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
Wanaque Police Find Troubled Man Who Threatened To Harm Himself Safe, Sound Wanaque Police Find Troubled Man Who Threatened To Harm Himself Safe, Sound Wanaque Police Find Troubled Man Who Threatened To Harm Himself Safe, Sound
Wanaque Police Find Troubled Man Who Threatened To Harm Himself Safe, Sound WANAQUE, N.J. -- A search ended when a 46-year-old Wanaque man whose nephew said threatened to harm himself was found safe and sound, borough police said Tuesday. The nephew called from the commercial building off Union Avenue in Haskell just after noon Tuesday, Capt. Kenneth Fackina said. A perimeter was established in the heavily wooded area and a Passaic County sheriff’s K9 unit searched the area with no luck, Fackina said. Bloomingdale police also assisted he said. Three hours later, the man was found "in good physical condition." The Pompton Lakes First Aid Squad took him t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Passaic County Sheriff's Officers Seize Cocaine In Paterson Stop Passaic County Sheriff's Officers Seize Cocaine In Paterson Stop Passaic County Sheriff's Officers Seize Cocaine In Paterson Stop
Passaic County Sheriff's Officers Seize Cocaine In Paterson Stop PATERSON, N.J. -- Passaic County sheriff's officers found nearly a half-ounce of raw cocaine, along with 100 packaging bags, in a shoebox during a routine traffic stop, authorities said. Michael Harris, 29, of Paterson was charged with various drug counts after the officers stopped him for driving without his headlights on at Main and 20th Avenue before dawn Monday, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. He also received a pair of traffic summonses, the sheriff said. The street value of the cocaine, once it was cut and packaged, would be about $2,000, he said. Harris was processe…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Coyote Forces Lockdown Of Saddle Brook High/Middle School Coyote Forces Lockdown Of Saddle Brook High/Middle School Coyote Forces Lockdown Of Saddle Brook High/Middle School
Coyote Forces Lockdown Of Saddle Brook High/Middle School SADDLE BROOK, N.J. -- A coyote spotted on the grounds of Saddle Brook High/Middle School forced a lockdown Tuesday afternoon. Principal John Lawlor sent a "situational awareness" email to parents, and Saddle Brook police posted a message on Facebook. "It was first seen on the east side of school property moving towards Saddle River Park area," Police Chief Robert Kugler told Daily Voice. "All residents are asked to be cognizant of their surroundings and report any further sighting to the police department," the chief said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Clifton Police: Theft Becomes Robbery After Female Employee Is Assaulted Clifton Police: Theft Becomes Robbery After Female Employee Is Assaulted Clifton Police: Theft Becomes Robbery After Female Employee Is Assaulted
Clifton Police: Theft Becomes Robbery After Female Employee Is Assaulted CLIFTON, N.J. -- A thief who took a cash register from a Clifton CVS took off after pushing a female employee who tried to stop him, police said. The thief pried open the register of the Allwood Road store around 7:20 p.m. Friday during business hours, Police Detective Lt. Robert Bracken told Daily Voice. The 30-something Hispanic man "was confronted by a female employee whom he then assaulted by pushing her up against a wall," Bracken said. The employee wasn't injured, he said. Bracken asked that anyone with information that could help the investigation call Clifton PD: (973) 4…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Moonachie Police Up to 50 Arrests In Teterboro This Year Moonachie Police Up to 50 Arrests In Teterboro This Year Moonachie Police Up to 50 Arrests In Teterboro This Year
Moonachie Police Up to 50 Arrests In Teterboro This Year MOONACHIE, N.J. -- Moonachie police made their 49th and 50th arrests in Teterboro in separate incidents at Walmart -- an 11% increase over all of last year. Melvin Moon, 45, of Paterson pushed a shopping cart with $247 worth of Red Bull and potato chips out of the store without paying before security guards stopped him, Sgt. Anthony Fugnitti said Tuesday. Besides shoplifting, he was charged possession of drug paraphernalia -- three needles and a crack pipe -- Fugnitti said. Soon after, 30-year-old Eric Prokop of Lodi with chaged with walking out of Walmart with two My Passport ultra hard d…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Clifton Man In Standoff 'Armed And Ready' For Revenge Clifton Man In Standoff 'Armed And Ready' For Revenge Clifton Man In Standoff 'Armed And Ready' For Revenge
