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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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack Firefighters Douse Business Blaze Hackensack Firefighters Douse Business Blaze Hackensack Firefighters Douse Business Blaze
Hackensack Firefighters Douse Business Blaze HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Hackensack firefighters put down an electrical blaze that broke out in the walls of a Main Street janitorial supply company Thursday night. No injuries were reported. First-arriving responders found light smoke coming from the E. Ward Street side of the building just before 7:30 p.m., Capt. Justin Derevyanik said Friday morning. "Companies found fire in the walls on the first floor due to a electrical problem," Derevyanik said, adding that the blaze was brought under control within a half hour. Englewood firefighters and a Teaneck FAST team joined their colle…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Trio Unconscious, Breathing After Route 287 Tractor-Trailer Crash In Mahwah Trio Unconscious, Breathing After Route 287 Tractor-Trailer Crash In Mahwah Trio Unconscious, Breathing After Route 287 Tractor-Trailer Crash In Mahwah
Trio Unconscious, Breathing After Route 287 Tractor-Trailer Crash In Mahwah MAHWAH, N.J. -- Three Orange County men were breathing but unconscious when they were flown by medical choppers to hospitals overnight Friday after their vehicle slammed into a tractor-trailer parked on the shoulder of northbound Route 287 in Mahwah, authorities said. Two victims were taken to Westchester Medical Center and the third to Hackensack University Medical Center after the helicopters landed at the Sheraton Crossroads, Police Chief James Batelli told Daily Voice. Two of them had to extricated followed the crash just after 2 p.m. at mile marker 65, the chief said. All are from New…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
3-Month-Old Boy Injured In Saddle Brook Fall Dies 3-Month-Old Boy Injured In Saddle Brook Fall Dies 3-Month-Old Boy Injured In Saddle Brook Fall Dies
3-Month-Old Boy Injured In Saddle Brook Fall Dies SADDLE BROOK, N.J. – A 3-month-old boy who was taken off life support after injuring his head in an accidental fall at a family member's home died Friday. "Baby Reece passed away today at 12:03 p.m. Everyone has been so supportive and generous. Nicole and Mark cannot thank you enough," Benjamin DiFranco wrote on a GoFundMe page established for the boy’s parents, Nicole Nicastro and Mark Modzelewski. Reece Modzelewski "has taken his last breath and received his wings," wrote Cecilia Vilchez. "He was surrounded by all who loved him including those in spirit. "I …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
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Cresskill Delivery Driver Charged In Hit-Run Death Of Demarest Pedestrian Cresskill Delivery Driver Charged In Hit-Run Death Of Demarest Pedestrian Cresskill Delivery Driver Charged In Hit-Run Death Of Demarest Pedestrian
Cresskill Delivery Driver Charged In Hit-Run Death Of Demarest Pedestrian DEMAREST, N.J. – The search for a hit-and-run vehicle that struck a killed a 63-year-old Demarest man as he walked his dog Tuesday night ended with its discovery and the arrest of a restaurant delivery driver in Cresskill, authorities confirmed Thursday. As Daily Voice reported Wednesday, a local firefighter who witnessed the crash on Madison Avenue east of Van Horn Street just after 8 p.m. Monday got the name of the restaurant off the 2012 Toyota Prius and tended to the victim while his son, who was with him, called 911. Streetlights were lit, but the street has no sidewalks and it was a d…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Cliffside Park Construction Worker Charged With Beating Girl, 12 Cliffside Park Construction Worker Charged With Beating Girl, 12 Cliffside Park Construction Worker Charged With Beating Girl, 12
Cliffside Park Construction Worker Charged With Beating Girl, 12 CLIFFSIDE PARK, N.J. – A Cliffside Park construction worker beat a 12-year-old girl, leaving her with leg injuries, said authorities who arrested him. Alfredo Medina-Sanchez, 50, who is married, was released without bail pending a Jan. 9 first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack on a child abuse charge, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said Thursday. Grewal said Cliffside Park police notified members of his Special Victims Unit after learning of the girl’s injuries. Unit members and borough police arrested him Wednesday, the prosecutor said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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Police: 'Santa Thieves' Stuff Sacks Of Your Mail From Bulging Bergen Boxes Police: 'Santa Thieves' Stuff Sacks Of Your Mail From Bulging Bergen Boxes Police: 'Santa Thieves' Stuff Sacks Of Your Mail From Bulging Bergen Boxes
