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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Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
No Spill When Three Train Cars Derail In Englewood No Spill When Three Train Cars Derail In Englewood No Spill When Three Train Cars Derail In Englewood
No Spill When Three Train Cars Derail In Englewood ENGLEWOOD — Three freight cars carrying grapeseed oil and moving "slower than you could walk," according to one responder, came off an aging stretch of track in Englewood this morning. "They came off the tracks and remained upright," Englewood Fire Lt. Fire Lt. David Haenelt told Daily Voice. "The track themselves pulled up and rolled on their sides. "No injuries, no spill -- more a headache for CSX than anything," Haenelt said. Because it's the only train remaining on the CSX Northern Branch line, it wasn't moving very fast -- "a few miles an hour a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
State Police Hunt Wayne Man In PNC Center Pocketbook Theft State Police Hunt Wayne Man In PNC Center Pocketbook Theft State Police Hunt Wayne Man In PNC Center Pocketbook Theft
State Police Hunt Wayne Man In PNC Center Pocketbook Theft WAYNE, N.J. -- State Police today identified a 37-year-old Wayne man as the thief who stole a woman's pocketbook as she sat on the lawn of the PNC Bank Arts Center during a Smashing Pumpkins/Marilyn Manson show this summer. Detectives who checked out social media tips obtained an arrest warrant charging Michael Powell with theft, stemming from the July 29 incident. A stolen gift card from the pocketbook was used the next day at a store in Fairfield, they said. A surveillance image from the store captured the image of both Powell and a woman he was with, State Police said. Anyone who know…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Garfield Man Struck By Car At Paramus Mall, Critical Garfield Man Struck By Car At Paramus Mall, Critical Garfield Man Struck By Car At Paramus Mall, Critical
Garfield Man Struck By Car At Paramus Mall, Critical PARAMUS, N.J. -- A 59-year-old Garfield man was hospitalized in critical condition after being struck and pinned by a car driven by a 74-year-old Haledon woman on the lower-level parking deck of the Garden State Plaza this morning. The driver was making a left down one of the parking aisles near Lord & Taylor when her 2011 Suburu Impreza struck Anthony Marchese just after 9 a.m., Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said this afternoon. Paramus Police Officer Sean Nutland got a car jack from the rear of the Subaru and got the car off Marchese, who was carefully removed by Officer Michael Mord…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Port Authority Police's Honor Guard Will Open Yankees Playoff Game Port Authority Police's Honor Guard Will Open Yankees Playoff Game Port Authority Police's Honor Guard Will Open Yankees Playoff Game
Port Authority Police's Honor Guard Will Open Yankees Playoff Game FORT LEE, N.J. --The Port Authority Police Department Honor Guard will present the colors before the New York Yankees' Wild Card playoff game against the Houston Astros in the Bronx Tuesday night. The five members of the PAPD Honor Guard who will participate in pre-game ceremonies at Yankee Stadium: Lt. John Adorno Sgt. Juan Diaz Sgt. John Schelhorn PO Joseph O’Leary PO Edwardo Gonzalez

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Little Ferry Giants Fan Priest Denies Gun-Pointing Charge Little Ferry Giants Fan Priest Denies Gun-Pointing Charge Little Ferry Giants Fan Priest Denies Gun-Pointing Charge
Little Ferry Giants Fan Priest Denies Gun-Pointing Charge LITTLE FERRY, N.J. -- A Little Ferry priest accused of pointing a replica Civil War rifle at an 8-year-old boy said the incident was a humorous moment that occurred because the youngster wore a Dallas Cowboys jersey to Mass, hours before the priest's beloved Giants were to play them. The Rev. Kevin Carter was applauded by the congregation at St. Margaret of Cortona Roman Catholic Church after he read a statement proclaiming his innocence at the beginning of services on Sunday. Supporting Carter was Richard Fritzky, an adjunct professor at Fairleigh Dickinson University and former Meadowland…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Maywood Police Charge Borough Man With Dealing Oxycodone Maywood Police Charge Borough Man With Dealing Oxycodone Maywood Police Charge Borough Man With Dealing Oxycodone
