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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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Wayne Motorcyclist, 63, Critical After Crash Wayne Motorcyclist, 63, Critical After Crash Wayne Motorcyclist, 63, Critical After Crash
Wayne Motorcyclist, 63, Critical After Crash WAYNE, N.J. – A 63-year-old Wayne man was thrown from his motorcycle and critically injured overnight Friday after sideswiping a utility pole, police said. Police and ambulance workers rendered first aid to Robert Konowich, who paramedics took to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center after the 2:19 a.m. crash, said Lt. Daniel Daly, commander of the department’s Traffic Bureau. Konowich was headed north on French Hill Road on his 2015 Indian Roadmaster when it clipped the pole at Witkowski Way, the lieutenant said. Daly asked that anyone who might have witnessed the accident or has informati…

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Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Former State Assemblyman Bob Schroeder Admits $1.9M Scam, Faces 8 Years Former State Assemblyman Bob Schroeder Admits $1.9M Scam, Faces 8 Years Former State Assemblyman Bob Schroeder Admits $1.9M Scam, Faces 8 Years
Former State Assemblyman Bob Schroeder Admits $1.9M Scam, Faces 8 Years WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- Former state Assemblyman Robert Schroeder of Washington Township will be sentenced to eight years in prision after admitting Friday that he pocketed nearly $1.9 million from investors in a North Dakota business venture while writing more than $3.4 million in bad checks to other creditors. Schroeder, 56, pleaded guilty in state Superior Court in Somerville to a single charge of misconduct by a corporate official. Under his plea deal, Schroeder agreed to pay full restitution of $5.3 million to his victims, and he will be permanently barred from public office and p…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Rochelle Park's Thin Blue Line Reflects 'High Level Of Dedication, Service' Rochelle Park's Thin Blue Line Reflects 'High Level Of Dedication, Service' Rochelle Park's Thin Blue Line Reflects 'High Level Of Dedication, Service'
Rochelle Park's Thin Blue Line Reflects 'High Level Of Dedication, Service' ROCHELLE PARK, N.J. -- Rochelle Park Police Chief Robert Flannelly and Police Commissioner Jay Kovalcik joined in painting a thin blue line in front of police headquarters on Berdan Street at West Passaic Street. The "continued support" of township officials, employees and emergency service workers, "and most importantly our residents allows us to continue the high level of dedication and service to all members of our community," Flannelly said Thursday. Dating back decades, the "thin blue line" is used throughout the U.S. and Canada to symbolize the thin lin…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Blue Lines Matter Across North Jersey Blue Lines Matter Across North Jersey Blue Lines Matter Across North Jersey
Blue Lines Matter Across North Jersey More and more North Jersey towns are painting blue lines on their streets to show support for law enforcement. Among the more recent: FAIRVIEW (Anderson Avenue); GLEN ROCK (Maple Avenue); HASBROUCK HEIGHTS (Boulevard); LYNDHURST (Valley Brook Avenue); OAKLAND (Ramapo Valley Road between Lawlor Drive and Oak Street.) MAHWAH (Franklin Turnpike); MAYWOOD (Park/Maywood avenues); NORTHVALE (Paris Avenue); RIDGEFIELD PARK (Main Street); RIVER VALE (Westwood Avenue and Rivervale Road). NORWOOD also recently added a line on Broadw…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson Police Officer Indicted In Off-Duty Shooting That Injured Two Paterson Police Officer Indicted In Off-Duty Shooting That Injured Two Paterson Police Officer Indicted In Off-Duty Shooting That Injured Two
Paterson Police Officer Indicted In Off-Duty Shooting That Injured Two PATERSON, N.J. -- A grand jury in Paterson indicted an off-duty city police officer for a shooting that injured two people. Dante L. Gordon, 26, of Paterson is charged with two counts of aggravated assault, one of making terroristic threats and various weapons possession offenses, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. Prosecutor said Gordon pointed a handgun “at or in the direction” of 35-year-old Travis Mann of Wanaque and pulled the trigger. Struck were Mann and 37-year-old John Smith of Paterson, who was nearby at the time, they said. Gordon was released on $100,000 with an …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Leonia Man Charged With Stealing Local Cars, Selling Them In Paterson Leonia Man Charged With Stealing Local Cars, Selling Them In Paterson Leonia Man Charged With Stealing Local Cars, Selling Them In Paterson
