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
Breaking News
Lyndhurst Responders Rescue Suicidal Woman From Passaic River Lyndhurst Responders Rescue Suicidal Woman From Passaic River Lyndhurst Responders Rescue Suicidal Woman From Passaic River
Lyndhurst Responders Rescue Suicidal Woman From Passaic River LYNDHURST, N.J. -- Lyndhurst police -- with help from firefighters and an EMS crew -- rescued a suicidal 56-year-old woman who was floating on her back when they found her in the Passaic River late Saturday morning. A motorist called police from northbound Route 21 just after 10:30 a.m. and said she saw the Newark woman standing waist-deep in the muddy river, Capt. John Valente said. Responding officers spotted her 50 to 75 feet west of the river bank -- then jumped in after she ignored their commands to return to shore, Valente said. Lt. Michael Carrino who donned a life vest, entered the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Police Investigate Teaneck Thanksgiving Crash That Killed Popular Nurse Police Investigate Teaneck Thanksgiving Crash That Killed Popular Nurse Police Investigate Teaneck Thanksgiving Crash That Killed Popular Nurse
Police Investigate Teaneck Thanksgiving Crash That Killed Popular Nurse TEANECK, N.J. -- Teaneck police said Friday they were investigating a head-on Thankgiving Day crash that killed a popular 45-year-old nurse barely a block from her home. ****** ARRANGEMENTS: Tributes continued to mount as arrangements were posted for a popular labor and delivery from nurse from Teaneck who was killed in a Thanksgiving Day car crash barely a block from her home. CLICK HERE FOR MORE.... ****** Responders found Belinda Mercado Loughlin pinned behind the wheel in cardiac arrest after the two-car collision at Queen Anne Road and Degraw Avenue around 3:40 p.m. Loughlin was hea…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Nurse Killed, 2 Men Ejected In Teaneck Thanksgiving Crashes Nurse Killed, 2 Men Ejected In Teaneck Thanksgiving Crashes Nurse Killed, 2 Men Ejected In Teaneck Thanksgiving Crashes
Nurse Killed, 2 Men Ejected In Teaneck Thanksgiving Crashes ARRANGEMENTS: Tributes continued to mount as arrangements were posted for Belinda Mercado Loughlin, a popular labor and delivery from nurse who was killed in a Thanksgiving Day car crash barely a block from her Teaneck home. CLICK HERE FOR MORE.... ****** (UPDATE) TEANECK, N.J. -- Teaneck police said Friday they were investigating a head-on Thankgiving Day crash that killed a popular 45-year-old nurse barely a block from her home. CLICK HERE: https://teaneck.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/police-investigate-teaneck-thanksgiving-crash-that-killed-nurse-45/690952/ ****** (PREVIOUS STORY) TEAN…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Ex-Con Released From Prison Week Earlier Charged In Lodi Bank Robbery Ex-Con Released From Prison Week Earlier Charged In Lodi Bank Robbery Ex-Con Released From Prison Week Earlier Charged In Lodi Bank Robbery
Ex-Con Released From Prison Week Earlier Charged In Lodi Bank Robbery LODI, N.J. -- A 49-year-old ex-con released from state prison a week earlier was arrested by Paterson police less than an hour after authorities said he robbed a Lodi bank late Wednesday afternoon, Daily Voice has learned. Bunkey Chirichello, 49, of Haledon, was charged with robbery by threat and ordered held on $75,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail. The 5-foot-7-inch, 200-pound Chirichello, who has a criminal record dating back nearly two decades, was released from South Woods State Prison in Cumberland County on Nov. 16 after serving 16 months for theft convictions out of Passaic, recor…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Ex-Con Free A Week Charged In Lodi Bank Robbery After Paterson Arrest Ex-Con Free A Week Charged In Lodi Bank Robbery After Paterson Arrest Ex-Con Free A Week Charged In Lodi Bank Robbery After Paterson Arrest
Ex-Con Free A Week Charged In Lodi Bank Robbery After Paterson Arrest LODI, N.J. -- A 49-year-old ex-con released from state prison a week earlier was arrested by Paterson police less than an hour after authorities said he robbed a Lodi bank late Wednesday afternoon, Daily Voice has learned. Bunkey Chirichello, 49, of Haledon, was charged with robbery by threat and ordered held on $75,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail. The 5-foot-7-inch, 200-pound Chirichello, who has a criminal record dating back nearly two decades, was released from South Woods State Prison in Cumberland County on Nov. 16 after serving 16 months for theft convictions out of Passaic, record…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Sedan Slams Into Side Of Wayne Kmart Sedan Slams Into Side Of Wayne Kmart Sedan Slams Into Side Of Wayne Kmart
