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 Goes To Federal Prison For Dealing Deadly Fentanyl Paterson Man Goes To Federal Prison For Dealing Deadly Fentanyl Paterson Man Goes To Federal Prison For Dealing Deadly Fentanyl
Paterson Man Goes To Federal Prison For Dealing Deadly Fentanyl A Paterson man was sent to federal prison for 27 months after admitting that he collected what was more than two pounds of fentanyl for sale that was delivered to an address in Clifton. What Felix Acevedo, 29, didn’t know was that law enforcement officers had intercepted it. They removed the deadly synthetic opioid -- which authorities say is 50 times more potent than heroin and up to 100 times more powerful than morphine – and replaced it with a harmless substitute for what became a “controlled delivery.” Convicts technically can be sent to federal prison for life under the government’s s…

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Brookfield, CT
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Medical Building Bomb Threat Blamed On CT Man Whose Ex-Pal Was Getting Procedure Medical Building Bomb Threat Blamed On CT Man Whose Ex-Pal Was Getting Procedure Medical Building Bomb Threat Blamed On CT Man Whose Ex-Pal Was Getting Procedure
Medical Building Bomb Threat Blamed On CT Man Whose Ex-Pal Was Getting Procedure A Connecticut man called in a bomb threat to a medical office where a former friend was having a procedure, said authorities who arrested him. New Haven resident Anthony Spencer, age 32, left “several threatening phone messages” at the northbound Route 17 medical office in Paramus, New Jersey, Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg of the Paramus PD said. “During one of these phone calls he stated that there was a bomb in the building,” Ehrenberg said. “Responding police units searched the building and found no suspicious items.” Detective Sgt. Mike Cebulski identified and tracked down Spencer, who was “…

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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GLEN ROCKED: Town Puzzled By Mysterious ‘Explosions’ GLEN ROCKED: Town Puzzled By Mysterious ‘Explosions’ GLEN ROCKED: Town Puzzled By Mysterious ‘Explosions’
Glen Rocked: Town Puzzled By Mysterious ‘Explosions’ They sounded like explosions and even knocked items off shelves, yet no one could pinpoint the source of a series of Memorial Day weekend booms that were heard – and felt – in a Glen Rock neighborhood. An officer responding to a report of “several loud bangs” that shook homes Saturday on Romary Court heard a series of explosions, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. “However, they appeared to be coming from a distance away,” he said. Backup officers, firefighters and PSE&G crews converged on the neighborhood off Harristown Road. Surrounding towns were also notified. The utility workers “…

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Englewood, NJ
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Tenafly 5th Grader Dresses As Hitler For Class Project: ‘Pretty Great Wasn’t I?' Tenafly 5th Grader Dresses As Hitler For Class Project: ‘Pretty Great Wasn’t I?' Tenafly 5th Grader Dresses As Hitler For Class Project: ‘Pretty Great Wasn’t I?'
Tenafly 5th Grader Dresses As Hitler For Class Project: ‘Pretty Great Wasn’t I?' As Memorial Day approached, a fifth-grade student at a Tenafly school dressed as Adolph Hitler and handwrote a list of “accomplishments” in an essay that was hung in a hallway among those about historical figures, outraged parents said Monday. Tenafly Schools Supt. Shauna DeMarco told them that she’s investigating the incident at the Ralph S. Maugham School. "We are on top of this at multiple levels and will determine proper actions once due process has been afforded to all involved parties and a full investigation has been completed," the superintendent wrote in an email to parents. ****…

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Jersey City, NJ
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Elizabeth Woman, 34, Found Dead In Hoboken Parking Garage ID'd Elizabeth Woman, 34, Found Dead In Hoboken Parking Garage ID'd Elizabeth Woman, 34, Found Dead In Hoboken Parking Garage ID'd
Elizabeth Woman, 34, Found Dead In Hoboken Parking Garage ID'd An autopsy will officially determine how an Elizabeth woman whose body was found in a Hoboken parking garage over the Memorial Day weekend died, authorities said Monday. City police called to the Hudson Street garage on Second Street on a report of an unresponsive woman shortly after 6 a.m. Sunday found found the body of Jazzlyn Teron, 34, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. “This appears to be an isolated incident,” Suarez, suggesting there was no wrongdoing on the part of anyone else. Teron had two sons -- one 16 and the other 7. Suarez said an investigation that will include …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Prosecutor: Hackensack Factory Worker Sets Fire At Neighbor’s House Prosecutor: Hackensack Factory Worker Sets Fire At Neighbor’s House Prosecutor: Hackensack Factory Worker Sets Fire At Neighbor’s House
Prosecutor: Hackensack Factory Worker Sets Fire At Neighbor’s House A Hackensack factory worker was arrested after setting a fire at a boarding house next door to his home, authorities said. Brandon McGarrell, 22, remained in police custody Monday at New Bridge Medical Center in Paramus following Friday morning’s incident, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Responding officers found the remains of mail and other debris that had been set aflame at the front door of the Essex Street home shortly before 9:30 a.m. McGarrell targeted a resident who'd been involved in a domestic violence incident last week, responders said. He had difficulty breathing …