Maywood Police Charge Borough Man With Dealing Oxycodone MAYWOOD, N.J. -- Tipped off by several concerned citizens, Maywood police raided a local man's home and arrested him on Oxycodone-selling charges after busting a customer, authorities said. Thomas Delvecchio, 23, was being held on $35,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with distributing and possessing drugs and resisting arrest. Detectives watching Delvecchio's residence arrested Jean Marin, 23, of Westwood on possession charges before the Friday raid, Police Chief David Pegg said. He was released with a court date. Investigators "obtained a search warrant for Delvecchio’s re…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Little Ferry Priest Charged With Pointing Gun At Boy, 8, In Rectory Little Ferry Priest Charged With Pointing Gun At Boy, 8, In Rectory Little Ferry Priest Charged With Pointing Gun At Boy, 8, In Rectory
Little Ferry Priest Charged With Pointing Gun At Boy, 8, In Rectory LITTLE FERRY, N.J. -- A Little Ferry priest was arrested on charges of pointing a Civil War-style musket at an 8-year-old child in front of witnesses at his church, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli confirmed tonight. Detectives from Molinelli's office took 54-year-old Fr. Kevin Carter into custody at the rectory of St. Margaret of Cortona Roman Catholic Church today, the prosecutor said. "A search of his room located the weapon in question, as well as gun powder, ammunition and associated items for the gun," he said. Carter -- who previously served at churches Hillsdale…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
SPCA: Animal Control Officer From Edgewater Sliced Baby Deer's Throat SPCA: Animal Control Officer From Edgewater Sliced Baby Deer's Throat SPCA: Animal Control Officer From Edgewater Sliced Baby Deer's Throat
SPCA: Animal Control Officer From Edgewater Sliced Baby Deer's Throat EDGEWATER, N.J. -- A state animal control officer from Edgewater slit the throat of a baby deer, killing it, said authorities who charged him with 14 counts of animal cruelty. Vincent Ascolese, 48, used blood draining ("exsanguination") to kill the injured fawn, a method of euthanasia that isn't approved in the state, while he was the director and supervising animal control officer at the North Jersey Humane Society Shelter in Bloomfield, New Jersey SPCA Capt. Rick Yocum said in a release. Charges include "needlessly killing a living animal" and "failure to provide …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen Detectives Nab Englewood Trio In Pot Raids Bergen Detectives Nab Englewood Trio In Pot Raids Bergen Detectives Nab Englewood Trio In Pot Raids
Bergen Detectives Nab Englewood Trio In Pot Raids ENGLEWOOD, N.J. -- A series of raids turned up more than a quarter-pound of marijuana, as well as materials for producing counterfeit credit cards, leading to the arrests of three Englewood men. Squadrons of officers -- including a Bergen County Sheriff's SWAT Team unit -- hit a quartet of residences yesterday: • 443 Liberty Road, Englewood;• 248 West Forest Avenue, Apt. 4, Englewood;• 58 E. Forest Avenue, 2nd Floor, Teaneck;• 20 West Englewood Avenue, 2nd Floor, Teaneck. Arrested were Peter Earle, 25, who lives at the West Forest Avenue address, and Leland Robinson Jr., 38, and 30-year-ol…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen Detectives Charge Hackensack Man With Child Porn Trafficking Bergen Detectives Charge Hackensack Man With Child Porn Trafficking Bergen Detectives Charge Hackensack Man With Child Porn Trafficking
Bergen Detectives Charge Hackensack Man With Child Porn Trafficking HACKENSACK, N.J. -- A 24-year-old Hackensack man trafficked online sexual videos of children before detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office arrested him during a raid earlier today, authorities said this afternoon. Rahvae Richards, who is single and unemployed, was being held on $100,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with child endangerment by distributing images of child exploitation. Richards was "using the Internet to distribute images and videos of child pornography utilizing a file sharing program," Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said. &quo…

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