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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Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Hasbrouck Heights detectives nab man in locker room strong-arm theft Hasbrouck Heights detectives nab man in locker room strong-arm theft Hasbrouck Heights detectives nab man in locker room strong-arm theft
Hasbrouck Heights detectives nab man in locker room strong-arm theft Hasbrouck Heights detectives tracked down a Little Falls man who they said smashed his way out of a Route 17 fitness center carrying a stolen money clip with $250 after a locker room struggle. The victim emerged from the shower in a towel at Quest Fitness Gym on Sept. 11 to find Samuel Tirone, 42, popping open his locker, Detective Lt. Michael Colaneri Jr. told Daily Voice this afternoon. A struggled ensued and the 6-foot Tirone bolted, Colaneri said. An employee tried grabbing him, but Tirone smashed his way out the front glass doors, got into a car and took off, he said. Forensic de…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Oakland Woman With Shore Home Charged In $109,000 Sandy Scam Oakland Woman With Shore Home Charged In $109,000 Sandy Scam Oakland Woman With Shore Home Charged In $109,000 Sandy Scam
Oakland Woman With Shore Home Charged In $109,000 Sandy Scam An Oakland woman scammed the state and federal governments for nearly $109,000 in Hurricane Sandy relief by claiming that her Jersey Shore beach house was her primary residence, authorities said. Laura Matarazzo, 58, was one of five people charged by state authorities, boosting the overall total to 37 in the past year and a half, acting New Jersey Attorney General John J. Hoffman said. Matarazzo collected $5,090 in FEMA relief funds and state-administered HUD grants totaling $93,787 after claimint that a storm-damaged home she owned in Lavalette "was her primary residence at the time S…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Hasbrouck Heights Police Nab Man In Gym Locker Room Robbery Hasbrouck Heights Police Nab Man In Gym Locker Room Robbery Hasbrouck Heights Police Nab Man In Gym Locker Room Robbery
Hasbrouck Heights Police Nab Man In Gym Locker Room Robbery HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N.J. -- Hasbrouck Heights detectives tracked down a Little Falls man who they said smashed his way out of a Route 17 fitness center carrying a stolen money clip with $250 after a locker room struggle. The victim emerged from the shower in a towel at Quest Fitness Gym on Sept. 11 to find Samuel Tirone, 42, popping open his locker, Detective Lt. Michael Colaneri Jr. told Daily Voice this afternoon. A struggled ensued and the 6-foot Tirone bolted, Colaneri said. An employee tried grabbing him, but Tirone smashed his way out the front glass doors, got into a car and took off…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Ex-employee charged with assaulting Maywood business owner Ex-employee charged with assaulting Maywood business owner Ex-employee charged with assaulting Maywood business owner
Ex-employee charged with assaulting Maywood business owner Maywood detectives arrested a Saddle Brook man who they said assaulted his former employer as the victim left his store. Detectives Jason Liaban and Matthew Parodi developed information that led to the Sept. 16 arrest of 28-year-old Sammy H. Fayez, Police Chief David Pegg said. They also recovered what turned out to be an imitation semiautomatic pistol, the chief told Daily Voice. The West Pleasant Avenue business owner told police that he’d just left the business around 9:45 p.m. Aug. 12 when a robber in a black hoodie and a mask pointed a gun in his face, Pegg said. The victim said …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Ex-Employee Charged In Attempted Maywood Business Robbery Ex-Employee Charged In Attempted Maywood Business Robbery Ex-Employee Charged In Attempted Maywood Business Robbery
Ex-Employee Charged In Attempted Maywood Business Robbery MAYWOOD, N.J. -- Maywood detectives arrested a Saddle Brook man who they said was wearing a mask when he assaulted his former employer as the victim left his store. Detectives Jason Liaban and Matthew Parodi developed information that led to the Sept. 16 arrest of 28-year-old Sammy H. Fayez, Police Chief David Pegg said. They also recovered what turned out to be an imitation semiautomatic pistol, the chief told Daily Voice. The West Pleasant Avenue business owner told police that he'd just left the business around 9:45 p.m. Aug. 12 when a robber in a black hoodie and a mask pointed a gun i…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Your Community
