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
Roadwork Closes Outwater Lane In Garfield Roadwork Closes Outwater Lane In Garfield Roadwork Closes Outwater Lane In Garfield
Roadwork Closes Outwater Lane In Garfield GARFIELD, N.J. -- Outwater Lane between both Route 46 ramps was closed for roadwork Thursday morning.

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Two Charged In Haledon Road-Rage Shooting Two Charged In Haledon Road-Rage Shooting Two Charged In Haledon Road-Rage Shooting
Two Charged In Haledon Road-Rage Shooting HALEDON, N.J. -- A crash ignited a road rage incident that ended with a driver shot in the chest and two defendants in custody, Haledon police said. Charles Conley, 26, was being held on $750,000 bail and Natasha Peyton, 38, on $100,000 bail in the Passaic County Jail in connection with the April 19 shooting on West Clinton Street. Both live in Haledon. The incident began when a car driven by Peyton struck the victim's from behind, ​​Lt. George Guzman said. Peyton got out, argued with the 21-year-old victim and punched him in the face, Guzman said. As the victim tried calling police, Peyt…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Passaic Ex-Con Gets 15 Years For Shooting Paramus Officer In Garfield Passaic Ex-Con Gets 15 Years For Shooting Paramus Officer In Garfield Passaic Ex-Con Gets 15 Years For Shooting Paramus Officer In Garfield
Passaic Ex-Con Gets 15 Years For Shooting Paramus Officer In Garfield GARFIELD, N.J. -- An ex-con from Passaic must spend 13 years in prison before he's eligible for parole for shooting an undercover police officer during an armed robbery attempt outside a Marshall's store in Garfield two years ago, under a sentence imposed by a judge in Hackensack on Wednesday. Rafael Vasquez, 27, already had had a lengthy record before he shot the officer -- who was on loan to the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Narcotic Task Force -- in the right hip and lower left leg on April 22, 2014. The officer was released a few days later from Hackensack University Medical Center. Vasqu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen Authorities Charge Pet Shop Owner, Brother With Animal Cruelty Bergen Authorities Charge Pet Shop Owner, Brother With Animal Cruelty Bergen Authorities Charge Pet Shop Owner, Brother With Animal Cruelty
Bergen Authorities Charge Pet Shop Owner, Brother With Animal Cruelty HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Bergen County authorities have filed charges against a pet shop owner and his brother, who they said kept 67 dogs crated overnight in van outside the Paramus Just Pups store, Daily Voice has confirmed. Vincent and Leonard LoSacco are each charged with 134 counts of animal cruelty, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said Wednesday afternoon. Each was given a May 10 arraignment date in Central Municipal Court in Hackensack. Specifically, the LoSaccos were charged with 67 violations each of: "Inflicting unnecessary cruelty upon a living animal or creatu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Gun-On-Plane Charges Dropped Against Paterson Man Gun-On-Plane Charges Dropped Against Paterson Man Gun-On-Plane Charges Dropped Against Paterson Man
Gun-On-Plane Charges Dropped Against Paterson Man PATERSON, N.J. -- An Essex County grand jury dropped charges against a Paterson man accused of trying to board a plane at Newark Airport with a loaded gun.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Paramus Police Charge Driver In Route 17 SUV Crash With DUI, More Paramus Police Charge Driver In Route 17 SUV Crash With DUI, More Paramus Police Charge Driver In Route 17 SUV Crash With DUI, More
Paramus Police Charge Driver In Route 17 SUV Crash With DUI, More PARAMUS, N.J. -- Paramus police on Tuesday charged a Waldwick man who was nearly killed when his SUV rolled over and slammed into a sign pole on Route 17 on Sunday with driving while under the influence, reckless and careless driving and making unsafe lane changes. Andrew Ishak, 28, remained in critical but stable condition at Hackensack University Medical Center, Paramus Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said early Tuesday evening. Ishak was alone in a 2002 Toyota Land Cruiser that struck the center divider of the highway, crossed four lanes over traffic, rolled and wrapped itself around the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Mordaga Completes Job As Hackensack Police Director: 'Time For New Blood' Mordaga Completes Job As Hackensack Police Director: 'Time For New Blood' Mordaga Completes Job As Hackensack Police Director: 'Time For New Blood'
Mordaga Completes Job As Hackensack Police Director: 'Time For New Blood' HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Hackensack Police Director Michael Mordaga told Daily Voice Tuesday afternoon that he has stepped down after three years in the job, leaving a "very, very young department full of opportunity." "It feels good," said Mordaga, whose last day in the job will be May 16. "It wasn't easy. But I had the support of the union and of the city. "There's young blood in there now and new leadership moving forward. There's a lot of opportunity for a lot of people." City officials hired Mordaga in February 2013 to reorganize the department after year…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Weather
BREAKING: Severe Storms Bearing Down On Bergen, Passaic BREAKING: Severe Storms Bearing Down On Bergen, Passaic BREAKING: Severe Storms Bearing Down On Bergen, Passaic
Breaking: Severe Storms Bearing Down On Bergen, Passaic Severe thunderstorms were expected to hit Bergen and Passaic counties late Tuesday afternoon or early evening through 9 p.m., the National Weather Service said. The severe thunderstorm was to remain in effect through 9 p.m. "The main severe threat is for damaging winds and possibly hail," the weather service said. The storm, which developed across northeastern Pennsylvania and headed southeast, was expected to collide with a cold front moving south from upstate New York. Wednesday will be mostly sunny, with a high in the lower 60s, the weather service said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen County Gets Pet-Saving Disaster Relief Trailer Bergen County Gets Pet-Saving Disaster Relief Trailer Bergen County Gets Pet-Saving Disaster Relief Trailer
Bergen County Gets Pet-Saving Disaster Relief Trailer HACKENSACK, N.J. -- The Bergen County Animal Response Team has teamed up with American Kennel Club Reunite, the nation’s largest non-profit pet identification and recovery service, to bring a life-saving pet disaster relief trailer to Bergen County -- the first in New Jersey. The CART trailer "will be prepared to roll out help to pets and their owners in need if the unthinkable ever takes place," AKC Reunite said Tuesday in a release. The trailer will be unveiled to the public during Wednesday's 4:30 p.m. Bergen County Freeholder work session at 1 Bergen Plaza in Hackensack. The…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Bergenfield Police Seek Help Finding Mugger Of Elderly Woman Bergenfield Police Seek Help Finding Mugger Of Elderly Woman Bergenfield Police Seek Help Finding Mugger Of Elderly Woman
Bergenfield Police Seek Help Finding Mugger Of Elderly Woman BERGENFIELD, N.J. -- Bergenfield police were seeking the public's help finding a mugger who police said pushed an elderly woman to the ground and then ran off with her purse. The victim was assaulted just after 4 p.m. Monday as she walked home on Sylvan Avenue, Capt. Mustafa Rabboh said. The robber then ran north on Linwood Street, he said. He was described as black or Hispanic, possibly in his early 20s, about 5-foot-5 and thinly built, and wearing a checkered white t-shirt, black sweat pants, white sneakers. Police believe he got into an early 2010s BMW 5 erie that headed north on South …

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