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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Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Carlstadt Roofer Splits Year In Prison, Home Confinement For Ducking Taxes Carlstadt Roofer Splits Year In Prison, Home Confinement For Ducking Taxes Carlstadt Roofer Splits Year In Prison, Home Confinement For Ducking Taxes
Carlstadt Roofer Splits Year In Prison, Home Confinement For Ducking Taxes CARLSTADT, N.J. – The owner of a Carlstadt roofing business was sentenced Thursday morning to six months in prison and six months of home confinement after admitting he used using $191,295 in income that he didn't report on his tax returns for personal expenses. Michael Tattoli pleaded guilty in federal court in Trenton in June to not reporting income on his 2010, 2011 and 2012 tax returns. An investigation by the IRS-Criminal Investigation Newark Field Office and the U.S. Attorney’s Office turned up checks made out to Mike’s All Seasons Roofing and Construction Company that Tattoli deposit…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Falling Tree In Ramsey Kills Worker From Rockland Falling Tree In Ramsey Kills Worker From Rockland Falling Tree In Ramsey Kills Worker From Rockland
Falling Tree In Ramsey Kills Worker From Rockland RAMSEY, N.J. (UPDATE) -- A 30-year-old tree service worker from Rockland County was killed Wednesday afternoon in Ramsey when a large part of a tree fell on him, authorities confirmed. The victim, a father of two from New City, was part of a tree service crew by the Peach Hill Townhouse Community to do work on the property, Police Chief Bryan Gurney said Thursday morning. Members of the Ramsey Police Department and Ramsey Ambulance Corps administered first aid for upper body and head injuries, Gurney said. He was then taken to Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern, where he was pronounced de…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
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West Milford, Ringwood Detectives Unite To Bust Couple In Home Burglaries West Milford, Ringwood Detectives Unite To Bust Couple In Home Burglaries West Milford, Ringwood Detectives Unite To Bust Couple In Home Burglaries
West Milford, Ringwood Detectives Unite To Bust Couple In Home Burglaries WEST MILFORD, N.J. -- Police from West Milford and Ringwood teamed up to arrest a couple who they said were committing area home burglaries. Brandon Mitchell, 38, and Allyson Mitchell, 34, both of Hewitt, were arrested in Oakland when they tried to sell stolen jewelry, said West Milford Police Chief Timothy Storbeck. Noting similarities in four burglaries over more than two weeks in the Hewitt section of West Milford and Ringwood, detectives from both jurisdictions got together to work the case. Concerned citizens told them about a gray Honda Civic and a suspicious couple seen in the area …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Passaic Sheriff's Officer On Totowa Road Detail Struck, Seriously Injured Passaic Sheriff's Officer On Totowa Road Detail Struck, Seriously Injured Passaic Sheriff's Officer On Totowa Road Detail Struck, Seriously Injured
Passaic Sheriff's Officer On Totowa Road Detail Struck, Seriously Injured TOTOWA, N.J. -- A Passaic County sheriff's sergeant was hospitalized in stable condition with serious injuries after being struck Wednesday night by a vehicle while working a uniformed construction detail in Totowa, authorities said. The sergeant was taken by ambulance to St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center after being struck just after 7 p.m. iat Totowa Road and Riverview Drive, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. "The matter is still under investigation and the Passaic County prosecutor was informed of the situation," the sheriff said Wednesday night. "I w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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Unfamiliar Substitute Teacher In Hoodie Sparks Tenafly High School Lockdown Unfamiliar Substitute Teacher In Hoodie Sparks Tenafly High School Lockdown Unfamiliar Substitute Teacher In Hoodie Sparks Tenafly High School Lockdown
Unfamiliar Substitute Teacher In Hoodie Sparks Tenafly High School Lockdown TENAFLY, N.J. – An unfamiliar substitute teacher caused a brief lockdown of Tenafly High School on Wednesday, authorities said. A student reported seeing “an unfamiliar adult male in the building wearing a black hooded jacket and carrying a wheeled suitcase behind him,” Capt. Michael deMoncada said. The student notified school officials, who alerted the police school resource officer. Police supervisors decided to lock down the school until they could locate the person and verify his intentions, deMoncada said. After spotting him on surveillance cameras, officers found the teacher in a cl…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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VIDEO: Authorities Identify 10 Protesters Arrested After Closing GWB VIDEO: Authorities Identify 10 Protesters Arrested After Closing GWB VIDEO: Authorities Identify 10 Protesters Arrested After Closing GWB
