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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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Hasbrouck Heights PD: Defendant Tried To Flush Heroin Down McDonalds Toilet Hasbrouck Heights PD: Defendant Tried To Flush Heroin Down McDonalds Toilet Hasbrouck Heights PD: Defendant Tried To Flush Heroin Down McDonalds Toilet
Hasbrouck Heights PD: Defendant Tried To Flush Heroin Down McDonalds Toilet HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N.J. -- A Hasbrouck Heights man ran into the bathroom of a Route 17 McDonalds and tried to flush heroin down the toilet after police cornered him, authorities told Daily Voice. Neil Vyas, 29, also had heroin and hypodermic needles in his car and pot in his apartment Friday afternoon, Detective Lt. Michael Colaneri said. All told, police seized 192 bags of heroin and an eighth of an ounce of marijuana along with the needles, he said. Vyas was being held on $125,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail. Charges include various drug possession and paraphernalia counts, tampering…

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Paterson, NJ
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Berkeley College, NJ Devils Celebrate School's 85th Anniversary On Ice Berkeley College, NJ Devils Celebrate School's 85th Anniversary On Ice Berkeley College, NJ Devils Celebrate School's 85th Anniversary On Ice
Berkeley College, NJ Devils Celebrate School's 85th Anniversary On Ice WOODLAND PARK, N.J -- Berkeley College will celebrate its 85th anniversary -- and help raise money for New Jersey children's hospitals -- during this Tuesday's New Jersey Devils game against the Boston Bruins at Prudential Center. Donations collected at Prudential Center, as well as a portion of every ticket purchased by Berkeley College associates and students, will be used to purchase blankets for children in New Jersey hospitals. The Devils will present Berkeley College senior administration with a custom hockey jersey and in-game elements will help drive fundraising efforts on the arena…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Maywood Police Bust Hudson County Driver On Drug Charges, Warrant Maywood Police Bust Hudson County Driver On Drug Charges, Warrant Maywood Police Bust Hudson County Driver On Drug Charges, Warrant
Maywood Police Bust Hudson County Driver On Drug Charges, Warrant MAYWOOD, N.J. -- Maywood police arrested a North Bergen man after they said they found him carrying crack and marijuana during traffic stop. Ibrahim Makki, 33, at first failed to surrender the drugs and had an outstanding warrant from Weehawken after Officer Christopher Nichols stopped him Friday on Essex Street, Detective Matthew Parodi said. Makki, who police said was also carrying drug paraphernalia, posted bail for the warrant and was released pending a Municipal Court hearing.

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Bridgeport, CT
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Exhaust Fumes Kill Couple In Car In New Jersey Exhaust Fumes Kill Couple In Car In New Jersey Exhaust Fumes Kill Couple In Car In New Jersey
Exhaust Fumes Kill Couple In Car In New Jersey HACKENSACK, N.J. -- A couple whose bodies were found in an SUV parked on a Hackensack street Friday morning died of carbon monoxide poisoning, authorities confirmed. The bodies of the 29-year-old Hackensack man and a New York City woman, 24, were discovered around 8:20 a.m. in a 2003 Chevrolet Tracker with New York license plates. It was parked on Overlook Avenue across from the Stratford House high-rise condominiums, Police Director Michael Mordaga said. Mordaga said the two apparently were hanging out together in the car with the seats partially reclined. Police couldn't substantiate a wi…

