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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Lyndhurst, NJ
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Lyndhurst Auxiliary Police Seeks New Officer Lyndhurst Auxiliary Police Seeks New Officer Lyndhurst Auxiliary Police Seeks New Officer
Lyndhurst Auxiliary Police Seeks New Officer LYNDHURST, N.J. -- Applications are being accepted for a volunteer Lyndhurst auxiliary police officer position, the organization announced. Duties include crowd and traffic control and the protection and security of schools, parks, recreational fields and other public property. "The unit may also respond to calls for police service as directed by proper authority," the auxiliary wrote. Auxiliary officers -- in uniform or patrolling in marked cars -- have "been proven to reduce vandalism and other crimes in the community," the group says. All auxiliary officers are requ…

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Fair Lawn Citizen Police Academy Accepting Applications Fair Lawn Citizen Police Academy Accepting Applications Fair Lawn Citizen Police Academy Accepting Applications
Fair Lawn Citizen Police Academy Accepting Applications FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- Fair Lawn police are accepting applications for their 2017 Citizen Police Academy. Free and open to borough residents 18 and older, the academy will be held Thursday nights beginning Feb. 16. It will include classes about gang awareness, firearm awareness and safety, self-defense, fraud awareness and investigations, juvenile concerns, drug awareness and investigations, traffic safety, RADAR familiarization, motor vehicle stops, search and seizure, domestic violence and crime prevention, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. The academy class will also become familiarized with the dif…

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Boy, 16, Shot In Leg In Paterson Boy, 16, Shot In Leg In Paterson Boy, 16, Shot In Leg In Paterson
Boy, 16, Shot In Leg In Paterson PATERSON, N.J. -- A 16-year-old boy was hospitalized in stable condition after being shot in the upper leg Friday night, authorities said. Detectives were investigating the 6:15 p.m. shooting on Auburn Street near Broadway, Police Director Jerry Speziale said Saturday morning. The victim was taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson, he said. Speziale asked that anyone with information that could help find the shooter contact city Detective Rolando Polio or Passaic County Prosecutor's Detective Michael Boone of the Ceasefire Unit at (973) 321-1342. 

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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Elmwood Park PD: Paterson Attempted Murder Suspect Had Gun, Drugs For Sale Elmwood Park PD: Paterson Attempted Murder Suspect Had Gun, Drugs For Sale Elmwood Park PD: Paterson Attempted Murder Suspect Had Gun, Drugs For Sale
Elmwood Park PD: Paterson Attempted Murder Suspect Had Gun, Drugs For Sale ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. -- Elmwood Park police who arrested a borough man wanted on an attempted murder charge out of Paterson on Friday said they found a handgun, nearly a half-pound of cocaine and 600 bags of heroin in his apartment. Officers working with city police seized Randy Pagan, 19, without incident at the Lee Street residence at 11 a.m., Police Chief Michael Foligno said. Two days earlier, Paterson police arrested a co-defendant, 19-year-old Daryl Rodriguez, Paterson Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Both men opened fire from a car on Market Street the night of Dec. 7, hitting a n…

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Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Wallington Police Tie Drug-Using Career Criminal To Bank, Eatery Burglaries Wallington Police Tie Drug-Using Career Criminal To Bank, Eatery Burglaries Wallington Police Tie Drug-Using Career Criminal To Bank, Eatery Burglaries
Wallington Police Tie Drug-Using Career Criminal To Bank, Eatery Burglaries WALLINGTON, N.J. -- A 47-year-old Paterson drug user caught burglarizing his girlfriend's Wallington apartment was also charged with breaking into a bank and nearby restaurant, police said Friday. The woman called police Wednesday night, telling them that Ruben Vasquez had broken into her home, Police Chief Carmello Imbruglia said. Given its proximity to the Flapjax Pancake and Steakhouse -- which was burglarized a day earlier -- and Vasquez's drug addiction, Detective Sgt. Rock accompanied patrol officers to the apartment, Imbruglia said. The 6-foot, 218-pound Vasquez has a criminal recor…

