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
Breaking News
WITHOUT A TRACE: Reward Posted In Search For Missing NJ Man Who’d Been Detained By Police WITHOUT A TRACE: Reward Posted In Search For Missing NJ Man Who’d Been Detained By Police WITHOUT A TRACE: Reward Posted In Search For Missing NJ Man Who’d Been Detained By Police
Without A Trace: Reward Posted In Search For Missing NJ Man Who’d Been Detained By Police Police in Haledon announced a $5,000 reward for information leading to what they called "the successful location and physical recovery" of a borough man who went missing six months ago amid what loved ones consider mysterious circumstances. Felix Joel DeJesus, 41, "was last seen congregating with five (5) civilians" in Westside Park behind John F. Kennedy High School in Paterson on Feb. 2, Haledon police said in announcing the reward on Tuesday, Aug. 9. He was wearing only a t-shirt and pants on what was a freezing evening in early February. Haledon police said they’d interviewed several …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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SEE ANYTHING? Witnesses Sought To Hit-Run Englewood Bicycle Crash SEE ANYTHING? Witnesses Sought To Hit-Run Englewood Bicycle Crash SEE ANYTHING? Witnesses Sought To Hit-Run Englewood Bicycle Crash
SEE Anything? Witnesses Sought To Hit-Run Englewood Bicycle Crash Englewood police were searching for a driver who struck a bicyclist on Tuesday and took off. Initial details were sketchy as detectives sought witnesses and area security video after the male cyclist was struck at the intersection of Mary and Honeck streets around 10:30 a.m. A dark-colored vehicle reportedly fled the scene as the victim was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening. Crimestoppers offers rewards of up to $1,000 cash for info that significantly helps a police investigation. Tips can be made anonymously at bergencrime…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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COLD CASE: Arrest Made In Gunpoint Rape Of Couple At Paterson Great Falls COLD CASE: Arrest Made In Gunpoint Rape Of Couple At Paterson Great Falls COLD CASE: Arrest Made In Gunpoint Rape Of Couple At Paterson Great Falls
Cold CASE: Arrest Made In Gunpoint Rape Of Couple At Paterson Great Falls Exactly a year after a couple was sexually assaulted at gunpoint at the Great Falls in Paterson, authorities announced that they’d made an arrest. The man and woman were ambushed at the historic site when William Vazquez, 32, jumped from the bushes with a silver revolver in his hand and forced them into sex on Aug. 9, 2021, they said. The victims found a city police officer, but their assailant had fled, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim M. Baycora said in a joint announcement on Tuesday. Investigators found Vazquez’s car at the scene and intervi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
GOTCHA! Resident Pursues Group Of Burglars To GWB: Englewood Cliffs PD GOTCHA! Resident Pursues Group Of Burglars To GWB: Englewood Cliffs PD GOTCHA! Resident Pursues Group Of Burglars To GWB: Englewood Cliffs PD
Gotcha! Resident Pursues Group Of Burglars To GWB: Englewood Cliffs PD An Englewood Cliffs man chased a quartet of burglars from his home to the George Washington Bridge, where converging police captured them, authorities said. One of the bandits had opened the door to his vehicle and was climbing in when the owner came out around 8 p.m. Sunday, Detective Lt. Ronald F Waldt said. The thief hopped into a waiting white sedan with tinted windows that then sped off, the lieutenant said. The caller pursued the getaway car, giving a police dispatcher the license plate number as he drove, Waldt said. Fort Lee police headed the bandits off at the bridge, seizing th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Elizabeth, NJ
Breaking News
Ex-NJ High School Basketball Star Cuts Deal, Gets 22 Years For Killing Tijuana Sex Club Worker Ex-NJ High School Basketball Star Cuts Deal, Gets 22 Years For Killing Tijuana Sex Club Worker Ex-NJ High School Basketball Star Cuts Deal, Gets 22 Years For Killing Tijuana Sex Club Worker
Ex-NJ High School Basketball Star Cuts Deal, Gets 22 Years For Killing Tijuana Sex Club Worker UPDATE: A former New Jersey high school basketball star who walked onto the Rutgers University team was sentenced to 22 years in prison in Mexico after admitting that he killed a sex club worker in Tijuana last year, according to multiple reports. Authorities had collected surveillance video from the notorious Adelita nightclub that shows Logan Kelley coming up from behind 20-year-old Isis Montoya, pulling a four-inch knife from his hoodie pocket and slicing her throat in February 2021. They charged him with what's known there as femicide, a hate crime in Mexico. Rather than face tria…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Fetty Wap Busted By Feds For Making Death Threat, Flashing Gun On Facetime While Free On Bond Fetty Wap Busted By Feds For Making Death Threat, Flashing Gun On Facetime While Free On Bond Fetty Wap Busted By Feds For Making Death Threat, Flashing Gun On Facetime While Free On Bond
