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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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Passaic Man, 58, Arrested In Texas, Charged With Sexually Assaulting Two Children Passaic Man, 58, Arrested In Texas, Charged With Sexually Assaulting Two Children Passaic Man, 58, Arrested In Texas, Charged With Sexually Assaulting Two Children
Passaic Man, 58, Arrested In Texas, Charged With Sexually Assaulting Two Children A detention hearing was planned this week for a 58-year-old Passaic man accused of sexually assaulting two children. The victims – now 13 and 15 – were sexually assaulted by Luis Castillo-Galindo at a city residence within the past year, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. Following an investigation by her Special Victims Unit – in which both youngsters and other witnesses were interviewed -- Castillo-Galindo was arrested in Dallas, Texas late last week, the prosecutor said. He’s charged with sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual contact and child endangerment, she said.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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SWAT STANDOFF: Disturbed Barricaded Subject Emerges Without Incident In Wyckoff SWAT STANDOFF: Disturbed Barricaded Subject Emerges Without Incident In Wyckoff SWAT STANDOFF: Disturbed Barricaded Subject Emerges Without Incident In Wyckoff
SWAT Standoff: Disturbed Barricaded Subject Emerges Without Incident In Wyckoff A troubled resident who remained barricaded in a Wyckoff home for nearly an hour and a half Sunday eventually walked out unharmed, authorities said. A Bergen County Regional SWAT team was summoned and ramps on and off Route 208 were temporarily closed during the Grandview Avenue incident near St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church. It began with a 911 call for "an emotionally disturbed person with a knife inside the home" around 1:45 p.m., Police Chief David Murphy said. "The person involved ultimately walked out unharmed and was transported" by the Wyckoff Volunteer Ambulance Corps to a local…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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SEE ANYTHING? Woman Reports Sex Assault On Englewood Street SEE ANYTHING? Woman Reports Sex Assault On Englewood Street SEE ANYTHING? Woman Reports Sex Assault On Englewood Street
SEE Anything? Woman Reports Sex Assault On Englewood Street A woman told police that she was sexually abused on an Englewood street, said authorities who turned to the public for help finding the assailant. The victim told police she was walking eastbound on West Palisade Avenue across from Oakland Street when she was "touched inappropriately" shortly before 8:30 p.m. Friday, Detective Capt. Timothy Torell said. Her assailant then ran off, the woman said. She got cellphone pics of the man, whom she described as tall, black, wearing black footwear, black shorts with a white stripe and a black t-shirt. PHOTOS: https://neighbors.ring.com/n/ZE4PPa6sgO…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Body Recovered From Passaic River Body Recovered From Passaic River Body Recovered From Passaic River
Body Recovered From Passaic River Authorities were trying to identify the body of an apparently homeless man who drowned Saturday in the Passaic River. Witnesses said the man didn't know how to swim, ignored friends' insistence that he not go in, then went under in a deep pond on the Clifton side of the river, Clifton Deputy Fire Chief Craig Hopkins said. Rescue teams from Clifton, Passaic and Wallington put boats in the water before a Bergen County Office of Emergency Management drone helped locate the body south of the Dundee Dam. The victim had apparently been in the water more than an hour and a half before authorities…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Woman, 89, Found Dead, Vehicle Running At Totowa Home, Carbon Monoxide Suspected Woman, 89, Found Dead, Vehicle Running At Totowa Home, Carbon Monoxide Suspected Woman, 89, Found Dead, Vehicle Running At Totowa Home, Carbon Monoxide Suspected
Woman, 89, Found Dead, Vehicle Running At Totowa Home, Carbon Monoxide Suspected An 89-year-old Totowa woman was found dead of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning at her home Saturday afternoon. A family member found Ethel Rosskopf unresponsive on the kitchen floor and a vehicle with its engine running in the garage of the home at Knollwood Road and Meadow Drive, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Totowa Police Chief Carmen Veneziano said in a joint announcement. Rosskopf was pronounced dead at the scene.  Authorities found the carbon monoxide level in the home at 200 parts per million, as opposed to the ordinary reading of 0 parts per million. "…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Driver, 82, Hospitalized After Runaway Sedan Damages Five Vehicles At Glen Rock Auto Body Shop Driver, 82, Hospitalized After Runaway Sedan Damages Five Vehicles At Glen Rock Auto Body Shop Driver, 82, Hospitalized After Runaway Sedan Damages Five Vehicles At Glen Rock Auto Body Shop
