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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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Fowl Smell: Truck Spills Decomposed Chicken Carcasses Along Route 17 Fowl Smell: Truck Spills Decomposed Chicken Carcasses Along Route 17 Fowl Smell: Truck Spills Decomposed Chicken Carcasses Along Route 17
Fowl Smell: Truck Spills Decomposed Chicken Carcasses Along Route 17 Witnesses said you couldn't imagine the stink when a tractor-trailer carrying chicken carcasses lost part of its load as rush-hour temperatures on Route 17 neared 90 degrees on Monday.  Hay and chicken parts "flew all over the highway" after a strap on a tarp came loose from the trailer as it headed down the hill on the southbound highway in Ramsey shortly before 6 p.m., one witness said. The driver "braked to stop near the iHop and it all spilled over the top onto the trailer connections," he added. "It's the worst smell you ever smelled in your life," another witness said. "I was gaggin…

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Marlton-Evesham, NJ
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NJ Man Convicted In $1.3M 'Mortgage Recovery' Scheme NJ Man Convicted In $1.3M 'Mortgage Recovery' Scheme NJ Man Convicted In $1.3M 'Mortgage Recovery' Scheme
NJ Man Convicted In $1.3M 'Mortgage Recovery' Scheme A South Jersey man was convicted in federal court for his role in a scheme to defraud the IRS of more than $3 million. Jurors in U.S. District Court in Camden agreed that John Barry Jr., of Pemberton and accomplices in New York and elsewhere doctored tax returns that helped clients eliminate outstanding mortgage debts by claiming that a substantial amount of taxes had already been withheld. In exchange, Barry collected 20 to 35 percent of the refunds and split the money with his co-conspirators, federal prosecutors said. (Barry also didn’t file his own 2016 return or report any of his ill-…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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Tenafly Police Pursuit Ends In Crash, Capture Near GWB Tenafly Police Pursuit Ends In Crash, Capture Near GWB Tenafly Police Pursuit Ends In Crash, Capture Near GWB
Tenafly Police Pursuit Ends In Crash, Capture Near GWB A drunk Bronx driver crashed and was captured near the George Washington Bridge after leading Tenafly police on a chase, authorities said. A borough officer began pursuing the speeding Honda, which had front-end damage, on Route 9W shortly after 10:30 a.m. Sunday The Honda headed north into Alpine before getting onto the southbound Palisades Interstate Parkway, Capt. Timothy E. O'Reilly said. The pursuit continued through Englewood Cliffs before the driver – identified as Nigel Harrell, 30, exited the parkway toward Fletcher Avenue in Fort Lee, the captain said Monday. Coming to a red lig…

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Newark, NJ
Breaking News
NJ Uber Carjacker Gets 6½ Years In Federal Prison NJ Uber Carjacker Gets 6½ Years In Federal Prison NJ Uber Carjacker Gets 6½ Years In Federal Prison
NJ Uber Carjacker Gets 6½ Years In Federal Prison A Newark man was sentenced Monday to a plea-bargained 6½ years in federal prison for helping a gunman drag an Uber driver from her car and throw her to the ground during a carjacking. Raquin Tanner, 25,  will have to serve just about all of the term because there's no parole in the federal prison system. The victim was in the driver’s seat of her parked car on Summer Avenue in Newark around 11 p.m. Aug. 13, 2019 when Tanner and two other thugs approached from around the corner, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael Honig said. As they neared the vehicle, video surveillance shows, Tanner “spoke…

