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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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Bandit With Machete Robs Fort Lee Bank Of $50G, FBI Investigates Bandit With Machete Robs Fort Lee Bank Of $50G, FBI Investigates Bandit With Machete Robs Fort Lee Bank Of $50G, FBI Investigates
Bandit With Machete Robs Fort Lee Bank Of $50G, FBI Investigates FORT LEE, N.J. -- Fort Lee Police Chief Keith Bendul on Friday confirmed a Daily Voice report that a Bank of New Jersey branch was robbed the day before. The chief didn't go into details of the Daily Voice story -- including that the robber was armed with a machete when he jumped the counter of the Palisade Avenue bank and made off with nearly $50,000 around 3 p.m., according to a source with knowledge of the holdup. Bendul did say, however, that the robber used "an edged weapon." "Fort Lee PD is assisting the FBI, which is now the lead investigating agency," the chief …

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Elderly Man's Body Found In Woodland Park Elderly Man's Body Found In Woodland Park Elderly Man's Body Found In Woodland Park
Elderly Man's Body Found In Woodland Park WOODLAND PARK, N.J. -- Authorities who retrieved an elderly man's body Friday morning from a Morris Canal stream in Woodland Park didn't immediately say whether it was an 85-year-old resident with dementia whose family reported him missing the night before. Next of kin had to be notified before any identification was publicly made, Detective Lt. John Uzzalino said. The victim apparently fell down a steep ravine behind the American Legion Hall on Mount Pleasant Avenue, he said. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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Monsey, NY
Breaking News
Ramapo PD: Motorcyclist May Have Broken Leg In Route 202 Crash Ramapo PD: Motorcyclist May Have Broken Leg In Route 202 Crash Ramapo PD: Motorcyclist May Have Broken Leg In Route 202 Crash
Ramapo PD: Motorcyclist May Have Broken Leg In Route 202 Crash RAMAPO, N.J. -- A motorcyclist who may have broken his leg told Ramapo police that he crashed on Route 202 in Montebello when his bike slid on loose gravel, authorities said Friday morning. Rockland paramedics and Ramapo Valley EMS attended to him after the 11:15 p.m. Thursday crash between Colline and Mayer drives, police said. Tallman firefighters assisted.

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson Ex-Con Charged After Shooting Self In Leg Paterson Ex-Con Charged After Shooting Self In Leg Paterson Ex-Con Charged After Shooting Self In Leg
Paterson Ex-Con Charged After Shooting Self In Leg PATERSON, N.J. -- A 22-year-old Paterson ex-con who shot himself in the thigh faces illegal weapons charges. Keith DeVita was in stable condition at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center after officers found him wounded at a multi-family Governor Street residence Wednesday night, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. "It was determined that the injuries to the victim were the result of an alleged accidental self-infliction, which occurred while the victim was handling a firearm," Speziale said. As a convicted felon, DeVita wasn't allowed to have a gun. "The men and women of t…

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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Machete-Wielding Bandit Robs Fort Lee Bank Of $50G, Source Says Machete-Wielding Bandit Robs Fort Lee Bank Of $50G, Source Says Machete-Wielding Bandit Robs Fort Lee Bank Of $50G, Source Says
Machete-Wielding Bandit Robs Fort Lee Bank Of $50G, Source Says FORT LEE, N.J. -- A robber armed with a machete jumped the counter at a Fort Lee bank Thursday afternoon and made off with nearly $50,000, a source with knowledge of the holdup told Daily Voice. The robber hit the Bank of New Jersey branch on Palisade Avenue around 3 p.m. Thursday, the source said. The area was temporarily closed to traffic and the bank remained on lockdown for at least three more hours while FBI agents continued investigated. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Wayne PD: Heroin User Topples Clothing Racks In Mall Chase Wayne PD: Heroin User Topples Clothing Racks In Mall Chase Wayne PD: Heroin User Topples Clothing Racks In Mall Chase
Wayne PD: Heroin User Topples Clothing Racks In Mall Chase WAYNE, N.J. -- A heroin user caught shooting up in a Willowbrook Mall bathroom led police on a chase through Lord & Taylor, knocking over clothing racks, before they caught him and an associate, authorities said Thursday. Officers Anne Shivas and Gregory Halligan were responding to the complaint of a defiant trespasser who'd been banned from the property -- identified as Jessie Simunovich, 23, of North Caldwell -- when they Halligan saw him and another man injecting heroin in Lord & Taylor's second-floor bathroom stalls, Capt. Laurence Martin said. The second man, Michael Liska, 24…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority Police Stop Jersey Shore Man From GWB Jump Port Authority Police Stop Jersey Shore Man From GWB Jump Port Authority Police Stop Jersey Shore Man From GWB Jump
Port Authority Police Stop Jersey Shore Man From GWB Jump FORT LEE, N.J. -- Port Authority police talked a suicidal Jersey Shore man from jumping from the George Washington Bridge on Thursday. The 56-year-old Little Egg Harbor man was taken to Englewood Hospital and Medical Center after the 9:30 a.m. incident, the authority's Joseph Pentangelo said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Wayne PD: Mom With Son, 2, Tries Carrying Marijuana Into Courtroom Wayne PD: Mom With Son, 2, Tries Carrying Marijuana Into Courtroom Wayne PD: Mom With Son, 2, Tries Carrying Marijuana Into Courtroom
Wayne PD: Mom With Son, 2, Tries Carrying Marijuana Into Courtroom WAYNE, N.J. -- A woman headed into Wayne Municipal Court with her 2-year-old son Thursday afternoon was also carrying a bag of pot, said authorities who arrested her. Officer Adrian Sulejmani was working the security station when 30-year-old Deltrice Robinson of Newark walked through -- smelling of marijuana, Capt. Laurence Martin said. A baggage inspection turned up a plastic bag of pot, he said. Robinson was processed at police headquarters and released without bail pending a hearing on drug possession charges. Police also notified the state Division of Child Protectives Services, Marti…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
NJ School Nurses Could Give Narcan To Drug OD Victims, Under Proposal NJ School Nurses Could Give Narcan To Drug OD Victims, Under Proposal NJ School Nurses Could Give Narcan To Drug OD Victims, Under Proposal
NJ School Nurses Could Give Narcan To Drug OD Victims, Under Proposal School nurses would be able to administer Narcan to students or staff members who overdose on drugs, under a law advanced Thursday by a New Jersey Senate committee. The measure would also require high schools -- and permit any other schools -- to maintain a supply of naloxone hydrochloride (known as Narcan) on hand both during regular classroom hours and for school-sponsored functions that take place on school grounds. Any school nurse or trained employee who acts in good faith to administer the opioid antidote to a student or staff member would also be free of any liability, under the bill…

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Break Down Barriers, Come To Fair Lawn 'Coffee With A Cop' Break Down Barriers, Come To Fair Lawn 'Coffee With A Cop' Break Down Barriers, Come To Fair Lawn 'Coffee With A Cop'
Break Down Barriers, Come To Fair Lawn 'Coffee With A Cop' FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- Fair Lawn police are continuing their popular "Coffee With a Cop Day" series on Feb. 2 by moving it from the morning to evening. Come meet the borough's finest from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Maurice M. Pine Public Library, 10-01 Fair Lawn Avenue. The highly successful program is designed for discussing community issues, building relationships – and drinking free coffee. "No agenda or speeches -- just a chance to ask questions and voice concerns," Police Chief Chief Glen Cauwels said. The majority of contacts the public has with law enforcement comes d…

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