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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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
SMH: Dispatcher Catches Thief Stealing Gear From Rochelle Park Flood Rescue Boat SMH: Dispatcher Catches Thief Stealing Gear From Rochelle Park Flood Rescue Boat SMH: Dispatcher Catches Thief Stealing Gear From Rochelle Park Flood Rescue Boat
SMH: Dispatcher Catches Thief Stealing Gear From Rochelle Park Flood Rescue Boat How low can someone go? Rochelle Park firefighters found out when a Clifton man tried to snatch police life jackets and safety ropes from their rescue boat Thursday night, authorities said. The rescuers had left the boat on West Passaic Street, just beyond the floodwaters, after saving several victims and shuttling police to headquarters flooded by Tropical Storm Ida. Dispatcher Mike Colombini rushed out and kept Omar Omar, 49, from leaving before officers arrived around 7 p.m., Police Lt. James DePreta said. Omar was arrested, charged with theft and released pending a court hearing. Poli…

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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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NY Yankees Radio Voice John Sterling Rescued From Floodwaters In Edgewater NY Yankees Radio Voice John Sterling Rescued From Floodwaters In Edgewater NY Yankees Radio Voice John Sterling Rescued From Floodwaters In Edgewater
NY Yankees Radio Voice John Sterling Rescued From Floodwaters In Edgewater Among those rescued from rising floodwaters in North Jersey late Wednesday was "the voice of the Yankees," radio broadcaster John Sterling of Edgewater. The hero: His Spanish-language counterpart. Although the Bronx Bombers were playing the Angels in California, WFAN still has its game crew working remotely. While Sterling's partner, Suzyn Waldman, has often worked from home, he's been calling road games from his WFAN booth in the Bronx. Wednesday night's Yankees victory wrapped up shortly after 10 p.m. "Usually when we finish a game, John is the first one to leave," Yankees Spanish-lang…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Passaic Sheriff: Man Caught Throwing Block Through Forensics Office Window Passaic Sheriff: Man Caught Throwing Block Through Forensics Office Window Passaic Sheriff: Man Caught Throwing Block Through Forensics Office Window
Passaic Sheriff: Man Caught Throwing Block Through Forensics Office Window A repeat offender with a lengthy criminal history was arrested Thursday after he threw a concrete block through the front windows of the Passaic County Sheriff's forensic investigations unit, authorities said. A witness pointed officers to Carl Belton, 50, after the window at the Bureau of Criminal Identification near the Passaic County Jail at Marshall and Grand street was smashed, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. Surveillance video confirmed that it was him, the sheriff said. Belton had outstanding warrants from Bloomfield (drinking in public), Trenton (the same, plus diso…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
SEEN HER? Indictment Charges Paterson Woman With Trying To Burn Down Ex-Lover's Apartment SEEN HER? Indictment Charges Paterson Woman With Trying To Burn Down Ex-Lover's Apartment SEEN HER? Indictment Charges Paterson Woman With Trying To Burn Down Ex-Lover's Apartment
Seen HER? Indictment Charges Paterson Woman With Trying To Burn Down Ex-Lover's Apartment A Paterson woman who has remained a fugitive for several months since authorities accused her of trying to burn down a former lover’s apartment was indicted by a grand jury. Ahkearah Muhammad, 24, should be considered dangerous, authorities said, adding that she could be somewhere in New York. The fire broke out shortly after 10:30 p.m. March 20 in a large factory building that was converted into 240 units at the corner of Madison and Essex streets in Paterson. A surveillance camera caught images of Muhammad pouring lighter fluid outside her former beau’s door in a large city complex, auth…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
STILL MISSING: Little Falls Woman, 56, Swept Away By Floodwaters Presumed Dead STILL MISSING: Little Falls Woman, 56, Swept Away By Floodwaters Presumed Dead STILL MISSING: Little Falls Woman, 56, Swept Away By Floodwaters Presumed Dead
Still Missing: Little Falls Woman, 56, Swept Away By Floodwaters Presumed Dead UPDATE: A Little Falls woman swept away by floodwaters during Tropical Storm Ida was still missing and believed dead, authorities said Thursday. Donna Lomagro, 56, got out of her stranded car on Lackawanna Avenue near Browertown Road and was knocked under by the current around 9 p.m., witnesses told Woodland Park police. The current continued into Dowling Brook, which eventually feeds into the Passaic River, they said. Two good Samaritans had to be rescued themselves after they tried to save her. The West Paterson Fire Department Water Rescue Team continued searching through the nigh…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