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Paramus, NJ
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Mini-Van Slams Into Route 17 Gas Station Mini-Van Slams Into Route 17 Gas Station Mini-Van Slams Into Route 17 Gas Station
Mini-Van Slams Into Route 17 Gas Station A minivan slammed into the front of a busy gas station mini-mart on Route 17 in Paramus. Paramus EMS took one victim to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that weren’t considered serious following the multi-vehicle crash, responders said. No other injuries were reported. Borough firefighters and a Paramus Police Emergency Services Unit also responded to the Sunoco station on southbound Route 17 next to the PC Richard & Son before the entrance to the Garden State Parkway late Sunday afternoon.

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by Boyd A. Loving
Monroe, NY
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Orange County Man Beat, Threatened Captive Victim In Hotel, Prosecutor Says Orange County Man Beat, Threatened Captive Victim In Hotel, Prosecutor Says Orange County Man Beat, Threatened Captive Victim In Hotel, Prosecutor Says
Orange County Man Beat, Threatened Captive Victim In Hotel, Prosecutor Says An Orange County man was jailed after surrendering to police for sexually allegedly assaulting, restraining, and threatening a victim at a Mahwah, New Jersey hotel, authorities said. Gustavo R. Gonzalez, age 24, of Middletown, committed an assault in his vehicle, then sexually assaulted and restrained the victim at the hotel while armed with an undisclosed weapon last Tuesday, May 25, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The victim escaped and dialed 911, but Gonzalez fled, Musella said. Mahwah police obtained warrants charging him with sexual assault, sexual contact, criminal …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Mahwah Motel Sex Assault: NY Man Beat, Threatened Captive Victim, Prosecutor Says Mahwah Motel Sex Assault: NY Man Beat, Threatened Captive Victim, Prosecutor Says Mahwah Motel Sex Assault: NY Man Beat, Threatened Captive Victim, Prosecutor Says
Mahwah Motel Sex Assault: NY Man Beat, Threatened Captive Victim, Prosecutor Says A New York State man was jailed after surrendering to police for sexually assaulting, restraining and threatening a victim at a Mahwah hotel, authorities said. Gustavo R. Gonzalez, 24, of Middletown, NY committed an assault in his in his vehicle, then sexually assaulted and restrained the victim at the hotel while armed with an undisclosed weapon last Tuesday, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The victim escaped and dialed 911, but Gonzalez fled, Musella said. Mahwah police obtained warrants charging him with sexual assault, sexual contact, criminal restraint, making terrori…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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'The Opposite Of Dangerous: Pharmacy Tech Slain In Paterson Avoided Guns, Gangs 'The Opposite Of Dangerous: Pharmacy Tech Slain In Paterson Avoided Guns, Gangs 'The Opposite Of Dangerous: Pharmacy Tech Slain In Paterson Avoided Guns, Gangs
'The Opposite Of Dangerous: Pharmacy Tech Slain In Paterson Avoided Guns, Gangs Small minds will often wonder when someone is shot and killed in an inner city whether that person somehow had something to do with his or her own death. A chorus of voices rose this weekend, however, after word spread that the man known as “Rei”  -- Ravel Trejo -- had been gunned down outside a city shopping center. Trejo, 32, worked as a pharmacy tech at the CVS on Union Boulevard in Totowa. He was "a cool dude, a down-to-earth person,” wrote friend Mel Taylor. “He wasn’t with that goofy s**t.” “He wasn’t with that s**t at all,” Destinee Corina added. “That’s what makes me so mad!” Na…

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