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
Garbage Truck Fire Behind Hackensack School Quickly Doused Garbage Truck Fire Behind Hackensack School Quickly Doused Garbage Truck Fire Behind Hackensack School Quickly Doused
Garbage Truck Fire Behind Hackensack School Quickly Doused Hackensack firefighters contained and doused a Tuesday morning garbage truck fire behind a school. They responded in the rear of the K-4 Fanny M. Hillers School off Longview Avenue, which was closed for summer vacation, around 8:30 a.m. Members of Engine 2 quickly extinguished the smoky fire, which was contained to the engine compartment. No injuries were reported. The cause wasn't immediately known. VIDEO: HACKENSACK FIRE DEPT.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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Poker Player's Public Battle With Demons Ends In Fatal Plunge From NJ High-Rise Poker Player's Public Battle With Demons Ends In Fatal Plunge From NJ High-Rise Poker Player's Public Battle With Demons Ends In Fatal Plunge From NJ High-Rise
Poker Player's Public Battle With Demons Ends In Fatal Plunge From NJ High-Rise His fellow poker professionals were becoming increasingly concerned about Matthew Marafioti’s mental health when it all ended tragically last week. Marafioti, a 33-year-old Toronto native who reportedly won multiple millions in his poker-playing career, had a very public battle with his demons. Recent social media posts were filled with an insistence that “social justice” gangsters were after him as he fought in court to gain joint custody of his young son. Shortly after 11 a.m. last Friday, Marafioti dove head-first to his death from a friend’s 28th-floor balcony at the Winston Towers, a …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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CHILD PORN: Ex-Mahwah Councilman Gets Probation CHILD PORN: Ex-Mahwah Councilman Gets Probation CHILD PORN: Ex-Mahwah Councilman Gets Probation
Child Porn: Ex-Mahwah Councilman Gets Probation UPDATE: A former Mahwah councilman who admitted having child porn avoided prison time and won't have to register as a Megan's Law offender thanks to a plea deal. Charles Jandris, a 56-year-old father of two, was sentenced to five years probation in Superior Court in Hackensack late last week as part of the deal. Jandris was operating a children's day care center with his mother when he was arrested in February 2019, authorities said at the time. SEE: A former EMT captain and Mahwah councilman who co-owns and operates a children's day care center with his mother was charged with posses…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Freelance Writer From NY Charged With Assaulting Fort Lee Police During Welfare Check Freelance Writer From NY Charged With Assaulting Fort Lee Police During Welfare Check Freelance Writer From NY Charged With Assaulting Fort Lee Police During Welfare Check
Freelance Writer From NY Charged With Assaulting Fort Lee Police During Welfare Check Fort Lee police were checking on the welfare of a man at a local high-rise when he assaulted them and was taken into custody, authorities said. Matthew D. Gilgoff, a 45-year-old freelance writer from Ulster County, NY, was alert and conscious but under the influence of drugs when officers found him on the floor at 2100 Linwood Avenue, Capt. Edward Young said. Gilgoff told both of them that they “will die tonight” and also “made a statement that was biased in nature,” Young said. He then kicked an officer and wrapped his legs around the officer’s in an attempt at a tackle, the captain said…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cherry Hill, NJ
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FBI: Four From NJ, NY, PA Charged With Kidnapping Man, Demanding $100,000 Ransom FBI: Four From NJ, NY, PA Charged With Kidnapping Man, Demanding $100,000 Ransom FBI: Four From NJ, NY, PA Charged With Kidnapping Man, Demanding $100,000 Ransom
FBI: Four From NJ, NY, PA Charged With Kidnapping Man, Demanding $100,000 Ransom A group of men from New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York kidnapped a man on a Camden street, beat him and held him captive while trying to extort a $100,000 ransom from his family, federal authorities charged. The victim was grabbed from behind last Thursday night by his abductors, who “covered his head, bound him with plastic restraints, assaulted him and put him into a vehicle,” Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. They then drove him to a city residence where they “continued to beat him with a hard object the victim could not see,” she said. “After several hours, the kidnappers …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lakewood, NJ
