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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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Arrest Made In Overpeck Park Van Arson Arrest Made In Overpeck Park Van Arson Arrest Made In Overpeck Park Van Arson
Arrest Made In Overpeck Park Van Arson LEONIA, N.J. -- Bergen County prosecutor's detectives charged a Weehawken man with torching his van in Overpeck Park last summer. Hector Arredondo, 35, was being held on $35,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with arson. As Daily Voice initially reported, Leonia Police Sgt. David Stein spotted the smoke and flames coming from an area of brush in the park’s south side around 12:20 a.m. April 22 and discovered the unoccupied Nissan Murano with no one around. Firefighters kept the blaze from spreading through the brush. Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir Grewal's Arson Squad inv…

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Wayne PD: Drunken Man Cites Dallas, Threatens To Kill Officers, Families Wayne PD: Drunken Man Cites Dallas, Threatens To Kill Officers, Families Wayne PD: Drunken Man Cites Dallas, Threatens To Kill Officers, Families
Wayne PD: Drunken Man Cites Dallas, Threatens To Kill Officers, Families WAYNE, N.J. -- A drunken 60-year-old Wayne man was hospitalized after township police said he took a fighting stance and threatened to kill police who responded to a disturbance at his house. Mark Simon was charged with resisting arrest and disorderly conduct and given a court date after Tuesday night's incident, Capt. Lawrence Martin said. Officers John Barrows, Thomas Kartanowicz and Robert Franciose of the Warrant Squad responded to Tanager Court tried to calm Simon down with no success, Martin said. "Dallas, Dallas, Dallas, police brutlity, Dallas, police brutality," he shou…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Wayne Police: Willowbrook Watch Thief Crashes Car, Keeps Going Wayne Police: Willowbrook Watch Thief Crashes Car, Keeps Going Wayne Police: Willowbrook Watch Thief Crashes Car, Keeps Going
Wayne Police: Willowbrook Watch Thief Crashes Car, Keeps Going WAYNE, N.J. -- A 19-year-old shoplifter from Newark crashed his car and took off while fleeing the Willowbrook Mall in Wayne, police said. Officer Daren Williams and Sgt. James Celentano found the disabled 1990 Toyota Camry, with three people inside, on westwbound Route 46 early Sunday night, Capt. Lawrence Martin said. One of them, Nathan Mason II, admitted that he took a $30 watch from Sears moments earlier and then, fearing he was being watched, tossed it from the car as he tried to drive off, Martin said. His sedan struck another vehicle on the westbound Route 46 ramp, Mason said, but …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Domestic Partners Of NJ Homicide Victims Now Eligible For Compensation Domestic Partners Of NJ Homicide Victims Now Eligible For Compensation Domestic Partners Of NJ Homicide Victims Now Eligible For Compensation
Domestic Partners Of NJ Homicide Victims Now Eligible For Compensation Domestic or civil union partners of homicide victims in New Jersey are now among those eligible to receive compensation, as well as certain protections and rights from the criminal justice system. Gov. Christie signed the measure approved by state legislators into law on Tuesday extending protections in the New Jersey Crime Victim's Bill of Rights. “A person who has lost their beloved partner to homicide should have access to the same benefits and protections afforded to spouses and relatives,” said state Sen. Kip Bateman, a major proponent of the bill. “A victim’s domestic or civil union p…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Park Ridge Mechanic Sold Pot From Home, Authorities Charge Park Ridge Mechanic Sold Pot From Home, Authorities Charge Park Ridge Mechanic Sold Pot From Home, Authorities Charge
Park Ridge Mechanic Sold Pot From Home, Authorities Charge PARK RIDGE, N.J. -- Drug investigators from the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office arrested a Park Ridge mechanic who they said was selling pot from his house. Andrew B. Swenson, 24, had marijuana packaged for sale when Narcotic Task Force investigators raided his Perry Street home along with borough police last week, acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said Tuesday. Swenson was released without bail pending a July 20 hearing in Central Municipal Court in Hackensack.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Fairview Man Caught In Cocaine Bust Fairview Man Caught In Cocaine Bust Fairview Man Caught In Cocaine Bust
