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
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Paterson Man, 46, Charged With Sexually Abusing Three Young Children Paterson Man, 46, Charged With Sexually Abusing Three Young Children Paterson Man, 46, Charged With Sexually Abusing Three Young Children
Paterson Man, 46, Charged With Sexually Abusing Three Young Children A Paterson man was charged with sexually abusing three different children going back more than a decade, authorities said. One victim, now an adult, reported being abused at 11 years old by Richard Solis, 46, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said Wednesday. Another, now 15, reported being sexually assaulted by Solis while only 5, the prosecutor said. Solis also is accused of sexually abusing a 3 year old, she said. An investigation began following a May 22 tip to her Special Victims Unit by the state Division of Child Protection and Permanency of a 15-year-old child reporting a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
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Closter PD: Teaneck Car Thief Caught After Crashing, Running Closter PD: Teaneck Car Thief Caught After Crashing, Running Closter PD: Teaneck Car Thief Caught After Crashing, Running
Closter PD: Teaneck Car Thief Caught After Crashing, Running Closter police nabbed a Pennsylvania man after he crashed a car stolen out of Teaneck and then bailed out, authorities said. Township police reported the 2001 Honda Civic stolen from outside the Family Dollar store on Teaneck Road around 3 p.m. Tuesday, Deputy Police Chief John A. Faggello said. The owner had left keys and a cellphone inside it, Faggello said. About an hour later, Joseph Murphy, 34, of Scranton crashed the Civic into a dry cleaners van on Knickerbocker Road at High Street in Closter, borough Detective Lt. Vincent Aiello said. Police from several Northern Valley towns help…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Paterson PD: West Milford Driver Who Picked Up Drug Dealer Had 11-Month-Old Child With Her Paterson PD: West Milford Driver Who Picked Up Drug Dealer Had 11-Month-Old Child With Her Paterson PD: West Milford Driver Who Picked Up Drug Dealer Had 11-Month-Old Child With Her
Paterson PD: West Milford Driver Who Picked Up Drug Dealer Had 11-Month-Old Child With Her A suburban driver had her 11-month old infant with her when she picked up a Paterson dealer who was being followed by detectives, authorities said. Investigators who stopped the car driven by Jamie Mahon, 27, of West Milford found a crack vial near the baby, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. The passenger, Glenn Urena, 38, of Paterson was carrying 50 heroin folds and 10 vials of crack, he said. Detectives raided the Urena’s Washington Street apartment -- just around the corner from City Hall -- where Speziale said they seized 970 more heroin folds, 87 crack vials and drug paraphe…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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'Taste Of Your Own Medicine': Caller Threatens Rape, Bombing At Palestinian Center In Clifton 'Taste Of Your Own Medicine': Caller Threatens Rape, Bombing At Palestinian Center In Clifton 'Taste Of Your Own Medicine': Caller Threatens Rape, Bombing At Palestinian Center In Clifton
'Taste Of Your Own Medicine': Caller Threatens Rape, Bombing At Palestinian Center In Clifton VIDEO: Clifton police provided extra security while investigating a deluge of threatening phone calls Tuesday to the Palestinian American Community Center. “Is this the terrorist community center?” the caller asked during one of more than 30 exchanges with staff that began before noon and continued until nearly 6 p.m. Referring to himself as “Jebediah,” the caller said he lived “next to” the Lakeview Avenue center and was going to “beat your f*****g ass.” “You Palestinians blow up children and behead them,” he said at one point. “I'm going to come rape you and give you a taste of your own …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Rochelle Park Officer Finds Couple With Loaded Gun During Traffic Stop Rochelle Park Officer Finds Couple With Loaded Gun During Traffic Stop Rochelle Park Officer Finds Couple With Loaded Gun During Traffic Stop
Rochelle Park Officer Finds Couple With Loaded Gun During Traffic Stop A Rochelle Park police officer found a couple carrying a loaded gun during a traffic stop Tuesday, authorities said. Officer Franklin Laboy pulled over a Nissan Sentra with tinted windows on West Passaic Street and found the 9mm SCCY CPX hangun under the front passenger seat, Lt. James DePreta said. Laboy summoned backup and arrested the driver, Jamal Mattiex of Paterson, and Monasia Coleman, of Rembert, SC, both 18. Each was charged with weapons offenses and sent to the Bergen County Jail to await first appearances in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack. Assisting were Sgt.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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Student's Hitler Presentation 'Taken Out Of Context,' Tenafly School Board Says Student's Hitler Presentation 'Taken Out Of Context,' Tenafly School Board Says Student's Hitler Presentation 'Taken Out Of Context,' Tenafly School Board Says
