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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Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
911 Screams Heard Before Stabbing Deaths Of Teaneck Mother, Son 911 Screams Heard Before Stabbing Deaths Of Teaneck Mother, Son 911 Screams Heard Before Stabbing Deaths Of Teaneck Mother, Son
911 Screams Heard Before Stabbing Deaths Of Teaneck Mother, Son TEANECK, N.J. -- Emergency dispatchers heard screams in the background during a 911 call from the Teaneck home of a man who authorities said stabbed and killed his mother and brother Wednesday night, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said. Responding officers were met at the front door by Keith Knight, 60, who "had what appeared to be blood on his hands," Molinelli said. Police moments later found the bodies of 84-year-old Victoria Knight and Ronald Victor Knight, 60, the prosecutor said. They'd been stabbed several times, he said. "A large amount of blood was obse…

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Teaneck, NJ
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$2M Bail Set For Teaneck Man Charged With Killing Mom, Brother $2M Bail Set For Teaneck Man Charged With Killing Mom, Brother $2M Bail Set For Teaneck Man Charged With Killing Mom, Brother
$2M Bail Set For Teaneck Man Charged With Killing Mom, Brother TEANECK, N.J. — A Teaneck man who authorities said stabbed and killed his mother and brother Wednesday night was being held on $2 million bail in the Bergen County Jail. Keith Knight, 60, was taken into custody for the slayings of Victoria, 84, and 52-year-old Ronald Victor Knight, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli confirmed. He was charged with two counts of murder and one count of illegal weapon possession. The stabbings on Ward Place across from the Teaneck Armory drew police from several area agencies late on Wednesday, Oct. 14. The Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal …

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Mahwah Ex-Con With Gun Sold Cocaine From Home, Police Charge Mahwah Ex-Con With Gun Sold Cocaine From Home, Police Charge Mahwah Ex-Con With Gun Sold Cocaine From Home, Police Charge
Mahwah Ex-Con With Gun Sold Cocaine From Home, Police Charge MAHWAH, N.J. -- Mahwah detectives arrested a township ex-con who they said was selling cocaine from his house "on a regular basis" following a raid. Charles Bleasby, 52, was ordered held on $50,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with distributing cocaine, among other drug-related offenses, Police Chief James Batelli said. Police also charged him with illegally having a gun despite being a convicted felon, the chief said. Detectives seized two ounces of cocaine, some crack, assorted other drugs and the weapon, he said. During the investigation, detectives also arrested 4…

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Paterson, NJ
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License Suspended For Clifton Psychiatrist Accused Of Sex With Patient License Suspended For Clifton Psychiatrist Accused Of Sex With Patient License Suspended For Clifton Psychiatrist Accused Of Sex With Patient
License Suspended For Clifton Psychiatrist Accused Of Sex With Patient CLIFTON, N.J. -- A Clifton psychiatrist has agreed to a temporary license suspension as he fights charges of having sex with a patient, the state Board of Medical Examiners announced. The board said it entered into consent agreement with Dr. Theodore F. Jasper, who it accused of "engaging in the use or employment of dishonesty, gross or repeated malpractice, professional misconduct, and engaging in sexual conduct with a patient." “There is no place in the medical profession for doctors who do harm to their patients,” said Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman. “And there is no d…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Hackensack Firefighters Extricate Passenger In Crash Hackensack Firefighters Extricate Passenger In Crash Hackensack Firefighters Extricate Passenger In Crash
Hackensack Firefighters Extricate Passenger In Crash HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Hackensack firefighters extricated a passenger whose ankle was trapped between the rocker panel and the floorboard after the car she was in slammed into a pole. Both the passenger and driver were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that weren't life-threatening after the 12:30 p.m. crash on Passaic Street, Fire Capt. Justin Derevyanik told DAILY VOICE. The driver told responders that she lost control of the car before the crash. She complained of neck and back pain, Derevyanik said. Rescue One and Engine 5 removed the door and freed the passenge…

