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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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Elmwood Park Police Arrest 2 Men On Heroin Charges Twice In Same Day Elmwood Park Police Arrest 2 Men On Heroin Charges Twice In Same Day Elmwood Park Police Arrest 2 Men On Heroin Charges Twice In Same Day
Elmwood Park Police Arrest 2 Men On Heroin Charges Twice In Same Day ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. -- Elmwood Park police arrested two Orange County, N.Y. men twice on the same street -- on the same day. 2:43 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 2: Jonathan Piazza, 26, and Michael Rodriguez, 28, both of Monroe, were arrested on Locust Street and charged with carrying 20 envelopes of heroin and drug paraphernalia, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. Both were released on court summonses. 8:55 p.m.: Officers arrest both men with another 20 bags of heroin. Both are again released on court summonses.

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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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Trio Indicted In Edgewater, Fort Lee Club Drug Bust Trio Indicted In Edgewater, Fort Lee Club Drug Bust Trio Indicted In Edgewater, Fort Lee Club Drug Bust
Trio Indicted In Edgewater, Fort Lee Club Drug Bust FORT LEE, N.J. -- A trio from Fort Lee and Edgewater who police said they caught with three pounds of dangerous club drugs were indicted by a grand jury in Hackensack. Authorities said one of them, Fernando Bautista, tossed nearly a pound of MDMA into the Hudson River while investigators were executing a search warrant at his City Place apartment in Edgewater. If sold on the street, it would have fetched an estimated $16,000, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli. Detectives said they seized more than two pounds of Ethylone, a club drug commonly used as a substitute for Molly, while a…

