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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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Woman, 78, Found Dead In Snow-Covered Car At Hackensack Burger King Woman, 78, Found Dead In Snow-Covered Car At Hackensack Burger King Woman, 78, Found Dead In Snow-Covered Car At Hackensack Burger King
Woman, 78, Found Dead In Snow-Covered Car At Hackensack Burger King HACKENSACK, N.J. -- The body of a 78-year-old New York State woman who told Burger King employees she was afraid to drive home in the snow Friday night was found in her car early Monday. "The keys weren't in the ignition and the tailpipe wasn't covered, so that didn't have anything to do with it," city Police Director Michael Mordaga told Daily Voice. Frances McQuaige of Medford, N.Y., died of a heart attack, the Bergen County Medical Examiner found. The woman "told employees at the Burger King that she was afraid to drive in the snow," Mordaga said. "No one called…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Weather
Exhaust From Snow-Blocked Tailpipe Kills Passaic Mom, 1-Year-Old Son Exhaust From Snow-Blocked Tailpipe Kills Passaic Mom, 1-Year-Old Son Exhaust From Snow-Blocked Tailpipe Kills Passaic Mom, 1-Year-Old Son
Exhaust From Snow-Blocked Tailpipe Kills Passaic Mom, 1-Year-Old Son UPDATE: A Passaic mother and her 1-year-old boy were killed and a 3-year-old daughter hospitalized in critical condition from carbon monoxide poisoning during Winter Storm Jonas on Saturday night while sitting in a car with a tailpipe blocked by snow, police said. "The father was shoveling them out and the wife and two kids wanted to stay in the to stay warm," Detective Andy White told Daily Voice. "The exhaust pipe of the 2000 Mazda was blocked by snow, sending carbon monoxide into the vehicle." Emergency responders conducted CPR on the 23-year-old Brinkerhoff Place mom…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
NJ Officials Urge Consumers To Report Post-Jonas Price Gouging NJ Officials Urge Consumers To Report Post-Jonas Price Gouging NJ Officials Urge Consumers To Report Post-Jonas Price Gouging
NJ Officials Urge Consumers To Report Post-Jonas Price Gouging As you return to routine following Winter Storm Jonas, don't hesitate to file complaints if you're subjected to price gouging, New Jersey authorities urged.New Jersey’s price gouging law "prohibits excessive price increases during a declared state of emergency, or for 30 days after the termination of the state of emergency," acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman said.Excessive price increases are defined as 10% higher than goods and services cost during the normal course of business prior to the state of emergency -- unless the increase can be attributed to the seller’s own increa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Weather
Snow Kidding: Bergen Brothers Tackle Jonas Snow Kidding: Bergen Brothers Tackle Jonas Snow Kidding: Bergen Brothers Tackle Jonas
Snow Kidding: Bergen Brothers Tackle Jonas DEMAREST, N.J. -- Ten-year-old brothers Riley and Jack Renke grabbed shovels on Saturday to help their dad clear snow. "It wasn't really heavy when we started, but now it's heavy and wet," Riley told Daily Voice early Saturday afternoon. Despite their age, Jack said he wanted to drive the plow -- or at least be able to run the snow blower. "He can use a shovel for now," said their dad, Steve, who owns and operates Demarest Pizza. "And spread some salt." "It's nice that they can spend time together," said their mother, Moira Sullivan Renke. 

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
What you need to know about NJ state of emergency What you need to know about NJ state of emergency What you need to know about NJ state of emergency
What you need to know about NJ state of emergency Have questions about what happens during the state of emergency declared by Gov. Christie as a powerful coastal storm New Jersey bore down on New Jersey? The state Office of Emergency Management has the answers. The “smartest thing” people can do is stay home, Christie said, in authorizing emergency management and law enforcement authorities to take the necessary measures to protect the citizenry. Justin Auciello of Newsworks.org organized a Q&A: READ MORE….

