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
Teen Carjacker Pistol-Whips Driver In Englewood, Caught Returning To Vehicle Teen Carjacker Pistol-Whips Driver In Englewood, Caught Returning To Vehicle Teen Carjacker Pistol-Whips Driver In Englewood, Caught Returning To Vehicle
Teen Carjacker Pistol-Whips Driver In Englewood, Caught Returning To Vehicle A juvenile pistol-whipped a car service driver, took his keys and was about to make off with his vehicle when Englewood police grabbed him. The 17-year-old robber tried carjacking the driver at gunpoint on 3rd Street but ended up taking the keys and running, Lt. Fred Pulice said. The driver, afraid that he'd return, immediately called police, the lieutenant said. Officers were interviewing him when the teen came around the corner, apparently to collect the car, Pulice said. They chased him on foot before catching the youth in Mackay Park. He apparently was carrying the keys to the car tha…

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Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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Midland Park Officer Injured Subduing Angered Suspect Midland Park Officer Injured Subduing Angered Suspect Midland Park Officer Injured Subduing Angered Suspect
Midland Park Officer Injured Subduing Angered Suspect A Midland Park police officer required hospital treatment after a disturbed man bit him and hit him with a metal laundry basket, authorities said. The officer and his colleagues were trying to speak with Richard Harris, 30, when he became violent, Police Chief Michael Powderley said. Harris then took off running and was grabbed outside Park Laudromat on Godwin Avenue, the chief said. He then resisted attempts to subdue him, sending one of the officers to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, Powderley said. Officers charged Harris with three counts of aggravated assault on a law enforcement o…

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Ridgewood, NJ
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NOT A PRETTY SIGHT: '97 Porsche Boxster Slams Into Tree In Ridgewood NOT A PRETTY SIGHT: '97 Porsche Boxster Slams Into Tree In Ridgewood NOT A PRETTY SIGHT: '97 Porsche Boxster Slams Into Tree In Ridgewood
NOT A Pretty Sight: '97 Porsche Boxster Slams Into Tree In Ridgewood No injuries were reported after a 1997 Porche Boxster skidded head-on into a tree Saturday afternoon in Ridgewood. All Points Towing removed the convertible following the crash on West Glen Avenue just after the railroad bridge headed toward Upper Boulevard. Ridgewood police are investigating the cause. 1997 was the first model year for the Boxster, which seats two, has its engine in the back and is one of Porsche's simplest and most affordable vehicles even today. Built to last, it was also Porsche's most popular car for more than a decade. Today it can fetch anywhere from $10,000 to $…

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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Donor Drive Aims To Deliver Kidney For Beloved North Jersey Grandmother Donor Drive Aims To Deliver Kidney For Beloved North Jersey Grandmother Donor Drive Aims To Deliver Kidney For Beloved North Jersey Grandmother
Donor Drive Aims To Deliver Kidney For Beloved North Jersey Grandmother A North Jersey man’s tireless campaign to find a kidney donor for his grandmother continues with a walk-in donor drive next month. TJ Sullivan of Saddle Brook is hosting the National Kidney Month event at the Saddle Brook Veterinary Center from 11 a.m to 4 p.m. on Saturday, March 25. It’s all part of the “A Kidney For Mommom” campaign. Theresa Labarck, 70, of Wayne "is one of the strongest women I know," said Sullivan of Saddle Brook. "Her positive attitude and determination to stick around for her family has kept her alive this long." It's also kept Sullivan pursuing all avenues to keep…

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Dogged Detectives Peg NYC Man For Brutal Glen Rock Robbery Of Warehouse Worker From Bergenfield Dogged Detectives Peg NYC Man For Brutal Glen Rock Robbery Of Warehouse Worker From Bergenfield Dogged Detectives Peg NYC Man For Brutal Glen Rock Robbery Of Warehouse Worker From Bergenfield
Dogged Detectives Peg NYC Man For Brutal Glen Rock Robbery Of Warehouse Worker From Bergenfield Two determined Glen Rock detectives identified, located and charged a Queens man with the vicious robbery of a 66-year-old Bergenfield man last spring in the parking lot of the warehouse where he works. The victim was carrying what police described as a “substantial” amount of cash when two robbers accosted him in broad daylight at the De Boer Drive warehouse last June 16. Co-workers dialed 911 after hearing the victim’s cries for help, Glen Rock Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. The victim had bought lottery tickets at a nearby Maple Avenue convenience store a short time earlier, the chie…

