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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Newark, NJ
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STATE POLICE CHASE: Federal Agent, NJSP Detective Injured In Collisions With Fleeing Thieves STATE POLICE CHASE: Federal Agent, NJSP Detective Injured In Collisions With Fleeing Thieves STATE POLICE CHASE: Federal Agent, NJSP Detective Injured In Collisions With Fleeing Thieves
State Police Chase: Federal Agent, Njsp Detective Injured In Collisions With Fleeing Thieves UPDATE: Two New Jersey State Police detectives were struck and a U.S. Homeland Security agent rammed head-on by a quartet of car thieves, one of them a 15-year-old who had his leg broken during a pursuit, authorities confirmed. Three adults and the injured juvenile were seized following a chain reaction of collisions in Newark involving a stolen SUV, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said on Friday, June 30. It began with the theft of the 2021 BMW X6 in Cedar Grove around 7:30 a.m. Thursday, June 22, the attorney general said. Members of the New Jersey State Police Auto Theft…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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HELP WANTED: New School Resource Officer Sought In Rochelle Park HELP WANTED: New School Resource Officer Sought In Rochelle Park HELP WANTED: New School Resource Officer Sought In Rochelle Park
Help Wanted: New School Resource Officer Sought In Rochelle Park Rochelle Park police are seeking a retired law enforcement officer to work in one of the township's schools. The recent promotion of Sgt. Chris Bermudez to lieutenant created the opening at the K-8 Midland School No. 1, Detective Capt. James DePreta said. The Special Law Enforcement Officer III would be paid $35 an hour for a part-time 40-hour workweek whenever school is officially in session, the captain said. The scheduled start time is early this September for the 2023-24 school year, he said. "Under the supervision of the chief of police and/or the chief's designee, the individual wor…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
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Fire Ravages Former Site Of Magical, Musical Christmas Tribute To Late Demarest Mom Fire Ravages Former Site Of Magical, Musical Christmas Tribute To Late Demarest Mom Fire Ravages Former Site Of Magical, Musical Christmas Tribute To Late Demarest Mom
Fire Ravages Former Site Of Magical, Musical Christmas Tribute To Late Demarest Mom Two firefighters reportedly required medical attention after they were burned in an overnight blaze that ravaged what had once been a popular Christmastime destination in Bergen County. Flames blew through the front door and picture window of the home on a bend of Evergreen Place in Demarest near Maple Avenue and close to County Road around 4:30 a.m. Thursday, June 22. Firefighters had the blaze knocked down in under a half-hour. Two of them were taken to Englewood Hospital and Medical Center with injuries that didn't appear serious, responders said. Some may recognize the home, where a …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Paterson Firefighter Snatched Jewelry From Hospitalized Prisoner: Authorities Paterson Firefighter Snatched Jewelry From Hospitalized Prisoner: Authorities Paterson Firefighter Snatched Jewelry From Hospitalized Prisoner: Authorities
Paterson Firefighter Snatched Jewelry From Hospitalized Prisoner: Authorities A Paterson firefighter was caught on surveillance video stealing a gold chain from a prisoner brought to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, authorities said. Antonio Moore, 39, of Newark was released pending an initial appearance in Superior Court in Paterson after members of the Passaic County Prosecutor's Office Public Integrity Unit arrested him on Wednesday, June 21, they said. Clifton police had brought the victim in custody to the city hospital last Aug. 21, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. “The arrestee’s personal property, including a gold chain and the arrest…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
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Garfield Shooting: Repeat Offender From Elmwood Park Charged With Attempted Murder Of JC Man Garfield Shooting: Repeat Offender From Elmwood Park Charged With Attempted Murder Of JC Man Garfield Shooting: Repeat Offender From Elmwood Park Charged With Attempted Murder Of JC Man
Garfield Shooting: Repeat Offender From Elmwood Park Charged With Attempted Murder Of JC Man UPDATE: Bergen County prosecutor’s detectives seized a repeat offender from Elmwood Park who they said shot a 26-year-old Jersey City man several times in a Garfield shopping center parking lot this past weekend. Joshua Casiano, 29, was already wanted on warrants out of Passaic and Clifton, records show, when investigators said he shot the victim and left him behind the Citizens Bank branch at the Mill Shoppes of Garfield just off River Drive late Sunday, June 18. The victim survived the 11:45 p.m. shooting and was reported by Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella to be in stable condition…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Washington Township, NJ