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Former Paterson Football Receiver Fights Haledon Police, Authorities Charge Former Paterson Football Receiver Fights Haledon Police, Authorities Charge Former Paterson Football Receiver Fights Haledon Police, Authorities Charge
Former Paterson Football Receiver Fights Haledon Police, Authorities Charge HALEDON, N.J. -- A Paterson robbery defendant with a history of running from police bolted from a Haledon motor vehicle stop, then fought with officers who chased down the former high school football receiver, authorities said Friday. Officer ​John ​Bonilla​ stopped the car on Kossuth Street at 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, Lt. George Guzman said. He learned that the front-seat passenger​,​ Eshan Mcqueen -- who played for Paterson Eastside High School in the late 2000s before authorities charged him with selling crack to a coach -- was wanted for failing to pay $5,615 in child support and a warrant …

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by Jerry DeMarco
New City, NY
Breaking News
Unlicensed New City, Nyack Moving Companies Fined By NJ Authorities Unlicensed New City, Nyack Moving Companies Fined By NJ Authorities Unlicensed New City, Nyack Moving Companies Fined By NJ Authorities
Unlicensed New City, Nyack Moving Companies Fined By NJ Authorities NEW CITY, N.Y. -- Investigators posing as customers produced $2,500 fines against unlicensed moving companies from New City and Nyack during a covert sting dubbed "Operation Mother's Attic," New Jersey state authorities announced Friday. They also picked off several people for having small amounts of pot -- and detained three for immigration violations. Action Piano Moving in New City and Aron Day Moving & Delivery in Nyack were among 21 companies cited in New York and New Jersey after state Division of Consumer Affairs investigators staged the late-October sting from a public…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen Prosecutor: Protect Your Car From 'Felony Lane Gang' ID Theft Crew Bergen Prosecutor: Protect Your Car From 'Felony Lane Gang' ID Theft Crew Bergen Prosecutor: Protect Your Car From 'Felony Lane Gang' ID Theft Crew
Bergen Prosecutor: Protect Your Car From 'Felony Lane Gang' ID Theft Crew An organized car burglary crew known as the “Felony Lane Gang” has been swiping credit cards, checkbooks and other personal identification from unlocked cars at Bergen County-area gyms, day care centers, YMCAs and county parks – and then pulling money from victims’ accounts, authorities warned Friday. And it usually takes them less than 30 seconds. Victims have reported car burglaries at: Finch Park in Ramsey; Park Ridge Tennis Academy; Superdome Sports in Waldwick; New York Sports Club in Mahwah; The Gym in Saddle River; Lakeside Fitness in Oakland; Saddle Brook County Park; Ridgewood Du…

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Unlicensed Moving Companies From Paramus, Waldwick Fined By State Unlicensed Moving Companies From Paramus, Waldwick Fined By State Unlicensed Moving Companies From Paramus, Waldwick Fined By State
Unlicensed Moving Companies From Paramus, Waldwick Fined By State CLIFTON, N.J. -- State investigators posing as customers produced $2,500 fines against unlicensed moving companies from Clifton and Woodland Park during a covert sting dubbed "Operation Mother's Attic," authorities announced Friday. They also picked off several people for having small amounts of pot -- and detained three for immigration violations. Smart Move Industries of Clifton and M&M Moving & Storage of Woodland Park were among 21 companies cited in New Jersey, Rockland and Staten Island after state Division of Consumer Affairs investigators staged the late-October st…

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Third Glen Rock Pedestrian In Four Hours Struck Third Glen Rock Pedestrian In Four Hours Struck Third Glen Rock Pedestrian In Four Hours Struck
Third Glen Rock Pedestrian In Four Hours Struck GLEN ROCK, N.J. -- Hours after two Glen Rock youngsters were hit by cars two minutes apart, a 42-year-old borough man was struck as he got off a commuter bus in town, police said Friday morning. The victim was beginning to cross Rock Road just before 7:30 p.m. when a vehicle driven by a 73-year-old Wayne man turned left from Ackerman Avenue and hit him, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. He was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that the chief said weren't life-threatening. "Low light conditions and dark clothing are believed to have been contributing factor,&…

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