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
Bergen Sheriff's Squad Leads NJ In Springtime 'Click It Or Ticket' Bergen Sheriff's Squad Leads NJ In Springtime 'Click It Or Ticket' Bergen Sheriff's Squad Leads NJ In Springtime 'Click It Or Ticket'
Bergen Sheriff's Squad Leads NJ In Springtime 'Click It Or Ticket' HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino's force led the way in New Jersey during a springtime "Click It or Ticket" campaign by writing nearly 2,000 summonses, according to statistics released by state authorities. "Seat belts are the most effective safety feature available in vehicles today -- still, nearly one in five Americans fails to regularly wear a seat belt when driving or riding in a motor vehicle," Saudino said. Although State Police collectively wrote the most tickets -- 4,124 -- the Attorney General's Office broke out the four individual troo…

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Wayne Police: Naked DWI Driver's Jeep Hits 5 Cars In Willowbrook Lot Wayne Police: Naked DWI Driver's Jeep Hits 5 Cars In Willowbrook Lot Wayne Police: Naked DWI Driver's Jeep Hits 5 Cars In Willowbrook Lot
Wayne Police: Naked DWI Driver's Jeep Hits 5 Cars In Willowbrook Lot WAYNE, N.J. -- A Pompton Lakes man was naked and drunk when his Jeep slammed into several cars in the Willowbrook Mall parking lot, Wayne police said. A family member picked up 52-year-old Brian O’Malley from police headquarters after he was processed on charges of DWI, reckless driving and oeprating a motor vehicle with an open container of alcohol -- a 16-ounce can of Coors Light -- last Friday night, Capt. Laurence Martin said. O'Malley wasn't injured, Martin said. His 2002 Grand Jeep Cherokee struck five vehicles - three of which had to be towed, the captain said. This tied up are traf…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah Police: NY Shoplifter, 61, Subdued After Home Depot Tussle Mahwah Police: NY Shoplifter, 61, Subdued After Home Depot Tussle Mahwah Police: NY Shoplifter, 61, Subdued After Home Depot Tussle
Mahwah Police: NY Shoplifter, 61, Subdued After Home Depot Tussle MAHWAH, N.J. – A security guard at the Mahwah Home Depot was wrestling with a drunken New York State man carrying stolen construction items when police broke up the scuffled and arrested him, authorities said Wednesday. Michael S. Macleish, 61, of Montebello had pocketed drill bits, laser measure, and clamp meters and was also carrying a magnetic device used to disable security tags from the Route 17 store, Police Chief James N. Batelli said. In a 2010 Audi parked outside police found several stolen items worth roughly $900 – some of which apparently were taken during a February theft – as …

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
Wanaque Detective Arrests Local Teen In Car Burglaries Wanaque Detective Arrests Local Teen In Car Burglaries Wanaque Detective Arrests Local Teen In Car Burglaries
Wanaque Detective Arrests Local Teen In Car Burglaries WANAQUE, N.J. -- A Wanaque detective charged a 19-year-old Haskell man with burglarizing cars in the Rainbow Lake and using a credit car taken from one of them. Thomas Peklowski was released without bail pending a court hearing, Capt. Ken Fackina told Daily Voice. Several unlocked vehicles were entered in the early morning hours on July 25, Fackina said. Detective Ed Shroeder investigated and arrested Pelkowski last Friday and charged him with burglary, theft, credit card theft and fraudulent use of a credit card. "Please remember to remove valuables from your vehicles and to lock yo…

