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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New City, NY
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Abducted 1-Year-Old Boy Found Safe In Orange County, Palisades Parkway PD Says Abducted 1-Year-Old Boy Found Safe In Orange County, Palisades Parkway PD Says Abducted 1-Year-Old Boy Found Safe In Orange County, Palisades Parkway PD Says
Abducted 1-Year-Old Boy Found Safe In Orange County, Palisades Parkway PD Says Palisades Interstate Parkway police found a 1-year-old boy safe and sound in Orange County after his mother's boyfriend abducted him from a Hudson River lookout in New Jersey late Monday afternoon, July 19, authorities said. The boy’s mother, 24, called PIP police after her boyfriend took her son and drove off, leaving her at the Rockefeller Lookout rest area on the northbound parkway shortly after 4:30 p.m., Sgt. First Class Raymond Walter said. Parkway police issued an alert for a KIA Sorrento with a temporary New Jersey license plate. The search ended shortly after, Walter said. “Polic…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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Palisades Parkway PD: Boy, 1, Abducted From NJ Lookout Found Safe In NY Palisades Parkway PD: Boy, 1, Abducted From NJ Lookout Found Safe In NY Palisades Parkway PD: Boy, 1, Abducted From NJ Lookout Found Safe In NY
Palisades Parkway PD: Boy, 1, Abducted From NJ Lookout Found Safe In NY Palisades Interstate Parkway police found a 1-year-old boy safe and sound in Orange County, NY after his mother's boyfriend abducted him from a Hudson River lookout in New Jersey late Monday afternoon, authorities said. The boy’s mother, 24, called PIP police after her boyfriend took her son and drove off, leaving her at the Rockefeller Lookout rest area on the northbound parkway shortly after 4:30 p.m., Sgt. First Class Raymond Walter said. Parkway police issued an alert for a KIA Sorrento with a temporary New Jersey license plate. The search ended shortly after, Walter said. “Police wer…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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SEE ANYTHING? Police Call Swastika Found Painted On Wayne Road 'Affront To Our Community' SEE ANYTHING? Police Call Swastika Found Painted On Wayne Road 'Affront To Our Community' SEE ANYTHING? Police Call Swastika Found Painted On Wayne Road 'Affront To Our Community'
SEE Anything? Police Call Swastika Found Painted On Wayne Road 'Affront To Our Community' Wayne police were trying to determine who spray-painted a swastika on a local street. At this point, the incident is considered vandalism and not a hate crime, authorities said Monday. That could change, depending on what an investigation finds. “While no specific victim or target of this graffiti has been determined at this time, such conduct is an affront to our community as a whole,” Detective Capt. Dan Daly said. Social media reports pointed police to the symbol on the pavement at Audubon Parkway, Daly said. (NOTE: Daily Voice has chosen not to re-publish any of the photos.) “Once it…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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DWI Driver Jailed After Hackensack Police Pursuit Ends In Crash DWI Driver Jailed After Hackensack Police Pursuit Ends In Crash DWI Driver Jailed After Hackensack Police Pursuit Ends In Crash
DWI Driver Jailed After Hackensack Police Pursuit Ends In Crash An Ecuadoran national was drunk when he crashed his Jeep into a traffic signal during a pre-dawn police chase in Hackensack and then took off on foot before dawn Monday, authorities said. Segundo Tapia-Yunganaula, 24, who lives in Hackensack, was speeding down Linden Street when Sgt. Richard Melber tried to stop him shortly after 2 a.m., Detective Lt. Michael Antista said. Tapia-Yunganaula kept going, running several red lights in the process, before stopping at the intersection of Main and Salem streets, Antista said. He then suddenly reversed toward Melber’s vehicle before throwing it in…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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POLL: One In 5 Americans Believes US Government Is Using COVID-19 Vaccine To Microchip Citizens POLL: One In 5 Americans Believes US Government Is Using COVID-19 Vaccine To Microchip Citizens POLL: One In 5 Americans Believes US Government Is Using COVID-19 Vaccine To Microchip Citizens
Poll: One In 5 Americans Believes US Government Is Using Covid-19 Vaccine To Microchip Citizens One in five Americans believes the federal government is using the COVID-19 vaccine to microchip the population, according to a recent poll. The sharpest divisions between pro- and anti-vaxxers in America, to few people's surprise, are political, the Economist/YouGov poll found. Nearly 30% of Republican poll respondents – and only 4% of Democrats -- said they aren’t getting vaccinated. More whites than Black and Hispanic respondents in the Economist/You Gov poll said they reject the vaccine, while more Midwesterners and Southerners came out against vaccination than elsewhere in the country…

