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
Maywood Man In Police Shooting Moved From Hospital To Jail Maywood Man In Police Shooting Moved From Hospital To Jail Maywood Man In Police Shooting Moved From Hospital To Jail
Maywood Man In Police Shooting Moved From Hospital To Jail ROCHELLE PARK, N.J. -- A Maywood man shot by police in Rochelle Park was being held on $250,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail after being transferred from the hospital last week. Matthew Chaseman, 46, is charged with two counts of attempting to cause bodily injury to the two officers who found him after he'd crashed his car outside a Route 17 building that houses the Bergen County Office of Social Services on Dec. 14. He also was charged with weapons possession for a BB gun that former Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said had its orange tip painted black. Chaseman had crashed h…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
State Authorities Cite NJ Pet Shops For Violations State Authorities Cite NJ Pet Shops For Violations State Authorities Cite NJ Pet Shops For Violations
State Authorities Cite NJ Pet Shops For Violations The New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs has cited pet shops throughout the State for failing to comply with laws designed to protect consumers from purchasing unhealthy pets. “Providing consumers with information about the breeder and the animal’s veterinary history allows consumers to make educated choices in purchasing a pet for their family,” acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman said. “Pet shops that don’t provide this vital information are breaking the law and denying consumers the ability to fully research this important decision.” All of the pet shops that received notices were…

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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Fairview Police Bust Fort Lee Man On Heroin, Oxy Charges Fairview Police Bust Fort Lee Man On Heroin, Oxy Charges Fairview Police Bust Fort Lee Man On Heroin, Oxy Charges
Fairview Police Bust Fort Lee Man On Heroin, Oxy Charges FAIRVIEW, N.J. -- A routine Fairview police traffic stop led to the arrest of a Fort Lee man on drug charges. Christopher Alvarez, 31, was carrying 72 folds of heroin, four Oxycodone pills, $788 in cash and drug paraphernalia when he was stopped by Officer Nicholas Leto just after noon Saturday in front of Lincoln School on Anderson Avenue, Deputy Police Chief Martin Kahn told Daily Voice. Alvarez was charged with various drug distribution and possession charges and was issued several motor vehicle summonses, Kahn said. He was being held on $35,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Monsey, NY
Breaking News
Police Officer Chases Down Shoplifter Who Assaulted Guard In Paramus Police Officer Chases Down Shoplifter Who Assaulted Guard In Paramus Police Officer Chases Down Shoplifter Who Assaulted Guard In Paramus
Police Officer Chases Down Shoplifter Who Assaulted Guard In Paramus PARAMUS, N.J. -- What began as a New Year's Eve shoplifting became a robbery when a Rockland County man grabbed a security guard by the neck and threw him to the ground, Paramus police said. Donnie L. Broadnx, 46, fled the Target store but was spotted by Officer Mark Pinajian fleeing the Outlets at Bergen Town Center toward Maywood on Spring Valley Avenue around noon Thursday, Deputy Police Chief Robert Guidetti said. Broandnax circled back into he mall through the parking lot, but Pinajian found him hiding behind a clothing rack, the deputy chief said. He was carrying a magnetic anti-theft…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Pompton Plains Man Charged In Fatal Crash Found Dead At Home Pompton Plains Man Charged In Fatal Crash Found Dead At Home Pompton Plains Man Charged In Fatal Crash Found Dead At Home
Pompton Plains Man Charged In Fatal Crash Found Dead At Home POMPTON PLAINS, N.J. -- A Pompton Plains man who police said was drunk when his car slammed head-on into an SUV on a Wayne street, killing the other driver, was found dead at his home Friday, Pequannock police told NorthJersey.com. No cause of death was immediately given, NorthJersey.com reported. Jeffrey A. Afflitto, 31, was fleeing another crash when his 2013 Acura TSX slammed into a 1997 GMC Jimmy driven by 63-year-old Paul J. Amarose of Oak Ridge on Newark Pompton Turnpike on Oct. 22, authorities said at the time. Amarose was pronounced dead at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in P…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Upper Saddle River Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting Girl At Home Upper Saddle River Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting Girl At Home Upper Saddle River Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting Girl At Home
Upper Saddle River Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting Girl At Home UPPER SADDLE RIVER, N.J. -- An Upper Saddle River man was charged with sexually assaulting a girl after a New Year's Eve party at his home. Donald G. McKaba, 52, was ordered held on $150,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with sexual assault, criminal sexual contact and child endangerment. On Friday, "a juvenile female reported to the Upper Saddle River Police Department that she was sexually assaulted by a man inside his residence after a New Year’s Eve party," Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said. "Detectives of the Upper Saddle River Police Department n…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Gridlock Chokes Access To Garden State Plaza In Paramus: Seek Alternatives Gridlock Chokes Access To Garden State Plaza In Paramus: Seek Alternatives Gridlock Chokes Access To Garden State Plaza In Paramus: Seek Alternatives
Gridlock Chokes Access To Garden State Plaza In Paramus: Seek Alternatives PARAMUS, N.J. -- Traffic at and around the Garden State Plaza in Paramus remained gridlocked Saturday night. Full parking area thickened traffic so much throughout the day that some access roads became virtual parking lots themselves, motorists reported. Reader Kevin Holz advised parking at the ShopRite on Passaic Street. It's a short walk from there to the movie theaters, he said If you're picking someone up, added, Jean LaMothe Hegg: "I would have them walk to either Paramus Road (Boom Burger) or up to Farview (Rochelle Ave) and Passaic St. (Dairy Queen, 7-11)."

