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

Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Alert Rochelle Park Police Officer Finds Secret SUV Drug Compartment Alert Rochelle Park Police Officer Finds Secret SUV Drug Compartment Alert Rochelle Park Police Officer Finds Secret SUV Drug Compartment
Alert Rochelle Park Police Officer Finds Secret SUV Drug Compartment ROCHELLE PARK, N.J. -- An unregistered SUV had two electronically-controlled hidden compartments in which the driver stored pot, cocaine and heroin, said Rochelle Park police who arrested him. Officer Ryan Burke spotted the unoccupied 2003 Ford Explorer in the Ramada Inn parking lot and discovered the expired registration Friday night, Detective Sgt. James DePreta told Daily Voice. He found the driver -- 36-year-old Gustavo Barco of Elizabeth -- who was "extremely nervous," DePreta said. Burke found the secret compartments after Barco consented to a search, he added. Police seiz…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Upper Saddle River Police Pair Promoted To Sergeant Upper Saddle River Police Pair Promoted To Sergeant Upper Saddle River Police Pair Promoted To Sergeant
Upper Saddle River Police Pair Promoted To Sergeant UPPER SADDLE RIVER, N.J. -- Two Upper Saddle River police officers were sworn in as sergeants. Sgt. Craig Parrella, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, has been a police officer since 2004. He is a firearms instructor, field training officer and instructor at the Bergen County Police Academy. Parrella is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree at FDU. Sgt. Mike Spina, also a 12-year veteran, is the eighth member of his family to serve in law enforcement. He is a field training officer, accreditation manager and a member of the Bergen County Rapid Deployment Force.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Moonachie Police Make 42nd Teterboro Arrest Of 2016 Moonachie Police Make 42nd Teterboro Arrest Of 2016 Moonachie Police Make 42nd Teterboro Arrest Of 2016
Moonachie Police Make 42nd Teterboro Arrest Of 2016 MOONACHIE, P.D. -- Moonachie police made their 42nd arrest of the year in Teterboro last week -- another accused shoplifter. Danielle Smith, 38, of Moonachie loaded a shopping cart with $371.13 worth of merchandise and walked out of the Walmart on Route 46 without paying before security officers intercepted her, Detective Anthony Fugnitti said Monday. She was processed at headquarters and released on a court summons. Moonachie police made 45 Teterboro arrests all of last year. Before Walmart and Costco opened in Teterboro, Moonachie police averaged seven to 14 arrests a year out of the s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Half Fail NJ Prosecutor's Fake-Or-Real-Gun Test Half Fail NJ Prosecutor's Fake-Or-Real-Gun Test Half Fail NJ Prosecutor's Fake-Or-Real-Gun Test
Half Fail NJ Prosecutor's Fake-Or-Real-Gun Test Half of the people who took a quiz posted by a New Jersey prosecutor couldn't tell the difference between a real gun and a fake one. The correct choice: #6 (see results above). The danger of police-involved shootings involving suspects carrying fake guns prompted Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato to issue the challenge Friday. The scenario: "You’re a police officer on patrol by yourself. It’s just after midnight when you receive a call of a suspicious individual in poorly lit local park," Al Della Fave of Coronato's office said. "You arrive, approach the individual…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Trio Of Paterson Weekend Shootings Leaves One Dead, Four Injured Trio Of Paterson Weekend Shootings Leaves One Dead, Four Injured Trio Of Paterson Weekend Shootings Leaves One Dead, Four Injured
Trio Of Paterson Weekend Shootings Leaves One Dead, Four Injured PATERSON, N.J. – Authorities on Sunday identified a man shot dead overnight in Paterson Saturday as 21-year-old Kashaad James. Two other people were struck in the 1 a.m. shooting at 139 Godwin Avenue, one of whom remained hospitalized and the other who was released after treatment, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief William Fraher said. Five people were reported struck by bullets in the city over the weekend. Another, reported around 7 a.m. Sunday on Chestnut Street, left an apparent robbery victim with a gunshot wound in his leg, City Police Director Jer…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Homeless Woman Struck, Killed Crossing Route 46 In Saddle Brook Homeless Woman Struck, Killed Crossing Route 46 In Saddle Brook Homeless Woman Struck, Killed Crossing Route 46 In Saddle Brook
