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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Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Woodcliff Lake Man Charged With Ridgewood Bank Robbery Woodcliff Lake Man Charged With Ridgewood Bank Robbery Woodcliff Lake Man Charged With Ridgewood Bank Robbery
Woodcliff Lake Man Charged With Ridgewood Bank Robbery UPDATE (June 3): Ridgewood police charged a Woodcliff Lake man with robbing a local bank after he turned himself in to authorities in Pennsylvania. A clear surveillance image distributed to regional law enforcement agencies led to the arrest of 49-year-old Jeffrey A. Morgan after he contacted the Bensalem, PA police and surrendered, Capt. Jacqueline Luthcke told Daily Voice Friday afternoon. Morgan was being held in the Bucks County Jail pending extradition to New Jersey to face bank robbery charges. Morgan passed a note demanding money to a teller at the TD Bank on Franklin Avenue at 4:25…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Paramus Police Top Rochelle Park In Special Olympics NJ Softball Fundraiser Paramus Police Top Rochelle Park In Special Olympics NJ Softball Fundraiser Paramus Police Top Rochelle Park In Special Olympics NJ Softball Fundraiser
Paramus Police Top Rochelle Park In Special Olympics NJ Softball Fundraiser Paramus Police Officer Chris Zuck broke an 11-11 tie with the winning RBI single in the second annual charity softball game against Rochelle Park to benefit Special Olympics New Jersey. Rochelle Park jumped out to an 11-3 lead Sunday at Carlock Field in Rochelle Park before Paramus tied it in the seventh inning. Zuck then came through in the eighth. Attendees included special guest and Special Olympics participant Sean Gregorzek of Rochelle Park. Donations from the officers themselves and local businesses totaled almost $3,000. Businesses that donated include: Boiling Springs Bank; J&…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Upper Saddle River Man Charged With Stabbing Other In Back Upper Saddle River Man Charged With Stabbing Other In Back Upper Saddle River Man Charged With Stabbing Other In Back
Upper Saddle River Man Charged With Stabbing Other In Back UPPER SADDLE RIVER, N.J. -- An Upper Saddle River man stabbed another in the back during a Memorial Day afternoon fight involving several people on a borough cul-de-sac, authorities said. Police found six people "engaged in a verbal and physical altercation" -- one of them with a stab wound to his upper back, Detective Lt. Edward Kane said Monday morning. He refused medical attention and instead took himself to the hospital, said Kane, adding that police recovered a hunting knife. Marco G. Minuto, 34, was ordered held on $25,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with aggrav…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Driver Who Struck, Killed Fort Lee Man, 86, Was Drunk Prosecutor: Driver Who Struck, Killed Fort Lee Man, 86, Was Drunk Prosecutor: Driver Who Struck, Killed Fort Lee Man, 86, Was Drunk
Prosecutor: Driver Who Struck, Killed Fort Lee Man, 86, Was Drunk FORT LEE, N.J. -- A driver was drunk when her car struck and killed an 86-year-old Fort Lee man as he crossed Lemoine Avenue, authorities said Monday morning. Christine H. Ko, a 22-year-old liquor store clerk from Ewing Township, was being held on $150,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with vehicular homicide. Ruben Enukashvili was struck by Ko's 2011 Hyundai Sonata just before 9 p.m. Sunday as he crossed near Whiteman Street, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. He was later pronounced dead at Hackensack University Medical Center. Gurbir's Fatal Accident Inves…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn Man Critical After Electric Shock In Jersey Shore Motel Pool Fair Lawn Man Critical After Electric Shock In Jersey Shore Motel Pool Fair Lawn Man Critical After Electric Shock In Jersey Shore Motel Pool
Fair Lawn Man Critical After Electric Shock In Jersey Shore Motel Pool FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- A Fair Lawn man was reported in critical condition after he got an electrical shock from a filter at the bottom of a Wildwood Crest motel swimming pool. Greg Subiszak, 34, was hospitalized after being pulled from the pool at the Aztec Motel Saturday night, authorities said. A motel guest was conducting CPR when EMS workers arrived, they said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Rappelers Fetch Elmwood Park Hiker, 17, Who Fell Down Palisades Waterfall Rappelers Fetch Elmwood Park Hiker, 17, Who Fell Down Palisades Waterfall Rappelers Fetch Elmwood Park Hiker, 17, Who Fell Down Palisades Waterfall