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Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Man Struck By Train In Garfield Man Struck By Train In Garfield Man Struck By Train In Garfield
Man Struck By Train In Garfield A man suffered life-threatening injuries when he was struck by a train in Garfield over the weekend, authorities said. The 8:17 p.m. Bergen County Line 1883 train from Hoboken to Waldwick struck Nassir K. Essery, 21, of Garfield in the area of Eberhard and Outwater lanes near the Plauderville station at 8:50 p.m., a New Jersey Transit spokeswoman reported. He was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center. No injuries were reported to any of the 60 people aboard the train and there was no disruption to service as customers took following trains. NJ Transit police were trying …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mount Pleasant, NY
Breaking News
Sleeping Westchester Man Struck By Stray Bullet In New Jersey Home Sleeping Westchester Man Struck By Stray Bullet In New Jersey Home Sleeping Westchester Man Struck By Stray Bullet In New Jersey Home
Sleeping Westchester Man Struck By Stray Bullet In New Jersey Home A Yonkers man was sleeping when he was struck in the arm by gunfire in a Paterson, New Jersey home before dawn Monday, July 26, authorities confirmed. It was just after midnight when shots rang out on East 23rd Street off Park Avenue, just around the corner from where city police last week raided an open-air drug market, responders initially said. The sleeping 35-year-old victim and three vehicles were struck, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora confirmed Monday morning. An ambulance took him for treatment to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical …

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Sleeping Yonkers Man Struck By Stray Bullet In Paterson Home Sleeping Yonkers Man Struck By Stray Bullet In Paterson Home Sleeping Yonkers Man Struck By Stray Bullet In Paterson Home
Sleeping Yonkers Man Struck By Stray Bullet In Paterson Home A Yonkers man was sleeping when he was struck in the arm by gunfire in a Paterson home before dawn Monday, authorities confirmed. It was just after midnight when shots rang out on East 23rd Street off Park Avenue, just around the corner from where city police last week raided an open air drug market, responders initially said. The sleeping 35-year-old victim and three vehicles were struck, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora confirmed Monday morning. An ambulance took him for treatment to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center. No potential…

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by Jerry DeMarco
New City, NY
Breaking News
COVID-19: Feds Charge Rockland Doctor, Wife With $1.3M Genetic Testing Scheme COVID-19: Feds Charge Rockland Doctor, Wife With $1.3M Genetic Testing Scheme COVID-19: Feds Charge Rockland Doctor, Wife With $1.3M Genetic Testing Scheme
Covid-19: Feds Charge Rockland Doctor, Wife With $1.3M Genetic Testing Scheme COVID-19 hardly fazed a Rockland doctor who, with his wife, continued to collect bribes and kickbacks in exchange for ordering millions of dollars in genetic tests from his offices in Pennsylvania, a federal grand jury in Newark, New Jersey charged. Yitzchok “Barry” Kurtzer, age 61, and Robin Kurtzer, age 60, both of Monsey, collected monthly cash kickbacks and bribes ranging in exchange for “collecting DNA samples from Medicare patients and sending them for genetic tests to clinical laboratories in New Jersey and Pennsylvania,” beginning in 2018, Acting US Attorney for New Jersey Rachael Ho…

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Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Firefighters Free Driver In Franklin Lakes Rollover Firefighters Free Driver In Franklin Lakes Rollover Firefighters Free Driver In Franklin Lakes Rollover
Firefighters Free Driver In Franklin Lakes Rollover Franklin Lakes firefighters freed a heavily entrapped driver after a rollover crash. The Cadillac Escalade was on its side on Summit Avenue at Lynn Drive when responders arrived shortly before 9 p.m. Sunday. Firefighters stabilized the vehicle and began removing the roof before turning over the driver to the Franklin Lakes Volunteer Ambulance Corps for transportation to an area hospital. CityWide Towing removed the vehicle.Franklin Lakes Fire Dept.

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Egg Harbor Township, NJ
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Pro Poker Player Seeks $1.25M In Damages For Lifetime Borgata Ban Pro Poker Player Seeks $1.25M In Damages For Lifetime Borgata Ban Pro Poker Player Seeks $1.25M In Damages For Lifetime Borgata Ban
Pro Poker Player Seeks $1.25M In Damages For Lifetime Borgata Ban A professional poker player is suing the Borgata after an apparently offhand comment he made to a desk clerk about jumping out of a window got him banned for life. Scott Robbins of Millbury, Massachusetts is seeking more than $1.25 million, a major portion of which he alleges represents lost earnings from Atlantic City poker tournaments, court papers show. The suit says Robbins, 54, was checking in at the popular hotel and casino for a Borgata $3,500 Main Event in September 2019 when a front desk clerk asked if he wanted a high or low floor for his room. “If I had to jump from a high floor…

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