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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Hackensack, NJ
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Hackensack Store Manager Charged With Collecting, Sharing Hundreds Of Child Porn Images Hackensack Store Manager Charged With Collecting, Sharing Hundreds Of Child Porn Images Hackensack Store Manager Charged With Collecting, Sharing Hundreds Of Child Porn Images
Hackensack Store Manager Charged With Collecting, Sharing Hundreds Of Child Porn Images A retail store supervisor from Hackensack was caught collecting and sharing hundreds of child porn images, authorities said Friday. Ryan McVey, a 33-year-old Maywood native, was arrested during a raid Thursday of his Quail Heights apartment on Prospect Street, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Detectives from Musella’s Cyber Crimes Unit learned that McVey “used the Internet to view, download, and possess more than 400 digital files and distributed multiple digital files depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children,” the prosecutor said. McVey remain…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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Now Wait A Minute: Isley Brothers Make 'Em Wanna Shout In Teaneck, Englewood Now Wait A Minute: Isley Brothers Make 'Em Wanna Shout In Teaneck, Englewood Now Wait A Minute: Isley Brothers Make 'Em Wanna Shout In Teaneck, Englewood
Now Wait A Minute: Isley Brothers Make 'Em Wanna Shout In Teaneck, Englewood Few celebrities have not one but two streets named after them, but that became reality when the Isley Brothers got one each in Teaneck and Englewood. “It's beyond words for me to express my level of appreciation and gratitude,” guitarist Ernie Isley told  a crowd gathered Thursday at Van Cortland Terrace and Van Arsdale Place near the Teaneck Armory. A similar “Isley Brothers Way” ceremony was held at Liberty Road and Greenleaf Avenue in neighboring Englewood. Velvety vocalist brother Ron Isley called it “a spectacular culmination of a lot of dreams and a lot of prayers.” Many know the I…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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UPDATE: Couple Killed In Route 3 Motorcycle Crash Struck Deer UPDATE: Couple Killed In Route 3 Motorcycle Crash Struck Deer UPDATE: Couple Killed In Route 3 Motorcycle Crash Struck Deer
Update: Couple Killed In Route 3 Motorcycle Crash Struck Deer UPDATE: A man and woman who were killed in a horrific overnight motorcycle crash on Route 3 in Clifton hit a deer, responders said. Richard Stuart, Jr., 23, of Passaic had Raquel Prada-Galvez, 24, of Clifton on back when the 2011 Suzuki GSXR crashed in the highway's eastbound lanes between Bloomfield Avenue and the Garden State Parkway shortly before 1:30 a.m., Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Clifton Police Chief Thomas Rinaldi said in a joint announcement. Sources with direct knowledge of the incident said the motorcycle hit a deer, slicing it in half. The rider-less …

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by Jerry DeMarco
New City, NY
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High-Speed Chase From New Jersey Ends In Westchester High-Speed Chase From New Jersey Ends In Westchester High-Speed Chase From New Jersey Ends In Westchester
High-Speed Chase From New Jersey Ends In Westchester Two suspects are in custody following a high-speed chase from New Jersey to Westchester, authorities said. Police in Mahwah, New  Jersey, began pursuing the Acura MDX on southbound Route 287 around 4 p.m. Thursday, June 24, they said. NJ State Police joined the chase, which continued through Rockland and crossed the new Tappan Zee Bridge before ending in Westchester as the evening rush hour was beginning, a law enforcement source told Daily Voice. Both agencies had their cars rammed by the suspects' vehicle, the source added. No serious injuries were immediately reported, he said. Un…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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Emerson Driver Rescued By Westwood Officer In Pool Plunge Gets Careless Driving Summons Emerson Driver Rescued By Westwood Officer In Pool Plunge Gets Careless Driving Summons Emerson Driver Rescued By Westwood Officer In Pool Plunge Gets Careless Driving Summons
Emerson Driver Rescued By Westwood Officer In Pool Plunge Gets Careless Driving Summons UPDATE: A motorist who was rescued by a Westwood police officer after her wagon crashed into a backyard swimming pool received a summons for careless driving. The 32-year-old Emerson driver, who wasn't identified by name, was headed south on Lafayette Avenue when her 2021 Honda wagon crossed over the center line as it rounded the bend at Ridgewood Road around 3 a.m. Monday, Police Chief Michael Pontillo said Thursday. The Honda hit a curb, then crashed through a fence, a shed and another fence before barreling down a small retaining wall, onto the pool deck and into the in-ground pool on …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Passaic Sheriff: Ex-Con Caught Dealing With Two Guns, Coke, Customer Ledger Passaic Sheriff: Ex-Con Caught Dealing With Two Guns, Coke, Customer Ledger Passaic Sheriff: Ex-Con Caught Dealing With Two Guns, Coke, Customer Ledger