Connections Fuel South Passaic Community Advisor Ken Lang Connections Fuel South Passaic Community Advisor Ken Lang Connections Fuel South Passaic Community Advisor Ken Lang
Connections Fuel South Passaic Community Advisor Ken Lang WAYNE, N.J. -- Networking is a way of life for township resident Kenneth "Ken" Lang, a Daily Voice community advisor for South Passaic. Whether he's on the job as an e-commerce business analyst at the Toys R Us corporate headquarters in Wayne, meeting with other members of the North Jersey Chamber of Commerce or administering township Facebook pages, Lang is constantly making connections and bringing people together. Lang's family moved to New Jersey from New York City when he was a year old. He lived in Fair Lawn and Totowa before moving his family to Wayne in 2008 for the school…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Bag With Wires Found On Ridgefield Bus 'Deliberate Hoax' Bag With Wires Found On Ridgefield Bus 'Deliberate Hoax' Bag With Wires Found On Ridgefield Bus 'Deliberate Hoax'
Bag With Wires Found On Ridgefield Bus 'Deliberate Hoax' RIDGEFIELD, N.J. -- A canvas bag found on a New Jersey Transit bus in Ridgefield today contained batteries, said authorities who called it "a deliberate hoax." Now transit investigators are trying to determine who left it behind. "We'll see what cameras on the bus or in the area show," one said. The No. 127 bus driver "was beginning his route, checking the bus, when he found the package and called police" around 5 p.m., NJ Transit's Penny Bassett-Hackett told Daily Voice. The sheriff's bomb squad and NJ Transit detectives rushed to the area outside Sphinx Tra…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Breaking News
Friends, loved ones heartbroken over sudden death of former Bergen sheriff’s officer Friends, loved ones heartbroken over sudden death of former Bergen sheriff’s officer Friends, loved ones heartbroken over sudden death of former Bergen sheriff’s officer
Friends, loved ones heartbroken over sudden death of former Bergen sheriff’s officer TRIBUTE: She loved guitars and muscle cars and dedicated herself to helping others, and when news spread that Closter native Kristine Zutell died suddenly at her Dumont home over the weekend, many were heartbroken and stunned. They included Stephen Gibb, the son of Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees. “I am so deeply saddened to hear of the passing of my friend Kristine Zutell,” he wrote on Facebook. “She was such a passionate fan of the music she loved and one of my biggest supporters. Such a generous person.” Zutell, 43, who previously had heart problems, worked for the Bergen County Sheriff’s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Queens Man Nabbed In Fairview Undercover Cocaine Bust Queens Man Nabbed In Fairview Undercover Cocaine Bust Queens Man Nabbed In Fairview Undercover Cocaine Bust
Queens Man Nabbed In Fairview Undercover Cocaine Bust FAIRVIEW, N.J. -- An accused Bergen County cocaine dealer from Queens was arrested by detectives in Fairview today when he showed up carrying seven ounces of coke for sale, authorities said. Cecilio Villareal-Coyotecatl, 35, was headed to a sale to an undercover investigator when members of the county Narcotic Task Force pulled him over, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said. The undercover already had bought cocaine from Villareal-Coyotecatl on July 1, he said. Villareal-Coyotecatl, who Molinelli said lives in a basement apartment in Ozone Park, was charged with possession with …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
River Edge Man Charged With Dealing in Teterboro Heroin Bust River Edge Man Charged With Dealing in Teterboro Heroin Bust River Edge Man Charged With Dealing in Teterboro Heroin Bust
River Edge Man Charged With Dealing in Teterboro Heroin Bust RIVER EDGE, N.J. -- An undercover drug buy in Teterboro led to the arrest of a River Edge man who authorities said was distributing heroin throughout Bergen County. Detectives found 23-year-old Austin Ocampo staying at a residence in Newark yesterday and took him into custody, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli. Ocampo, who the prosecutor said is single and unemployed, was ordered held on $25,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail. Members of the prosecutor's Narcotic Task Force began investigating Ocampo after receiving a tip three months ago, Molinelli said. In July, the undercover …

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