Sedan Slams Into Side Of Wayne Kmart WAYNE, N.J. -- A driver was hospitalized after her car slammed into the side of the Hamburg Turnpike Kmart in Wayne, authorities said. The driver's head hit the windshield, cutting her, and she reported abdominal pain after the 5:40 p.m. crash Tuesday, Capt. Laurence Martin told Daily Voice. Detectives were interviewing the woman, who appeared to be 18 and from Paterson, he added. The vehicle "sustained extensive front end damage with all air bags deployed," the captain said. Wayne Police Traffic investigators Tom Sanders and Detectives Jorge Barreto and David Collins found no s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
New Milford Driver Gets Summonses In Death Of Chinese National, 27, At FDU New Milford Driver Gets Summonses In Death Of Chinese National, 27, At FDU New Milford Driver Gets Summonses In Death Of Chinese National, 27, At FDU
New Milford Driver Gets Summonses In Death Of Chinese National, 27, At FDU TEANECK, N.J. (UPDATE) -- Teaneck police said a 49-year-old utility company employee from New Milford wasn't paying attention when his wagon struck and killed a 27-year-old woman Monday night outside the FDU campus in Teaneck. Carlos A. Poole received a trio of traffic summonses -- for careless driving, failing to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk and having an obstructed view -- in the crash that killed Wei Qi Wang just before 7 a.m. on River Road, Police Chief Robert A. Carney said. Poole was driving a 2004 Subaru Outback south when it struck Wang, a Chinese national who'd just recentl…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Franklin Lakes Driver, 18, Injured When Car Hits Curb, Barrels Across Lawn Franklin Lakes Driver, 18, Injured When Car Hits Curb, Barrels Across Lawn Franklin Lakes Driver, 18, Injured When Car Hits Curb, Barrels Across Lawn
Franklin Lakes Driver, 18, Injured When Car Hits Curb, Barrels Across Lawn FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. -- A speeding Hyundai driven by an 18-year-old Franklin Lakes woman struck a curb and barreled across a resident's lawn, hitting a flag pole, fence and trees, overnight Wednesday, authorities said. Tori Lopis was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening, Police Capt. John Bakelaar told Daily Voice. Lopis, a Ramapo High School graduate, was headed east on Franklin Avenue near Cherry Street "at a high rate of speed" when she lost control of the 2015 Sonata just after 1 a.m., Bakelaar said. The Franklin…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority Officer Finds Loaded Gun, Heroin In GWB Toll Plaza Stop Port Authority Officer Finds Loaded Gun, Heroin In GWB Toll Plaza Stop Port Authority Officer Finds Loaded Gun, Heroin In GWB Toll Plaza Stop
Port Authority Officer Finds Loaded Gun, Heroin In GWB Toll Plaza Stop FORT LEE, N.J. -- A Port Authority police officer who stopped a car with a cracked windshield at the George Washington Bridge toll plaza arrested the driver after he found a loaded semi-automatic handgun under the passenger seat, authorities said Wednesday. Ariel Paulino, 20, also was carrying a small amount of heroin when his 2003 Volvo was stopped around 4:40 p.m. Tuesday, the Port Authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. The officer investigated after smelling marijuana while talking with Paulino -- and found the drugs along with the .45-caliber pistol, Pentangelo said. Paulino was charged w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority: Driver Who Flipped Zipcar On GWB Ramp Was Stoned Port Authority: Driver Who Flipped Zipcar On GWB Ramp Was Stoned Port Authority: Driver Who Flipped Zipcar On GWB Ramp Was Stoned
Port Authority: Driver Who Flipped Zipcar On GWB Ramp Was Stoned FORT LEE, N.J. -- A driver who flipped a rented Subaru Zipcar exiting the lower level of the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee before dawn Wednesday was under the influence of marijuana, authorities said. Jaquan V. Brooks, 24, of Bayonne was charged with DWI (drugs) and possession of a small amount of pot after the 5 a.m. crash on the Fletcher Avenue ramp, the Port Authority's Joseph Pentangelo told Daily Voice. He was brought to Englewood Hospital and Medical Center for treatment of minor injuries, Pentangelo said.

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