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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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Paterson Man Delivered Cocaine, Heroin To Bergen Towns Prosecutor: Paterson Man Delivered Cocaine, Heroin To Bergen Towns Prosecutor: Paterson Man Delivered Cocaine, Heroin To Bergen Towns
Prosecutor: Paterson Man Delivered Cocaine, Heroin To Bergen Towns HACKENSACK, N.J. – A trio of local police departments teamed up with Bergen County prosecutor’s detectives to arrest a Paterson man who they said was delivering drugs to towns in the county. Elmwood Park, Garfield and Saddle Brook police joined members of the Narcotics Task Force in arresting Isaac Roberson, 56, in Elmwood Park on Wednesday, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said Friday. Investigators targeted Roberson after learning that he'd made “multiple deliveries of crack cocaine and heroin into Bergen County towns,” Grewal said. A judge ordered him held on $50,000 ba…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
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Prosecutor: County Detectives Bust Norwood Pair With Drugs, Weapons Prosecutor: County Detectives Bust Norwood Pair With Drugs, Weapons Prosecutor: County Detectives Bust Norwood Pair With Drugs, Weapons
Prosecutor: County Detectives Bust Norwood Pair With Drugs, Weapons NORWOOD, N.J. -- Bergen County prosecutor’s detectives on Friday busted a Norwood couple who they said had pot, a pair of imitation guns and $5,490 in suspected drug proceeds. Acting on a tip, investigators raided a Hudson Avenue residence and arrested Miguel Pagan, 35, and Danielle Washington, 36 on drug charges. Both were released pending Nov. 23 appearances in Bergen County Central Judicial Processing Court.

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Fort Lee, NJ
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Police From Four Bergen Towns Bust 3 In Four-County $15G Cigarette Thefts Police From Four Bergen Towns Bust 3 In Four-County $15G Cigarette Thefts Police From Four Bergen Towns Bust 3 In Four-County $15G Cigarette Thefts
Police From Four Bergen Towns Bust 3 In Four-County $15G Cigarette Thefts Detectives from Bogota, Fairview, Hackensack and Saddle Brook teamed up to nab three men in connection with the thefts of $15,000 worth of cigarettes in four counties. Paul P. Dickson, 31, of Saddle Brook, was identified with help from North Bergen police, Bogota Police Capt. James Sepp told Daily Voice on Friday. He and a second suspect, Abdul Hardy, 49, of Paterson, were arrested in the city by members of the multi-department strike team, Sepp said. The third suspect, 52-year-old Abdul Khaliq M. Muhammad, was also arrested in Paterson a few days later by Bogota and Saddle Brook detective…

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Newly-Trained Mahwah K-9 Sniffs Out Drugs, $9,000 Cash In Route 17 Stop Newly-Trained Mahwah K-9 Sniffs Out Drugs, $9,000 Cash In Route 17 Stop Newly-Trained Mahwah K-9 Sniffs Out Drugs, $9,000 Cash In Route 17 Stop
Newly-Trained Mahwah K-9 Sniffs Out Drugs, $9,000 Cash In Route 17 Stop MAHWAH, N.J. – A Mahwah police K-9 fresh out of training school helped his handler seize Oxycodone and $9,000 in suspected drug proceeds during a Route 17 stop, authorities said. After stopping a four-door Chrysler for several motor vehicle violations, Officer Rob Rapp noticed “marijuana remnants” and smelled pot from inside it, Police Chief James Batelli said Friday. Rapp obtained consent to search the car from the driver, Lefty Rosario Batista of Newark, and put K-9 Remco to work, he said. The dog immediately alerted Rapp “to specific areas within the vehicle,” the chief said. Rapp foun…

