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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Lower Paxton, PA
Breaking News
SLEAZY PASS: Feds Charge Bi-State Duo With $1M Pennsy Turnpike Toll Scam SLEAZY PASS: Feds Charge Bi-State Duo With $1M Pennsy Turnpike Toll Scam SLEAZY PASS: Feds Charge Bi-State Duo With $1M Pennsy Turnpike Toll Scam
Sleazy Pass: Feds Charge Bi-State Duo With $1M Pennsy Turnpike Toll Scam Two men helped truckers and other drivers dodge $1 million in Pennsylvania Turnpike tolls by registering E-ZPass transponders with bogus identities, federal authorities charged. Duvany Zambrano, 43, of Hamilton, NJ, and Sergio Jara, 37, of Allentown, PA, colluded with other unidentified co-conspirators to buy up thousands of the devices from retailers in both states, an FBI investigation found. E-ZPass transponders aren't all that difficult to find. Walmart is among those who sell them. Pennsylvania has more than 300 retail locations where state officials say customers can buy the transpon…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Convicted Killer, Fellow Ex-Con Charged With Gunning Down Paterson Man, Wounding Companion Convicted Killer, Fellow Ex-Con Charged With Gunning Down Paterson Man, Wounding Companion Convicted Killer, Fellow Ex-Con Charged With Gunning Down Paterson Man, Wounding Companion
Convicted Killer, Fellow Ex-Con Charged With Gunning Down Paterson Man, Wounding Companion A man who was killed and a woman who was with him were shot by two Paterson ex-cons, one of whom recently served nearly a decade for slaying an aspiring rapper and the other who was tracked down in Virginia, authorities announced. Shaquan Winstead, 28, and David “Scrappy” Armfield, 31, are both charged with first-degree murder in the Oct. 1 shooting death of Briheem Nero, 42, of Paterson at what may well be the city’s deadliest street corner. An unidentified 49-year-old woman who was with Nero was shot in the arm, for which Winstead and Armfield are charged with attempted murder. They’re a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Greenwich, CT
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Teens OK After Minibus From Greenwich Country Day School Careens Across Entire Parkway Teens OK After Minibus From Greenwich Country Day School Careens Across Entire Parkway Teens OK After Minibus From Greenwich Country Day School Careens Across Entire Parkway
Teens OK After Minibus From Greenwich Country Day School Careens Across Entire Parkway A group of teens and their driver escaped serious injury when a minibus from a prestigious private school in Connecticut careened across both the northbound and southbound lanes of the Garden State Parkway in Paramus, New Jersey. The Greenwich Country Day School bus was headed north when the driver swerved to avoid a Lexus whose driver had changed lanes abruptly around 12:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 13, New Jersey State Police Trooper II Charles Marchan said. The minibus ran off the roadway, then across the southbound lanes, before coming to rest in a ditch with a flat rear tire. Two of nearly a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
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Teens OK After Minibus From Prestigious Private School Careens Across Entire GS Parkway Teens OK After Minibus From Prestigious Private School Careens Across Entire GS Parkway Teens OK After Minibus From Prestigious Private School Careens Across Entire GS Parkway
Teens OK After Minibus From Prestigious Private School Careens Across Entire GS Parkway A group of teens and their driver escaped serious injury when a minibus from a prestigious private school in Connecticut careened across both the northbound and southbound lanes of the Garden State Parkway in Paramus on Friday the 13th. The Greenwich Country Day School bus was headed north when the driver swerved to avoid a Lexus whose driver had changed lanes abruptly around 12:30 p.m. Jan. 13, New Jersey State Police Trooper II Charles Marchan said. The minibus ran off the roadway, then across the southbound lanes, before coming to rest in a ditch with a flat rear tire. Two of nearly a …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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OUCH: Fort Lee Pedestrian, 89, Struck By SUV Gets Jaywalking Ticket OUCH: Fort Lee Pedestrian, 89, Struck By SUV Gets Jaywalking Ticket OUCH: Fort Lee Pedestrian, 89, Struck By SUV Gets Jaywalking Ticket
Ouch: Fort Lee Pedestrian, 89, Struck By SUV Gets Jaywalking Ticket An 89-year-old woman who was struck by an SUV while crossing a busy Fort Lee street was at fault and got a jaywalking ticket for it, authorities said. The pedestrian from Fort Lee failed to use the marked crosswalk and was struck by a three-row 2021 Hyundai Palisade near the corner of Old Palisade Road and Parker Avenue around 6:45 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11, Police Capt. Edward Young said. She was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with a mild complaint of pain, the captain said on Friday. The driver, a 59-year-old man from the Fresh Meadows section of Queens, remained at the scen…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
