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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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Van Plows Into Fair Lawn Print Shop Van Plows Into Fair Lawn Print Shop Van Plows Into Fair Lawn Print Shop
Van Plows Into Fair Lawn Print Shop FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- A van hit a parked car before plowing into the front of a Fair Lawn print shop Friday night. The crash across River Road from the Empress Diner occurred around 8 p.m., right next to a shop that had someone sitting at a desk near the front window, witnesses told Daily Voice. No one appeared injured, witnesses said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
Utility Pole Knocks Out Wanaque Trash Hauler Utility Pole Knocks Out Wanaque Trash Hauler Utility Pole Knocks Out Wanaque Trash Hauler
Utility Pole Knocks Out Wanaque Trash Hauler WANAQUE, N.J. -- A trash hauler lost consciousness Friday morning when he leaned from the back of the truck and was knocked to the ground by a utility pole, witnesses told Wanaque police. The 40-year-old worker was flown by AirMed One to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, Capt. Kenneth Fackina said. Chilton Hospital BLS and ALS responded, along with Riverdale police and firefighters, Fackina said. His condition wasn't known Friday afternoon, the captain said. Detectives from Wanaque and the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office were investigating, he said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Garfield Drug Rehab Counselor Used Dead Brother's ID Prosecutor: Garfield Drug Rehab Counselor Used Dead Brother's ID Prosecutor: Garfield Drug Rehab Counselor Used Dead Brother's ID
Prosecutor: Garfield Drug Rehab Counselor Used Dead Brother's ID GARFIELD, N.J. -- A drug rehabilitation counselor from Garfield was arrested after authorities said they discovered he'd been using his dead brother's driver's license for more than 20 years. State-of-the-art facial scrubbing softward pointed investigators to Rafel Llano, 67, who the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission said had his image "associated with more than one driver's license," Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said Friday. Investigators with Grewal's White Collar Crimes Unit found a license for Llano and one for his deceased brother, Victor, the prosecutor…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahopac, NY
Breaking News
Area Motorcylist In Chase That Led To Fatal Crash Still Hospitalized Area Motorcylist In Chase That Led To Fatal Crash Still Hospitalized Area Motorcylist In Chase That Led To Fatal Crash Still Hospitalized
Area Motorcylist In Chase That Led To Fatal Crash Still Hospitalized An Orange County motorcyclist who led a police chase that caused a crash that killed a motorist Thursday afternoon in Hackensack remained hospitalized Friday with what authorities said were lower back injuries sustained when his bike collided with a car in Paramus. Salvatore Deangelis, 31, of Harriman, remained under police guard -- with bail set at $50,000 on an eluding charge -- pending a court appearance scheduled for Monday. The chase began just before 2 p.m. when a Paramus police officer tried to pull over Deangelis's 2016 Yamaha R1 motorcycle for speeding in and out of lanes on northb…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Motorcylist In Chase That Led To Fatal Hackensack Crash Still Hospitalized Motorcylist In Chase That Led To Fatal Hackensack Crash Still Hospitalized Motorcylist In Chase That Led To Fatal Hackensack Crash Still Hospitalized
Motorcylist In Chase That Led To Fatal Hackensack Crash Still Hospitalized HACKENSACK, N.J. -- An Orange County, N.Y. motorcyclist who led a police chase that caused a crash that killed a motorist Thursday afternoon in Hackensack remained hospitalized Friday with what authorities said were lower back injuries sustained when his bike collided with a car in Paramus. Salvatore Deangelis, 31, of Harriman, remained under police guard -- with bail set at $50,000 on an eluding charge -- pending a court appearance scheduled for Monday. The chase began just before 2 p.m. when a Paramus police officer tried to pull over Deangelis's 2016 Yamaha R1 motorcycle for speeding in …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Wayne PD: Megan's Law Offender Met 2 Girls Online, Took Them Shoplifting Wayne PD: Megan's Law Offender Met 2 Girls Online, Took Them Shoplifting Wayne PD: Megan's Law Offender Met 2 Girls Online, Took Them Shoplifting
