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
Police: West Milford Drug Buyer Thrown, Cars Damaged In Parking Lot Ripoff Police: West Milford Drug Buyer Thrown, Cars Damaged In Parking Lot Ripoff Police: West Milford Drug Buyer Thrown, Cars Damaged In Parking Lot Ripoff
Police: West Milford Drug Buyer Thrown, Cars Damaged In Parking Lot Ripoff WEST MILORD, N.J. -- An accused buyer in a drug ripoff was knocked to the ground in a West Milford shopping center, after which his friend rammed the alleged thief's car, police said Thursday. Offiers stopped the extensively damaged vehicle on Union Valley Road soon after the alleged riipoff at 9:30 p.m. in the Lakeland Plaza on southbound Route 23, Detective Sgt. Joseph Walker said. Moment earlier, the victim told police, 24- year-old Christopher Masi of North Caldwell took money from him in exchange for drugs that he didn't produce. Masi then joined two other people in a nearby car and t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Alert Clifton Drug Investigators Find Loaded Gun Alert Clifton Drug Investigators Find Loaded Gun Alert Clifton Drug Investigators Find Loaded Gun
Alert Clifton Drug Investigators Find Loaded Gun CLIFTON, N.J. -- Clifton drug detectives who smelled something fishy found a handgun loaded with prohibited ammo, authorities said. Detectives John Kavakich, Stephen Berge and William Son found the .38-caliber firearm after stopping a car around noon Wednesday on Lexington Avenue, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. They arrested Joshua Vasquez, 28, on weapons charges. Also taken into custoday was a woman who Bracken said resisted arrest and assaulted on the officers. Her name was being wittheld for the time being, he said. Vasquez was ordered held on $50,000 in the Passaic County Jail.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Leonia Police: Ski-Masked Burglar, 66, Walks Red-Handed Out Of Salon Leonia Police: Ski-Masked Burglar, 66, Walks Red-Handed Out Of Salon Leonia Police: Ski-Masked Burglar, 66, Walks Red-Handed Out Of Salon
Leonia Police: Ski-Masked Burglar, 66, Walks Red-Handed Out Of Salon LEONIA, N.J. – A 66-year-old ski-masked ex-con walked red-handed out of a Leonia hair salon as police responded to the burglary before dawn Thursday, authorities said. Sgt. David Stein was on patrol in the Broad Avenue business district when he heard a “metallic bang” from behind Celebrity Salon around 1:45 a.m., Capt. Scott Tamagny said. Stein and backup Officer Eduardo Millan entered a small alley behind the store, found the rear door pried open and spotted Stephen D. Searcey, he said. Besides the black ski mask, Searcey was wearing a black wool cap and black gloves and carrying a black …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
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Bergen Prosecutor: Drug Detectives Nail Pair During Garfield Cocaine Deal Bergen Prosecutor: Drug Detectives Nail Pair During Garfield Cocaine Deal Bergen Prosecutor: Drug Detectives Nail Pair During Garfield Cocaine Deal
Bergen Prosecutor: Drug Detectives Nail Pair During Garfield Cocaine Deal GARFIELD, N.J. – A Garfield man and an accomplice were arrested after delivering a half-ounce of cocaine and a small amount of "Molly" in town, authorities said. Drug investigators targeted Jaybron Jennings, 30, and 40-year-old Robert Grady of Paterson, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. Narcotic Task Force detectives, along with Garfield police, found the pair carrying an additional 45 bags of crack cocaine and $3,000 in suspected drug proceeds, Grewal said. Both were released on court summonses charging them with distributing drugs. An Oct. 12 arraignment …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
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Paterson I.T. Engineer Sexually Abused Girl In Paramus, Authorities Charge Paterson I.T. Engineer Sexually Abused Girl In Paramus, Authorities Charge Paterson I.T. Engineer Sexually Abused Girl In Paramus, Authorities Charge
Paterson I.T. Engineer Sexually Abused Girl In Paramus, Authorities Charge PARAMUS, N.J. -- A 36-year-old married I.T. engineer from Paterson was ordered held on $250,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail after investigators charged him with sexually assaulting an underage girl in Paramus. Barrington C. Hibbert was charged with aggravated sexual assault and child endangerment, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. Members of the prosecutor’s Special Victims Unit and Paramus police arrested Cruize after borough police received a complaint, Grewal said. An Oct. 14 arraignment was scheduled in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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$240K Tax Fraud Gets Fairview Woman 6 Months Prison, 6 Months House Arrest $240K Tax Fraud Gets Fairview Woman 6 Months Prison, 6 Months House Arrest $240K Tax Fraud Gets Fairview Woman 6 Months Prison, 6 Months House Arrest
