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.

Jerry DeMarco's Contributions

Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Carlstadt Furniture Retailer Conned Customers, Police Say Carlstadt Furniture Retailer Conned Customers, Police Say Carlstadt Furniture Retailer Conned Customers, Police Say
Carlstadt Furniture Retailer Conned Customers, Police Say CARLSTADT, N.J. -- The owner of a Carlstadt furniture business walked away with deposits or delivered sub-standard merchandise, said borough police who issued him a theft summons from one of the incidents. Several other customers who complained about Lev Stanik, 48, of Rahway have to take their cases to civil court, Police Chief Thomas Nielsen said. The catch, Nielsen said, is that many of them "received some form of product from Stanik -- therefore, these incidents fall within the jurisdiction of the Bergen County Superior Court, Civil Part." His officers were able to issue a su…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bridgeport, CT
Breaking News
New Jersey Man Describes Rescue Of Jumper From George Washington Bridge New Jersey Man Describes Rescue Of Jumper From George Washington Bridge New Jersey Man Describes Rescue Of Jumper From George Washington Bridge
New Jersey Man Describes Rescue Of Jumper From George Washington Bridge RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- "My legs are broken," a woman who had jumped from the George Washington Bridge in a failed suicide attempt told Scott Koen of Rutherford before he helped pluck her from the Hudson River on Tuesday night. Koen -- whose boat has been used for rescues that included "Miracle on the Hudson" Flight 1549 -- was out on the water with members of New Square Hatzalah and Monsey Chavirim to search for the body of a Rockland County man who had jumped last week. Sonar showed something near a buoy, but it was nothing, said Koen, who is a second assistant fire chief …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Englewood PD: Sneakers Undo Convicted Murderer In Liquor Store Robbery Englewood PD: Sneakers Undo Convicted Murderer In Liquor Store Robbery Englewood PD: Sneakers Undo Convicted Murderer In Liquor Store Robbery
Englewood PD: Sneakers Undo Convicted Murderer In Liquor Store Robbery ENGLEWOOD, N.J. -- A distinctive pair of sneakers led Englewood detectives to a convicted murderer who they said robbed a local liquor store at gunpoint wearing a mask. Charles “Darrell” Blain entered Wides Liquors on West Englewood Avenue around 9 p.m. this past Saturday and threatened two employees -- "actually cocking back the hammer on the revolver," Detective Capt. Timothy Torell told Daily Voice. He fled with somewhere between $200-$300. Detectives developed "excellent video footage that showed the suspect wearing a pair of distinctive Nike Air Blue Mirror Foamposite s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Rutherford Fire Chief: 'Serendipitous' That He Helped Rescue GWB Jumper Rutherford Fire Chief: 'Serendipitous' That He Helped Rescue GWB Jumper Rutherford Fire Chief: 'Serendipitous' That He Helped Rescue GWB Jumper
Rutherford Fire Chief: 'Serendipitous' That He Helped Rescue GWB Jumper RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- "My legs are broken," a woman who jumped from the George Washington Bridge in a failed suicide try told Scott Koen of Rutherford before he helped pluck her from the Hudson River on Tuesday. Koen -- whose boat has been used for rescues that included "Miracle on the Hudson" Flight 1549 -- had taken members of New Square Hatzalah and Monsey Chavirim to search for the body of a Rockland County man who jumped nearly two weeks ago. "They held the ceremony where they cast bread on the water," he told Daily Voice. "The bread is supposed to go w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen-Led Task Force Nabs 6 In Massive Robbery Spree Bergen-Led Task Force Nabs 6 In Massive Robbery Spree Bergen-Led Task Force Nabs 6 In Massive Robbery Spree
Bergen-Led Task Force Nabs 6 In Massive Robbery Spree HACKENSACK, N.J. -- An armed robbery spree that included the shooting of a Ridgefield Park gas station attendant was cracked with the arrests of five men -- three of them from Lodi -- and a 17-year-old boy from Moonachie, authorities announced Wednesday. The roundups were conducted by a multi-jurisdictional task force that included county sheriff's and prosecutor's officers and detectives, local police and authorities in Florida, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal. Charged with robbery and other counts were the task force's prime suspect, 21-year-old David Thomas Jr. of Lodi; …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Teaneck Detectives Bust Driver With 36 Stolen Military Member Credit Cards Teaneck Detectives Bust Driver With 36 Stolen Military Member Credit Cards Teaneck Detectives Bust Driver With 36 Stolen Military Member Credit Cards
