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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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: Utility Pole Split, Juvenile Passenger Hospitalized In Route 17 Crash UPDATE: Utility Pole Split, Juvenile Passenger Hospitalized In Route 17 Crash UPDATE: Utility Pole Split, Juvenile Passenger Hospitalized In Route 17 Crash
Update: Utility Pole Split, Juvenile Passenger Hospitalized In Route 17 Crash UPDATE: A stretch of northbound Route 17 in Upper Saddle River was temporarily closed after an SUV carrying a family of four split a utility pole, downing wires alongside the highway and sending a juvenile passenger to the hospital before dawn Saturday. The youngster was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with a head cut after their Ford Escape left the roadway and struck the pole around 3:30 a.m. at the highway entrance off the East Crescent Avenue overpass, Detective Capt. Edward Kane said. The 36-year-old female driver was uninjured, as was an adult and second juvenile passen…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Intruder Breaks In Overnight, Robs Lyndhurst Grandmother Police: Intruder Breaks In Overnight, Robs Lyndhurst Grandmother Police: Intruder Breaks In Overnight, Robs Lyndhurst Grandmother
Police: Intruder Breaks In Overnight, Robs Lyndhurst Grandmother A repeat offender broke into his grandmother's home in the middle of the night, then pulled her purse from her hands and fled when she caught him, Lyndhurst police said. Joseph A. Ban, 29, was rummaging through the 77-year-old victim's belongings when she awoke around 2:30 a.m., Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. She confronted Ban, who demanded cash and credit cards, the lieutenant said. The woman grabbed her purse, but Ban wrested it from her, knocked her aside and ran from the home, he said. Officer Michael LeStrange and Sgt. Charles Giangeruso were checking area automated teller machi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Massive Route 287 Tanker Truck Explosion Kills Driver, NJSP Confirms Massive Route 287 Tanker Truck Explosion Kills Driver, NJSP Confirms Massive Route 287 Tanker Truck Explosion Kills Driver, NJSP Confirms
Massive Route 287 Tanker Truck Explosion Kills Driver, Njsp Confirms UPDATE: A 59-year-old gasoline tanker driver from Paterson was killed in a massive fireball during a crash on Route 287 near the New York State border in Mahwah early Saturday, New Jersey State Police confirmed. A series of explosions were heard after the rig rolled and burst into flames on a notorious stretch of the southbound highway near Route 17 and the New York State Thruway at 6:47 a.m., NJSP Sgt. Alejandro Goez said. Firefighters used foam to douse the blaze while also extinguishing flames that extended into the woods along the mountain. Thick, black smoke could be seen for miles. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Supply And Demand 2: 1,000 Heroin Folds Seized In Paterson, Three Dealers, Three Buyers Busted Supply And Demand 2: 1,000 Heroin Folds Seized In Paterson, Three Dealers, Three Buyers Busted Supply And Demand 2: 1,000 Heroin Folds Seized In Paterson, Three Dealers, Three Buyers Busted
Supply And Demand 2: 1,000 Heroin Folds Seized In Paterson, Three Dealers, Three Buyers Busted Continuing a “supply and demand” disruption strategy, Paterson detectives busted three dealers and three middle-aged buyers while seizing more than 1,000 heroin folds, authorities said. Surveillance of the notorious corner at Rosa Parks Boulevard and Fair Street led to the arrests of Tameer Jones, 35, of Paterson and Crystal Kim, 33, of Little Ferry on dealing charges, among other offenses, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. Detectives seized 568 heroin folds, nine bags of crack and $455 in proceeds, Speziale said. They also arrested a trio of buyers, all from Paterson – two men, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Catalytic Converter Thief From Paterson Caught Covered In Dirt, Leaves, Garfield PD Says Catalytic Converter Thief From Paterson Caught Covered In Dirt, Leaves, Garfield PD Says Catalytic Converter Thief From Paterson Caught Covered In Dirt, Leaves, Garfield PD Says
Catalytic Converter Thief From Paterson Caught Covered In Dirt, Leaves, Garfield PD Says Garfield police caught a catalytic converter thief red-handed, authorities said. A Monroe Street resident heard a noise and found Louis G. Cadet Jr., 35, of Paterson doing something under a parked vehicle shortly before midnight Wednesday, Capt. Richard Uram said. Cadet, who was carrying a tool bag, quickly fled as the resident approached him, he said. Sgt. Michael Bocco and Officer Joseph Kopacz found Cadet in the area of Midland Avenue and Commerce Street moments later “covered in dirt and leaves as if he had been laying on the ground,” Uram said. Cadet “gave a false name and denied bei…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities: Fleeing Thief Crashes Vehicle Into Bus In Teaneck, Captured By Bogota PD Authorities: Fleeing Thief Crashes Vehicle Into Bus In Teaneck, Captured By Bogota PD Authorities: Fleeing Thief Crashes Vehicle Into Bus In Teaneck, Captured By Bogota PD
