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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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
'MIRACLE': SUV Barrels Through Two Ridgefield Shopping Center Lots Without Hitting Anyone 'MIRACLE': SUV Barrels Through Two Ridgefield Shopping Center Lots Without Hitting Anyone 'MIRACLE': SUV Barrels Through Two Ridgefield Shopping Center Lots Without Hitting Anyone
'Miracle': SUV Barrels Through Two Ridgefield Shopping Center Lots Without Hitting Anyone A driver climbed out of her SUV after it careened through the parking lots of not one but two small shopping centers off Broad Avenue in Ridgefield. The driver apparently lost control of her Nissan Pathfinder, which first sped straight through a lot anchored by a Dunkin Donuts at Marion Place around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, responders said. It then smashed between two Dumpsters, sending them flying, and careened over a short wall before rolling onto its side in a lot anchored by a Dairy Queen and the Circle Cycle repair shop. The driver was hospitalized with what were considered relatively min…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Pickup Passenger Hospitalized After Branch Falls Near State Line Pickup Passenger Hospitalized After Branch Falls Near State Line Pickup Passenger Hospitalized After Branch Falls Near State Line
Pickup Passenger Hospitalized After Branch Falls Near State Line A passenger escaped serious injury when an SUV struck a fallen branch on Skyline Drive in Oakland, authorities said. The 39-year-old Ringwood woman was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood as a precaution following the Ford Explorer crash near the New York State line shortly after 9 p.m. Monday, Oakland Police Capt. Timothy Keenan said. Skyline Drive was temporarily closed following the mishap. Sgt. Stephen Broek and Officers Donald Harvey, Andrew Vecchione and Jacquelyn Jensen responded.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
FLASH FLOOD: Motorists Rescued, Vehicles Float, Roads Jammed Throughout Area FLASH FLOOD: Motorists Rescued, Vehicles Float, Roads Jammed Throughout Area FLASH FLOOD: Motorists Rescued, Vehicles Float, Roads Jammed Throughout Area
Flash Flood: Motorists Rescued, Vehicles Float, Roads Jammed Throughout Area Some cars flipped while many floated, responders rescued dozens of motorists whose vehicles became submerged and traffic throughout Bergen and Passaic counties was paralyzed by the hard rain that fell Monday afternoon. Torrential thunderstorms stranded motorists rescued by emergency responders. Others watched their cars float away. Roadways of all widths and lengths were closed -- some of them in more than one spot. A flash-flooded southbound Route 208 was closed after a vehicle flipped. Broadway just west of Midland Avenue below the NJ Transit trestle on the Fair Lawn side.Boyd A. Lo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Uber To Pay Millions For Penalizing Riders With Disabilities, Federal Authorities Announce Uber To Pay Millions For Penalizing Riders With Disabilities, Federal Authorities Announce Uber To Pay Millions For Penalizing Riders With Disabilities, Federal Authorities Announce
Uber To Pay Millions For Penalizing Riders With Disabilities, Federal Authorities Announce Uber will forfeit nearly $1.8 million to more than 1,000 passengers with disabilities and refund double the amount of wait time fees to more than 65,000 others to resolve a federal complaint, authorities announced. Uber will also furnish an additional $500,000 to others harmed by the practice and will also waive wait time fees for certified riders with disabilities going forward, the Justice Department said Monday. The agreement settles federal allegations that the ride-hailing giant violated the Americans with Disabilities Act, authorities said. The double-money-back part of the deal coul…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: BMW That Crashed During Chase Had Just Been Stolen By Paramus Home Burglars, Police Say UPDATE: BMW That Crashed During Chase Had Just Been Stolen By Paramus Home Burglars, Police Say UPDATE: BMW That Crashed During Chase Had Just Been Stolen By Paramus Home Burglars, Police Say
Update: BMW That Crashed During Chase Had Just Been Stolen By Paramus Home Burglars, Police Say A stolen luxury SUV that crashed and overturned as a good Samaritan chased it was stolen moments earlier by two teenage thieves who'd broken into the owner's Paramus home, authorities said. An auto detailer who was working at the Hasse Avenue home at the time chased the Newark pair Friday afternoon as they sped off in the 2020 X-5, which had been taken from the garage after the pair entered the house and apparently found the keys. Officers Dan DeRienzo and Don Liu were on patrol near the corner of Farview Avenue and Century Road when both vehicles came whizzing by, Police Chief Kenneth Ehr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Utility Pole Crash Closes Route 4 Utility Pole Crash Closes Route 4 Utility Pole Crash Closes Route 4
