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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West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
5 Teens Nabbed In Wanaque Gas Station 'Hidden Key' Cigarette Thefts 5 Teens Nabbed In Wanaque Gas Station 'Hidden Key' Cigarette Thefts 5 Teens Nabbed In Wanaque Gas Station 'Hidden Key' Cigarette Thefts
5 Teens Nabbed In Wanaque Gas Station 'Hidden Key' Cigarette Thefts WANAQUE, N.J. -- Using a hidden employees' key, five teens stole cigarettes from a Wanaque gas station before police busted them through surveillance video, authorities said. Officers responding to an activated alarm at the Lukoil station on Ringwood Avenue at 1:15 a.m. Saturday didn't find any signs of forced entry, Capt. Kenneth Fackina said Monday. They summoned a keyholder, who told them that the intruders apparently used the secreted key, tripping the alarm, he said. Video showed several teens "entering the store and stealing cigarettes while others acted as lookouts," Fakin…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Clifton Woman, 21, Says Purse Snatcher Knocked Her Down, Kicked Her In Face Clifton Woman, 21, Says Purse Snatcher Knocked Her Down, Kicked Her In Face Clifton Woman, 21, Says Purse Snatcher Knocked Her Down, Kicked Her In Face
Clifton Woman, 21, Says Purse Snatcher Knocked Her Down, Kicked Her In Face CLIFTON, N.J. -- A 21-year-old Clifton woman told police a robber knocked her down and kicked her in the face before fleeing with her purse Monday morning. The woman told police she was walking in the driveway of 743 Passaic Avenue just after 7 a.m. when she was attacked, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. Her assailant fled toward Allwood Road, she told police. She described him as black and in his 20s or 30s. This comes two weeks after a 20-year-old Clifton woman told city police a mugger on Horbart Place punched her in the head and stole her wallet after she refused to give it up. Bra…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
Motorcyclist Killed, Other Injured In West Milford Collision Motorcyclist Killed, Other Injured In West Milford Collision Motorcyclist Killed, Other Injured In West Milford Collision
Motorcyclist Killed, Other Injured In West Milford Collision WEST MILFORD, N.J. -- One motorcyclist was killed and another sustained minor injuries after his bike hit the other in West Milford over the weekend, police said Monday. Michael Rexach, 34, of Hewitt was ejected after his cycle struck a guardrail at Lincoln Avenue near Eisenhower Drive just before 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Detective Sgt. Joseph Walker said. The second motorcycle, driven by 23-year-old Joseph Timmons of Bloomingdale, then struck the riderless vehicle in the roadway, he said. The West Milford Police Crash Investigation Unit asked that anyone who saw or knows anything about the in…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn Homeowner Climbs Out Bedroom Window, Tackles Burglar Fair Lawn Homeowner Climbs Out Bedroom Window, Tackles Burglar Fair Lawn Homeowner Climbs Out Bedroom Window, Tackles Burglar
Fair Lawn Homeowner Climbs Out Bedroom Window, Tackles Burglar FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- A Fair Lawn homeowner climbed out his bedroom window and pinned a burglar on his front lawn until police showed up, authorities said Monday. Stephen Raible, 52, of Fair Lawn, originally woke the Lyncrest Avenue residents while talking on a cellphone outside the home around 1 a.m. Saturday, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. "They then heard the screen being opened to their bedroom window and an attempt to open the window before [Raible] proceeded to the front door, where he opened the screen door and attempted to open the front door," Metzler said. The homeowner "cl…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Man Charged With Fake Wayne Mall Bomb Note, 3 Sought In Evacuation Incident Man Charged With Fake Wayne Mall Bomb Note, 3 Sought In Evacuation Incident Man Charged With Fake Wayne Mall Bomb Note, 3 Sought In Evacuation Incident
Man Charged With Fake Wayne Mall Bomb Note, 3 Sought In Evacuation Incident WAYNE, N.J. -- Wayne police who charged a Morris County man with fabricating a story that he'd found a note saying bombs were placed throughout the Willowbrook Mall were searching for three men who they said jumped up on tables shouting "Black lives matter!" during Monday night's evacuation. Anthony R Vigilante, 56, was charged with creating false public alarm and widespread panic after telling a mall security officer that he found a handwritten post-it note that "made threats of 'six bombs' placed throughout the mall, Capt. Laurence Martin said Tuesday morning. Vigilante, of…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Wayne Police Charge Man With Bogus Willowbrook Bomb Threat Note Wayne Police Charge Man With Bogus Willowbrook Bomb Threat Note Wayne Police Charge Man With Bogus Willowbrook Bomb Threat Note
