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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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
SIDEWAYS: Driver Hospitalized After SUV Hits Two Parked Vehicles In Glen Rock SIDEWAYS: Driver Hospitalized After SUV Hits Two Parked Vehicles In Glen Rock SIDEWAYS: Driver Hospitalized After SUV Hits Two Parked Vehicles In Glen Rock
Sideways: Driver Hospitalized After SUV Hits Two Parked Vehicles In Glen Rock The driver of an SUV that slammed into two parked vehicles was hospitalized following a late-night weekend crash in Glen Rock. Airbags deployed in the Ford Expedition, which landed on its side on Rock Road at the T intersection from Midwood Road shortly before 10:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18. Damaged were a nearly 20-year-old Honda CR-V and a newer Honda Accord. Citywide Towing removed all three vehicles after the crash on Rock Road at Midwood Road in Glen Rock shortly before 10:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18.Boyd A. Loving The driver got out through the moon roof and was taken to the Valley H…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Woman Arrested After Shooting Threat Locks Down Popular Bergen County Restaurant Woman Arrested After Shooting Threat Locks Down Popular Bergen County Restaurant Woman Arrested After Shooting Threat Locks Down Popular Bergen County Restaurant
Woman Arrested After Shooting Threat Locks Down Popular Bergen County Restaurant UPDATE: A woman who police said forced the temporary lockdown of a busy Bergen County restaurant during dinner this weekend was identified as a Westchester County resident. Diana Dealem-Calderon, 39, left Fire & Oak in Montvale after threatening to shoot someone during an argument, Police Chief Doug McDowell said. Montvale police took her into custody a little over a mile away at the Woodcliff Lake Hilton, with help from their law enforcement colleagues there, the chief said. No one was injured and no weapons were involved, but the incident did produce some anxious moments. The call i…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Breaking News
Lodi Killer Gets 50 Years For Stabbing Cresskill Mom 55 Times, Dumping Body In Shallow Creek Lodi Killer Gets 50 Years For Stabbing Cresskill Mom 55 Times, Dumping Body In Shallow Creek Lodi Killer Gets 50 Years For Stabbing Cresskill Mom 55 Times, Dumping Body In Shallow Creek
Lodi Killer Gets 50 Years For Stabbing Cresskill Mom 55 Times, Dumping Body In Shallow Creek A 21-year-old Lodi man who viciously stabbed a Cresskill woman dozens of times in her home before crudely dumping her body in a county park -- with help from the victim’s 14-year-old daughter -- must live into his 60s before he'll taste freedom again. Nicolas Coirazza struck a deal with prosecutors that still resulted in a 50-year state prison sentence on Friday, Feb. 18 for the brutal slaying and desecration of Divna Roasaco in June 2020. Coirazza initially rejected a 45-year plea offer from the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office and appeared ready to go to trial in Superior Court in Hacke…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
GOTCHA! Quintet Captured After Gunshots, Pursuit, Crash Along Hudson GOTCHA! Quintet Captured After Gunshots, Pursuit, Crash Along Hudson GOTCHA! Quintet Captured After Gunshots, Pursuit, Crash Along Hudson
Gotcha! Quintet Captured After Gunshots, Pursuit, Crash Along Hudson A group of out-of-towners who’d been firing gunshots along the Hudson River in Edgewater were captured after they crashed while trying to flee responding officers, authorities said. An anonymous caller alerted borough police to the gunfire along the riverfront near the Target store at the Edgewater Commons Mall shortly before 2:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 17, Police Chief Donald Martin said. Responding officers spotted the getaway car – a red sedan – as it exited the mall parking lot onto River Road, the chief said. Officers Julian Delgado, Rick Hernandez, Daniel Tarabola, Dan Massuda and Muntase…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
14-Year-Old Boy Stabbed Dead Outside Paterson Eastside High School, 16-Year-Old Wounded 14-Year-Old Boy Stabbed Dead Outside Paterson Eastside High School, 16-Year-Old Wounded 14-Year-Old Boy Stabbed Dead Outside Paterson Eastside High School, 16-Year-Old Wounded
14-Year-Old Boy Stabbed Dead Outside Paterson Eastside High School, 16-Year-Old Wounded A 14-year-old boy was stabbed dead in broad daylight Friday afternoon outside Paterson Eastside High School, in what tragically marked the first homicide in the city this year. A 16-year-old boy was hospitalized after he, too, was stabbed in the 3 p.m. incident on Park Avenue, authorities confirmed. Witnesses said police escorted the ambulance carrying the gravely injured boy to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, where the younger boy later succumbed to his injuries. Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Acting Paterson Police Chief Bert Ribeiro confirmed the incident but di…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Body Of Missing Hudson Man Found In His Van In Englewood, No Foul Play Suspected Body Of Missing Hudson Man Found In His Van In Englewood, No Foul Play Suspected Body Of Missing Hudson Man Found In His Van In Englewood, No Foul Play Suspected