Fetty Wap Busted By Feds For Making Death Threat, Flashing Gun On Facetime While Free On Bond Paterson rapper Fetty Wap is in custody again, this time for flashing a gun and threatening to kill a “rat” during a Facetime call while he was free on bond in another case, federal authorities said. The Dec. 11, 2021 video call violated conditions of the hip-hop artist’s release following a major drug bust late last year, they said, leading to his arrest in New Jersey on Monday, Aug. 8. As a result, federal authorities on Long Island asked a judge Monday afternoon to revoke his $500,000 bond and order that Wap – whose real name is Willie Junior Maxwell II – remain in custody during the ong…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Massapequa, NY
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Rockville Centre Man Tried Twice To Carjack Truck From Employee At Mansion, Police Say Rockville Centre Man Tried Twice To Carjack Truck From Employee At Mansion, Police Say Rockville Centre Man Tried Twice To Carjack Truck From Employee At Mansion, Police Say
Rockville Centre Man Tried Twice To Carjack Truck From Employee At Mansion, Police Say A Long Island man twice tried – and failed -- to carjack a truck from an employee at a mansion before he crashed his own car and was quickly taken into custody, authorities said. The victim, who works at a multi-million New Jersey home in Bergen County on Piermont Road in Rockleigh near the Rockland County border, chased off James Dickerson, age 44, of Rockville Centre, shortly after 5 a.m. Monday, Northvale Police Lt. Chris Mazzilli said. Dickerson got into his own car and drove off, the lieutenant said. But it didn't end there. The victim followed him and found Dickerson’s car parked a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Worker At Rockleigh Mansion Fights Off Carjacker, Northvale PD Makes Arrest After Crash Worker At Rockleigh Mansion Fights Off Carjacker, Northvale PD Makes Arrest After Crash Worker At Rockleigh Mansion Fights Off Carjacker, Northvale PD Makes Arrest After Crash
Worker At Rockleigh Mansion Fights Off Carjacker, Northvale PD Makes Arrest After Crash A Long Island man twice tried – and failed -- to carjack a truck from an employee at a Bergen County mansion before he crashed his own car and was quickly taken into custody, authorities said. The victim, who works at a multi-million home on Piemont Road near the Rockland County border in Rockleigh, chased off James Dickerson, 44, of Rockville Center, shortly after 5 a.m. Monday, Northvale Police Lt. Chris Mazzilli said. Dickerson got into his own car and drove off, the lieutenant said. But it didn't end there. The victim followed him and found Dickerson’s car parked at the bottom of the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Wanted Long Island Man Captured After Trying To Retrieve Impounded Stolen Car: Bogota Police Wanted Long Island Man Captured After Trying To Retrieve Impounded Stolen Car: Bogota Police Wanted Long Island Man Captured After Trying To Retrieve Impounded Stolen Car: Bogota Police
Wanted Long Island Man Captured After Trying To Retrieve Impounded Stolen Car: Bogota Police A Long Island fugitive who went to Bogota police headquarters to retrieve an impounded stolen car was promptly arrested, authorities said. Adam Ouattara, 23, of the Bronx was taken into custody following a brief struggle, Sgt. Geoffrey Cole said. Detective Michael Laferrera had found the 2020 BMW 530 parked at The Atwater Apartment Complex on West Fort Lee Road on Friday, Aug. 5, Cole said. It turns out Ouattara had bought the car in Nassau County using an account that wasn't his and now authorities there were looking for him, the sergeant said. A few hours after the sedan was towed, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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ICE Puts Hold On Jail Inmate Charged With Assaulting Woman In Hackensack ICE Puts Hold On Jail Inmate Charged With Assaulting Woman In Hackensack ICE Puts Hold On Jail Inmate Charged With Assaulting Woman In Hackensack
ICE Puts Hold On Jail Inmate Charged With Assaulting Woman In Hackensack An Ecuadorian national living in Hackensack had been jailed for assaulting a woman when ICE placed a detainer on him less than 24 hours later, records show. Juan Chuqui Navas, 26, was arrested around 9:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 4, for assaulting a 23-year-old acquaintance, Hackensack Police Detective Capt. Michael Antista said. Responding officers determined that Navas grabbed the victim by the throat and shoved her into an object, causing minor injuries, Antista said. The victim refused medical aid and Navas was charged with aggravated assault, simple assault and criminal mischief. Records sh…

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