Utility Pole Crash Closes Route 4 Westbound Route 4 remained closed following a serious morning rush-hour crash. Multiple victims were brought to Hackensack University Medical Center by Englewood Health EMS after a Lincoln MKC slammed into a pole, downing wires, shortly after 8 a.m. The westbound highway remained closed near Jones Road in Englewood while PSE&G completed repairs. The eastbound side was temporarily closed to get emergency vehicles through. The Bergen County Sheriff's Office was investigating the cause. Englewood police and firefighters also responded. Westbound Route 4 in Englewood remained closed …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Back-To-Back Blazes In Passaic Doused Back-To-Back Blazes In Passaic Doused Back-To-Back Blazes In Passaic Doused
Back-To-Back Blazes In Passaic Doused Firefighters doused a pair of back-to-back blazes in Passaic. The first ignited in the rear second-floor bedroom and partially extended to the attic of a small house on 9th Street, just off South Street, shortly before 11:30 p.m. Sunday, responders said. Firefighters knocked the two-alarm blaze down in minutes and had it under control moments later. Barely 20 minutes later, a basement fire across town brought the city's bravest to the Don Polin restaurant, which has connecting apartments above and behind. That fire was quickly extinguished, as well. No injuries were reported in either fi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Man Stabbed, Woman Slashed, Suspect Bashed In Head With Frying Pan In East Rutherford Man Stabbed, Woman Slashed, Suspect Bashed In Head With Frying Pan In East Rutherford Man Stabbed, Woman Slashed, Suspect Bashed In Head With Frying Pan In East Rutherford
Man Stabbed, Woman Slashed, Suspect Bashed In Head With Frying Pan In East Rutherford A domestic violence incident in East Rutherford sent three family members to the hospital, including the alleged assailant, responders said. A 58-year-old man and his 24-year-old daughter were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center after he'd been stabbed and she'd been slashed Sunday night at a multi-family home on Carlton Avenue near the Wallington border, they said. Their injuries weren't considered life-threatening. Also injured, responders said, was the accused assailant -- a 25-year-old family member who they said was bashed in the head with a frying pan. He was released afte…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cherry Hill, NJ
Breaking News
NJ Woman Sentenced For Trying To Steal Gun From Impounded Car NJ Woman Sentenced For Trying To Steal Gun From Impounded Car NJ Woman Sentenced For Trying To Steal Gun From Impounded Car
NJ Woman Sentenced For Trying To Steal Gun From Impounded Car A South Jersey woman will spend a year and a day in federal prison for trying to bribe the operator of an impound lot to break into a police-seized vehicle and steal a gun. Saidah "Sacha" Davis, 42, went to the home of a Camden tow lot operator along with ex-con Anthony "Papa Smurf" Parker after his vehicle was seized, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. Detectives were waiting for a judge to approve a warrant to search the vehicle, which Davis said created a "problem" for Parker, who'd previously served time on weapons offenses, he said. Davis, of Woodlynne, offered $2,000 to the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Woman Whose Mom, Fiancé Died In South Hackensack House Fire Seeks Help Woman Whose Mom, Fiancé Died In South Hackensack House Fire Seeks Help Woman Whose Mom, Fiancé Died In South Hackensack House Fire Seeks Help
Woman Whose Mom, Fiancé Died In South Hackensack House Fire Seeks Help A South Hackensack woman whose mother and fiancé were killed in an overnight house fire has reached out for help putting her life back together. "I hate asking for anything," Giuseppina Savino wrote. "Anything will help." 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, responders and neighbors said. An off-duty South Hackensack police sergeant who lives next door tried to extinguish the flames with a garden hose, but the blaze spread too quickly. Agar Place, South HackensackDamien Danis for DAILY VOICE Firefighters …

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