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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Middletown, NJ
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FRIGHTFUL SCENE: TV Cameraman From Jersey Shore Hit In Face With Thrown Ball In Yankee Game FRIGHTFUL SCENE: TV Cameraman From Jersey Shore Hit In Face With Thrown Ball In Yankee Game FRIGHTFUL SCENE: TV Cameraman From Jersey Shore Hit In Face With Thrown Ball In Yankee Game
Frightful Scene: TV Cameraman From Jersey Shore Hit In Face With Thrown Ball In Yankee Game The crowd at Yankee Stadium went silent and then erupted in cheers Wednesday when a cameraman who was hit square in the face with a misthrown ball raised his hand while being carted off. Pete Stendel of Long Branch, NJ, was in the camera well next to the Yankee dugout when the Baltimore Orioles tried to turn a double play off a ground ball by rookie shortstop Anthony Volpe in the fifth inning of the July 5 night game. The ball hit Stendel, 68, flush and he immediately fell backward. Everything stopped for nearly 15 minutes before he was carried onto the field from the Yankee dugout on a s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
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Grease And Desist: Cooking Oil Thief Made Rounds Appear Legit: Lyndhurst PD Grease And Desist: Cooking Oil Thief Made Rounds Appear Legit: Lyndhurst PD Grease And Desist: Cooking Oil Thief Made Rounds Appear Legit: Lyndhurst PD
Grease And Desist: Cooking Oil Thief Made Rounds Appear Legit: Lyndhurst PD Copper, catalytic converters and used cooking oil continue to be items of choice for thieves looking to make a quick – and illegal – buck. Dwan Myles, 46, of Newark did his best not to be noticed, even convincing an employee of his that they were legitimately collecting a drum of oil from a restaurant in Lyndhurst, authorities allege. Myles then turned around and sold the oil to a recycling company, Police Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. The owner of a Stuyvesant Avenue business called police after a surveillance camera captured video of both men loading a drum of oil into a passenger v…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Fire Ravages Paterson Home Fire Ravages Paterson Home Fire Ravages Paterson Home
Fire Ravages Paterson Home Flames blew through the roof and out the lower-floor windows of a vacant Paterson single-family home. No injuries were reported in the blaze, which all but destroyed the two-story home on Preakness Avenue between Granite Avenue and Grove Street shortly after 11 p.m. Tuesday, July 4. Firefighters had it knocked down in about a half hour. Property records show the house had just been sold this past December.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
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Responders Extract Driver After Out-Of-Control Sedan Slams Into Tree On Busy Paramus Street Responders Extract Driver After Out-Of-Control Sedan Slams Into Tree On Busy Paramus Street Responders Extract Driver After Out-Of-Control Sedan Slams Into Tree On Busy Paramus Street
Responders Extract Driver After Out-Of-Control Sedan Slams Into Tree On Busy Paramus Street Paramus police and paramedics got a driver out of her sedan and into an ambulance after she crashed into a tree on Ridgewood Avenue late Wednesday morning. The Nissan Versa barreled across Ridgewood Avenue near Paramus Road, mounted a sidewalk and slammed into the tree shortly before 11:30 a.m. Members of the Paramus Police Emergency Services Unit, borough patrol officers a Paramus EMS crew went to work before the rig took the injured driver to Hackensack University Medical Center, accompanied by a paramedic team from The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood. Her condition couldn't immediately be…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
'Good Catch On Busy Holiday': JFK Traveler Nabbed With Loaded Gun 'Good Catch On Busy Holiday': JFK Traveler Nabbed With Loaded Gun 'Good Catch On Busy Holiday': JFK Traveler Nabbed With Loaded Gun
'Good Catch On Busy Holiday': JFK Traveler Nabbed With Loaded Gun A “good catch on a busy holiday” produced the July 4th arrest of a Florida man who tried boarding a flight at Kennedy Airport with a loaded gun, authorities said. TSA officers detected the compact 9mm Smith & Wesson weapon in the man’s carry-on bag as he entered a security checkpoint at JFK, the Transportation Security Administration’s Lisa Farbstein said. The gun was loaded was 10 bullets, she said. Port Authority police seized the gun and arrested the traveler. In addition to criminal charges, he also faces federal penalties that can reach $15,000, authorities said. “We are seeing …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