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Married State Police Couple Who Lied About Jersey Shore Bar Brawl Lose Their Jobs Married State Police Couple Who Lied About Jersey Shore Bar Brawl Lose Their Jobs Married State Police Couple Who Lied About Jersey Shore Bar Brawl Lose Their Jobs
Married State Police Couple Who Lied About Jersey Shore Bar Brawl Lose Their Jobs UPDATE: A married New Jersey State Police detective couple caught lying about a North Wildwood bar fight agreed to give up their jobs on Monday, authorities said. Detective Sgt. 1st Class Gregory Ogden, 52, and Detective Sgt. Dorothy Ogden, 46, cut a deal with the state Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) rather than go to trial, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said. Besides forfeiting their jobs, the Ogdens -- both of Hammonton – must successfully complete a pre-trial intervention program that will clear their records of false swearing charges, the attor…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Driver, 64, Found Dead Behind Wheel Outside Hackensack Laundry, Natural Causes Cited Driver, 64, Found Dead Behind Wheel Outside Hackensack Laundry, Natural Causes Cited Driver, 64, Found Dead Behind Wheel Outside Hackensack Laundry, Natural Causes Cited
Driver, 64, Found Dead Behind Wheel Outside Hackensack Laundry, Natural Causes Cited UPDATE: A man found slumped over the wheel of his SUV outside a Hackensack laundry over the weekend apparently died of natural causes, authorities said. Responding officers found the 64-year-old victim in the driver's seat of his 2009 Infiniti FX3 outside Family Launderette on Kinderkamack Avenue off Jefferson Street near Route 4 on Sunday, said Capt. Darrin DeWitt, the officer in charge of the department. "There were no signs of foul play and the preliminary investigation indicates that he died from natural causes," the captain said. The Bergen County Sheriff’s Bureau of Criminal Ide…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Authorities: Armed Intruder With Handcuffs Holds Women Hostage In West Milford Authorities: Armed Intruder With Handcuffs Holds Women Hostage In West Milford Authorities: Armed Intruder With Handcuffs Holds Women Hostage In West Milford
Authorities: Armed Intruder With Handcuffs Holds Women Hostage In West Milford West Milford police nabbed a Pompton Lakes man as he fled a local home with handcuffs after holding two women at gunpoint Sunday afternoon, authorities said. Initial details were sketchy, however. Andrew Canning, 31, had stolen an item from a nearby residence when he confronted the women – one 45 and the other 20 – at a home off Beacon Hill Road and Manchester Lane, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and West Milford Police Chief James DeVore said in a joint release on Monday. They didn’t say much else about the crime or Canning other than that he was charged with armed robbery, k…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
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Cement Mixer Tips Off Paramus Highway Cement Mixer Tips Off Paramus Highway Cement Mixer Tips Off Paramus Highway
Cement Mixer Tips Off Paramus Highway A concrete mixer tipped on the eastbound Route 4 ramp to northbound Route 17 in Paramus, tying up traffic Monday afternoon. The Paramus Volunteer Ambulance Corps took the driver to the hospital with injuries that didn't appear life-threatening after the Tanis Concrete of Fair Lawn truck crashed shortly after 1 p.m. Borough police and firefighters, as well as an ambulance from Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, also responded, along with a Bergen County Hazardous Materials Unit. Route 4E ramp to Route 17N in Paramus.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE Citywide towing righted and removed …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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One Dead, One Wounded In Paterson Shooting One Dead, One Wounded In Paterson Shooting One Dead, One Wounded In Paterson Shooting
One Dead, One Wounded In Paterson Shooting A Paterson man was shot dead and another wounded Sunday night outside a Middle Eastern restaurant in the city's 6th Ward, authorities confirmed. Responders conducted CPR on Victor Vasquez, 36, who was shot in the chest outside the Aleppo Restaurant near the corner of Main and Thomas streets shortly after 8 p.m. Both he and the second victim, 32-year-old Nelson Hilario, were taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint release. Vasquez was pronounced dead a little over a half-hour la…

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