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Witness: Pickup Truck Struck Moonachie Woman, 22, In Clifton Witness: Pickup Truck Struck Moonachie Woman, 22, In Clifton Witness: Pickup Truck Struck Moonachie Woman, 22, In Clifton
Witness: Pickup Truck Struck Moonachie Woman, 22, In Clifton MOONACHIE, N.J. -- Police were looking for a dark-colored Ford F-150 that a witness said took off after hitting a 22-year-old Moonachie woman on Route 46 in Clifton, leaving her hospitalized on life support.UPDATE: Arrest Made In Hit-Run That Left Moonachie Woman Critical The truck has front-end damage, authorities said. Anna Semioli remained in a coma at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson with a host of injuries, including several fractures. The Montclair University student was struck just after midnight Oct. 9 on eastbound Route 46 near the split with Route 3 and Valley Roa…

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Ramsey Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting Sleeping Girl, 14 Ramsey Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting Sleeping Girl, 14 Ramsey Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting Sleeping Girl, 14
Ramsey Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting Sleeping Girl, 14 RAMSEY, N.J. -- A 24-year-old Ramsey man sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl as she slept in a room in the same house, authorities said. Working with the Ramsey Board of Education and the state Division of Child Permanency and Protection, Detectives Marc Shingelo and Adam Szelag interviewed the victim about the alleged September assault, Police Chief Bryan Gurney said. They then arrested Leonel Ascencio after conferring with the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office and the federal Immigration and Naturalization Service (ICE), he said. Ascencio was being held on $250,000 bail in the Bergen …

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Pascack Valley, NJ
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Westwood Crossing Guard Struck Westwood Crossing Guard Struck Westwood Crossing Guard Struck
Westwood Crossing Guard Struck WESTWOOD, N.J. -- A Westwood school crossing guard suffered a serious head injury and possible broken leg when he was struck by a car this morning. Cyril Kearney of Hillsdale was taken to HackensackUMC at Pascack Valley after being struck at Berkeley and Harrington avenues around 8:15 a.m. while crossing a woman near Berkeley Elementary School, Police Chief Frank Regino told Daily Voice. From there, the 70-something public servant was airlifted to the trauma unit at Hackensack University Medical Center, he said. The Bergen County Fatal Accident Investigation Unit was requested, the chief s…

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Fair Lawn Police Bust Mom, Son With Heroin Fair Lawn Police Bust Mom, Son With Heroin Fair Lawn Police Bust Mom, Son With Heroin
Fair Lawn Police Bust Mom, Son With Heroin FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- Officers responding to a report of two people sleeping in a car arrested a 58-year-old woman and her wanted ex-con son after finding them with heroin, Fair Lawn police said. Officers responding to the call at the Shop Rite underground parking lot on River Road the afternoon of Oct. 10 took Colleen Burke Spineto and her son, Nicholas, 29, into custody after finding the drugs and paraphernalia, Police Sgt. Brian Metzler said. The younger Spineto was also wanted on warrants out of Saddle Brook and Montvale, he said. The 6-foot, 225-pound Nichoas Burke Spineto, who has serve…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Hackensack Man Hit By Train Loses Arm, Walks Home Hackensack Man Hit By Train Loses Arm, Walks Home Hackensack Man Hit By Train Loses Arm, Walks Home
Hackensack Man Hit By Train Loses Arm, Walks Home HACKENSACK, N.J. -- A Hackensack man walked home and summoned an ambulance after he lost an arm when he was hit by an NJ Transit commuter train in a suspected suicide attempt late Tuesday, police told Daily Voice. Responders "originally thought they'd find the body elsewhere after finding the arm" near the Anderson Street station around 10:15 p.m., Hackensack Police Capt. Timothy Lloyd said. "He apparently tried to walked home" and made it four blocks to Second Street, said Lloyd, the department's officer in charge. "They were searching the tracks when he called in.…

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