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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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Prosecutor: Hasbrouck Heights Man Severely Injures Eye Of Boy, 4 Prosecutor: Hasbrouck Heights Man Severely Injures Eye Of Boy, 4 Prosecutor: Hasbrouck Heights Man Severely Injures Eye Of Boy, 4
Prosecutor: Hasbrouck Heights Man Severely Injures Eye Of Boy, 4 HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N.J. – A Hasbrouck Heights technician was ordered held on $145,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail after authorities charged him with injuring a 4-year-old boy’s eye. Mahedi H. Khan, 24, was charged with aggravated assault, child endangerment and illegal weapons possession, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said Monday. Hasbrouck Heights police notified the prosecutor’s Special Victims Unit that the boy had been taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with severe injury to his eye, Grewal said. A joint investigation of the unit and borough police led …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Port Authority PD: DWI Drivers From Closter, Teaneck Arrested On GWB Port Authority PD: DWI Drivers From Closter, Teaneck Arrested On GWB Port Authority PD: DWI Drivers From Closter, Teaneck Arrested On GWB
Port Authority PD: DWI Drivers From Closter, Teaneck Arrested On GWB FORT LEE, N.J. -- Port Authority police arrested two Bergen County drivers on DWI charges -- one from Teaneck and the other a Closter motorist involved in a crash -- on the George Washington Bridge. An officer spotted a white 2015 Acura headed toward New Jersey "speeding through a construction zone and crossing into other lanes several times without signaling" on the bridge at about 3:25 a.m. Sunday, the Port Authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. The officer pulled over the driver -- identified as 47-year-old Hermogene A. Reynoso of Teaneck -- who smelled of alcohol, had slurred spe…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
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New Milford PD: Westwood Man Took Girl, 16, To Motel, Swapped Porn Pics New Milford PD: Westwood Man Took Girl, 16, To Motel, Swapped Porn Pics New Milford PD: Westwood Man Took Girl, 16, To Motel, Swapped Porn Pics
New Milford PD: Westwood Man Took Girl, 16, To Motel, Swapped Porn Pics NEW MILFORD, N.J. -- A 53-year-old Westwood man exchanged sexually explicit photos with a 16-year-old girl he met online, then took her a South Hackensack motel, where he plied her with alcohol, authorities said Monday. Joseph J. Donnelly was charged with providing alcohol to a minor, child endangerment and possession of child pornography, Detective Sgt. Kevin Van Saders told Daily Voice. A judge ordered him held on $75,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, he said. The girl told police she met Donnelly online, exchanged the photos with him and met him at the motel, Van Saders said. New Milf…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Moonachie Police: Costco Driver Purposely Hits Parking Lot Pedestrian Moonachie Police: Costco Driver Purposely Hits Parking Lot Pedestrian Moonachie Police: Costco Driver Purposely Hits Parking Lot Pedestrian
Moonachie Police: Costco Driver Purposely Hits Parking Lot Pedestrian MOONACHIE, N.J. -- Angered that a man pushing a shopping cart at the Teterboro Costco wasn't moving fast enough, a Maywood driver struck him with his car -- twice -- before taking off, authorities said. The 32-year-old victim told police he was pushing the cart back to his car when Fabian Barrios, 41, "began blowing the horn in an attempt to get him to move," Detective Sgt. Anthony Fugnitti said Monday. "The victim continued to walk and Barrios struck him with the vehicle in the back of his legs," Fugnitti said. "The victim began yelling at Barrios who struck him a …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Charges Dropped In New Milford Gun Case Charges Dropped In New Milford Gun Case Charges Dropped In New Milford Gun Case
Charges Dropped In New Milford Gun Case NEW MILFORD, N.J. -- A grand jury in Hackensack refused to indict an Uber driver from Jersey City on gun charges out of New Milford. An officer stopped the 2014 white Acura after police said the driver blew a Rosse Avenue stop sign on New Bridge Road, made a wide turn and failed to maintain a lane while headed west on New Bridge. The officer said he spotted the black handgun on the floor of the driver's seat. Grand jurors said the report couldn't be supported and declined to indict, records show.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