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Englewood, NJ
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Residents Help Point Englewood PD To 'Vehicle Of Interest' In Overnight Shooting Residents Help Point Englewood PD To 'Vehicle Of Interest' In Overnight Shooting Residents Help Point Englewood PD To 'Vehicle Of Interest' In Overnight Shooting
Residents Help Point Englewood PD To 'Vehicle Of Interest' In Overnight Shooting Surveillance videos submitted by Englewood residents have pointed to a vehicle that police believe may have been involved in an overnight shooting. No one reported being struck by gunfire in last Tuesday’s shooting in the 200 block of Pindle Avenue between 1-1:30 a.m., Detective Capt. Timothy Torell said. Police recovered ballistics evidence and collected more than a dozen home surveillance videos through the Ring app, Torell said. That led detectives to a light-colored van with lettering on a dark stripe that runs along its side, the captain said. Detectives are still soliciting tips…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Hackensack PD: Hells Angel Busted With Loaded Gun, Drugs In Route 80 Stop Hackensack PD: Hells Angel Busted With Loaded Gun, Drugs In Route 80 Stop Hackensack PD: Hells Angel Busted With Loaded Gun, Drugs In Route 80 Stop
Hackensack PD: Hells Angel Busted With Loaded Gun, Drugs In Route 80 Stop A Hells Angel with a record was found carrying a loaded gun and drugs during a traffic stop on a Route 80 entrance ramp, Hackensack police said. Narcotics detectives stopped a 2018 Jeep Wrangler driven by Mark E. Johnson, 44, on the eastbound highway entrance ramp off Polifly Road shortly before 5:30 p.m. Friday. Investigators had witnessed a drug deal involving Johnson moments earlier, Detective Lt. Michael Antista said. When he couldn’t produce a driver’s license or registration, they asked him to get out of the Jeep, he said. Once he did, the detectives spotted a hammer sticking out be…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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Park Ridge PD: Employee Finds Burglar From Bergenfield In Borough Business Park Ridge PD: Employee Finds Burglar From Bergenfield In Borough Business Park Ridge PD: Employee Finds Burglar From Bergenfield In Borough Business
Park Ridge PD: Employee Finds Burglar From Bergenfield In Borough Business An employee chased a burglar after finding him in a Park Ridge business, said police who tracked down and arrested him. Christo Meneses, 20, of Bergenfield had stolen and damaged the business’ van hours earlier when the worker found him behind the register shortly before 3:30 a.m. Saturday, Police Chief Joseph Madden said. Meneses grabbed some cash and bolted as the employee unsuccessfully tried to chase him down, Madden said. Responding officers set up a perimeter and contacted detectives, as well as a Bergen County Sheriff’s K-9 Unit. They spotted Meneses walking down the street from th…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Hackensack Tenant Charged With Shooting Englewood Man Near Spot Where Dad Was Killed In 1997 Hackensack Tenant Charged With Shooting Englewood Man Near Spot Where Dad Was Killed In 1997 Hackensack Tenant Charged With Shooting Englewood Man Near Spot Where Dad Was Killed In 1997
Hackensack Tenant Charged With Shooting Englewood Man Near Spot Where Dad Was Killed In 1997 It was outside a Hackensack apartment complex that Willy Mann's father was brutally killed during his 2nd birthday party 24 years ago. Now Mann himself stands charged with attempted murder for shooting an Englewood man in the very same neighborhood. Responding officers found the 28-year-old victim in the back seat of a Nissan Maxima with multiple gunshot wounds, including one in the neck, outside the Alston Arms on Newman Street shortly after 10:30 p.m. July 11, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. They conducted CPR before the victim was taken to Hackensack University Medical C…

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Pascack Valley, NJ
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Bergen Contractor Charged With Raping Preteens Bergen Contractor Charged With Raping Preteens Bergen Contractor Charged With Raping Preteens
Bergen Contractor Charged With Raping Preteens A Montvale office furniture installer was charged with sexually assaulting two preteens, authorities confirmed. Montvale police earlier this month had reported the alleged sexual assault of a minor by Kenneth MacPherson, 58, at a borough residence, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Monday. During an investigation by his Special Victims Unit and borough police, “an additional minor victim was identified who also was sexually assaulted by MacPherson in both Montvale and Hillsdale,” Musella said. MacPherson, who owns and operates Sterling Office Installation in Montvale, was arrested…

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