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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Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
PHOTOS: Armed Lyndhurst Gas Station Robbers Get $1,000, Cigarettes PHOTOS: Armed Lyndhurst Gas Station Robbers Get $1,000, Cigarettes PHOTOS: Armed Lyndhurst Gas Station Robbers Get $1,000, Cigarettes
Photos: Armed Lyndhurst Gas Station Robbers Get $1,000, Cigarettes LYNDHURST, N.J. -- Two robbers armed with handguns took about $1,000 in cash and several packs of cigarettes from a Lyndhurst service station before dawn Thursday, police said. The attendant at Bridge Exxon on Riverside Avenue told police that he was inside his booth at the gas pumps around 1:10 a.m. when one of the robbers "placed a black handgun to his face and demanded money," Capt. John J. Valente said. The gunman then ordered him into the store, where his waiting accomplice "ordered the clerk to turn over money as well," he said. The pair took off in a small, dark-…

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Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Have You Seen Them? Garfield Police Release Burglary Video Have You Seen Them? Garfield Police Release Burglary Video Have You Seen Them? Garfield Police Release Burglary Video
Have You Seen Them? Garfield Police Release Burglary Video GARFIELD, N.J. -- Garfield police released a video Thursday in their search for burglars who fled with cash and jewelry after the homeowners returned The Malcolm Avenue victims had returned home just before 6 p.m. Jan. 3 to find their front door forced open, Capt. Darren Sucorowski told Daily Voice. Seeing them, the burglars fled with cash and jewelry, he said. The Bergen County Sheriff’s Bureau of Criminal Identification collected evidence and Garfield detectives investigated. Anyone who recognizes or sees the suspects in the video is asked to contact Garfield Detective Marc Amos at (97…

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Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Rutherford, Clifton Police Nab Teen Trio Who Mugged Woman Rutherford, Clifton Police Nab Teen Trio Who Mugged Woman Rutherford, Clifton Police Nab Teen Trio Who Mugged Woman
Rutherford, Clifton Police Nab Teen Trio Who Mugged Woman CLIFTON, N.J. -- Rutherford and Clifton police teamed up to take a trio of juveniles into custody after one of them elbowed a 29-year-old woman in the mouth, knocking her to the ground, while the others grabbed her handbag, authorities said Thursday morning. The victim was leaving the Delawanna Train Station after returning from work when she was attacked around 8:15 p.m. Wednesday, Lt. Robert Bracken said. Her assailants, all wearing hoodies, ran toward Main Avenue after assaulting the woman -- leaving her with severe facial injuries that required treatment, he said. Rutherford police qui…

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Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Morning Crash Ties Up Route 4 In Paramus Morning Crash Ties Up Route 4 In Paramus Morning Crash Ties Up Route 4 In Paramus
Morning Crash Ties Up Route 4 In Paramus PARAMUS, N.J. -- A morning crash at the northbound Route 17 exit in Paramus tied up westbound traffic on Route 4 Thursday morning. No immediate injuries were reported in the three-vehicle crash, which occurred just before 7:30 a.m.

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Englewood, Hackensack Police Getting Body Cameras Englewood, Hackensack Police Getting Body Cameras Englewood, Hackensack Police Getting Body Cameras
Englewood, Hackensack Police Getting Body Cameras Police in Englewood and Hackensack are among more than three dozen law enforcement agencies in New Jersey receiving money for body cameras in the latest round of state funding, authorities said. Englewood gets $35,000 of the $566,000 grant, which will provide 1,132 new body cameras and accompanying equipment statewide. Hackensack gets $15,000. Several departments in Bergen and Passaic counties previously received state funds for the cameras from $4.5 million that state Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino has awarded to what is now 240 law enforcement agencies -- nearly half of all depa…

