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.

Jerry DeMarco's Contributions

Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Driver Chased Through Bergen, Rockland, Westchester Caught In Hartford Driver Chased Through Bergen, Rockland, Westchester Caught In Hartford Driver Chased Through Bergen, Rockland, Westchester Caught In Hartford
Driver Chased Through Bergen, Rockland, Westchester Caught In Hartford MAHWAH, N.J. -- A Connecticut man who led Mahwah and New York State police on a pair of high-speed chases was taken into custody when he showed up for court in Hartford on an unrelated matter Monday, authorities said. Mahwah Sgt. Michael Blondin said he tried stopping the black Toyota SUV after he saw it "speeding, tailgating and passing other vehicles unsafely" on northbound Route 287 Friday afternoon. "At first it appeared to be pulling over, but the vehicle soon fled the traffic stop," he said. A chase joined by Officers Tyler Boucher and Christopher Monaco followed…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Gas Station Attendant From Fair Lawn Shot Dead, Police Seek Public's Help Gas Station Attendant From Fair Lawn Shot Dead, Police Seek Public's Help Gas Station Attendant From Fair Lawn Shot Dead, Police Seek Public's Help
Gas Station Attendant From Fair Lawn Shot Dead, Police Seek Public's Help UPDATE: PATERSON, N.J. -- Authorities Tuesday sought the public's help finding the gunman responsible for the cold-blooded killing of a Paterson gas station attendant from Fair Lawn the night before. Ruskin Magamedov, 57, was pronounced dead after being brought in to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center following the 6 p.m. shooting at 1st Ave Gas on Route 20. City and Hawthorne police who responded rendered aid, Police Director Jerry Speziale told Daily Voice. Speziale and Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes asked that anyone with information that could help catch the killer contact …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Westwood Man, 77, Goes Through Car Windshield After Getting Off Train Westwood Man, 77, Goes Through Car Windshield After Getting Off Train Westwood Man, 77, Goes Through Car Windshield After Getting Off Train
Westwood Man, 77, Goes Through Car Windshield After Getting Off Train WESTWOOD, N.J. -- A 77-year-old pedestrian went through the windshield when he was struck by a car while crossing a Westwood street, police told Daily Voice. He sustained a serious head injury, among others, Police Chief Frank Regino said. "He just got off the train and was trying to cross Third Avenue at Park Avenue [in front of Flynn's Deli] when he was hit" just after 6:30 p.m., Regino said. "The driver apparently didn't see him." Police reserves assisted with traffic as the Hillsdale Volunteer Ambulance Corps took the victim to Hackensack University Medical Center. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Firefighters Battle Woodland Park Mulch Blaze Firefighters Battle Woodland Park Mulch Blaze Firefighters Battle Woodland Park Mulch Blaze
Firefighters Battle Woodland Park Mulch Blaze WOODLAND PARK, N.J. -- (UPDATE) Firefighters early Monday night put down a stubborn mulch blaze at a plant in Woodland Park. The fire at Environmental Renewal on Andrews Drive fire broke out around 5:30 p.m. Totowa firefighters provided mutual aid. Crews used backhoes to break up logs while firefighters hosed the flames with aerial ladders. Environmental Renewal makes various mulches and sells them, along with topsoil and compost. It is an NJ DEP-permitted vegetative waste disposal facility.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Wayne PD: Elmwood Park Ex-Con Beats Mall Cop, Caught By Detective Wayne PD: Elmwood Park Ex-Con Beats Mall Cop, Caught By Detective Wayne PD: Elmwood Park Ex-Con Beats Mall Cop, Caught By Detective
Wayne PD: Elmwood Park Ex-Con Beats Mall Cop, Caught By Detective WAYNE, N.J. -- An Elmwood Park ex-con was fleeing Macy's after beating a Willowbrook Mall security guard who caught him shoplifting when a Wayne detective grabbed him, authorities said Monday. Detective Sgt. James Celentano was conducting safety and security patrols when he spotted 47-year-old Luca Ferrigno, Capt. Laurence Martin said. Police moments earlier were called to the store after Ferrigno grabbed a Breville coffee maker, ran toward the exit and hit the security officer who tried to stop him in the face and head, Martin said. Ferrigno was paroled from state prison in June 2015 afte…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
