Jerry DeMarco

Senior Reporter

[email protected]

FOLLOW ON

Facebook Twitter Linkedin

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

Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Hawthorne Man Tells Franklin Lakes Police Armed Trio Mugged Him Hawthorne Man Tells Franklin Lakes Police Armed Trio Mugged Him Hawthorne Man Tells Franklin Lakes Police Armed Trio Mugged Him
Hawthorne Man Tells Franklin Lakes Police Armed Trio Mugged Him FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. -- Franklin Lakes police were investigating a Hawthorne man's claim that three people who agreed to buy alcohol for him stole $30 and a backpack full of clothes. The 19-year-old complainant told police he met the trio in March on Vichiconti Way, got into their car and gave them the cash. At that point, one of them pulled out a handgun and ordered him out of the car. Anyone with information that could help the investigation is asked to call Franklin Lakes police: (201) 891-3131

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Your Community
Englewood Church Ravaged By Fire Needs Books, More For School, Library Englewood Church Ravaged By Fire Needs Books, More For School, Library Englewood Church Ravaged By Fire Needs Books, More For School, Library
Englewood Church Ravaged By Fire Needs Books, More For School, Library ENGLEWOOD, N.J. -- Officials at an historic Englewood church ravaged by fire last month are seeking donations to replace items that had to be discarded from its classrooms and libary. The school at First Presbyterian Church has five classrooms, one of which houses two separate-level classes on different days. Besides cash donations, the school could use: • Wooden blocks/wooden puzzles; • Trains and tracks/cars/vehicles; • Children's books; • Legos; • Art supplies/easels/smocks; • Children's kitchen/food/dishes; • Dress-up clothes; • Kids tables/chairs, rugs, bookshelves, storage bin…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Palisades Parkway Police: Nanuet Hit-Run Driver Caught At GWB After Chase Palisades Parkway Police: Nanuet Hit-Run Driver Caught At GWB After Chase Palisades Parkway Police: Nanuet Hit-Run Driver Caught At GWB After Chase
Palisades Parkway Police: Nanuet Hit-Run Driver Caught At GWB After Chase FORT LEE, N.J. -- A Nanuet driver took off after his car hit another on the Palisades Interstate Parkway in Rockland County, but the victim followed him and called police, who chased him through Fort Lee to the George Washington Bridge, authorities said. Palisades Interstate Parkway police got the 911 call around 9 p.m. Friday of a hit-and-run crash at Interchange 7 in Nanuet, Police Chief Michael Coppola said. Officers set up at various locations to locate the black Dodge Charger, which kept going after one of them tried stopping it near Interchange 1, Coppola said. Officer Michael Griffin…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Aborted Saddle River Burglaries Prompt Police Warnings Aborted Saddle River Burglaries Prompt Police Warnings Aborted Saddle River Burglaries Prompt Police Warnings
Aborted Saddle River Burglaries Prompt Police Warnings SADDLE RIVER, N.J. -- Saddle River police are asking the public to keep their homes secure and to immediately report any suspicious people or activity in their neighborhoods after a pair of attempted burglaries. Burglar alarms interrupted the break-ins at a development off Chestnut Ridge Road after first-floor windows were pried open, Capt. Jason Cosgriff said Sunday. "The eyes and ears of the community are of great assistance in preventing and solving crimes," he said. If you see someone or something suspicious, Saddle River police ask you dial 911 or call them: (201) 327-5300.…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
Your Community
Norwood Girl Scouts, Parents Enjoy Powder Puff Derby Norwood Girl Scouts, Parents Enjoy Powder Puff Derby Norwood Girl Scouts, Parents Enjoy Powder Puff Derby
Norwood Girl Scouts, Parents Enjoy Powder Puff Derby NORWOOD, N.J. -- Ava Liu finished first, Amelia Plescia second and Chloe Liu third in the annual Norwood Girl Scouts Powder Puff Derby at the Immaculate Conception Church gym on Friday.

