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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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn Police Nab 5 In Clown-Mask Chase That Frightened Female Driver Fair Lawn Police Nab 5 In Clown-Mask Chase That Frightened Female Driver Fair Lawn Police Nab 5 In Clown-Mask Chase That Frightened Female Driver
Fair Lawn Police Nab 5 In Clown-Mask Chase That Frightened Female Driver FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- Amid all the recent genuine and contrived tales of troublemakers in "creepy clown" masks, Fair Lawn police nabbed five Bergen County occupants of a truck who they said frightened a female motorist before dawn Wednesday. Two were wearing clown masks as they hung out the windows of a Toyota Tundra, "pointing and waving" at other motorists, nearly getting into an accident and forcing an alarmed driver to slam on her Hyundai Elantra's brakes on Route 23 in Butler, the woman told a 911 dispatcher around 1 a.m. The 24-year-old Hawthorne driver -- who was wit…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
No Fatal Crashes In One Day? It's Worth A Try No Fatal Crashes In One Day? It's Worth A Try No Fatal Crashes In One Day? It's Worth A Try
No Fatal Crashes In One Day? It's Worth A Try It's inarguably an idealistic goal, but police hope motorists in New Jersey and nationwide will join the annual effort next Monday to try going an entire day without anyone killed on any road from coast to coast. "Put the Brakes on Fatalities Day" was launched 15 years ago -- not as a crackdown but to unite Americans in moving toward zero fatalities for one full day. The chances of that happening are impossible, given that, on average, someone in the U.S. dies in a crash every 13 minutes. But that doesn’t mean deaths cannot be avoided, especially if people seriously consider the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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PHOTOS: Vandals Topple 50 Headstones In Wyckoff Cemetery PHOTOS: Vandals Topple 50 Headstones In Wyckoff Cemetery PHOTOS: Vandals Topple 50 Headstones In Wyckoff Cemetery
Photos: Vandals Topple 50 Headstones In Wyckoff Cemetery WYCKOFF, N.J. -- Anxious survivors contacted the Wyckoff Reformed Church after learning that someone toppled 50 or so headstones in the parish cemetery -- some of them more than a century old . UPDATE: One Night Of Damage Ruins Decade Of Restorations Many of the tombstones  "were found broken as a result of being toppled over" after the attack sometime overnight Sunday into Monday morning, Police Chief David Murphy told Daily Voice Wednesday morning. "The church stated that the estimated cost to upright, repair and restore the stones may exceed $10,000," he told Daily V…

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by Jerry DeMarco, Lauren Kidd Ferguson
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Lodi Police, Officials Turn Out For 'Blue Line' Dedication Lodi Police, Officials Turn Out For 'Blue Line' Dedication Lodi Police, Officials Turn Out For 'Blue Line' Dedication
Lodi Police, Officials Turn Out For 'Blue Line' Dedication LODI, N.J. -- Lodi had a large turnout Wednesday morning for the unveiling of its blue line supporting law enforcement. The line was painted outside headquarters on Memorial Drive. Among those attending: Mayor Emil Carafa Borough Manager Bruce Masopust Police Chief Vincent Quatrone Deputy Chief Donald Scorzetti PBA Local #26 President Richard Cordero PBA Local #26 Vice President Javier Hernandez Sgt. Russell Inserra Police Officers Keron Piper, David Delia and Danyelle Blocker Detective Eric Castillo Dating back decades, the "thin blue line" is used throughout the U.S. a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
Wanaque Police Charge Haskell Man With Trying To Smash Into Rival's House Wanaque Police Charge Haskell Man With Trying To Smash Into Rival's House Wanaque Police Charge Haskell Man With Trying To Smash Into Rival's House
