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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Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: River Vale Consultant Conned German Firm Out Of $215,000 Prosecutor: River Vale Consultant Conned German Firm Out Of $215,000 Prosecutor: River Vale Consultant Conned German Firm Out Of $215,000
Prosecutor: River Vale Consultant Conned German Firm Out Of $215,000 RIVER VALE, N.J. – A self-employed business consultant from River Vale pocketed $215,000 from a German trading company after failing to broker the purchase of a used commercial printer, authorities charged. John J. Farina, 63, was issued a summons for theft by failure to make required disposition of received property and issuing a bum check, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said Thursday. Farina signed a deal with the company in November 2014 while operating the Icarus Group, Inc., in Wood-Ridge, the prosecutor said investigators from his White Collar Crimes Unit found. In …

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Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Wallington Drug User Says Sergeant Caught Him Before He Could Buy Police: Wallington Drug User Says Sergeant Caught Him Before He Could Buy Police: Wallington Drug User Says Sergeant Caught Him Before He Could Buy
Police: Wallington Drug User Says Sergeant Caught Him Before He Could Buy WALLINGTON, N.J. -- "I had $120 to buy dope, but you stopped us before I could get it," a Wallington man with a criminal history told a borough detective sergeant who'd been watching him, authorities said Thursday. Detective Sgt. Joseph Rock spotted Marcin Kosiek, 30, outside the Main Avenue 7 Eleven Tuesday afternoon "nervously manipulating his cell phone and pacing back and forth," Detective Lt. Shawn Kudlacik said. Kosiek -- whom Kudlacik said was "known to police" -- suddenly bolted towards a red Nissan whose driver didn't use a signal while turning, the l…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Cliffside Park Tenant Charged With Forging Non-Eviction Landlord Letter Cliffside Park Tenant Charged With Forging Non-Eviction Landlord Letter Cliffside Park Tenant Charged With Forging Non-Eviction Landlord Letter
Cliffside Park Tenant Charged With Forging Non-Eviction Landlord Letter CLIFFSIDE PARK, N.J. -- A Cliffside Park tenant was ordered held on $15,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail after authorities charged him with forging a letter from his landlord agreeing to postpone eviction proceedings. Randy Brandau, 32, was arrested by detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s White Collar Crimes Unit after the judge in the case contacted them, acting Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said Thursday. Brandau testified before the Superior Court judge in Hackensack in July that “he had received permission from his landlord to postpone eviction proceedings,” Grewal said. “To …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Prosecutor: Unlicensed Glen Rock Lawyer Illegally Handled Client Funds Prosecutor: Unlicensed Glen Rock Lawyer Illegally Handled Client Funds Prosecutor: Unlicensed Glen Rock Lawyer Illegally Handled Client Funds
Prosecutor: Unlicensed Glen Rock Lawyer Illegally Handled Client Funds GLEN ROCK, N.J. – Bergen County authorities charged a Glen Rock attorney from Franklin Lakes with continuing to practice law after his license was suspended and illegally moving around clients’ money. Jay I. Lazerowitz, 58, continued to receive entrusted funds that he placed into business-type checking accounts even though his license to practice law was suspended in January, acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said Thursday. He also “misapplied entrusted funds by moving and/or utilizing funds outside the terms of the established escrow agreements,” the prosecutor said. Invest…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Rochelle Park Police: Totowa Man Trafficked Hundreds Of Stolen Cellphones Rochelle Park Police: Totowa Man Trafficked Hundreds Of Stolen Cellphones Rochelle Park Police: Totowa Man Trafficked Hundreds Of Stolen Cellphones
Rochelle Park Police: Totowa Man Trafficked Hundreds Of Stolen Cellphones ROCHELLE PARK, N.J. -- An anonymous tipster led Rochelle Park police to a Totowa man who they believe sold hundreds of cellphones obtained with other people's names. Detectives who were watching a parking lot outside the Bergen County Board of Social Services after receiving the tip spotted 25-year-old Junior Santana-Delacruzage behind the wheel of a 2011 Porsche following a delivery driver Wednesday night, Detective Sgt. James DePreta said. They pulled him over after he accepted five packages containing cellphones addressed to different people and addresses -- none of them his, DePreta sai…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Clifton Detectives Investigate Route 3 Gas Station Robbery Report Clifton Detectives Investigate Route 3 Gas Station Robbery Report Clifton Detectives Investigate Route 3 Gas Station Robbery Report
Clifton Detectives Investigate Route 3 Gas Station Robbery Report CLIFTON, N.J. -- Clifton police were investigating a gas station attendant's report that he was robbed at gunpoint early Thursday. The attendant at the westbound Route 3 Sunoco told police the lone robber approached him at 5:30 a.m. with a gun, took all the cash he had and ran off, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. The attendant wasn't injured, Bracken said. Anyone who saw or knows anything that could help the investigation is asked to call Clifton police: (973) 470-5900.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Bicyclist, 62, Airlifted After Franklin Lakes Crash, Elderly Driver Charged Bicyclist, 62, Airlifted After Franklin Lakes Crash, Elderly Driver Charged Bicyclist, 62, Airlifted After Franklin Lakes Crash, Elderly Driver Charged
Bicyclist, 62, Airlifted After Franklin Lakes Crash, Elderly Driver Charged FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. -- A 62-year-old Franklin Lakes bicyclist was airlifted to the hospital with head injuries and a 74-year-old Mahwah woman was charged with careless driving after her car and the bike collided Wednesday night. Bicyclist Richard Sheeler was headed east on Franklin Avenue just before 7:30 p.m. when westbound Kiyoko Churchwell tried to make a left onto Commerce Street, Capt. John Bakelaar told Daily Voice on Thursday. Sheeler was flown by medical chopper to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson, he said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson Driver Eludes Police, Injures Woman After Slamming Into Van Paterson Driver Eludes Police, Injures Woman After Slamming Into Van Paterson Driver Eludes Police, Injures Woman After Slamming Into Van
Paterson Driver Eludes Police, Injures Woman After Slamming Into Van PATERSON, N.J. -- Moments after Paterson police cut off a chase, their unlicensed quarry slammed his BMW into a mini-van, sending a 61-year-old passenger to the hospital with broken bones, authorities said Thursday. Police stopped pursuing Owen Palmer 29, after trying to pull him over at 11th Avenue and East 29th Street around 9 p.m. Wednesday, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief William Fraher said in a joint statement. Four blocks later, Palmer blew a stop sign at 14th Avenue and East 30th Street and the X5 slammed into the side of a 2002 Kia Sedona, th…

