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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Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Lodi Resident: Would-Be Burglar Falls From Window Lodi Resident: Would-Be Burglar Falls From Window Lodi Resident: Would-Be Burglar Falls From Window
Lodi Resident: Would-Be Burglar Falls From Window LODI, N.J. -- A Lodi resident told police a bumbling burglar fell while trying to climb into his bedroom window, then took off just before dawn Monday. A noise woke him, the Green Court resident told police just before 5:30 a.m. The would-be burglar saw him, he said, then toppled to the ground and ran. He described him as black and wearing a dark-colored hoodie, sweatpants and possibly gloves. Anyone with information that could help the investigation is asked to call Lodi police: (973) 473-7600.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
$20,000 Reward Offered In Killing Of NJIT Student $20,000 Reward Offered In Killing Of NJIT Student $20,000 Reward Offered In Killing Of NJIT Student
$20,000 Reward Offered In Killing Of Njit Student A combined $20,000 in reward was offered Monday afternoon for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the robber who shot and killed an NJIT student before dawn Monday at a frat house near the Newark campus. Joseph Micalizzi, a 23-year-old junior from Freehold who was studying mechanical engineering, died at University Hospital just after 5 a.m., less than two hours after he was shot during a robbery in the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity house, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said. "This is a tragic time for the student's family, friends and the entire NJIT campus and we…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Fairview Police: Accused Dealer Busted With Pot, Medication, Brass Knuckles Fairview Police: Accused Dealer Busted With Pot, Medication, Brass Knuckles Fairview Police: Accused Dealer Busted With Pot, Medication, Brass Knuckles
Fairview Police: Accused Dealer Busted With Pot, Medication, Brass Knuckles FAIRVIEW, N.J. -- Fairview police who were tipped off by a concerned citizen arrested a 20-year-old borough man on drug and weapons charges Saturday night. Detective Sgt. Michael Martic saw "high foot traffic and actions associated with drug activity" after staking out the Walker Street home of Ethan A. Calhoun, Police Chief Martin Kahn said. Uniformed officers took Calhoun into custody, while Martic, after obtaining a warrant, found nearly two ounches of marijuana, illegal prescription medications, drug paraphernalia and a set of brass knuckles, Kahn said. Police also seized mor…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Midland Park Police Officer's Widow Creates T-Shirts For Special School Midland Park Police Officer's Widow Creates T-Shirts For Special School Midland Park Police Officer's Widow Creates T-Shirts For Special School
Midland Park Police Officer's Widow Creates T-Shirts For Special School MIDLAND PARK, N.J. -- The widow of a Midland Park police officer killed in an ATV crash last Fourth of July weekend is selling t-shirts that she designed to raise money for a school for children with developmental disabilities. Officer Christopher Birch loved to patrol the CTC Academy, his wife, Karen, wrote on a YouCaring fundraising page. "Children and special education was something Chris cared deeply about and CTC Academy was near and dear to his heart," she said. "Chris loved walking the hallways at CTC, having the opportunity to bond with the students and talking with t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Missing Lodi Girl, 15, Found Missing Lodi Girl, 15, Found Missing Lodi Girl, 15, Found
Missing Lodi Girl, 15, Found LODI, N.J. -- A 15-year-old Lodi girl who authorities said went missing on Thursday turned up Sunday morning, police told Daily Voice. Jakira Jeffrey "was located just before 10 a.m. and is safe," Police Chief Vincent Quatrone said. "Her parents brought her to headquarters."

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Your Community
Mayor: Emerson Spruce Survives Utility's Plan But Could Still Come Down Mayor: Emerson Spruce Survives Utility's Plan But Could Still Come Down Mayor: Emerson Spruce Survives Utility's Plan But Could Still Come Down
Mayor: Emerson Spruce Survives Utility's Plan But Could Still Come Down EMERSON, N.J. -- PSE&G spared a large spruce tree as past of an improvement project on Kinderkamack Road in Emerson -- but it's not out of the woods yet, Mayor Lou Lamatina said Saturday. PSE&G "agreed relocate its pole on the west side of Kinderkamack Road/Emerson Plaza West," Lamatina said (see circle in the photo above). "While that circle is now in the middle of the road, the reconfiguration will transform that area into an extension of the green space presently to the north," the mayor wrote on his Facebook page. "The re-strung wires will now be located…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities Investigate Hudson River Oil Spill Near Englewood Cliffs Authorities Investigate Hudson River Oil Spill Near Englewood Cliffs Authorities Investigate Hudson River Oil Spill Near Englewood Cliffs
Authorities Investigate Hudson River Oil Spill Near Englewood Cliffs ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J. -- Palisades Interstate Parkway police said they were trying to determine the source of a mile-long petroleum spill in the Hudson River. Members of the department's Marine Operations Bureau located the large "sheen" following complaints of a strong odor along the shoreline in Palisades Interstate Park, Police Chief Michael Coppola said. "With river currents moving the product and several ships in the area, a source could not be identified, as the spill or leak had stopped prior to officers arriving," he said. The lower park area was temporarily cl…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
South Hackensack Motel Resident Busted On Heroin Charges South Hackensack Motel Resident Busted On Heroin Charges South Hackensack Motel Resident Busted On Heroin Charges
South Hackensack Motel Resident Busted On Heroin Charges SOUTH HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Detectives arrested an unemployed man living in a South Hackensack motel after they said they found him with 27 small bags of heroin. Brian A. Owens, 54, was released on a summons charging him with drug possession Wednesday after Narcotic Task Force and borough detectives searched his room at the Knights Inn on the westbound highway, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. A May 11 arraignment in Central Municipal Court in Hackensack was set.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Indictment: Ring Snatched Cars Along Route 17 In Bergen, Rockland Indictment: Ring Snatched Cars Along Route 17 In Bergen, Rockland Indictment: Ring Snatched Cars Along Route 17 In Bergen, Rockland
Indictment: Ring Snatched Cars Along Route 17 In Bergen, Rockland A state grand jury in Trenton on Friday indicted 21 people in connection with an international ring that snatched luxury cars from towns along Route 17 in Bergen and Rockland counties and elsewhere before shipping them to West Africa. Four others already have pleaded guilty as a result of an investigation dubbed "Operation 17 Corridor," acting Attorney General Robert Lougy said Friday. The probe included Demarest and Paramus police and the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office and led to recovery of more than 90 stolen cars worth well over $4 million. Besides Bergen and Rockland, the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Off-Duty Officer Grabs Man Wanted In Mahwah Sex Assault Of Girl, 11 Off-Duty Officer Grabs Man Wanted In Mahwah Sex Assault Of Girl, 11 Off-Duty Officer Grabs Man Wanted In Mahwah Sex Assault Of Girl, 11
Off-Duty Officer Grabs Man Wanted In Mahwah Sex Assault Of Girl, 11 MAHWAH, N.J. -- A Hawthorne man wanted in connection with the alleged sex assault of an 11-year-old girl in Mahwah was seized by an off-duty Saddle River police officer who spotted him in Allendale, authorities said Friday. Kenneth J. Mowerson III, 54, was being held on $300,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault, child endangerment and witness tampering. The girl on Tuesday went to Hawthorne police, who determined the alleged assaults occurred in Mahwah, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said Friday. An investigation by de…

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