Leonia Man Charged With Stealing Local Cars, Selling Them In Paterson LEONIA, N.J. -- A fingerprint found at the scene of a Leonia burglary led to charges against a borough man for the theft of several cars that he then sold in Paterson, authorities said. Fred Harakandi, 18, admitted stealing the cars, as well breaking into a local home, Capt. Scott Tamagny said. Fair Lawn police had arrested him for swiping laptops, a cellphone and money from unlocked cars when analysis of a fingerprint lifted by the Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification from a burglary scene came back a match, Tamagny said. Detective Sgt. Christopher Garris charged Hara…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
Wanaque Gets Help From Ringwood Painting Pro-Law Enforcement Blue Line Wanaque Gets Help From Ringwood Painting Pro-Law Enforcement Blue Line Wanaque Gets Help From Ringwood Painting Pro-Law Enforcement Blue Line
Wanaque Gets Help From Ringwood Painting Pro-Law Enforcement Blue Line WANAQUE, N.J. -- Wanaque joined the growing number of towns throughout North Jersey and nationwide by painting a thin blue line in support of law enforcement. The line runs down the center of Ringwood Avenue in front of the Municipal Building from Cross Street to Melrose Avenue. Ringwood Borough Manager Scott Heck and the Ringwood DPW worked with Wanaque public works employees to complete the line. Mayor Dan Mahler also attended. 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 …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Swift Leonia Police Thwart Car Burglaries, Arrest Borough Man, 20 Swift Leonia Police Thwart Car Burglaries, Arrest Borough Man, 20 Swift Leonia Police Thwart Car Burglaries, Arrest Borough Man, 20
Swift Leonia Police Thwart Car Burglaries, Arrest Borough Man, 20 LEONIA, N.J. – Leonia police responding to a citizen’s call quickly nabbed a borough man who they said was breaking into cars. Eric Simeoli, 20, was in the driveway of a Christie Street home when officers quickly pulled up just before 12:30 p.m. Sunday, Capt. Scott Tamagny told Daily Voice on Thursday. The responders -- who included Officers Heather Murphy, Raymond Forsdahl and Special Officer Steve Oxnard – recognized Simioli from previous car break-ins and other incidents, he said. They arrested Simeoli, of Grand Avenue, who Tamagny said was carrying more than 80 small plastic bags used …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Passaic Sheriff: Paterson Man Sold Oxy From Apartment Passaic Sheriff: Paterson Man Sold Oxy From Apartment Passaic Sheriff: Paterson Man Sold Oxy From Apartment
Passaic Sheriff: Paterson Man Sold Oxy From Apartment PATERSON, N.J. -- Passaic County sheriff's detectives busted a 52-year-old Paterson man who they said was selling Oxycodone from his apartment. Around 6 p.m. Wednesday, "detectives observed Nelson Vargas exit his residence and enter a gray Honda Pilot and depart the area," Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik told Daily Voice on Thursday. They stopped the vehicle and recovered five prescription pills and $1,720 in suspected drug money, the sheriff said. A search of his residence turned up nearly 250 more illegal Oxycodone, Oxycontin and Xanax pills, he said. The total valu…

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Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Park Ridge Businessman Indicted On New Federal Tax Charges Park Ridge Businessman Indicted On New Federal Tax Charges Park Ridge Businessman Indicted On New Federal Tax Charges
Park Ridge Businessman Indicted On New Federal Tax Charges PARK RIDGE, N.J. – A Park Ridge man who authorities said defrauded Toys R Us and another international company out of a combined $3 million through a bogus marketing business with is ex-wife also ducked $800,000 in federal income taxes, an indictment returned Thursday alleges. Federal authorities originally charged Philip Charles de Gruchy, 63, and Barbara Brown, 66, with conspiracy and mail fraud. A federal grand jury on Thursday added six counts against deGruchy of “subscribing to false individual and corporate tax returns in 2009 and 2010.” Barbara Brown was an administrator with Toys R…

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