Rappelers Fetch Elmwood Park Hiker, 17, Who Fell Down Palisades Waterfall ALPINE, N.J. -- Rappelers early Monday evening rescued a 17-year-old hiker from Elmwood Park who authorities said fell down a popular waterfall on the Palisades in Alpine on Monday while swinging from a tree. The boy was trapped in the rocks of the waterfall at Peanut Falls, near the State Line Lookout, when the call came in around 4:20 p.m., Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Chief Michael Coppola said. Members of Coppola's marine units brought Closter Volunteer Ambulance and Rescue Corps members, paramedics from Englewood Hospital and Medical Center and rappel team experts to the scene, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Waldwick Police Bust 2 Newark Women With Forged Prescriptions Waldwick Police Bust 2 Newark Women With Forged Prescriptions Waldwick Police Bust 2 Newark Women With Forged Prescriptions
Waldwick Police Bust 2 Newark Women With Forged Prescriptions WALDWICK, N.J. -- Waldwick police arrested two Newark women who they said tried passing bogus prescriptions at a local pharmacy. Officer Brian Finale nabbed Medina E. Gibson, 30, on charges of wrongful impersonation and obtaining drugs through forgery and deception, Lt. Douglas J. Moore said Monday. Soon after, Qadriyyah Hill, also 30, entered the same Rite Aid and tried to pass phony scripts, as well, Moore said. Officer William Wright arrested her on charges of receiving stolen property, forgery, executing forged prescriptions obtaining drugs through forgery and deception and trafficking…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah Police: DWI Driver Hits, Pins Teen In Driveway Mahwah Police: DWI Driver Hits, Pins Teen In Driveway Mahwah Police: DWI Driver Hits, Pins Teen In Driveway
Mahwah Police: DWI Driver Hits, Pins Teen In Driveway MAHWAH, N.J. -- A Mahwah homeowner was drunk when his car hit a 13-year-old visitor, pinning her between two vehicles, authorities said. The girl's father was picking her up in his car on Aspen Court around 9 p.m. Sunday when 43-year-old William Almonte got into his 2016 Ford Mustang, put it in reverse and hit the teenager in his driveway, Police Chief James Batelli said. He then took off. Mahwah Ambulance Corps members and paramedics responded and treated the girl, who was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center. Almonte, meanwhile, was charged with: Assault with a motor vehicle;…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Your Community
Clouds Part For Bergen, Passaic Memorial Day Parades Clouds Part For Bergen, Passaic Memorial Day Parades Clouds Part For Bergen, Passaic Memorial Day Parades
Clouds Part For Bergen, Passaic Memorial Day Parades Several towns in Bergen and Passaic counties defied rainfall predictions and won, treating locals to Memorial Day parades. Elsewhere, dozens of parades were cancelled, with ceremonies moved inside. (BREAKING: Garfield firefighters rescued eight ducklings from a storm drain after Monday's Memorial Day ceremony.) Daily Voice collected some photos. HAVE ANY OF YOUR OWN? Send to [email protected] or (201) 943-2794

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Garfield Firefighters Save Ducklings After Memorial Day Ceremony Garfield Firefighters Save Ducklings After Memorial Day Ceremony Garfield Firefighters Save Ducklings After Memorial Day Ceremony
Garfield Firefighters Save Ducklings After Memorial Day Ceremony GARFIELD, N.J. -- Garfield firefighters pulled off a sensitive rescue when they plucked eight ducklings from a storm drain after Monday's Memorial Day ceremony. Residents called for help after find the mother duck standing above the drain grating, crying, at the corner of River Drive and Semel Avenue. Members of Company 3 got all eight out safely from two drains and reunited them with their mother in a park across the street. She then brought them to the Passaic River bank. Several towns in Bergen and Passaic counties defied rainfall predictions and won, treating locals to Memorial Day pa…

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