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Rutherford, NJ
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U2 Brings 'Joshua Tree' Anniversary Tour To MetLife, Sale Starts Thursday U2 Brings 'Joshua Tree' Anniversary Tour To MetLife, Sale Starts Thursday U2 Brings 'Joshua Tree' Anniversary Tour To MetLife, Sale Starts Thursday
U2 Brings 'Joshua Tree' Anniversary Tour To MetLife, Sale Starts Thursday EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Pre-sale begins noon Thursday for U2's June 28 concert at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford as part of a spring/summer "Joshua Tree" tour, celebrating the 30th anniversary of the album that catapulted the Irish New Wave band to international superstardom. Mumford & Sons, The Lumineers and One Republic will open. CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS The password: LINES Presale ends at 5 p.m. Friday. Tickets go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Featuring the hit singles "With Or Without You," "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking F…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Saddle Brook Police Find 8th-Grader Who Posted YouTube Student Threat Saddle Brook Police Find 8th-Grader Who Posted YouTube Student Threat Saddle Brook Police Find 8th-Grader Who Posted YouTube Student Threat
Saddle Brook Police Find 8th-Grader Who Posted YouTube Student Threat SADDLE BROOK, N.J. -- An eighth-grader from Saddle Brook was joking when he posted a comment on a YouTube video that prompted a K-9 search and additional police presence at a local grade school, said authorities who tracked him down. The youngster "cried his eyes out" when confronted with the discovery, Police Chief Robert Kugler told Daily Voice on Wednesday, adding that no complaints were being filed. "I think everybody learned their lesson," the chief said. Detective Johnny Tritto found the youngster after obtaining a subpoena. "The trail led straight to him,&q…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Old Tappan Insurance Broker Indicted In $5.6M Health Insurance Scheme Old Tappan Insurance Broker Indicted In $5.6M Health Insurance Scheme Old Tappan Insurance Broker Indicted In $5.6M Health Insurance Scheme
Old Tappan Insurance Broker Indicted In $5.6M Health Insurance Scheme OLD TAPPAN, N.J. – An insurance broker from Old Tappan and a former union president were indicted by a federal grand jury for what authorities said were their roles in siphoning millions of dollars from Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield and the United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 2326 Health Care Plan. Lawrence Ackerman, 53, and Passaic resident Sergio Acosta, the 66-year-old former president of Local 2326, conspired to defraud Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of $5.6 million by covering 700 to 800 ineligible participants through bogus – or “shell’ – companies, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman said. Ac…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Clifton Police Nab 2 Juveniles In Christmas Eve Mosque Burglary Clifton Police Nab 2 Juveniles In Christmas Eve Mosque Burglary Clifton Police Nab 2 Juveniles In Christmas Eve Mosque Burglary
Clifton Police Nab 2 Juveniles In Christmas Eve Mosque Burglary CLIFTON, N.J. -- Clifton detectives took two juveniles into custody in conjunction with the Christmas Eve burglary of a local mosque. Both face Family Court hearings on delinquency complaints charging them with burglarizing the Islamic Center of Passaic County on Pershing Road and taking $20 from the donation box, Lt. Robert Bracken said Wednesday morning. Meanwhile, police continued to investigate a separate burglary at the mosque on Christmas Day, when two intruders took more than $300 in donations, Bracken said. The bandits in both thefts entered through unlocked doors, the lieutenant s…

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Paterson, NJ
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Broad Daylight Shooting Mars Proud Day For Police In Paterson Broad Daylight Shooting Mars Proud Day For Police In Paterson Broad Daylight Shooting Mars Proud Day For Police In Paterson
Broad Daylight Shooting Mars Proud Day For Police In Paterson PATERSON, N.J. -- On a day when he was able to announce arrests in two separate killings, and reflect on a 30-year low in overall crime, Paterson Police Director Jerry Speziale also had to deal with a non-fatal, broad-daylight shooting. Officers in the 4th Ward area of Auburn Street who heard the shots around 4 p.m. Tuesday began searching the area -- and found the 23-year-old victim with a gunshot wound in his leg, Speziale said. He was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, where the director said his condition was stable. The victim was walking on Auburn Street near the corner o…

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