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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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
VIDEO: Ridgefield Responders Rescue Worker Caught On Rootop Ledge VIDEO: Ridgefield Responders Rescue Worker Caught On Rootop Ledge VIDEO: Ridgefield Responders Rescue Worker Caught On Rootop Ledge
Video: Ridgefield Responders Rescue Worker Caught On Rootop Ledge RIDGEFIELD, N.J. -- Ridgefield police and firefighters rescued a worker who got stuck Thursday afternoon on a ledge nearly 30 feet above the street. CLICK ON THE VIDEO ABOVE to watch the rescue unfold. The laborer's employer apparently sent the worker up to the roof to clean a ledge of the building in the 600 block of Bergen Boulevard, a source with knowledge of the incident told Daily Voice. The trouble was: He had to climb over a wall to reach the ledge, which was several feet below the roofline -- and then couldn't climb back up. "He's on this tiny ledge, maybe a foot wide, with n…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Wayne PD: Motorcyclist Who Hit Stopped School Bus Captured At Hudson Hotel Wayne PD: Motorcyclist Who Hit Stopped School Bus Captured At Hudson Hotel Wayne PD: Motorcyclist Who Hit Stopped School Bus Captured At Hudson Hotel
Wayne PD: Motorcyclist Who Hit Stopped School Bus Captured At Hudson Hotel WAYNE, N.J. -- A drug-selling motorcyclist who splintered the protective "stop" arm of a school bus while fleeing Wayne police was captured Wednesday at a Hudson County hotel where he'd been holed up, authorities said. John Tassillo, 42, left behind a cache of drugs and counterfeit cash -- along with instructions on how to use the money on hooker, drug dealers and others -- in his home, Capt. Laurence Martin said Thursday. Wayne detectives captured Tassillo Wednesday night at the Hyatt Place Hotel on Park Plaza Drive in Secaucus, where Martin said he'd been holing up. They were a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack Commuter, 63, Struck By Truck Outside Allendale Train Station Hackensack Commuter, 63, Struck By Truck Outside Allendale Train Station Hackensack Commuter, 63, Struck By Truck Outside Allendale Train Station
Hackensack Commuter, 63, Struck By Truck Outside Allendale Train Station ALLENDALE, N.J. – A 63-year-old Hackensack man who’d just gotten off the train in Allendale on his way to work was hit by a Chevy Suburban Thursday morning, authorities said. The victim was crossing DeMercurio Drive around 6:40 a.m. when he was struck by the truck as it turned from West Orchard Street, Police Chief George Scherb told Daily Voice. The victim struck his head on the east side of the curb and was “lapsing in and out of consciousness” when police arrived, Scherb said. The Allendale Volunteer Ambulance Corps took him to Hackensack University Medical Center, the chief said. “The…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Passenger Jumps Behind Wheel, Flees After Fort Lee Traffic Stop Passenger Jumps Behind Wheel, Flees After Fort Lee Traffic Stop Passenger Jumps Behind Wheel, Flees After Fort Lee Traffic Stop
Passenger Jumps Behind Wheel, Flees After Fort Lee Traffic Stop FORT LEE, N.J. -- A passenger jumped into the driver's seat of a vehicle stopped by police in Fort Lee and took off, responders said. Officers eventually broke off a pursuit of the blue 2006 Acura, which headed west on Route 80 after the stop around 2 p.m. on Route 95. The car was registered out of Newark, police said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Clifton PD: Armed Suspect Punches Officer In Face Clifton PD: Armed Suspect Punches Officer In Face Clifton PD: Armed Suspect Punches Officer In Face
Clifton PD: Armed Suspect Punches Officer In Face CLIFTON, N.J. -- A 20-year-old Clifton man stopped by police punched an officer in the face after they found him carrying a knife, authorities said Thursday. Emilio Martinez-Ferro "became uncooperative with the officers while continuing to reach into his jacket and waistband area" after they stopped him and a companion in the area of Yereance and Lexington avenues around 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. They found him carrying the knife, Bracken said, "and while one of the officers was in the process of retrieving it, [Martinez-Ferro] punched the office…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Broken Road At GWB Bus Station Moves Jitney Commuters Broken Road At GWB Bus Station Moves Jitney Commuters Broken Road At GWB Bus Station Moves Jitney Commuters