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Ridgefield Park Police Halt Mini-Crime Spree, Arrest Four Ridgefield Park Police Halt Mini-Crime Spree, Arrest Four Ridgefield Park Police Halt Mini-Crime Spree, Arrest Four
Ridgefield Park Police Halt Mini-Crime Spree, Arrest Four RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J. -- Ridgefield Park police quickly put down a 24-hour crime spree with the arrests of a village man and three accused accomplices, authorities told Daily Voice. It began with a Wednesday night baseball bat assault on two men who were sitting in a car on Christie Street, west of Teaneck Road, Lt. Joseph Rella said. One of the victims "sustained injuries to his head, back, and legs before kicking one of the [assailants] in the face as he was trying to drag him out of the car window," Rella said. Both were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center for treat…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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Bergen Prosecutor's Captain Oversees Wyckoff Police During Profiling Probe Bergen Prosecutor's Captain Oversees Wyckoff Police During Profiling Probe Bergen Prosecutor's Captain Oversees Wyckoff Police During Profiling Probe
Bergen Prosecutor's Captain Oversees Wyckoff Police During Profiling Probe WYCKOFF, N.J. -- A captain with the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office was appointed temporary monitor of the Wyckoff Police Department while investigators from the state Attorney General's Office investigate an email Chief Benjamin Fox wrote to his department that they said appears to advocate racial profiling. Lt. Charles VanDyk, a 35-year law enforcement veteran, will serve as acting officer in charge of the department. The monitor, BCPO Capt. Timothy Condon, was appointed under a Memorandum of Agreement between the prosecutor's office and the borough. He has 23 years of law enforcement …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Lyndhurst Fire Destroys Dentist's Office, Apartments Lyndhurst Fire Destroys Dentist's Office, Apartments Lyndhurst Fire Destroys Dentist's Office, Apartments
Lyndhurst Fire Destroys Dentist's Office, Apartments LYNDHURST, N.J. -- A fast-moving fire Friday afternoon that began in a dentist's office closed for Good Friday consumed a multi-use Lyndhurst building. The Stuyvesant Avenue building, which also housed two apartments, will have to be destroyed, Lyndhurst Fire Chief Paul Haggerty told Daily Voice. No one was hurt, he said. "The fire flashed over a firefighter who thought he was burned," Haggerty said. "He was checked out and it turned out he wasn't, luckily." A bull terrier was rescued from the building, and all of the animals were removed safely from the nearby Humane …

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Witnesses: Motorcycle Speeding In Route 17 Crash In Ramsey Witnesses: Motorcycle Speeding In Route 17 Crash In Ramsey Witnesses: Motorcycle Speeding In Route 17 Crash In Ramsey
Witnesses: Motorcycle Speeding In Route 17 Crash In Ramsey RAMSEY, N.J. -- A motorcycle involved in a three-vehicle crash that closed two lanes of southbound Route 17 in Ramsey around 3 o'clock was speeding, witnesses told Daily Voice. The motorcyclist was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with severe injuries from the crash, Police Chief Bryan Gurney told Daily Voice. The cycle came to rest in the far left lane outside the Maple Shade Motel. The Bergen County Prosecutor's Fatal Accident Investigations Unit was joined by the Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification, which was collecting evidence. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DE…

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Ridgewood, NJ
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Jack-Knifed Tractor Trailer Closes Two Route 17 Lanes In Ridgewood Jack-Knifed Tractor Trailer Closes Two Route 17 Lanes In Ridgewood Jack-Knifed Tractor Trailer Closes Two Route 17 Lanes In Ridgewood
Jack-Knifed Tractor Trailer Closes Two Route 17 Lanes In Ridgewood RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- A jack-knifed tanker-trailer closed two lanes of northbound Route 17 in Ridgewood for nearly an hour Friday afternoon.The rig didn't topple and nothing spilled, responders said.

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Promotions Bring Little Ferry Police To Full Supervisory Strength Promotions Bring Little Ferry Police To Full Supervisory Strength Promotions Bring Little Ferry Police To Full Supervisory Strength
Promotions Bring Little Ferry Police To Full Supervisory Strength LITTLE FERRY, N.J. -- Little Ferry Police Chief Ralph C. Verdi weathered the storms -- literally -- and recently saw seven officers promoted, giving him ranked supervisors where they were needed most. "We were down to five ranking officers out of 26. We had senior patrolmen covering shifts," Verdi told Daily Voice. Four sergeants were promoted to lieutenant and four officers to sergeant. "This gives me a supervisor on every shift -- and a sergeant in charge of the detective bureau," the chief said. The promoted officers: Lt. James Walters Lt. Joseph Gutierrez Lt. Ch…

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