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
SUV Driver Drags Fort Lee Gas Attendant Nearly Quarter-Mile SUV Driver Drags Fort Lee Gas Attendant Nearly Quarter-Mile SUV Driver Drags Fort Lee Gas Attendant Nearly Quarter-Mile
SUV Driver Drags Fort Lee Gas Attendant Nearly Quarter-Mile FORT LEE, N.J. -- A Fort Lee service station attendant was dragged nearly a quarter-mile by an SUV driver who stiffed him for a tank of gas, police said. The 36-year-old attendant at the Sunoco on Lemoine Avenue next to the George Washington Bridge stuck his hand in the window to collect $36 when the driver hit the accelerator around 9:45 p.m. Monday, Capt. Patrick Kissane told Daily Voice. The attendant was dragged past the McDonald's and Fort Lee High School before falling off near the entrance to the northbound Palisades Interstate Parkway, Kissane said. He was taken to Englewood Hospit…

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Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority Police Arrest Lyndhurst Man Busted Twice For Drugs Port Authority Police Arrest Lyndhurst Man Busted Twice For Drugs Port Authority Police Arrest Lyndhurst Man Busted Twice For Drugs
Port Authority Police Arrest Lyndhurst Man Busted Twice For Drugs LYNDHURST, N.J. -- A Lyndhurst man busted twice in the past 18 months on major drug charges was arrested by Port Authority Police at the Holland Tunnel late Monday. Charles Quiroz, 45, had three suspensions on his driver's license when an officer pulled him over, the Port Authority's Joseph Pentangelo told Daily Voice. Quiroz was charged with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. His arrest was one of three separate tunnel incidents just hours apart. Port Authority police also arrested a 35-year-old Brooklyn man, Javon Shipman, after an officer smelled marijuana coming from …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Bergenfield High School Custodian, 59, From Dumont Found Dead Bergenfield High School Custodian, 59, From Dumont Found Dead Bergenfield High School Custodian, 59, From Dumont Found Dead
Bergenfield High School Custodian, 59, From Dumont Found Dead BERGENFIELD, N.J. -- Police said there was nothing suspicious about the death of a 59-year-old Bergenfield High School custodian whose body was found early Tuesday. Paramedics pronounced David Zatta of Dumont dead at 7:30 a.m., a little over 20 minutes after his body was found inside a second-floor leisure room.Capt. Mustafa Rabboh told Daily Voice. The school delayed its opening until 10:30 a.m. as a result. Zatta had worked the overnight shift, Rabboh said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
PIP Police Chase To Englewood Cliffs Hits 115 MPH PIP Police Chase To Englewood Cliffs Hits 115 MPH PIP Police Chase To Englewood Cliffs Hits 115 MPH
PIP Police Chase To Englewood Cliffs Hits 115 MPH ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J. -- A motorist hit 115 miles an hour with his lights trying to elude Palisades Interstate Parkway police before he was cornered in Englewood Cliffs just after midnight Monday, authorities said. PIP Police Officer Joseph Villone began chasing the white Acura after it sped by him at the Exit 2 ramp in Alpine at 105 miles an hour, Police Chief Michael Coppola said Tuesday morning. The driver cut his lights near Tenafly, then turned off at Exit 1 onto Palisade Avenue, he said. Villone and two Englewood Cliffs officers closed in on the car after several vehicles blocked it…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rivertowns, NY
Breaking News
Justin Bieber 'Pulls Over' Officer After Arriving In Area For Concert Tour Justin Bieber 'Pulls Over' Officer After Arriving In Area For Concert Tour Justin Bieber 'Pulls Over' Officer After Arriving In Area For Concert Tour
Justin Bieber 'Pulls Over' Officer After Arriving In Area For Concert Tour Bergen County Sheriff's Officer Rob Mantone was stopped at a light on a Route 17 overpass near the Fiesta in Wood-Ridge, New Jersey on Sunday when a black Escalade pulled up alongside his patrol vehicle and the passenger coaxed him to roll down his window. "What's up?" the buzzed-cut passenger said. "Who are you?" Mantone asked. "Justin." "Justin Bieber?" "Yeah." The 22-year-old Canadian pop star had just landed at Teterboro Airport in advance of a trio of area shows -- at the Barclay Center on Wednesday and Thursday, and at the Prudenti…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Justin Bieber 'Pulls Over' Bergen Sheriff's Officer In Wood-Ridge Justin Bieber 'Pulls Over' Bergen Sheriff's Officer In Wood-Ridge Justin Bieber 'Pulls Over' Bergen Sheriff's Officer In Wood-Ridge
