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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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Motorcyclist Killed In Passaic Route 21 Crash Motorcyclist Killed In Passaic Route 21 Crash Motorcyclist Killed In Passaic Route 21 Crash
Motorcyclist Killed In Passaic Route 21 Crash A 33-year-old motorcyclist from Roseland was struck and killed over the weekend on Route 21 in Passaic, authorities confirmed Monday. Marco Centanni was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash on the highway’s southbound side near River Street following the 8 p.m. crash on Saturday, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Passaic Police Chief Luis A. Guzman said in a joint announcement. His Suzuki GSX R-750 had been struck by a 2017 Honda Accord driven by a Bayonne woman who “remained on the scene and presented a valid license,” they said. An investigation was continuing. Anyone…

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Massapequa, NY
Breaking News
Long Island Man Accused Of Threatening Police, Pretending To Be Abused Child, Authorities Say Long Island Man Accused Of Threatening Police, Pretending To Be Abused Child, Authorities Say Long Island Man Accused Of Threatening Police, Pretending To Be Abused Child, Authorities Say
Long Island Man Accused Of Threatening Police, Pretending To Be Abused Child, Authorities Say A man accused of threatening several members of law enforcement and the Jewish community on Long Island pretended to be an abused 11-year-old as part of another relentless harassment campaign against police in Fort Lee, New Jersey, authorities said. Bradley Goldberg, age 47, of Cedarhurst, used a voice modifier and untraceable “spoof” numbers as part of the assault, a police complaint charges. Goldberg made several false reports of child abuse, neglect, and attempted murder of the youngster to Fort Lee police over a three-week period in March, the complaint obtained by Daily Voice says. Ev…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
FOUND! Missing Fort Lee Boy, 11, Recovered Safe, Sound In New York City FOUND! Missing Fort Lee Boy, 11, Recovered Safe, Sound In New York City FOUND! Missing Fort Lee Boy, 11, Recovered Safe, Sound In New York City
Found! Missing Fort Lee Boy, 11, Recovered Safe, Sound In New York City UPDATE: An 11-year-old Fort Lee boy who went missing over the weekend turned up on the other side of the George Washington Bridge, authorities said early Monday evening. Aiden Kim "has been located in New York City in good health and is being reunited with his parents," Mirkovic said in a brief statement. Unconfirmed reports were that Port Authority police found him at the bus terminal at Fort Washington Avenue between 178th and 179th streets in Washington Heights. New Jersey State Police and the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office had joined Fort Lee police in searching for Aiden. Mirkovi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson Detectives Nab Teen With Loaded Gun Paterson Detectives Nab Teen With Loaded Gun Paterson Detectives Nab Teen With Loaded Gun
Paterson Detectives Nab Teen With Loaded Gun Paterson detectives chased down a 17-year-old boy who was carrying a loaded handgun with a high-capacity magazine, authorities said. Investigators specifically working a “gun suppression” detail approached members of a group who were drinking and blocking the road at the corner of North Main and Arch streets shortly after 9 p.m. when the teen bolted, city Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. Detectives John Traynor chased the teen, who had a gun sticking from his waistband, Speziale said. He tossed it while running through the parking lot of the nearby Community Health Center just …