Authorities: Fleeing Thief Crashes Vehicle Into Bus In Teaneck, Captured By Bogota PD A thief who crashed his car into a bus while fleeing Teaneck police was captured by their colleagues from Bogota, authorities said. Jamaal Bertrand had just walked past officers responding to a fraud attempt at a township T-Mobile store late Wednesday afternoon when an employee pointed him out, Deputy Police Chief John Faggello said. Bertrand, 34, of Williamstown, bolted as they approached -- but was later spotted Officer Melissa Terpstra as she drove by on Cedar Lane, Faggello said. Bertrand, who’d removed his sweatshirt in an attempt to elude police, “ducked behind a bush after seeing Of…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Supply And Demand: Paterson Detectives Crash Drug Deal, Bust Buyer, Seller Supply And Demand: Paterson Detectives Crash Drug Deal, Bust Buyer, Seller Supply And Demand: Paterson Detectives Crash Drug Deal, Bust Buyer, Seller
Supply And Demand: Paterson Detectives Crash Drug Deal, Bust Buyer, Seller Paterson narcotics detectives crashed a drug deal, arresting two city men and seizing 82 heroin folds, 27 vials and one bag of crack, seven Ecstasy pills and $1,618 in proceeds, authorities said. The investigators charged Karim Giles, 43, and Jerome Alexander, 40, with possession with the intent to sell the drugs after watching them near the corner of 10th Avenue and East 26th Street. Both were sent to the Passaic County Jail to await first appearances in Central Judicial Processing Court in Paterson.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Attention Centers On Accused Mastermind Of 84 Brazen Burglaries In Nine NJ Counties, Rockland Attention Centers On Accused Mastermind Of 84 Brazen Burglaries In Nine NJ Counties, Rockland Attention Centers On Accused Mastermind Of 84 Brazen Burglaries In Nine NJ Counties, Rockland
Attention Centers On Accused Mastermind Of 84 Brazen Burglaries In Nine NJ Counties, Rockland A Teaneck ex-con accused of leading a band of brazen burglars who committed no fewer than 84 broad-daylight break-ins throughout New Jersey and Rockland County could find two of them testifying against him if he goes to trial. Porsche Brown, 29, of Lodi, and Kay Brown, 23, of Paterson (no relation) took guilty pleas rather than take their chances with a jury. The likelihood that either or both could testify against him in exchange for leniency at sentencing could determine the course that Keith Perry, 38, takes in his defense. A grand jury this week indicted Perry on a host of charges, inc…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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DEATH THREATS: Troubling Images Sent To Hackensack School Board Members NOT Up For Re-Election DEATH THREATS: Troubling Images Sent To Hackensack School Board Members NOT Up For Re-Election DEATH THREATS: Troubling Images Sent To Hackensack School Board Members NOT Up For Re-Election
Death Threats: Troubling Images Sent To Hackensack School Board Members NOT Up For Re-Election Hackensack police are investigating threatening letters sent to two school board members that include photos of their faces in the crosshairs of a gun with blood dripping from bullet holes in their foreheads. Capt. Darrin DeWitt, the department's officer in charge, said city detectives are tracing the source of the letters sent to neighbors Michael Oates and Scott James-Vickery. They have assistance from their Bergen County law enforcement partners. "You will be taken out by vote or by force," the mailing says. Neither Oates nor James-Vickery are up for re-election, nor have they recently …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hamilton Township, NJ
Breaking News
Ex-Con Indicted In Brutal Slaying Of LGBTQ+ Advocate, Motive Remains A Mystery Ex-Con Indicted In Brutal Slaying Of LGBTQ+ Advocate, Motive Remains A Mystery Ex-Con Indicted In Brutal Slaying Of LGBTQ+ Advocate, Motive Remains A Mystery
Ex-Con Indicted In Brutal Slaying Of LGBTQ+ Advocate, Motive Remains A Mystery Authorities this week still hadn't offered a motive for why an ex-con killed a 23-year-old LGBTQ+ advocate from Trenton in a horrific shooting this summer. “Detectives continue to investigate what prompted the attack,” Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri said in announcing an indictment charging ex-con Daniel L. Smith, 37, with murder in the July 30 shooting of Shaquil Loftin, also known as Shai Vanderpump. Shaquil Lofti was pronounced dead at Capital Health Regional Medical Center in Trenton a short time after being found with several gunshots wounds in the face in a house on Kelsey …

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