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
Brazen Burglar Breaks Into Wegmans Pharmacy Brazen Burglar Breaks Into Wegmans Pharmacy Brazen Burglar Breaks Into Wegmans Pharmacy
Brazen Burglar Breaks Into Wegmans Pharmacy SEE ANYTHING? Police were trying to identify a burglar who broke into the Wegmans pharmacy in Montvale and stole medications Thanksgiving morning. Motion sensors alerted security around 10:30 a.m. Thursday, but the bandit quickly fled the store with an "unknown quantity of packaged pharmaceuticals," Montvale Police Chief Joseph Sanfilippo said. Surveillance images show the burglar wearing a large greyish coat with black fur around the hood, black pants and shiny black shoes. Detectives were investigating. Meanwhile, the chief asked that anyone who might have seen something or has informat…

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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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HIGHWAY ROBBERY: Masked Bandits Cut Route 46 Gas Station Attendant HIGHWAY ROBBERY: Masked Bandits Cut Route 46 Gas Station Attendant HIGHWAY ROBBERY: Masked Bandits Cut Route 46 Gas Station Attendant
Highway Robbery: Masked Bandits Cut Route 46 Gas Station Attendant SEE ANYTHING? Two robbers cut a Route 46 gas station attendant with a knife before fleeing with cash as well as his cellphone, wallet, car keys and more, authorities said. Station surveillance video was operating when the pair jumped the attendant near the Exxon station pumps on the highway's westbound side around 6 p.m. Sunday, Elmwood Park Police Chief Michael Foligno said. One of them cut the attendant's left hand during the robbery, which included cash from the station register and valuables from his car, Foligno said. Both robbers were black and light-skinned, the chief said. One wore…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Destructive Rockland Shopping Center Fire Continues Burning For Hours, Bergen Companies Assist Destructive Rockland Shopping Center Fire Continues Burning For Hours, Bergen Companies Assist Destructive Rockland Shopping Center Fire Continues Burning For Hours, Bergen Companies Assist
Destructive Rockland Shopping Center Fire Continues Burning For Hours, Bergen Companies Assist UPDATE: Six firefighters were hospitalized with minor injuries Sunday in a stubborn hours-long blaze that broke out in a basement gun range, spread through a Rockland County shopping center and continued burning late into the night, authorities said. Firefighters from Mahwah, Montvale, Oradell and River Vale were among more than 100 from Rockland, Westchester and Bergen counties either at the Pearl River scene or in coverage through the afternoon and into the evening. The sneaky blaze began shortly before noon in the long-gun range at the Rockland Indoor Shooting Education Center -- common…

