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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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen Sheriff: BCC Custodians Stole $8,400 Worth Of Computers Bergen Sheriff: BCC Custodians Stole $8,400 Worth Of Computers Bergen Sheriff: BCC Custodians Stole $8,400 Worth Of Computers
Bergen Sheriff: BCC Custodians Stole $8,400 Worth Of Computers Paramus, N.J. – Two Bergen Community College custodians were arrested by a county sheriff’s detective who said they sold six computers worth $8,400. Charles Jackson, 44, of Hackensack and Melvy Diaz-Cordero, 52, of Paterson were released on court summonses charging them with theft and fencing, Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino said Wednesday. Five of the computers were recovered the sheriff said.

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
3rd Paterson Shooting Death Of Week Boosts August Total To Four 3rd Paterson Shooting Death Of Week Boosts August Total To Four 3rd Paterson Shooting Death Of Week Boosts August Total To Four
3rd Paterson Shooting Death Of Week Boosts August Total To Four PATERSON, N.J. -- A 37-year-old Paterson man was killed and a man with him wounded Tuesday night when someone ran up and began shooting at them as they sat on a city stoop -- the fourth killing by gunfire this month -- authorities said. Joseph Tann, 37, who was struck in the head, died while in emergency surgery at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, city Police Director Jerry Speziale said. He and 24-year-old Tyrus Odom were sitting outside Tann's home near the corner of Pearl and Summer streets when they were ambushed just before midnight, he said. The investigation remained active, Sp…

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Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Wyckoff Woman Burned After Blouse Catches Fire Wyckoff Woman Burned After Blouse Catches Fire Wyckoff Woman Burned After Blouse Catches Fire
Wyckoff Woman Burned After Blouse Catches Fire WYCKOFF, N.J. -- A 58-year-old Wyckoff woman sustained first- and second-degree burns after her blouse caught fire while she was cooking, authorities said Wednesday. The township Volunteer Ambulance Corps took the Wyckoff Avenue woman to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center after she was burned just before 10 p.m. Tuesday, Lt. David Murphy told Daily Voice. Also responding were township police and firefigthers and a rig from The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood.

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Wayne PD: Willowbrook Mall Shoplifters Include Pair With $1,400 In Clothing Wayne PD: Willowbrook Mall Shoplifters Include Pair With $1,400 In Clothing Wayne PD: Willowbrook Mall Shoplifters Include Pair With $1,400 In Clothing
Wayne PD: Willowbrook Mall Shoplifters Include Pair With $1,400 In Clothing WAYNE, N.J. -- Wayne police continued to deal with defendants charged with shoplifting from various Willowbrook stores -- including two women who they said tried to walk out of Lord & Taylor with $1,400 worth of stolen clothing. Both 20 years old, Tyshai S. Grant-Jones and Saphire L. Moore live in the same Paterson apartment building on different floors, Capt. Laurence Martin said Wednesday. They were arrested on Saturday, he said. A day later, police arrested Laith Abdallah, 21, of Clifton after security officers at Macy's said she swiped $185 worth of merchandise, Martin said. On Tu…

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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Englewood Chiropractor Agrees To Suspension Amid Patient Sex Abuse Charges Englewood Chiropractor Agrees To Suspension Amid Patient Sex Abuse Charges Englewood Chiropractor Agrees To Suspension Amid Patient Sex Abuse Charges
Englewood Chiropractor Agrees To Suspension Amid Patient Sex Abuse Charges FORT LEE, N.J. -- A former Leonia Board of Education member who resigned after state authorities charged him with sexually touching three different patients at his chiropractic office in Englewood has agreed to a temporary license suspension, authorities announced Wednesday morning. Archer L. Irby, 45, signed a consent order with the state a day before he was scheduled to appear before the Board of Chiropractic Examiners, state Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino said. Irby, who owns Irby Spinal Care, "engaged in gross or repeated malpractice, professional misconduct, and behavior…

