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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Lyndhurst, NJ
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Bergen Boy, 8, Bitten By Kinkajou Gets Rabies Shots, Experts Warn Owners Bergen Boy, 8, Bitten By Kinkajou Gets Rabies Shots, Experts Warn Owners Bergen Boy, 8, Bitten By Kinkajou Gets Rabies Shots, Experts Warn Owners
Bergen Boy, 8, Bitten By Kinkajou Gets Rabies Shots, Experts Warn Owners The owner of a kinkajou who bit an 8-year-old boy in a Bergen County park apparently had all the necessary paperwork for his pet, authorities said, but that doesn’t ease the minds of the boy’s mother -- or wildlife experts. The mom said her son was fishing and feeding the turtles at Samuel Nelkin County Park last week when he and her sister spotted the owner and his pet. “They asked if it was friendly and the owner said yes,” she told Daily Voice. “My son gave the animal a quick pet and then my sister actually held the animal. “When the animal was given back to the owner it started crawli…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Firefighters Extricate Victim In Fair Lawn Rollover Firefighters Extricate Victim In Fair Lawn Rollover Firefighters Extricate Victim In Fair Lawn Rollover
Firefighters Extricate Victim In Fair Lawn Rollover Fair Lawn firefighters extricated a woman from a minivan that rolled onto its side at the Hawthorne border early Wednesday evening. Members of Fair Lawn Heavy Rescue got the victim out through the rear hatch of the Honda Odyssey after it rolled on Lincoln Avenue near Harristown Road shortly before 5:30 p.m. A Hawthorne EMS unit took her to the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood with injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening. Fair Lawn and Hawthorne police also responded. Lincoln Avenue near Harristown Road at the Fair Lawn/Hawthorne border.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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HEROES: Port Authority PD, Tunnel And Bridge Agents Rescue Dangling Baby In GWB SUV Crash HEROES: Port Authority PD, Tunnel And Bridge Agents Rescue Dangling Baby In GWB SUV Crash HEROES: Port Authority PD, Tunnel And Bridge Agents Rescue Dangling Baby In GWB SUV Crash
Heroes: Port Authority PD, Tunnel And Bridge Agents Rescue Dangling Baby In GWB SUV Crash A 14-month-old boy was dangling from his car seat, held in place by the straps, after an SUV ended up precariously perched on two wheels against the divider of the approach to the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee. The boy’s mother and another adult were cushioned by the Chevy Equinox’s airbags, but the vehicle itself was unstable. Port Authority police and tunnel and bridge agents had to get the diaper-clad child out. Once they did, Officer TJ McPike wrapped the boy in his uniform shirt and passed him off to Officer Greg Rose, who comforted the youngster until his mother was rescued. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lakewood, NJ
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Jersey Shore Wrestling Champ Arrested By FBI On Child Porn Charges Jersey Shore Wrestling Champ Arrested By FBI On Child Porn Charges Jersey Shore Wrestling Champ Arrested By FBI On Child Porn Charges
Jersey Shore Wrestling Champ Arrested By FBI On Child Porn Charges A New Jersey state wrestling champion and coach who made national headlines when he revealed that he’s gay was arrested by the FBI Wednesday on child porn charges, federal authorities said. Alec Donovan, 24, of Brick Township also used an app to “solicit and engage in conversations with minors, including requesting nude photographs from the minors and sending nude photographs to them,” Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. Donovan, who records show has coached at the Shorething Wrestling Club in Lakewood, “sent three videos containing images of child sexual abuse and received two vide…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Jersey City, NJ
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Authorities: Bergen Couple Killed When Speeding Sedan Slams Into Tonnelle Ave Tractor-Trailer Authorities: Bergen Couple Killed When Speeding Sedan Slams Into Tonnelle Ave Tractor-Trailer Authorities: Bergen Couple Killed When Speeding Sedan Slams Into Tonnelle Ave Tractor-Trailer
Authorities: Bergen Couple Killed When Speeding Sedan Slams Into Tonnelle Ave Tractor-Trailer UPDATE: A North Arlington driver and his female passenger from Bergenfield were killed when their speeding sedan slammed into the side of a tractor-trailer in North Bergen before dawn Wednesday, authorities said. Luis Fernando Cevallos, 24, and his as-yet unidentified 27-year-old passenger were pronounced dead at the scene of the 2:15 a.m. crash on Tonnelle Avenue at the Paterson Plank Road overpass. The tractor-trailer, whose driver was making an early delivery, was perpendicular across Route 1&9 when it was struck behind the rear wheel by their southbound 2022 Kia Stinger, township Po…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cherry Hill, NJ