Police: 'Santa Thieves' Stuff Sacks Of Your Mail From Bulging Bergen Boxes RIDGEFIELD, N.J. -- You're in a rush, so you absently shove that postmarked check or cash envelope into an overflowing mailbox -- then you wonder why your grandson or other intended recipient never got their holiday gift. Blame the "Santa Thieves" -- or even yourself, police in Bergen County say. On the lookout for bandits who've been fishing envelopes filled with cash or checks from mailboxes, a Ridgefield police Sunday night found a nearly overflowing dropbox outside the main post office on Broad Avenue (photo, above). "Someone could insert their hand and pull the envelope…

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Ridgewood, NJ
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'Arrested Relative' Phone Scam Beats Ridgewood Resident Out Of $1,500 'Arrested Relative' Phone Scam Beats Ridgewood Resident Out Of $1,500 'Arrested Relative' Phone Scam Beats Ridgewood Resident Out Of $1,500
'Arrested Relative' Phone Scam Beats Ridgewood Resident Out Of $1,500 RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- A Ridgewood man sent $1,500 to phone scammers who convinced him it was bail money for an arrested relative, authorities said. And, so, once again, police are warning people not to get suckered. In the more recent case, a Highland Avenue resident got a call from someone who reported that a family member was jailed in Smithfield, RI, Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke said. He was told to contact "Public Defender Bernie Wall," who had him wire the $1,500 to a Warwick, RI, Walmart. That money's gone for good, police say. If you have elderly relatives, talk to the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Breaking News
Brooklyn Man Held On $3M In Bergen Jail In Ex-Knick Draft Pick Killing Brooklyn Man Held On $3M In Bergen Jail In Ex-Knick Draft Pick Killing Brooklyn Man Held On $3M In Bergen Jail In Ex-Knick Draft Pick Killing
Brooklyn Man Held On $3M In Bergen Jail In Ex-Knick Draft Pick Killing CLOSTER, N.J. -- A Brooklyn man was being held on $3 million in the Bergen County Jail following his extradition to New Jersey in connection with the killing last winter of a former New York Knicks draft pick in his Closter home. Authorities said David "King" Victor dumped the body of 36-year-old Michael Wright in Brooklyn after the victim's roommate, 59-year-old Mark Holdbrooks, gave Wright the date-rape drug GHB (Gamma Hydroxybutrate) and then killed him in their Macarthur Avenue home. Mark Holdbrooks, 59, “drugged and murdered” his longtime roommate, 36-year-old Michael Wright,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
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Delivery Driver Jailed In Demarest Hit-Run That Killed Man Walking Dog Delivery Driver Jailed In Demarest Hit-Run That Killed Man Walking Dog Delivery Driver Jailed In Demarest Hit-Run That Killed Man Walking Dog
Delivery Driver Jailed In Demarest Hit-Run That Killed Man Walking Dog DEMAREST, N.J. -- A local firefighter helped Demarest police track down a hit-and-run restaurant delivery driver who struck and killed a 63-year-old borough man as he walked his dog Tuesday night, authorities told Daily Voice. ****** UPDATE: The search for a hit-and-run vehicle that struck a killed a 63-year-old Demarest man as he walked his dog Tuesday night ended with its discovery and the arrest of a restaurant delivery driver in Cresskill, authorities confirmed Thursday. READ MORE.... ****** Records show a judge boosted bail to $250,000 for Chewah Wong, 54, a Malaysian national living…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
SLIDE SHOW: Four Families Displaced In Rutherford Apartment Fire SLIDE SHOW: Four Families Displaced In Rutherford Apartment Fire SLIDE SHOW: Four Families Displaced In Rutherford Apartment Fire
Slide Show: Four Families Displaced In Rutherford Apartment Fire RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Two apartments in a Rutherford complex were gutted by fire Wednesday afternoon while the two below were damaged by water used to douse the flames, displacing four families. Two dogs were rescued and no injuries were immediately reported in the 3:30 p.m. blaze at the Jackson Village complex on Wingra Avenue. East Rutherford, Lyndhurst and Wallington firefighters joined their colleagues at the scene.

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