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.

Jerry DeMarco's Contributions

Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Teaneck Man, Associate, Nabbed in Burglaries Teaneck Man, Associate, Nabbed in Burglaries Teaneck Man, Associate, Nabbed in Burglaries
Teaneck Man, Associate, Nabbed in Burglaries TEANECK, N.J. -- A Teaneck man and an alleged accomplice from South Jersey were being held on $500,000 bail each in the Bergen County Jail in connection with a series of high-end home burglaries in Edgewater, Fort Lee, River Edge and elsewhere. An Edgewater resident got an investigation started last month by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Special Investigations Squad after calling local police with a license plate number of a suspicious car in the neighborhood, authorities said. The car belonged to Derek Edwards, 49, of Teaneck, who River Edge police suspected in a high-end residential burg…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Elmwood Park Police Arrest 7 In Day's Worth Of Drug Busts Elmwood Park Police Arrest 7 In Day's Worth Of Drug Busts Elmwood Park Police Arrest 7 In Day's Worth Of Drug Busts
Elmwood Park Police Arrest 7 In Day's Worth Of Drug Busts ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. -- Elmwood Park police made seven drug-related arrests in one day Tuesday, nearly all related to heroin. Those arrested: Anthony Higgins, 18, and Jonathon Eyzaguirre, 19, both of Elmwood Park, who were charged with marijuana possession after being stopped on Market Street,Police Chief Michael Foligno said; Alex Dinev, 30, of Palisades Park, and Danielle Marttine, 25, of Ridgefield, who were charged with possession of 20 bags of heroin and five of crack cocaine, along with having drug paraphernalia, the chief said; Matthew Plotnick of Pomona and Scott Statham of Suffern,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Bee Sting Eyed In Exterminator's Death On Roof Of Franklin Lakes Temple Bee Sting Eyed In Exterminator's Death On Roof Of Franklin Lakes Temple Bee Sting Eyed In Exterminator's Death On Roof Of Franklin Lakes Temple
Bee Sting Eyed In Exterminator's Death On Roof Of Franklin Lakes Temple FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. -- Authorities wondered whether an exterminator found dead on the roof of a Franklin Lakes synagogue around noon on Wednesday succumbed to a bee sting. The victim was working at Chabad of Northwest Bergen County on Pulis Avenue when he was found. Rabbi Chanoch Kaplan declined comment, as did a representative of Western Pest Services in Paramus. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Ramsey Police Hiring New Officers Ramsey Police Hiring New Officers Ramsey Police Hiring New Officers
Ramsey Police Hiring New Officers RAMSEY, N.J. - Ramsey police are accepting applications from Nov. 9 through the 20th. Applicants must have one of these: • A four-year college degree; • At least two years of active military service with a two-year college degree or 60 credits from an accredited college; • At least four years of active military service, with a commitment to complete a two-year degree or receive 60 credits within the next five years; Interested candidates can download more information at www.ramseypd.org or pick up a pre-application at Ramsey Police Headquarters.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Your Community
Democratic Bergen County Freeholder Trio Re-Elected Democratic Bergen County Freeholder Trio Re-Elected Democratic Bergen County Freeholder Trio Re-Elected
Democratic Bergen County Freeholder Trio Re-Elected HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Voters returned a trio of Democratic Bergen County freeholders to office on Tuesday. Incumbents Tracy Zur led the way with 63,114 votes, followed closely by Steve Tanelli's 63,059, according to unofficial results from the Bergen County Board of Elections. They far outdistanced GOP challengers John Mitchell (50,805 votes) and Ken Tyburczy (48,879) for three available three-year seats. Green Party candidate Richard Siegel with 4,085. Meanwhile, Thomas Sullivan Jr. (62,746 votes) topped Republican Daisy Ortiz-Berger (45,748) and Libertarian Peter Rohrman, who fell four vot…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Your Community