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn Trio Says They Were Robbed On Street By Gunman, Accomplice Fair Lawn Trio Says They Were Robbed On Street By Gunman, Accomplice Fair Lawn Trio Says They Were Robbed On Street By Gunman, Accomplice
Fair Lawn Trio Says They Were Robbed On Street By Gunman, Accomplice FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- Three people from Fair Lawn told borough police they were held up by two street robbers Tuesday night. The trio -- a 53-year-old woman, a 22-year-old man and a 16-year-old girl -- said the robbers approached them as they walked on Harristown Road near Heights Avenue around 11:40 p.m. One was black, about six feet tall, wearing black pants and a black sweatshirt and holding a black handgun, they told police, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. They described the other as Hispanic or black, short, wearing a baseball cap with the letter ‘A’ in red on the front. After the robbers dema…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah Postal Worker Pocketed Gift Cards, Police Charge Mahwah Postal Worker Pocketed Gift Cards, Police Charge Mahwah Postal Worker Pocketed Gift Cards, Police Charge
Mahwah Postal Worker Pocketed Gift Cards, Police Charge MAHWAH, N.J. – A postal worker swiped gift cards and credit cards from residents and used them for herself – sometimes while on duty, Mahwah police said. A joint investigation with U.S. Postal Service led to the arrest of 27-year-old Jaleesa S. Smith of Orange on theft charges as she completed her rounds at the township post office, Police Chief James N. Batelli said Wednesday. Smith, who got the Mahwah route last September, “admitted to her involvement in the theft of gift/rebate cards that were intended to be delivered to residences,” he said. Smith found the cards – Visa, Master Card, C…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Leonia School Board Member Faces Sex Charges From Chiropractic Office Leonia School Board Member Faces Sex Charges From Chiropractic Office Leonia School Board Member Faces Sex Charges From Chiropractic Office
Leonia School Board Member Faces Sex Charges From Chiropractic Office LEONIA, N.J. – Detectives arrested a Leonia Board of Education member twice in three days on charges of sexually touching three different patients at his chiropractic office in Englewood, authorities said. Archer L. Irby, 45, remained free on $7,500 bail, charged with criminal sexual contact, attempted criminal sexual contact and lewdness. Irby, who is married and lives in Leonia, first posted $2,500 bail after a woman who’d just been in for treatment at Irby Spine Care on Grand Avenue notified authorities, acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. Additional charges were brou…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Rental Van Plows Through Teterboro Airport Fence Rental Van Plows Through Teterboro Airport Fence Rental Van Plows Through Teterboro Airport Fence
Rental Van Plows Through Teterboro Airport Fence TETERBORO, N.J. -- A driver was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with back pain Wednesday morning after his rental van plowed through a fence at Teterboro Airport on the Moonachie side, borough police said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Mayor: Wyckoff Busts Chief To Patrolman For 'Isolated' Racial Profile Email Mayor: Wyckoff Busts Chief To Patrolman For 'Isolated' Racial Profile Email Mayor: Wyckoff Busts Chief To Patrolman For 'Isolated' Racial Profile Email
Mayor: Wyckoff Busts Chief To Patrolman For 'Isolated' Racial Profile Email WYCKOFF, N.J. -- Calling it an "isolated incident," Wyckoff officials busted former Police Chief Benjamin Fox to patrolman for sending an email to his department that advocated racial profiling. Fox also was suspended for 180 days without pay by the Township Committee following a 90-minute closed-door session Tuesday night, Mayor Kevin J. Rooney said. The vote on both moves was 5-0 and followed an investigation by acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal, who referred the handling of discipline to the committee. "The action of Chief Benjamin Fox was an isolated incid…

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn Pedestrian, 65, Hospitalized With Head Injury After Crash Fair Lawn Pedestrian, 65, Hospitalized With Head Injury After Crash Fair Lawn Pedestrian, 65, Hospitalized With Head Injury After Crash
Fair Lawn Pedestrian, 65, Hospitalized With Head Injury After Crash FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- A 65-year-old Fair Lawn woman who was struck by a sedan while crossing a street in the borough's Radburn section remained hospitalized Wednesday morning with a head injury, authorities told Daily Voice. The victim was taken to St. Joseph's Medical Center in Paterson after the 9:21 p.m. crash on Tuesday, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. The 77-year-old driver from Florida was making a left from northbound Plaza Road onto westbound Fair Lawn Avenue when his 2014 Mercedes struck the woman, who Metzler said "was crossing outside of the crosswalk." No charges were filed or …

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