Fairview Man Caught In Cocaine Bust FAIRVIEW, N.J. -- Drug investigators from the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office arrested a Fairview man who they said was selling cocaine from his apartment. Michael Semidey, 36, had some of the drug and paraphernalia when Narcotic Task Force investigators raided his 8th Street apartment -- along with borough and Cliffside Park police and county sheriff's officers -- last week, acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said Tuesday. Semidey was released without bail pending a July 27 hearing in Central Municipal Court in Hackensack.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Blauvelt Woman Killed In Woodcliff Lake Garden State Parkway Crash Blauvelt Woman Killed In Woodcliff Lake Garden State Parkway Crash Blauvelt Woman Killed In Woodcliff Lake Garden State Parkway Crash
Blauvelt Woman Killed In Woodcliff Lake Garden State Parkway Crash WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J. -- A 28-year-old Blauvelt driver was pronounced dead at the scene after her car struck a tree off the northbound Garden State Parkway in Woodcliff Lake Monday night, authorities said. Sara Martin was headed northbound in a Chevy Cavalier when it veered across the roadway at milepost 169.8, New Jersey Trooper Lawrence Peele told Daily Voice. The crash was reported at 7:42 p.m., he said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Wanaque Police Shoot Domestic Violence Suspect Prosecutor: Wanaque Police Shoot Domestic Violence Suspect Prosecutor: Wanaque Police Shoot Domestic Violence Suspect
Prosecutor: Wanaque Police Shoot Domestic Violence Suspect WANAQUE, N.J. -- Wanaque police shot a civilian during an overnight domestic violence call Tuesday, authorities confirmed. Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said her office's Shooting Response Team was investigating the 2 a.m. incident, which caused a minor injury, in the Rainbow Lake section. Further details were forthcoming. "The scene has been secured and the investigation is active and ongoing," Valdes said Tuesday morning. She asked that anyone with information that could help the investigation contact her detectives through 1-877-370-PCPO or tips@passaiccountynj.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Moonachie PD: Facebook Post Leads To Arrest Of Walmart Shoplifter Moonachie PD: Facebook Post Leads To Arrest Of Walmart Shoplifter Moonachie PD: Facebook Post Leads To Arrest Of Walmart Shoplifter
Moonachie PD: Facebook Post Leads To Arrest Of Walmart Shoplifter MOONACHIE, N.J. -- Moonachie police tracked down an accused Teterboro Walmart shoplifter thanks to a Facebook post. Security cameras caught John Rubino, 31, of Ridgefield, who was wearing a hooded Lake George, New York sweatshirt and fled in a black vehicle after taking two speakers worth $300 on Friday, authorities said. "A short time later the department was contacted with the name of the accused," Detective Sgt. Anthony Fugnitti said Tuesday. Rubino "got wind that we knew who he was and turned himself in" on Monday, Fugnitti said. He was released on a court summons.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Upper Saddle River PD: 'More Cops Are Going To Die,' Suspect Vows Upper Saddle River PD: 'More Cops Are Going To Die,' Suspect Vows Upper Saddle River PD: 'More Cops Are Going To Die,' Suspect Vows
Upper Saddle River PD: 'More Cops Are Going To Die,' Suspect Vows UPPER SADDLE RIVER -- "I guarantee more cops are going to die," a New York State man arrested twice in an hour over the weekend told Upper Saddle River police, authorities said Monday. Shane Burris was riding shotgun with his brother, Whitney, when borough police responding to a report of a dispute on southbound Route 17 pulled over their Jeep on Sunday, Detective Lt. Edward Kane said. Whitney Burris, 26, tried to run but was caught and charged with resisting arrest, obstruction and weapons possession, Kane said. It turned out he had an outstanding felony warrant out of New York S…

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