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
UPDATE: Bergenfield Woman Critically Wounded, Shooter At Large UPDATE: Bergenfield Woman Critically Wounded, Shooter At Large UPDATE: Bergenfield Woman Critically Wounded, Shooter At Large
Update: Bergenfield Woman Critically Wounded, Shooter At Large A man whom sources described as an emotionally disturbed boyfriend was being sought by authorities for shooting a 20-year-old Bergenfield woman several times this past weekend. Aaron Sierra, 22, whose last known whereabouts were in upstate New York, “should be considered armed and dangerous,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said in seeking the public’s help finding him Thursday night, May 25. The Bergenfield Volunteer Ambulance Corps rushed the victim to the trauma unit at Hackensack University Medical Center following the incident at 87 North Taylor Street at 6:50 p.m. Sunday, May 2…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Were Yours Contacted? Pedo Got Kids To Strip Online, Then Shared Screenshots: Bergen Prosecutor Were Yours Contacted? Pedo Got Kids To Strip Online, Then Shared Screenshots: Bergen Prosecutor Were Yours Contacted? Pedo Got Kids To Strip Online, Then Shared Screenshots: Bergen Prosecutor
Were Yours Contacted? Pedo Got Kids To Strip Online, Then Shared Screenshots: Bergen Prosecutor An unemployed Bergen County man paid children to strip during webchats so he could take screenshots that he then viewed and shared, authorities charged. Edward A. Torres, 23, tried destroying the evidence during a court-approved raid of his Union Place apartment off Harding Avenue, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Detectives from his Cyber Crimes Unit had learned that Torres “used the Internet to view, download, possess, and distribute items depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children,” the prosecutor said. He got children to produce some of those…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
SWAT Team Storms PalPark Apartment, Seizes Tenant Following Threats To Woman SWAT Team Storms PalPark Apartment, Seizes Tenant Following Threats To Woman SWAT Team Storms PalPark Apartment, Seizes Tenant Following Threats To Woman
SWAT Team Storms PalPark Apartment, Seizes Tenant Following Threats To Woman A nearly three-hour standoff ended when a SWAT team burst into a Palisades Park garden apartment and seized a man who authorities said harassed and threatened a woman. Officers brought a temporary restraining order to the Palisades Gardens apartment of Jonathan C. Hernandez, 32, off Bergen Boulevard shortly before 8 p.m. Friday, May 19. Based on the victim's complaint, they suspected that Hernandez might have been armed, responders said. Hernandez apparently refused to open the door and stopped communicating after a very brief text exchange, they said. After conferring with the Bergen Cou…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bogota Police Nab Wanted Ex-Con With Help From Bergen SWAT Bogota Police Nab Wanted Ex-Con With Help From Bergen SWAT Bogota Police Nab Wanted Ex-Con With Help From Bergen SWAT
Bogota Police Nab Wanted Ex-Con With Help From Bergen SWAT State rules prohibiting pursuits were still in effect when an ex-con wanted by Bogota police got away from them not once but twice. They still got the last laugh. Officers first stopped Andre Young, 30, in a rental vehicle this past March, Sgt. Geoffrey Cole said. He sped off, though, leaving them frustrated. A prohibition on pursuits that was enacted by the New Jersey Attorney General's Office in December 2020 amid concerns over public safety was still in effect, and Bogota police weren’t about to break the rules. It happened again in April when Young was spotted driving his girlfri…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
SCAM ALERT: 'Citizens Behind The Badge' Isn't Legit Police Fundraiser, Authorities Warn SCAM ALERT: 'Citizens Behind The Badge' Isn't Legit Police Fundraiser, Authorities Warn SCAM ALERT: 'Citizens Behind The Badge' Isn't Legit Police Fundraiser, Authorities Warn
Scam ALERT: 'Citizens Behind The Badge' Isn't Legit Police Fundraiser, Authorities Warn Lyndhurst police have become the latest local law enforcers to warn citizens of a direct mail scam that claims to have their support. A group called “Citizens Behind the Badge” trolls for victims through letters that seek “permission” to list the recipient as “a strong supporter of your local police who are helping to keep the [your town name] area safe.” You're offered a decal that says “I Stand With My Local Police,” which they say you can proudly display “on your car, a window in your home, or in a prominent location for all to see.” Just one more thing…. (here it comes): “CITIZEN…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
