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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Garfield-Lodi, NJ
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Police: Garfield Man Stabbed Over Lodi Parking Dispute Police: Garfield Man Stabbed Over Lodi Parking Dispute Police: Garfield Man Stabbed Over Lodi Parking Dispute
Police: Garfield Man Stabbed Over Lodi Parking Dispute An argument over parking left a 23-year-old Garfield man stabbed in Lodi, authorities said. The victim sustained injuries that weren't considered life-threatening when he was stabbed in the wrist, back and armpit on John Street, off eastbound Route 46, around 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Capt. Robert Salerno said. He was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, the captain said Monday. "It was some type of dispute over parked cars," he said. Detectives were concluding their investigation, Salerno said.

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Lyndhurst, NJ
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KIDNAPPING: Driver Seized On Route 46 After Abducting Giants Game Companion, Police Report KIDNAPPING: Driver Seized On Route 46 After Abducting Giants Game Companion, Police Report KIDNAPPING: Driver Seized On Route 46 After Abducting Giants Game Companion, Police Report
Kidnapping: Driver Seized On Route 46 After Abducting Giants Game Companion, Police Report An intense police search for a domestic violence victim who was abducted in Lyndhurst following Sunday’s Giants game ended with her Hudson County captor captured at gunpoint on Route 46, responders said. Iran Iznaga Garabito shoved the domestic violence victim into a Chevy wagon and drove her around for nearly an hour with the child safety locks on before she escaped at the network of ramps that connect highways in Ridgefield Park, authorities said. The 25-year-old Cuban national then chased her on foot through the grass median and halfway across Route 46 before a Port Authority police offi…

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Paterson, NJ
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TRIGGER HAPPY: Four Wounded In Paterson Shooting Before Homicide TRIGGER HAPPY: Four Wounded In Paterson Shooting Before Homicide TRIGGER HAPPY: Four Wounded In Paterson Shooting Before Homicide
Trigger Happy: Four Wounded In Paterson Shooting Before Homicide Four people were wounded when gunfire broke out on a Paterson street corner barely two hours before a 20-year-old man was shot and killed a half-mile away, authorities confirmed. Officers responding to a 12:50 a.m. call of shots fired at the corner of 14th Avenue and East 23rd Street, up the block from Public School No. 13, found two of the victims -- both men, 39, from Paterson -- they said. Both were taken by ambulance to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint release. Moments later, they…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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SWAT Standoff In Clifton Ends After Barricaded Man ODs, Authorities Say SWAT Standoff In Clifton Ends After Barricaded Man ODs, Authorities Say SWAT Standoff In Clifton Ends After Barricaded Man ODs, Authorities Say
SWAT Standoff In Clifton Ends After Barricaded Man ODs, Authorities Say UPDATE: A standoff that began with a domestic violence call in Clifton ended peacefully when the barricaded man overdosed on drugs, authorities said. A Passaic County Sheriff's SWAT team had waited patiently before entering the Richfield Village apartment on Braun Place off Clifton Avenue around 10 p.m. Friday, ending a standoff that began more than 3½ hours earlier. The young adult suspect was taken by ambulance to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center. Clifton firefighters and members of the county sheriff’s and prosecutor’s offices were among the responders. No further information was i…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Motorcyclist, 50, From Essex Killed In Route 23 Crash Motorcyclist, 50, From Essex Killed In Route 23 Crash Motorcyclist, 50, From Essex Killed In Route 23 Crash
Motorcyclist, 50, From Essex Killed In Route 23 Crash UPDATE: A tractor-trailer driver from Caldwell was killed in a crash while riding his motorcycle Friday night on Route 23 in Wayne, authorities confirmed. Serge Lozowsky, 50, was operating a 2020 Harley Davidson that crashed into the sidewalk outside the Reloaderz NJ shooting range on the southbound highway just past the entrance ramp from Black Oak Ridge Road shortly before 9:30 p.m. Lozowsky, a Russian immigrant who worked for more than a decade for Landstar System Inc., was pronounced dead at the scene about 40 minutes later, Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Wayne Police Chief Jack McNi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Paterson Man, 20, Shot Dead On City Street Corner Paterson Man, 20, Shot Dead On City Street Corner Paterson Man, 20, Shot Dead On City Street Corner
Paterson Man, 20, Shot Dead On City Street Corner A gunshot through the head before dawn Saturday took the life of a 20-year-old Paterson man on a city street corner, authorities confirmed. Elijah Wilson of Paterson was found at the corner of East 18th Street and Fulton Place after being shot shortly before 3 a.m., Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint release. He was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center and pronounced dead at 5:59 a.m., they said. Valdes and Baycora didn’t say whether any suspects had been arrested or identified. It was the 21st homicide in Paterso…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Motorcyclist Killed In Route 23 Crash Motorcyclist Killed In Route 23 Crash Motorcyclist Killed In Route 23 Crash
Motorcyclist Killed In Route 23 Crash A tractor-trailer driver from Caldwell was killed in a crash while riding his motorcycle Friday night on Route 23 in Wayne, authorities confirmed. Serge Lozowsky, 50, was operating a 2020 Harley Davidson that crashed into the sidewalk outside the Reloaderz NJ shooting range on the southbound highway just past the entrance ramp from Black Oak Ridge Road shortly before 9:30 p.m., they said. Lozowsky, a Russian immigrant who worked for more than a decade for Landstar System Inc., was pronounced dead at the scene about 40 minutes later, Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Wayne Police Chief Jack M…

