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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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
New Year Brings Narcan Saves Of Drug OD Victims Throughout Passaic County New Year Brings Narcan Saves Of Drug OD Victims Throughout Passaic County New Year Brings Narcan Saves Of Drug OD Victims Throughout Passaic County
New Year Brings Narcan Saves Of Drug OD Victims Throughout Passaic County PASSAIC COUNTY, N.J. -- Police throughout Passaic County continued saving drug overdose victims with Narcan during the first weeks of 2017. Wayne police made the new year's first save in the county on Jan. 3 when two doses of Narcan revived a 22-year-old heroin user from Parsippany, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Wayne Police Chief James Clarkesa . The woman went from "unresponsive and breathing slowly" to "responsive and alert" before being turned over to local EMTs, they said. Officers also seized four hypodermic needles. Several hours later, Prospect…

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Ridgefield Park PD, Public Honor Former Chief, Raise $1,200 For Cancer Ridgefield Park PD, Public Honor Former Chief, Raise $1,200 For Cancer Ridgefield Park PD, Public Honor Former Chief, Raise $1,200 For Cancer
Ridgefield Park PD, Public Honor Former Chief, Raise $1,200 For Cancer RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J. -- Ridgefield Park police got a boost from the public in raising more than $1,200 toward cancer research and awareness in honor of retired Police Chief Dieter Arhlich during No Shave November. Police Chief Edward Rose relaxed regulations, allowing neatly trimmed beards, for 30 officers who signed on for the drive. Donations in Arhlich's name came not only from the officers themselves but from civilians assisting the cause. Ahrlich, 67, lost a battle with cancer last October. He'd lived in the village for more than 30 years.

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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Saddle Brook Detectives Trace YouTube Student Threat, Chief Urges Vigilance Saddle Brook Detectives Trace YouTube Student Threat, Chief Urges Vigilance Saddle Brook Detectives Trace YouTube Student Threat, Chief Urges Vigilance
Saddle Brook Detectives Trace YouTube Student Threat, Chief Urges Vigilance SADDLE BROOK, N.J. -- Investigators on Tuesday narrowed their search for an anonymous poster whose YouTube threat to a pre-teenage Saddle Brook student prompted a K-9 search and additional police presence at a local grade school. "We're getting closer [to finding the culprit]," Saddle Brook Police Chief Robert Kugler told Daily Voice early Monday evening. "More on that to come." At the same time, the chief urged parents to be aware of their young children's online practices. It began when the Franklin Elementary School boy posted a video of himself sitting in his bedroo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson Detectives Crack Second Murder, Shooting In Same Day Paterson Detectives Crack Second Murder, Shooting In Same Day Paterson Detectives Crack Second Murder, Shooting In Same Day
Paterson Detectives Crack Second Murder, Shooting In Same Day PATERSON, N.J. -- Minutes after announcing that two men were charged Tuesday in a killing from last summer, Paterson Police Director Jerry Speziale said authorities hours earlier nabbed a man wanted on murder charges from a November shooting. Domenick Deavereux, 30, was taken into custody around 8:15 a.m. Tuesday in the area of Franklin and Summer streets by detectives from his warrant division, along with U.S. Marshals and state parole officers, Speziale said. Deavereux, of E. 31st Street, was wanted on murder and weapons charges in the Nov. 18 incident, he said. Antonio Johnson, 31, was …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson Detectives Charge Pair In Summer Killing Paterson Detectives Charge Pair In Summer Killing Paterson Detectives Charge Pair In Summer Killing
Paterson Detectives Charge Pair In Summer Killing PATERSON, N.J. -- Paterson detectives charged two city men with killing one victim and wounding another in a shooting last summer, Police Director Jerry Speziale announced Tuesday. Charged with murder in the July 12 death of 24-year-old John Williams were Jamere Williams, 24, and Nygee Williams, 22, both of Rosa Parks Boulevard, Speziale said. Both are also charged with the attempted murder of Kamar Cooks, 26, as well as with various weapons offenses, the director said. They were being held in the Passaic County Jail. ****** ALSO SEE: Minutes after announcing that two men were charged Tu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Mahwah Businessman Indicted In DWI Driveway Mishap That Injured Teen Mahwah Businessman Indicted In DWI Driveway Mishap That Injured Teen Mahwah Businessman Indicted In DWI Driveway Mishap That Injured Teen
Mahwah Businessman Indicted In DWI Driveway Mishap That Injured Teen MAHWAH, N.J. -- Grand jurors in Hackensack accused a Mahwah homeowner of being drunk when his car hit a 13-year-old visitor, pinning her between two vehicles last year. The indictment returned last month accuses 44-year-old William Almonte of "causing bodily injury" to the victim "by recklessly driving an automobile" on May 29, 2016 in violation of state drunk-driving law. The indictment charges Almonte, a Passaic-born, married father of three who has been extremely active in township recreational basketball programs, with assault by auto and DWI. The girl's father was …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Totowa Doctor Joins List Of Physicians Charged In Lab Test Bribery Scheme Totowa Doctor Joins List Of Physicians Charged In Lab Test Bribery Scheme Totowa Doctor Joins List Of Physicians Charged In Lab Test Bribery Scheme
Totowa Doctor Joins List Of Physicians Charged In Lab Test Bribery Scheme TOTOWA, N.J. – Yet another doctor – this one out of Totowa – has been charged by a federal grand jury with taking bribes in exchange for lab test referrals in what’s believed to be the nation’s largest-ever bribery case of its kind. Salvatore Conte, 52, took $130,000 from employees and associates of Biodiagnostic Laboratory Services LLC (BLS), of Parsippany, bringing the lab $525,000 in business, an indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Newark charges. Monthly bribe payments came “in the form of sham rental, service agreement, and consultant payments,” U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman…