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FEDS: India-Based Phone Scammers Admit Conning Elderly NJ Victims Out Of $600,000 FEDS: India-Based Phone Scammers Admit Conning Elderly NJ Victims Out Of $600,000 FEDS: India-Based Phone Scammers Admit Conning Elderly NJ Victims Out Of $600,000
Feds: India-Based Phone Scammers Admit Conning Elderly NJ Victims Out Of $600,000 Two Indian nationals admitted Wednesday that they conned mostly elderly New Jersey victims out of $600,000 through a variety of phone scams, including posing as government officials and online support techs. Zeeshan Khan, 22, and Maaz Ahmed Shamsi, 24, operated India-based call centers that made robocalls to mostly elderly U.S. residents, Acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Rachael A. Honig said. Once contact was made, members of the international ring “would coerce or trick the victims into sending large sums of cash through physical shipments or wire transfers to other members of the cons…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Driver Douses Bus Fire In Tenafly Driver Douses Bus Fire In Tenafly Driver Douses Bus Fire In Tenafly
Driver Douses Bus Fire In Tenafly A driver got passengers off safely and used an extinguisher to douse a fire in the back of an NJ Transit bus Wednesday morning, authorities said. The fire broke out near the exhaust pipe on Engle Street near Elm Street in Tenafly shortly before 7 a.m., Capt. Timothy E. O'Reilly said. The four passengers were transferred to another NJ Transit bus on the same route, O'Reilly said. NJT towed the first bus, the captain said. No injuries were reported. ****** ALSO SEE: Commuter Abuses NJ Train Conductor With Racial, Sexual Epithets (VIDEO) ******

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by Jerry DeMarco
Washington Township, NJ
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NJ Home Health Aide Accused Of Tying Patient, 71, To Chair Loses Certification NJ Home Health Aide Accused Of Tying Patient, 71, To Chair Loses Certification NJ Home Health Aide Accused Of Tying Patient, 71, To Chair Loses Certification
NJ Home Health Aide Accused Of Tying Patient, 71, To Chair Loses Certification The certification of a home health aide from Pennsylvania accused of tying a 71-year-old dementia patient to a chair at a South Jersey assisted living facility was permanently revoked, authorities announced. A supervising registered nurse at the Juniper Village/Well Springs Assisted Living Facility in Monroe Township discovered the abused victim during a visit to her apartment at last fall, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said. The woman – who had round-the-clock health care -- had been “tied to a chair at the waist with a nightgown,” Bruck said. Afua Dankwah, 51, of Mo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
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WATCH: Commuter Abuses NJ Train Conductor With Racial, Sexual Epithets WATCH: Commuter Abuses NJ Train Conductor With Racial, Sexual Epithets WATCH: Commuter Abuses NJ Train Conductor With Racial, Sexual Epithets
Watch: Commuter Abuses NJ Train Conductor With Racial, Sexual Epithets Disturbing cellphone video recorded on a New Jersey Transit train shows a man accused of assaulting a conductor spewing hateful profanity against him. The video was shot by Kore James of Paterson, who said he stopped recording and rushed to the conductor's aid when things got physical at the Ridgewood train station. James, a 28-year-old landscape architect, said Thomas Vitulano was already on the the Hoboken-bound train when he got on Monday afternoon in Allendale. "The conductor that was punching holes in tickets was coming around checking everyone's ticket," he said. "The gentleman didn…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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Englewood Police LT Busted For DWI In Teaneck Englewood Police LT Busted For DWI In Teaneck Englewood Police LT Busted For DWI In Teaneck
Englewood Police LT Busted For DWI In Teaneck An Englewood police lieutenant was charged with DWI after officers reported finding him asleep at the wheel of an SUV in Teaneck, records show. Officers responding to a report of a vehicle with its lights on for nearly an hour found the 2013 Chevy Avalanche parked and running on Suffern Road partly into the intersection of Wilson Avenue shortly after 4 a.m. Sunday, according to a report on file at Teaneck Police Headquarters. The officers awoke Englewood Police Lt. Gregory Martin and had him step out of the SUV, the report obtained by Daily Voice says. Martin, who smelled of alcohol, refus…

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