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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Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
ICE Looks To Deport Stolen Car Passenger, 22, After Montvale Pursuit, Elmwood Park Crash ICE Looks To Deport Stolen Car Passenger, 22, After Montvale Pursuit, Elmwood Park Crash ICE Looks To Deport Stolen Car Passenger, 22, After Montvale Pursuit, Elmwood Park Crash
ICE Looks To Deport Stolen Car Passenger, 22, After Montvale Pursuit, Elmwood Park Crash A stolen vehicle pursuit that began in Montvale ended in a crash and the arrests of two occupants at a Garden State Parkway exit ramp in Elmwood Park. Police began pursuing the Range Rover, which had been reported stolen out of Saddle River, on Chestnut Ridge Road around 5 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 30, Montvale Police Chief Doug McDowell said. The vehicle crashed at Exit 157 onto Route 46 off the southbound Parkway 15 or so minutes later. The driver, Raidis A. Santos Tejada, 19, of Newark was trapped in the car and taken at gunpoint, Elmwood Park Police Chief Michael Foligno said. The passen…

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Newark, NJ
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Saudi National Who Drove Stolen NJ School Bus To PA Kept Anti-Semitic Journals: Feds Saudi National Who Drove Stolen NJ School Bus To PA Kept Anti-Semitic Journals: Feds Saudi National Who Drove Stolen NJ School Bus To PA Kept Anti-Semitic Journals: Feds
Saudi National Who Drove Stolen NJ School Bus To PA Kept Anti-Semitic Journals: Feds A college student from Saudi Arabia who stole a school bus in Livingston, NJ, and drove it nearly 60 miles to Stroudsburg, PA, kept anti-Semitic journals, federal authorities said. Bader Alzahrani, a 22-year-old divorced sophomore who attends an undisclosed college, is accused of first breaking into a vacant home across the street from a Livingston Board of Education parking lot on Hill Side Avenue where the bus was parked. The district reported the bus stolen on Jan. 17, two days after the residential break-in, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said. Police found a backpack…

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Fort Lee, NJ
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Two Hospitalized In Route 46 Gas Station Stabbings: Palisades Park PD Two Hospitalized In Route 46 Gas Station Stabbings: Palisades Park PD Two Hospitalized In Route 46 Gas Station Stabbings: Palisades Park PD
Two Hospitalized In Route 46 Gas Station Stabbings: Palisades Park PD UPDATE: Two Palisades Park men were hospitalized and a third jailed following an overnight stabbing at a Route 46 gas station, authorities said. Both victims were confronted by Gerberth E. Fuentes, 19, outside the convenience store of the Sunoco station on eastbound Route 46 before dawn Monday, Jan. 30, Sgt. George Beck said. It's unclear what precipitated the argument. Fuentes stabbed one victim, 20, with a folding knife in the right hip and back, and the other, 18, in the right leg, Beck said. Both went to different hospitals in private vehicles -- the older victim to Holy Name Hospital…

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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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5 Nabbed With 144 Checks, 20 Money Orders, Credit/Debit Cards In Various Names: Cliffside PD 5 Nabbed With 144 Checks, 20 Money Orders, Credit/Debit Cards In Various Names: Cliffside PD 5 Nabbed With 144 Checks, 20 Money Orders, Credit/Debit Cards In Various Names: Cliffside PD
5 Nabbed With 144 Checks, 20 Money Orders, Credit/Debit Cards In Various Names: Cliffside PD Five men stopped by a Cliffside Park police officer had more than 160 checks and money orders made out to dozens of different people, along with various credit, debit and Social Security cards in other people's names, authorities said. Officer Julio Perez found the driver and passengers "evasive and not truthful" during last week's noontime stop in the 500 block of Anderson Avenue, Deputy Police Chief Vincent Capano said on Monday, Jan. 30. One of them, Leroy Chance Williams, 27, of Hackensack, is known to police, having been arrested dozens of times in North Jersey for drug-related crimes …

