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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Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
DWI Driver From River Vale Drove Wrong Way On Rockland Highway: Sheriff DWI Driver From River Vale Drove Wrong Way On Rockland Highway: Sheriff DWI Driver From River Vale Drove Wrong Way On Rockland Highway: Sheriff
DWI Driver From River Vale Drove Wrong Way On Rockland Highway: Sheriff A River Vale motorist was drunk when he drove the wrong way overnight on a Rockland highway and somehow didn't hit anything, authorities said. Aidan Beahm, 25, was headed east on the westbound side of divided Route 59 in Nanuet when a sheriff's officer spotted the vehicle around 3 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 30, Rockland County Sheriff Louis Falco III said. Beahm was arrested, charged with DWI and issued summonses before being processed and released, the sheriff said. He was scheduled for a first appearance in Clarkstown Justice Court on Sept. 12.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
ROUTE 208 FATAL: Dover Woman, 78, Killed, Husband, 80, Hospitalized In Horrific Crash (UPDATE) ROUTE 208 FATAL: Dover Woman, 78, Killed, Husband, 80, Hospitalized In Horrific Crash (UPDATE) ROUTE 208 FATAL: Dover Woman, 78, Killed, Husband, 80, Hospitalized In Horrific Crash (UPDATE)
Route 208 Fatal: Dover Woman, 78, Killed, Husband, 80, Hospitalized In Horrific Crash (Update) UPDATE: Authorities identified a driver killed in a horrific Labor Day crash on Route 208 as a 78-year-old woman from Dover and the injured passenger as her 80-year-old husband. Carmen Traverso was pronounced dead at the scene, Hawthorne Police Capt. Robert King said Tuesday, Sept. 6. Pablo Traverso, meanwhile, was taken to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, the captain said. The couple's 2014 Toyota Camry careened off the road and up an embankment, where it slammed into a tree on the southbound highway just north of Goffle Road shortly after noon Monday. Southbound Route 208 nea…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Newark, NJ
Breaking News
Flyer Seized With Six Gun Stashed In Suitcase Said She Didn't Know It Was There: Newark TSA Flyer Seized With Six Gun Stashed In Suitcase Said She Didn't Know It Was There: Newark TSA Flyer Seized With Six Gun Stashed In Suitcase Said She Didn't Know It Was There: Newark TSA
Flyer Seized With Six Gun Stashed In Suitcase Said She Didn't Know It Was There: Newark TSA A traveler at Newark Airport claimed she didn't know she had a .38 Special stashed behind the lining of her suitcase, authorities said. The loaded revolver was "artfully" concealed in the Orange, NJ, woman's carry-on, Transportation Security Administration Spokeswoman Lisa Farbstein said.  A TSA officer staffing a checkpoint X-ray monitor alerted Port Authority police, who seized the six shooter and the woman, Farbstein said. It was the 11th gun picked off at a Newark TSA checkpoint so far this year, she said. “This is a fine example of how we use the technology available to us to…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Box Truck Spins, Lands On Route 287 At State Line Box Truck Spins, Lands On Route 287 At State Line Box Truck Spins, Lands On Route 287 At State Line
Box Truck Spins, Lands On Route 287 At State Line A box truck ended up on the median on Route 287, clogging post-Labor Day traffic at the state line, authorities said. No injuries were reported in the mishap in Mahwah shortly before 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 6. Three men were in the truck, which apparently was carrying exercise equipment for a Brooklyn-based freight company when it spun around in the rain and hit the divider. A tower quickly removed the truck, then all northbound Route 287 lanes were reopened.Jerry DeMarco No injuries were reported. No injuries were reported in the crash on Route 287 in Mahwah.Jerry DeMarco

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Arrest Made In Pepper-Spray, Stun Gun Ski Barn Robbery In Wayne Arrest Made In Pepper-Spray, Stun Gun Ski Barn Robbery In Wayne Arrest Made In Pepper-Spray, Stun Gun Ski Barn Robbery In Wayne
Arrest Made In Pepper-Spray, Stun Gun Ski Barn Robbery In Wayne Detectives from Wayne arrested one of three robbers who pepper-sprayed and tried to zap a Ski Barn employee with a stun gun, authorities said. The victim had confronted Shavani C. Robinson, 34, of Newark and two accomplices -- a man and a woman -- as they tried to flee the Route 23 store with more than $1,000 worth of stolen goods late last year, Detective Capt. Dan Daly said. Store video shows one of the bandits pepper-spraying the employee while another tries using a stun gun that he knocked away, the captain said. Responding officers found the victim still recovering from the spray, Dal…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah Teen Dies Tragically, Leaves Infant Daughter, Devastated Loved Ones Mahwah Teen Dies Tragically, Leaves Infant Daughter, Devastated Loved Ones Mahwah Teen Dies Tragically, Leaves Infant Daughter, Devastated Loved Ones
