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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Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Husband Charged In Death Of North Arlington Woman Husband Charged In Death Of North Arlington Woman Husband Charged In Death Of North Arlington Woman
Husband Charged In Death Of North Arlington Woman NORTH ARLINGTON, N.J. -- Charges were being prepared against a North Arlington man Friday night in the killing of his wife in their garden apartment, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal told Daily Voice. Authorities were withholding certain details while the victim's next of kin was notified, Grewal said. Daily Voice broke the news that a possible suspect was in custody after police and homicide detectives converged at the Riverview Gardens at 1 Garden Terrace in the early afternoon. Local police responded to a call for a welfare check from the complex's management and found the coup…

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Eastbound Route 3 Crash Ties Up Friday Evening Rush Eastbound Route 3 Crash Ties Up Friday Evening Rush Eastbound Route 3 Crash Ties Up Friday Evening Rush
Eastbound Route 3 Crash Ties Up Friday Evening Rush CLIFTON, N.J. -- A crash on eastbound Route 3 in Clifton left a sedan on its side and jammed traffic Friday afternoon. No serious injuries were immediately reported in the crash near Route 21 around 4:15 p.m.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen Community College Safety Officer Charged With Computer Theft Bergen Community College Safety Officer Charged With Computer Theft Bergen Community College Safety Officer Charged With Computer Theft
Bergen Community College Safety Officer Charged With Computer Theft PARAMUS, N.J. -- A Bergen County Community College public safety officer was charged with stealing a $1,900 computer from the Paramus campus, Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino said Friday morning. Joquann M. Montgomery, 30, of Paterson, was released without bail pending a court hearing after being arrested by Detective Brian Brian Rock of the sheriff's Bureau of Police Services on Thursday. Montgomery, who worked at the college for three years, was charged with burglary and theft, Saudino said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bridgeport, CT
Breaking News
Navy: F-35 Fighters Caused Sonic Booms Felt Along Connecticut Coast Navy: F-35 Fighters Caused Sonic Booms Felt Along Connecticut Coast Navy: F-35 Fighters Caused Sonic Booms Felt Along Connecticut Coast
Navy: F-35 Fighters Caused Sonic Booms Felt Along Connecticut Coast The sonic boom that rattled windows and led many people from Connecticut to New Jersey to believe there was an earthquake was caused by U.S. Navy test flights and maneuvers by F-35 strike fighters, the government said. Residents along the Connecticut shoreline reported feeling the tremors on Thursday afternoon. "House rumbled and windows creaked noisily in Fairfield, CT," said ggal ‏via Twitter @ggal67. Sean Ireland via Twitter ‏@irelandspi said, "I felt house shaking few times the past hour. Norwalk, CT." But it was actually aircraft from the Naval Air Station in Patu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Armonk, NY
Breaking News
F-35 Fighters Caused Sonic Booms Felt Along East Coast, Navy Says F-35 Fighters Caused Sonic Booms Felt Along East Coast, Navy Says F-35 Fighters Caused Sonic Booms Felt Along East Coast, Navy Says
F-35 Fighters Caused Sonic Booms Felt Along East Coast, Navy Says The sonic boom that people from South Jersey to Connecticut thought was an earthquake on Thursday occurred during U.S. Navy test flights and manuevers by F-35 strike fighters, the government said. Aircraft from Naval Air Station in Patuxent River "were conducting routine flight testing in the Atlantic Test Ranges [Thursday] afternoon that included activities which may have resulted in sonic booms," the 177th Fighter Wing in Egg Harbor Township reported. Objects traveling through the air faster than the 768 mph compress sound waves that cause explosion-like sounds and rumblings whe…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority Police Vet From West Milford Toasted At Final Roll Call Port Authority Police Vet From West Milford Toasted At Final Roll Call Port Authority Police Vet From West Milford Toasted At Final Roll Call
Port Authority Police Vet From West Milford Toasted At Final Roll Call WEST MILFORD, N.J. -- A Port Authority police veteran from West Milford who never let up on the job got a proper sendoff from colleagues after 35 years during final roll call at his Holland Tunnel post. Lt. Joseph Macaluso began his career with Clifton police in 1978 before moving to the Port Authority two years later. His first assignments was at JFK International Airport. "Joe Mac" worked his way up the ranks, beginning with a move to the Lincoln Tunnel, where he spent 18 years before he was promoted to sergeant and assigned to PATH, the authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. He ev…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
U.S. Navy: F-35 Fighters Caused Sonic Booms Felt From NJ To Connecticut U.S. Navy: F-35 Fighters Caused Sonic Booms Felt From NJ To Connecticut U.S. Navy: F-35 Fighters Caused Sonic Booms Felt From NJ To Connecticut
U.S. Navy: F-35 Fighters Caused Sonic Booms Felt From NJ To Connecticut The sonic boom that people from South Jersey to Connecticut thought was an earthquake on Thursday occurred during U.S. Navy test flights and manuevers by F-35 strike fighters, the government said. Aircraft from Naval Air Station in Patuxent River "were conducting routine flight testing in the Atlantic Test Ranges [Thursday] afternoon that included activities which may have resulted in sonic booms," the 177th Fighter Wing in Egg Harbor Township reported. Objects traveling through the air faster than the 768 mph compress sound waves that cause explosion-like sounds and rumblings whe…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Route 4 Crash In Teaneck Thickens Westbound Morning Rush Route 4 Crash In Teaneck Thickens Westbound Morning Rush Route 4 Crash In Teaneck Thickens Westbound Morning Rush
Route 4 Crash In Teaneck Thickens Westbound Morning Rush TEANECK, N.J. -- No serious injuries were reported in a Friday morning rush-hour crash on westwbound Route 4 in Teaneck. The crash occurred near the Queen Anne Road exit just after 7:30 a.m.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Police Quell Disturbance After Hackensack-Teaneck Basketball Game Police Quell Disturbance After Hackensack-Teaneck Basketball Game Police Quell Disturbance After Hackensack-Teaneck Basketball Game
Police Quell Disturbance After Hackensack-Teaneck Basketball Game HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Police made two arrests while breaking up a brawl Thursday night at Hackensack High School following a boys basketball game against rival Teaneck. A teenage attendee at Teaneck's 75-65 win refused medical attention and instead went to Hackensack University Medical Center claiming someone pepper-sprayed her. There were no other reported injuries, authorities said. Teaneck police provided mutual aid.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Washington Township man charged in DWI crashes — one with police car Washington Township man charged in DWI crashes — one with police car Washington Township man charged in DWI crashes — one with police car
Washington Township man charged in DWI crashes — one with police car A 60-year-old Washington Township man with a federal tax fraud conviction on his record was drunk Wednesday night when he crashed his mini-Cooper into a township police car, kept going and got into another accident in Westwood, authorities told Daily Voice. Stephen Chiolis was brought to HUMC at Pascack Valley, where blood was taken, Westwood Police Chief Frank Regino said. Authorities were awaiting results. Based on his condition, Chiolis was issued a summons for DWI pending those results, he said. READ MORE….

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