Body Of Missing Hudson Man Found In His Van In Englewood, No Foul Play Suspected The body of an audio engineer from West New York who'd gone missing earlier this month was found in his van parked outside an Englewood day care center on Friday, multiple responders said. Investigators said they don't suspect any wrongdoing in the death of Lestor Tabora, 31, whose body was found near the corner of William Street and West Linden Avenue. An autopsy scheduled Saturday morning by the Bergen County Medical Examiner's Office will provide definitive results, they said. Tabora was last seen driving the white GMC van in Fairview on Feb. 8. Loved ones described Tabora as a "kind-h…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Marlton-Evesham, NJ
Breaking News
Abused Woman Held Captive By NJ Man During Year-Long Cross-Country Trip Escapes: Authorities Abused Woman Held Captive By NJ Man During Year-Long Cross-Country Trip Escapes: Authorities Abused Woman Held Captive By NJ Man During Year-Long Cross-Country Trip Escapes: Authorities
Abused Woman Held Captive By NJ Man During Year-Long Cross-Country Trip Escapes: Authorities A South Jersey man kidnapped a woman in New Mexico, then held her hostage during a nearly year-long cross-country trip before she managed to escape, authorities said Friday. James W. Parrillo Jr., 57, may have done the same thing to other women in other states, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and State Police Supt. Colonel Patrick J. Callahan said in a joint statement on  Feb. 17. Parillo was captured after the woman escaped from a residence in Bass Township where she’d been confined and fled to a nearby gas station, they said. Authorities charged Parillo with first-deg…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Edison, NJ
Breaking News
'Very Close Call': House Collapses, 22 NYC Firefighters Injured In Staten Island Blaze 'Very Close Call': House Collapses, 22 NYC Firefighters Injured In Staten Island Blaze 'Very Close Call': House Collapses, 22 NYC Firefighters Injured In Staten Island Blaze
'Very Close Call': House Collapses, 22 NYC Firefighters Injured In Staten Island Blaze UPDATE: A total of 22 New York City firefighters were injured – three of them seriously – while battling a blaze that collapsed part of a Staten Island home, the FDNY said Friday. The good news is that all are expected to survive. Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh called the incident a "very close call for the FDNY, which could have lost three members today."   A major collapse was reported minutes into the fire, which ignited in a 2½-story side-by-side duplex on Shotwell Avenue in the Arden Heights section shortly before 1:30 p.m. Feb. 17. The fire quickly went to four alarms, with multi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Fire Inspector In Morris Who Lives In Bergen Busted For Child Porn Fire Inspector In Morris Who Lives In Bergen Busted For Child Porn Fire Inspector In Morris Who Lives In Bergen Busted For Child Porn
Fire Inspector In Morris Who Lives In Bergen Busted For Child Porn A fire inspector who works in Morris County was caught trafficking child porn, authorities said following a raid on his Rutherford home. Juan P. Bonilla-Correa, 44, was arrested following a warranted search of his Union Avenue garden apartment, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said on Friday, Feb. 17. Members of his Cyber Crimes Unit found that the divorced Bonilla-Correa “used the Internet to view, download, possess, and distribute files depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent children,” the prosecutor said. They charged him with possession and distribution of child porn…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Towering Burglar Breaks Into Same Edgewater Business A Second Time, Police Charge Towering Burglar Breaks Into Same Edgewater Business A Second Time, Police Charge Towering Burglar Breaks Into Same Edgewater Business A Second Time, Police Charge
Towering Burglar Breaks Into Same Edgewater Business A Second Time, Police Charge A North Bergen ex-con gave new meaning to the term “repeat offender” when he burglarized a business in Edgewater that he’d been busted for breaking into just weeks earlier, authorities said. Richard C. Medina, 57, took an undisclosed amount of cash from the Edgewater Plaza business at 725 River Road after breaking the glass of a side door shortly before 1:30 a.m. Jan. 22, Police Chief Donald Martin said. Detectives who reviewed security video instantly recognized him, the chief said. They’d arrested the 6-foot-5-inch repeat offender for burglarizing the same business last Dec. 30, he said.…

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