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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Cresskill-Closter, NJ
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Did You Do Business With This Man? Arrest Made In $90,000 Bergen COVID Gloves Scam Did You Do Business With This Man? Arrest Made In $90,000 Bergen COVID Gloves Scam Did You Do Business With This Man? Arrest Made In $90,000 Bergen COVID Gloves Scam
Did You Do Business With This Man? Arrest Made In $90,000 Bergen COVID Gloves Scam A judge in Hackensack released an out-of-state man accused of illegally profiting off the COVID pandemic by pocketing $90,000 for what were supposed to be a million personal protective gloves. Nwaokoma Nwakanma, 30, of Westland, MI claimed to work for Bioneutral Chem Group, a bogus Newark-based company that purported to be a legitimate business, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Cresskill police got wind of the scam and alerted detectives from Musella’s Financial Crimes Unit in early June, the prosecutor said. They investigated and obtained an arrest warrant for Nwakanma, of West…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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REWARD: Police Seek Cellphone Video Of Assault On Englewood Firefighter REWARD: Police Seek Cellphone Video Of Assault On Englewood Firefighter REWARD: Police Seek Cellphone Video Of Assault On Englewood Firefighter
Reward: Police Seek Cellphone Video Of Assault On Englewood Firefighter An off-duty Englewood firefighter was assaulted on a city street by a man involved in a road rage incident, said authorities who are seeking cellphone video from bystanders. A $1,500 reward has been posted by Englewood Uniformed Firefighters Local 3260 & Englewood Uniformed Fire Officers Local 3263 for any information that “significantly assists” in the investigation. CrimeStoppers also offers its own reward of up to $1,000 cash for similar video or other information (SEE BELOW). The 44-year-old firefighter, who lives in Englewood, found himself within feet of a road rage incident …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Judge Releases Paterson Hit-Run Driver Who Seriously Injured Youngster Judge Releases Paterson Hit-Run Driver Who Seriously Injured Youngster Judge Releases Paterson Hit-Run Driver Who Seriously Injured Youngster
Judge Releases Paterson Hit-Run Driver Who Seriously Injured Youngster UPDATE: A Paterson driver who fled after his SUV struck and seriously injured a juvenile in broad daylight last month was arrested this week, authorities announced. Carlton Felder, 50, was behind the wheel of a 2005 Lincoln Aviator that struck the youngster on Broadway near Lake Street at 3:40 p.m. July 25, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint release. The victim was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center for treatment before being released, they said. Felder, who drove off, was arrested Tuesday and charged with leavin…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Heroin Den On Wheels: User Had 4-Year-Old Boy, Drugs, More In Car, Palisades Parkway Police Say Heroin Den On Wheels: User Had 4-Year-Old Boy, Drugs, More In Car, Palisades Parkway Police Say Heroin Den On Wheels: User Had 4-Year-Old Boy, Drugs, More In Car, Palisades Parkway Police Say
Heroin Den On Wheels: User Had 4-Year-Old Boy, Drugs, More In Car, Palisades Parkway Police Say An erratic driver had just shot up heroin when police said they stopped him on the Palisades Interstate Parkway and found a sleeping 4-year-old boy, various drugs, dealing equipment and 730 used and unused hypodermic syringes in the car. A bag of cocaine fell from the waistband of Michael Rivera, 55, of the Bronx after police asked him to step out of the vehicle on the parkway in Englewood Cliffs, Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Sgt. First Class Raymond E. Walter said. Officer Thomas Shine had stopped Rivera after watching him drive the northbound vehicle extremely slow in the fast lane…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Police: Hackensack Man Assaults Officer On Domestic Call Police: Hackensack Man Assaults Officer On Domestic Call Police: Hackensack Man Assaults Officer On Domestic Call
Police: Hackensack Man Assaults Officer On Domestic Call A Hackensack man was Tasered and taken into custody after he cold-cocked a city police officer who was interviewing a domestic violence victim, authorities said. An officer called to a James Street home was trying to interview the victim when Eddie M. Cruz-Del Valle, 24, “punched the officer in the face and continued kicking and punching as they went to the floor,” said Capt. Darrin DeWitt, the officer in charge of the department. A second officer deployed his Taser and Cruz- Del Valle was arrested and handcuffed, he said. While handcuffed, he spit in the officer's face, DeWitt said. The …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