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Garfield-Lodi, NJ
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Jersey Shore Cyberthief Swipes $300,000 From Bergen Retiree's Account: It Happens A Lot Jersey Shore Cyberthief Swipes $300,000 From Bergen Retiree's Account: It Happens A Lot Jersey Shore Cyberthief Swipes $300,000 From Bergen Retiree's Account: It Happens A Lot
Jersey Shore Cyberthief Swipes $300,000 From Bergen Retiree's Account: It Happens A Lot An unemployed cyberthief from the Jersey Shore swiped more than $300,000 from an elderly Lodi resident’s retirement account after stealing the victim’s identity, authorities charged. Joseph Bilotta, 65, hijacked the online account, along with others in New Jersey and Maryland, “to fund his lifestyle,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Lodi police notified members of the prosecutor’s Financial Crimes Unit of the account takeover scheme in 2021, Musella said. They arrested Bilotta on theft charges following an investigation and sent him to the Bergen County Jail only to have a judg…

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Northern Highlands, NJ
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SUV Mounts Route 17 Guardrail SUV Mounts Route 17 Guardrail SUV Mounts Route 17 Guardrail
SUV Mounts Route 17 Guardrail Ho-Ho-Kus firefighters wedged wooden blocks behind a back tire of an SUV that had mounted a Route 17 guardrail Friday afternoon. A young female driver got out OK and didn't appear injured -- leaving the car tipped in a precarious position -- following the single-vehicle crash on the southbound highway near Hollywood Avenue on Friday afternoon, Feb. 24. The right lane was temporarily closed while the Honda CR-V was righted and removed. Ho-Ho-Kus police were investigating.

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Driver OK, But Not Car That Slammed Into Utility Pole In Fair Lawn Driver OK, But Not Car That Slammed Into Utility Pole In Fair Lawn Driver OK, But Not Car That Slammed Into Utility Pole In Fair Lawn
Driver OK, But Not Car That Slammed Into Utility Pole In Fair Lawn A young driver sustained only minor injuries thanks to airbags when his hatchback slammed into a utility pole Friday afternoon in Fair Lawn. The road was temporarily closed as a tow truck removed the Toyota Corolla and the remainder of the wreckage was cleared following the Feb. 24 crash on River Road just north of Chittenden Road. Utility service to the area wasn't disrupted. The hatchback slammed into a utility pole on River Road just north of Chittenden Road in Fair Lawn on Friday, Feb. 24.Boyd A. Loving Fair Lawn police, firefighters and Volunteer Ambulance Corps members were joine…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Stranger In Hazmat Suit Who Sprayed Plants At Glen Rock Florist ID'd As NY State Resident Stranger In Hazmat Suit Who Sprayed Plants At Glen Rock Florist ID'd As NY State Resident Stranger In Hazmat Suit Who Sprayed Plants At Glen Rock Florist ID'd As NY State Resident
Stranger In Hazmat Suit Who Sprayed Plants At Glen Rock Florist ID'd As NY State Resident UPDATE: One person's prank is another's vandalism, as a New York State man learned when police in Glen Rock identified him as the stranger in a hazmat suit who sprayed plants and flowers at a local shop with an unknown substance. Robert X. Houston, 22, of Middletown, claimed that he pulled the stunt at Perry’s Florist & Gardens on Harristown Road in January as part of an effort to establish himself as a YouTube personality, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Houston told police there were no chemicals or other substances in the hand-held sprayer, but Ackermann said more than $750 wo…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Knife-Wielding Man Charged After Hours-Long SWAT Standoff At River Edge Garden Apartment Knife-Wielding Man Charged After Hours-Long SWAT Standoff At River Edge Garden Apartment Knife-Wielding Man Charged After Hours-Long SWAT Standoff At River Edge Garden Apartment
Knife-Wielding Man Charged After Hours-Long SWAT Standoff At River Edge Garden Apartment UPDATE: A man who was seized when a SWAT team stormed his mother's garden apartment in River Edge is facing a host of charges. A construction worker by trade, Christopher C. Gomez, 38, had been living in shelters in New York City before recently moving in with his mother at the Oxford Terrace Apartments, authorities said. He'd become violent, however, so she fled and called police at 7:43 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21, River Edge Police Chief Michael Walker said. Responding officers “tried to contend with him,” but Gomez retreated into the kitchen of the garden apartment and began picking up knive…

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