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Smoking Fan Forces Wood-Ridge High School Evacuation Smoking Fan Forces Wood-Ridge High School Evacuation Smoking Fan Forces Wood-Ridge High School Evacuation
Smoking Fan Forces Wood-Ridge High School Evacuation WOOD-RIDGE, N.J. -- A smoking fan motor forced the evacuation of Wood-Ridge High School late Tuesday morning, responders said. The smoke was caused by a "burned-out fan motor in a hood in the science lab," borough firefighters said. A PSE&G crew also responded.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Wayne Police: Garfield Passenger Strips Off Clothes, Busted On Drug Charges Wayne Police: Garfield Passenger Strips Off Clothes, Busted On Drug Charges Wayne Police: Garfield Passenger Strips Off Clothes, Busted On Drug Charges
Wayne Police: Garfield Passenger Strips Off Clothes, Busted On Drug Charges WAYNE, N.J. -- Wayne police who stopped two people having an argument in an SUV arrested the passenger -- a Garfield man -- after he began tearing off his clothes, authorities said. Jason Castillo, 30, was carrying a prescription bottle with 16 pills, as well as two hypodermic syringes, when officers stopped the 2008 Honda Element at 1 p.m. Saturday on Hamburg Turnpike, Capt. Laurence Martin said. Officers Michael Polifrone and David Hoppe were conducting safety and security patrols in the area's commercial district when they spotted the "animated actions of the occupants," Martin…

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson's Overall Crime Rate Drops To Lowest In 30 Years Paterson's Overall Crime Rate Drops To Lowest In 30 Years Paterson's Overall Crime Rate Drops To Lowest In 30 Years
Paterson's Overall Crime Rate Drops To Lowest In 30 Years PATERSON, N.J. -- Crime overall in Paterson continued to drop in 2016, reaching a 30-year low, records show. "We also had a 25-year low in violent crime," city Police Director Jerry Speziale announced. Total crime in Paterson went from 5,060 in 2014 to 4,852 in 2015 to 4,292 last year, according to the state Uniform Crime Report. That included homicides, which went from 26 in 2014 to 19 each of the past two years. Robberies also dropped from 611 three years ago to 551 in 2016. Aggravated assaults were down from 540 to 499. The biggest reduction, however, was in reported burgla…

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