Jerry DeMarco

Senior Reporter

[email protected]

FOLLOW ON

Facebook Twitter Linkedin

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

Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Ex-con pleads guilty in Saddle Brook ‘dreadlock’ bank robbery Ex-con pleads guilty in Saddle Brook ‘dreadlock’ bank robbery Ex-con pleads guilty in Saddle Brook ‘dreadlock’ bank robbery
Ex-con pleads guilty in Saddle Brook ‘dreadlock’ bank robbery YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An ex-con who police said was carrying the $1,980 stolen at gunpoint from a Saddle Brook bank when they arrested him — along with the gun itself and a detonated dye pack — pleaded guilty to bank robbery today. Jorge Rodriguez, 46, of South River, faced up to 20 years in prison if convicted at a trial, federal authorities said. Instead, he admitted in U.S. District Court in Newark that he used a BB air pistol to rob the TD Bank branch on April 19, 2013. Rodriguez, who sometimes stayed with a friend from the same Saddle Brook neighborhood, was released from state p…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
‘I don’t want to hurt you,’ ski-masked Garfield pizzeria robber says ‘I don’t want to hurt you,’ ski-masked Garfield pizzeria robber says ‘I don’t want to hurt you,’ ski-masked Garfield pizzeria robber says
‘I don’t want to hurt you,’ ski-masked Garfield pizzeria robber says YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: “Give me the money. I don’t want to hurt you,” a ski-masked robber told a Garfield pizzeria employee before fleeing with several hundred dollars at gunpoint last night, police said. Authorities are hoping the public can help find the robber who held up Mamma Mia Pizzeria on Lanza Avenue around 8:45 p.m. He was described as black, about 5-foot-10, with a thin build and wearing a black shirt and pants, Capt. Darren Sucorowski said early this afternoon. Garfifeld police were joined in a perimeter search by the Bergen County Police, the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Monsey, NY
Breaking News
State authorities file fraud suits against Fairview third-party energy supplier, two others State authorities file fraud suits against Fairview third-party energy supplier, two others State authorities file fraud suits against Fairview third-party energy supplier, two others
State authorities file fraud suits against Fairview third-party energy supplier, two others YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Fairview business was one of three third-party energy suppliers that “lured consumers with promised monthly savings that turned out to be fictional,” state authorities said today in announcing a lawsuit filed against the trio. Keil & Sons, which did business as Systrum Energy, “promised savings of up to 20% percent on consumers’ monthly electric and/or natural gas bills” during the unusually long and cold winter, state Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman said. “However, instead of delivering the promised monthly savings, Systrum charged consumers far more…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Former single-show ‘SNL’ member charged with elbowing woman at airport Former single-show ‘SNL’ member charged with elbowing woman at airport Former single-show ‘SNL’ member charged with elbowing woman at airport
Former single-show ‘SNL’ member charged with elbowing woman at airport BEYOND BERGEN: Standup comedian Kevin Meaney was arrested at JFK Airport last night for elbowing a 29-year-old woman in the chest “for no apparent reason,” Port Authority police said this morning. Meaney, who was headed to Istanbul, was taken into custody moments after posting on his Facebook page: “My flight has been cancelled!” The woman “reported experiencing pains in her chest” and notified PAPD police around 6:30 p.m. inside Terminal 1, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said. “The officers responded, interviewed the complainant and witnesses who confirmed the victim’s claim,” Penta…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Interior designer charged with grabbing boy’s crotch at Edgewater wedding Interior designer charged with grabbing boy’s crotch at Edgewater wedding Interior designer charged with grabbing boy’s crotch at Edgewater wedding
Interior designer charged with grabbing boy’s crotch at Edgewater wedding YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Bloomfield interior designer grabbed a 16-year-old boy’s crotch twice while both attended a wedding reception in Edgewater, authorities said this morning, in announcing his arrest. Robert Ortiz, 51, was being held on $50,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with aggravated criminal sexual contact and criminal sexual contact following an investigation by members of the county prosecutor’s Special Victims Unit and Edgewater police. “A witness to the incident told her mother, who then contacted the Edgewater Police Department,” Bergen County Prosecutor John L…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Elmwood Park man gets 18 months for fondling girl, 12 Elmwood Park man gets 18 months for fondling girl, 12 Elmwood Park man gets 18 months for fondling girl, 12
Elmwood Park man gets 18 months for fondling girl, 12 ONLY ON CVP: An East Rutherford pizzeria worker will be sent to prison for 18 months after pleading guilty today to fondling a 12-year old girl whose age he said he didn’t know. Michael Macaluso, 48, of Elmwood Park admitted in court in Hackensack on Monday that he hugged the girl around the waist and touched her buttocks over her clothing last March. Macaluso was arrested by East Rutherford police and detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Special Victims Unit after the girl told school personnel what happened. Besides the fondling, Macaluso also pleaded guilty to child endange…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Carlstadt man charged with having online sex chats with underage girls Carlstadt man charged with having online sex chats with underage girls Carlstadt man charged with having online sex chats with underage girls
Carlstadt man charged with having online sex chats with underage girls YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Carlstadt man was taken into custody yesterday after authorities said they caught him having sexually explicit online chats with underage girls. Computer crimes detectives arrested 36-year-old David Jusis yesterday and executed a search warrant at his Broad Street apartment, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this morning. Jusis was released on a summons charging him with child endangerment – specifically, by “engaging in sexually explicit chat messages with under-age females,” Molinelli said. The prosecutor thanked the Carlstadt, Oradell and Upper…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Ex-con arrested after shoplifting brawl with Mahwah Home Depot worker Ex-con arrested after shoplifting brawl with Mahwah Home Depot worker Ex-con arrested after shoplifting brawl with Mahwah Home Depot worker
Ex-con arrested after shoplifting brawl with Mahwah Home Depot worker YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Mahwah Home Depot employee and accused shoplifter knocked over plants and flowers during a tussle this morning that ended when an off-duty Rockland County police officer grabbed the suspect. The employee recognized 50-year-old ex-con Rene Ruggio of Long Island from a previous incident and stopped him around 10:45 a.m., Mahwah Police Chief James Batelli said. Ruggio was trying to sneak out of the Route 17 store with more than $2,000 worth of power tools, electrical and plumbing supplies and a microwave oven hidden beneath a large bag of grass seed, Batelli said. …

