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

Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Hillsdale PD: DWI River Vale Motorist Hits Pole, Hydrant Near High School Hillsdale PD: DWI River Vale Motorist Hits Pole, Hydrant Near High School Hillsdale PD: DWI River Vale Motorist Hits Pole, Hydrant Near High School
Hillsdale PD: DWI River Vale Motorist Hits Pole, Hydrant Near High School HILLSDALE, N.J. -- A 54-year-old River Vale motorist was drunk when his car struck a fire hydrant and utility pole, knocking a transformer to the ground, near Pascack Valley High School in Hillsdale early Wednesday, authorities said. Paul Marns wasn't injured in the 7:10 a.m. crash at Piermont and Everdell avenues, police said. He'd been headed west on Piermont when the crash occurred, they said. "While speaking with the man, an odor of an alcoholic beverage was detected and [he] was subsequently taken into custody and transported to the Hillsdale Police Department for the administrat…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
Mystery Of West Milford Woman's Hit-Run Death Approaches Third Month Mystery Of West Milford Woman's Hit-Run Death Approaches Third Month Mystery Of West Milford Woman's Hit-Run Death Approaches Third Month
Mystery Of West Milford Woman's Hit-Run Death Approaches Third Month WEST MILFORD, N.J. -- A holiday season passed without closure for the family of a 58-year-old West Milford woman struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver as she walked her dog in early November. "As we approach another holiday without our beloved wife, mother and Nanna we are left with questions to which we have no answers," loved ones of Kelly A. Vaughn Chalkley wrote in an open letter to the public between Christmas and New Year's. "We cannot begin to heal as a family until we have the answers we so desperately need." A $10,000 reward posted by the family continues fo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Knife-Wielding Robber Takes $150 From Lodi 7-Eleven Knife-Wielding Robber Takes $150 From Lodi 7-Eleven Knife-Wielding Robber Takes $150 From Lodi 7-Eleven
Knife-Wielding Robber Takes $150 From Lodi 7-Eleven LODI, N.J. -- A robber armed with a knife took about $150 from a Lodi 7-Eleven overnight Wednesday, authorities said. The robber -- described as white, in his early 20s and about 5-foot-9 -- was wearing a black sweatshirt, khaki pants and black sneakers when he held up the Mid Towne Plaza convenience store on Main Street just after 3:30 a.m., Lt. Robert Salerno said. Anyone who saw something or has information that could help investigators was asked to contact Lodi Police Detective Ricardo Rodrigues at (973) 473-7600, Ext. 8130.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn PD: Customers' Quick Stop Creates Convenience For Car Burglar Fair Lawn PD: Customers' Quick Stop Creates Convenience For Car Burglar Fair Lawn PD: Customers' Quick Stop Creates Convenience For Car Burglar
Fair Lawn PD: Customers' Quick Stop Creates Convenience For Car Burglar FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- The importance of locking your car extends to quick trips to the convenience store, said Fair Lawn police after arresting a Paterson man who they said stole money and other items from various unlocked vehicles outside a local 7-Eleven. Called to deal with a panhandler outside the Broadway store Monday night, Officers Nicholas Snyder and Anthony Burgos arrested Sabino Tellini, 51, after they found the valuables in his pockets, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Tellini, who had arrested warrants out of Elmwood Park, Ridgefield Park and Paterson, was turned over to city police after …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Teaneck PD: Ex-Con Charged In 3-Year-Old Burglary Had Loaded Gun Teaneck PD: Ex-Con Charged In 3-Year-Old Burglary Had Loaded Gun Teaneck PD: Ex-Con Charged In 3-Year-Old Burglary Had Loaded Gun
Teaneck PD: Ex-Con Charged In 3-Year-Old Burglary Had Loaded Gun TEANECK, N.J. – Teaneck police seized a local ex-con wanted for a three-year-old house burglary – and found that he’d been carrying a gun, authorities said. Detectives Kevin Brennan and Ronald Boswell were driving west on Hubert Terrace the night of Dec. 27 when they spotted Ramadhan Muhammad, Acting Police Chief Glenn M. O’Reilly said. The results of a fingerprint analysis returned a few days earlier linked Muhammad to a Sept. 22, 2013 break-in on Cane Street, O’Reilly said. Spotting the detectives, Muhammad cut through Argonne Park, the chief said. Officer Craig Luebeck was on the park’…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Wayne Police: Combative Drug-Toting Driver Pepper-Sprayed After Stop Wayne Police: Combative Drug-Toting Driver Pepper-Sprayed After Stop Wayne Police: Combative Drug-Toting Driver Pepper-Sprayed After Stop
