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.

Jerry DeMarco's Contributions

Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Firefighters Snuff Cliffside Park High-Rise Terrace Blaze Firefighters Snuff Cliffside Park High-Rise Terrace Blaze Firefighters Snuff Cliffside Park High-Rise Terrace Blaze
Firefighters Snuff Cliffside Park High-Rise Terrace Blaze CLIFFSIDE PARK, N.J. -- Firefighters quickly put down a terrace blaze at a Cliffside Park high-rise early Tuesday evening, authorities said. The two-alarm, 11th-floor fire -- in an enclosed terrace at the Winston Towers unit off Palisade Avenue -- was quickly brought under control, Police Chief Rich Gaito told Daily Voice. Firefighters broke windows to ventilate the smoke, he said. There were no injuries, Gaito said, adding that fire officials were investigating Tuesday night.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Bank Robbery Suspect Seized In Fairview Spent 10+ Years In Prison Bank Robbery Suspect Seized In Fairview Spent 10+ Years In Prison Bank Robbery Suspect Seized In Fairview Spent 10+ Years In Prison
Bank Robbery Suspect Seized In Fairview Spent 10+ Years In Prison FAIRVIEW, N.J. -- North Bergen police chased down and caught an ex-con at the Fairview border moments after they said he fled with $100 in singles from a township bank Tuesday afternoon. Detectives were trying to determine whether Neal C. Hornung of Belleville is the same man who robbed a nearby TD Bank in April -- and the very same branch two months ago. Hornung, 51, was released from prison in April after serving more than 10 years for robbery and shoplifting, state Department of Corrections records show. Hornung walked into the Banco Popular branch on Kennedy Boulevard at 85th Street ar…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
PHOTO: Do You Know Him? Lyndhurst Bank Robbed PHOTO: Do You Know Him? Lyndhurst Bank Robbed PHOTO: Do You Know Him? Lyndhurst Bank Robbed
Photo: Do You Know Him? Lyndhurst Bank Robbed LYNDHURST, N.J. -- A robber wearing a white towel over his head fled with an undetermined amount of cash from a Lyndhurst bank after threatening to shoot the tellers Tuesday afternoon, police told Daily Voice. No customers were in the M&T Bank branch on Lewandowski Place near the Stop&Shop when the robber came in just before 4:15 p.m., Police Capt. John Valente said. He "walked directly to the bank-teller, handed over a plastic bag and demanded it be filled with cash," said Valente, who released a surveillance photo (above). The robber "threatened to shoot the other …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Passaic Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting Girl, 7 Passaic Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting Girl, 7 Passaic Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting Girl, 7
Passaic Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting Girl, 7 PASSAIC, N.J. – A Passaic man was ordered held on $200,000 bail after authorities accused him of sexually assaulting a 7-year-old girl. Zenaido Aldana-Villalva, 36, had an initial appearance set for Wednesday in Central Judicial Processing Court in Paterson, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. Her detectives arrested Aldana-Villalva on Monday on charges of sexual assault and child endangerment, Valdes said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Leonia Chief: Fort Lee Driver In Wheelchair Hit-Run Drives Up To Detectives Leonia Chief: Fort Lee Driver In Wheelchair Hit-Run Drives Up To Detectives Leonia Chief: Fort Lee Driver In Wheelchair Hit-Run Drives Up To Detectives
Leonia Chief: Fort Lee Driver In Wheelchair Hit-Run Drives Up To Detectives LEONIA, N.J. -- The driver being sought in a hit-and-run crash that seriously injured a 78-year-old man in a wheelchair in Leonia pulled right up to detectives early Tuesday afternoon, Police Chief Thomas Rowe told Daily Voice. Rowe's investigators were reviewing surveillance video at a local business when the vehicle they were looking for pulled into a spot in the parking lot at 135 Fort Lee Road around 12:30 p.m., Rowe said. The 2016 Buick Encore "was missing the skid plate, just like the vehicle we were looking for, and was dinged up in front" when Detectives Michael Jennings …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Weather
