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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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
FIERY CRASH: Pole Lands On Officer's Vehicle, Stolen Sedan Occupants Flee FIERY CRASH: Pole Lands On Officer's Vehicle, Stolen Sedan Occupants Flee FIERY CRASH: Pole Lands On Officer's Vehicle, Stolen Sedan Occupants Flee
Fiery Crash: Pole Lands On Officer's Vehicle, Stolen Sedan Occupants Flee An officer escaped serious injury when a pole fell onto a police cruiser during a fiery overnight crash involving a stolen car and two fleeing occupants in Ridgefield. The Infiniti sedan was being pursued when it slammed into a traffic light and utility pole at Broad Avenue and Route 5 outside the Ridgefield Fire Co. 1 firehouse shortly after 2:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 13. Firefighters found the vehicle fully involved, the officer OK and the occupants gone, responders said. They quickly doused the blaze. The Bergen County Prosecutor's Fatal Accident Investigations Unit initially was summoned…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson Man Charged With Illegally Touching Girl, 15 Paterson Man Charged With Illegally Touching Girl, 15 Paterson Man Charged With Illegally Touching Girl, 15
Paterson Man Charged With Illegally Touching Girl, 15 A Paterson man illegally touched a 15-year-old girl, authorities charged. Kenyatta Lighty, 44, was sent to the Passaic County Jail following his arrest last Friday, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes announced on Monday, Dec. 12. Members of her Special Victims Unit charged Lighty with two counts each of fourth-degree criminal sexual contact and third-degree child endangerment for two separate incidents in July 2021 and July 2022, the prosecutor said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Driver OK After Sedan Slams Into Tree In Fair Lawn Driver OK After Sedan Slams Into Tree In Fair Lawn Driver OK After Sedan Slams Into Tree In Fair Lawn
Driver OK After Sedan Slams Into Tree In Fair Lawn A senior driver declined medical attention after her sedan slammed into a tree Monday afternoon in Fair Lawn. Fair Lawn Rescue Squad removed the door to free the driver from her Toyota Camry following the crash on Plaza Road North near Fernwood Drive shortly after 2 p.m. Monday, Dec. 12. The Fair Lawn Volunteer Ambulance Corps joined borough police and firefighters at the scene. The sedan had to be towed. Fair Lawn Rescue Squad removed the door to free the driver from her Toyota Camry following the crash on Plaza Road North near Fernwood Drive shortly after 2 p.m. Monday, Dec. 12.Boyd…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
They Came In Through The Bathroom Window: Are Pair Nabbed By Paramus PD Part Of Burglary Ring? They Came In Through The Bathroom Window: Are Pair Nabbed By Paramus PD Part Of Burglary Ring? They Came In Through The Bathroom Window: Are Pair Nabbed By Paramus PD Part Of Burglary Ring?
They Came In Through The Bathroom Window: Are Pair Nabbed By Paramus PD Part Of Burglary Ring? A pair of burglars who were captured by Paramus police after they were spotted on security cameras may be part of a group of South American nationals who’ve been breaking into the homes of Asian victims, authorities said. The homeowner was out of state when his brother alerted police to what was happening at the Chelsea Street residence just off Midland Avenue shortly before 9 p.m. Saturday, Paramus Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. Officers Slavko Bajovic and Officer Don Liu stopped the suspects’ 2013 Nissan Rogue before they could drive off, the chief said. A New Jersey license plate …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
SEE ANYTHING? Robber Flees Fort Lee Gas Station With $900 Cash, Two Bottles Of Booze SEE ANYTHING? Robber Flees Fort Lee Gas Station With $900 Cash, Two Bottles Of Booze SEE ANYTHING? Robber Flees Fort Lee Gas Station With $900 Cash, Two Bottles Of Booze
SEE Anything? Robber Flees Fort Lee Gas Station With $900 Cash, Two Bottles Of Booze IN CUSTODY: A New Jersey man wanted for robbing a gas station convenience store in Fort Lee was captured in New York State following a pursuit that began on the Tappan Zee Bridge. READ MORE HERE .... ****** ORIGINAL STORY: A robber threatened a Fort Lee gas station attendant with a handgun before fleeing with an estimated $900 in cash and two bottles of alcohol, authorities said. The robber entered the Gulf Express convenience store on Bergen Boulevard around 6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11, the attendant told police. Pointing a gun at her, he demanded all the money in the register, Police Capt. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Violent NJ Ex-Con Who Once Made Headlines Hangs Himself At Bergen Jail Violent NJ Ex-Con Who Once Made Headlines Hangs Himself At Bergen Jail Violent NJ Ex-Con Who Once Made Headlines Hangs Himself At Bergen Jail