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Route 80 Collision Sends Two To Hospital Route 80 Collision Sends Two To Hospital Route 80 Collision Sends Two To Hospital
Route 80 Collision Sends Two To Hospital Two victims were hospitalized following an afternoon collision on Route 80 in Wayne. A Toyota RAV4 and Nissan Sentra collided on the westbound highway just past the "spaghetti bowl" interchange around 2:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 30. The Wayne Township Memorial First Aid Squad tended to the victims, whose conditions couldn't immediately be determined. New Jersey State Police are investigating the Route 80 crash in Wayne on Monday, Jan. 30.CONTRIBUTED New Jersey State Police are investigating. Camps Towing removed the vehicles. The SUV collided with a sedan on westbound Route 80 in Wayn…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Repeat Offender Stopped With 120 Heroin Folds, 16 Crack Bags, 50 Ecstacy Pills: Haledon PD Repeat Offender Stopped With 120 Heroin Folds, 16 Crack Bags, 50 Ecstacy Pills: Haledon PD Repeat Offender Stopped With 120 Heroin Folds, 16 Crack Bags, 50 Ecstacy Pills: Haledon PD
Repeat Offender Stopped With 120 Heroin Folds, 16 Crack Bags, 50 Ecstacy Pills: Haledon PD A Paterson man with a history of drug-related arrests was seized by Haledon police who reported finding 120 heroin folds, 16 bags of crack and 50 Ecstasy pills in his car after they stopped him for speeding. Keith Clyburn, 49, also had heavily-tinted front and rear windows on the Chrysler SUV stopped by Officers Jeffrey Welsh and Kris Duci in the 100 block of Belmont Avenue shortly after 1 p.m. Jan. 27, Capt. George Guzman said. Clyburn, whose driver's license had been suspended, suddenly exited the vehicle after stopping and began to tip away, ignoring the orders of the officers, who quick…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Pedestrian Struck, Killed By Hit-And-Run Driver In Glen Rock, Arrest Made Pedestrian Struck, Killed By Hit-And-Run Driver In Glen Rock, Arrest Made Pedestrian Struck, Killed By Hit-And-Run Driver In Glen Rock, Arrest Made
Pedestrian Struck, Killed By Hit-And-Run Driver In Glen Rock, Arrest Made UPDATE: A 24-year-old factory worker from Paterson was charged Wednesday with the hit-and-run death of an 83-year-old Hawthorne woman as she crossed a Glen Rock street two days earlier. The 2007 Honda CRV that David Romero was driving when he was stopped by Glen Rock Police Sgt. Michael Trover around 6:45 a.m. Feb. 1, not only has a dented hood. Tape also remained on an apparently new replacement windshield and bits of clothing were found in the grill. Romero was pulled over on Lincoln Avenue near northbound Route 208 -- less than a block up and easily visible from the spot where Angelina…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Newark, NJ
Breaking News
TSA Newark Nabs PA Man Trying To Board Plane With .357 Revolver TSA Newark Nabs PA Man Trying To Board Plane With .357 Revolver TSA Newark Nabs PA Man Trying To Board Plane With .357 Revolver
TSA Newark Nabs PA Man Trying To Board Plane With .357 Revolver A Pennsylvania man was arrested at Newark Airport over the weekend with an unloaded .357-caliber revolver in his carry-on, the TSA said. The Bethlehem, PA traveler was nabbed after the weapon was spotted going through an X-ray scanner at a Terminal C security checkpoint on Sunday, Jan. 29, the Transportation Security Administration’s Lisa Farbstein said. Port Authority police took him into custody. Whenever the TSA catches a traveler with a gun at a checkpoint, the entire lane comes to a standstill until the incident is resolved, Farbstein noted. That can delay – and even prevent – others…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: Two Women Wounded In Paterson Triple Shooting, Fourth Victim Shot Hours Later UPDATE: Two Women Wounded In Paterson Triple Shooting, Fourth Victim Shot Hours Later UPDATE: Two Women Wounded In Paterson Triple Shooting, Fourth Victim Shot Hours Later
Update: Two Women Wounded In Paterson Triple Shooting, Fourth Victim Shot Hours Later A triple shooting in Paterson involving two female victims – one from out of state -- was followed a few hours later by gunfire that wounded a city teenager, authorities said. Police responding to shots fired at New Plaza FoodMarket at the corner of 10th Avenue and East 26th Street shortly after 11 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, found two women – one, 37, from Pittsburgh, PA, and the other, 36, from the city, they said. A short time later, a 44-year-old Paterson man arrived at St. Joseph’s University Medical Center via private vehicle seeking treatment for a gunshot wound, Passaic County Prosecut…

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Bergenfield, NJ
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Of All Places: SUV Crash Destroys Auto Repair Shop In Bergenfield Of All Places: SUV Crash Destroys Auto Repair Shop In Bergenfield Of All Places: SUV Crash Destroys Auto Repair Shop In Bergenfield
Of All Places: SUV Crash Destroys Auto Repair Shop In Bergenfield An SUV slammed into an auto repair business -- collapsing the building -- in Bergenfield. The driver and passenger both fortunately emerged with minor injuries when their Nissan Rogue crashed into Auto Clinic Repair Tech Service on West Main Street with minor injuries at 1:40 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 29. They were tended to by the Bergenfield Volunteer Ambulance Corps, who responded along with police and firefighters. The overnight SUV crash on Sunday, Jan. 29, collapsed the building at Auto Clinic Repair Tech Service, 82 West Main Street, Bergenfield.Stephanie Cooke A building inspector also…

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