Rendo Could Become First Latino Mayor Of Woodcliff Lake Rendo Could Become First Latino Mayor Of Woodcliff Lake Rendo Could Become First Latino Mayor Of Woodcliff Lake
Rendo Could Become First Latino Mayor Of Woodcliff Lake WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J. -- Seven mail-in votes boosted the margin to 17 for immigration lawyer Carlos Rendo , who could become the first Latino mayor in Woodcliff Lake history after Tuesday's election. Rendo initially got 805 votes while former councilman Jeff Bader got 795 for the seat being vacated by sitting mayor Democrat Jeffrey Goldsmith will vacate at the end of the year.But there were the mail-ins and no fewer than 15 more provisional votes to count -- which, even if they all went in Bader's favor would make Rendo the winner by two. Rendo, 51, and Bader, 60, originally vied for the GOP…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
DNA Match Leads To Arrest In Year-Old Saddle Brook Stolen Car Case DNA Match Leads To Arrest In Year-Old Saddle Brook Stolen Car Case DNA Match Leads To Arrest In Year-Old Saddle Brook Stolen Car Case
DNA Match Leads To Arrest In Year-Old Saddle Brook Stolen Car Case SADDLE BROOK, N.J. -- A DNA match from a stolen car in Saddle Brook nearly a year ago led to charges against a Hudson County man who was already in jail, authorities said. Angel Martinez, 33, of Kearny had just shoplifted $500 worth of items from the Harbor Freight Tool Store when he tried to hop into a 2011 Nissan Pathfinder with a temporary registration tag that was parked outside the night of Nov. 19, 2014, Police Chief Robert Kugler told Daily Voice. As the manager approached, Martinez ran off, he said. A computer check showed Officer John Tritto and Detective Lt. Tom Johnson that the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Homeowner, Firefighter Injured In Maywood House Fire Homeowner, Firefighter Injured In Maywood House Fire Homeowner, Firefighter Injured In Maywood House Fire
Homeowner, Firefighter Injured In Maywood House Fire MAYWOOD, N.J. -- A homeowner was hospitalized with hand burns and a firefighter with a shoulder injury during a fire that began on a bed in a Maywood house Tuesday afternoon. Both were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center. Borough firefighters contained the blaze to the third floor of the two-family residence, assisted by their Saddle Brook and Rochelle Park colleagues, Police Chief David Pegg told Daily Voice. An unattended candle might have been the cause, the chief said. It was being investigated.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Wild Chase Ends On Maywood RR Tracks: 3 Caught, 1 Sought In Porch Thefts Wild Chase Ends On Maywood RR Tracks: 3 Caught, 1 Sought In Porch Thefts Wild Chase Ends On Maywood RR Tracks: 3 Caught, 1 Sought In Porch Thefts
Wild Chase Ends On Maywood RR Tracks: 3 Caught, 1 Sought In Porch Thefts MAYWOOD, N.J. -- A wild chase down Route 17 and through several side streets ended when a group of men who Maywood police said were stealing packages off porches tried driving on the railroad tracks. Officer Brian Rubio grabbed two suspects, and backups who quickly arrived corralled another in a backyard off West Central Avenue, Police Chief David Pegg told Daily Voice. As of 6 p.m., Bergen County Sheriff's K-9 units were helping search for a fourth suspect, said Pegg, who was among the responders. At least two of those arrested are from Paterson, he said. Less than an hour earlier, Pegg'…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities Try To Find Kin Of Paterson Man Killed By Train Authorities Try To Find Kin Of Paterson Man Killed By Train Authorities Try To Find Kin Of Paterson Man Killed By Train
Authorities Try To Find Kin Of Paterson Man Killed By Train PATERSON, N.J. -- Authorities on Tuesday continued trying to find and notify the next of kin of a 29-year-old Paterson man who was struck and killed by a passing commuter train the night before. The #1163 train had left Hoboken at 4:23 p.m. -- due to arrive in Suffern at 5:19 p.m. -- and was passing through the city when it struck the man about seven train-car lengths west of the Paterson station just after 5 p.m., NJ Transit's Jennifer Nelson told Daily Voice. There 350 passenger and three crew members aboard, she said. Because the force of impact pushed him off the elevated track area, …

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