Video: Authorities Identify 10 Protesters Arrested After Closing GWB FORT LEE, N.J. -- Ten members of a homeless support group were arrested after chaining themselves across the upper level of the NYC-bound George Washington Bridge, closing the span for about 15 minutes during Wednesday morning's rush. Port Authority police Wednesday afternoon said all are charged with reckless endangerment and criminal trespassing. Released without bail pending a court hearing: Christina Fox, 27, Oceanside, CA; Felix Cepeda, 35, Bronx; Diego Ibanez, 27, Brooklyn; Karl Kumodzi, 25, Brooklyn; Elana Gold, 24, Brooklyn; Claudia Palacios, 27, Brooklyn; Jeremy Weissma…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Passaic Sheriff: Detectives Nab Ex-Con With Gun In Paterson Drug Deal Passaic Sheriff: Detectives Nab Ex-Con With Gun In Paterson Drug Deal Passaic Sheriff: Detectives Nab Ex-Con With Gun In Paterson Drug Deal
Passaic Sheriff: Detectives Nab Ex-Con With Gun In Paterson Drug Deal PATERSON, N.J. -- Narcotics detectives from the Passaic County sheriff's office seized hundreds of bags of heroin and a loaded gun while arresting two men following drug deal, thanks to a concerned citizen's tip, authorities said Wednesday. A pickup driven by Matthew Schneyer, 25, of Morris Plains pulled up to a curb in front of the detectives in the city's Third Ward on Tuesday and an Audi driven by ex-con Saleem McQueen, also 25, of Paterson pulled up in front of him, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. "After a brief conversation, McQueen handed Schneyer a small brick-s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
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Wallington Officer Nabs Purse-Snatching Ex-Con, 63, With 100-Arrest Record Wallington Officer Nabs Purse-Snatching Ex-Con, 63, With 100-Arrest Record Wallington Officer Nabs Purse-Snatching Ex-Con, 63, With 100-Arrest Record
Wallington Officer Nabs Purse-Snatching Ex-Con, 63, With 100-Arrest Record WALLINGTON, N.J. -- A 63-year-old Newark man with a history of purse snatchings nearly swiped a wallet from a Wallington supermarket shopper while her back was turned, authorities said Wednesday. Charles Edmond Denmon had more than a dozen outstanding warrants in more than 13 separate jurisdictions -- along with 30 felony convictions out of nearly 100 previous arrests -- when Officer David Norris tracked him down following the attempted theft this past weekend at the Paterson Avenue Shop Rite. The shopper "noticed her purse opened and her wallet removed as she turned her back from her …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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Good Samaritans Try To Aid Jogger Killed By Car In Tenafly Good Samaritans Try To Aid Jogger Killed By Car In Tenafly Good Samaritans Try To Aid Jogger Killed By Car In Tenafly
Good Samaritans Try To Aid Jogger Killed By Car In Tenafly TENAFLY, N.J. -- A trio of good Samaritans rushed to the aid of a 63-year-old jogger who was killed after being struck by a car in Tenafly, one of them told Daily Voice. "What happened early Tuesday morning was a true tragedy," Erland Castillo said. "I was one of the first people to call 911, as the victim's lifeless body laid face down on East Clinton [Avenue]." Robert Hyer Jr. was struck around 5:45 a.m. near the intersection of Woodland Street by a vehicle driven by a 58-year-old Englewood Cliffs woman, Tenafly Police Capt. Michael deMoncada said. Three motorists imm…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Garfield Police Capture Barricaded Passaic Robbery Suspect Garfield Police Capture Barricaded Passaic Robbery Suspect Garfield Police Capture Barricaded Passaic Robbery Suspect
Garfield Police Capture Barricaded Passaic Robbery Suspect GARFIELD, N.J. -- Garfield police took a barricaded robbery suspect into custody early Tuesday afternoon after a 90-minute standoff, authorities said. Detective Sean Delahanty spotted 20-year-old Jhamir Brown walking north on Midland Avenue around noon, Capt. Darren Sucorowski said. Knowing that Brown was wanted, he told him to stop. But Brown ducked into his Midland Avenue apartment, the captain said. The Garfield Police Emergency Service Unit established a perimeter, closing the block, with assistance from Passaic. An Garfield ESU negotiator talked with Brown, who eventually agreed to …

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