GWB Bridge Stop Yields $498,800, Money Laundering Arrest GWB Bridge Stop Yields $498,800, Money Laundering Arrest GWB Bridge Stop Yields $498,800, Money Laundering Arrest
GWB Bridge Stop Yields $498,800, Money Laundering Arrest FORT LEE, N.J. -- Port Authority police found nearly $500,000 in cash in an SUV stopped on the George Washington Bridge and arrested the driver, law enforcement sources told Daily Voice. Arnold Isaac Mercado, of North 2nd Street in Philadelphia was charged with money laundering after authority police pulled him over for a traffic violation on the lower level of the bridge's New Jersey side in Fort Lee just before 5 p.m. Sunday. Inside the white Buick SUV, they found $498,800, a source told Daily Voice. Mercado was ordered held in the Bergen County Jail on money laundering charges.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Indictment: Fair Lawn Man 'Bombarded' Teen With Sex Texts, Sought Tryst Indictment: Fair Lawn Man 'Bombarded' Teen With Sex Texts, Sought Tryst Indictment: Fair Lawn Man 'Bombarded' Teen With Sex Texts, Sought Tryst
Indictment: Fair Lawn Man 'Bombarded' Teen With Sex Texts, Sought Tryst FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- A 60-year-old Fair Lawn man tried to lure a 15-year-old girl into a tryst by "bombarding" her with sexually explicit texts, a grand jury charged. Authorities zeroed in on Philip R. Carry, who was an acquaintance of one of the girl's relatives, after Belleville police alerted New Jersey State Police that she'd been getting sexually explicit texts from a man named "Phil," State Attorney General Christopher Porrino said after the grand jury returned an indictment Monday. A State Police detective then "posed as the girl and continued communication wit…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Winds Rip Rubberized Roof Off Saddle Brook Building Winds Rip Rubberized Roof Off Saddle Brook Building Winds Rip Rubberized Roof Off Saddle Brook Building
Winds Rip Rubberized Roof Off Saddle Brook Building SADDLE BROOK, N.J. -- Monday morning's high winds ripped a rubberized roof off a mixed-use building in Saddle Brook, hours before a Nor'easter was due to hit North Jersey. A PSE&G crew responded to the President Street building, where the roof dangled along the side from utility wires attached to a nearby pole after the 11 a.m. mishap, Police Chief Robert Kugler told Daily Voice. Meanwhile, 4th Street was closed at President Street. "Hopefully the building owner can get his roofer on scene and a temporary fix initiated before the predicted heavy rains come [Monday afternoon],"…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Rochelle Park Police Crash Bogus ID Shopping Spree Rochelle Park Police Crash Bogus ID Shopping Spree Rochelle Park Police Crash Bogus ID Shopping Spree
Rochelle Park Police Crash Bogus ID Shopping Spree ROCHELLE PARK, N.J. -- A Brooklyn woman went on a Bergen County shopping spree using bogus IDs and credit cards out of Texas and Florida before Rochelle Park police grabbed her, authorities said Monday. Bria Williams, 24, was on her way out of a local jewelry store when Officers Ryan Burke and Nick Mercoun, alerted by the owner, took her into custody around 6 p.m. Saturday, Detective Sgt. Jim DePreta said. Williams moments earlier tried financing a $1,500 set of diamond earrings with a bogus Texas credit card and driver's license, DePreta said. Williams was carrying other phony licenses an…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson Man, 31, Shot In Stomach Paterson Man, 31, Shot In Stomach Paterson Man, 31, Shot In Stomach
Paterson Man, 31, Shot In Stomach PATERSON, N.J. -- A 31-year-old Paterson man was in critical but stable condition with a gunshot wound in the stomach after a weekend argument at a private party, authorities said Monday. Officers responding to a 12:25 a.m. call at 12th Avenue and Rosa Parks Boulevard on Saturday found the victim in the home, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. He was taken to Saint Joseph's Regional Medical Center, the director said. Speziale asked that anyone with information that could help the investigation contact Detective Francisco Brito or Detective Salvatore Marotta of the Ceasefire Unit at (973)…

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