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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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
SERIOUSLY: AGAIN? Another Tractor-Trailer Crashes On Treacherous Stretch Of Route 287 SERIOUSLY: AGAIN? Another Tractor-Trailer Crashes On Treacherous Stretch Of Route 287 SERIOUSLY: AGAIN? Another Tractor-Trailer Crashes On Treacherous Stretch Of Route 287
Seriously: Again? Another Tractor-Trailer Crashes On Treacherous Stretch Of Route 287 A tractor-trailer driver escaped serious injury when his rig flipped over a guardrail on a notorious stretch of Route 287 on a rainy night. The northbound highway was temporarily closed after the crash at mile marker 64.2 in Mahwah shortly before 9 p.m. Firefighters freed the driver, who was hospitalized with injuries that responders said weren't considered serious. Heavy-duty wreckers were needed to remove the rig. Firefighters freed the driver, who was hospitalized with injuries that responders said weren't considered serious following the crash on northbound Route 287 in Mahwah.Mah…

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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GOOD IMPRESSION: Plate Indentation Helps Glen Rock Police ID Hit-And-Run Vehicle GOOD IMPRESSION: Plate Indentation Helps Glen Rock Police ID Hit-And-Run Vehicle GOOD IMPRESSION: Plate Indentation Helps Glen Rock Police ID Hit-And-Run Vehicle
Good Impression: Plate Indentation Helps Glen Rock Police ID Hit-And-Run Vehicle A motorist literally made an impression that helped Glen Rock police crack a hit-and-run crash that injured another driver, authorities said. A 48-year-old borough man had stopped for a pedestrian in a crosswalk on Rock Road just east of Main Street when his 2012 Honda Accord was rear-ended by a black Jeep that fled the scene, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. The driver was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood with injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening after the 6:42 p.m. crash last Thursday, Oct. 20, the chief said. Meanwhile, Officer Andrew Magro investigated the crash …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Newark, NJ
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13 Chinese Nationals Charged With Multiple Acts Of Espionage By Feds In Washington, NJ, NY 13 Chinese Nationals Charged With Multiple Acts Of Espionage By Feds In Washington, NJ, NY 13 Chinese Nationals Charged With Multiple Acts Of Espionage By Feds In Washington, NJ, NY
13 Chinese Nationals Charged With Multiple Acts Of Espionage By Feds In Washington, NJ, NY Thirteen people, including members of China’s security and intelligence services, have been charged with trying to recruit professors and others in the United States to act as agents for their country, federal authorities in New York, New Jersey and Washington, DC announced. Tales of international intrigue include allegations that the defendants plotted to steal documents from a federal prosecutor's office to subvert a criminal investigation into a major Chinese company. Some of them are also charged in a spy-versus-spy encounter involving a $41,000 bribe in Bitcoin paid to an American…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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NJSP: Two Dead, Three Ejected In Separate Garden State Parkway Crashes Miles And Minutes Apart NJSP: Two Dead, Three Ejected In Separate Garden State Parkway Crashes Miles And Minutes Apart NJSP: Two Dead, Three Ejected In Separate Garden State Parkway Crashes Miles And Minutes Apart
Njsp: Two Dead, Three Ejected In Separate Garden State Parkway Crashes Miles And Minutes Apart UPDATE: Three occupants were ejected and two people died in separate Garden State Parkway crashes within two miles and less than 15 minutes of one another, authorities confirmed. A BMW X5 was headed north on the Parkway near milepost 157.9 in Clifton when it veered off the road, hit a cluster of trees and a guardrail, then overturned and re-entered the roadway at 5:43 a.m., New Jersey State Police Trooper II Charles Marchan said. All three occupants in the vehicle were ejected -- one of whom was pronounced dead at the scene, the trooper said. The other two sustained serious injuries, he sa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
NJ Attorney General Reviews Fatal E-Motorcycle Crash With Port Authority PD Vehicle Near GWB NJ Attorney General Reviews Fatal E-Motorcycle Crash With Port Authority PD Vehicle Near GWB NJ Attorney General Reviews Fatal E-Motorcycle Crash With Port Authority PD Vehicle Near GWB
NJ Attorney General Reviews Fatal E-Motorcycle Crash With Port Authority PD Vehicle Near GWB UPDATE: The death of an electric motorcyclist who authorities said ran a red light before crashing into a Port Authority police car near the George Washington Bridge is being investigated by state authorities. State law requires them to review the Oct. 17 incident in Fort Lee despite the circumstances because the death occurred during an encounter with law enforcement. New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin's office identified the victim as Fredy Rolando Queveda -- although loved ones and court records identified him as Fredy Quevedo, a 40-year-old Guatemalan immigrant. The officer…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
