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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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities: GWB Jumper Was Registered Sex Offender, 65 Authorities: GWB Jumper Was Registered Sex Offender, 65 Authorities: GWB Jumper Was Registered Sex Offender, 65
Authorities: GWB Jumper Was Registered Sex Offender, 65 FORT LEE, N.J. -- A man who jumped to his death from the George Washington Bridge on Friday was a 65-year-old registered sex offender from Westchester, authorities said. Richard Genin was still alive when he Westchester County Police Harbor Unit pulled him from the Hudson River after he jumped around 3:20 p.m., the Port Authority's Joseph Pentangelo told Daily Voice. Crew members were diverting a wayward whale back toward New York Harbor when they said they saw him jump. Although they grabbed Genin before he could go under and conducted CPR, he was pronounced dead an hour later at Englew…

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New Rochelle, NY
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GWB Jumper Was New Rochelle Registered Sex Offender, 65 GWB Jumper Was New Rochelle Registered Sex Offender, 65 GWB Jumper Was New Rochelle Registered Sex Offender, 65
GWB Jumper Was New Rochelle Registered Sex Offender, 65 NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -- Authorities early Saturday identified a man who jumped to his death from the George Washington Bridge the day before as a 65-year-old registered sex offender from New Rochelle. Richard Genin was still alive when the Westchester County Police Harbor Unit pulled him from the Hudson River after he jumped around 3:20 p.m., the Port Authority's Joseph Pentangelo told Daily Voice. He was pronounced dead an hour later at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, Penangelo said. A witness told police that Genin stopped his 2012 white Honda Civic Del Sol, with New York license p…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: GWB Jumper Pulled From Hudson Dies At Englewood Hospital UPDATE: GWB Jumper Pulled From Hudson Dies At Englewood Hospital UPDATE: GWB Jumper Pulled From Hudson Dies At Englewood Hospital
Update: GWB Jumper Pulled From Hudson Dies At Englewood Hospital FORT LEE, N.J. (UPDATED SATURDAY) -- A man who jumped to his death from the George Washington Bridge on Friday was a 65-year-old registered sex offender from Westchester, authorities said. Richard Genin was still alive when he Westchester County Police Harbor Unit pulled him from the Hudson River after he jumped around 3:20 p.m., the Port Authority's Joseph Pentangelo told Daily Voice. Crew members were diverting a wayward whale back toward New York Harbor when they said they saw him jump. Although they grabbed Genin before he could go under and conducted CPR, he was pronounced dead an h…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Pound Of Pot, Half-Ounce Of Coke Seized In Hackensack Raid Prosecutor: Pound Of Pot, Half-Ounce Of Coke Seized In Hackensack Raid Prosecutor: Pound Of Pot, Half-Ounce Of Coke Seized In Hackensack Raid
Prosecutor: Pound Of Pot, Half-Ounce Of Coke Seized In Hackensack Raid HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Detectives seized a pound of pot, a half-ounce of cocaine and $2,570 in suspected drug proceeds from a Hackensack man during a raid on his apartment, authorities said. Robert M. Akridge, 26, was ordered held on $25,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail on drug-related offenses pending a Dec. 7 appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. Thursday’s warranted raid in the 900 block of Main Street included Hackensack police and Bergen County sheriff’s officers, he said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Westwood Store Manager Collected Child Porn, Authorities Charge Westwood Store Manager Collected Child Porn, Authorities Charge Westwood Store Manager Collected Child Porn, Authorities Charge
Westwood Store Manager Collected Child Porn, Authorities Charge WESTWOOD, N.J. – A Radio Shack sales manager from Westwood collected online child pornography videos, authorities charged. Daniel W. Bui, 23, was released on his own recognizance pending a Nov. 30 first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Breaking News
Driver Hospitalized After SUV Rolls 3 Times In Closter Crash Driver Hospitalized After SUV Rolls 3 Times In Closter Crash Driver Hospitalized After SUV Rolls 3 Times In Closter Crash
Driver Hospitalized After SUV Rolls 3 Times In Closter Crash CLOSTER, N.J. -- Initial reports of a Jeep leaving the scene of a Closter multi-rollover crash that sent a 57-year-old Ridgefield woman to the hospital Friday afternoon with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening were inaccurate, police told Daily Voice. A vehicle ran a stop sign and struck the Honda SUV around 1 p.m., sending it rolling three times on northbound Knickerbocker Road before it came to rest against a fence and a tree several yards from the Demarest Avenue intersection, Closter Detective Sgt. Vincent Aiello told Daily Voice. "She was conscious and alert" af…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Jack-Knifed Tractor Trailer Closes Route 46 Bridge In Ridgefield Park Jack-Knifed Tractor Trailer Closes Route 46 Bridge In Ridgefield Park Jack-Knifed Tractor Trailer Closes Route 46 Bridge In Ridgefield Park
Jack-Knifed Tractor Trailer Closes Route 46 Bridge In Ridgefield Park RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J. -- A jack-knifed tractor-trailer closed the entire Route 46 bridge in Ridgefield Park around 3:45 a.m. Friday. The rig was cleared and the bridge reopened before the morning rush.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Wayne Man Walks Into Courthouse With Pot In His Bag, Police Charge Wayne Man Walks Into Courthouse With Pot In His Bag, Police Charge Wayne Man Walks Into Courthouse With Pot In His Bag, Police Charge
Wayne Man Walks Into Courthouse With Pot In His Bag, Police Charge WAYNE, N.J. -- A Wayne man headed to township court after being processed on marijuana possession charges in Little Falls the day before only got as far as the security check Thursday afternoon after township police said they found pot in his backpack. Arturo Enrique Quiroga, 39, was released on a summons after being processed at police headquarters on marijuana possession charges, Capt. Laurence Martin said. Sgt. Michael Mc Niff, who was working the contraband weapons screener at the Wayne Township Municipal Complex, smelled the pot when he opened Quiroga's back to search it, Martin said. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
East Rutherford Police: Man Who Beat, Poured Bleach On Ex Still At Large East Rutherford Police: Man Who Beat, Poured Bleach On Ex Still At Large East Rutherford Police: Man Who Beat, Poured Bleach On Ex Still At Large
East Rutherford Police: Man Who Beat, Poured Bleach On Ex Still At Large EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- A man who East Rutherford police said urinated on an ex-girlfriend's floor and then punched and poured bleach on her more than two months ago was still on the loose Thursday, said authorities who are seeking the public's help finding him. Andrew Kazmierzak, 28, lives either in Paterson or the Bronx, Police Chief Larry Minda said. Kazmierzak went to the 26-year-old victim's house in the Monarch Apartments on Schindler Court on Sept. 13 "to talk" but got into an argument with her, the chief said. He urinated on the floor, after which she got the bleach -- w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
15th Defendant Cops Plea In $5M ATM Skim Scheme That Hit Englewood Bank 15th Defendant Cops Plea In $5M ATM Skim Scheme That Hit Englewood Bank 15th Defendant Cops Plea In $5M ATM Skim Scheme That Hit Englewood Bank
15th Defendant Cops Plea In $5M ATM Skim Scheme That Hit Englewood Bank ENGLEWOOD, N.J. -- A native of Romania who was arrested in Spain and extradited to the United States admitted his role Thursday in one of the largest ATM skimming schemes in history -- one that stole $5 million from banks in Englewood and elsewhere. Alin Carabus, 42, pleaded guilty in Newark federal court to an indictment charging him with conspiracy to commit bank fraud through secret card-reading devices and pinhole cameras installed on ATMs throughout New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Florida, and elsewhere. That makes 15 convictions out of 16 defendants originally charged in the ring, …

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