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Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Manhunt Continues For Lodi Bar Shooter Who Injured Victim In Leg Manhunt Continues For Lodi Bar Shooter Who Injured Victim In Leg Manhunt Continues For Lodi Bar Shooter Who Injured Victim In Leg
Manhunt Continues For Lodi Bar Shooter Who Injured Victim In Leg LODI, N.J. -- Lodi police early Wednesday confirmed that a manhunt was continuing for an assailant who shot another man in the leg outside a local bar. The shooter -- described as black, about 6 feet tall and wearing a blue jersey -- fled on foot from the area of Donnie and Junior's at 43 South Main Street around 1:55 a.m., responders told Daily Voice. Several area departments and Bergen County Sheriff's officers -- including a K-9 unit -- responded, they said. The victim, who police said they found on Central Avenue, was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, they said. Police ar…

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Hackensack, NJ
Weather
Heads Up: Jersey Shore Riptides Returning Through Labor Day Weekend Heads Up: Jersey Shore Riptides Returning Through Labor Day Weekend Heads Up: Jersey Shore Riptides Returning Through Labor Day Weekend
Heads Up: Jersey Shore Riptides Returning Through Labor Day Weekend Look out: Treacherous Jersey Shore riptides that were expected to subside on Friday will be back for the weekend, forecasters warned. "Hurricane Gaston continues to send waves west northwestward to the New Jersey coastline," meteorologist Joe Cioffi said Wednesday morning. "Between the waves from Gaston and Tropical Depression 8 moving northeastward over the next two days, rip current risk is high and surf will build to six feet or higher." Despite "temporary improvement" on Thursday, the National Weather Service warned that "another period of rough surf z…

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Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Police Hunt Gunman Who Shot Victim In Leg Outside Lodi Bar Police Hunt Gunman Who Shot Victim In Leg Outside Lodi Bar Police Hunt Gunman Who Shot Victim In Leg Outside Lodi Bar
Police Hunt Gunman Who Shot Victim In Leg Outside Lodi Bar LODI, N.J. -- Lodi police early Wednesday confirmed that a manhunt was continuing for an assailant who shot another man in the leg outside a local bar. The shooter -- described as black, about 6 feet tall and wearing a blue jersey -- fled on foot from the area of Donnie and Junior's at 43 South Main Street around 1:55 a.m., responders told Daily Voice. Several area departments and Bergen County Sheriff's officers -- including a K-9 unit -- responded, they said. The victim, who police said they found on Central Avenue, was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, they said. Police ar…

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Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
5-Year-Old Bergenfield Boy Who Won Hearts Dies Of Cancer 5-Year-Old Bergenfield Boy Who Won Hearts Dies Of Cancer 5-Year-Old Bergenfield Boy Who Won Hearts Dies Of Cancer
5-Year-Old Bergenfield Boy Who Won Hearts Dies Of Cancer BERGENFIELD, N.J. -- A 5-year-old Bergenfield boy who won the hearts of public servants throughout Bergen County died Tuesday. "Our miracle went home to heaven, where there's no more pain, no medicine, no more suffering," Cheely Ann Sy wrote. "My little RJ went home to the arms of God." The final in what has been a series of prayer vigils was to be held outside the family home Tuesday night. CLICK HERE for more info: https://www.facebook.com/RJsBattle/?fref=ts R.J., who was home on hospice, was diagnosed with Stage 4 high risk neuroblastoma in September 2014. His story…

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Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Lodi Mom Accused Of Beating Baby Was Ex Of Man Shot By Police, Source Says Lodi Mom Accused Of Beating Baby Was Ex Of Man Shot By Police, Source Says Lodi Mom Accused Of Beating Baby Was Ex Of Man Shot By Police, Source Says
Lodi Mom Accused Of Beating Baby Was Ex Of Man Shot By Police, Source Says LODI, N.J. – A 23-year-old Hackensack hair stylist who authorities said beat her 5-month-old daughter -- leaving her with several broken bones -- once dated an ex-con who was killed after he charged at police with a large knife, a close family friend told Daily Voice. "It breaks my heart seeing my daughter in bed," Dalia E. Toalongo of Lodi wrote on her Instagram account with a photo of the severely injured infant, Ellen, in a hospital bed. "Ima be next you, holding you baby," she wrote. Daily Voice obtained but isn't publishing a copy of the photo, which shows at leas…

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