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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Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Police Free Motorist In Utility Pole Crash That Closed Route 17 Police Free Motorist In Utility Pole Crash That Closed Route 17 Police Free Motorist In Utility Pole Crash That Closed Route 17
Police Free Motorist In Utility Pole Crash That Closed Route 17 Upper Saddle River police officers broke the rear window to free a driver whose SUV landed on its side after hitting a utility pole on Route 17 during the heavy overnight rainstorm, authorities said. The 49-year-old Paterson motorist was headed south when he lost control of his Ford Explorer, which went off the roadway and hit the pole outside Jack Daniels Audi shortly after 1 a.m., Police Capt. Edward Kane said. The Explorer landed on the driver's side as utility wires were strewn across the highway, closing both sides for nearly 90 minutes, the captain said. The driver was take…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Breaking News
Firefighters Douse Overnight Closter Blaze Firefighters Douse Overnight Closter Blaze Firefighters Douse Overnight Closter Blaze
Firefighters Douse Overnight Closter Blaze Closter firefighters doused an overnight house blaze. They were met by heavy fire coming from the attack of the 2½ -story wood-frame home on Jason Woods Road, just off Homans Avenue, shortly before 2 a.m. Monday. Mutual aid responders included firefighters from Demarest. All fire companies were released shortly after 4 a.m. No injuries were reported. Fire officials were trying to determine the cause. Building officials were also inspecting the structure, which apparently had been undergoing renovation. PHOTOS: John Young (FACEBOOK)

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Suicide Bid By Gang Member Charged With Leonia Woman's Murder Locks Down Bergen County Jail Suicide Bid By Gang Member Charged With Leonia Woman's Murder Locks Down Bergen County Jail Suicide Bid By Gang Member Charged With Leonia Woman's Murder Locks Down Bergen County Jail
Suicide Bid By Gang Member Charged With Leonia Woman's Murder Locks Down Bergen County Jail The Bergen County Jail was briefly locked down after a Paterson gang member charged with killing a Leonia woman tried to take his own life, responders said. Nile Diakos, 35, was taken in custody to Bergen New Bridge Medical Center in Paramus after sheriff's officers stopped him from hanging himself around 8:30 p.m. Saturday, they said. Diakas was arrested on murder charges and jailed on March 30 for the stabbing death of Alicia Arnone in her Grand Avenue apartment several days earlier. Diakos was at the apartment with Arnone’s 13-year-old daughter when Leonia police responded to their 911 …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
GWB Driver Leaves Car, Note Before Fatal Leap GWB Driver Leaves Car, Note Before Fatal Leap GWB Driver Leaves Car, Note Before Fatal Leap
GWB Driver Leaves Car, Note Before Fatal Leap A motorist stopped on the lower level of the New Jersey-bound George Washington Bridge, got out and jumped into the Hudson River on Sunday, authorities said. Police spotted the victim south of the bridge around 4:20 p.m., a little over a half-hour after responding and finding a note with his Toyota RAV 4, which a witness said was parked in the far-right lane with its emergency flashers on. All lanes of the westbound lower level were closed. Members of the Port Authority Police Emergency Services Unit and the NYPD Aviation and Harbor units were among the responders. The Harbor Unit retriev…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Birthday Bust: Passaic County Man Charged With Child Porn Birthday Bust: Passaic County Man Charged With Child Porn Birthday Bust: Passaic County Man Charged With Child Porn
Birthday Bust: Passaic County Man Charged With Child Porn A Passaic County man was arrested on child porn charges on his birthday, records show. Christian Costa was taken into custody and his Bloomingdale apartment searched on Friday, June 10 -- his 29th birthday -- according to records on file in Superior Court in Paterson. He was charged with child endangerment by distributing, possessing or viewing images of underage sex abuse, as well as illegal prescription drug possession following a search of his apartment, records show. Costa was sent to the Passaic County Jail to await a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Paterson.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: Resident Killed In Ridgewood Senior Housing Blaze UPDATE: Resident Killed In Ridgewood Senior Housing Blaze UPDATE: Resident Killed In Ridgewood Senior Housing Blaze
Update: Resident Killed In Ridgewood Senior Housing Blaze Authorities on Monday identified a resident killed in a weekend apartment fire at a senior living community in Ridgewood. The body of Denise Dillon, 72, was found after firefighters doused the flames in her unit at the Ridgecrest Senior Housing development on Ridge Road shortly after 7:30 p.m., Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke said. "At this time, it appears that the fire started accidentally," Lutchcke said. She didn't elaborate, but responders and others said the elderly widow -- whose body was found in a chair -- was a smoker. Ridgecrest Senior Housing in RidgewoodBoyd A. Loving Fir…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Cliffside Man Hospitalized After Disturbance Brings SWAT, Police From Surrounding Towns Cliffside Man Hospitalized After Disturbance Brings SWAT, Police From Surrounding Towns Cliffside Man Hospitalized After Disturbance Brings SWAT, Police From Surrounding Towns
Cliffside Man Hospitalized After Disturbance Brings SWAT, Police From Surrounding Towns A troubled Cliffside Park man surrendered peacefully after a disturbance at his home triggered a sizable law enforcement response. The 37-year-old resident, who authorities said has a history of emotional trouble, began breaking windows in his Washington Avenue home around 9:30 p.m. Thursday, neighbors said. No one answered the door, so police checked a neighbor's Ring and saw the man going inside his house, they said. Members of a Bergen County Regional SWAT team, a tactical Fort Lee police team and officers from Edgewater, Fairview and Ridgefield joined their Cliffside Park colleagues at…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Police-Involved Shooting Reported In Paterson Police-Involved Shooting Reported In Paterson Police-Involved Shooting Reported In Paterson
Police-Involved Shooting Reported In Paterson Authorities confirmed an overnight police-involved shooting in Paterson on Saturday. They provided few details, however, citing an ongoing investigation of the incident. Police were arresting someone else on a gun possession charge on Garrison Street on the city’s west side shortly before 3:30 a.m. when they heard gunshots, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. “Upon responding to the location of the gunshots, a Paterson [o]fficer encountered an individual,” Valdes said in a brief release. “During the course of that encounter, the Paterson [o]fficer discharged his service iss…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Two Hospitalized In Route 17 Crash Two Hospitalized In Route 17 Crash Two Hospitalized In Route 17 Crash
Two Hospitalized In Route 17 Crash Two people were hospitalized after an overnight crash on Route 17 in Hasbrouck Heights. The extent of their injuries couldn't immediately be determined following the collision on the northbound side outside the Shell station at Malcolm Avenue shortly before 3:30 a.m. Saturday. Members of the Moonachie First Aid & Rescue Squad and the Wallington Emergency Squad responded along with Hasbrouck Heights police and firefighters. They took the victims to Hackensack University Medical Center. Both vehicles had to be towed.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Minivan Carrying Developmentally Disabled Occupants Hits Tree in Fair Lawn Minivan Carrying Developmentally Disabled Occupants Hits Tree in Fair Lawn Minivan Carrying Developmentally Disabled Occupants Hits Tree in Fair Lawn
Minivan Carrying Developmentally Disabled Occupants Hits Tree in Fair Lawn At least two people were hospitalized after a van carrying developmentally disabled occupants slammed into a tree Friday afternoon in Fair Lawn. Two victims -- one of whom had a large cut on his forehead -- were taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood after the crash at 17th and Columbia streets around 3:30 p.m. Borough police and Fair Lawn Rescue members responded along with ambulances from Bergen New Bridge Medical Center and Paramus. A third ambulance was called soon after. Boyd A. Loving took the photo and contributed to this report.

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