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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Paterson, NJ
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Two Teens, Adult Shot At Same Paterson Corner Where Girl, 15, Was Killed Two Teens, Adult Shot At Same Paterson Corner Where Girl, 15, Was Killed Two Teens, Adult Shot At Same Paterson Corner Where Girl, 15, Was Killed
Two Teens, Adult Shot At Same Paterson Corner Where Girl, 15, Was Killed Two teens and a 32-year-old man were wounded by gunfire overnight at the same Paterson street corner where a 15-year-old girl was shot dead earlier this year, authorities confirmed. Shots rang out at Madison and Essex streets shortly after 1:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 15. Found wounded at the scene were a 19-year-old man from Sunbury, PA, and both a 16-year-old boy and the other adult, both from Paterson, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Acting Paterson Police Chief Bert Ribeiro said in a joint announcement. All were taken to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center with injuries …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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UPDATE: Firefighter Charged In Horrific 9W Crash Later Returned To Scene As Responder UPDATE: Firefighter Charged In Horrific 9W Crash Later Returned To Scene As Responder UPDATE: Firefighter Charged In Horrific 9W Crash Later Returned To Scene As Responder
Update: Firefighter Charged In Horrific 9W Crash Later Returned To Scene As Responder UPDATE: A volunteer firefighter charged in a horrific road-rage crash that nearly killed a fellow group of fellow Bergen County teens earlier this week left the scene and then returned as a responder, authorities said. Luke Stein, 18, who was taken into custody in Colorado on Friday, Oct. 14, became a volunteer firefighter in Alpine and Demarest earlier this year, records show.  He was driving a Jeep Grand Cherokee with blue and white emergency lights on the dashboard when he pursued and then deliberately rear-ended the victims' Honda Pilot on Route 9W just after midnight on Monday, Oct. 1…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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Driver Seized In Colorado In Route 9W Crash That Critically Injured Bergen County Teens Driver Seized In Colorado In Route 9W Crash That Critically Injured Bergen County Teens Driver Seized In Colorado In Route 9W Crash That Critically Injured Bergen County Teens
Driver Seized In Colorado In Route 9W Crash That Critically Injured Bergen County Teens UPDATE: A volunteer firefighter who was wanted in connection with a horrific road-rage crash that nearly killed a fellow group of Bergen County teens earlier this week was taken into custody in Colorado on Friday. Luke Stein, 18, was seized on a fugitive-from-justice warrant shortly after noon on Oct. 14 by police at Colorado University in Boulder, where he attends school, records show. Stein -- who's a volunteer firefighter in Alpine and Demarest -- had his vehicle's blue-and-white emergency warning lights on when he pursued and deliberately rear-ended the victims' car on Route 9W in Alpi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Ramapo Student Kidnapped At Knifepoint By Boyfriend, Escapes At Woodbury Common Mall: Mahwah PD Ramapo Student Kidnapped At Knifepoint By Boyfriend, Escapes At Woodbury Common Mall: Mahwah PD Ramapo Student Kidnapped At Knifepoint By Boyfriend, Escapes At Woodbury Common Mall: Mahwah PD
Ramapo Student Kidnapped At Knifepoint By Boyfriend, Escapes At Woodbury Common Mall: Mahwah PD A Ramapo College student told police that she was kidnapped by her boyfriend at knifepoint on the Mahwah campus, then escaped after he made her drive to the Woodbury Common mall in New York to get ski pants. The 19-year-old commuter student said she'd returned to her car from class shortly before 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, when Pawel Sliwinski popped up from behind the front seat, Mahwah Police Capt. Guido Bussinelli said. Sliwinski, 22, of Garfield assaulted the victim, then pointed a knife and ordered her to drive off the campus, the captain said. He then had her drive north for near…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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BANG BANG: Three Wounded In Sudden Series Of Paterson Shootings BANG BANG: Three Wounded In Sudden Series Of Paterson Shootings BANG BANG: Three Wounded In Sudden Series Of Paterson Shootings
BANG BANG: Three Wounded In Sudden Series Of Paterson Shootings Three men were wounded in separate shootings in Paterson less than 18 hours apart, authorities confirmed. A 27-year-old city man was shot in the leg near the corner of Carroll and Fulton streets shortly before 9 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 12, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Acting Paterson Police Chief Bert Ribeiro said. He was taken to St. Joseph's University Medical Center, they said. Barely 15 minutes and a half-mile north of that shooting, a 24-year-old Paterson man was wounded at Rosa Parks Boulevard and Putnam Street. He, too, was taken to St. Joe's. Police responding to …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