Driver, 82, Hospitalized After Runaway Sedan Damages Five Vehicles At Glen Rock Auto Body Shop Five vehicles at a Glen Rock auto body shop were damaged by a runaway sedan. The 82-year-old driver from Fair Lawn reported having "mechanical difficulty" before her Toyota Camry crossed the double-yellow line on northbound Ackerman Avenue and barreled into the lot at Martens Body and Fender Friday afternoon, borough Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. The damaged vehicles included another sedan, an SUV and a pickup truck. Five vehicles in all were damaged in the Glen Rock chain-reaction crash.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE A Ridgewood EMS unit took the driver to The Valley Hospital with…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson Grandpa Charged With Sexually Abusing Two Youngsters Paterson Grandpa Charged With Sexually Abusing Two Youngsters Paterson Grandpa Charged With Sexually Abusing Two Youngsters
Paterson Grandpa Charged With Sexually Abusing Two Youngsters A 71-year-old Paterson man sexually assaulted two children, authorities charged. Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said that Samuel Garrison was arrested after detectives from her Special Victims Unit interviewed both youngsters, one 10 and the other 16, as well as other witnesses. Garrison remained held in the Passaic County Jail pending a detention hearing next week in Superior Court in Paterson. He’s charged with single counts of sexual assault and aggravated criminal sexual contact and two of child endangerment, Valdes said. ****** NOTE: Authorities warn parents that those …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Woman's Body Found Stuffed In Container At Bergen County Corner Woman's Body Found Stuffed In Container At Bergen County Corner Woman's Body Found Stuffed In Container At Bergen County Corner
Woman's Body Found Stuffed In Container At Bergen County Corner UPDATE: The body of a Connecticut woman found stuffed into a barrel on a Ridgefield Park street corner was reportedly carted out of a building on Wall Street the night before. The victim, whose naked body was found in a 55-gallon drum last Friday morning, was identified as Nicole Flanagan, 42, by a family member who spoke on condition of anonymity. A mother of three, Flanagan had lived in Greenwich, CT and in the Fordham section of the Bronx, the family member told Daily Voice. READ MORE.... ****** ORIGINAL STORY: Temperatures pushed toward triple digits on Friday the 13th when the corpse…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Egg Harbor Township, NJ
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Video Released Of Atlantic City Bicyclist Struck, Killed In Police Car Crash Video Released Of Atlantic City Bicyclist Struck, Killed In Police Car Crash Video Released Of Atlantic City Bicyclist Struck, Killed In Police Car Crash
Video Released Of Atlantic City Bicyclist Struck, Killed In Police Car Crash State authorities released surveillance video from up the street of a bicyclist struck and killed in a crash with an Atlantic City police car. The officer was “responding to a routine call for service in a marked patrol vehicle, with no lights or siren activated” when the crash occurred in the intersection of Arkansas and Arctic avenues around 8:30 p.m. June 18, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said. Everett Stern, 63, was riding past traffic stopped at a red light when the police cruiser entered the intersection and his bicycle slammed into the driver’s side, Bruck said. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Sheriff: OD In Wayne Leads Detectives 1,360 Heroin Folds, Stolen Gun, Arrest Of Paterson Man Sheriff: OD In Wayne Leads Detectives 1,360 Heroin Folds, Stolen Gun, Arrest Of Paterson Man Sheriff: OD In Wayne Leads Detectives 1,360 Heroin Folds, Stolen Gun, Arrest Of Paterson Man
Sheriff: OD In Wayne Leads Detectives 1,360 Heroin Folds, Stolen Gun, Arrest Of Paterson Man A non-fatal overdose in Wayne led Passaic County sheriff’s detectives to a basement apartment in Paterson where they said they seized 1,360 heroin folds, a stolen gun and the man who lives there. Sheriff’s detectives working with their Wayne colleagues watched Kirk Douglas Jr., 23, sell to buyers over the course of two months before raiding the Pearl Street apartment with a warrant on Wednesday, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. They found the heroin along with a loaded Kel-Tec .380-caliber handgun that was reported stolen from Weatherly, PA, the sheriff said. The estimated …

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