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.

Jerry DeMarco's Contributions

Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Missing Oradell Man, 79, Found 'Not Hurt At All -- Just A Couple Scratches' Missing Oradell Man, 79, Found 'Not Hurt At All -- Just A Couple Scratches' Missing Oradell Man, 79, Found 'Not Hurt At All -- Just A Couple Scratches'
Missing Oradell Man, 79, Found 'Not Hurt At All -- Just A Couple Scratches' ORADELL, N.J. (UPDATE) -- A 79-year-old Oradell man with Alzheimer's and dementia who went missing Monday was found safe Tuesday night, Daily Voice has learned. Whoever found Donald Richard "brought him to Bergen Regional [Medical Center in Paramus], where doctors examined him around 8:30 [p.m.]," a loved one told Daily Voice. "He is not hurt at all -- just a couple scratches, thank God," he said. Oradell police, who were the case's lead agency, joyfully reported the discovery, as did Maywood and Paramus police. The good news spread quickly across social media. ****…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Fugitive Sought Out Of Puerto Rico Snagged By Paterson Police Fugitive Sought Out Of Puerto Rico Snagged By Paterson Police Fugitive Sought Out Of Puerto Rico Snagged By Paterson Police
Fugitive Sought Out Of Puerto Rico Snagged By Paterson Police PATERSON, N.J. -- Paterson police early Tuesday nabbed a fugitive wanted in Puerto Rico on attempted murder charges. Acting on a tip, members of the city's Criminal Warrant Unit -- along with those from the U.S. Marshal’s Regional Fugitive Task Force -- surrounded a Redwood Avenue residence around 6 a.m., Police Director Jerry Speziale said Tuesday night. In a second-floor apartment they found their quarry -- 25-year-old Marcus Martinez, who's been wanted in connection with a shooting incident in Puerto Rico in the summer of 2015, Speziale said. Martinez, who was taken into custody withou…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Deer Struck, Thrown Over Route 208 Divider In Fair Lawn Deer Struck, Thrown Over Route 208 Divider In Fair Lawn Deer Struck, Thrown Over Route 208 Divider In Fair Lawn
Deer Struck, Thrown Over Route 208 Divider In Fair Lawn FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- A large deer was struck by a vehicle and thrown over the divider of Route 208 in Fair Lawn during Tuesday's evening rush, witnesses said. There was no immediate word on occupant injuries. Traffic was down to one lane in both directions after the 8-point buck was struck on one side and hurled onto the other near Maple Avenue, witnesses said. Deer have often been struck on the highway in Fair Lawn, Franklin Lakes and Wyckoff. Authorities have recently issued warnings because it's mating season.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Obituaries
Service Set For FDU Graduate Alumna, 27, Killed Crossing Street Near Campus Service Set For FDU Graduate Alumna, 27, Killed Crossing Street Near Campus Service Set For FDU Graduate Alumna, 27, Killed Crossing Street Near Campus
Service Set For FDU Graduate Alumna, 27, Killed Crossing Street Near Campus 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
West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
Wanaque PD: DWI Driver In Head-On Crash 'Could Not Remember What Happened' Wanaque PD: DWI Driver In Head-On Crash 'Could Not Remember What Happened' Wanaque PD: DWI Driver In Head-On Crash 'Could Not Remember What Happened'
Wanaque PD: DWI Driver In Head-On Crash 'Could Not Remember What Happened' WANAQUE, N.J. -- A drunken Wanaque driver's Mercedes sedan crossed into oncoming traffic and struck a Chevy Trailblazer head-on, sending his passenger and the other driver to the hospital before sunrise Tuesday, authorities said. Zach Parrinello, 25, told police "he could not remember what happened to cause the accident" on Ringwood Avenue near the Wanaque Reservoir Headquarters just after 5:30 a.m., Capt. Kenneth Fackina told Daily Voice. The 2011 Mercedes was headed northbound when it crossed over into the southbound lanes, striking the left front fender of a 2007 Chevy Trailbla…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
West Milford Police: Pair Shot Man With BBs, Beat Him With Pool Cue West Milford Police: Pair Shot Man With BBs, Beat Him With Pool Cue West Milford Police: Pair Shot Man With BBs, Beat Him With Pool Cue