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by Jerry DeMarco
New City, NY
Breaking News
Hours-Long Fire Severely Damages Rockland Shopping Center Hours-Long Fire Severely Damages Rockland Shopping Center Hours-Long Fire Severely Damages Rockland Shopping Center
Hours-Long Fire Severely Damages Rockland Shopping Center UPDATE: Six firefighters were hospitalized with minor injuries from a stubborn noontime blaze that broke out in a basement gun range, spread through a Rockland County shopping center and continued burning late into the night on Sunday, Nov. 28, authorities confirmed. Firefighters from Mahwah, Montvale, Oradell and River Vale were among more than 100 from Rockland, Westchester and Bergen counties either at the Pearl River scene or in coverage through the afternoon and into the evening. The sneaky blaze began shortly before noon in the long-gun range at the Rockland Indoor Shooting Education…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Elusive Hours-Long Fire Severely Damages Rockland Shopping Center, Bergen Companies Assist Elusive Hours-Long Fire Severely Damages Rockland Shopping Center, Bergen Companies Assist Elusive Hours-Long Fire Severely Damages Rockland Shopping Center, Bergen Companies Assist
Elusive Hours-Long Fire Severely Damages Rockland Shopping Center, Bergen Companies Assist UPDATE: Six firefighters were hospitalized with minor injuries Sunday in a stubborn hours-long blaze that broke out in a basement gun range, spread through a Rockland County shopping center and continued burning late into the night, authorities said. Firefighters from Mahwah, Montvale, Oradell and River Vale were among more than 100 from Rockland, Westchester and Bergen counties either at the Pearl River scene or in coverage through the afternoon and into the evening. The sneaky blaze began shortly before noon in the long-gun range at the Rockland Indoor Shooting Education Center -- common…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Fierce Fire Destroys Palisades Park Home Fierce Fire Destroys Palisades Park Home Fierce Fire Destroys Palisades Park Home
Fierce Fire Destroys Palisades Park Home Two firefighters were injured Sunday in a ferocious blaze that destroyed a 96-year-old Palisades Park home. Responders were met by heavy fire and smoke at the West Harwood Terrace home around 1 p.m. They eventually had to go to an exterior operation as flames blew out the roof and through windows. The fire was declared under control around 2:40 p.m. Firefighters had to go to exterior operations at the West Harwood Terrace blaze in Palisades Park.Damien Danis for DAILY VOICE The injuries weren't initially considered serious. Mutual aid responders at the scene or in coverage included f…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Questions Emerge After Trio Is Charged With Stabbing In Passaic Questions Emerge After Trio Is Charged With Stabbing In Passaic Questions Emerge After Trio Is Charged With Stabbing In Passaic
Questions Emerge After Trio Is Charged With Stabbing In Passaic Two Passaic residents and one from Wayne were charged with stabbing one of two city men during what authorities said was a planned attack. Being held in the Passaic County Jail pending initial court appearances this Wednesday in Superior Court in Paterson are Sergio Xochiulacuamatzi, 26, Christian Martinez, 21, both from Passaic, and Richard Arriaga, 25, of Wayne. All are accused of stabbing a 29-year-old Passaic man on Van Buren Street off Lexington Avenue shortly after 2 a.m. Friday, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Passaic Police Chief Luis A. Guzman said in a joint releas…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Gun Found, Owner Charged As Detectives Raid Paterson Street Gang's After-Hours Club Gun Found, Owner Charged As Detectives Raid Paterson Street Gang's After-Hours Club Gun Found, Owner Charged As Detectives Raid Paterson Street Gang's After-Hours Club
Gun Found, Owner Charged As Detectives Raid Paterson Street Gang's After-Hours Club Pot smoke was thick as Paterson detectives tried to disperse a crowd of 75 or so partiers -- most of them gang members -- who'd gathered in a space above a downtown business in a high-crime neighborhood. Then the investigators found a gun. A man who identified himself as the owner stepped forward and was taken into custody as reinforcements arrived and broke up the illegal gathering, city Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. The detectives were cruising the 5th Ward "hotspot" neighborhood on Market Street in an effort to "disrupt gang and narcotics activity as well as to prevent…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Newark, NJ
Breaking News
Essex County Jail Officer Busted On Child Porn Charges Essex County Jail Officer Busted On Child Porn Charges Essex County Jail Officer Busted On Child Porn Charges
Essex County Jail Officer Busted On Child Porn Charges An Essex County corrections officer was busted on child porn charges, authorities said. Lt. Gerardo Gonzalez, 39, of Newark, has remained held in the Bergen County Jail -- rather than in the Essex County Correctional Facility, where he works -- pending a first court appearance. Detectives from the Essex County Prosecutor's Internet Crimes Against Children Unit arrested Gonzalez on Tuesday and charged him with possessing, viewing and distributing mages depicting the sexual abuse of a minor, as well as child endangerment. They didn't disclose whether his personal or work computer or devices …

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Special Bergen Sheriff's Program 'Ramps' Up Assistance For US Army Vet Special Bergen Sheriff's Program 'Ramps' Up Assistance For US Army Vet Special Bergen Sheriff's Program 'Ramps' Up Assistance For US Army Vet
Special Bergen Sheriff's Program 'Ramps' Up Assistance For US Army Vet Sometimes you don’t have to move heaven – just a little bit of earth -- to help someone in need. U.S. Army veteran Karl Eder of Fair Lawn has spent much of his adult life serving others, so it was with immense respect and pride that a team of public servants united to assist him. Ashlee Luther of the Fair Lawn Veterans Affairs Office said she was alerted to Eder's need for a ramp to get in and out of his home by Robert Young, the borough's parks and recreation supervisor, after he'd been contacted by retired mail carrier Frank Garafolo. Besides his military service, Eder was an active mem…

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