Wayne PD: Megan's Law Offender Met 2 Girls Online, Took Them Shoplifting WAYNE, N.J. -- A Megan's Law offender met up with two underaged girls at the Willowbrook Mall, then went shoplifting, said Wayne police, who arrested him. Officers Elliot Lyons and Skylar Cauceglia were on patrol when they discovered that mall security guards were searching for a trio that had just shoplifted merchandise from the True Religion store on Monday, Capt. Laurence W. Martin said Friday. Moments later, the officers spotted Damon Gould, 22, of Linden with a $459 jacket later reported stolen from the store, he said. Security guards, meanwhile, had grabbed the two girls, who Martin …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Tenafly Police: No Harm Intended By Suspicious School 'Visitor' Tenafly Police: No Harm Intended By Suspicious School 'Visitor' Tenafly Police: No Harm Intended By Suspicious School 'Visitor'
Tenafly Police: No Harm Intended By Suspicious School 'Visitor' TENAFLY, N.J. -- An out-of-towner who raised concerns when he walked into a Tenafly school on Thursday turned out to be a former resident looking for a friend, police told Daily Voice. "We spoke with him today," Capt. Michael deMoncada said Friday. "There was no appropriate intent at all." School officials were expected to issue a release. The man, of Indian descent, parked his black Dodge Charger with Pennsylvania license plates in front of the playground at MacKay School after dismissal, deMoncada said. A parent at the playground who saw him asked him to leave, and h…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Englewood Ex-Con Busted On Drug, Gun Charges In Undercover Sting Englewood Ex-Con Busted On Drug, Gun Charges In Undercover Sting Englewood Ex-Con Busted On Drug, Gun Charges In Undercover Sting
Englewood Ex-Con Busted On Drug, Gun Charges In Undercover Sting ENGLEWOOD, N.J. -- Bergen County prosecutor's detectives arrested an Englewood ex-con who they said had pot, a 9mm semi-automatic handgun and nearly $3,000 in ill-gotten gains as part of a street-level drug operation. Dorian "Cali" Johnson, a 33-year-old concrete contractor, was being held on $100,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail on various drug and weapons charges, records show. Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said his detectives arrested Johnson along with his cousin, Dwight Horne Jr. of Teaneck, on Thursday. Horne, a 30-year-old concrete contractor who Grewa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Extradition Sought For Florida Man Accused Of Raping Ridgewood Girl, 11 Extradition Sought For Florida Man Accused Of Raping Ridgewood Girl, 11 Extradition Sought For Florida Man Accused Of Raping Ridgewood Girl, 11
Extradition Sought For Florida Man Accused Of Raping Ridgewood Girl, 11 RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- A 36-year-old communications tech from Florida was arrested there on charges of raping an 11-year-old girl in Ridgewood, authorities said Friday. Joseph McCain was being held without bail in Orange County pending extradition proceedings, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. He is charged in New Jersey with aggravated sexual assault and child endangerment. Authorities tracked down McCain, who is married, and arrested him at his Orlando home on Thursday, the prosecutor said. The search began on Jan. 29, after Grewal's office received a telephone call fr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Wayne Man Gets 5 Years In State Prison For Distributing Child Porn Wayne Man Gets 5 Years In State Prison For Distributing Child Porn Wayne Man Gets 5 Years In State Prison For Distributing Child Porn
Wayne Man Gets 5 Years In State Prison For Distributing Child Porn WAYNE,, N.J. -- A Wayne man was sentenced to five years in statio prison Friday for distributing child pornography online. Joshua A. Kane, 35, was among 27 people buste in 2012 as a result of “Operation Watchdog,” a multi-agency investigation led by the New Jersey State Police and the Division of Criminal Justice that targeted offenders, Acting Attorney General Robert Lougy said. He pleaded guilty on Feb. 8 to a charge of second-degree distribution of child pornography from a 2013 state grand jury indictment. Kane also was sentenced Friday on a separate child pornography distribution plea …

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