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ID Thief With Bogus Docs Busted After Returning To Lyndhurst Bank That Rejected Him: Police ID Thief With Bogus Docs Busted After Returning To Lyndhurst Bank That Rejected Him: Police ID Thief With Bogus Docs Busted After Returning To Lyndhurst Bank That Rejected Him: Police
ID Thief With Bogus Docs Busted After Returning To Lyndhurst Bank That Rejected Him: Police An ID thief who was prevented from opening an account at a Lyndhurst bank with bogus credentials was busted when he returned for another try two days later, authorities said. Devonte Jackson, 28, of the Bronx was denied service at the Citizens Bank on Ridge Road last Wednesday, June 28, because his identification was sketchy, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. Jackson said he’d contact the bank at a later date and schedule an appointment to return with the proper credentials, the lieutenant said. He made the appointment and a bank employee called police. Jackson got a ride to the bank, we…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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BLOODY 5TH: Two Dead, Five Wounded In Pair Of Paterson Shootings BLOODY 5TH: Two Dead, Five Wounded In Pair Of Paterson Shootings BLOODY 5TH: Two Dead, Five Wounded In Pair Of Paterson Shootings
Bloody 5TH: Two Dead, Five Wounded In Pair Of Paterson Shootings A man and boy were killed and three others wounded in a hail of gunfire on a Paterson street corner before dawn Wednesday, authorities confirmed. That came after two others were shot in the Silk City a few hours earlier. Police responding to the entrance to Route 19 at Jersey Street found the two men – one 26, the other 17, both from Paterson -- shortly after 2:30 a.m. July 5. CPR was conducted before both were taken to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, responders said. Both were pronounced dead a short time later, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Depa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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UPDATE: Passaic Escapee In Clifton Parental Abduction Surrenders UPDATE: Passaic Escapee In Clifton Parental Abduction Surrenders UPDATE: Passaic Escapee In Clifton Parental Abduction Surrenders
Update: Passaic Escapee In Clifton Parental Abduction Surrenders UPDATE: A young dad from Passaic who escaped after being charged with parental abduction ended a manhunt when he surrendered late Monday, authorities confirmed. Isaiah Felix, 20, of Passaic had been arrested by Clifton police and charged with unlawfully entering a residence in town and taking his young son without permission on Sunday, July 2. Felix was arrested without incident after police found him with the boy at a relative's home a short time later, law enforcement sources told Daily Voice. The child wasn't in any danger, they said. Officers who took Felix to the Passaic County Jail …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
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GOTCHA! North Arlington, Lyndhurst Police Nab Armed Teen Trio Thanks To Residents' Calls GOTCHA! North Arlington, Lyndhurst Police Nab Armed Teen Trio Thanks To Residents' Calls GOTCHA! North Arlington, Lyndhurst Police Nab Armed Teen Trio Thanks To Residents' Calls
Gotcha! North Arlington, Lyndhurst Police Nab Armed Teen Trio Thanks To Residents' Calls North Arlington police teamed up with borough residents and their law enforcement colleagues in Lyndhurst to nab a trio of car burglars from Newark who they said were carrying a pair of handguns. North Arlington police issued an alert after getting calls from residents on Stover Avenue and Noel Drive, Capt. Robert Reilly said. Within minutes, Lyndhurst Police Officer Michael Carrino had their Altima stopped on Ridge Road. Azize Rahee Durant, 19, and his two passengers – one 16, the other 17 – were turned over to North Arlington police after they were found carrying the guns, one of which h…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Teaneck Teen Nabbed In Hackensack Knifepoint Robbery Attempt: Police Teaneck Teen Nabbed In Hackensack Knifepoint Robbery Attempt: Police Teaneck Teen Nabbed In Hackensack Knifepoint Robbery Attempt: Police
Teaneck Teen Nabbed In Hackensack Knifepoint Robbery Attempt: Police Hackensack police nabbed a Teaneck teen moments after he tried to rob a man at knifepoint of money and his cellphone, authorities said. A first-degree robbery charge has kept Xiomor Highsmith, 19, in the Bergen County Jail since the June 22 incident. Officers responding to a call near the corner of Newman and Sussex streets found Highsmith carrying a folding knife and five counterfeit $100 bills, said Capt. Michael Antista, the officer in charge of the department. In addition to robbery, Highsmith is charged with fraud and an illegal weapons offense.

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