Don't Buy The Hype: Extremely Slim Chance Tornado Hits Bergen, Passaic Don't Buy The Hype: Extremely Slim Chance Tornado Hits Bergen, Passaic Don't Buy The Hype: Extremely Slim Chance Tornado Hits Bergen, Passaic
Don't Buy The Hype: Extremely Slim Chance Tornado Hits Bergen, Passaic Forecasters estimated a 5% chance that a tornado hits northwest Bergen County or Passaic County from mid-afternoon through mid-evening Tuesday. "The table is set for severe weather for somebody, but the question is who," meteorologist Joe Cioffi said. A "cloud shield has that arcing look to it [that] tells us we are in the warm sector (between a warm and cold front) where severe weather can develop," he said. The National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center said the tornado could develop in North Jersey, northeastern Pennsylvania, much of southern New York State …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Clifton Police: Loaded Gun, Drugs Found In Traffic Stop Clifton Police: Loaded Gun, Drugs Found In Traffic Stop Clifton Police: Loaded Gun, Drugs Found In Traffic Stop
Clifton Police: Loaded Gun, Drugs Found In Traffic Stop CLIFTON, N.J. -- One occupant had a loaded handgun and two others drugs and paraphernalia, said Clifton police who stopped their car. Officer Robert Marks and Timothy Taffin stopped the car Sunday night on Lakeview Avenue near East 9th Street, Lt. Robert Bracken said Tuesday morning. They arrested the driver, 25-year-old Omar Younes of Carlstadt and Salvatore Veccia, 30, of Wallington -- both for drug and paraphernalia possession, Bracken said. Veccia was also wanted on a warrant from another jurisdiction, he said. A second passenger, 32-year-old Jonathan Cruz of Passaic, was charged with …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Leonia Police Hunt Hit-Run SUV That Severely Injured Man, 78, In Wheelchair Leonia Police Hunt Hit-Run SUV That Severely Injured Man, 78, In Wheelchair Leonia Police Hunt Hit-Run SUV That Severely Injured Man, 78, In Wheelchair
Leonia Police Hunt Hit-Run SUV That Severely Injured Man, 78, In Wheelchair UPDATE: The driver being sought in a hit-and-run crash that seriously injured a 78-year-old man in a wheelchair in Leonia pulled right up to detectives early Tuesday afternoon, Police Chief Thomas Rowe told Daily Voice. Rowe's investigators were reviewing surveillance video at a local business when the vehicle they were looking for pulled into a spot in the parking lot at 135 Fort Lee Road around 12:30 p.m., Rowe said. The 2016 Buick Encore "was missing the skid plate, just like the vehicle we were looking for, and was dinged up in front" when Detectives Michael Jennings and Detec…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Fairview Police Coax Emotionally Disturbed Man Holding Loaded Gun To Safety Fairview Police Coax Emotionally Disturbed Man Holding Loaded Gun To Safety Fairview Police Coax Emotionally Disturbed Man Holding Loaded Gun To Safety
Fairview Police Coax Emotionally Disturbed Man Holding Loaded Gun To Safety FAIRVIEW, N.J. -- With patience and restraint, Fairview police officers convinced an emotionally disturbed man holding a loaded illegal handgun to surrender, avoiding a potentially tragic outcome. "This was one of those things that could have gone bad but didn't because of the restraint and training of the officers," Police Chief Martin Kahn told Daily Voice Tuesday morning. Officers were changing shifts around 3 p.m. Monday when a family member called headquarters saying that the man "was in the parking lot of an apartment building on the east side of town with a gun to his …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Yonkers, NY
Breaking News
Police Rescue Suicidal Yonkers Girl, 17, At GWB Police Rescue Suicidal Yonkers Girl, 17, At GWB Police Rescue Suicidal Yonkers Girl, 17, At GWB
Police Rescue Suicidal Yonkers Girl, 17, At GWB Port Authority police said they intercepted a suicidal 17-year-old girl from Yonkers at the George Washington Bridge before she could jump Monday night. The 911 call that sent the officers there came in must after 9 p.m., the authority's Joseph Pentangelo said Tuesday morning. They found the girl on the south walk at the New York tower and she was taken without incident to Holy Name Medical Center for observation.

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