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
Breaking News
Hasbrouck Heights Detectives Bust Carlstadt Man In Snow Blower Thefts Hasbrouck Heights Detectives Bust Carlstadt Man In Snow Blower Thefts Hasbrouck Heights Detectives Bust Carlstadt Man In Snow Blower Thefts
Hasbrouck Heights Detectives Bust Carlstadt Man In Snow Blower Thefts HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N.J. -- Hasbrouck Heights detectives didn't need much time to peg and arrest a suspect after two snowblowers were reported stolen from a garage last week. Surveillance footage helped lead investigators to 23-year-old Nicholas Stallone of Carlstadt, Detective Lt. Michael Colaneri told Daily Voice. Detectives stopped his car on Church Street at 9:11 a.m. Tuesday and took Stallone into custody on a single charge of burglary and two of theft. They brought him to the Bergen County Jail on Thursday night after a judge ordered Stallone held on $25,000 bail. Records show a prev…

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Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
First Ridgewood, Then Hillsdale, Now Wild Turkeys Turn Burglars First Ridgewood, Then Hillsdale, Now Wild Turkeys Turn Burglars First Ridgewood, Then Hillsdale, Now Wild Turkeys Turn Burglars
First Ridgewood, Then Hillsdale, Now Wild Turkeys Turn Burglars It was just a matter of time. Last month, a wild turkey tried to pay a Ridgewood family a visit but apparently couldn't reach the doorbell after scampering up a walkway to the front door. Then came a reported attack on a Hillsdale mail carrier. On Wednesday, an East Brunswick resident told nj.com that wild turkeys "tried to crash through" his back door. "I chased them away but it was (a) bit scary," Judah Schechter wrote to NJ Advance Media in an email. "They pooped all over the (deck) and dirtied up the back door.... Clearly there is an issue here." (SEE: N.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson Man Charged With Sexually Abusing Garfield Girl, 16 Paterson Man Charged With Sexually Abusing Garfield Girl, 16 Paterson Man Charged With Sexually Abusing Garfield Girl, 16
Paterson Man Charged With Sexually Abusing Garfield Girl, 16 GARFIELD, N.J. -- A judge on Tuesday set $300,000 bail for a Paterson electrician accused of sexually abusing a 16-year-old Garfield girl. Adolfo Hermandez, 35, was charged by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit with "committing illegal sexual acts on a juvenile female acquaintance" following interviews and investigation, Prosecutor Gurbir Grewal said Tuesday afternoon. The New Jersey Division of Child Protection and Permanency (DCP&P) notified Grewal's investigators, who, in turn, contaced Garfield police, the prosecutor said. Detectives charged him wi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Lyndhurst Police Arrest DWI Motorist After Pair Of Crashes Lyndhurst Police Arrest DWI Motorist After Pair Of Crashes Lyndhurst Police Arrest DWI Motorist After Pair Of Crashes
Lyndhurst Police Arrest DWI Motorist After Pair Of Crashes LYNDHURST, N.J. — Lyndhurst police said they found an intoxicated 24-year-old Belleville man who fled one crash standing outside his minivan after it hit a parked car. Units were on the lookout Monday night for the Honda Odyssey driven by Silverio Hernandez after a motorist called from southbound Route 21, just shy of Route 3, about an erratic driver, Detective Vincent Auteri told Daily Voice. Moments later, police got a call from a woman who said she was stopped at a light on Rutherford Avenue when the Odyssey turned into Lyndhurst from Ridge Road and hit her car head-on. She said the dri…

