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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Rutherford, NJ
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Route 3 West Jammed After Head-On Crash On Hackensack River Bridge Route 3 West Jammed After Head-On Crash On Hackensack River Bridge Route 3 West Jammed After Head-On Crash On Hackensack River Bridge
Route 3 West Jammed After Head-On Crash On Hackensack River Bridge UPDATE (9 a.m.) A single lane remained open on westbound Route 3 near the Meadowlands following a wrong-way crash Wednesday morning on the Hackensack River bridge in Secaucus. No fatalities were immediately reported in the 7:15 a.m. crash, which Secaucus police said occurred when an elderly driver's car headed in the wrong direction hit another vehicle head on. Both drivers were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, they said. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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Rutherford, NJ
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Carlstadt PD: Nurse Pulls Knife After Drug Store Drive-Up Window Delay Carlstadt PD: Nurse Pulls Knife After Drug Store Drive-Up Window Delay Carlstadt PD: Nurse Pulls Knife After Drug Store Drive-Up Window Delay
Carlstadt PD: Nurse Pulls Knife After Drug Store Drive-Up Window Delay CARLSTADT, N.J. – A registered nurse from East Rutherford threatened another driver with a knife at a Carlstadt pharmacy drive-up window after she became frustrated with a delay, police said Tuesday night. The victim was with his wife and daughter at the Walgreens drive-up on Hoboken Road, picking up a prescription, when 31-year-old Amanda Schneider “pulled around the front of his car” and “yelled obscenities at him because he was waiting at the service window for an extended amount of time,” Police Chief Thomas Nielsen said. The victim said he cursed her back, received his order, and then …

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West Milford, NJ
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NJSP Seeks Help In Hit-Run Boat Crash On Greenwood Lake In West Milford NJSP Seeks Help In Hit-Run Boat Crash On Greenwood Lake In West Milford NJSP Seeks Help In Hit-Run Boat Crash On Greenwood Lake In West Milford
Njsp Seeks Help In Hit-Run Boat Crash On Greenwood Lake In West Milford WEST MILFORD, N.J. -- State Police were seeking the public's help finding a hit-and-run boat that struck another -- injuring four elderly occupants, two of them seriously -- on Greenwood Lake in West Milford on Monday. The unidentified vessel -- possibly a ski boat-- hit the 18-foot Bayliner boat in the stern and became airborne, flying over it, just north of Sportsmans Marina around 8:30 p.m., the NJ State Police said. "At this time, investigators do not believe the suspect boat had an outboard motor," they said. Owner and operator Edwin Lane, 72, of West Milford and his passeng…

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Chief: Tipster Leads Mahwah Police To Oakland Man With Stolen Handgun Chief: Tipster Leads Mahwah Police To Oakland Man With Stolen Handgun Chief: Tipster Leads Mahwah Police To Oakland Man With Stolen Handgun
Chief: Tipster Leads Mahwah Police To Oakland Man With Stolen Handgun MAHWAH, N.J. -- A tipster led Mahwah police to an Oakland driver who they said was carrying a handgun reported stolen out of Florida when he went to a local restaurant to settle a dispute. Officers found the silver Mercury in the restaurant lot Monday night and took 32-year-old Michael Debiasi into custody after locating the Glock 23 .40-caliber handgun behind the driver’s seat, Police Chief James Batelli said Tuesday. The gun had been reported stolen out of Collier County, FL, the chief said. Three other occupants of the car were brought to headquarters along with Dibiasi, who was charged…

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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Downed Utility Lines Knock Out Power To Parts Of Cliffside Park Downed Utility Lines Knock Out Power To Parts Of Cliffside Park Downed Utility Lines Knock Out Power To Parts Of Cliffside Park
Downed Utility Lines Knock Out Power To Parts Of Cliffside Park CLIFFSIDE PARK, N.J. -- Sections of Cliffside Park were without power Tuesday afternoon after a pair of primary utility lines came down. There was no immediate word from PSE&G when power was expected to be restored after the lines came down at Greenmont and Olympia avenues just before 2 p.m.

