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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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Ramsey Woman, 55, Killed In Fire Ramsey Woman, 55, Killed In Fire Ramsey Woman, 55, Killed In Fire
Ramsey Woman, 55, Killed In Fire A Ramsey woman was killed in what authorities said Friday was a tragic accident. The victim, 55, was found in an upstairs Church Street apartment following an unreported fire, Ramsey Police Chief Bryan Gurney said. The Bergen County Prosecutor's Office was notified and the Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal identification responded to collect evidence, but no wrongdoing was suspected, Gurney said. The Bergen County Medical Examiner's Office also responded.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Paramus Medical Building Bomb Threat Blamed On CT Man Whose Ex-Pal Was Getting Procedure Paramus Medical Building Bomb Threat Blamed On CT Man Whose Ex-Pal Was Getting Procedure Paramus Medical Building Bomb Threat Blamed On CT Man Whose Ex-Pal Was Getting Procedure
Paramus Medical Building Bomb Threat Blamed On CT Man Whose Ex-Pal Was Getting Procedure A New Haven man called in a bomb threat to a Paramus medical office where a former friend was having a procedure, said authorities who arrested him. Anthony Spencer, 32, left “several threatening phone messages” at the northbound Route 17 medical office, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg 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 “upset that a former friend of his was having a medi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
NJ Uber Rider Accused Of Threatening Driver With Fake Gun For Oral Sex Indicted NJ Uber Rider Accused Of Threatening Driver With Fake Gun For Oral Sex Indicted NJ Uber Rider Accused Of Threatening Driver With Fake Gun For Oral Sex Indicted
NJ Uber Rider Accused Of Threatening Driver With Fake Gun For Oral Sex Indicted A gun-wielding Uber rider from Fort Lee who threatened to kill a driver if she didn’t give him oral sex had taken off his shirt and was sitting in the front seat when police showed up, authorities said. The Uber driver had fooled Andrew Mendez, 30, into waiting while she ran into a Paterson grocery store to get something to drink, an indictment returned by a state grand jury says. Officers who seized Mendez also found an imitation handgun that the driver said he’d “racked” during their ride, it says. Mendez has remained in the Passaic County Jail ever since the incident on Feb. 16, 2020. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities Probe Alarming Discovery Of German Shepherds Abandoned Throughout Bergen, Passaic Authorities Probe Alarming Discovery Of German Shepherds Abandoned Throughout Bergen, Passaic Authorities Probe Alarming Discovery Of German Shepherds Abandoned Throughout Bergen, Passaic
Authorities Probe Alarming Discovery Of German Shepherds Abandoned Throughout Bergen, Passaic Authorities have launched a major investigation into the alarming discovery of no fewer than nine apparently related German Shepherds abandoned in various areas of North Jersey this past week. “Something foul has happened,” Deborah Yankow, the director of the Bergen County Animal Shelter and Adoption Center, said Friday. “What that is we don’t yet know.” “German Shepherds, like any other breed, come in all sizes, shapes and colors,” Yankow said. “But going from the two we have at the shelter and the pictures I’ve looked at, they all look identical, like siblings.” Five of the young adult …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Landscaper, 32, Sexually Abused Cliffside Park Pre-Teen, Authorities Charge Landscaper, 32, Sexually Abused Cliffside Park Pre-Teen, Authorities Charge Landscaper, 32, Sexually Abused Cliffside Park Pre-Teen, Authorities Charge
Landscaper, 32, Sexually Abused Cliffside Park Pre-Teen, Authorities Charge A landscaper sexually abused a Cliffside Park pre-teen, authorities charged. Miguel Camey, 32, of the Bronx “engaged in sexual conduct with the child on multiple occasions,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Friday. Detectives from his officer were tipped off by the state Division of Child Protection and Permanency, Musella said. An investigation with borough police followed, the prosecutor said. Camey remained held Friday in the Bergen County Jail, pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack on charges of aggravated sexual assault, sexual assaul…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Passenger Killed, Two Women, Infant Sustain Minor Injuries In Palisades Parkway Crash Passenger Killed, Two Women, Infant Sustain Minor Injuries In Palisades Parkway Crash Passenger Killed, Two Women, Infant Sustain Minor Injuries In Palisades Parkway Crash