Justin Bieber 'Pulls Over' Bergen Sheriff's Officer In Wood-Ridge WOOD-RIDGE, N.J. -- Bergen County Sheriff's Officer Rob Mantone was stopped at a light on a Route 17 overpass near the Fiesta in Wood-Ridge when a black Escalade pulled up alongside his patrol vehicle and the passenger coaxed him to roll down his window. "What's up?" the buzzed-cut passenger said. "Who are you?" Mantone asked. "Justin." "Justin Bieber?" "Yeah." The 22-year-old Canadian pop star had just landed at Teterboro Airport on Sunday in advance of a trio of area shows -- at the Barclay Center on Wednesday and Thursday, and at the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Embattled Owner Of Paramus Pet Shop Surrenders License Embattled Owner Of Paramus Pet Shop Surrenders License Embattled Owner Of Paramus Pet Shop Surrenders License
Embattled Owner Of Paramus Pet Shop Surrenders License PARAMUS, N.J. -- The Paramus Board of Health cancelled a hearing Monday night after the owner of a pet shop where police found 67 dogs crated overnight in a van outside agreed to surrender his borough license. More than three dozen spectators turned out for the anticipated hearing for Just Pups owner Vincent LoSacco only to learn that it had been cancelled at the 11th hour. LoSacco and his brother, Leonard, are still scheduled for arraignment in Central Municipal Court in Hackensack on May 10 on 134 counts each of animal cruelty filed by the Bergen County SPCA. Animal rights advocates on M…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Rutherford Hit-And-Run Chase On Three Tires Ends In North Arlington Rutherford Hit-And-Run Chase On Three Tires Ends In North Arlington Rutherford Hit-And-Run Chase On Three Tires Ends In North Arlington
Rutherford Hit-And-Run Chase On Three Tires Ends In North Arlington RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- A fleeing motorist aimed her car at a Rutherford police officer who tried to stop her after a hit-and-run crash early Monday evening, then was caught following a chase when she tried to drive on three tires, authorities told Daily Voice. Officer Robert Buell saw the 2011 Nissan Altima continue on after hitting a car on Mortimer Avenue, Sgt. Craig Capoano said. Buell activated the lights of his unmarked vehicle in an attempt to stop 23-year-old Daniliz Carrion of Elizabeth -- who then aimed her car at his and accelerated, he said. "She was coming head-on, so he swer…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Accused Repeat Offender Charged With Fair Lawn Home Repair Scam Accused Repeat Offender Charged With Fair Lawn Home Repair Scam Accused Repeat Offender Charged With Fair Lawn Home Repair Scam
Accused Repeat Offender Charged With Fair Lawn Home Repair Scam FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- A North Carolina native already in custody at the Jersey Shore for a Hurricane Sandy-related repair scam was charged with similar crimes by Fair Lawn police. Richard P. Farrant, 54, took a deposit from a South Broadway homeowner for repairs in December 2015 and never began the work, Sgt. Brian Metzler said Monday. Fair Lawn police charged him with theft and wrongful impersonation. Farrant and his son, Richard C. Farant, were charged last month with conspiracy, theft by deception, fraud and hindering apprehension, among other offenses, after authorities said they stiffed …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Convict Gets 13½ Years In Beating, Attempted Kidnapping Of Paterson Woman Convict Gets 13½ Years In Beating, Attempted Kidnapping Of Paterson Woman Convict Gets 13½ Years In Beating, Attempted Kidnapping Of Paterson Woman
Convict Gets 13½ Years In Beating, Attempted Kidnapping Of Paterson Woman PATERSON, N.J. -- A judge in Paterson sentenced a Staten Island man on Friday to 16 years in state prison -- 13½ before he'll be eligible for parole -- for beating and trying to kidnap his former gilrfriend. Jurors in February convicted David Correa of attempted kidnapping, aggravated assault and weapons offenses. Correa assaulted the victim with a wooden baseball bat and attempted to kidnap her from her residence on July 8, 2013 in Paterson, prosecutors said. She told jurors during the trial that she was left home to go to work when Correa hit her in the head with a wooden baseball bat a…

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