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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Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
New Milford Police Officer Finds 22 Bags Of Crack, Arrests Teaneck Driver New Milford Police Officer Finds 22 Bags Of Crack, Arrests Teaneck Driver New Milford Police Officer Finds 22 Bags Of Crack, Arrests Teaneck Driver
New Milford Police Officer Finds 22 Bags Of Crack, Arrests Teaneck Driver NEW MILFORD, N.J. -- A routine New Milford police traffic stop led to the discovery of 22 small bags of crack cocaine and the arrest of the Teaneck driver. Officer Vincent Siekierski stopped the car for having an obstructed rear license plate just before 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, Detective Kevin Van Saders told Daily Voice. After talking with Siekierski, 25-year-old Kevin Kea Jr. retrieved a larger bag containing the smaller ones, as well as $636 in cash, he said. Kea was being held on $75,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with possession with the intent to distribute the crack, among o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Garfield Man Drops Kitchen Tool After Officer Pulls Taser Garfield Man Drops Kitchen Tool After Officer Pulls Taser Garfield Man Drops Kitchen Tool After Officer Pulls Taser
Garfield Man Drops Kitchen Tool After Officer Pulls Taser GARFIELD, N.J. -- A Garfield police officer pulled out his Taser to convince a repeat offender awaiting trial on drug charges to drop a meat tenderizer he'd used to beat an "acquaintance" moments earlier, authorities told Daily Voice. Officers responding to a report of a Saturday night fight on Farnham Avenue found Vincent Barbarino, 30, standing in the street, bleeding from his face, the shiny instrument in his hand, Capt. Darren Sucorowski said Wednesday. "They told him to drop it several times and he refused," Sucorowski said. "Finally, an officer pulled out his …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Store Owner Robbed Of $3,000 At Elmwood Park Motel Store Owner Robbed Of $3,000 At Elmwood Park Motel Store Owner Robbed Of $3,000 At Elmwood Park Motel
Store Owner Robbed Of $3,000 At Elmwood Park Motel ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. - A Paterson convenience store owner from Haledon was robbed of $3,000 in cash at an Elmwood Park motel at knifepoint by a con man who expressed interest in buying his business, police said. The 52-year-old owner told police he was carrying the money Tuesday night when he left the store with the man, whom he knew only as Ali of Newark, Police Chief Michael Foligno told Daily Voice. Ali -- who had visited the store over the past several weeks to talk about a purchase -- then asked him for a ride to the train station, the owner said. Along the way, Foligno said, Ali told t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Weather
Keep Coats, Gloves Ready, Bergen: Here Comes The Freeze Keep Coats, Gloves Ready, Bergen: Here Comes The Freeze Keep Coats, Gloves Ready, Bergen: Here Comes The Freeze
Keep Coats, Gloves Ready, Bergen: Here Comes The Freeze You thought that was cold? January is planning payback for a historically warm December in New Jersey. And February is ready to pile on. After what will be a relatively mild weekend -- albeit with rain -- the colder air is coming to stay, same as it did the past two frigid winters, forecasters warn. The warmth will trigger the Polar Vortex to the north, which will high-tail it through a jet stream down the East Coast. Accuweather says that could bring us below-average temperatures for at least a week. While that's happening, El Niño will whip a series of storms from the Pacific Ocean inlan…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Wyckoff Police Nab Fugitives Fleeing CVS Wyckoff Police Nab Fugitives Fleeing CVS Wyckoff Police Nab Fugitives Fleeing CVS
Wyckoff Police Nab Fugitives Fleeing CVS WYCKOFF, N.J. -- A couple accused of stealing a laser pointer from a local CVS might have had a quick getaway -- if only they hadn'd locked their keys in their car, Wyckoff police said. Responding Officer Kyle Ferreira found Robyn R. Verga, 27, of Garfield, using a coat hanger to try and pop the lock on the car door outside the Franklin Avenue pharmacy, Police Chief Benjamin C. Fox said. Verga and her companion, Jordan R. Stevens, also 27, of Prospect Park, then gave backup Officers William Plisch and James Bakelaar "different stories about their purpose for being there," Fox said…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Wrong-way Holland Tunnel driver chased down Wrong-way Holland Tunnel driver chased down Wrong-way Holland Tunnel driver chased down