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Cliffside Park Driver Charged With Ramming Ridgefield Park Police Cars Cliffside Park Driver Charged With Ramming Ridgefield Park Police Cars Cliffside Park Driver Charged With Ramming Ridgefield Park Police Cars
Cliffside Park Driver Charged With Ramming Ridgefield Park Police Cars RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J. -- A Cliffside Park man who rammed two Ridgefield Park police car with his Mercedes before leading them on a brief chase had five ounces of marijuana and $2,200 in cash on him, authorities said Saturday. Officer Kenneth Knebl pulled over the white ML 350 on westbound Route 46 on Teaneck Road near Brinkerhoff Street after spotting several equipment violations, Lt. Joseph Rella said. The driver, Giovanni R. Petrov, apperaed impaired, so the officer asked him to get out of the car, he said. Instead, Petrov put the car in drive and hit the gas, the lieutenant said. The M…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah Police: Death Of Hiker In Ramapo Reserve Doesn't Appear Suspicious Mahwah Police: Death Of Hiker In Ramapo Reserve Doesn't Appear Suspicious Mahwah Police: Death Of Hiker In Ramapo Reserve Doesn't Appear Suspicious
Mahwah Police: Death Of Hiker In Ramapo Reserve Doesn't Appear Suspicious MAHWAH, N.J. -- Authorities were trying to determine how a 56-year-old hiker died at Ramapo Valley County Reserve on Saturday. Mahwah police got a 911 call from a group of hikers shortly after noon that they'd found him face down, Sgt. Michael Blondin said. Mahwah police responded, along with township EMS and firefighters, as well as a mobile intensive care unit from the Valley Hospital. They found the man "on a remote trail several hundred yards up a steep cliff-like embankment," Blondin said. The officers conducted CPR and defibrillation before being joined by paramedics, who …

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Tenafly Police Bust 4 From Newark After Finding Pot, Crack, Heroin In Stop Tenafly Police Bust 4 From Newark After Finding Pot, Crack, Heroin In Stop Tenafly Police Bust 4 From Newark After Finding Pot, Crack, Heroin In Stop
Tenafly Police Bust 4 From Newark After Finding Pot, Crack, Heroin In Stop TENAFLY, N.J. -- A routine overnight traffic stop Friday in Tenafly produced 118 folds of heroin, 43 vials of crack, 55 variously sized bags of pot and the arrests of four Newark men. Officer Brad Adams stopped the 1993 Chevy Cavalier -- which had faulty lights and an expired inspection sticker -- as it headed east on East Clinton Avenue near Serpentine Road at 12:42 a.m., Detective Capt. Michael deMoncada said. Both the driver, Eric D. Smith, and his passenger, Kasib K. Jones -- both 21, from Newark -- had outstanding traffic warrants out of Newark, he said. Adams also noticed marijuana…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Your Community
Superintendent: High Lead Levels Found In Pascack School Fountains Superintendent: High Lead Levels Found In Pascack School Fountains Superintendent: High Lead Levels Found In Pascack School Fountains
Superintendent: High Lead Levels Found In Pascack School Fountains MONTVALE, N.J. -- Officials shut down drinking fountains in Pascack Hills and Pascack Valley high schools after unacceptable levels of lead were found in the water, Schools Supt. P. Erik Gundersen announced Friday. The elevated levels "are most likely a result of lead solder that may have been used on water pipes when the buildings were constructed or when the fountains were installed," Gundersen said, in a message to parents and staff. "Our remediation plan is to replace the affected water fountains with new water coolers / fountains that include lead filtration," he sa…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Elmwood Park School 'Intruders' Were Students Climbing In Windows Police: Elmwood Park School 'Intruders' Were Students Climbing In Windows Police: Elmwood Park School 'Intruders' Were Students Climbing In Windows
Police: Elmwood Park School 'Intruders' Were Students Climbing In Windows ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. -- Three Elmwood Park Middle/High School students climbing in and out of a window to avoid staffers brought several police and a K9 unit after classmates reported seeing one of them, authorities told Daily Voice. Two youngsters told a teacher just after 12:30 p.m. that they "observed a male individual, wearing a dark colored hooded sweat shirt with the hood up, enter the school through an open window in the 3rd wind portion of the building," Elmwood Park Police Chief Michael Foligno said. The school was placed into lockdown for about an hour and 40 minutes whil…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Prev Page 1723 of 2958 1,721 1,722 1,723 1,724 1,725 Next
17,221 - 17,230 of 29,573 articles