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
Breaking News
DWI Drivers, Shoplifters, Fighters In Teterboro Keep Moonachie Police Busy DWI Drivers, Shoplifters, Fighters In Teterboro Keep Moonachie Police Busy DWI Drivers, Shoplifters, Fighters In Teterboro Keep Moonachie Police Busy
DWI Drivers, Shoplifters, Fighters In Teterboro Keep Moonachie Police Busy TETERBORO, N.J. -- A string of offenders again kept Moonachie police busy in Teterboro -- among them, shoplifters, a drunk driver and a Bergenfield man accused of punching a Dumont man in the face. By the time the nearly three days of actions was done, Moonachie police had made their 61st Teterboro arrest of the year -- compared with 45 all of last year. It began with a call from Walmart of a possibly drunk woman getting into a car and driving off, Detective Sgt. Anthony Fugnitti told Daily Voice on Monday. Sgt. Jeffery Napolitano spotted the car "weaving in the lane on Route 46 east …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Loud Muffler Leads Passaic Sheriff's Officer To Heroin In Prospect Park Loud Muffler Leads Passaic Sheriff's Officer To Heroin In Prospect Park Loud Muffler Leads Passaic Sheriff's Officer To Heroin In Prospect Park
Loud Muffler Leads Passaic Sheriff's Officer To Heroin In Prospect Park PROSPECT PARK, N.J. -- A noisy muffler led a Passaic County sheriff's officer to a Wayne montorist who was carrying 94 folds of heroin in a cigarette pack wedged between the driver's seat and the console, authorities said Monday. Officer Donald Reddin stopped the blue Audi on Haledon Avenue and N12th Street in Prospect Park on Sunday and found the driver extremely nervous when he asked for his paperwork, Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. Reddin obtained consent to search the vehicle and found the drugs and $960 in alleged drug proceeds, both of which he confiscated, the sheriff said. Christ…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
One Dead, 3 Seriously Injured In East Rutherford Crash Near Stadium One Dead, 3 Seriously Injured In East Rutherford Crash Near Stadium One Dead, 3 Seriously Injured In East Rutherford Crash Near Stadium
One Dead, 3 Seriously Injured In East Rutherford Crash Near Stadium EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- A 24-year-old area man was killed in a four-car crash on eastbound Route 3 overnight, authorities said. Three others were hospitalized with serious injuries and a fourth with minor injuries, Police Chief Larry Minda told Daily Voice. All were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, he said. An investigation continued late Sunday morning at the site, near the Hilton Hotel, as fans headed to the Giants games against the Baltimore Ravens. Because of where the 3:19 a.m. crash happened, eastbound motorists were able to get to MetLife Stadium by driving over the B…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: No Serious Injuries In Police-Involved Shooting In Paterson Prosecutor: No Serious Injuries In Police-Involved Shooting In Paterson Prosecutor: No Serious Injuries In Police-Involved Shooting In Paterson
Prosecutor: No Serious Injuries In Police-Involved Shooting In Paterson PATERSON, N.J. -- Authorities on Saturday confirmed that they were investigating a police-involved shooting the night before in Paterson in which a civilian was struck. "The Passaic County Prosecutor's Office Shooting Response Team has been activated for a police-involved shooting that occurred on October 14, 2016, in Paterson in the area of Oak and Madison Streets," said Chief Assistant Passaic County Prosecutor Mary Catherine Ryan of the Public Integrity Unit. "One civilian sustained non-life threatening injuries that have been treated," Ryan said early Saturday. "…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Elmwood Park Grandmother, 81, Loses $4,000 In iTunes Phone Scam Elmwood Park Grandmother, 81, Loses $4,000 In iTunes Phone Scam Elmwood Park Grandmother, 81, Loses $4,000 In iTunes Phone Scam
Elmwood Park Grandmother, 81, Loses $4,000 In iTunes Phone Scam ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. -- A disoriented 81-year-old Elmwood Park grandmother lost $4,000 to a fast-talking phone scammer who claimed to be her grandson. The imposter, apologizing for not calling her often, said that he needed money and asked her not to tell anyone, her daughter told Daily Voice. "She has dementia and not very good judgment," the daughter said. The caller instructed the elderly woman to take $4,000 cash to the local Best Buy and buy iTunes cards. "I just can't believe that she actually went to the bank, got the cash, drove to Best Buy and spoke to a salesperson,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Wood-Ridge Avalon Raid Turns Up 1,700 Heroin Bags, Crack, Cash Prosecutor: Wood-Ridge Avalon Raid Turns Up 1,700 Heroin Bags, Crack, Cash Prosecutor: Wood-Ridge Avalon Raid Turns Up 1,700 Heroin Bags, Crack, Cash
