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
Three Arrests Made In Fair Lawn Home Invasion Rape Three Arrests Made In Fair Lawn Home Invasion Rape Three Arrests Made In Fair Lawn Home Invasion Rape
Three Arrests Made In Fair Lawn Home Invasion Rape FAIR LAWN, N.J. – Authorities said Monday that they arrested two Newark men who raped a woman after breaking into her Fair Lawn home over the weekend and a third who they said was with them. Police got a 911 call just after 3 a.m. Sunday at a home between Broadway and Morlot Avenue off Plaza Road. They found the trio – identified as Eugeny Cango, a 21-year-old party planner, and Daniel Amador and Angel Luis Vega, both 19-year-old restaurant workers -- still at the house, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. Police notified his Special Victims Unit and a joint investigatio…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority Heavy Weapons Units Sent to GWB, Tunnels, Airports Port Authority Heavy Weapons Units Sent to GWB, Tunnels, Airports Port Authority Heavy Weapons Units Sent to GWB, Tunnels, Airports
Port Authority Heavy Weapons Units Sent to GWB, Tunnels, Airports FORT LEE, N.J. -- Port Authority police on Monday afternoon deployed several heavy weapons teams to all access points of the George Washington Bridge, as well as at the tunnels and airports in New Jersey and New York, Daily Voice has learned. No specific threat provoked the response -- rather, it was "the events in Linden this morning" that promoted officials to "hold over entire tours to improve security," a law enforcement source with direct knowledge of the deployments said. Besides the GWB, they were deployed to the Lincoln and Holland tunnels, the Port Authority bus…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
FBI Confirms Capture Of Afghani Native Sought In Bombings After Shootout FBI Confirms Capture Of Afghani Native Sought In Bombings After Shootout FBI Confirms Capture Of Afghani Native Sought In Bombings After Shootout
FBI Confirms Capture Of Afghani Native Sought In Bombings After Shootout UPDATE: 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 28-year-old Elizabeth resident -- a native of Afghanistan who was graduated from Edision High School -- was wanted for questioning in connection with Saturday night's bombings in midtown Manhattan and Seaside Park, as …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Pennsylvania Man Held In Bergenfield Stabbing Pennsylvania Man Held In Bergenfield Stabbing Pennsylvania Man Held In Bergenfield Stabbing
Pennsylvania Man Held In Bergenfield Stabbing BERGENFIELD, N.J. -- A Warren County man was ordered held on $50,000 bail after authorities said he stabbed a Bergenfield man during an argument, borough police said Monday. Officers responding to the 200 block of Howard Drive just after 8:30 p.m. Saturday found the 36-year-old borough victim with an abdominal wound that wasn't life-threatening, Capt. Mustafa Rabboh told Daily Voice. An ambulance took him Hackensack University Medical Center, where he underwent emergency surgery and "was expected to make a full recovery," Rabboh said. A Bergen County Sheriff’s K9 unit was summon…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bridgeport, CT
Breaking News
NJ Police Arrest Afghanistan Native Sought In Bombings After Shootout NJ Police Arrest Afghanistan Native Sought In Bombings After Shootout NJ Police Arrest Afghanistan Native Sought In Bombings After Shootout
NJ Police Arrest Afghanistan Native Sought In Bombings After Shootout UPDATE: The FBI on Monday afternoon confirmed the capture of a 28-year-old Elizabeth man wanted for questioning in connection with Saturday night's bombings in midtown Manhattan and Seaside Park, as well as several bombs found at a train station near his home, after a shootout in Linden. Investigators believe Ahmad Khan Rahami acted alone, FBI Assistant Director William Sweeney said during a Manhattan news conference. Officials with the FBI's Newark Field Office say they "would like to thank all the hard working men & women of law enforcement who have worked around the clock to ap…

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by Daily Voice
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
VIDEO: SWAT Team Ends Standoff With 'Armed, Ready' Barricaded Clifton Man VIDEO: SWAT Team Ends Standoff With 'Armed, Ready' Barricaded Clifton Man VIDEO: SWAT Team Ends Standoff With 'Armed, Ready' Barricaded Clifton Man
Video: SWAT Team Ends Standoff With 'Armed, Ready' Barricaded Clifton Man UPDATE: "[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." CLICK HERE for that story. CLIFTON, N.J. -- A Clifton man who barricaded himself in his bedroom with several handguns -- one of which he fired out the window -- was peacefully taken into custody after a SWAT team burst in more than seven hours later, authorities said Monday morning. The Dalewood Road man -- who "threaten…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Police Seek Public's Help In Clifton Bank Robbery Police Seek Public's Help In Clifton Bank Robbery Police Seek Public's Help In Clifton Bank Robbery
Police Seek Public's Help In Clifton Bank Robbery CLIFTON, N.J. -- Authorities were searching for a man who robbed a Clifton bank Friday afternoon after passing a note. He entered the Capitol One branch on Ackerman Avenue at 3:15 p.m., and "presented a threatening note to a teller, demanding cash," then "fled on foot with the proceeds," Lt. Robert Bracken said Monday morning. He was described only as white and wearing sunglasses. Anyone who knows or saw something from that day is asked to call Clifton police: (973) 470-5908.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
7th Victim In Seven Weeks Shot Dead In Paterson 7th Victim In Seven Weeks Shot Dead In Paterson 7th Victim In Seven Weeks Shot Dead In Paterson
7th Victim In Seven Weeks Shot Dead In Paterson PATERSON, N.J. -- A seventh victim in seven weeks was shot dead on a Paterson street overnight Sunday, as a months-long shooting spree continued, authorities said. Christian Cuevas, 24, of Paterson was pronounced dead at St. Joseph's Medical Center after being shot several times in the 700 block of East 19th Street around 4:30 a.m., Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief William Fraher said early Sunday afternoon. This year, 16 victims have died from gunfire -- compared with 19 total homicides all of 2015. More than two dozen other victims have been wounded b…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah Police Charge Three At Ramapo In Knife Fight Over Cigarette Smoking Mahwah Police Charge Three At Ramapo In Knife Fight Over Cigarette Smoking Mahwah Police Charge Three At Ramapo In Knife Fight Over Cigarette Smoking
Mahwah Police Charge Three At Ramapo In Knife Fight Over Cigarette Smoking MAHWAH, N.J. -- An argument over cigarette smoking outside a Ramapo College dorm escalated late Saturday, leaving two men with minor knife wounds and three charged altogether, authorities said. It began Nicholas Caramica, a student from Wyckoff, confronted fellow student Alexander Irasek and Simon Petrov, who doesn't attend the college, Police Chief James Batelli told Daily Voice. Caramica "complained about them smoking cigarettes outside of the [Redwood] dorms because the smoke would get into the dorm area," he said. The trio, all 22 years old, got into a brief argument and Cara…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bridgeport, CT
Breaking News
'I'm NY Bomber,' Blogger Claims 'I'm NY Bomber,' Blogger Claims 'I'm NY Bomber,' Blogger Claims
'I'm NY Bomber,' Blogger Claims "This is not the end, this is just the beginning," wrote a blogger who claimed to be the New York City bomber.  More than 29 people suffered injuries in the explosion, which occurred in the Chelsea neighborhood in Manhattan at 8:40 p.m. in a dumpster at 135 W. 23rd St. "You probably have all seen the news by now," the person wrote on a two-post Tumblr blog -- which was removed just before 2 p.m., about eight hours after the post. It was called "I'm the NY Bomber," subtitled "This is will be my manifesto" (see image above). Unconfirmed reports were t…

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