$240K Tax Fraud Gets Fairview Woman 6 Months Prison, 6 Months House Arrest FAIRVIEW, N.J. – A Fairview woman was sentenced to six months in federal prison, followed by six months of home confinement, for preparing $238,877 worth of bogus income tax returns. “Refunds are issued to taxpayers who are entitled to them,” said Special Agent in Charge Jonathan D. Larsen of the Newark IRS-Criminal Investigation office after Sharon Ashby was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Newark on Wednesday. Ashby, 38, prepared four dozen false returns "by intentionally including fraudulent employment information on Forms W-2 showing the clients earning wages from employers wher…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Mahwah Police Officer Busts Trio With Half-Pound Heroin, Handgun Mahwah Police Officer Busts Trio With Half-Pound Heroin, Handgun Mahwah Police Officer Busts Trio With Half-Pound Heroin, Handgun
Mahwah Police Officer Busts Trio With Half-Pound Heroin, Handgun MAHWAH, N.J. – An alert Mahwah police officer arrested two men and a woman who authorities said had nearly a half-pound of heroin and a handgun, among other contraband, after he found their car parked behind a Route 17 motel. Officer Christopher Fasulo as on routine patrol when he spotted the 2003 Cadillac with temporary New Jersey license plates with the driver’s side door open and two occupants inside around 2:30 a.m., Police Chief James, N. Batelli said. Fasulo smelled marijuana and spotted several cellphones in the car as the driver, 29-year-old ex-con James J. Miller of Paterson, and t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Gym Owner From Fairview Charged In Child Sex Case Gym Owner From Fairview Charged In Child Sex Case Gym Owner From Fairview Charged In Child Sex Case
Gym Owner From Fairview Charged In Child Sex Case FAIRVIEW, N.J. – A 45-year-old gym owner from Fairview was ordered held on $50,000 bail after authorities charged him with inappropriately touching an underage girl. Jason Cruize, who owns and operates the Box & Fitness Factory in West New York – and volunteers with a Jersey City youth boxing program – was charged with aggravated criminal sexual contact and child endangerment, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. Members of the prosecutor’s Special Victims Unit and Fairview police arrested Cruize on Tuesday after borough police received a complaint, Grewal said. A fir…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Charges Upgraded Against Fair Lawn Defendant After Beaten Man, 64, Dies Charges Upgraded Against Fair Lawn Defendant After Beaten Man, 64, Dies Charges Upgraded Against Fair Lawn Defendant After Beaten Man, 64, Dies
Charges Upgraded Against Fair Lawn Defendant After Beaten Man, 64, Dies FAIR LAWN, N.J. – A Fair Lawn man who beat a friend of his girlfriend into critical condition had charges against him upgraded to manslaughter after the victim died. Steven Duckack, 59, assaulted the 64-year-old victim when he showed up at Duckack’s Smith Avenue apartment to pick up the woman just after 5:30 p.m. Sept 23, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. “During the assault, the victim sustained facial injuries and later required emergency medical attention,” the prosecutor said. He was taken by ambulance to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson, where “his…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Passaic Sheriff: Paterson Man In Attempted Stabbing Had 130 Heroin Folds Passaic Sheriff: Paterson Man In Attempted Stabbing Had 130 Heroin Folds Passaic Sheriff: Paterson Man In Attempted Stabbing Had 130 Heroin Folds
Passaic Sheriff: Paterson Man In Attempted Stabbing Had 130 Heroin Folds PATERSON, N.J. -- A 21-year-old Paterson man who admitted trying to stab another moments earlier was carrying 130 folds of heroin when Passaic County sheriff's officers grabbed him Wednesday night, the sheriff said. Sheriff Richard N. Berdnik said his officers grabbed Marcus Toledo around 9 p.m. and found the contraband after being alerted by the victim. Besides a small amount of marijuana, Toledo had 43 folds stamped "ESCOBAR SEASON" in purple ink, 36 stamped 'Body Bag"in blue ink, 50 stamped "Golden Boy" in purple ink and one stamped “TDP BANK" in blue ink, …

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