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Ridgefield Park Man Gets 15 Months In Fed Pen For Major Mortgage Fraud Ridgefield Park Man Gets 15 Months In Fed Pen For Major Mortgage Fraud Ridgefield Park Man Gets 15 Months In Fed Pen For Major Mortgage Fraud
Ridgefield Park Man Gets 15 Months In Fed Pen For Major Mortgage Fraud A Ridgefield Park man was sentenced Friday to 15 months in federal prison for his role in a scheme to defraud mortgage lenders out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Dennys A. Tapia, 55, took a deal from the government rather than go to trial, pleading guilty to a single count of conspiring to commit bank fraud last December. He'll have to serve out the entire sentence because there's no parole in the federal prison system. Tapia and a number of unnamed co-conspirators produced bogus documents to a loan officer for potential borrowers, including fraudulent lease agreements, bank statement…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Two More Passaic County Teens Charged With Murder In Ambush Shooting Death Of Newark Man Two More Passaic County Teens Charged With Murder In Ambush Shooting Death Of Newark Man Two More Passaic County Teens Charged With Murder In Ambush Shooting Death Of Newark Man
Two More Passaic County Teens Charged With Murder In Ambush Shooting Death Of Newark Man Two Passaic County teens joined two others who are charged with what authorities said was the carefully-coordinated ambush of a 21-year-old Newark man shot dead in Paterson earlier this year. Ismael Leon, 19, of Paterson was charged with murder and weapons offenses and a 17-year-old Clifton boy was issued a delinquency complaint in connection with the cold-blooded slaying of Jose Figueroa, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora announced Friday. They joined Chelsee Ramirez, 19, and another 17-year-old accused of gunning down Figueroa at the cor…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Edison, NJ
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Indian NJ Dad Who Abducted Son Four Years Ago Captured In England, Extradited To US Indian NJ Dad Who Abducted Son Four Years Ago Captured In England, Extradited To US Indian NJ Dad Who Abducted Son Four Years Ago Captured In England, Extradited To US
Indian NJ Dad Who Abducted Son Four Years Ago Captured In England, Extradited To US A federal magistrate judge on Friday ordered the detention of a former New Jersey resident who was captured in England after kidnapping his son four years ago. Amitkumar Kanubhai Patel, 38, “obstructed the parental rights of his child’s mother by kidnapping the child and failing to return him to the United States when ordered to do so,” Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. He even told the mother that he was “never bringing the child back to the United States,” Honig said. Patel, most recently of Vadodara, India, had lived with the Cherry Hill woman from August 2015 through Ju…

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