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

Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Elmwood Park Firefighters Douse Dry Cleaners Blaze Elmwood Park Firefighters Douse Dry Cleaners Blaze Elmwood Park Firefighters Douse Dry Cleaners Blaze
Elmwood Park Firefighters Douse Dry Cleaners Blaze ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. -- No injuries were immediately reported after Elmwood Park firefighters put down a blaze at a dry cleaners Sunday night. The broke out in a furnace at the single-story Clean Shirts Inc. building in the 400 block of Market Street behind the Elmwood Park Diner just before 7:15 p.m., Police Chief Michael Foligno told Daily Voice. A Saddle Brook FAST team joined their Elmwood Park colleagues, along with Fair Lawn, Lodi and Rochelle Park firefighters. "According to fire officials, the fire was caused by a mechanical problem with the furnace," Foligno said. "Da…

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by Jerry DeMarco
New City, NY
Breaking News
Rockland Sheriff's First Bloodhound Gets Body Armor Rockland Sheriff's First Bloodhound Gets Body Armor Rockland Sheriff's First Bloodhound Gets Body Armor
Rockland Sheriff's First Bloodhound Gets Body Armor NEW CITY, N.Y. -- The Rockland County Sheriff's Department's first bloodhound in history will get a bullet- and stab-protective vest, thanks to a non-profit organization that provides them. Holder will receive the body armor from Vested Interest in K9s, paid by an anonymous sponsor, Sheriff Louis Falco III said Thursday. “This vest comes with love and prayers for all K9s,” will be embroidered on it. Delivery is expected around March. The three-year-old Holder, named after fallen NYPD Detective Randolph Holder and assigned to Officer Matthew Meyers, is certified by the New York State Divisi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Tappan-Blauvelt, NY
Breaking News
Would-Be Burglar Smashes Window With Knife, Orangetown PD Says Would-Be Burglar Smashes Window With Knife, Orangetown PD Says Would-Be Burglar Smashes Window With Knife, Orangetown PD Says
Would-Be Burglar Smashes Window With Knife, Orangetown PD Says ORANGETOWN, N.Y. – Orangetown police said they chased down a Tappan man who tried breaking into a victim’s house by stabbing the front window with a large knife. Officers responding to the call just before 12:30 p.m. Tuesday in Sparkill discovered that shards of window glass had cut the victim’s face, Lt. Michael Shannon said Friday. They quickly arrested 28-year-old Alex Izar, whom Shannon said had fled in a car. A judge ordered Izar held on $50,000 bail in the Rockland County Jail pending a first appearance in Orangetown Justice Court this Monday on charges of burglary, attempted assault…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Lodi Landscaper Charged With Sexually Assaulting Girl Lodi Landscaper Charged With Sexually Assaulting Girl Lodi Landscaper Charged With Sexually Assaulting Girl
Lodi Landscaper Charged With Sexually Assaulting Girl LODI, N.J. – A Mexican national living in Lodi was ordered held without bail after he “inappropriately touched” an underage girl, authorities said Saturday. The INS obtained a detainer holding 59-year-old landscaper Margarito Ramirez-Martinez in the Bergen County Jail pending the disposition of the case and a deportation hearing following his arrest Thursday, records show. Local authorities charged him with aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault and two counts of child endangerment after being contacted by the state Division of Child Protection and Permanency, Bergen County Prosecutor G…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
No Initial Fault Found In Parking Lot Crash That Killed Wanaque Woman, 58 No Initial Fault Found In Parking Lot Crash That Killed Wanaque Woman, 58 No Initial Fault Found In Parking Lot Crash That Killed Wanaque Woman, 58
No Initial Fault Found In Parking Lot Crash That Killed Wanaque Woman, 58 WANAQUE, N.J. – A preliminary investigation found no reason to charge the driver of a pickup truck that struck and killed a 58-year-old Wanaque woman in a supermarket parking lot Thursday night, authorities said Friday. Justin Wagner, 27, of Haskell, “was not intoxicated nor speeding” when his 2016 Ram 2500 struck Susan Fredericks in the Union Avenue Stop and Shop parking lot at 6:50 p.m. Thursday, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Wanaque Police Chief Robert Kronyak said in a joint announcement. Fredericks “was taken to Chilton Memorial Hospital, where she later died as a r…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Tip Leads To Arrest Of Accused Paterson Murderer In North Carolina Tip Leads To Arrest Of Accused Paterson Murderer In North Carolina Tip Leads To Arrest Of Accused Paterson Murderer In North Carolina