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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Federal Jury Convicts Christie Aides In Bridgegate Scandal Federal Jury Convicts Christie Aides In Bridgegate Scandal Federal Jury Convicts Christie Aides In Bridgegate Scandal
Federal Jury Convicts Christie Aides In Bridgegate Scandal Federal jurors in Newark on Friday convicted two of Gov. Christie’s former aides of all charges in the Bridgegate scandal. A judge set sentencing for Feb. 21 for Bill Baroni -- who was the governor’s top official at the Port Authority – and Christie’s former deputy chief of staff, Bridget Anne Kelly, on guilty verdicts for conspiracy and fraud, among other counts. “We are gratified that the members of the jury saw the evidence the way we saw it and reached their verdict of guilty today,” U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman said. “This was a long and difficult investigation, and I am so proud of…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
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Tractor-Trailer Driver In East Rutherford Crash Ran Light, Prosecutor Says Tractor-Trailer Driver In East Rutherford Crash Ran Light, Prosecutor Says Tractor-Trailer Driver In East Rutherford Crash Ran Light, Prosecutor Says
Tractor-Trailer Driver In East Rutherford Crash Ran Light, Prosecutor Says EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- A tractor-trailer driver ran a red light before his rig struck a mini-van on Paterson Plank Road (Route 120) near the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford Thursday afternoon, critically injuring the other driver, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said Friday. The victim had to be extricated after the crash, which occurred just before 1:45 p.m. in front of the Hampton Inn at the Carlstadt border, at the intersection of Rt. 120 and Ramp “T.” An investigation by members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Fatal Accident Unit and the East Ru…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Motorcyclist Killed In Elmwood Park Crash Identified Motorcyclist Killed In Elmwood Park Crash Identified Motorcyclist Killed In Elmwood Park Crash Identified
Motorcyclist Killed In Elmwood Park Crash Identified ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. -- Elmwood Park police on Friday identified a motorcyclist killed in a crash the day before as 38-year-old Santiago Garcia of Cliffside Park. Garcia, of 635 Anderson Avenue, was "temporarily resuscitated by [police] officers and EMS workers" who found him not breathing and without a pulse after the 8:15 a.m. crash on Molnar Drive at East 54th Street, Police Chief Michael Foligno told Daily Voice. He died of his injuries at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson, however, the chief said. A preliminary investigation found that the driver of a four-door …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
2 Hospitalized After 'Four Corners' Crash In River Vale 2 Hospitalized After 'Four Corners' Crash In River Vale 2 Hospitalized After 'Four Corners' Crash In River Vale
2 Hospitalized After 'Four Corners' Crash In River Vale RIVER VALE, N.J. -- A car plowed into a light post in River Vale Thursday night, sending both occupants to the hospital with injuries that police said weren't life-threatening. River Vale Ambulance Corps members removed them after their 2016 Hyundai Elantra struck the pole around 6 p.m. in front of the 7-Eleven on Rivervale Road at what's known as the Four Corners, Detective Sgt. John DeVoe told Daily Voice. The 51-year-old driver from Bergenfield and 36-year-old backseat passenger from New Milford were taken to HackensackUMC at Pascack Valley, he said. Brookside Towing removed the damage…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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Embezzling Former Franklin Lakes CFO Gets 3 Years In Federal Pen Embezzling Former Franklin Lakes CFO Gets 3 Years In Federal Pen Embezzling Former Franklin Lakes CFO Gets 3 Years In Federal Pen
Embezzling Former Franklin Lakes CFO Gets 3 Years In Federal Pen FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. – A former CFO of an Englewood electronics and household goods wholesaler was sentenced to three years in federal prison Thursday for embezzling more than $4 million – some of which he admitted using to pay property taxes on his Franklin Lakes home. Gomidas Garabed Hartounian, 52, also admitted that he ducked more than $600,000 in federal income taxes during a previous plea to wire fraud and tax evasion. For seven years, beginning in April 2007, Hartounian was the sole owner of a company registered to his residence that he posed as a vendor for the Englewood business w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: East Rutherford Tractor-Trailer Crash Driver Ran Light Prosecutor: East Rutherford Tractor-Trailer Crash Driver Ran Light Prosecutor: East Rutherford Tractor-Trailer Crash Driver Ran Light
Prosecutor: East Rutherford Tractor-Trailer Crash Driver Ran Light EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- A tractor-trailer driver ran a red light before his rig struck a mini-van on Paterson Plank Road (Route 120) near the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford Thursday afternoon, critically injuring the other driver, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said Friday. The victim had to be extricated after the crash, which occurred just before 1:45 p.m. in front of the Hampton Inn at the Carlstadt border, at the intersection of Rt. 120 and Ramp “T.” An investigation by members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Fatal Accident Unit and the East Ru…

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