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Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Get Answers In Lodi Before Monday Medicare Deadline Get Answers In Lodi Before Monday Medicare Deadline Get Answers In Lodi Before Monday Medicare Deadline
Get Answers In Lodi Before Monday Medicare Deadline LODI, N.J. -- With the annual Medicare annual enrollment period ending Monday, Dec. 7, Absolute Insurance Management is keeping its Lodi office open later this weekend. "We have scheduled meetings at the agency at the request of many local physicians, pharmacies and others to stay open late to accommodate their patients," President and CEO Robert Nicholas Frank told Daily Voice. "We have scheduled times daily at 10 a.m., 1 p.m., 3:30 p.m. and 6 p.m.," Frank said. "Agents will also be available to sit one on one during these sessions to go on Medicare.gov and evaluat…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson Drug Kingpin Gets 24 Years For Leading Distribution Network Paterson Drug Kingpin Gets 24 Years For Leading Distribution Network Paterson Drug Kingpin Gets 24 Years For Leading Distribution Network
Paterson Drug Kingpin Gets 24 Years For Leading Distribution Network SOUTH PASSAIC, N.J. -- A Paterson drug kingpin was sentenced to 24 years in state prison -- half of it without parole -- for leading a ring that distributed large amounts of heroin and cocaine to city stash houses. Otis Clyburn, 46, pleaded guilty on June 19 to possessing heroin with the intent to distribute, conspiracy and money laundering. Deputy Attorney General Amy Sieminski prosecuted Clyburn and handled the sentencing for the Division of Criminal Justice Gangs & Organized Crime Bureau Clyburn was arrested during a major investigation by the New Jersey State Police Street Gangs No…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Former Bergen Democratic Chief Ferriero Gets Three Years For Kickbacks Former Bergen Democratic Chief Ferriero Gets Three Years For Kickbacks Former Bergen Democratic Chief Ferriero Gets Three Years For Kickbacks
Former Bergen Democratic Chief Ferriero Gets Three Years For Kickbacks HACKENSACK, N.J. -- The former chairman of the Bergen County Democratic Organization (BCDO), was sentenced Friday to 35 months in prison for his role in a racketeering scheme involving fraud and soliciting and accepting bribes as a party official. Federal jurors deliberated four days before convicting Joseph A. Ferriero, 58, in April 2015 following an eight-week trial in U.S. District Court in Newark. “The sentence handed down today to Joseph Ferriero is the final result of his running a local political organization as a criminal enterprise,” U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman said. “He used hi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Edgewater Tenant Charged With Forging Landloard E-Mails To Avoid Eviction Edgewater Tenant Charged With Forging Landloard E-Mails To Avoid Eviction Edgewater Tenant Charged With Forging Landloard E-Mails To Avoid Eviction
Edgewater Tenant Charged With Forging Landloard E-Mails To Avoid Eviction EDGEWATER, N.J. -- An Edgewater man facing eviction forged emails from his landlord and presented them to a judge, said authorities who charged him with forgery, perjury and impersonation. Konstadinos Peppas, a 38-year-old credit card processor, remained held on $25,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail pending a Dec. 17 arraignment in Central Municipal Court in Hackensack following his arrest Thursday. Peppas, who's been living at the Promenade off River Road, told a judge in August that he "received permission from his landlord to postpone eviction proceedings" via voicemail and em…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
SUV Plows Through Garfield School Window SUV Plows Through Garfield School Window SUV Plows Through Garfield School Window
SUV Plows Through Garfield School Window GARFIELD, N.J. -- An employee returning from lunch Friday crashed her SUV through the basement window of the James Madison School in Garfield. Two teachers who were in the office sustained minor injuries but went to the hospital as a precuation, Lt. Richard Uram told Daily Voice. The driver refused medical attention, he said. "It's unclear exactly what happened, but she was pulling into the lot when the SUV went through the metal-grade window," the lieutenant said Two classrooms above the office were evacuated as a precaution, but Uram said the building was fine. "It didn'…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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Old Tappan Man, 76, Charged With Leaving Crash Injuring Hillsdale Woman, 70 Old Tappan Man, 76, Charged With Leaving Crash Injuring Hillsdale Woman, 70 Old Tappan Man, 76, Charged With Leaving Crash Injuring Hillsdale Woman, 70
Old Tappan Man, 76, Charged With Leaving Crash Injuring Hillsdale Woman, 70 HILLSDALE, N.J. -- A 76-year-old Old Tappan driver was charged with leaving the scene of a crash that severely injured a 70-year-old Hillsdale woman as she crossed the street on Monday. Wesley Evans, 76, told police that he didn't know he'd hit anyone after his pickup struck Tianhua Feng just after 8 a.m. Monday on Piermont Avenue in front of Pascack Valley High School. Feng was flown by medical chopper to Hackensack University Medical Center and was most recently listed in stable condition, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said Friday. Evans, meanwhile, continuing driving west o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Simple 'Thank You' Touches Rochelle Park Police Chief Simple 'Thank You' Touches Rochelle Park Police Chief Simple 'Thank You' Touches Rochelle Park Police Chief
Simple 'Thank You' Touches Rochelle Park Police Chief ROCHELLE PARK, N.J. -- Sometimes it's the simplest things that make his job special -- like a recent Facebook comment from an appreciative resident -- Rochelle Park Police Chief Robert Flannelly said. "Being a small town, we don't have all the optons and luxuries afforded to the larger ones that surround us," says the post, with a photo of a borough police cruiser passing a local ballfield. "But we have a very strong sense of community in our little town. "Every time a tragedy occurs, like the one in California, our police force makes it a point to let us know that they …

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Northern Highlands, NJ
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Upper Saddle River PBA Helps Fulfill Needy Children's Christmas Wish Lists Upper Saddle River PBA Helps Fulfill Needy Children's Christmas Wish Lists Upper Saddle River PBA Helps Fulfill Needy Children's Christmas Wish Lists
Upper Saddle River PBA Helps Fulfill Needy Children's Christmas Wish Lists UPPER SADDLE RIVER, N.J. -- For the seventh consecutive year, the Upper Saddle River Local PBA Local 218 participated in Center of United Methodist Aid to the Community’s Christmas Wish List Program. The program provides holiday gifts to children who reside in shelters, live in poverty, or deal with illnesses. Local 218 sponsored several children of all ages. The gifts provided included infant toys, dolls, makeup, sweat suits, hats, and jackets. CUMAC is located in Paterson and runs Passaic County's largest food pantry, as well as several programs dedicated to alleviating hunger and pove…

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