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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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
$10,000 Reward In Hit, Run That Gravely Injured Moonachie Woman, 22 $10,000 Reward In Hit, Run That Gravely Injured Moonachie Woman, 22 $10,000 Reward In Hit, Run That Gravely Injured Moonachie Woman, 22
$10,000 Reward In Hit, Run That Gravely Injured Moonachie Woman, 22 MOONACHIE, N.J. -- A devastated family is hoping $10,000 in reward money can help find the driver who was responsible for a hit-and-run crash on Route 46 in Clifton that gravely injured a 22-year-old Moonachie woman. UPDATE: Arrest Made In Hit-Run That Left Moonachie Woman Critical 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. "…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Norwood Police Try To ID Female Driver Critically Injured In Crash Norwood Police Try To ID Female Driver Critically Injured In Crash Norwood Police Try To ID Female Driver Critically Injured In Crash
Norwood Police Try To ID Female Driver Critically Injured In Crash NORWOOD, N.J. -- Norwood police were trying to identify a woman who was critically injured when her car slammed into a guard rail, a telephone pole and a traffic control box the morning of Oct. 11. "It doesn't look good," one responder told Daily Voice. The woman, believed to be in her late 20s, was extricated and taken to the hospital by medical chopper after her Hyundai snapped the pole and rolled into the woods at the intersection of Livingston Street and Blanch Avenue around 5:45 a.m., Norwood Police Chief Jeffrey Krapels said. Responders included Norwood, Closter and Northva…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn Water Has Elevated Coliform Levels, Officials Report Fair Lawn Water Has Elevated Coliform Levels, Officials Report Fair Lawn Water Has Elevated Coliform Levels, Officials Report
Fair Lawn Water Has Elevated Coliform Levels, Officials Report FAIR LAWN, NJ -- Routine tests in September revealed levels of coliform bacteria in drinking water that, while not considered harmful, required Fair Lawn authorities to notify residents. "This is not an emergency," the borough Water Department said in its notice. Residents and business owners "do not need to use an alternative water supply," the notice says. "People with severely compromised immune systems, infants and some elderly may be at increased risk" and "should seek advice about drinking water from their health care providers," it says. Gen…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Wanted Ex-Cop Arranges To Surrender After Midland Park Search Wanted Ex-Cop Arranges To Surrender After Midland Park Search Wanted Ex-Cop Arranges To Surrender After Midland Park Search
Wanted Ex-Cop Arranges To Surrender After Midland Park Search MIDLAND PARK, N.J. -- Police officers from no fewer than 18 agencies converged in Midland Park to search for a former Long Island police officer who was wanted on warrants -- and believed suicidal and possibly armed -- following a domestic incident overnight, law enforcement officials told Daily Voice. The search conducted by the Bergen County Rapid Deployment Force intensified around 8:30 a.m. Oct. 10 and forced the cancellation of several area events while authorities scoured a half-mile stretch of woods along the railroad tracks for more than seven hours. "No one was really sure whe…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Dumont Woman Died Of Heart Disease, Sister Says Dumont Woman Died Of Heart Disease, Sister Says Dumont Woman Died Of Heart Disease, Sister Says
Dumont Woman Died Of Heart Disease, Sister Says DUMONT, N.J. -- A retired Bergen County Sheriff's officer who died suddenly at her Dumont home last month succumbed to an infammation of the heart, her sister told Daily Voice. Closter native Kristine Zutell had "barely any alcohol and no drugs in her system, according to the Medical Examiner," Kathleen Zutell Murphy said. "She died from myocarditis." Zutell, 43, who previously had heart problems, worked for the sheriff's Office before retiring with back and shoulder injuries. She underwent back surgery two months ago and began taking new medication the day she died on …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Search For Wanted Former Police Officer Continues In Midland Park Search For Wanted Former Police Officer Continues In Midland Park Search For Wanted Former Police Officer Continues In Midland Park
Search For Wanted Former Police Officer Continues In Midland Park MIDLAND PARK, N.J. -- Police officers from no fewer than 18 agencies converged in Midland Park to search for a former Long Island police officer who was wanted on warrants -- and believed suicidal and possibly armed -- following a domestic incident overnight, law enforcement officials told Daily Voice. The search conducted by the Bergen County Rapid Deployment Force forced the cancellation of several area events while authorities searched in vain for more than seven hours. "No one was really sure whether he had a gun," one law enforcement official said. Daily Voice learned late t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Police Find North Haledon Driver In Lincoln Tunnel Crash Eating Sandwich Police Find North Haledon Driver In Lincoln Tunnel Crash Eating Sandwich Police Find North Haledon Driver In Lincoln Tunnel Crash Eating Sandwich
Police Find North Haledon Driver In Lincoln Tunnel Crash Eating Sandwich NORTH HALEDON, N.J. -- A drunken North Haledon man who rear-ended a pickup truck with his car in the Lincoln Tunnel was eating a sandwich when responding officers found him, Port Authority police said. Officer Leonardo Lago found a heavily damaged 2016 Hyundai and the pickup inside the tunnel's westbound tube at 3 a.m. Oct. 9, the authority's Joseph Pentangelo told Daily Voice. Keith J. Gould, 38, was outside the car, eating a sandwich, he said. He was arrested after failing a breath test and his car was towed from the scene, Pentangelo said. Police charged him with DWI and reckless drivin…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Paramus SUV Crash Slows Route 17 Traffic Paramus SUV Crash Slows Route 17 Traffic Paramus SUV Crash Slows Route 17 Traffic
Paramus SUV Crash Slows Route 17 Traffic PARAMUS, N.J. -- A collision involving two SUVs on northbound Route 17 slowed late-morning traffic just after 11 a.m.No serious injuries were immediately reported.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Your Community
Bergen's 1st Italian-American Exec Christens Heritage Month In Hackensack Bergen's 1st Italian-American Exec Christens Heritage Month In Hackensack Bergen's 1st Italian-American Exec Christens Heritage Month In Hackensack
Bergen's 1st Italian-American Exec Christens Heritage Month In Hackensack HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Bergen County’s first Italian-American county executive, Jim Tedesco, christened the county's Italian American Heritage Month celebration and flag-raising ceremony in Hackensack on Oct. 9. Tedesco spoke along with UNICO’s Ralph Contini on behalf of the nearly 200,000 Italian-Americans living in Bergen -- the most of any county in the state, according to U.S. Census data. The event also featured a performance from Mauro Salamone of the Sicilian Federation of New Jersey, a keynote speech from Roberto Frangione, the deputy consul general of the Consulate of the Republic of …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Fleeing Wood-Ridge Man Had Guns, Drugs, Prosecutor Says Fleeing Wood-Ridge Man Had Guns, Drugs, Prosecutor Says Fleeing Wood-Ridge Man Had Guns, Drugs, Prosecutor Says
Fleeing Wood-Ridge Man Had Guns, Drugs, Prosecutor Says WOOD-RIDGE, N.J. -- Wood-Ridge residents received a reverse-911 call telling them to stay inside Thursday night while authorities tracked down a borough man who fled his home during a heroin raid. Detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office Narcotic Task Force were joined by a sheriff's office K-9 unit and Wood-Ridge police officers who spotted Rafal Kaminski on a nearby street after authorities said he barreled his car out of his Windsor Road driveway. As he ran, Kaminski tossed away two bricks of heroin that were recovered after he was arrested, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. …

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