Teaneck Detectives Bust Driver With 36 Stolen Military Member Credit Cards TEANECK, N.J. -- A Brooklyn driver who Teaneck police said got nervous when they stopped him on eastbound Route 4 was carrying three dozen bogus credit cards -- most of them with numbers belonging to military service members and their families, authorities said. Detective Sgt. Seth Kriegel and Detective Edward Kazmierczak stopped Rahshawn Mayo, 26, on Jan. 12 for several violations, Police Chief Robert Carney said Tuesday. Mayo "indicated that he was returning from upstate New York where he had gone to pay a ticket," Carney said. When they asked about a bag in the vehicle contain…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Wyckoff Cardiologist Double-Billed $600K From Paramus Sites, State Charges Wyckoff Cardiologist Double-Billed $600K From Paramus Sites, State Charges Wyckoff Cardiologist Double-Billed $600K From Paramus Sites, State Charges
Wyckoff Cardiologist Double-Billed $600K From Paramus Sites, State Charges WYCKOFF, N.J. -- A Wyckoff cardiologist double-billed insurance companies for more than $600,000 in medical services that he provided through two or more of the three health-care agencies he owned in Paramus, state authorities charged. A grand jury indicted Roger Coletti, 69, on nine counts of health care claims fraud for filing bogus bills with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey and UnitedHealthcare Inc. over an eight-month period beginning December 2010, acting New Jersey Attorney General John J. Hoffman said Wednesday morning. Coletti is also charged with one count each of insu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Girl In Raging Mahwah Condo Fire Jumps 3 Floors Into Arms Of Police Girl In Raging Mahwah Condo Fire Jumps 3 Floors Into Arms Of Police Girl In Raging Mahwah Condo Fire Jumps 3 Floors Into Arms Of Police
Girl In Raging Mahwah Condo Fire Jumps 3 Floors Into Arms Of Police MAHWAH, N.J. -- A trio of Mahwah police officers thought they'd evacuated all of the residents from a raging Mahwah condominium fire Tuesday afternoon when they spotted a 9-year-old girl on a third-floor balcony. "We called out to her to jump -- and she did!" Lt. Jeffrey Dino told Daily Voice moments later at the Society Hill condominium complex. "We caught her!" one of them shouted as little Sofya Doroshenko nestled into their arms after trust-falling backwards from the railing. "Not a scratch on her," Dino said. "She's the bravest little kid I've ever s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bridgeport, CT
Breaking News
New Jersey Woman Survives Leap Off George Washington Bridge New Jersey Woman Survives Leap Off George Washington Bridge New Jersey Woman Survives Leap Off George Washington Bridge
New Jersey Woman Survives Leap Off George Washington Bridge FORT LEE, N.J. -- A New Jersey woman jumped from the George Washington Bridge and survived Tuesday night -- a rarity in the annals of the span, authorities said. A boat chartered by New Square EMS that was in the area fished the 25-year-old woman from the Hudson River just north of the bridge's New York City base around 5 p.m. A witness reported seeing the Somerset County woman jump, the Port Authority's Joseph Pengantelo told Daily Voice. Port Authority police escorted the ambulance to St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, he said. "She not only wasn't dead," Pentangelo said, "she…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Rarity: NJ Woman Survives GWB Suicide Leap Rarity: NJ Woman Survives GWB Suicide Leap Rarity: NJ Woman Survives GWB Suicide Leap
Rarity: NJ Woman Survives GWB Suicide Leap FORT LEE, N.J. -- A New Jersey woman survived a suicide leap from the George Washington Bridge on Tuesday night -- a rarity in the annals of the span, authorities said. A boat chartered by New Square EMS that was in the area fished the 25-year-old Somerset County woman from the Hudson River just north of the bridge's New York City base around 5 p.m. after a witness reported seeing her jump, the Port Authority's Joseph Pengantelo told Daily Voice. Port Authority police escorted the ambulance to St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, he said. "She not only wasn't dead," Pentangelo said. &q…

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