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Glen Rock Police Ask: Do You Know This Woman? (VIDEO) Glen Rock Police Ask: Do You Know This Woman? (VIDEO) Glen Rock Police Ask: Do You Know This Woman? (VIDEO)
Glen Rock Police Ask: Do You Know This Woman? (Video) GLEN ROCK, N.J. -- Glen Rock police released a video Tuesday of a woman wanted in an identity theft and fraud investigation in the hopes that someone can identify her. The video, captured at an AT&T Wireless store in Queens, shows the suspect, who detectives believe was involved in at least two of several accounts opened i the name of a 35-year-old borough woman. Police said she appears 25-35, about 5-foot-5 and 140 to 150 pounds. Anyone who knows the woman, has seen her or has information that could help the investigation is asked to call Glen Rock Detective James Calaski at (201) 670…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
DWI Out-Of-Towner Rams Rental While Leonia Kids Head To School DWI Out-Of-Towner Rams Rental While Leonia Kids Head To School DWI Out-Of-Towner Rams Rental While Leonia Kids Head To School
DWI Out-Of-Towner Rams Rental While Leonia Kids Head To School LEONIA, N.J. — It was fortunate no schoolchildren were at a Leonia intersection when a rental car driven by an intoxicated Minneapolis man in town for a conference plowed into the back of another vehicle Tuesday morning, police said. "We have a crossing guard right at that corner" of Grand Avenue and Christie Heights Street, where the 8 a.m. rear-ender occurred, Capt. Scott Tamagny told Daily Voice. "We're lucky no children were nearby when this happened." Edward Peterson, 28, remained at police headquarters Tuesday afternoon while police tried to find an adult he could …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Bogota Police: Teaneck Ex-Con Wanted For Weapons Assault Resisted Bogota Police: Teaneck Ex-Con Wanted For Weapons Assault Resisted Bogota Police: Teaneck Ex-Con Wanted For Weapons Assault Resisted
Bogota Police: Teaneck Ex-Con Wanted For Weapons Assault Resisted BOGOTA, N.J. -- An ex-con from Teaneck wanted on aggravated assault charges with a weapon fought with Bogota police before being subdued and arrested, authorities said. Officers approached Steven Daurio, 40, after spotting him on railroad property on Saturday, Police Chief Daniel Maye said Tuesday afternoon. They arrested him on charges of resisting arrest, hindering and trespassing. Daurio has a record of dozens of arrests and various convictions on assaults, threats, weapons offenses and other crimes dating back 20 years, record show. He remained held on $15,000 bail in the Bergen Count…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Cliffside Park Police Seek Video In 20+ Tire Slashings Cliffside Park Police Seek Video In 20+ Tire Slashings Cliffside Park Police Seek Video In 20+ Tire Slashings
Cliffside Park Police Seek Video In 20+ Tire Slashings CLIFFSIDE PARK, N.J. -- Cliffside Park police asked residents and business owners to check street surveillance cameras following a spree of tire slashings Monday night. "We have reports of about 20 cars with one or more tires slashed on Glen Street, Lawton Avenue and Lafayette Avenue," Police Chief Richard Gaito told Daily Voice. Investigators were canvassing the area and talking with informants. Anyone with information that could help them is asked to call Cliffside Park police: (201) 945-3600.

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Ridgewood, NJ
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'Trump-mentum' Energizes NJ Republicans, Rutgers Poll Finds 'Trump-mentum' Energizes NJ Republicans, Rutgers Poll Finds 'Trump-mentum' Energizes NJ Republicans, Rutgers Poll Finds
'Trump-mentum' Energizes NJ Republicans, Rutgers Poll Finds “Trump-mentum” is at an all-time high with Republican and Republican-leaning registered voters in New Jersey -- but "the Donald" 's overall rating is down around Gov. Christie's, according to the latest Rutgers-Eagleton Poll results released Tuesday. On the Democratic side, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton easily beats Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders for the presidential nomination, 55 percent to 32 percent, among those polled. Still, Sanders has an edge in favorability. “New Jersey voters look like the rest of the country when it comes to the 2016 race,” said Ashley Koning,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
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Tributes Mount Following Death Of Former Miss New Jersey Cara McCollum Tributes Mount Following Death Of Former Miss New Jersey Cara McCollum Tributes Mount Following Death Of Former Miss New Jersey Cara McCollum
Tributes Mount Following Death Of Former Miss New Jersey Cara McCollum Tributes mounted Monday for former Miss New Jersey Cara McCollum, who succumbed to injuries a week after her car careened off a highway and into a bank of trees. Among those posting condolences were McCollum's alma mater, Princeton University, Gov. Chris Christie and current Miss America Betty Cantrell. "Your loving smile and sense of humor touched everyone around you. Your laugh was contagious," wrote Nina Davuluri, the winner of the 2014 Miss America pageant, in which McCollum competed after becoming Miss New Jersey a year earlier. Her family was with her at Cooper University H…

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