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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Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Investigators Eye Car Following Englewood Cliffs Convent Fire Investigators Eye Car Following Englewood Cliffs Convent Fire Investigators Eye Car Following Englewood Cliffs Convent Fire
Investigators Eye Car Following Englewood Cliffs Convent Fire ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J. -- Investigators from the Bergen County Prosecutor's Arson Investigation Unit were examining one of five damaged cars as they tried to determine the cause of a fierce Wednesday morning fire at an Englewood Cliffs convent, Daily Voice has learned. More than two dozen elderly nuns and two priests from the St. Joseph's Sisters of Peace residence at St. Michael's Villa atop the Palisades were among the evacuees in the fire, which destroyed a utility building that contained air conditioning units. The vehicles were parked below the two-story building when the fire broke ou…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
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Northern Valley Students Set For Demarest, Old Tappan 'Trunk Or Treat's Northern Valley Students Set For Demarest, Old Tappan 'Trunk Or Treat's Northern Valley Students Set For Demarest, Old Tappan 'Trunk Or Treat's
Northern Valley Students Set For Demarest, Old Tappan 'Trunk Or Treat's CLOSTER, N.J. -- High school students will decorate their car trunks and distribute candy to younger children at both Northern Valley high schools on Oct. 27. The Northern Valley Coalition has been working with local schools, police departments and PTOs to schedule the alcohol- and substance-free Trunk or Treat events, which will run from 5:15 to 7 p.m., rain or shine. Donations of wrapped Halloween candy are being accepted at Closter police headquarters at 295 Closter Dock Road in anticipation of the free events. MORE INFO: www.nvcoalition.org for updated and added Halloween candy drop of…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
PA Man Caught By Mahwah Detective Had Meth Pipe, Ski Mask, Police Charge PA Man Caught By Mahwah Detective Had Meth Pipe, Ski Mask, Police Charge PA Man Caught By Mahwah Detective Had Meth Pipe, Ski Mask, Police Charge
PA Man Caught By Mahwah Detective Had Meth Pipe, Ski Mask, Police Charge MAHWAH, N.J. – A Pennsylvania man chased down by a Mahwah police detective behind a local motel was carrying a meth pipe and a homemade ski mask, Chief James Batelli said Wednesday afternoon. Detective Sgt. Kevin Hebert spotted 25-year-old Alfonso F. Deleon-Mejia of Stroudsburg, PA, in a wooded area behind the Route 17 motel around 11 p.m. Tuesday, Batelli said. Deleon-Mejia “immediately placed his hands down the front of his pants,” then refused to show them before taking off, he said. Hebert caught Deleon-Mejia, who “flailed his arms and resisted efforts to show his hands,” the chief sa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Lodi Police Find Burglar In Bedroom Closet Thanks To Neighbor Lodi Police Find Burglar In Bedroom Closet Thanks To Neighbor Lodi Police Find Burglar In Bedroom Closet Thanks To Neighbor
Lodi Police Find Burglar In Bedroom Closet Thanks To Neighbor LODI, N.J. -- Lodi police said they found a Garfield man hiding in the bedroom closet of a burglarized home, thanks to a quickly-reacting neighbor. The resident called just before noon Tuesday after spotting Daniel M. Strug "ringing doorbells and attempting to gain entry through front doors of homes in the Grove Street area," Deputy Police Chief Donald Scorzetti said. Responding officers found the front window of a Grove Street residence open, the screen removed and smudges on the sill, Scorzetti said Wednesday. A bicycle was stashed in the shrubs out front, he added. Police con…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Passaic Sheriff: Clifton Man Found DWI In Stolen Car In Paterson Passaic Sheriff: Clifton Man Found DWI In Stolen Car In Paterson Passaic Sheriff: Clifton Man Found DWI In Stolen Car In Paterson
Passaic Sheriff: Clifton Man Found DWI In Stolen Car In Paterson PATERSON, N.J. -- A Passaic County sheriff's officer recovered a stolen car overnight Wednesday and charged the driver, who authorities said was drunk. Officer Martin Sanabria identified the stolen vehicle just before 4 a.m. near the corner of Ellison and Auburn streets, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. Behind the wheel was an intoxicated Jose Reymundo, 28, of Clifton, he said. Reymundo was charged with receiving stolen property, DWI, refusing to submit to a blood test and being DWI in a school zone. He was released on a court summons. "It is infuriating that this susp…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Woodcliff Lake Adds Blue Line Supporting Law Enforcement Woodcliff Lake Adds Blue Line Supporting Law Enforcement Woodcliff Lake Adds Blue Line Supporting Law Enforcement