PHOTOS: Gas-Fed Fire Destroys Multi-Family, Mixed-Use Building In Passaic, Dozens Displaced PHOTOS: Gas-Fed Fire Destroys Multi-Family, Mixed-Use Building In Passaic, Dozens Displaced PHOTOS: Gas-Fed Fire Destroys Multi-Family, Mixed-Use Building In Passaic, Dozens Displaced
Photos: Gas-Fed Fire Destroys Multi-Family, Mixed-Use Building In Passaic, Dozens Displaced An overnight fire that shot through the roof of a multi-family, mixed-use building in Passaic was initially fueled by gas-fed flames from a first-floor apartment, officials said. No injuries were reported and 65 residents were displaced, Mayor Hector Carlos Lora said, adding that the "strategic positioning of trucks" around the building kept the situation from becoming far worse "Hundreds of lives could have been impacted," the mayor said outside the Hamilton Avenue building -- across from the No. 6 school -- early Friday, Oct. 14. Aftermath of the fire at Hamilton and Madison avenues.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Ex-Con Gets 10 Years As Accomplice To Still-Unidentified Killer Of Beloved Paterson DoorDasher Ex-Con Gets 10 Years As Accomplice To Still-Unidentified Killer Of Beloved Paterson DoorDasher Ex-Con Gets 10 Years As Accomplice To Still-Unidentified Killer Of Beloved Paterson DoorDasher
Ex-Con Gets 10 Years As Accomplice To Still-Unidentified Killer Of Beloved Paterson DoorDasher An ex-con was sentenced to a plea-bargained 10 years in state prison for his role in the cold-blooded killing of a DoorDash driver as she made a delivery in Paterson three years ago, authorities said. Authorities haven’t said whether Quadir Whitaker, 37, of East Orange has cooperated with their attempts to identify the shooter who ambushed 43-year-old Petra Rhoden the night of Oct. 4, 2019. That unfortunately leaves the case open -- and loved ones, friends and others who cared for Rhoden still without closure. Whitaker was driving as he and the mystery killer followed Rhoden from a pickup …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cherry Hill, NJ
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Feds: Female Duo Admits Dealing Meth Throughout South Jersey Feds: Female Duo Admits Dealing Meth Throughout South Jersey Feds: Female Duo Admits Dealing Meth Throughout South Jersey
Feds: Female Duo Admits Dealing Meth Throughout South Jersey Two women caught trafficking meth through South Jersey took plea deals rather than risk federal prosecution, authorities said. Sherri Craig, 42, of Clementon, New Jersey, and Shannon Foster, 27, of Egg Harbor City, formally agreed on Thursday, Oct. 13, to mandatory five-year minimum sentences -- and possibly more time. All of it must be served because there's no parole in the federal prison system. Several federal agencies teamed up to investigate Craig and Foster, who "regularly" bought methamphetamine from suppliers and conspired with each other, and others, to deal it throughout the so…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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GOTCHA! Fugitive Nabbed After Incident With Elderly Driver In Oakland GOTCHA! Fugitive Nabbed After Incident With Elderly Driver In Oakland GOTCHA! Fugitive Nabbed After Incident With Elderly Driver In Oakland
Gotcha! Fugitive Nabbed After Incident With Elderly Driver In Oakland An angered driver who stopped after being cut off by an elderly motorist in Oakland turned out to be a fugitive wanted in Pennsylvania, authorities said. Sgt. Ryan O’Keefe was on Ramapo Valley Road when he saw a 2016 Kia cut off a 2007 Chevrolet Monte Carlo around 11:50 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 12. As O'Keefe pulled the female motorist over, he noticed the driver of the Monte Carlo, which had struck a curb, stop just up the road, Capt. Timothy Keenan said. That driver, Tyris Scott, 20, of Newark didn't have a driver's license on him, the captain said. Then came the surprise: A computer check …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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January 6 Committee Unanimously Votes To Subpoena Trump January 6 Committee Unanimously Votes To Subpoena Trump January 6 Committee Unanimously Votes To Subpoena Trump
January 6 Committee Unanimously Votes To Subpoena Trump The election clock was ticking as the Jan. 6 committee unanimously voted to subpoena former President Donald Trump to testify about his role in the storming of the U.S. Capitol last year. The committee concluded its final hearing before the Nov. 8 midterm elections with the decision on Thursday, Oct. 13, to require the former president to testify publicly under oath. “This is a question about accountability. He is required to answer to the American people,” said Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), the committee chair. What Thompson called Trump's "staggering betrayal of his oath” led to an “at…

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