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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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Recognize Him? Clifton Police Release More Bank Robbery Photos Recognize Him? Clifton Police Release More Bank Robbery Photos Recognize Him? Clifton Police Release More Bank Robbery Photos
Recognize Him? Clifton Police Release More Bank Robbery Photos CLIFTON, N.J. -- Clifton police Friday morning released more surveillance images of a man who they said robbed the Boiling Springs Bank branch at Clifton Commons just before noon Thursday. The robber, wearing a baseball cap with an American flag emblem, entered gave the teller at the Route 3 branch a demand note around 11:45 a.m., Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. He then fled on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash, the lieutenant said. He described the robber as black, in his 40s or 50s. Anyone with information that could help the investigation is asked to call Clifton police: (973)…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Lyndhurst Craigslist Car Swindle Plays Role In NJ Auto Theft Takedown Lyndhurst Craigslist Car Swindle Plays Role In NJ Auto Theft Takedown Lyndhurst Craigslist Car Swindle Plays Role In NJ Auto Theft Takedown
Lyndhurst Craigslist Car Swindle Plays Role In NJ Auto Theft Takedown LYNDHURST, N.J. -- The case of a 53-year-old Lyndhurst man left holding a worthless $32,000 check after he sold his Mercedes on Craigslist became part of the state takedown of an auto-theft network, Daily Voice has learned. After posting the ad last October, the man got a call from what he thought was a genuine buyer who told him he was sending his girlfriend to get the 2011 R-350, Lyndhurst Police Detective Vincent Auteri said. She turned out to be Heather Cater, 20, of Woodbridge, one of several people charged by state Division of Criminal Justice with preying on Craiglist car sellers. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Have You Seen Him? Clifton Commons Bank Robbed Have You Seen Him? Clifton Commons Bank Robbed Have You Seen Him? Clifton Commons Bank Robbed
Have You Seen Him? Clifton Commons Bank Robbed UPDATE: Clifton police Friday morning released more surveillance images of a man who they said robbed the Boiling Springs Bank branch at Clifton Commons just before noon Thursday. ****** CLIFTON, N.J. -- Clifton police Thursday afternoon released a surveillance image of a man who they said robbed the Boiling Springs Bank branch at Clifton Commons just before noon. The robber, wearing a baseball cap with an American flag emblem, entered gave the teller at the Route 3 branch a demand note around 11:45 a.m., Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. He then fled on foot with an undisclosed amount o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Pascrell: Elmwood Park Firefighters Get $355G Grant For Breathing Equipment Pascrell: Elmwood Park Firefighters Get $355G Grant For Breathing Equipment Pascrell: Elmwood Park Firefighters Get $355G Grant For Breathing Equipment
Pascrell: Elmwood Park Firefighters Get $355G Grant For Breathing Equipment ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. -- Elmwood Park firefighters are getting a federal grant of nearly $355,500 to buy self-contained breathing apparatus. "This grant will help ensure the brave men and women in the Elmwood Park Fire Department will have every advantage to keep themselves and families in their community safe," U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ) said Thursday in announcing the Department of Homeland Security Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program award. The Firefighter Investment and Response Enhancement (FIRE) Act, crafted and shepherded by Pascrell, is funding the grant, bring…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn Police Charge Dumont Drug User With Back-To-Back CVS Shopliftings Fair Lawn Police Charge Dumont Drug User With Back-To-Back CVS Shopliftings Fair Lawn Police Charge Dumont Drug User With Back-To-Back CVS Shopliftings
Fair Lawn Police Charge Dumont Drug User With Back-To-Back CVS Shopliftings FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- Barely 18 hours after Fair Lawn police arrested a Dumont drug user for shoplifting from a local CVS, he was back at it -- at the same store, authorities said Thursday. Officers stopped a jitney bus just before 8:30 p.m. Tuesday on Broadway and took 22-year-old Frank Gentile into custody, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Gentile -- who's been arrested on drug-related charges in several towns the past few months -- was carrying more than $300 worth of items taken from the nearby CVS in his backpack, along with heroin and drug paraphernalia, Metzler said. Police later released him …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Moonachie Police: One Teterboro Arrest Away From Tying Last Year's Total Moonachie Police: One Teterboro Arrest Away From Tying Last Year's Total Moonachie Police: One Teterboro Arrest Away From Tying Last Year's Total
