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

Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Tractor-Trailer Tips At Routes 17, 287 in Mahwah Tractor-Trailer Tips At Routes 17, 287 in Mahwah Tractor-Trailer Tips At Routes 17, 287 in Mahwah
Tractor-Trailer Tips At Routes 17, 287 in Mahwah MAHWAH, N.J. — An overturned tractor-trailer at the end of the flyover from northbound Route 17 to where it merges with southbound Route 287 left a single lane open, causing significant evening rush-hour delays. No immediate injuries were reported by Mahwah police in the 5 p.m. crash Tuesday, Oct. 13. Witnesses said the trucker was trying to open the door of his cab to get out. CHECK BACK FOR MORE INFORMATION

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Englewood, NJ
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Rockland Man Charged With DWI In Alpine Crash Rockland Man Charged With DWI In Alpine Crash Rockland Man Charged With DWI In Alpine Crash
Rockland Man Charged With DWI In Alpine Crash ALPINE, N.J. -- Two occupants of a car that slammed into a telephone police and burst into flames on Route 9W in what Alpine police said was a DWI-related crash remained hospitalized. Both the driver, Brian Montaos of Valley Cottage, and passenger Parth Patel of Northvale were out of the burning car after it crashed just after 2 a.m. Oct. 11, , Police Chief Christopher Belcolle said. Alpine firefighters extinguished the blaze, he said. Both victims were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, where the chief said Montaos was listed in stable condition and Patel guarded. Police gave…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
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Alert Lyndhurst Officer Nabs Pair With Heroin, Cocaine In Stop Alert Lyndhurst Officer Nabs Pair With Heroin, Cocaine In Stop Alert Lyndhurst Officer Nabs Pair With Heroin, Cocaine In Stop
Alert Lyndhurst Officer Nabs Pair With Heroin, Cocaine In Stop LYNDHURST, N.J. -- A Lyndhurst police officer who stopped a van for an expired inspection sticker learned that it wasn't registered either -- and that its two occupants were carrying heroin and cocaine, authorities told Daily Voice. Officer Nicholas Abruscato stopped the van on Kingsland near Willow avenues just after noon Oct. 12, Capt. John Valente said. The driver, 44-year-old Charles Huebner of Rutherford, was charged with possession of heroin, cocaine, a single methadone pill and a crack pipe. Passenger Dominic Damiani, 37, of Lyndhurst was charged with the same, except for the methad…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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Englewood Pedestrian, 68, Critically Injured in Grand Avenue Crash Englewood Pedestrian, 68, Critically Injured in Grand Avenue Crash Englewood Pedestrian, 68, Critically Injured in Grand Avenue Crash
Englewood Pedestrian, 68, Critically Injured in Grand Avenue Crash ENGLEWOOD, N.J. -- A 68-year-old Palisades Park man was critically injured when he was struck in Englewood by an SUV the evening of Oct. 12. The victim was headed eastbound as he crossed Grand Avenue on the south side of its intersection with Phelps Avenue when he was struck by a 2014 Mercedes ML350 driven by a 40-year-old Old Tappan man as he turned from Phelps around 5:10 p.m., Police Chief Lawrence Suffern said. "The victim was found unconscious and sustained serious injuries to his face and spine (multiple fractures to his face, shattered or fractured vertebrae) and was also found …

