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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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Gym Owner Charged With Pressing Fairview Sex Crime Victim To Recant Gym Owner Charged With Pressing Fairview Sex Crime Victim To Recant Gym Owner Charged With Pressing Fairview Sex Crime Victim To Recant
Gym Owner Charged With Pressing Fairview Sex Crime Victim To Recant FAIRVIEW, N.J. – Authorities charged a Bronx gym owner with trying to convince the Fairview victim of a sex crime to say that she lied. A judge ordered Olga Rodriguez, 32, held on $5,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail following her arrest Tuesday on witness tampering charges. Investigators interviewed several people involved in the case before bringing the charges against Rodriguez, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. Members of his Special Victims Unit and Fairview police conducted the probe after his office on Monday “received information that the victim of an aggravat…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
VIDEO: No Injuries Reported After Explosion At North Arlington Plant VIDEO: No Injuries Reported After Explosion At North Arlington Plant VIDEO: No Injuries Reported After Explosion At North Arlington Plant
Video: No Injuries Reported After Explosion At North Arlington Plant NORTH ARLINGTON, N.J. -- No injuries were reported following a small explosion tduring a Thursday fire at a North Arlington warehouse. (CLICK on the image above to see the video.) The fire broke out around 11 a.m. at a Ewing Avenue company that manufactures metal products. Firefighters quickly doused the two-alarm blaze. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Wayne Detectives Find Quarter-Pound Of Pot During Route 23 Stop Wayne Detectives Find Quarter-Pound Of Pot During Route 23 Stop Wayne Detectives Find Quarter-Pound Of Pot During Route 23 Stop
Wayne Detectives Find Quarter-Pound Of Pot During Route 23 Stop WAYNE, N.J. -- Two Wayne police detectives seized a quarter-pound of pot during a routine traffic stop, authorities said. Detectives Kenneth Hart and Brendan Rigler stopped the red 2002 Saturn for driving within unsafe distances of others on southbound Route 23 Tuesday afternoon, Capt. Laurence W. Martin said. While speaking with the driver, 30-year-old Andrew Saldutti of Towaco, they smelled a strong odor of marijuana -- which, it turned out, had been packaged in clear plastic bags, Martin said. Saldutti was processed and released pending a court hearing on drug-related charges.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
On Your Side
Beware Of Halloween's Scariest 'Trick': Hit-And-Run Pop-Up Stores Beware Of Halloween's Scariest 'Trick': Hit-And-Run Pop-Up Stores Beware Of Halloween's Scariest 'Trick': Hit-And-Run Pop-Up Stores
Beware Of Halloween's Scariest 'Trick': Hit-And-Run Pop-Up Stores That pop-up store where you buy your Halloween costumes and candy can be gone like a ghost once the big day is over -- so be careful, state authorities warn. Halloween is the biggest shopping holiday of the year next to Christmas, with consumers nationwide shelling out an estimated $6.4 billion, according to a National Retail Federation survey, state Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino noted. Much of it will be spent at pop-up stores that are now open but will shut down right after Halloween, leaving you with no way to return merchandise or redeem store credit, Porrino said. They "…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Fugitive Behind Bars In Paterson Off-Duty Police Officer Shooting Fugitive Behind Bars In Paterson Off-Duty Police Officer Shooting Fugitive Behind Bars In Paterson Off-Duty Police Officer Shooting
Fugitive Behind Bars In Paterson Off-Duty Police Officer Shooting PATERSON, N.J. – A 19-year-old Paterson man wanted on attempted murder charges involving an off-duty police officer shot at in the city last week was behind bars, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik confirmed Thursday. Kenyi Cruz remained held on $500,000 bail in the Passaic County Jail. Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes wouldn’t elaborate on what she said was a “use of force” committed by the off-duty Harrison police officer “so as not to jeopardize the safety of persons involved or to jeopardize the investigation in progress.” In custody with Cruz were Yordy Almonte, 23,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Haworth Police Auxiliary Turkey Shoot Will Support Military Families Haworth Police Auxiliary Turkey Shoot Will Support Military Families Haworth Police Auxiliary Turkey Shoot Will Support Military Families
