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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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities: Coke Dealer Who Drove Down Elmwood Park Sidewalk To Avoid Arrest Freed By Judge Authorities: Coke Dealer Who Drove Down Elmwood Park Sidewalk To Avoid Arrest Freed By Judge Authorities: Coke Dealer Who Drove Down Elmwood Park Sidewalk To Avoid Arrest Freed By Judge
Authorities: Coke Dealer Who Drove Down Elmwood Park Sidewalk To Avoid Arrest Freed By Judge A drug-dealing café worker from Elmwood Park drove down a sidewalk to escape detectives, authorities said, then was almost immediately released by a judge after his subsequent arrest. Dominick Nicolosi Jr., 30, sold cocaine to an undercover detective multiple times over the past several weeks, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. He had just pulled up for another arranged buy with nearly a half-pound of the drug in his car on Wednesday, Oct. 26, when members of the Bergen County Regional SWAT Team and detectives from Musella’s Narcotic Task Force moved in to arrest him, the prosecuto…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
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Ex-Bergen Resident Seized By Marshals, Brought To NJ To Face Child Sex Assault Charges Ex-Bergen Resident Seized By Marshals, Brought To NJ To Face Child Sex Assault Charges Ex-Bergen Resident Seized By Marshals, Brought To NJ To Face Child Sex Assault Charges
Ex-Bergen Resident Seized By Marshals, Brought To NJ To Face Child Sex Assault Charges A former Bergen County resident was seized by U.S. Marshals and extradited to New Jersey this week to face charges of repeatedly sexually assaulting an underage teenager several years ago. Alex L. Wheeler, a 34-year-old logistics manager, is being held in the Bergen County Jail on three counts of sexual assault on a 16-year-old victim, along with child endangerment through sexual conduct, in Northvale in 2016, records show. The teen’s mother went to police two years later but didn’t want to prosecute, a complaint on file in Superior Court in Hackensack says. Now an adult, the alleged victi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Newark, NJ
Breaking News
Bizman Who Laundered $2.5M In Drug Money Through NJ, NY Gets Nearly 10 Years, No Parole Bizman Who Laundered $2.5M In Drug Money Through NJ, NY Gets Nearly 10 Years, No Parole Bizman Who Laundered $2.5M In Drug Money Through NJ, NY Gets Nearly 10 Years, No Parole
Bizman Who Laundered $2.5M In Drug Money Through NJ, NY Gets Nearly 10 Years, No Parole A Puerto Rican man must spend nearly a decade in federal prison for laundering more than $2.5 million in drug proceeds through New Jersey and New York. Osvaldo Villegas Rivera, 57, of Rio Piedras, conspired with others to move the money from Miami to Venezuela between 2017 and 2019, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a release on Friday, Oct. 28. "The proceeds consisted of five deliveries of bulk cash picked up in the New York and New Jersey area that Villegas knew to be traceable to the sale of cocaine," according to the release. Villegas "also employed a network of couriers to move t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Jersey City, NJ
Breaking News
Hudson Felon Freed Under Bail Reform In Back-To-Back Busts Convicted By Federal Jurors Hudson Felon Freed Under Bail Reform In Back-To-Back Busts Convicted By Federal Jurors Hudson Felon Freed Under Bail Reform In Back-To-Back Busts Convicted By Federal Jurors
Hudson Felon Freed Under Bail Reform In Back-To-Back Busts Convicted By Federal Jurors A Hudson County ex-con who was arrested with a loaded gun in his car after being busted and released twice for cocaine and heroin possession in the previous few months isn't going anywhere now. Federal jurors in Newark convicted Clarence Gaffney, 36, of Jersey City, of drug and weapons possession earlier this week following a three-day trial, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Police reported finding the coke and smack in Gaffney's underwear and shoe following an Oct. 5, 2019 traffic stop, Sellinger said. He was arrested again, on Dec. 26, 2019, after officers caught him selling …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Breaking News
New Details Disclosed By Lawyer In Route 9W Road-Rage Crash That Critically Injured Teens New Details Disclosed By Lawyer In Route 9W Road-Rage Crash That Critically Injured Teens New Details Disclosed By Lawyer In Route 9W Road-Rage Crash That Critically Injured Teens
New Details Disclosed By Lawyer In Route 9W Road-Rage Crash That Critically Injured Teens A volunteer firefighter accused in a road-rage crash that nearly killed a group of fellow Bergen County teens not only returned to the scene as a responder but actively participated in the recovery effort, a personal injury lawyer said in announcing a massive lawsuit. Luke G. Stein, 18, of Cresskill, “helped carry one of the stretchers away from the wreck” off southbound Route 9W in Alpine earlier this month, Samuel L. Davis told reporters during a news conference at his Teaneck office on Thursday, Oct. 27. It was perhaps one of the “most twisted and cynical” things that he’d ever heard an…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Elmwood Park Man, 59, Found Dead Outside By Suicide With Gun Elmwood Park Man, 59, Found Dead Outside By Suicide With Gun Elmwood Park Man, 59, Found Dead Outside By Suicide With Gun