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US Airman From NJ In Home Detention For Collecting Child Porn Does It Again, FBI Says US Airman From NJ In Home Detention For Collecting Child Porn Does It Again, FBI Says US Airman From NJ In Home Detention For Collecting Child Porn Does It Again, FBI Says
US Airman From NJ In Home Detention For Collecting Child Porn Does It Again, FBI Says A disgraced U.S. airman from South Jersey was finishing out a federal prison term in home detention for collecting child pornography when he used his iPhone to do it again, the FBI charged. Kyle Daniel Reese, 29, of Williamstown in Gloucester County, was discharged from the Air Force after federal agents said they found several videos and more than 600 photos of child pornography on his PC while he was stationed at the Barksdale Air Force Base in northwest Louisiana in 2015. Reese took a deal from the government rather than risk the potential consequences of a trial and was sentenced t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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SEE ANYTHING? Swastikas Spray-Painted Throughout Clifton Park SEE ANYTHING? Swastikas Spray-Painted Throughout Clifton Park SEE ANYTHING? Swastikas Spray-Painted Throughout Clifton Park
SEE Anything? Swastikas Spray-Painted Throughout Clifton Park Authorities turned to the public for help finding whoever was responsible for littering a Clifton park with spray-painted swastikas. Seven of the hateful symbols were found on benches, trees, a portable bathroom and the blacktop at Dunney Park on Cherry Street early Wednesday, June 21, they said. Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Clifton Police Department Chief Thomas Rinaldi didn’t release any further information in confirming the vandalism. “The investigation remains active and ongoing,” their release says. “More information will be released once it becomes available.” Val…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Marlton-Evesham, NJ
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Motorcyclist Killed In Crash Was Fleeing Off-Duty NJ Trooper At More Than 100 MPH, AG Says Motorcyclist Killed In Crash Was Fleeing Off-Duty NJ Trooper At More Than 100 MPH, AG Says Motorcyclist Killed In Crash Was Fleeing Off-Duty NJ Trooper At More Than 100 MPH, AG Says
Motorcyclist Killed In Crash Was Fleeing Off-Duty NJ Trooper At More Than 100 MPH, AG Says A 24-year-old motorcyclist was being pursued by an off-duty State Police trooper in an unmarked car at more than 100 miles an hour when he was killed in a late-afternoon collision in Burlington County, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said. A local police officer was following both vehicles when the crash occurred in Springfield Township shortly before 5 p.m. Tuesday, June 20, Platkin said early Wednesday evening. The pursuit was headed south on Route 206 when a 70-driver driver made a left turn onto the highway from westbound Jacksonville-Jobstown Road (County Road 670) and h…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
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TEAMWORK: NY Teens Nabbed By Paramus, Wyckoff PDs After Fleeing Stolen Car Crash Off Route 208 TEAMWORK: NY Teens Nabbed By Paramus, Wyckoff PDs After Fleeing Stolen Car Crash Off Route 208 TEAMWORK: NY Teens Nabbed By Paramus, Wyckoff PDs After Fleeing Stolen Car Crash Off Route 208
Teamwork: NY Teens Nabbed By Paramus, Wyckoff PDs After Fleeing Stolen Car Crash Off Route 208 A 16-year-old driver and three teenage companions were captured by police following an overnight stolen car pursuit Wednesday that began in Paramus and ended in a crash just up the road in Wyckoff. Paramus Police Officer Slavko Bajovic saw the driver pull a ski mask over his face as he drove a 2018 Hyundai Elantra west on Route 4 shortly after 1:30 a.m. June 21, Police Chief Robert Guidetti said. A check of the registration showed that the vehicle had been reported stolen out of Lodi the day before, he said. The driver “slowed down abruptly, almost coming to a stop, attempting to elude Off…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Hackensack Ex-Con Charged With ½ Pound Of Coke, $12G Sketchy Cash In Illegally Parked Corvette Hackensack Ex-Con Charged With ½ Pound Of Coke, $12G Sketchy Cash In Illegally Parked Corvette Hackensack Ex-Con Charged With ½ Pound Of Coke, $12G Sketchy Cash In Illegally Parked Corvette
Hackensack Ex-Con Charged With ½ Pound Of Coke, $12G Sketchy Cash In Illegally Parked Corvette A hardcore ex-con was charged with having nearly a half-pound of cocaine and $12,000 in suspect cash in a stolen car that he left idling in a fire lane outside a shopping mall in Hackensack. Jarrett Bruce, 39, was initially released at the Shops at Riverside just off westbound Route 4 after Lt. Sean Briggs ran a computer check, found a mismatched VIN and impounded the 2022 Chevy Corvette in early April, Hackensack Police Capt. Michael Antista said. Discovering that the ‘vette had been reported stolen, police had grounds to seek -- and obtain -- a search warrant. They found the drugs and cas…

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