Student's Hitler Presentation 'Taken Out Of Context,' Tenafly School Board Says A shocking presentation by a fifth-grade student about Adolph Hitler “has been taken out of context,” the Tenafly Board of Education announced on Tuesday. Parents “did not understand the assignment, resulting in justifiable concerns,” the board said, in part. The statement (in full below) caught some parents by surprise. ****** UPDATE: Teacher, Principal Suspended Amid Investigation Of School Project On Hitler’s ‘Accomplishments' ****** Tenafly Schools Supt. Shauna DeMarco had told them that she was investigating the incident at the Ralph S. Maugham School. "We are on top of this at m…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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Car Thieves Ditch Stolen Car In Montvale, Swipe Range Rover That Had Key Fob Left Inside Car Thieves Ditch Stolen Car In Montvale, Swipe Range Rover That Had Key Fob Left Inside Car Thieves Ditch Stolen Car In Montvale, Swipe Range Rover That Had Key Fob Left Inside
Car Thieves Ditch Stolen Car In Montvale, Swipe Range Rover That Had Key Fob Left Inside Car thieves drove a BMW stolen out of Newark to Montvale, then took off in a Range Rover whose owner left it parked on the street with the key fob inside, authorities said. The BMW was left in the driveway of a High Ridge Road homeowner, who reported the driver getting into the Range Rover with three other occupants that sped off around 6 a.m., Lt. Christopher Hawken said. A wallet was taken from another vehicle on High Ridge that was burglarized, he said. As officers responded, a call came in to police headquarters from a Surrey Lane resident that the stolen Range Rover was hers. The 201…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Carlstadt Landscaper Charged With Sex Assault Carlstadt Landscaper Charged With Sex Assault Carlstadt Landscaper Charged With Sex Assault
Carlstadt Landscaper Charged With Sex Assault A landscaper from Carlstadt sexually assaulted an adult victim over the Memorial Day weekend, authorities charged. Rory Puntasecca, 38, was arrested by Carlstadt police on Monday, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The alleged victim “reported the assault to a family member and was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center,” Musella said Tuesday. A hospital representative then alerted members of his Special Victim’s Unit – who, in turn, notified borough police, the prosecutor said. Puntasecca remained held Tuesday in the Bergen County Jail pending a first appearance in Centra…

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by Jerry DeMarco
New City, NY
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Rockland Man Who Dumped Coffee On Ex-Wife Flees, Caught By Troopers, Police Say Rockland Man Who Dumped Coffee On Ex-Wife Flees, Caught By Troopers, Police Say Rockland Man Who Dumped Coffee On Ex-Wife Flees, Caught By Troopers, Police Say
Rockland Man Who Dumped Coffee On Ex-Wife Flees, Caught By Troopers, Police Say A Rockland driver who sped off from police on northbound Route 17 in Ramsey, New Jersey following an incident with his ex-wife was captured by New York State Police 40 or so miles up the road, authorities said. Haverstraw police had issued a “stop and hold” on Richard Fernandez, age 37, of Pomona, who they said had driven to his ex-wife’s job and spilled coffee on her. A Ramsey officer tried stopping Fernandez at Lake Street mid-Saturday afternoon, but he kept going at speeds of up to 70 miles an hour, Police Chief Bryan Gurney said. Mahwah police picked up the pursuit at the state line sp…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Ramsey PD: Rockland Man Who Dumped Coffee On Ex-Wife Flees Up Route 17, Caught By NY Troopers Ramsey PD: Rockland Man Who Dumped Coffee On Ex-Wife Flees Up Route 17, Caught By NY Troopers Ramsey PD: Rockland Man Who Dumped Coffee On Ex-Wife Flees Up Route 17, Caught By NY Troopers
Ramsey PD: Rockland Man Who Dumped Coffee On Ex-Wife Flees Up Route 17, Caught By NY Troopers A Rockland driver who sped off from police on northbound Route 17 in Ramsey following an incident with his ex-wife was captured by New York state troopers 40 or so miles up the road, authorities said. Haverstraw police had issued a “stop and hold” on Richard Fernandez, 37, of Pomona, who they said had driven to his ex-wife’s job and spilled coffee on her. A Ramsey officer tried stopping Fernandez at Lake Street mid-Saturday afternoon, but he kept going at speeds of up to 70 miles an hour, Police Chief Bryan Gurney said. Mahwah police picked up the pursuit at the state line split before han…

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