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.

Jerry DeMarco's Contributions

Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Wayne Police Charge Pompton Lakes Man In Burglary Interrupted By Boy, 11 Wayne Police Charge Pompton Lakes Man In Burglary Interrupted By Boy, 11 Wayne Police Charge Pompton Lakes Man In Burglary Interrupted By Boy, 11
Wayne Police Charge Pompton Lakes Man In Burglary Interrupted By Boy, 11 WAYNE, N.J. -- It didn't take long for Wayne detectives to arrest a man who they said was burglarizing a local residence when an 11-year-old boy who lives there came home. Thomas J. Coughlin, 23, of Pompton Lakes, was charged with burglary and theft, Capt. Laurence Martin said Tuesday afternoon. Bail was set at $50,000 after Wayne detectives arrested Coughlin at his home Turesday morning, Martin said. The night before, Martin asked the public for help identifying the intruder, releasing an image from a home surveillance that caught him in the act. All of the items taken were recovered, he…

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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
'Don't Shoot Me!' Suicidal Man Leaning On GWB Railing Shouts At Police 'Don't Shoot Me!' Suicidal Man Leaning On GWB Railing Shouts At Police 'Don't Shoot Me!' Suicidal Man Leaning On GWB Railing Shouts At Police
'Don't Shoot Me!' Suicidal Man Leaning On GWB Railing Shouts At Police FORT LEE, N.J. -- An emotionally distraught Westchester man leaning over the railing on the upper level of the George Washington Bridge shouted "Don't shoot me!" when police approached Tuesday afternoon, then threatened to jump if they got any closer, authorities said. The "highly irritated" 42-year-old Elmsford, N.Y. man" kept screaming those words and kept offices at bay before they eventually took him into custody without further incident at about 12:30 p.m., the Port Authority's Joseph Pentangelo told Daily Voice. He was taken by ambulance to Bergen Regional Med…

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Severe Injuries For Victim, 69, In Fair Lawn Pedestrian Crash Severe Injuries For Victim, 69, In Fair Lawn Pedestrian Crash Severe Injuries For Victim, 69, In Fair Lawn Pedestrian Crash
Severe Injuries For Victim, 69, In Fair Lawn Pedestrian Crash FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- A 69-year-old Fair Lawn man was taken by police escort Tuesday morning to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson with severe injuries after he was struck by a van, police told Daily Voice. The 33-year-old male driver from Elmwood Park received a summons for failing to yield. He was trying to make a right in his 2006 Ford F-350 onto Fair Lawn Avenue from Orchard Street near Route 208 when the crash occurred at 8:18 a.m., Sgt. Brian Metzler said. The victim, who'd sustained serious head and internal injuries, was unresponsive but breathing,  responders told Daily…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Wyckoff Woman Raped By Car-Service Driver Prosecutor: Wyckoff Woman Raped By Car-Service Driver Prosecutor: Wyckoff Woman Raped By Car-Service Driver
Prosecutor: Wyckoff Woman Raped By Car-Service Driver WYCKOFF, N.J. – An Uber driver from Paterson raped a Wyckoff woman overnight Monday in a driveway near her home, authorities said. A judge ordered Al-Quon Hopkins, 31, held on $250,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail on charges of aggravated sexual assault. Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said members of his Special Investigations Unit and Wyckoff police arrested Hopkins after the woman – who booked the ride online -- called 911. Hopkins "no longer has access to the app moving forward," Nj.com said it was told by a spokeswoman. "He will no longer drive for U…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Your Community
Waldwick Singer Pens Song Of Train Crash At His Beloved Hoboken Station Waldwick Singer Pens Song Of Train Crash At His Beloved Hoboken Station Waldwick Singer Pens Song Of Train Crash At His Beloved Hoboken Station
Waldwick Singer Pens Song Of Train Crash At His Beloved Hoboken Station WALDWICK, N.J. -- A Waldwick singer-songwriter who performed on a Hoboken train platform for two and a half years considers himself fortunate that he wasn't there the morning of a deadly crash late last month. It shook him into writing a song about it. "Lucky for me, I can say every person I know that uses Hoboken Terminal on a regular basis was safe from harm," 21-year-old Tim Gysin said. "But it's also very scary to think that I could've been affected by this if this were to happen while I was performing." The result is "Diesel." "There were people on…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Wayne Boy, 11, Finds Burglar In Home, Police Find Suspect With Public Help Wayne Boy, 11, Finds Burglar In Home, Police Find Suspect With Public Help Wayne Boy, 11, Finds Burglar In Home, Police Find Suspect With Public Help
Wayne Boy, 11, Finds Burglar In Home, Police Find Suspect With Public Help UPDATE: It didn't take long for Wayne detectives to arrest a man who they said was burglarizing a local residence when an 11-year-old boy who lives there came home. Thomas J. Coughlin, 23, of Pompton Lakes, was chargd with burglary and theft, Capt. Laurence Martin said Tuesday afternoon. The night before, Martin asked the public for help identifying the intruder, releasing an image from a home surveillance that caught him in the act. Bail was set at $50,000 after Wayne detectives arrested Coughlin at his home Turesday morning, Martin said. All of the items taken were recovered, he said. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Skeleton-Masked Gunman Robs Elmwood Park Convenience Store Skeleton-Masked Gunman Robs Elmwood Park Convenience Store Skeleton-Masked Gunman Robs Elmwood Park Convenience Store
Skeleton-Masked Gunman Robs Elmwood Park Convenience Store ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. -- A gunman in a skeleton mask robbed a an Elmwood Park convenience store of a few hundred dollars Monday night, authorities told Daily Voice. A Bergen County Sheriff's K-9 unit was tracking a scent moments after the holdup of the 7-Day Convenience Store on Boulevard around 8:45 p.m., Police Chief Michael Foligno said. Witnesses said the robber was white, wore a hoodie that said "Hertz" across the frontand carried a black gun with a pearl wooden handle.