Haworth Police Auxiliary Turkey Shoot Will Support Military Families HAWORTH, N.J. -- The Haworth Police Auxiliary is holding its annual target shoot to win holiday turkeys this weekend, with the proceeds going to help active and retired military personnel and their families in Bergen County. Proceeds specifically will go to the Bergen County Police Chiefs Association and the "Pyro's Wings" Foundation scholarship fund named for Capt. Will "Pyro" DuBois, a popular F-16 fighter pilot killed in battle. Dubois's jet crashed in the Middle East on Dec. 1, 2014 during Operation Inherent Resolve. His widow is former Haworth resident Ashley Jones …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Moonachie Police Up To 65 Arrests In Teterboro For 2016 Moonachie Police Up To 65 Arrests In Teterboro For 2016 Moonachie Police Up To 65 Arrests In Teterboro For 2016
Moonachie Police Up To 65 Arrests In Teterboro For 2016 MOONACHIE, N.J. -- Moonachie police made it to 65 arrests in Teterboro so far this year, taking another accused Walmart shoplifter into custody. Borough police, who have been covering all of Teterboro since the beginning of the year, arrested 61-year-old Margaret Scanniello of Little Ferry, who they said took more than $50 worth of women's clothing. She was released on a summons. At this rate, Moonachie police will have 80 arrests out of Teterboro for 2016 -- smashing last year's 45. Low staffing and the expansion of Teterboro's commercial businesses have combined to put pressure on the d…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Bergenfield Pedestrian Hospitalized In Hit-Run Crash, Driver Sought Bergenfield Pedestrian Hospitalized In Hit-Run Crash, Driver Sought Bergenfield Pedestrian Hospitalized In Hit-Run Crash, Driver Sought
Bergenfield Pedestrian Hospitalized In Hit-Run Crash, Driver Sought BERGENFIELD, N.J. – Authorities asked the public’s help finding a small- to mid-size, dark colored passenger vehicle with possible damage to the front and driver’s side of the vehicle, caused when it struck a 66-year-old pedestrian Wednesday night in Bergenfield. Elizabeth Velez, 66, was expected to recover from serious internal injuries, as Daily Voice reported Wednesday night, authorities said Thursday. Velez was struck by the northbound vehicle near the intersection of South Prospect Avenue and West Broad Street at 7:13 p.m., Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. “It ap…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Edgewater Police: Officer Finds Ecuadoran National With Ounce Of Ketamine Edgewater Police: Officer Finds Ecuadoran National With Ounce Of Ketamine Edgewater Police: Officer Finds Ecuadoran National With Ounce Of Ketamine
Edgewater Police: Officer Finds Ecuadoran National With Ounce Of Ketamine EDGEWATER, N.J. -- An Edgewater police officer making a routine traffic stop found an Ecuadoran national living in West New York carrying more than an ounce of Ketamine, an illegal recreational drug. A judge ordered Rodrigo Zumarraga of West New York held on $25,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail on drug-related charges following his arrest late Tuesday. The INS also issued a detainer that would keep Zumarraga behind bars pending a federal hearing should he make bail. Officer James Dalton pulled over the four-door Hyundai just before midnight and spotted "a large clear plastic bag con…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Paterson Man Convicted Of Selling Heroin Awaits 2 More Trials Prosecutor: Paterson Man Convicted Of Selling Heroin Awaits 2 More Trials Prosecutor: Paterson Man Convicted Of Selling Heroin Awaits 2 More Trials
Prosecutor: Paterson Man Convicted Of Selling Heroin Awaits 2 More Trials PATERSON, N.J. – A Paterson man convicted on charges of selling heroin still has two more cases pending, authorities noted. Jurors in Paterson also found 43-year-old Gregory King guilty of resisting arrest and a crime known as “wandering to commit controlled dangerous substance offenses” while clearing him of a single charge of possessing heroin with the intent to sell it within 1,000 feet of Public School No. 6. Detectives arrested King after they said they caught him selling drugs on the corner of Carroll Street and Godwin Avenue in June 2013, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes s…

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