Wayne Police Charge Man With Bogus Willowbrook Bomb Threat Note UPDATE: Wayne police who charged a Morris County man with fabricating a story that he'd found a note saying bombs were placed throughout the Willowbrook Mall were searching for three men who they said jumped up on tables shouting "Black lives matter!" during Monday night's evacuation. CLICK HERE: https://southpassaic.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/man-charged-with-fake-wayne-mall-bomb-note-3-sought-in-evacuation-incident/685049/ #willowbrookbombnote #willowbrookbombscare

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Plaintiff: Galaxy Edge By Ridgefield Park's Samsung Exploded In My Pants Plaintiff: Galaxy Edge By Ridgefield Park's Samsung Exploded In My Pants Plaintiff: Galaxy Edge By Ridgefield Park's Samsung Exploded In My Pants
Plaintiff: Galaxy Edge By Ridgefield Park's Samsung Exploded In My Pants RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J. -- A Verizon Galaxy S7 Edge shipped by Ridgefield Park-based Samsung Electronics exploded and caught fire in a man's pants, seriously burning him, a lawsuit that seeks $15,000 in damages alleges. The plaintiff, Daniel Ramirez of California, said he was working at a construction job in Akron, Ohio in late May when he noticed the smart phone that he bought at a Best Buy store back home in Modesto two months "vibrating and moving around, as well as thick smoke ascending from his pocket," the suit filed in Hackensack says. He burned his fingers trying to pull it …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Passaic Sheriff's Officers Not Fooled By Driver's Bogus ID Passaic Sheriff's Officers Not Fooled By Driver's Bogus ID Passaic Sheriff's Officers Not Fooled By Driver's Bogus ID
Passaic Sheriff's Officers Not Fooled By Driver's Bogus ID PATERSON, N.J. -- An unlicensed driver wanted on a warrant was quickly sniffed out after trying to give a Passaic County sheriff's officer bogus information during a Paterson traffic stop. Officer Joseph Parlegreco pulled over a 2007 Lexus at the corner of Market and Clark streets after Kevin D. Williams, 28, ran a red light, Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. Sgt. Carole Monroe helped Parlegreco determine that Williams was lying about his identity -- and had an active warrant out of Passaic, the sheriff said. "Individuals need to understand that giving false information to law enforcem…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn Church Burglaries Tied To Man Charged With Teaneck Priest Assault Fair Lawn Church Burglaries Tied To Man Charged With Teaneck Priest Assault Fair Lawn Church Burglaries Tied To Man Charged With Teaneck Priest Assault
Fair Lawn Church Burglaries Tied To Man Charged With Teaneck Priest Assault FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- Fingerprints left during the thefts of laptops and cash from two Fair Lawn churches produced burglary charges against a Paterson man already charged with assaulting a priest during similar crimes in Teaneck, authorities said Monday. Detective Anthony Lugo and Detective Sgt. Tim O'Shaughnessy charged Robert Quinones, 43, with the break-ins at Our Savior Lutheran Church on Broadway on March 22, 2015 and at Warren Point Presbyterian Church, also on Broadway, on April 4, 2015, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Quinones was served with the complaints at the Passaic County Jail, where h…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Washington Township Police: Boys In Masks Planned Post-Football Game Scare Washington Township Police: Boys In Masks Planned Post-Football Game Scare Washington Township Police: Boys In Masks Planned Post-Football Game Scare
Washington Township Police: Boys In Masks Planned Post-Football Game Scare WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- Two teens with masks thought they'd scare fans at a Westwood Regional High School football game -- until an administrator spotted them and alerted police, authorities said. Officers who responded to the field Friday night grabbed the first teen, who was carrying a gorilla mask as he tried to run and the other in a wooded area nearby carrying a clown mask, Police Chief Glenn Hooper said. "The intention was to scare people at the completion of the football game," the chief said. Westwood Regional beat visiting Ridgefield Park 42-0. "No threat was…

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