ROUTE 17 ROLLOVER: Driver, 21, Hospitalized, Summonsed ROUTE 17 ROLLOVER: Driver, 21, Hospitalized, Summonsed ROUTE 17 ROLLOVER: Driver, 21, Hospitalized, Summonsed
Route 17 Rollover: Driver, 21, Hospitalized, Summonsed UPDATE: A 21-year-old driver who rolled his Charger on Route 17 in Hasbrouck Heights was hospitalized and given a summons, authorities said. Northbound Route 17 was closed from Moonachie Avenue for about two hours after the Dodge and a BMW M34 collided just south of Franklin Avenue at 10:10 p.m. Thursday, May 18, Police Lt. John Behr said. The Charger driver -- who lives in Mays Landing -- got out under his own steam and was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that the lieutenant said weren't considered life-threatening. He received a summons for reckless driving, B…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Ridgewood Woman Had Young Son In Car When She Slashed BF In Fair Lawn, Police Say Ridgewood Woman Had Young Son In Car When She Slashed BF In Fair Lawn, Police Say Ridgewood Woman Had Young Son In Car When She Slashed BF In Fair Lawn, Police Say
Ridgewood Woman Had Young Son In Car When She Slashed BF In Fair Lawn, Police Say UPDATE: A 22-year-old Ridgewood woman had her 4-year-old son in the back seat when she slashed her boyfriend with a knife in her car Thursday night in Fair Lawn, authorities confirmed. Trinity Rodriguez fled the parking lot of Fairlawn Industries, leaving the victim behind, but was nabbed by borough police a few blocks away, they said. The victim, 27, from Garfield, held a gauze pad to his bleeding arm while talking with responding officers on the other side of Maple Avenue from the Craftsman restaurant around 7:45 p.m. May 18. He eventually got into a Fair Lawn ambulance and was taken to…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: Knife-Wielding Woman Slashes BF In Fair Lawn, Flees With Son, 4 UPDATE: Knife-Wielding Woman Slashes BF In Fair Lawn, Flees With Son, 4 UPDATE: Knife-Wielding Woman Slashes BF In Fair Lawn, Flees With Son, 4
Update: Knife-Wielding Woman Slashes BF In Fair Lawn, Flees With Son, 4 UPDATE: A 22-year-old Ridgewood woman had her 4-year-old son in the back seat when she slashed her boyfriend with a knife in her car Thursday night in Fair Lawn, authorities confirmed. Trinity Rodriguez fled the parking lot of Fairlawn Industries, leaving the victim behind, but was nabbed by borough police a few blocks away, they said. The victim, 27, from Garfield, held a gauze pad to his bleeding arm while talking with responding officers on the other side of Maple Avenue from the Craftsman restaurant around 7:45 p.m. May 18. He eventually got into a Fair Lawn ambulance and was taken to…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Money For Nothing? Bergen Detectives Bust NY State Duo With $155K Secret Stash Money For Nothing? Bergen Detectives Bust NY State Duo With $155K Secret Stash Money For Nothing? Bergen Detectives Bust NY State Duo With $155K Secret Stash
Money For Nothing? Bergen Detectives Bust NY State Duo With $155K Secret Stash Two New York State men went to great lengths to stash $155,000 in cash that Bergen County prosecutor’s detectives sniffed out and seized, authorities said. Rochester residents Luis J. Hernandez-Perez, 23, and Jose A. Perez-Perez, 20, will have to prove there was nothing skanky about a “sophisticated, electronically operated hidden compartment” that Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said members of his Narcotic Task Force found during a traffic stop on Wednesday, May 17. Otherwise, they’ll not only face fines and criminal records – they’ll also lose the dough. Hernandez-Perez, who was d…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
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Should Be No Problem Guessing What Happened At This Wallington Convenience Store Should Be No Problem Guessing What Happened At This Wallington Convenience Store Should Be No Problem Guessing What Happened At This Wallington Convenience Store
Should Be No Problem Guessing What Happened At This Wallington Convenience Store Yep -- she hit the gas instead of the brake, police said. A 58-year-old East Rutherford driver escaped serious injury -- as did anyone else who was nearby -- when her BMW sedan crashed through the front of the Krauszer's in Wallington during lunchtime, responders said. The woman claimed that she was "attempting to park her vehicle when she pressed the accelerator instead of the brake" just after noon on Wednesday, May 17, Police Chief Carmello Imbruglia said. The BMW took out the entire front window of the Krauszer's on Locust Avenue in Wallington.Kyle Mazza/UNF News for DAILY VOICE Th…

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