Tip Leads To Arrest Of Accused Paterson Murderer In North Carolina PATERSON, N.J. -- Thanks to a tip developed by U.S. Marshals in New Jersey, their colleagues in North Carolina arrested a 19-year-old Paterson man wanted in September city shooting death. Najir Franklin was taken into custody without incident at a relative's apartment Wednesday night by members of the Marshals' Fugitive Task Force and local police from Wilmington, N.C., Paterson Police Director Jerry Speziale said. He was being held pending extradition to New Jersey to face murder charges in the Sept. 13 death of 21-year-old Sean Brittingham outside a vacant building in the 100 block of Ham…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Have You Seen Him? Bergenfield Man Missing Since Christmas Have You Seen Him? Bergenfield Man Missing Since Christmas Have You Seen Him? Bergenfield Man Missing Since Christmas
Have You Seen Him? Bergenfield Man Missing Since Christmas BERGENFIELD, N.J. -- A 44-year-old Bergenfield man whose wife didn't report his Christmas disappearance for a week still hadn't turned up as of Friday, authorities said. Randolph Smith left his home with "an unknown person" around 8:30 p.m. Dec. 25, Capt. Mustafa Rabboh said. His wife reported him missing on Jan. 2, he said. Smith was described as black, of Jamaican decent, about 5-foot-7 and 205 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing black pants, a black puffy jacket and black shoes, Rabboh said. Smith also commonly has a goatee, wears a gold rope chai…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson PD: Oradell Fired Customs Agent Had Guns, Vest In Domestic Threats Paterson PD: Oradell Fired Customs Agent Had Guns, Vest In Domestic Threats Paterson PD: Oradell Fired Customs Agent Had Guns, Vest In Domestic Threats
Paterson PD: Oradell Fired Customs Agent Had Guns, Vest In Domestic Threats PATERSON, N.J. -- A fired Customs agent from Oradell had a handgun and a rifle, both loaded, and a ballistic vest in his car when Paterson police stopped him for in Elmwood Park threatening his former girlfriend and her current boyfriend with a gun, authorities said. After responding to Broadway and East 26th Street in Paterson just before 7 a.m. Thursday, Lt. Louis Spagnaola spotted, followed and then pulled over a blue Mustang with California license plates in the Firestone parking lot on Broadway, Paterson Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Spagnola got out with his service weapon draw…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
No Initial Fault Found In Parking Lot Crash That Killed Wanaque Woman, 58 No Initial Fault Found In Parking Lot Crash That Killed Wanaque Woman, 58 No Initial Fault Found In Parking Lot Crash That Killed Wanaque Woman, 58
No Initial Fault Found In Parking Lot Crash That Killed Wanaque Woman, 58 WANAQUE, N.J. (UPDATE) – A preliminary investigation found no reason to charge the driver of a pickup truck that struck and killed a 58-year-old Wanaque woman in a supermarket parking lot Thursday night, authorities said Friday. Justin Wagner, 27, of Haskell, “was not intoxicated nor speeding” when his 2016 Ram 2500 struck Susan Fredericks in the Union Avenue Stop and Shop parking lot at 6:50 p.m. Thursday, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Wanaque Police Chief Robert Kronyak said in a joint announcement. Fredericks “was taken to Chilton Memorial Hospital, where she later died…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Clifton Police: Pre-Dawn Assailant Beats Man Walking To Work Clifton Police: Pre-Dawn Assailant Beats Man Walking To Work Clifton Police: Pre-Dawn Assailant Beats Man Walking To Work
Clifton Police: Pre-Dawn Assailant Beats Man Walking To Work CLIFTON, N.J. -- Clifton police said Friday that they hadn't ruled out robbery as a motive for a pre-dawn attack on a 54-year-old city man walking to work. The victor told police he was in the area of Gregory Avenue and Summer Street around 5:30 a.m. Wednesday when he was jumped from behind, Lt. Robert Bracken said Friday. Responding officers found him "bleeding profusely from the head," having been struck several times with a metal object, Bracken said. The assailant was described as Hispanic, about 6 fee tall and wearing a dark facial covering and long black coat, he said. Any…

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