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Teaneck Apartment Fire Doused Teaneck Apartment Fire Doused Teaneck Apartment Fire Doused
Teaneck Apartment Fire Doused Firefighters made quick work of a Friday the 13th apartment blaze in Teaneck. The call of a smoky third-floor fire in the four-story building at 140 West Englewood Avenue, between Teaneck and Queen Anne roads, came in shortly before 10:30 a.m. It was quickly doused in minutes and declared under control in under a half hour, with no serious injuries immediately reported. Mutual aid responders at the scene or in coverage included firefighters from Hackensack, Englewood, Bergenfield, Bogota and Ridgefield Park.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Newark, NJ
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Prominent NJ Attorney Stole $2M From Family's Offshore Bank Account, Feds Charge Prominent NJ Attorney Stole $2M From Family's Offshore Bank Account, Feds Charge Prominent NJ Attorney Stole $2M From Family's Offshore Bank Account, Feds Charge
Prominent NJ Attorney Stole $2M From Family's Offshore Bank Account, Feds Charge A prominent attorney from Jersey City went to great lengths to swindle $2 million from a family he represented, federal authorities charged. The family had retained James R. Lisa, 67, to gather millions that had been moved into offshore bank accounts by relatives decades ago and to resolve any tax issues that arose as a result, they said. Soon after being retained, he moved more than $6 million back into the United States but told the family the funds still remained offshore, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. Lisa kept them waiting for two years before giving them $4 million while cl…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Fugitive 20, With Gun Conviction Seized By Passaic Sheriff's Detectives With US Marshals Unit Fugitive 20, With Gun Conviction Seized By Passaic Sheriff's Detectives With US Marshals Unit Fugitive 20, With Gun Conviction Seized By Passaic Sheriff's Detectives With US Marshals Unit
Fugitive 20, With Gun Conviction Seized By Passaic Sheriff's Detectives With US Marshals Unit Passaic County sheriff's detectives assigned to a special U.S. Marshals Service unit captured a 20-year-old fugitive from Paterson -- at his home. Aaron Young had been the subject of a manhunt after he violated probation on Dec. 12 following a gun conviction, Sheriff Richard Berdnik said. Sheriff's detectives with the Marshals' New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force seized Young at his home shortly before 6:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11, Berdnik said. He was carrying 15 crack capsules, along with illegal prescription drugs and a small amount of pot, the sheriff said. Investigators …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
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Pedestrian Struck By SUV Just Off Route 17 Near MetLife Pedestrian Struck By SUV Just Off Route 17 Near MetLife Pedestrian Struck By SUV Just Off Route 17 Near MetLife
Pedestrian Struck By SUV Just Off Route 17 Near MetLife A pedestrian was hospitalized with a head injury after being struck by an SUV just off Route 17 near MetLife Stadium, authorities said. A 42-year-old Hawthorne driver was making a left off the northbound highway onto Paterson Plank Road when her 2020 Chevy Equinox hit the 29-year-old man shortly before 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11, East Rutherford Police Chief Dennis Rivelli said. The pedestrian, who refused to provide an address, was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with a minor head injury, the chief said. Any summonses would be pending the results of a police investigation,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: Wild Stolen Car Chase Ends In Paterson With Struggle, Gunshot, Prosecutor Confirms UPDATE: Wild Stolen Car Chase Ends In Paterson With Struggle, Gunshot, Prosecutor Confirms UPDATE: Wild Stolen Car Chase Ends In Paterson With Struggle, Gunshot, Prosecutor Confirms
Update: Wild Stolen Car Chase Ends In Paterson With Struggle, Gunshot, Prosecutor Confirms A Paterson police officer’s gun accidentally discharged during the arrest of a repeat offender from Sussex County after he led officers on a wild stolen car chase, authorities said. It took three days for Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes to confirm the incident from Monday night, Jan. 9. Members of the city’s Street Crimes Unit had tried to stop the vehicle around 9 p.m., but the driver kept going, Valdes said in a release. They pursued the vehicle down Katz Avenue into Haledon and then back into Paterson, says the release, issued shortly before 5 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 12. Office…

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