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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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn Man, 54, Shoots Himself Dead In Suicide Outside Police HQ Fair Lawn Man, 54, Shoots Himself Dead In Suicide Outside Police HQ Fair Lawn Man, 54, Shoots Himself Dead In Suicide Outside Police HQ
Fair Lawn Man, 54, Shoots Himself Dead In Suicide Outside Police HQ FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- Fair Lawn police made it official Wednesday morning: A 54-year-old man who was found shot dead in his car outside headquarters Tuesday afternoon killed himself. Police had to wait for the final determination of the Bergen County Medical Examiner. As Daily Voice reported on Tuesday, an officer returning from a traffic detail who parked next to the 2003 Chevy Impala found the body around 1:15 p.m. The victim "had suffered a gunshot wound to the head with a handgun resting on his lap," Sgt. Brian Metzler said. "From a distance, the Chevy looked like a police…

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Bergenfield, NJ
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Bergenfield Stop Produces Cocaine Charges Against Englewood Man Bergenfield Stop Produces Cocaine Charges Against Englewood Man Bergenfield Stop Produces Cocaine Charges Against Englewood Man
Bergenfield Stop Produces Cocaine Charges Against Englewood Man BERGENFIELD, N.J. – An Aug. 24 arraignment was set for a 57-year-old motorist who authorities said had cocaine in his car when police stopped it in Bergenfield and at his Englewood home when detectives searched it later. Phillip Rivers was released on a summons charging him with having drugs for sale, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. Rivers had a small amount on him when he was stopped on Aug. 3 and more packaged for sale at his home, the prosecutor said. Grewal credited Bergenfield and Englewood police with assisting his Narcotic Task Force in making the case.

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Englewood, NJ
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Teaneck Ex-Con Charged With Three Englewood Shootings In Single Week Teaneck Ex-Con Charged With Three Englewood Shootings In Single Week Teaneck Ex-Con Charged With Three Englewood Shootings In Single Week
Teaneck Ex-Con Charged With Three Englewood Shootings In Single Week ENGLEWOOD, N.J. – A Teaneck ex-con already facing charges in two Englewood shootings was charged with a third. Jamal “Mally” Robinson, 40, pulled the trigger during a 4 a.m. drive-by shooting on July 1 at the Forest Park Garden Apartments, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said Tuesday. A Jeep Grand Cherokee was struck, he said. Detectives recovered six 9mm shell casings in the parking lot of the apartment complex and several discharged bullets from a Jeep Grand Cherokee that was struck, causing more than $2,000 worth of damage, Grewal said. No one was injured, he said. Th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Four Adults And A Baby Carjacked In Clifton Police: Four Adults And A Baby Carjacked In Clifton Police: Four Adults And A Baby Carjacked In Clifton
Police: Four Adults And A Baby Carjacked In Clifton CLIFTON, N.J. -- A Passaic quartet with a baby were carjacked at gunpoint, Clifton police said. The victims told police that four carjackers -- at least two carrying handguns -- converged on the vehicle in the 100 block of Highland Avenue around 9:35 p.m. Sunday, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. The bandits forced out the occupants -- three men, ages 21, 22 and 25, and a 20-year-old woman with the baby, they told police. After taking some jewerly from one of the victims, the four took off in the car Bracken said. They were described as Hispanic and in their mid 20s. No injuries were re…