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Bergenfield, NJ
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Bergenfield Man, 26, Killed In Louisiana Labor Day Crash Bergenfield Man, 26, Killed In Louisiana Labor Day Crash Bergenfield Man, 26, Killed In Louisiana Labor Day Crash
Bergenfield Man, 26, Killed In Louisiana Labor Day Crash BERGENFIELD, N.J. -- A 26-year-old Bergenfield man was killed in a head-on Labor Day crash on a rain-slicked Louisiana highway, authorities said. Steven Fernandez was driving a 2016 BMW 328i that slammed into a 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe coming from the opposite direction that crossed the center median on Interstate 10 in Slidell shortly after noon, Louisiana State Police said. Another vehicle then hit the Tahoe, driven by a 66-year-old Louisiana man, Trooper First Class Dustin Dwight said. Fernandez, whose father died on a commercial flight from Florida to New York this past January, was pronou…

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Paterson, NJ
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Would-Be Clifton Carjacking Victim Beats Assailant Would-Be Clifton Carjacking Victim Beats Assailant Would-Be Clifton Carjacking Victim Beats Assailant
Would-Be Clifton Carjacking Victim Beats Assailant CLIFTON, N.J. -- A would-be carjacker picked the wrong victim when a 25-year-old Clifton man punched him in the face several times, chasing him off, police said Monday. The target was moving something from a family member's car trunk on West 2nd Street around 4 a.m. when the bandit robber came up and threatened him while demanding the car keys. "The victim responded by punching [him] numerous times," Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. The victim wasn't injured and nothing was taken, he said. Detectives were trying to determine whether the incident was related to the overnight ca…

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Paterson, NJ
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5th Paterson Victim In Month Killed By Gunfire, Three Others Shot 5th Paterson Victim In Month Killed By Gunfire, Three Others Shot 5th Paterson Victim In Month Killed By Gunfire, Three Others Shot
5th Paterson Victim In Month Killed By Gunfire, Three Others Shot PATERSON, N.J. – An escalating series of shootings made a 19-year-old Paterson man the fifth victim slain in the city over the course of a month when he was gunned down Sunday night, authorities said. Edrian Peguero was driving a vehicle when a gunman pulled up outside 75 Lafayette Street at 7:30 p.m. and “shot from another car and hit him in the neck,” a law enforcement source with knowledge of the incident told Daily Voice. It began a violent spree that included three more shootings in a span of a little over eight hours, authorities said. That made 20 reported shootings over 31 days in …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Clifton Gas Station Attendant Tells Police He Was Robbed Clifton Gas Station Attendant Tells Police He Was Robbed Clifton Gas Station Attendant Tells Police He Was Robbed
Clifton Gas Station Attendant Tells Police He Was Robbed CLIFTON, N.J. -- Clifton detectives were investigating a reported weekend gas station robbery. The attendant at Jersey Gas on Lakeview Avenue told police that three robbers -- all carrying handguns -- approached him at 4 a.m. Sunday, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. The robbers threatened him, then took cash off him and from the station register, the attendant told police. They fled in a vehicle, he said. He couldn't described the vehicle or the robbers other than that they were black, Bracken said. The amount missing was being withheld, he said.

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Bergenfield, NJ
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Bergenfield PD: Ex-Con Crashes In Teaneck After Officer Cuts Off Pursuit Bergenfield PD: Ex-Con Crashes In Teaneck After Officer Cuts Off Pursuit Bergenfield PD: Ex-Con Crashes In Teaneck After Officer Cuts Off Pursuit
Bergenfield PD: Ex-Con Crashes In Teaneck After Officer Cuts Off Pursuit BERGENFIELD, N.J. -- A 53-year-old ex-con from Bergenfield with a mostly drug-related criminal history stretching back nearly 25 years crashed his car after an overnight high-speed chase -- then tried to walk away from the scene, authorities said Monday. Officer Christopher Brugger spotted Harry C. Allen recklessly driving a black Chevy in the area of Sylvan Avenue and Beechwood Street just before 1:30 a.m. Saturday, Capt. Mustafa Rabboh said. Brugger tried to pull him over, but Allen continued south on South Washington Avenue into Teaneck, Rabboh said. The officer cut off the chase "…

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