Passenger Killed, Two Women, Infant Sustain Minor Injuries In Palisades Parkway Crash UPDATE: A male passenger was killed in a crash Thursday night on the Palisades Interstate Parkway, authorities said. The four were in 2017 Honda HRV that swerved and then rolled on the southbound highway in Englewood Cliffs shortly before 9 p.m., Sgt. First Class Raymond E. Walter said. The driver, 22-year-old Ilyena Tejada of Lodi said she lost control of the subcompact SUV after another vehicle cut in front of her, Walter said. Killed in the crash was a 28-year-old male rear passenger from the Bronx whose name was temporarily being withheld until next of kin are notified, the sergeant sa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson PD: Nutley Driver Caught With Gun, Coke Paterson PD: Nutley Driver Caught With Gun, Coke Paterson PD: Nutley Driver Caught With Gun, Coke
Paterson PD: Nutley Driver Caught With Gun, Coke Paterson detectives caught a Nutley driver carrying a gun and cocaine during a traffic stop, authorities said. Detectives Suquan Gary, Brian Culmone, and Luis Roca stopped a white Jeep Cherokee on Rosa Parks Boulevard and Harrison Street around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday, city Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. They arrested Orlando Cruz, 35, after finding a .45-caliber Glock semi-automatic handgun and four bags of coke, Speziale said. Cruz was sent to the Passaic County Jail to await a first appearance on drug and weapons charges in Central Judicial Processing Court in Paterson. The g…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Jeep Hits Pole, Bursts Into Flames In Ridgefield Park Jeep Hits Pole, Bursts Into Flames In Ridgefield Park Jeep Hits Pole, Bursts Into Flames In Ridgefield Park
Jeep Hits Pole, Bursts Into Flames In Ridgefield Park PHOTOS: A Jeep struck a pole and caught fire overnight in Ridgefield Park. The driver quickly got out and wasn't seriously injured in the crash on Teaneck Road near Barnes Drive around 3:30 a.m. Friday, responders said. Ridgefield Park firefighters doused the blaze within minutes. Flames singed the pole and part of a resident's lawn. A PSE&G crew was summoned for repairs. Flames singed the pole and a resident's lawn.DAILY VOICE Ridgefield Park firefighters doused the blaze within minutes.DAILY VOICE AftermathDAILY VOICE

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
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SEEN THIS CAR? New Photos Released In Smash-Grab Theft From Old Tappan Woman Followed Home SEEN THIS CAR? New Photos Released In Smash-Grab Theft From Old Tappan Woman Followed Home SEEN THIS CAR? New Photos Released In Smash-Grab Theft From Old Tappan Woman Followed Home
Seen This CAR? New Photos Released In Smash-Grab Theft From Old Tappan Woman Followed Home Police issued new surveillance photos of a vehicle whose driver stole an Old Tappan woman's handbag after following her home. The Toyota Camry had no front license plate and its rear license plate covered when the thief followed the victim’s SUV into the parking lot of a Russell Avenue complex shortly before 8 a.m. Wednesday, Police Chief Joseph Tracy said. He parked next to her and got out as she headed into her home, then walked around the SUV, looking inside, before breaking the rear passenger window and snatching a large Coach bag, the chief said. Hearing her alarm, the owner…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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RECOGNIZE THEM? Twin Shepherds Abandoned On Palisades Interstate Parkway RECOGNIZE THEM? Twin Shepherds Abandoned On Palisades Interstate Parkway RECOGNIZE THEM? Twin Shepherds Abandoned On Palisades Interstate Parkway
Recognize Them? Twin Shepherds Abandoned On Palisades Interstate Parkway Abandoned twin German Shepherds were found on successive nights in the same area of the Palisades Interstate Parkway in Alpine, and police suspect both may be related to a third who turned up in nearby Closter. “Neither had a collar or identification tags and they weren’t micro-chipped,” PIP Police Sgt. First Class Raymond E. Walter said of the two pooches found walking on the PIP, one on Saturday, the other on Sunday. “It appears that they may have been abandoned along the highway since it’s extremely rural there and both were found in the same area,” Watler said. The dogs found in …

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