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

Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority: 'No Substance' To Threat Against London-To-Newark Flight Port Authority: 'No Substance' To Threat Against London-To-Newark Flight Port Authority: 'No Substance' To Threat Against London-To-Newark Flight
Port Authority: 'No Substance' To Threat Against London-To-Newark Flight Port Authority police found "nothing of substance" after a caller Thursday morning threatened to blow up a plane bound for Newark from London, authorities told Daily Voice. What the agency referred to as an "unspecified threat to the aircraft" came into the control tower at Newark International Airport at 10 a.m., the authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. "The call came in while British Air Flight 184, which originated in London, was in air with 206 passengers and 13 crew members aboard," Pentangelo told Daily Voice. The plane landed at 1 p.m. and was taken to a…

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Do You Know This Man? Glen Rock Police Seek Help In ID Theft Case Do You Know This Man? Glen Rock Police Seek Help In ID Theft Case Do You Know This Man? Glen Rock Police Seek Help In ID Theft Case
Do You Know This Man? Glen Rock Police Seek Help In ID Theft Case GLEN ROCK, N.J. -- Glen Rock police asked the public's help identifying a man wanted for questioning in a credit card and identity theft investigation. Detectives released surveillance photos taken at the Apple Store in Paramus on May 3 in the hopes that someone recognizes him. Anyone with information that could help the investigation is asked to contact Detective James Calaski (201-670-3948 or [email protected]) or Detective Michael Trover (201-670-3947 or [email protected]).

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Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Englewood Cliffs Police Officer OK After Passing Out Englewood Cliffs Police Officer OK After Passing Out Englewood Cliffs Police Officer OK After Passing Out
Englewood Cliffs Police Officer OK After Passing Out ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J. -- An Englewood Cliffs police officer was OK Thursday morning after collapsing on the job. "He said he didn't feel well, then passed out and hit his head," Police Chief Michael Cioffi told Daily Voice. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Route 287 Delays Continue From Gas Leak Across Mahwah Border Route 287 Delays Continue From Gas Leak Across Mahwah Border Route 287 Delays Continue From Gas Leak Across Mahwah Border
Route 287 Delays Continue From Gas Leak Across Mahwah Border MAHWAH, N.J. -- Delays of up to a half hour were still being reported on Route 287 in Mahwah on Thursday morning, more than 10 hours after a construction crew struck and ruptured a gas main in Hillburn. The exit ramp to the northbound New York Thruway at the New Jersey western split at I-87/I-287 was also closed. The southbound highway was shut down entirely after the 11:40 p.m. incident Wednesday. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgewood Police Chief John Ward Retires Ridgewood Police Chief John Ward Retires Ridgewood Police Chief John Ward Retires
Ridgewood Police Chief John Ward Retires RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- Ridgewood Police Chief John Ward is leaving the village after 35 years for private sector work. Ward, who was chief the past six years, will become director of public safety at Queensborough Community College on June 27. He also will continue teaching courses at various venues. The official announcement was to be made at Wednesday night's Mayor and Council meeting. Capt. Jacqueline Luthcke will likely become officer in charge of the department while village officials decide how to proceed. "As much as I love the village and the people I've worked alongside, I have …

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Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Sources: Woodcliff Lake Teen Involved In Wallington Firefighter Fatal Crash Sources: Woodcliff Lake Teen Involved In Wallington Firefighter Fatal Crash Sources: Woodcliff Lake Teen Involved In Wallington Firefighter Fatal Crash
Sources: Woodcliff Lake Teen Involved In Wallington Firefighter Fatal Crash WALLINGTON, N.J. -- The 17-year-old driver who State Police said was drunk when his van caused a motorcycle crash that killed a popular Wallington firefighter is a Pascack Hills High School student from Woodcliff Lake, Daily Voice has learned. The Plymouth Voyager was in the middle of the southbound lanes near Exit 82 in Toms River -- either moving very slowly or stopped -- when it was struck by a Harley-Davidson driven by Frank Stetz just after 8:30 p.m. Saturday, State Police said over the weekend. Responding troopers found marijuana and drug paraphernalia in the vehicle, they said, addin…

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Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Three Hospitalized After Wagon Slams Into Route 17 Gas Pump In Ridgewood Three Hospitalized After Wagon Slams Into Route 17 Gas Pump In Ridgewood Three Hospitalized After Wagon Slams Into Route 17 Gas Pump In Ridgewood
Three Hospitalized After Wagon Slams Into Route 17 Gas Pump In Ridgewood RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- Three men in a station wagon that slammed into a gas pump at a Route 17 service station in Ridgewood were taken to the hospital as a precaution, authorities said. Authorities who issued the driver a summons for failing to maintain a lane were trying to determine exactly what happened, village Police Capt. Jacqueline Luthcke told Daily Voice. The pump at Route 17 Exxon was incinerated. Although none of the three occupants -- ages 21, 22 and 37 -- was injured seriously, Luthcke said, all were taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood.

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Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Truck Fire, Fuel Spill Close Eastbound Route 3 Near Meadowlands Truck Fire, Fuel Spill Close Eastbound Route 3 Near Meadowlands Truck Fire, Fuel Spill Close Eastbound Route 3 Near Meadowlands
Truck Fire, Fuel Spill Close Eastbound Route 3 Near Meadowlands EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Police opened a lane of eastbound Route 3 near the Meadowlands, as massive tieups continued in the area and beyond because of a truck fire and fuel spill. Reported delays receded to 45 minutes or so from what had been an hour.

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Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
PHOTOS: Fire Ravages Garfield House PHOTOS: Fire Ravages Garfield House PHOTOS: Fire Ravages Garfield House
Photos: Fire Ravages Garfield House GARFIELD, N.J. -- Fire tore through a Garfield house Tuesday night, displacing eight people. City firefighters were joined at the three-alarm Cedar Street blaze by colleagues from Elmwood Park, Saddle Brook, Paramus, Rochelle Park and Wallington. No injuries were immediately reported. The fire broke out around 8:30 p.m. and shot up the walls of the 2½-story, wood-frame house, responders said. Flames eventually blew through the roof.

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Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
VIDEO: Lyndhurst Detectives Review Surveillance Images In Bank Robbery VIDEO: Lyndhurst Detectives Review Surveillance Images In Bank Robbery VIDEO: Lyndhurst Detectives Review Surveillance Images In Bank Robbery
Video: Lyndhurst Detectives Review Surveillance Images In Bank Robbery LYNDHURST, N.J. -- Lyndhurst police Tuesday afternoon released surveillance images of a man who robbed a local bank hours earlier. Described as black and nearly 6 feet tall and 200 or so pounds, the robber used a light-colored t-shirt or towel he had around his neck to cover his mouth and nose as he entered the Kearny Bank on Stuyvesant Avenue around 1:45 p.m., Capt. John Valente said. He "walked up to the counter and demanded money from the teller," then "produced a plastic bag with which he used to carry the cash out" through a rear exit, Valente said. He was wearing …

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