cement truck driver climbed from his cab with help from Mahwah police Wednesday afternoon after the rig rolled coming off southbound Route 17. The driver was taken to The Valley Hospital with minor injuries after the truck tipped onto Corporate Drive around 1:35 p.m., responders said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
New Fair Lawn Police Sgt. Kevin Wood Sworn New Fair Lawn Police Sgt. Kevin Wood Sworn New Fair Lawn Police Sgt. Kevin Wood Sworn
New Fair Lawn Police Sgt. Kevin Wood Sworn FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- New Fair Lawn Police Sgt. Kevin Wood was sworn Tuesday night by Mayor John Cosgrove. Woode, 50, began his law enforcement career with Paterson police in 1994 before transferring to the Fair Lawn patrol division nearly two decades later. The 23-year veteran will be a division supervisor, Police Chief Glen Cauwels said.

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