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Jersey City, NJ
Breaking News
NJ Attorney General Confirms Bayonne Man Shot Dead By Police During Domestic Call NJ Attorney General Confirms Bayonne Man Shot Dead By Police During Domestic Call NJ Attorney General Confirms Bayonne Man Shot Dead By Police During Domestic Call
NJ Attorney General Confirms Bayonne Man Shot Dead By Police During Domestic Call UPDATE: State authorities were reviewing the events that led up to Bayonne police shooting and killing a man who reportedly lunged at two city officers with a knife. Police were responding to a 911 of a domestic incident at 6:30 a.m. Monday when Lee Waskiewicz, 47, was shot at the West 1st Street home across from Dennis Collins Park where he lived with his mother, New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. According to a preliminary investigation, officers approached Waskiewicz in a stairwell, Grewal said, but he "retreated up the stairs" and returned with a knife. "During a second…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
THE RISING: Springsteen Reopens Broadway THE RISING: Springsteen Reopens Broadway THE RISING: Springsteen Reopens Broadway
THE Rising: Springsteen Reopens Broadway Bruce Springsteen will reopen Broadway this summer, it was announced Monday. The autobiographical “Springsteen on Broadway” -- which sold $113 million in tickets during its original run -- will be the first show to open on the Great White Way since the March 2020 COVID pandemic shutdown. It will have a limited run at the St. James Theater (246 W. 44th Street) beginning Saturday, June 26, through Sept. 4, when more theaters are expected to have reopened. Tickets go on sale this Thursday, June 10, at noon through SeatGeek. GO TO: Springsteen On Broadway (TICKETS) Opening nig…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
FOUND! Missing Fort Lee Boy, 11, Recovered Safe, Sound In New York City FOUND! Missing Fort Lee Boy, 11, Recovered Safe, Sound In New York City FOUND! Missing Fort Lee Boy, 11, Recovered Safe, Sound In New York City
Found! Missing Fort Lee Boy, 11, Recovered Safe, Sound In New York City UPDATE: An 11-year-old Fort Lee boy who went missing over the weekend turned up on the other side of the George Washington Bridge, authorities said early Monday evening. Aiden Kim "has been located in New York City in good health and is being reunited with his parents," Mirkovic said in a brief statement. Unconfirmed reports were that Port Authority police found him at the bus terminal at Fort Washington Avenue between 178th and 179th streets in Washington Heights. New Jersey State Police and the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office had joined Fort Lee police in searching for Aiden. Mirkovic…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Panicked Patrons Flee Following Fight, Bogus 'Shots Fired' Report At Paramus Carnival Panicked Patrons Flee Following Fight, Bogus 'Shots Fired' Report At Paramus Carnival Panicked Patrons Flee Following Fight, Bogus 'Shots Fired' Report At Paramus Carnival
Panicked Patrons Flee Following Fight, Bogus 'Shots Fired' Report At Paramus Carnival UPDATE: An anxious carnival-goer triggered what became a false report of shots fired at a police-sponsored anti-drug event in Paramus over the weekend. Two men -- one of them an off-duty police officer -- got into an argument around 7 p.m. Saturday at the L.E.A.D. carnival on the grounds of the Westfield Garden State Plaza off Route 17, a source with direct knowledge of the incident told Daily Voice. Witnesses said punches were thrown. Someone then noticed that the officer was armed, heard balloons popping from a water game and called 911 to report shots fired, he said. Several other patr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Elmwood Park PD: Wanted Paterson Man Nabbed With Stolen Gun, Hollow Points, Oxy Elmwood Park PD: Wanted Paterson Man Nabbed With Stolen Gun, Hollow Points, Oxy Elmwood Park PD: Wanted Paterson Man Nabbed With Stolen Gun, Hollow Points, Oxy
Elmwood Park PD: Wanted Paterson Man Nabbed With Stolen Gun, Hollow Points, Oxy A wanted Paterson man was carrying a stolen gun loaded with hollow-point bullets when Elmwood Park police arrested him, authorities said. Brandon Diaz, 21, was driving a 2005 Honda Accord with an expired registration when he was stopped over the weekend, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. They quickly learned that Diaz was wanted out of Paterson for aggravated assault with a firearm, Foligno said. The officers arrested Diaz on the outstanding warrant, then searched the car and found the 9mm Taurus pistol, reported stolen out of Georgia, the chief said. Diaz remained held Monday in the Ber…

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Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
SEE ANYTHING? Search On For Gunman Who Killed Englewood Man, 20, At Teaneck Park SEE ANYTHING? Search On For Gunman Who Killed Englewood Man, 20, At Teaneck Park SEE ANYTHING? Search On For Gunman Who Killed Englewood Man, 20, At Teaneck Park
SEE Anything? Search On For Gunman Who Killed Englewood Man, 20, At Teaneck Park UPDATE: Authorities were searching for the gunman who killed a 20-year-old Englewood man at a Teaneck basketball court on Saturday. Maximillian Reyes managed to dial 911 after he was shot in the abdomen at Ammann Park off Teaneck and Fort Lee roads around 4 p.m., responders said. Reyes  was rushed to the trauma unit at Hackensack University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said.  No other injuries were immediately reported. A Bergen County K-9 unit was summoned to help search for the shooter. No arrests had been announced …

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