Violent NJ Ex-Con Who Once Made Headlines Hangs Himself At Bergen Jail A disgraced former police officer who'd served time for threatening to kill his then-wife more than 10 years ago was found hanged in his cell at the Bergen County Jail over the weekend, authorities confirmed. Keith C. Reilly, 42, was pronounced dead from suicide at Hackensack University Medical Center at 5:15 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 11, Sheriff Anthony Cureton said. Officers assigned to the secure housing unit were conducting routine checks when they found Reilly suspended from the HVAC system by a bedsheet, the sheriff said. He'd strangled himself, Cureton said, adding that an investigation was…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
MIRACULOUS RESCUE: Construction Worker Impaled At Paterson Construction Site Dangles In Air MIRACULOUS RESCUE: Construction Worker Impaled At Paterson Construction Site Dangles In Air MIRACULOUS RESCUE: Construction Worker Impaled At Paterson Construction Site Dangles In Air
Miraculous Rescue: Construction Worker Impaled At Paterson Construction Site Dangles In Air A construction worker’s life literally hung in the balance after he fell through an upper-floor opening at a Paterson construction site and was impaled by a length of rebar. City firefighters needed a truck with a 75-foot ladder to get to the 7th floor and then free the 43-year-old worker from two steel reinforcing rods on Saturday, Dec. 10, responders said. The rods went through his chest and hip, miraculously missing vital organs and leaving him suspended in the air, they said. The worker was conscious and alert as his rescuers carefully lowered him to the ground from the seventh floor …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Passaic Man, 19, Shot Dead In Clifton Passaic Man, 19, Shot Dead In Clifton Passaic Man, 19, Shot Dead In Clifton
Passaic Man, 19, Shot Dead In Clifton A 19-year-old Passaic man was shot dead in Clifton before dawn Monday, authorities confirmed. Ariel Henriquez was brought to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center with a gunshot wound via private vehicle shortly before 4 a.m. Dec. 12, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Clifton Police Chief Thomas Rinaldi said. He was pronounced dead a short time later, they said in a joint release. Police who responded to the location of the shooting “discovered evidence of a crime scene" near the corner of Kulick Street and Central Avenue, Valdes and Rinaldi said in the brief release. They…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Child Hospitalized In Deadly Overnight CO Leak In Hawthorne: Here's What You Should Know Child Hospitalized In Deadly Overnight CO Leak In Hawthorne: Here's What You Should Know Child Hospitalized In Deadly Overnight CO Leak In Hawthorne: Here's What You Should Know
Child Hospitalized In Deadly Overnight CO Leak In Hawthorne: Here's What You Should Know A working carbon monoxide alarm hopefully prevented a holiday-season tragedy before dawn Monday in Hawthorne, responders said. A child was hospitalized for potential CO poisoning during the overnight incident on Westervelt Avenue off North 14th Street on Dec. 12, they said. The youngster's condition couldn't immediately be determined. Other family members were treated and released, responders said. Hawthorne firefighters registered a reading of 301 parts per million (PPM) of the colorless, odorless gas on the second floor -- enough to cause almost certain death. The first-floor reading w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
GOTCHA! 'Daughter In Trouble' Scammer Gets Punked By Paramus Police GOTCHA! 'Daughter In Trouble' Scammer Gets Punked By Paramus Police GOTCHA! 'Daughter In Trouble' Scammer Gets Punked By Paramus Police
Gotcha! 'Daughter In Trouble' Scammer Gets Punked By Paramus Police A cold-hearted scammer who tried to trick a Paramus woman out of $15,000 got duped herself, authorities said. The resident called borough police after getting a call from someone claiming to be a Hackensack police officer, Paramus Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg explained. The purported officer told her that her daughter had been arrested and needed bail money -- 15 large, in fact, the chief said. A courier named "Daisy" was going to pick up the cash to be delivered to her daughter's attorney, the caller said. Paramus Police Officer Nicole Capone spoke with the would-be victim, then …

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