Homeless Woman Struck, Killed Crossing Route 46 In Saddle Brook SADDLE BROOK, N.J. -- A 35-year-old homeless woman originally from Hackensack was struck and killed overnight in Saddle Brook as she crossed Route 46 pushing a shopping cart, police told Daily Voice. The woman was coming from the Saddle Brook Center when she apparently crossed against the red light, made it across the westbound lanes and was struck by an eastbound vehicle around 1 a.m., Police Chief Robert Kugler said. She was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead hours later, he said. No summonses were issued against the male Clifton driver, the chie…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Injury Total From Snoop Dogg Concert Railing Collapse Down To Dozen Police: Injury Total From Snoop Dogg Concert Railing Collapse Down To Dozen Police: Injury Total From Snoop Dogg Concert Railing Collapse Down To Dozen
Police: Injury Total From Snoop Dogg Concert Railing Collapse Down To Dozen Initial reports that more than 40 people were injured Friday night after a barrier at a concert in Camden featuring Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa couldn't hold back the surging crowd may have been overstated. Cellphone video spread across the Internet following the mishap at the BB&T Pavillion (see above), which left dozens of concertgoers atop one another. The temporary railing, several feet above a concrete walkway, separated a sloping lawn from the bandshell. Although initial reports were that 42 people were taken to area hospitals, Camden County police confirmed 10 to 15 injuries. As…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Passaic Sheriff's Drug Detectives Get Their Man After Escape Passaic Sheriff's Drug Detectives Get Their Man After Escape Passaic Sheriff's Drug Detectives Get Their Man After Escape
Passaic Sheriff's Drug Detectives Get Their Man After Escape PATERSON, N.J. -- Passaic County Sheriff narcotics detectives on Saturday tracked down an accused drug dealer who gave them the slip days earlier and charged him with having nearly 400 folds of heroin the first time and 21 bags of crack cocaine the second. Investigators tipped off that Stephon Harris, 31, was in the area of Park Avenue and 22nd Street found him sitting on the stopp of a local business, Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said Sunday. He was carrying the crack, worth about $3,850, the sheriff said. The detectives has stopped him a block away Wednesday night after seeing him make a s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Passaic Sheriff's Warrants Squad Bags Two Fugitives In One Trip Passaic Sheriff's Warrants Squad Bags Two Fugitives In One Trip Passaic Sheriff's Warrants Squad Bags Two Fugitives In One Trip
Passaic Sheriff's Warrants Squad Bags Two Fugitives In One Trip PATERSON, N.J. -- The Passaic County Sheriff's fugitive squad got two-for-one when detectives spotted one fugitive while taking another they'd just picked up to headquarters. Fugitive Warrants Division Detective Cpl. Joseph Cammisa, Sgt. Rachael Garcia and Detectives Brian Weitzman, Rashedul Chowdhury and Atli Sela first grabbed 35-year-old Lyndell Myers near North Main Street in Paterson early Friday night, Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. Myers, who was "sitting on a milk crate in the middle of a group," was wanted of Clinton County, NY on 14 drug-related offenses, the sheriff s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Weather
Thunder Bumpers Barreling Down On North Jersey Thunder Bumpers Barreling Down On North Jersey Thunder Bumpers Barreling Down On North Jersey
Thunder Bumpers Barreling Down On North Jersey Severe thunderstorms packing high winds were expected Saturday afternoon in Bergen and Passaic -- but forecasters weren't sure exactly when they'd hit. The best best, they said, is to expect trouble from 2 p.m. to dinnertime along a Route 95 path stretching from Maine to Maryland. The good news, according to meteorologist Joe Cioffi: Sunday will be have cooler temperatures -- in the 80s -- and much lower humidity.

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