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Elmwood Park Gas Station Robber Could Be Same Who Struck Christmas Eve Elmwood Park Gas Station Robber Could Be Same Who Struck Christmas Eve Elmwood Park Gas Station Robber Could Be Same Who Struck Christmas Eve
Elmwood Park Gas Station Robber Could Be Same Who Struck Christmas Eve ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. -- Elmwood Park police suspect a man who held up a gas station on New Year's Night is the same one who robbed a nearby Subway on Christmas Eve. The 25-year-old attendant was shaken up but not injured after the robber -- wearing a ski mask and a grey hoodie -- entered the booth between the pumps at the Broadway Delta just before 9 p.m. Friday, pointed a handgun at him and threatened to shoot, Police Chief Michael Foligno told Daily Voice. He gave the robber $306, Foligno said. A resident reported seeing a man jump over a nearby fence and into a parking lot facing Orange A…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Leonia Man In Fort Lee Hit-Run, Cliffside Park Crash Was DWI Police: Leonia Man In Fort Lee Hit-Run, Cliffside Park Crash Was DWI Police: Leonia Man In Fort Lee Hit-Run, Cliffside Park Crash Was DWI
Police: Leonia Man In Fort Lee Hit-Run, Cliffside Park Crash Was DWI CLIFFSIDE PARK, N.J. -- A Leonia man was under the influence when he fled a New Year's Eve hit-and-run crash in Fort Lee before slamming a car he took without the owner's permission into another vehicle in Cliffside Park, authorities said. Andrew Chung, 18, was taken into custody by officers responding to the head-on crash at the corner of Palisade and Lawton avenues just after 7 p.m. Thursday, Cliffside Park Police Chief Rich Gaito told Daily Voice on Friday. They also seized marijuana and drug paraphernalia, he said. Chung was taken to Palisades Medical Center, where he consented to prov…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Driver Arrested For DWI After Rollover Crash On Route 287 In Mahwah Driver Arrested For DWI After Rollover Crash On Route 287 In Mahwah Driver Arrested For DWI After Rollover Crash On Route 287 In Mahwah
Driver Arrested For DWI After Rollover Crash On Route 287 In Mahwah MAHWAH, N.J. -- A driver was arrested for being under the influence on New Year's Eve after her car collided with an SUV, sending it rolling, on Route 287 in Mahwah. The SUV rolled from the southbound side to the northboud lanes, then over a guardrail, responders told Daily Voice. A medical chopper was called because of what appeared to be a lot of blood -- but was actually sauce from a tray of chicken wings, they said. Two occupants were extricated and taken to a local hospital with injuries that responders said weren't life-threatening.

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