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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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah PD: 'Felony Lane' Gang Member Wore 9 Wigs To Impersonate Victims Mahwah PD: 'Felony Lane' Gang Member Wore 9 Wigs To Impersonate Victims Mahwah PD: 'Felony Lane' Gang Member Wore 9 Wigs To Impersonate Victims
Mahwah PD: 'Felony Lane' Gang Member Wore 9 Wigs To Impersonate Victims MAHWAH, N.J. – An accused member of a nationwide car burglary crew dubbed the “Felony Lane Gang” used a variety of wigs to cash checks with driver's licenses and identification stolen during smash-in car burglaries, Mahwah authorities said Wednesday. After two of her accomplices were taken into custody following a chase Monday that began in Allendale and ended in Upper Saddle River, Detective Eric Larson discovered that 24-year-old Brittany L. Ezell had been staying in a local hotel with them, Police Chief James Batelli told Daily Voice. Larsen arrested Ezell – who, like the others, is fro…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack Employee Embezzled More Than $75,000, Authorities Charge Hackensack Employee Embezzled More Than $75,000, Authorities Charge Hackensack Employee Embezzled More Than $75,000, Authorities Charge
Hackensack Employee Embezzled More Than $75,000, Authorities Charge HACKENSACK, N.J. – An employee embezzled more than $75,000 from a Hackensack logistics company, said authorities who arrested her at her Kearny home Wednesday morning on theft and computer-related charges. Alyssa Elphick, 55, who no longer works for the firm, was released without bail pending a Jan. 4 first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said Wednesday. Contacted by company officials late last week, detectives from Grewal’s Financial Crimes Unit found that Elphick “created fraudulent checks in the business’ name made …

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Source: Truck That Hit Five Cars In Maywood Near Mall Was Doing 80 Source: Truck That Hit Five Cars In Maywood Near Mall Was Doing 80 Source: Truck That Hit Five Cars In Maywood Near Mall Was Doing 80
Source: Truck That Hit Five Cars In Maywood Near Mall Was Doing 80 MAYWOOD, N.J. -- A truck driven by a Hackensack woman was believed to be going 80 miles an hour when it slammed into five cars at a busy Maywood intersection Tuesday night, Daily Voice has learned. The Ford Explorer was headed north on Maywood Avenue just after 8 p.m. when it "rapidly accelerated," hitting a car at the corner of Sterling Avenue near the Outlets at Bergen Town Center, Police Chief David Pegg told Daily Voice. "It then continued straight, hit four more cars and rolled over into a utility pole," he said. Pegg said he couldn't confirm the report of the Expl…

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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
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Shootings Reignite In Englewood, 17-Year-Old Boy Struck In Back Shootings Reignite In Englewood, 17-Year-Old Boy Struck In Back Shootings Reignite In Englewood, 17-Year-Old Boy Struck In Back
Shootings Reignite In Englewood, 17-Year-Old Boy Struck In Back ENGLEWOOD, N.J. – Barely two months after the announcement of a sweep that authorities said helped reduce gun violence in Englewood, the shooting has started again. Around 2:15 a.m. Wednesday, a 17-year-old boy was shot in the back while he was a passenger in a car traveling on Washington Place, Detective Capt. Timothy Torell told Daily Voice. “He is an extremely lucky young man and is expected to recover from his injuries,” Torell said. City and Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office detectives went to the Holy Name Medical Center emergency room, where the victim had been driven, to talk with …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah Mailman Was Drunk On His Route, Police Charge Mahwah Mailman Was Drunk On His Route, Police Charge Mahwah Mailman Was Drunk On His Route, Police Charge
Mahwah Mailman Was Drunk On His Route, Police Charge MAHWAH, N.J. – A Mahwah mailman was drunk on the job, said township police who arrested him Wednesday morning as he made his rounds. Working with the local postal inspector, officers found Jeffrey Stepp, 53, in his truck on Meadow Lake Drive in the Fardale section and took him into custody, Police Chief James N. Batelli said. The inspector earlier told them that he’d been “notified that one of their on-duty postal workers may be intoxicated,” Batelli said. After roadside sobriety test and interview, Stepp was taken to headquarters, processed and released to a responsible adult pending a c…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn Police Local Lauds Benefactors In Bergen County PBA Toy Drive Fair Lawn Police Local Lauds Benefactors In Bergen County PBA Toy Drive Fair Lawn Police Local Lauds Benefactors In Bergen County PBA Toy Drive
Fair Lawn Police Local Lauds Benefactors In Bergen County PBA Toy Drive SHOUT OUT: Fair Lawn police on Tuesday met with some of their benefactors as officer from dozens of agencies prepared to the Closter firehouse Wednesday morning for the 28th annual Bergen County PBA Toy Drive for sick, needy and terminally ill youngsters. ShopRite added $1,000 to the amount raised by Justin Fingeroth of Epic Entertainment and Tommy Perides of Biaggio's (The Terrace) to bring the total to $2,700. "We certainly have a lot more people to thank who made this whole Toy Drive a huge success," PBA Local 67 President Luis Vasquez said, as officers prepared to take dozens…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgefield Officer Nabs Fleeing Check Kiter Ridgefield Officer Nabs Fleeing Check Kiter Ridgefield Officer Nabs Fleeing Check Kiter
Ridgefield Officer Nabs Fleeing Check Kiter RIDGEFIELD, N.J. -- A Ridgefield police officer chased down and tackled a Long Island woman after she tried to pass a bogus check at a borough bank, authorities said. Shawna A. Williams, 31, of Roosevelt in Nassau County took off when officers responded to the Chase Bank branch on Bergen Boulevard just before 6 p.m. Monday, police said. She ran north on Bergen Boulevard before the officer grabbed her -- bruising his knee in the process, Deputy Chief Robert Meurer told Daily Voice. The officer declined treatment, he said. Williams was released on a court summons.

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Car Topples Hackensack Traffic Light Car Topples Hackensack Traffic Light Car Topples Hackensack Traffic Light
Car Topples Hackensack Traffic Light HACKENSACK, N.J. -- A car knocked down a traffic light on Main Street in Hackensack late Tuesday afternoon. No one was injured in the crash, at the corner of Mercer Street, which closed Main Street at Atlantic Street, said Capt. Francesco Aquila, the department's officer in charge.

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Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Lyndhurst Detectives Tie Newark Ex-Con To Home Break-In, Mercedes Theft Lyndhurst Detectives Tie Newark Ex-Con To Home Break-In, Mercedes Theft Lyndhurst Detectives Tie Newark Ex-Con To Home Break-In, Mercedes Theft
Lyndhurst Detectives Tie Newark Ex-Con To Home Break-In, Mercedes Theft LYNDHURST, N.J. -- Fingerprints produced charges against an ex-con from Newark who police said stole a Lyndhurst woman's Mercedes Benz and purse -- containing credit cards and cash -- after breaking into her home. Detectives investigating the July 15 break-in on the 400 block of Forest Avenue lifted a fingerprint that was analyzed by the Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification. It produced a match: Joshua Davila, 30, who was being held in the Essex County Jail on unrelated charges, Police Chief James O'Connor told Daily Voice. A judge set $15,000 bail on Davila, who reco…

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