Broken Road At GWB Bus Station Moves Jitney Commuters FORT LEE, N.J. -- A partial road collapse at the 178th Street ramp off the George Washington Bridge from New Jersey forced jitney bus commuters a block over. Temporary plates had to be put down over dowel bars that were sticking out of the roadway. Commuters who ordinarily board jitneys on the upper bus shell were being redirected to 179th Street and Fort Washington Avenue.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgefield Woman Gets 25 Months In Fed Pen For $1.7M Bank Swindle Ridgefield Woman Gets 25 Months In Fed Pen For $1.7M Bank Swindle Ridgefield Woman Gets 25 Months In Fed Pen For $1.7M Bank Swindle
Ridgefield Woman Gets 25 Months In Fed Pen For $1.7M Bank Swindle RIDGEFIELD, N.J. -- A Ridgefield woman was sentenced Thursday to 25 months in federal prison -- and ordered to pay $1.7 million in restitution and forfeiture -- for conspiring to deposit more than $1 million in fraudulent checks into different bank accounts. Chunhua Jin, 46, pleaded guilty to bank fraud conspiracy charges last May as part of a plea deal. From July 2014 to April 2015, Jin said, she and others opened accounts at Bank of America and other institutions in the names of fake businesses, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman said. The conspirators "then made small deposits and with…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Nothing Suspicious In Fire That Killed Little Ferry Man, 64 Police: Nothing Suspicious In Fire That Killed Little Ferry Man, 64 Police: Nothing Suspicious In Fire That Killed Little Ferry Man, 64
Police: Nothing Suspicious In Fire That Killed Little Ferry Man, 64 LITTLE FERRY, N.J. -- A house fire that killed a 64-year-old Little Ferry man Wednesday morning wasn't suspicious, although the exact cause hadn't yet been determined, borough police said Thursday afternoon. Ramanathan "Ram" Iyer -- a retired controller of a Teaneck leather goods company -- was alone when the fire broke out on Pickens Street around 8 a.m. Wednesday, responders said, adding that his family had been on vacation. An "extensive investigation" by borough police and the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office Arson Squad, as well as an autopsy by the county Medical …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Paramus PD: Route 17 Driver Had Meth-Like Plant, $30,000 Cash Paramus PD: Route 17 Driver Had Meth-Like Plant, $30,000 Cash Paramus PD: Route 17 Driver Had Meth-Like Plant, $30,000 Cash
Paramus PD: Route 17 Driver Had Meth-Like Plant, $30,000 Cash PARAMUS, N.J. – An Albany man stopped by Paramus police had a half-pound of an illegal amphetamine-like chewable plant and nearly $28,000 in cash in his car, authorities said Thursday. Officers Timothy Reed and Forrest Diedolf stopped Alhussain Ali Ashabi, 32, for failing to maintain a lane in his 2017 Nissan Altima on Route 17 around 9 p.m. Monday, Deputy Police Chief Robert M. Guidetti said. They spotted drugs “in the passenger compartment in plain view,” then discovered the cash in the center console, overhead sun visor and stuffed in a garment bag, he said. They also found a bag of her…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
VIDEO: Firefighter Hospitalized In Norwood Townhouse Blaze VIDEO: Firefighter Hospitalized In Norwood Townhouse Blaze VIDEO: Firefighter Hospitalized In Norwood Townhouse Blaze
Video: Firefighter Hospitalized In Norwood Townhouse Blaze NORWOOD, N.J. -- A firefighter was hospitalized with injuries that authorities said weren't life-threatening after a blaze gutted a Norwood townhouse Wednesday night. The Cedar Court fire began in the basement around 10:30 p.m. and blew up to the roof, responders said. Firefighters had it under control within an hour and cleared the scene at 1:30 a.m. Norwood police and firefighters, several area fire departments and the borough Volunteer Ambulance Corps were among the responders. The Northvale Volunteer Ambulance Corps and an Advanced Life Support Unit was requested to stand-by from Engle…

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