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Wallington Woman Found On Bedroom Floor Rescued From House Fire Wallington Woman Found On Bedroom Floor Rescued From House Fire Wallington Woman Found On Bedroom Floor Rescued From House Fire
Wallington Woman Found On Bedroom Floor Rescued From House Fire WALLINGTON, N.J. -- Wallington firefighters rescued a woman found on her second-floor bedroom floor during a Saturday night house fire, responders said. The unresponsive but breathing 60-something woman was taken to St. Mary's Hospital in Passaic after the Roehrs Drive blaze broke out at 7:47 p.m., responders said. Her dog was injured, as well, they said. Firefighters contained the fire to the kitchen, one told Daily Voice. The Bergen County Prosecutor's Arson Investigation Squad responded along with borough firefighters and the Moonachie First Aid & Rescue Squad. CHECK BACK FOR MORE …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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Fairview Police: Officer Catches Pre-Dawn Wheels Thief At Car Dealership Fairview Police: Officer Catches Pre-Dawn Wheels Thief At Car Dealership Fairview Police: Officer Catches Pre-Dawn Wheels Thief At Car Dealership
Fairview Police: Officer Catches Pre-Dawn Wheels Thief At Car Dealership FAIRVIEW, N.J. -- Fairview police said they caught a burglar in the act trying to steal wheels from new vehicles at a borough car dealership before dawn Saturday. A monitoring system alerted police to an intruder at Beyer Bros. on Broad Avenue around 5 a.m., Police Chief Martin Kahn told Daily Voice. Officer Nicholas Leto rushed to the dealership and caught Rodolfo Perez, 37, of West New York, as he tried to flee, the chief said. It turned out Perez had a woman waiting for him in a stolen car -- but she "had no knowledge of the incident that had just occurred," he said. A judge …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Police Fight Cancer In Bergen, Passaic: Find Your 'No Shave' Department Police Fight Cancer In Bergen, Passaic: Find Your 'No Shave' Department Police Fight Cancer In Bergen, Passaic: Find Your 'No Shave' Department
Police Fight Cancer In Bergen, Passaic: Find Your 'No Shave' Department The cancer-fighting "No Shave November" campaign is personal for Dumont Police Sgt. Michael Foti, as it is for many law enforcement officers throughout Bergen and Passaic counties. Foti, whose father died of cancer in January 2014, stirred his colleagues in PBA Local 377 to meet their $7,000 goal with nearly three weeks still left in the month. Each whisker he grows -- an ability cancer patients lose -- is "in memory of my father...as well as others who have lost their battle and those who continue to battle this horrific disease," Foti said. Police officers who protect…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Minor Injuries For Ridgewood Pedestrians Struck Less Than 24 Hours Apart Minor Injuries For Ridgewood Pedestrians Struck Less Than 24 Hours Apart Minor Injuries For Ridgewood Pedestrians Struck Less Than 24 Hours Apart
Minor Injuries For Ridgewood Pedestrians Struck Less Than 24 Hours Apart RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- Two Ridgewood pedestrians struck within 24 hours of one another sustained minor injuries, authorities said Friday An 80-year-old woman from Ridgewood was leaving the Kings Supermarket around 2:30 p.m. Friday when she was struck by a vehicle driven by 54-year-old Hackensack man who apparently was blinded by sun glare, Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke told Daily Voice. The pedestrian "complained of pain in her back and knee but refused going to the hospital," Luthcke said. Around 5:15 p.m. Thursday, a 56-year-old Hawthorne was crossing Goffle Road from the Poultry…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Ridgefield Park Route 46 Stop Yields Heroin, $56,000+ Cash Ridgefield Park Route 46 Stop Yields Heroin, $56,000+ Cash Ridgefield Park Route 46 Stop Yields Heroin, $56,000+ Cash
Ridgefield Park Route 46 Stop Yields Heroin, $56,000+ Cash RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J. – A routine traffic stop for a Ridgefield Park police officer led to the discovery of several bags of heroin – and more than $56,281 in suspected drug money -- in a hidden compartment, authorities said Friday. Officer Steven Fernandez pulled over the Toyota Avalon for a motor vehicle violation around 8:30 p.m. Thursday on eastbound Route 46 near Overpeck Creek, Lt. Joseph Rella said. While speaking with the driver -- identified as Jonathon Fred Burgos, 26, of Philadelphia, PA -- Fernandez detected the odor of raw marijuana and spotted a blunt on the driver’s side dashb…

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