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IT Analyst Who Lives Across From Lyndhurst School Charged With Trafficking Child Porn IT Analyst Who Lives Across From Lyndhurst School Charged With Trafficking Child Porn IT Analyst Who Lives Across From Lyndhurst School Charged With Trafficking Child Porn
IT Analyst Who Lives Across From Lyndhurst School Charged With Trafficking Child Porn An IT analyst who lives across the street from a Lyndhurst public school was caught with more than 100 child porn images, authorities said. Paul S. An, 26, was arrested Wednesday following a raid of his Stuyvesant Avenue home on July 29, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Friday. An investigation found that An – who lives across from the K-12 Roosevelt School – “used the Internet to view, download, and share approximately 110 digital files depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent children,” the prosecutor said. Cyber Crimes Unit detectives charged him with three counts …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Passaic County Executor Charged With Pocketing $75,000 Passaic County Executor Charged With Pocketing $75,000 Passaic County Executor Charged With Pocketing $75,000
Passaic County Executor Charged With Pocketing $75,000 An estate executor from Passaic County diverted $75,000 for her own entertainment, to pay credit card bills and for other personal purposes, authorities charged. Nancy Williams, 64, “was responsible for distributing the assets of the estate to the beneficiary,” Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. “Instead, Williams illegally took the assets of the estate and converted the assets to her own use” for two years, beginning in August 2016, Valdes said. Members of her Financial Crimes Unit charged Williams with theft by unlawful taking, theft by deception, misapplication of entrust…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Prosecutor: Bergen Woman, 73, Created Bogus Identity To Scam $37,000 In Social Security Funds Prosecutor: Bergen Woman, 73, Created Bogus Identity To Scam $37,000 In Social Security Funds Prosecutor: Bergen Woman, 73, Created Bogus Identity To Scam $37,000 In Social Security Funds
Prosecutor: Bergen Woman, 73, Created Bogus Identity To Scam $37,000 In Social Security Funds A 73-year-old Bergen County woman created a false identity to fraudulently pocket $37,000 in federal benefits, authorities said Thursday. Yun J. Kim of Ridgefield Park produced a Social Security number, a U.S. passport and a non-driver ID to apply for an receive supplemental security benefits that she wasn’t entitled to, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Kim was charged with theft by deception and tampering with public records following an investigation by Musella’s detectives with assistance from the New York field offices of the Social Security Administration’s Office of the Ins…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Edison, NJ
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Man Struck, Killed By Police Car On Route 18 Identified Man Struck, Killed By Police Car On Route 18 Identified Man Struck, Killed By Police Car On Route 18 Identified
Man Struck, Killed By Police Car On Route 18 Identified UPDATE: A man who was struck and killed by a police car as he walked in the roadway on Route 18 was identified Thursday as a 55-year-old Edison resident. Authorities didn’t say whether they’d determined why Julius Filep was walking on the highway when he was struck in front of the AAA Insurance center on the northbound highway in East Brunswick shortly after 3:30 a.m. Sunday. An officer was on duty and in uniform as he headed north to a crash in the highway’s southbound lanes when the police cruiser struck Filep, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said. He was pronounced d…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Passaic Man Kidnapped, Sexually Assaulted Bloomfield Teen, Authorities Charge Passaic Man Kidnapped, Sexually Assaulted Bloomfield Teen, Authorities Charge Passaic Man Kidnapped, Sexually Assaulted Bloomfield Teen, Authorities Charge
Passaic Man Kidnapped, Sexually Assaulted Bloomfield Teen, Authorities Charge A Passaic man kidnapped and sexually assaulted a Bloomfield teen, authorities charged. Eloy Tomay Coyotl, 32, “pulled the victim into his car, drove through Bloomfield and into Passaic, then digitally penetrated [her] while in his vehicle,” Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Passaic Police Chief Luis A. Guzman said in a joint statement. Coyotl was arrested after detectives spoke with the 17-year-old victim and witnesses, they said. A Superior Court judge in Paterson ordered that he remain held pending trial on charges of aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault, kidnapping, …

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