West Milford Police: Pair Shot Man With BBs, Beat Him With Pool Cue WEST MILFORD, N.J -- West MIlford police nabbed a couple who they said tried to flee after shooting a Clifton man with a BB gun and beating him with a pool cue. Officers Matthew Kloo, Kevin Canova and Stephen Braikovich stopped 24-year-old ex-con Tyler Kenyon of West Milford and Nicole Corcoran, 25, of Hamburg in their car on Oak Ridge Road just before 9 p.m. Monday, Police Chief Timothy Storbeck said. Nearby, they found a BB gun that Storbeck said was used to shoot the 27-year-old victim several times in the torso. He was taken to Chilton Hospital with injuries that the chief said weren't …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Montvale Construction Worker Charged With Downloading Child Porn Montvale Construction Worker Charged With Downloading Child Porn Montvale Construction Worker Charged With Downloading Child Porn
Montvale Construction Worker Charged With Downloading Child Porn MONTVALE, N.J. – A construction worker from Montvale had child porn on his home computer, authorities charged. James B. O’Connor, 53, was released without bail pending a Nov. 30 appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack on child endangerment charges, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. A months-long investigation led the prosecutor’s Cyber Crimes Task Force to O’Connor, who is divorced and lives on West Grand Avenue, Grewal said. A warranted raid last Thursday turned up the illegal images of underage girls, he said. Grewal thanked the local police departmen…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
East Rutherford Police Within Whisker Of Anti-Cancer No-Shave November Goal East Rutherford Police Within Whisker Of Anti-Cancer No-Shave November Goal East Rutherford Police Within Whisker Of Anti-Cancer No-Shave November Goal
East Rutherford Police Within Whisker Of Anti-Cancer No-Shave November Goal EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- With more than a week to go, East Rutherford police had raised $2,150 toward cancer research during No Shave November. Each officer donated $100 to participate, Police Chief Larry Minda said. The rest came from donations, he said. "It's for such a good cause," the chief said. All of the money raised will go to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and toward the American Cancer Society's work with colorectal cancer, he said. The department's goal is $2,500. CLICK HERE to donate.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
OnStar Leads Wayne Police To Stolen Car, Miami Driver OnStar Leads Wayne Police To Stolen Car, Miami Driver OnStar Leads Wayne Police To Stolen Car, Miami Driver
OnStar Leads Wayne Police To Stolen Car, Miami Driver WAYNE, N.J. -- Wayne police caught a Miami man driving a stolen car after it was tracked by OnStar. Officers were alerted to the black 2016 Chevy Camaro, which ONSTAR said was at the Valley National Bank on Black Old Ridge Road, Capt. Laurence Martin said. Officers Brendan Rigler, Anne Shivas, Scott Agnes Jon Culic and Dennis Paylo quickly converged on the car. "I borrowed it from a friend of a friend," driver Latroy Spaulding, 27, told them several times, Martin said. OnStar confirmed that the vehicle was stolen out of Philadelphia, and Spaulding was arrested on receiving stole…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Pedestrian Struck Outside FDU In Teaneck Dies At Hospital Pedestrian Struck Outside FDU In Teaneck Dies At Hospital Pedestrian Struck Outside FDU In Teaneck Dies At Hospital
Pedestrian Struck Outside FDU In Teaneck Dies At Hospital TEANECK, N.J. -- A pedestrian struck by a car outside the FDU campus in Teaneck died at the hospital, authorities said. The call came in from the 1000 block of River Road just before 7 a.m., Deputy Police Chief Glenn O'Reilly told Daily Voice. The victim "was transported to Hackensack University Medical Center, where she later succumbed to her injuries," while the driver of the Subaru Outback "remained on scene," the deputy chief says. The Bergen County Prosecutor's Office Fatal Accident Investigation Unit was assisting township police, O'Reilly said. The county sherif…

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