Mahwah Teen Dies Tragically, Leaves Infant Daughter, Devastated Loved Ones A funeral is scheduled this week for a teenage mom from Mahwah who died tragically last week. Olivia Sybesma, 19, was a devoted mother, one who quit any further formal education after graduating from Mahwah High School in order to care for her nearly-1-year-old daughter, Layla Rose. Olivia “poured all her time and guidance” into raising the love of her life, her obituary says.  She also trusted others and “worried about everyone else except herself,” her mother, Marlaina Sybesma, wrote. So it was with that implicit trust that Olivia, feeling both down and anxious, apparently accepted a …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
GOTCHA! Newark Fugitive Wanted In Carjacking Of Rockland Driver In Clifton Captured In Asbury GOTCHA! Newark Fugitive Wanted In Carjacking Of Rockland Driver In Clifton Captured In Asbury GOTCHA! Newark Fugitive Wanted In Carjacking Of Rockland Driver In Clifton Captured In Asbury
Gotcha! Newark Fugitive Wanted In Carjacking Of Rockland Driver In Clifton Captured In Asbury A Newark man accused of carjacking a Rockland County driver in Clifton was ordered held by a judge after he was captured on the beach in Asbury Park, authorities said. The 27-year-old victim from Pearl River, NY, was hospitalized after being assaulted outside a medical building on Broad Street just off eastbound Route 3 the night of Aug. 20, they said. Detectives from Clifton obtained an arrest warrant for by Zahir Christmas, 37, who was captured at the Fourth Avenue beach in Asbury shortly before dawn on Aug. 28, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Clifton Police Chief Thomas R…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Two Police Cars, Stolen Sedan Towed Following Paramus Labor Day Pursuit, Crash Two Police Cars, Stolen Sedan Towed Following Paramus Labor Day Pursuit, Crash Two Police Cars, Stolen Sedan Towed Following Paramus Labor Day Pursuit, Crash
Two Police Cars, Stolen Sedan Towed Following Paramus Labor Day Pursuit, Crash Two Paramus police cars and a stolen sedan all had to be towed following a damaging Labor Day pursuit that ended with several occupants in custody. The pursuit apparently came down Farview Avenue and ended in the rear of the DCH Paramus Honda Prep Center on Pleasant Avenue off Route 17 around 11 a.m. Four and possibly five suspects -- all believed to be juveniles -- were quickly seized. At least one person involved in the incident had to be hospitalized, although it wasn't immediately clear whether that was an officer or suspect. No serious injuries were reported in the damaging pursu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
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Firefighters Douse Lyndhurst Chemical Fire Firefighters Douse Lyndhurst Chemical Fire Firefighters Douse Lyndhurst Chemical Fire
Firefighters Douse Lyndhurst Chemical Fire A smoky Labor Day fire in a chemical processing machine at a Lyndhurst plant didn't create a potential health hazard, authorities said. Firefighters quickly doused the blaze, which broke out on the second floor of the Sika Corporation building on Polito Avenue down the road from Medieval Times shortly before 2:30 p.m. A faulty electrical component on processing equipment was the cause, authorities said. The first arriving companies "rapidly located the source of the fire in the smoke-filled area and averted a major incident from happening," Lyndhurst Fire Chief Louis Pipon said. Dry chem…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
One Dead, Another Injured In Horrific Route 208 Crash One Dead, Another Injured In Horrific Route 208 Crash One Dead, Another Injured In Horrific Route 208 Crash
One Dead, Another Injured In Horrific Route 208 Crash Authorities identified a driver killed in a horrific Labor Day crash on Route 208 as a 78-year-old woman from Dover and the injured passenger as her 80-year-old husband. Carmen Traverso was pronounced dead at the scene, Hawthorne Police Capt. Robert King said Tuesday, Sept. 6. Pablo Traverso, meanwhile, was taken to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, the captain said. The couple's 2014 Toyota Camry careened off the road and up an embankment, where it slammed into a tree on the southbound highway just north of Goffle Road shortly after noon Monday. An extended operation was required …

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