Elmwood Park Man, 59, Found Dead Outside By Suicide With Gun A 59-year-old Elmwood Park man died by suicide on a borough street Thursday morning, authorities confirmed. The man's body was found outside on Parkview Avenue near the intersection of Willow Street around 10:30 a.m. Oct. 27, Elmwood Park Police Chief Michael Foligno said. He was pronounced dead at the scene and turned over to the Bergen County Medical Examiner's Office, the chief said. Police also recovered a .45-caliber handgun and were notifying next of kin. NOTE: Daily Voice is withholding the dead man's name. It's being reported here only because it occurred on a public street and no…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Female Route 46 Motel Guest Pistol-Whipped, Robbed Female Route 46 Motel Guest Pistol-Whipped, Robbed Female Route 46 Motel Guest Pistol-Whipped, Robbed
Female Route 46 Motel Guest Pistol-Whipped, Robbed A robber who'd apparently followed a woman to a Route 46 motel kicked in the door and pistol-whipped her before fleeing, authorities said. South Hackensack police found the Nyack, NY, victim bleeding from the face when they responded to a 911 call from the Stagecoach Motel around 9 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26, Detective Sgt. James Donatello said. The victim, who spoke no English, was interviewed with the assistance of Moonachie Police Officer Frank Tamargo, the sergeant said. She described the robber as black, wearing a blue sweatsuit and white mask, carrying a white shoulder bag and driving a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
HERO: Distraught Man, 80, Pursuing Suicide Rescued By Hasbrouck Heights Police Officer HERO: Distraught Man, 80, Pursuing Suicide Rescued By Hasbrouck Heights Police Officer HERO: Distraught Man, 80, Pursuing Suicide Rescued By Hasbrouck Heights Police Officer
Hero: Distraught Man, 80, Pursuing Suicide Rescued By Hasbrouck Heights Police Officer A Hasbrouck Heights police officer revived an 80-year-old man who authorities said was trying to kill himself. Officer Michael Renna found the man unconscious in his vehicle on a quiet stretch of Franklin Avenue between Oak Grove Avenue and Boulevard shortly before 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25, according to a police report. The officer reportedly administered Narcan, which helped bring the man around. An ambulance took the man to Hackensack University Medical Center. Police, meanwhile, discovered a suicide note. The Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification also responded t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Family Tesla Gets Stranded On RR Tracks, Train Service Suspended On Pascack Valley Line Family Tesla Gets Stranded On RR Tracks, Train Service Suspended On Pascack Valley Line Family Tesla Gets Stranded On RR Tracks, Train Service Suspended On Pascack Valley Line
Family Tesla Gets Stranded On RR Tracks, Train Service Suspended On Pascack Valley Line A family of four had to bail out of their Tesla after it got stuck on the railroad tracks near the Emerson train station. NJ TRANSIT stopped Pascack Valley Line rail service in both directions between Oradell and Woodcliff Lake following the mishap in the area of Lindwood Avenue and Kinderkamack Road shortly before 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 25. Substitute bus service was being provided. NJ TRANSIT stopped Pascack Valley Line rail service in both directions between Oradell and Woodcliff Lake following the mishap in the area of Lindwood Avenue and Kinderkamack Road shortly before 3:30 p.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Newark, NJ
Breaking News
Law Enforcement 'Supergroups' In NJ Unite To Fight Organized Violent Criminals Law Enforcement 'Supergroups' In NJ Unite To Fight Organized Violent Criminals Law Enforcement 'Supergroups' In NJ Unite To Fight Organized Violent Criminals
Law Enforcement 'Supergroups' In NJ Unite To Fight Organized Violent Criminals A collection of crime-fighting 'supergroups' nailed 42 defendants in a series of pinpointed attacks on organized gangs dealing drugs, packing weapons and waging street warfare in North Jersey, authorities announced. The Violent Crime Initiative, as it's called, targeted what had been thriving criminal organizations in Newark, Paterson and elsewhere, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said. Shooting incidents statewide and in cities where the VCIs operate are “appreciably lower” than the year-to-date total from last year, including a 23% reduction statewide, a 30% reduction in …

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