GOTCHA! Authorities Nab Hawthorne Woman's Accused Killer GOTCHA! Authorities Nab Hawthorne Woman's Accused Killer GOTCHA! Authorities Nab Hawthorne Woman's Accused Killer
Gotcha! Authorities Nab Hawthorne Woman's Accused Killer UPDATE: A 23-year-old Paterson man was charged with murder after detectives identified him as the gunman who shot and killed a Hawthorne woman behind a city grammar school last winter. Police reported finding Nasreen Yashi, 41, behind the K-5 No. 15 School on Oak Street shortly before 2 a.m. Feb. 11. She’d been shot several times, they said. Yashi died of her injuries the next day at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said. Rashawn Pelham already was in the Passaic County Jail on unspecified unrelated…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Religious Instructor Charged With Sexually Assaulting Paterson Student For Years Religious Instructor Charged With Sexually Assaulting Paterson Student For Years Religious Instructor Charged With Sexually Assaulting Paterson Student For Years
Religious Instructor Charged With Sexually Assaulting Paterson Student For Years A religious instructor from Paterson was charged with repeatedly sexually abusing one of his students at the youngster's home for more than seven years, then beating and threatening the child as he tried to avoid being caught. Authorities were seeking other possible victims. MD Rahman, 49, who provides in-home religious instruction to various families in Paterson, was ordered held pending trial by a Superior Court judge in Paterson on Wednesday following his arrest the week before. Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said city police reported the alleged abuse to detectives from he…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
AFTERMATH OF IDA: Passaic Passenger, 70, Drowns In Floodwaters, North Jersey Begins Cleanup AFTERMATH OF IDA: Passaic Passenger, 70, Drowns In Floodwaters, North Jersey Begins Cleanup AFTERMATH OF IDA: Passaic Passenger, 70, Drowns In Floodwaters, North Jersey Begins Cleanup
Aftermath OF IDA: Passaic Passenger, 70, Drowns In Floodwaters, North Jersey Begins Cleanup A 70-year-old passenger drowned in the overflowed Passaic River, despite furious efforts to save him, authorities said, as North Jersey took stock Thursday of the damage from Tropical Storm Ida. Firefighters and police rescued other members of his victim’s family, Passaic Mayor Hector Carlos Lora said, as the region surveyed the aftermath in the sun-drenched light of day. “I believe just like every other municipality in the state as a whole and the tri-state area, we were caught by surprise,” Lora said. “No one could have predicted the storm would have taken such a turn for the worst.” Th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
IDA: Firefighters Cut Hole In Paterson Bridge To Rescue Man Trapped In Passaic River Below IDA: Firefighters Cut Hole In Paterson Bridge To Rescue Man Trapped In Passaic River Below IDA: Firefighters Cut Hole In Paterson Bridge To Rescue Man Trapped In Passaic River Below
IDA: Firefighters Cut Hole In Paterson Bridge To Rescue Man Trapped In Passaic River Below During a night full of rescues, one of the most dramatic occurred at a bridge over the swollen Passaic River. City firefighters cut a hole in the deck of the Temple Street bridge off Presidential Boulevard in Paterson to rescue a man who'd become stuck beneath it late Wednesday as a relentless downpour brought by Tropical Storm Ida bombarded New Jersey. How he ended up there wasn't immediately clear. His rescuers found the victim alert and conscious after cutting a small survey hole, responders said. They carved out a larger space using jackhammers and other heavy equipment to get the man …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Man Who Lives Near Park Ridge Town Pool Charged With Producing Child Porn Man Who Lives Near Park Ridge Town Pool Charged With Producing Child Porn Man Who Lives Near Park Ridge Town Pool Charged With Producing Child Porn
Man Who Lives Near Park Ridge Town Pool Charged With Producing Child Porn A divorced, unemployed man who lives up the street from the Park Ridge Municipal Pool was arrested Wednesday and charged with producing online child porn, authorities said. Richard Osinski, 61, “used the Internet to view, download, and possess more than 1,000 digital files depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Osinski, of Colony Avenue, was also “coordinating the production of sexually explicit online depictions of children,” the prosecutor said. He remained held Wednesday in the Bergen County Jail pending …

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