Wanaque Police Charge Haskell Man With Trying To Smash Into Rival's House WANAQUE, N.J. -- An 18-year-old Haskell man smashed through a window to try getting at another man during an apparent dispute over a woman, Wanaque police said Wednesday. Angel Rabelo - who police charged in March with violating a restraining order -- had a fresh hand injury caused by the broken glass when police found him around 6 a.m. Tuesday on Hannibel Place, Police Capt. Kenneth Fackina said. They charged him with burglary, stalking, menacing, simple assault and possession of a small amount of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. A short time earlier, police met with the victim, who tol…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Boy, 17, Jumps From GWB Before Police Can Get To Him Boy, 17, Jumps From GWB Before Police Can Get To Him Boy, 17, Jumps From GWB Before Police Can Get To Him
Boy, 17, Jumps From GWB Before Police Can Get To Him FORT LEE, N.J. -- Port Authority police officers valiantly rushing to the upper level of the George Washington Bridge on an attempted suicide report early Wednesday saw a 17-year-old boy jump over the side. The Manhattan teen dashed toward the New York tower on the south walkway and went over the railing in a split-second, authorities said. NYPD divers recovered his body, which was taken to New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center, the Port Authority's Joseph Pentangelo told Daily Voice. It was the 9th confirmed suicide of the year at the bridge (there were 18 each of the p…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson Police Smash Drug Operation In Public Housing Complex Paterson Police Smash Drug Operation In Public Housing Complex Paterson Police Smash Drug Operation In Public Housing Complex
Paterson Police Smash Drug Operation In Public Housing Complex PATERSON, N.J. -- Paterson police crashed a drug distribution operation being run from an apartment in a public housing project, authorities said. Officers Daniel Pent and Eudy Ramos were in plain clothes, joined by Officers Frank Toledo, Alexsis Torres and Jonathan Bustios, when they closed in on 22-year-old Demetrey Roundtree at the Riverside Towers off 5th Avenue just before 11 p.m. Monday, Police Director Jerry Speziale told Daily Voice. Roundtree took off, but they found him hiding in front of an apartment on Alois Place -- and 50 envelopes of heroin of Mexican-produced heroin bundled …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson Police Charge Ex-Con In Cold-Blooded Street Killing Paterson Police Charge Ex-Con In Cold-Blooded Street Killing Paterson Police Charge Ex-Con In Cold-Blooded Street Killing
Paterson Police Charge Ex-Con In Cold-Blooded Street Killing PATERSON, N.J. -- Paterson detectives working with investigators from the Passaic County Prosecutor's Office arrested and charged a 32-year-old city ex-con with the shooting death of another man last week. Jamal Wade was free on bail -- after Delaware authorities said they busted him for drugs in early September -- when he pulled up in a car and shot 29-year-old Cosmeik Gee several times as the victim sat in another vehicle near the corner of 12th Avenue and East 23rd Street around 11:45 p.m. Friday, Paterson police said. Around noon Monday, city Detective Sgt. Abe Hamdeh and Detectives Ji…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn Car Fire Backs Up Eastbound Route 208 Fair Lawn Car Fire Backs Up Eastbound Route 208 Fair Lawn Car Fire Backs Up Eastbound Route 208
Fair Lawn Car Fire Backs Up Eastbound Route 208 FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- A car fire on eastbound Route 4 in Fair Lawn late Tuesday afternoon jammed traffic. No injuries were reported.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Little Ferry Paints Its Blue Line Around Police Monument Little Ferry Paints Its Blue Line Around Police Monument Little Ferry Paints Its Blue Line Around Police Monument
Little Ferry Paints Its Blue Line Around Police Monument LITTLE FERRY, N.J. -- Little Ferry officials selected a special stretch of road for its blue line to support law enforcement. "Professional, respectful and effective best define Little Ferry’s men and women in blue," they said in a statement after the blue line was painted around the Police Monument at the intersection of Marshall Avenue and Grove Street. It's "symbolic of Little of Ferry’s support and appreciation for its police force," they said. Dating back decades, the "thin blue line" is used throughout the U.S. and Canada to symbolize the thin line betwe…

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