Clifton Man In Standoff 'Armed And Ready' For Revenge CLIFTON, N.J. -- "[I']m armed and ready bitch," wrote a Clifton man days before he barricaded himself in his apartment and fired a shot out the window during a seven-hour standoff. "I want to get revenge on the a-------s that kept me from suceeding in life." Kenneth Sutiak, 34, wrote on his Facebook page that he wanted to be a police officer "but something bad happened so [I']m blaming them not me." He also said tht he'd battled alcoholism, "and it makes me a [expletive]. I am sorry, but undrestand this is a disease and I am working on getting better. &q…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen, Passaic Police Help Move Motorcycle Group Through 9/11 Remembrances Bergen, Passaic Police Help Move Motorcycle Group Through 9/11 Remembrances Bergen, Passaic Police Help Move Motorcycle Group Through 9/11 Remembrances
Bergen, Passaic Police Help Move Motorcycle Group Through 9/11 Remembrances CLIFTON, N.J. -- A Port Authority police officer who was killed in the 9/11 attacks received a special -- and large -- tribute from members of the North Jersey Chapter of the Renegade Pigs law enforcement motorcycle club and their colleagues from throughout the country. Club members came to the base of operations at the La Quinta hotel on Route 3 in Clifton from as far away as Washington State and Illinois to commemorate Paul "Axe" Laszczynski. The logistics of moving such a large group of motorcyclists from place to place was daunting, but police from various agencies made it wo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Five Attempted NJ Police Murder Charges Filed Against Bombing Suspect Five Attempted NJ Police Murder Charges Filed Against Bombing Suspect Five Attempted NJ Police Murder Charges Filed Against Bombing Suspect
Five Attempted NJ Police Murder Charges Filed Against Bombing Suspect Authorities in Union County charged the man suspected in a weekend bombing spree in New Jersey and New York with five counts of attempted murder of a law enforcement officer after he was wounded in a shootout with police Monday morning in Linden. Ahmad Khan Rahami was also charged with various weapons possession counts, Union County Prosecutor Grace H. Park said. The FBI and NYPD were expected to file charges of their own, along with authorities in Ocean County. The 28-year-old Elizabeth resident -- a native of Afghanistan who was graduated from Edision High School -- was wanted for quest…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Your Community
Lyndhurst Salon Pairs With Police, Offers Pink Extensions For Breast Cancer Lyndhurst Salon Pairs With Police, Offers Pink Extensions For Breast Cancer Lyndhurst Salon Pairs With Police, Offers Pink Extensions For Breast Cancer
Lyndhurst Salon Pairs With Police, Offers Pink Extensions For Breast Cancer Dolce Hair Design is teaming up with Lyndhurst police for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Beginning Oct. 1, the Valley Brook Avenue salon will attach pink extensions for $10 each. Then, on Oct. 23, Dolce will convert into a pink "blowout bar," from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. No appointment necessary (Blowouts: $25 / Eyebrow threading: $10). All proceeds will be donated to the John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center. Dolce Hair Design is at 501 Valley Brook Ave., Lyndhurst: (201) 935-2170.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
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Police, School, Religious Leaders Convene BCC Diversity Confab In Paramus Police, School, Religious Leaders Convene BCC Diversity Confab In Paramus Police, School, Religious Leaders Convene BCC Diversity Confab In Paramus
Police, School, Religious Leaders Convene BCC Diversity Confab In Paramus PARAMUS, N.J. -- "Race and Diversity in Suburbia: Police and Community Working Together" will unite law enforcement, educational and religious leaders at Bergen Community College on Oct. 5. The event, which runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Moses Family Meeting & Training Center, will features talks as well as a panel discussion with: Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino; Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal; Mt Olive Church Pastor Rev. Gregory Jackson; Cliffside Park High School Principal Dana Martinotti. The moderator will be Bergen County Communications Dir…

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