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Lawmaker: NJ Bear Management Should Be Based On Science, Not Politics Lawmaker: NJ Bear Management Should Be Based On Science, Not Politics Lawmaker: NJ Bear Management Should Be Based On Science, Not Politics
Lawmaker: NJ Bear Management Should Be Based On Science, Not Politics New Jersey's policies for hunting and managing black bears should be based on wildlife science determined by the experts at the Fish and Game Council -- and not by politicians in Trenton -- a state lawmaker said Monday. Talk is heating up after a popular bi-pedal bear nicknamed "Pedals" -- who walked upright because of an injury -- was apparently killed by a hunter. Several lawmakers are pushing to remove black bears from the list of game species in New Jersey. At least two bills entered into consideration in both the Senate and Assembly would require that black bears be protecte…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
2nd Arrest In Paterson Street Slaying Made In South Carolina 2nd Arrest In Paterson Street Slaying Made In South Carolina 2nd Arrest In Paterson Street Slaying Made In South Carolina
2nd Arrest In Paterson Street Slaying Made In South Carolina PATERSON, N.J. -- U.S. Marshals in South Carolina on Monday morning arrested a fugitive wanted in the cold-blooded shooting death of another man in Paterson last month, authorities said. Gyasi Allen, 26, was being held pending extradition proceedings to face charges in the killing of Cosmeik Gee, Police Director Jerry Speziale told Daily Voice. Marhals took him into custody in Florence County on murder charges filed by by Paterson police, the director said. Earlier this month, Paterson detectives working with investigators from the Passaic County Prosecutor's Office arrested and charged a …

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Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
State Group Certifies Bergenfield, Lodi Police Chiefs, Paramus Deputy Chief State Group Certifies Bergenfield, Lodi Police Chiefs, Paramus Deputy Chief State Group Certifies Bergenfield, Lodi Police Chiefs, Paramus Deputy Chief
State Group Certifies Bergenfield, Lodi Police Chiefs, Paramus Deputy Chief Police Chiefs Cathy Madalone of Bergenfield and Vincent Quatrone of Lodi and Paramus Deputy Chief Robert Guidetti were among 29 police executives from throughout the state granted certification by the New Jersey Association of Chiefs of Police. Each applicant recently underwent peer reviews conducted by the NJSACOP Accredited Chief/Command Executive (ACE) Program. Madalone and Quatrone were designated ACE-COP advanced, while Guidetti was designated an ACE. The NJSACOP ACE Program looks toward "accrediting the individual police leaders and assuring that experience, formal education and…

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