Woodcliff Lake Adds Blue Line Supporting Law Enforcement WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J. -- Woodcliff Lake became the latest North Jersey town to show support for law enforcement by painting a blue line in front of Borough Hall. In the photo above, Woodcliff Lake Council President Corrado Belgiovine, DPW employees David Linko and Ray Blackston, Officers Simon Sherfer and Keith Kalmbach stand proudly on the new blue line on Pascack Road. Dating back decades, the "thin blue line" is used throughout the U.S. and Canada to symbolize the thin line between chaos and order. It's employed, as well, to commemorate fallen law enforcement officers and to re…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Elderly Nuns Among Evacuees In Fire At Englewood Cliffs Convent Elderly Nuns Among Evacuees In Fire At Englewood Cliffs Convent Elderly Nuns Among Evacuees In Fire At Englewood Cliffs Convent
Elderly Nuns Among Evacuees In Fire At Englewood Cliffs Convent ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J. -- More than two dozen elderly nuns and two priests from the St. Joseph's Sisters of Peace convent atop the Palisades in Englewood Cliffs were among the evacuees in a fierce utility building fire Wednesday morning at St. Michael's Villa. "I would say they're in their 70s, 80s and 90s," Police Chief Michael Cioffi said. A few first responders sustained injuries, but none were considered serious, he said. A cat belonging to one of the retired nuns died, the chief added. Twenty-nine people in all were taken from the convent to the gym at the St. Peter's Unive…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Old Tappan Adds Blue, Red, Green Lines For Police, Firefighters, First Aid Old Tappan Adds Blue, Red, Green Lines For Police, Firefighters, First Aid Old Tappan Adds Blue, Red, Green Lines For Police, Firefighters, First Aid
Old Tappan Adds Blue, Red, Green Lines For Police, Firefighters, First Aid OLD TAPPAN, N.J. -- Old Tappan showed its support for first responders with a series of different-colored street lines painted Monday. DPW workers striped Russell Avenue blue for borough police, red for its volunteer firefighters and green for the Volunteer First Aid Corps.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Woman Killed On Route 17 In Wood-Ridge Spoke To Driver Moments Earlier Woman Killed On Route 17 In Wood-Ridge Spoke To Driver Moments Earlier Woman Killed On Route 17 In Wood-Ridge Spoke To Driver Moments Earlier
Woman Killed On Route 17 In Wood-Ridge Spoke To Driver Moments Earlier WOOD-RIDGE, N.J. -- A 49-year-old woman struck and killed Friday night on Route 17 in Wood-Ridge spoke with the driver barely 20 minutes earlier, authorities told Daily Voice early Monday evening. Debbie Evans, who lived on Terrace Avenue in Hasbrouck Heights, approached the 19-year-old and his friends a short time before midnight in the White Castle just off the highway, where they'd gone to eat after a high school football game. "She asked them if she could use a cellphone," Detective Matthew Mueller told Daily Voice. They refused and she left about five minutes later, he said …

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Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Wyckoff Police: Lost DUI Driver Calls Them For Help Wyckoff Police: Lost DUI Driver Calls Them For Help Wyckoff Police: Lost DUI Driver Calls Them For Help
Wyckoff Police: Lost DUI Driver Calls Them For Help WYCKOFF, N.J. – Wyckoff police have more than their share of intoxicated driver stories – same as colleagues elsewhere – which now include an intoxicated motorist who got lost in town and called them for help. Officer Joseph Fullam found 36-year-old Richard A. Matronich “under the influence of something other than alcohol” after responding to the Grandview Avenue call, Police Chief David Murphy said. After being interviewed and tested by a drug recognition expert, Matronich was charged with DUI in a school zone and reckless driving, Murphy said. He was released to his mother-in-law pending …

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