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Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Franklin Lakes Thieves Take $4,100 From Unlocked Truck, Jeep With Key In It Franklin Lakes Thieves Take $4,100 From Unlocked Truck, Jeep With Key In It Franklin Lakes Thieves Take $4,100 From Unlocked Truck, Jeep With Key In It
Franklin Lakes Thieves Take $4,100 From Unlocked Truck, Jeep With Key In It FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. -- One Franklin Lakes resident reported $4,100 stolen from his unlocked pickup truck, while another said someone took her Jeep -- after she left the key inside -- police said Tuesday. Whoever was responsible for the overnight pickup truck burglary Tuesday on Haven Road also took a laptop and various forms of identification, along with a passport, but tossed them on a neighbor's lawn, Capt. John Bakelaar said. A mile and a half away, a Highwoods Drive resident reported her 2016 Jeep swiped from the driveway. "The key fob had been left in the vehicle," Bakelaa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Passaic Sheriff: Illegal Turn Turns Up Half-Pound Of Pot Passaic Sheriff: Illegal Turn Turns Up Half-Pound Of Pot Passaic Sheriff: Illegal Turn Turns Up Half-Pound Of Pot
Passaic Sheriff: Illegal Turn Turns Up Half-Pound Of Pot PATERSON, N.J. -- Two Passaic County sheriff's officers turned up a half-pound of pot worth $1,800 on the street Monday night after stopping a 23-year-old Paterson man for making an illegal turn, authorities said. Officers Francesca Vollaro and Michael Spadafora smelled marijuana when driver Casey Robinson opened his window after the stop at East 16th St and Governor Street, Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik told Daily Voice a short time later. Robinson was charged with various drug offenses and released pending a court hearing, the sheriff said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Clifton Police Collar One, Seek Others In Street-Robbery Spree Clifton Police Collar One, Seek Others In Street-Robbery Spree Clifton Police Collar One, Seek Others In Street-Robbery Spree
Clifton Police Collar One, Seek Others In Street-Robbery Spree CLIFTON, N.J. -- Clifton detectives were trying to determine whether a string of reported street robberies and attempted holdups that began late last week and continued into the weekend were related. A quick-moving detective and patrol officer arrested a suspect in one of the holdups, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said Monday. A 54-year-old city man told police several robbers set upon him just before 1 a.m. Sunday near the corner of Highland and Parker avenues. Soon after, Detective Alex Zamora and Officer Nicholas Hriczov spotted a suspect on a bicycle, Bracken said. He tried to speed off…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Moonachie Police Save Heroin Overdose Victim In Teterboro Moonachie Police Save Heroin Overdose Victim In Teterboro Moonachie Police Save Heroin Overdose Victim In Teterboro
Moonachie Police Save Heroin Overdose Victim In Teterboro MOONACHIE, N.J. -- Moonachie police officers using Narcan rescued a 28-year-old North Bergen woman who'd overdosed on heroin, authorities said. Responding Sgt. James McNeice and Officer Victor Migliorino found the unresponsive woman on the ground in the parking lot of 100 Hollister Road in Teterboro just after 11:30 a.m. Aug. 3, Detective Anthony Fugnitti said. They "administered one dose of Narcan to the victim, who woke up briefly and went unconscious again," he said. "A second dose was administered by the officers and she became semiconscious.' The Moonachie First Aid and…

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Judge Orders High Bail For Pair In Mahwah Burger King Heroin Bust Judge Orders High Bail For Pair In Mahwah Burger King Heroin Bust Judge Orders High Bail For Pair In Mahwah Burger King Heroin Bust
Judge Orders High Bail For Pair In Mahwah Burger King Heroin Bust MAHWAH, N.J. – A judge ordered two defendants held on $200,000 bail each after Mahwah police said Monday they crashed a drug deal in the parking lot of a Route 17 Burger King. Detectives Michael Grassi and Eric Larsen were on patrol when they spotted a silver Hyundai SUV in the fast food restaurant lot, Police Chief James N. Batelli said Monday. The driver – identified as Terrence Hulse, 33, of Fallsburgh, N.Y. -- “was observed loitering in the parking lot, exiting the vehicle numerous times and looking at multiple cell phones,” he said. Soon after, a BMW sedan pulled up next to Hulse’s SU…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Your Community
NJ Supremes Consider Whether Not Listing Drink Prices Is Illegal NJ Supremes Consider Whether Not Listing Drink Prices Is Illegal NJ Supremes Consider Whether Not Listing Drink Prices Is Illegal
NJ Supremes Consider Whether Not Listing Drink Prices Is Illegal New Jersey's highest court has agreed to consider whether restaurants that don't list beer, wine or mixed-drink prices on their menus are violating state consumer laws. Separate class action suits contend that T.G.I. Friday's and the parent company of Carabba's Italian Grill violated the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act and the Truth in Consumer Contract, Warranty and Notice Act. T.G.I. Friday's has restaurants in Hackensack, Ramsey and Wayne. Carabba's nearest eatery to Bergen or Passaic is in Secaucus. According to the New Jersey Law Journal, the state Supreme Court will also consider whet…

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