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Firefighters Stung By Bees While Battling Illegal West Milford Apartment Blaze Firefighters Stung By Bees While Battling Illegal West Milford Apartment Blaze Firefighters Stung By Bees While Battling Illegal West Milford Apartment Blaze
Firefighters Stung By Bees While Battling Illegal West Milford Apartment Blaze Three firefighters were treated for bee stings in an overnight fire that destroyed what turned out to be an illegal apartment found in a shed outside a West Milford home, authorities said. A resident also was treated at the scene for smoke inhalation after what began as a brush fire on Dudley Street off Broadway shortly after midnight Monday, Oct. 24. The first arriving units also found a shed on fire and flames approaching a house on the property. They searched the shed -- which had beds and a kitchen -- and didn't find any victims, according to the West Milford Fire Marshal's Office. Th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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River Vale PD Recognized By Chiefs Association For 'Clarity, Transparency, Professionalism' River Vale PD Recognized By Chiefs Association For 'Clarity, Transparency, Professionalism' River Vale PD Recognized By Chiefs Association For 'Clarity, Transparency, Professionalism'
River Vale PD Recognized By Chiefs Association For 'Clarity, Transparency, Professionalism' River Vale police met the highest standards of law enforcement when it received accreditation from the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police. NJSACOP is a statewide, independent credentialing body that analyzes the operational effectiveness and clarity of a police department’s policies and procedures. Although about 570 law enforcement agencies in the state are eligible for law enforcement accreditation, only 43% are accredited. River Vale police began the process, which can take up to two years to complete, in March of 2021. “It was a team effort,” said River Vale Police D…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Newark, NJ
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Feds: 'Extensive' Video Shows Gunman Robbing Trio Of NJ Phamarcies For Drugs Feds: 'Extensive' Video Shows Gunman Robbing Trio Of NJ Phamarcies For Drugs Feds: 'Extensive' Video Shows Gunman Robbing Trio Of NJ Phamarcies For Drugs
Feds: 'Extensive' Video Shows Gunman Robbing Trio Of NJ Phamarcies For Drugs Three different pharmacies in Elizabeth were robbed of medications by an Irvington man with the same MO, federal authorities charged. Charles Johnson, 28, was arrested after investigators reviewed "extensive" surveillance video following the holdups in June and July, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said. Johnson took a similar approach each time, including "using a firearm, committing the robberies in the morning, demanding that employees of the pharmacies provide Johnson with oxycodone, promethazine, and other prescription medication, and threatening to shoot individuals i…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Going Gets Extremely Rough For Woman Whose Mom, Fiancé Died In South Hackensack House Fire Going Gets Extremely Rough For Woman Whose Mom, Fiancé Died In South Hackensack House Fire Going Gets Extremely Rough For Woman Whose Mom, Fiancé Died In South Hackensack House Fire
Going Gets Extremely Rough For Woman Whose Mom, Fiancé Died In South Hackensack House Fire A South Hackensack woman whose mother and fiancé were killed in an overnight house fire late last spring says she, her dad and her son are having trouble putting their lives back together. "The insurance company gave us a place to stay for a year but we are struggling to get food, hygiene products and other means we need," Giuseppina Savino told Daily Voice. "We don't have a vehicle and can't get anywhere, as it was damaged in the fire. "We lost everything we own." The June 10 fire broke out in the rear of the 1½-story home on Agar Place shortly after 3 a.m. and instantly spread, respond…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Firefighters Contain Destructive Kitchen Fire At Westwood Restaurant Firefighters Contain Destructive Kitchen Fire At Westwood Restaurant Firefighters Contain Destructive Kitchen Fire At Westwood Restaurant
Firefighters Contain Destructive Kitchen Fire At Westwood Restaurant Firefighters kept a blaze that severely damaged a Guatemalan restaurant from spreading to the rest of a small shopping center in Westwood. The fire broke out in the kitchen and extended to the cockloft of Mi Flor Latin Cafe on Kinderkamack Road across from Kingsberry Avenue shortly before 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 22. Firefighters quickly climbed up and opened the roof as part of an aggressive attack that kept the blaze in check and was over in minutes. Their colleagues from Emerson and River Vale provided mutual aid. Fire inspectors were investigating the cause. The fire broke out in…

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