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Lyndhurst, NJ
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Lyndhurst Adds Five Police Officers Lyndhurst Adds Five Police Officers Lyndhurst Adds Five Police Officers
Lyndhurst Adds Five Police Officers LYNDHURST, N.J. -- Lyndhurst police added five new officers -- three of them lifelong township residents and two who've already attended the police academy. Sworn Tuesday: Elizabeth Hollenbeck, 23, a lifelong Carlstadt resident with public safety dispatcher experience with the Ho-Ho-Kus police department. Hollenbeck is a volunteer cheerleading coach and Boys & Girls Club mentor with a bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice Studies and a minor in Psychology from Rutgers University; Mark Rivera, 27, of North Arlington, a seven-year United States Marine Corps veteran who fought in Afghanis…

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Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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Wyckoff Detective Seizes Accused Shoplifter After Security Guard Scuffle Wyckoff Detective Seizes Accused Shoplifter After Security Guard Scuffle Wyckoff Detective Seizes Accused Shoplifter After Security Guard Scuffle
Wyckoff Detective Seizes Accused Shoplifter After Security Guard Scuffle WYCKOFF, N.J. – A Wyckoff police detective quickly chased down a 59-year-old accused shoplifter moments after authorities said he scuffled with a Stop & Shop security guard. The guard sustained a minor injury before James Hayes of Wyckoff fled the store, said Lt. David Murphy, the department's acting police chief. Detective Sgt. Joseph Soto found Hayes’s car, stopped him and took him into custody a short time later, Murphy said. Detective Ryan Noon and Officer William Plisich investigated further and found two more shoplifting incidents involving Hayes from the same store, he said. Th…

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