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Nurses Deliver Baby In HackensackUMC Parking Garage Nurses Deliver Baby In HackensackUMC Parking Garage Nurses Deliver Baby In HackensackUMC Parking Garage
Nurses Deliver Baby In HackensackUMC Parking Garage HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Almost counted when nurses from Hackensack University Medical Center delivered a baby boy in the hospital parking garage. Selis and Mustafa Tavsancil of Edgewater were headed to meet their obstetrician after the mom began having contractions early Thursday. The couple was walking toward the parking garage elevator at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital at HUMC around 7 a.m. when junior began making his entrance, spokeswoman Sheri Hensley said. “She just stopped and said she was in too much pain,” said Mustafa Tavsancil. “She told me 'The baby is coming. I can feel his h…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Weather
What Does The NJ State Of Emergency Mean For You? What Does The NJ State Of Emergency Mean For You? What Does The NJ State Of Emergency Mean For You?
What Does The NJ State Of Emergency Mean For You? Have questions about what happens during the state of emergency declared by Gov. Christie as a powerful coastal storm New Jersey bore down on New Jersey? The state Office of Emergency Management has the answers. The "smartest thing" people can do is stay home, Christie said, in authorizing emergency management and law enforcement authorities to take the necessary measures to protect the citizenry. Justin Auciello of Newsworks.org organized a Q&A: Q: Can I drive? NJOEM: "The Governor's declaration does not normally restrict citizen movements or activities." READ MO…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
NJ Markets Pull Dole Salads After Listeria Kills One, Hospitalizes 12 NJ Markets Pull Dole Salads After Listeria Kills One, Hospitalizes 12 NJ Markets Pull Dole Salads After Listeria Kills One, Hospitalizes 12
NJ Markets Pull Dole Salads After Listeria Kills One, Hospitalizes 12 Supermarkets in North Jersey on Friday pulled Dole packaged salads from their shelves amid a multistate listeria outbreak that killed one person and sent a dozen others to hospitals. The Ohio Department of Agriculture found the listeria in Dole-branded Field Greens salad made in a processing center in Springfield, said the Centers for Disease Control. The salads are also sold under the Dole, Fresh Selections, Simple Truth, Marketside, The Little Salad Bar and President's Choice brand names. They can be identified by the letter "A" at the beginning of the manufacturing code found …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Same Burglar Likely In Pair Of Neighborhood Break-Ins, Wyckoff Police Say Same Burglar Likely In Pair Of Neighborhood Break-Ins, Wyckoff Police Say Same Burglar Likely In Pair Of Neighborhood Break-Ins, Wyckoff Police Say
Same Burglar Likely In Pair Of Neighborhood Break-Ins, Wyckoff Police Say WYCKOFF, N.J. -- Wyckoff police were investigating a pair of burglaries in the same neighborhood. The first call, at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, came from a Newtown Road resident who said she came home after being out for the day to find her front door forced open, Police Chief Benjamin C. Fox said Friday. Friday morning, a housekeeper arriving at a Hillside Avenue home that had been unoccupied for several days found the rear door of the house forced open, the chief said. "It appears that these burglaries may have been committed by the same person(s) and was done during the daylight hours [Th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson Heroin Kingpin Gets 13 Years In Federal Prison Paterson Heroin Kingpin Gets 13 Years In Federal Prison Paterson Heroin Kingpin Gets 13 Years In Federal Prison
Paterson Heroin Kingpin Gets 13 Years In Federal Prison PATERSON, N.J. -- A federal judge in Trenton sentenced a Paterson drug kingpin to 13 years in prison Friday for his role as "the primary heroin supplier for a criminal street gang that used threats, intimidation and violence to maintain control of the illegal heroin trade in Atlantic City," U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman said. Mark Frye, 35, previously pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute more than one kilogram of heroin. There is no parole in federal prison. Fishman said Frye and Maurice Thomas, 34, also of Paterson, worked together in a sophisticated drug distribution sche…

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