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
New court, heroin antidote among tools Bergen prosecutor says will be used in drug war New court, heroin antidote among tools Bergen prosecutor says will be used in drug war New court, heroin antidote among tools Bergen prosecutor says will be used in drug war
New court, heroin antidote among tools Bergen prosecutor says will be used in drug war SPECIAL REPORT: Besides announcing the arrests of hundreds of heroin users and dealers, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli today unveiled what he said are other initiatives that he considers just as vital to addressing the ongoing opiate epidemic. The first is a new court only for heroin defendants. The second involves police use of a heroin antidote that could help reduce the number of overdose deaths. Defendants arrested for heroin use ordinarily have charges downgraded to Municipal Court, then enter a diversion program in which charges are dismissed after six months if they sta…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Lodi fire marshal avoids prison, keeps pension in admitting abuse of elderly mother Lodi fire marshal avoids prison, keeps pension in admitting abuse of elderly mother Lodi fire marshal avoids prison, keeps pension in admitting abuse of elderly mother
Lodi fire marshal avoids prison, keeps pension in admitting abuse of elderly mother CVP EXCLUSIVE: After more than a year of professing his innocence, a Lodi fire code official admitted today that he deliberately left his then-89-year-old mother lying on the floor in her own urine and feces for nearly 15 hours to “send a message.” “I did not want her bothering me at work,” Paul Wanco, 58, told a judge in Hackensack this morning, “and I wanted to intimidate her so that she would stay out of my business and leave me alone. “I knew she was old and infirm,” he added, “but I wanted to send her a message that I was not at her beck and call even if she was old and disabled. I t…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Prev Page 2228 of 2958 2,226 2,227 2,228 2,229 2,230 Next
22,271 - 22,280 of 29,573 articles