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.

Jerry DeMarco's Contributions

Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ

Breaking News

Bogota Police Captain Helps Special Olympian Meet Eli Manning BOGOTA, N.J. -- Thanks in part to a Bogota police captain, a Special Olympian with a special name got to meet Giants quarterback Eli Manning -- and will be cheering from the stands when Big Blue plays the Vikings Monday night in Minnesota. It began this summer when Capt. James Sepp got a call from Officer John Cole, who works with the Special Olympics program in South Dakota -- the same as Sepp does here in New Jersey. Cole had come across John Manning, a special needs student who had always wanted to meet namesakes Eli and Peyton Manning. As an infant, John sustained permanent brain damag…

by Jerry DeMarco

10/03/2016

Paterson, NJ

Breaking News

Paterson Man, 29, Eighth Shot Dead In Two Months PATERSON, N.J. -- No sooner had authorities in Paterson solved one shooting death than they had another overnight Saturday when a 29-year-old city man gunned down in a parked car later succumbed to his injuries. Cosmeik C. Gee was struck several times in the area of 12th Avenue and East 23rd Street around 11:45 p.m., Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief William Fraher said. He later died at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, they said. That makes eight shooting deaths in Paterson in less than two months among more than 30 shootings overall in the Silk C…

by Jerry DeMarco

10/02/2016

Paterson, NJ

Breaking News

Arrest Made, $1M Bail In Month-Old Paterson Street Killing PATERSON, N.J. – Investigators hunted down and charged a 26-year-old Paterson man ordered held on $1 million bail in the shooting death of another man a month earlier. Edrian Peguero was driving a vehicle when a gunman pulled up outside 75 Lafayette Street at 7:30 p.m. ept. 4 and “shot from another car and hit him in the neck,” a law enforcement source with knowledge of the incident told Daily Voice at the time. It began a violent spree that included three more shootings in a span of a little over eight hours, authorities said. On Saturday, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and P…

by Jerry DeMarco

10/02/2016

Hackensack, NJ

Breaking News

Former Hackensack Football Star Eyeing NFL Return After Assault Acquittal PATERSON, N.J. -- A former Hackensack High School football standout said he hoped to return to professional football after jurors in Paterson on Friday found him not guilty of beating a man outside a Passaic nightclub, leaving him in critical condition, in 2013, a published report says. Ausar Walcott of Maywood, who was signed as a free agent by the Cleveland Browns afer not being drafted, was hugged by some jurors outside the courtroom after the verdict was delivered following less than an hour of deliberations, NorthJersey.com reported. According to prosecutors, Walcott punched a New York…

by Jerry DeMarco

10/01/2016

Paterson, NJ

Breaking News

Passaic Sheriff's Squad Nabs Paterson Fugitive Who Pinned Trooper With Car PATERSON, N.J. -- Passaic County Sheriff Richard Bernik's warrants squad continued a steady string of successes when its members tracked down a fugitive in Paterson who was convicted of pinning a New Jersey State Police trooper with his car while fleeing. Ariel Acosta, 29, of Summer Street skipped a sentence a week earlier that will keep him in state prison for more than five years before he's eligible for parole. It was in September 2012 when State Police investigators said they approached Acosta after seeing him dealing drugs in the parking lot of a shopping center at Chamberlain Avenue a…

by Jerry DeMarco

10/01/2016

Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ

Breaking News

Fair Lawn Man Ordered Held On $250G Bail In Beating Of Girlfriend's Pal FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- A judge ordered a Fair Lawn man held on $250,000 bail after the condition of a friend of his girlfriend whom he’d beaten a week ago became critical, authorities said Friday. Steven Duckack, 59, assaulted the victim when he arrived 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,” he said. He was taken by ambulance to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson, where “hi…

by Jerry DeMarco

09/30/2016

Fort Lee, NJ

Breaking News

Fort Lee Police: Stoned California Fugitive Flips Jeep On Route 4 Off GWB FORT LEE, N.J. -- A stoned driver whose Jeep overturned on the westbound Route 4 ramp from the George Washington Bridge on Friday afternoon was a fugitive from California, Fort Lee police said. Chistopher Gooch, of Tracy CA, was out of the vehicle when officers and detectives reponded just after 1 a.m., Capt. Patrick Kissane said late Friday afternoon. Members of the Fort Lee Volunteer Ambulance Corps tended to Gooch, who refused further medical attention, the captain said. Both Gooch and the Jeep reeked of marijuana, Kissane said, adding that officers arrested Gooch on driving under the i…

by Jerry DeMarco

09/30/2016

Paterson, NJ

Breaking News

Teen In Paterson 'Knockout Game' Assault Gets 3 Years Behind Bars PATERSON, N.J. – An 18-year-old Paterson man was sentenced to a plea-bargained three years in a state juvenile prison Friday for sucker-punching a defenseless man on a city street, in a "knockout game" incident that went viral after it was posted on YouTube. Kristian Gonzalez must serve at least 2½ years of the sentence, under the No Early Release Act, before he can be eligible for parole. Because he was 17 when originally charged, he must serve his time in a Juvenile Justice Commission facility, under state law. Superior Court Judge Ernest M. Caposela also ordered Gonzalez to pay…

by Jerry DeMarco

09/30/2016

Paramus, NJ

Breaking News

Paramus Police: Speeding Bronx Driver Had Cocaine, Potent 'Moon Rock' Pot PARAMUS, N.J. -- A routine Route 4 traffic stop by a Paramus police officer turned up an ounce of a particularly potent strain of marijuana, as well as nearly a half-pound of cocaine, authorities said. Officer Timothy Reed stopped 28-year-old Tyrell N. Brown of the Bronx behind the wheel of a speeding 2016 Dodge Charger on Route 4 around 1:15 a.m. last Sunday, Deputy Police Chief Robert Guidetti said. After smelling marijuana, Reed arrested Brown and searched the car, Guidetti said. Along with the cocaine, the officer found 10 pre-rolled marijuana blunts and a clear plastic bag containing …

by Jerry DeMarco

09/30/2016

Paterson, NJ

Breaking News

Stop Falling For IRS Scam, Wayne Police Urge All Citizens More than five months after April 15, tax scams are continuing to do serious damage, Wayne police said Friday — because many of the victims aren’t aware that the IRS will NEVER call anyone for money. The government also doesn’t email anyone for Social Security numbers, birth dates, bank account numbers, passwords or other personal identification. “The first IRS contact with taxpayers on a tax issue is likely to occur via mail,” the Internal Revenue Service has said in consumer alerts. Yet Wayne police say citizens continue to be victimized by thieving callers claiming to be IRS officials …

by Jerry DeMarco

09/30/2016

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