Wrong-way Holland Tunnel driver chased down BEYOND BERGEN: A Queens man drove a quarter-mile through the Holland Tunnel the wrong way from the New York side before a maintenance worker intercepted and stopped him — then pulled a U-turn and led police on a chase for several blocks, authorities said. Jamie Proano, 29, of Woodside, had watery and bloodshot eyes and smelled of alcohol when he was stopped at the corner of Varick and Laight streets around 1:10 a.m., Joseph Pentangelo of the Port Authority Police told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “Fortunately, traffic was held at the time on the New Jersey side for Port Authority maintenance” when Pr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Rochelle Park Police Seeking Dispatcher Rochelle Park Police Seeking Dispatcher Rochelle Park Police Seeking Dispatcher
Rochelle Park Police Seeking Dispatcher ROCHELLE PARK, N.J. -- Rochelle Park police are hiring a full-time overnight dispatcher. Applicants must have certifications in emergency medical dispatch and basic telecommunications. Experience in police dispatching is strongly preferred. The vacancy is for the 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. shift. Salary range: $30,000 to $45,000, plus 14 holidays paid at time and a half. Full medical, dental, prescription plan. Requirements: • 18 years or older • U.S. citizen • Able to read and write English well, intelligently • High school diploma or equivalent • Good moral character • No criminal convicti…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Local Bergen Police Help Nab 3 In Connection With Hawthorne Armed Robbery Local Bergen Police Help Nab 3 In Connection With Hawthorne Armed Robbery Local Bergen Police Help Nab 3 In Connection With Hawthorne Armed Robbery
Local Bergen Police Help Nab 3 In Connection With Hawthorne Armed Robbery HAWTHORNE, N.J. -- Police who converged on the area after an armed robbery Tuesday night in Hawthorne took three men into custody moments later, law enforcement sources told Daily Voice. Police grabbed at least one of the suspects on Diamond Bridge Avenue following the holdup in the area of Maitland Avenue that reportedly involved three men with handguns. "It looked like they may have been headed toward [Paterson]," one responder told Daily Voice. Glen Rock, Midland Park and Ridgewood police were among the responders. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Worker Flown To HUMC After River Vale Construction Site Fall Worker Flown To HUMC After River Vale Construction Site Fall Worker Flown To HUMC After River Vale Construction Site Fall
Worker Flown To Humc After River Vale Construction Site Fall RIVER VALE, N.J. -- Emergency responders used a Stokes basket to rescue a North Carolina man who fell nine feet from a window sill at a River Vale construction site Tuesday afternoon. The 58-year-old victim was taken by ambulance to HackensackUMC at Pascack Valley in Westwood and then flown by AirMed One to the main campus after he slipped and fell onto the concrete floor below around 3:10 p.m., Detective Sgt. John DeVoe said. River Vale police officers and firefighters, Old Tappan Volunteer Ambulance Corps members and an HUMC paramedic unit responded. Rescuers descended into the construct…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Leonia Police Collect 70 Pounds Of Unused Medications In Quarter Leonia Police Collect 70 Pounds Of Unused Medications In Quarter Leonia Police Collect 70 Pounds Of Unused Medications In Quarter
Leonia Police Collect 70 Pounds Of Unused Medications In Quarter LEONIA, N.J. -- Leonia police, after taking in 70 pounds of unused, unwanted or expired medicines in the last quarter of 2015, remind citizens that they continue to do so around the clock. "Project Medicine Drop," sponsored by more than 100 police departments, sheriff’s offices and State Police barracks, allows citizens to dispose of prescription drugs anonymously, no questions asked, any time of day. “We are seeing [a] strong and growing demand from New Jersey residents who understand the potential dangers posed by unused medications, and who wish to dispose of them safely and se…

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