Moonachie Police: One Teterboro Arrest Away From Tying Last Year's Total MOONACHIE, N.J. -- One more arrest out of Teterboro, and Moonachie police will have the dubious distinction of matching last year's total for the tiny borough with the big-box stores -- in less than eight months. Officers on Wednesday arrested 48-year-old Joseph Mangino after security officers at Walmart grabbed him trying to walk out with nearly $100 worth of merchandise -- including two blocks of cheese, Detective Sgt. Anthony Fugnitti said Thursday. He also had an RCA tablet, a can of Red Bull and a wall charger, Fugnitti said. Mangino -- who was responsible for the department's 44th ar…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
New Milford Post Office Reopens After Mini-Van Crash New Milford Post Office Reopens After Mini-Van Crash New Milford Post Office Reopens After Mini-Van Crash
New Milford Post Office Reopens After Mini-Van Crash NEW MILFORD, N.J. – Retail customer service resumed at the New Milford post office on Thursday after a mini-van crashed into the front of the building the day before. The 38-year-old borough driver was with her 60-year-old father when she accidentally pulled her Chrysler Town and Country into a handicapped space just before 11 a.m., Police Chief Frank Ramaci told Daily Voice. "When she realized what happened, she apparently went to put it in reverse but put it into drive instead," Ramaci said. "She took out the front window and caused some structural damage." Neither sh…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Saddle Brook Police Trio Promoted Saddle Brook Police Trio Promoted Saddle Brook Police Trio Promoted
Saddle Brook Police Trio Promoted SADDLE BROOK, N.J. -- Three Saddle Brook police officers were promoted Wednesday night before a large crowd of family, friends, colleagues and residents at the public library. Mayor Robert White swore in new Capt. John Zotollo Jr. (operations division commander), Lt. Leigh Cadigan (patrol squad commander) and Sgt. Giuseppe Calfornia (patrol squad supervisor). "As a former officer, I know how it feels to work hard, study and strive for advancement within the police department," White said. "It makes me happy to reward these officers for their efforts and success not only for t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Memorial Golf Outing Planned For Family Of Late New Milford Detective Memorial Golf Outing Planned For Family Of Late New Milford Detective Memorial Golf Outing Planned For Family Of Late New Milford Detective
Memorial Golf Outing Planned For Family Of Late New Milford Detective NEW MILFORD, N.J. -- A first annual memorial golf outing is planned in Rockland County next month for the family of popular New Milford Detective Lt. Brian Long, who died in June of a rare form of kidney cancer. The Sept. 27 event, at the New York Country Club in Ramapo, "will honor Brian's legacy and help support" his widow, Gina, and their children, Jack, Ryan and Meghan, organizers said. All of the money raised will go toward the recently created Brian Long Memorial Foundation, Inc., which is exempt from federal income tax under IRC Section 501(c)(3), they said. Originally fro…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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$1.5M Bail Each For Four Charged With Paterson Street Slaying $1.5M Bail Each For Four Charged With Paterson Street Slaying $1.5M Bail Each For Four Charged With Paterson Street Slaying
$1.5M Bail Each For Four Charged With Paterson Street Slaying PATERSON, N.J. – Authorities arrested two more people on murder charges in the 2014 killing of a Paterson man shot dead on a city sidewalk. The Passaic County Sheriff’s Office Warrant Squad tracked down Jennifer Suriel, 27, and David Lawrence, 31, both of Paterson, county Prosecutor Camelia Valdes said Wednesday. They joined ex-cons Luis Polanco, 26, also of Paterson, and Angel Toro, 35, of Milford, PA behind bars in the Passaic County Jail, following a grand jury indictment returned Monday in Paterson. Bail was set at $1.5 million for each. Charges include murder and illegal weapons posse…

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