Wayne Police: Combative Drug-Toting Driver Pepper-Sprayed After Stop WAYNE, N.J. -- A 23-year-old Wayne motorist carrying heroin was pepper-sprayed by police after he fought with them during a traffic stop, authorities said Wednesday. Wayne Officers Robert Fernandez and Skylar Cauceglia were part of additional patrols deployed to the area of Otis Place and Demarest Avenue to address "youths congregating and using drugs" when they stopped the 2002 Honda Civic at Fairfield Road, Capt. Laurence Martin said. The driver, Adam Boyle, "refused to cooperate and made movements of attempting hide contraband in the closed fist of his right hand," Ma…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Wanaque Officer Cleared In Shooting Knife-Wielding Assault Suspect Wanaque Officer Cleared In Shooting Knife-Wielding Assault Suspect Wanaque Officer Cleared In Shooting Knife-Wielding Assault Suspect
Wanaque Officer Cleared In Shooting Knife-Wielding Assault Suspect WANAQUE, N.J. – As one grand jury was indicting a knife-wielding domestic violence suspect, another found that a Wanaque police officer was justified in shooting him, Passaic County authorities announced. Richard Liccardo, 28, of Ringwood assaulted a woman he’d been dating, then turned the knife and a lamp on household members who tried to stop him around 2 a.m. July 23, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. Moments later, he went after responding officer John Galinus, who shot Liccardo, she said. Valdes’s Shooting Response Team conducted canvassed the neighborhood, talked to c…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Your Community
Hackensack Man Busted Twice By Teaneck Police With 11 Pounds Of Pot, $7,000 Hackensack Man Busted Twice By Teaneck Police With 11 Pounds Of Pot, $7,000 Hackensack Man Busted Twice By Teaneck Police With 11 Pounds Of Pot, $7,000
Hackensack Man Busted Twice By Teaneck Police With 11 Pounds Of Pot, $7,000 TEANECK, N.J. – Teaneck police busted a Hackensack man twice in a little over a month, seizing a total of 11 pounds of pot and more than $7,000 in alleged drug proceeds after getting a tip that he was selling drugs in town, authorities said Wednesday. Jason A. Hunter was arrested in late October with a pound and a half of pot and $1,841 in cash following a traffic stop, Acting Police Chief Glenn M. O’Reilly said. More than a month later, he was out on bail when members of O’Reilly’s Narcotics and Burglary squads against stopped Hunter – this time finding 9½ pounds of the drug and $5,166 in …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Have You Seen Them? Clifton Police Seek Help In Armed Street Robberies Have You Seen Them? Clifton Police Seek Help In Armed Street Robberies Have You Seen Them? Clifton Police Seek Help In Armed Street Robberies
Have You Seen Them? Clifton Police Seek Help In Armed Street Robberies CLIFTON, N.J. -- Clifton police turned to the public for help in tracking down a man and woman who they said committed a pair of armed street robberies -- including one in which a victim was forced to the ground. The first victim told police he was in the Botany Village section around 12:30 a.m. Dec. 17 when the pair approached him in the area of Arthur and Center streets, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said Wednesday. The man -- described as black, 25 to 30 years old, about 6 feet tall and 150 pounds -- was carrying a knife, the victim said. The woman -- light-skinned, in her early 20s and …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Elmwood Park Supermarket Shoplifter Punches Guard, Knocks Down Customer Elmwood Park Supermarket Shoplifter Punches Guard, Knocks Down Customer Elmwood Park Supermarket Shoplifter Punches Guard, Knocks Down Customer
Elmwood Park Supermarket Shoplifter Punches Guard, Knocks Down Customer ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. -- A shoplifter punched an Elmwood Park security guard several times in the face and knocked down a 58-year-old customer while fleeing, authorities told Daily Voice. The guard at the Broadway store confronted the bandit just after 10 p.m. Tuesday and was struck with a closed fist, "causing swelling and a contusion on the left side of his face," Police Chief Michael Foligno said Wednesday morning. The robber then fled towards the exit, knocking down a woman who sustained hip and leg injuries, before running towards Parkview Avenue, he said. This turned a routine…

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