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Woman Accused of Selling Bogus Divorce Judgments From Clifton Office Woman Accused of Selling Bogus Divorce Judgments From Clifton Office Woman Accused of Selling Bogus Divorce Judgments From Clifton Office
Woman Accused of Selling Bogus Divorce Judgments From Clifton Office CLIFTON, N.J. -- An Elmwood Park woman sold forged divorce judgments to unsuspecting clients from a Clifton office, authorities said. Anastasya Varvayuk, 29, forged a Superior Court judge's signature to make the documents appear genuine, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said in a news release. Varvayuk, who Valdes said isn't a licensed attorney, operated from Empire Multi Services on Main Avenue. She was arrested on charges of practicing law without a license and forgery following an investigation by Valdes' Financial Crimes Unit.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Your Community
Cresskill Readies For 10K, 5K, One-Mile Fun Run Cresskill Readies For 10K, 5K, One-Mile Fun Run Cresskill Readies For 10K, 5K, One-Mile Fun Run
Cresskill Readies For 10K, 5K, One-Mile Fun Run CRESSKILL, N.J. -- Participants and organizers alike are limbering up for the Cresskill 10K, 5K and 1-Mile Fun Run on Sunday, Oct. 18. All proceeds benefit Cresskill Schools. Start/check-in is at the Cresskill Rec Center on 3rd Street. The SCHEDULE: 8:00 AM – Check-In Begins9:00 AM – 10K Run & 5K Run Star10:30 AM – Fun Run10:45 AM – Awards Gift cards and/or medals will be awarded. Click below for The MAPS: 10K COURSE Goes north through residential Cresskill, south on 12th Street, downhill on Magnolia, right on 7th Avenue, then cut west again uphill through the neighborhoods to re…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Your Community
Complaints Vowed Against Siblings In Bergenfield School Lockdown Complaints Vowed Against Siblings In Bergenfield School Lockdown Complaints Vowed Against Siblings In Bergenfield School Lockdown
Complaints Vowed Against Siblings In Bergenfield School Lockdown BERGENFIELD, N.J. -- Juvenile complaints will be brought against a brother and sister who caused a two-hour lockdown Monday morning at Bergenfield High School and the Roy W. Brown Middle School, district officials said. Parents who flocked to the school were given the option to sign out their children after speaking with them. Several did, with the assistance of borough officers, Police Chief Cathy Madalone said. The district "immediately followed" all guidelines in locking down the school and notifying police around 8:20 a.m. after interim Principal Shane Biggins received a repor…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Mahwah Man Attacks Former Business Partner With Knife, Police Charge Mahwah Man Attacks Former Business Partner With Knife, Police Charge Mahwah Man Attacks Former Business Partner With Knife, Police Charge
Mahwah Man Attacks Former Business Partner With Knife, Police Charge MAHWAH, N.J. -- A former co-owner of a Mahwah delicatessen tried stabbing his former business partner with a large knife during a dispute, causing a minor injury, Police Chief James Batelli told Daily Voice. Francesco Accurso, 48, "flipped over table, began smashing items" and threatened to "cut [the victim's] stomach open" with a bakery knife he snatched from a table after both began arguing over items he'd gone to Mary Ann’s Deli to retrieve on Oct. 9, Batelli said. The victim sustained a "cut/puncture wound" on the left side of his stomach but refused immedi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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Harrington Park Scout Leader's Death On Palisades Not Thought Suspicious Harrington Park Scout Leader's Death On Palisades Not Thought Suspicious Harrington Park Scout Leader's Death On Palisades Not Thought Suspicious
Harrington Park Scout Leader's Death On Palisades Not Thought Suspicious ALPINE, N.J. -- Authorities said they don't believe the death of a Harrington Park Boy Scout leader whose body was found on a hiking trail along the Palisades in Alpine was suspicious. An autopsy was scheduled for Hugh Degnen, 54, whose body was found on the Long Path just before 12:30 p.m. Oct. 11, Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Chief Michael Coppola said. The Bergen County Sheriff's Office Bureau of Criminal Identification collected evidence. The county Medical Examiner's Office responded, as well, the chief said. An investigation was continuing, he said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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$10,000 reward in Clifton hit and run that critically injured Moonachie woman, 22 $10,000 reward in Clifton hit and run that critically injured Moonachie woman, 22 $10,000 reward in Clifton hit and run that critically injured Moonachie woman, 22
$10,000 reward in Clifton hit and run that critically injured Moonachie woman, 22 PUBLIC ALERT: A devastated family is hoping $10,000 in reward money can help find the driver was responsible for a hit-and-run crash on Route 46 in Clifton that gravely injured a 22-year-old Moonachie woman. Anna Semioli remained in a coma at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson with a host of injuries, including several fractures. Her family has been with her since she was brought in following the crash just after midnight Friday on eastbound Route 46 near the split with Route 3 and Valley Road. “They don’t have much to go on,” family friend Barbara Morales told Daily Voice…

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