Passaic Sheriff: Ex-Con Caught Dealing With Two Guns, Coke, Customer Ledger Passaic County sheriff's officers nabbed a Paterson ex-con with two guns, an ounce and a half of cocaine and some pot, along with packaging materials, scales and a customer ledger, authorities said. Detectives watched as Miguel Medina, 37, sold to a 57-year-old Fair Lawn man at the corner of 3rd Avenue and East 17th Street, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. Investigators followed the buyer into Fair Lawn, where they arrested him, the sheriff said. They seized Medina in front of a bar near his 3rd Avenue home, he said. Medina consented to a search of his apartment, where they…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Authorities: Police Pursuit From NJ Ends In Westchester Authorities: Police Pursuit From NJ Ends In Westchester Authorities: Police Pursuit From NJ Ends In Westchester
Authorities: Police Pursuit From NJ Ends In Westchester UPDATE (JUNE 28): A Connecticut driver who authorities said led officers and troopers on a high-speed chase from Bergen to Westchester counties – ramming police cars from both states along the way -- remained jailed Monday pending extradition to New Jersey. Mahwah police initially began chasing an Acura MDX driven by Henry L. Cofrancesco Jr., 51, of Hamden, CT, on southbound Route 287 last Thursday afternoon. South Nyack and New York State Police joined the pursuit at speeds that law enforcement sources said ranged from 75 to 90 miles an hour. The chase continued through Rockland County a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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NYC Passenger Seriously Injured When Police Pursuit Ends In Route 21 Crash NYC Passenger Seriously Injured When Police Pursuit Ends In Route 21 Crash NYC Passenger Seriously Injured When Police Pursuit Ends In Route 21 Crash
NYC Passenger Seriously Injured When Police Pursuit Ends In Route 21 Crash A passenger was seriously injured and the driver jailed when an overnight Clifton police chase Thursday ended in a rollover crash in Nutley. Officers Mohammed Rayyan and William Gibson were assigned to a DUI Enforcement Detail on Route 21 when they stopped a 2017 Audi A7 for traffic violations on Lexington Avenue shortly after midnight, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. The officers had just gotten out of their car when the driver hit the gas and sped off, Bracken said. As they chased the luxury sedan southbound on Route 21 into Nutley, the driver cut the lights, the lieutenant said. He …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Tractor-Trailer Bound For Amazon Plant Creams One Car, Damages Others In South Hackensack Tractor-Trailer Bound For Amazon Plant Creams One Car, Damages Others In South Hackensack Tractor-Trailer Bound For Amazon Plant Creams One Car, Damages Others In South Hackensack
Tractor-Trailer Bound For Amazon Plant Creams One Car, Damages Others In South Hackensack A tractor-trailer hit three vehicles, severely damaging one of them, in South Hackensack late Wednesday, authorities said.The driver of the Crystal Freight rig out of Loveland, Ohio was headed to an Amazon facility in Teterboro when he turned down the wrong street shortly before 11 p.m., Detective Capt. Robert Chinchar said. The 18-wheeler stuck and dragged a 2019 Toyota Camry that, in turn, hit a 2013 Nissan Rogue and 2000 Toyota Avalon, Chinchar said.The Camry sustained significant damage and was removed by Tummino’s Towing, the captain said.The other two vehicles sustained minor dama…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Clifton Man Sent Young Teen Porn Snapchat Messages, Authorities Charge Clifton Man Sent Young Teen Porn Snapchat Messages, Authorities Charge Clifton Man Sent Young Teen Porn Snapchat Messages, Authorities Charge
Clifton Man Sent Young Teen Porn Snapchat Messages, Authorities Charge A Clifton man sent pornographic Snapchat messages to a 14-year-old victim, authorities said. An adult summoned local police to the victim’s home in April, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Clifton Police Chief Tom Rinaldi said Thursday. Detectives from the prosecutor’s Special Victims Unit interviewed several witnesses, including the youngster, and determined the messages were sent by Isais Guadamur, 26, they said. Guadamur was arrested Thursday, charged with child endangerment, attempted child endangerment and evidence tampering and sent to the Passaic County Jail to await a…

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