Prosecutor: Wood-Ridge Avalon Raid Turns Up 1,700 Heroin Bags, Crack, Cash WOOD-RIDGE, N.J. – Authorities seized 1,700 bags of heroin, nearly three ounces of crack cocaine and drug-packaging materials during a raid on the apartment of a Wood-Ridge man who they said was dealing in the area. Francisco Caceres, 32, owas being held on $75,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail on various drug charges. Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said members of his office and both the Hasbrouck Heights and Wood-Ridge police also seized $1,515 during Thursday’s raid at Caceres’s Avalon at Wesmont Station apartment. All told, they found 34 heroin bricks, 80 grams of c…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
School Yourself, Loved Ones On Various Phone Scams School Yourself, Loved Ones On Various Phone Scams School Yourself, Loved Ones On Various Phone Scams
School Yourself, Loved Ones On Various Phone Scams Phone scams continue to claim victims — including a Ridgewood resident who wired $539 to someone who told her that she needed to do so to collect an “American National Award” and countless grandparents fooled into thinking a loved one was in trouble. If you have elderly relatives, talk to them about this, authorities urge. But first review our sampling of the various types of scams: PSE&G Warns: Watch Out For New Sophisticated Phone Scams PSE&G phone scammers have gotten more sophisticated -- using interactive voice prompts that imitate those of the utility's customer service l…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Weather
Forecast: Clouds Could Block North Jersey's View Of Weekend Rocket Launch Forecast: Clouds Could Block North Jersey's View Of Weekend Rocket Launch Forecast: Clouds Could Block North Jersey's View Of Weekend Rocket Launch
Forecast: Clouds Could Block North Jersey's View Of Weekend Rocket Launch New Jersey may not see a rocket launch off the coast of Virginia this weekend, after all: The National Weather Service on Friday forecast a cloudy Sunday night -- and possible rain -- in the Garden State. The private spaceflight company Orbital ATK is launching one of its Antares rockets bearing a Cygnus cargo ship sometime after 8 p.m. because of poor weather that's expected at a launch tracking site in Bermuda, Space.com reports. This comes two years after one of the company's rockets exploded seconds after liftoff. The rocket, launched from Wallops (Island) Flight Facility in Virginia,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Wayne Police Charge NY Couple With Having 660 Bags Of Heroin, Crack, More Wayne Police Charge NY Couple With Having 660 Bags Of Heroin, Crack, More Wayne Police Charge NY Couple With Having 660 Bags Of Heroin, Crack, More
Wayne Police Charge NY Couple With Having 660 Bags Of Heroin, Crack, More WAYNE, N.J. -- An upstate New York couple high on drugs was carrying nearly 660 small bags of heroin, along with various other drugs and paraphernalia, after Wayne police stopped their weaving car, authorities said Friday. Detectives Ken Hart and Brendan Rigler stopped the 2010 Chevrolet Impala near the Routes 23/46/80 interchange after watching it swerve from lane to lane without direction signals, Capt. Laurence Martin said. The detectives spotted fresh track marks on the arms of the driver, Brian R. Scanlon, 24, and glassine envelopes used to package heroin in the car, Martin said. In h…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Passaic Prosecutor: Clifton Man Sexually Assaulted 5-Year-Old Girl Passaic Prosecutor: Clifton Man Sexually Assaulted 5-Year-Old Girl Passaic Prosecutor: Clifton Man Sexually Assaulted 5-Year-Old Girl
Passaic Prosecutor: Clifton Man Sexually Assaulted 5-Year-Old Girl CLIFTON, N.J. – A judge ordered a Clifton man held on $200,000 bail after Passaic County authorities charged him with sexually assaulting a 5-year-old girl. Candido Casarez, 59, is accused of first-degree aggravated sexual assault, as well as sexual assault and child endangerment, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said Friday. Casarez remained held in the Passaic County Jail after a court appearance Friday following his arrest the day before by Valdes’s Special Victims Unit.

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