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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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Teterboro Aero School Stabbing: Ridgefield Park Man Seized, North Bergen Victim Hospitalized Teterboro Aero School Stabbing: Ridgefield Park Man Seized, North Bergen Victim Hospitalized Teterboro Aero School Stabbing: Ridgefield Park Man Seized, North Bergen Victim Hospitalized
Teterboro Aero School Stabbing: Ridgefield Park Man Seized, North Bergen Victim Hospitalized A 27-year-old student from Ridgefield Park pulled out a pocketknife and stabbed a classmate in the stomach during an argument at the aeronautics school at Teterboro Airport, authorities confirmed. The 20-year-old victim from North Bergen was reported in stable condition at Hackensack University Medical Center following the night-class stabbing shortly after 11 p.m. Wednesday at the Aviation Institute of Maintenance, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey spokeswoman Lenis Valens said. The Moonachie First Aid & Rescue Squad teamed up with HUMC paramedics to treat the victim befor…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Bystander Wounded In Paterson Shooting Bystander Wounded In Paterson Shooting Bystander Wounded In Paterson Shooting
Bystander Wounded In Paterson Shooting A driver was wounded when a gunman opened fire on another vehicle Thursday afternoon in Paterson, authorities said. The 45-year-old victim was sitting in his car on Main Street near Broadway when shots rang out around noon, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said. He was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center with a gunshot wound in his leg, responders said. The shooter was described as wearing a white T-shirt and army fatigues. Valdes and Baycora didn’t say whether any suspects had been arrested or identified.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
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New Milford PD: Drugs Found Stashed In Cans Of Grape Drink, Deodorant, WD-40 New Milford PD: Drugs Found Stashed In Cans Of Grape Drink, Deodorant, WD-40 New Milford PD: Drugs Found Stashed In Cans Of Grape Drink, Deodorant, WD-40
New Milford PD: Drugs Found Stashed In Cans Of Grape Drink, Deodorant, WD-40 A Clifton driver had a variety of drugs stashed in false-bottom cans of fruit juice, deodorant spray and WD-40 when he was stopped by a New Milford police officer, authorities said. Officer Sam Doran stopped the 2004 Nissan at the intersection of Faller Drive and Bulger Avenue shortly before 10 p.m. Wednesday, Detective Lt. Kevin Van Saders said. Assisted by Lt. Scott Petrie and Officer Kyle Hill, Doran took the driver, Neel Chaudhari, 34, into custody for an active traffic warrant, he said. A routine search found Chaudhari carrying a bag of cocaine, Van Saders said. The led to more coke,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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FACE-PLANT FOLLOW-UP: Ridgefield Park Man Charged In Hudson Stolen Cab Chase, Crash In Fairview FACE-PLANT FOLLOW-UP: Ridgefield Park Man Charged In Hudson Stolen Cab Chase, Crash In Fairview FACE-PLANT FOLLOW-UP: Ridgefield Park Man Charged In Hudson Stolen Cab Chase, Crash In Fairview
Face-plant Follow-up: Ridgefield Park Man Charged In Hudson Stolen Cab Chase, Crash In Fairview UPDATE: It didn't take long for Ridgefield Park police to help their colleagues nab a third man involved in stealing a cab in Union City that crashed during a chase in Fairview. Michael Hernandez was with two Union City men who stole a cab in the city before heading to Fairview, authorities said. Village police took Hernandez, 22, into custody at his home Wednesday. Borough police spotted the stolen 2008 Crown Victoria at Anderson and Day avenues around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday after getting a call from the cab company, which had been tracking it on GPS, Fairview Police Chief Martin Kahn sai…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Music Teacher From Wayne Charged In Ho-Ho-Kus Juvenile Sex Case Music Teacher From Wayne Charged In Ho-Ho-Kus Juvenile Sex Case Music Teacher From Wayne Charged In Ho-Ho-Kus Juvenile Sex Case
Music Teacher From Wayne Charged In Ho-Ho-Kus Juvenile Sex Case UPDATE: A music teacher from Wayne had "sexually inappropriate conduct" with an underage Ho-Ho-Kus teen, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Thursday. Kyle Kubicki, 29, formerly of Mahwah, remained held in the Bergen County Jail pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack following his arrest Tuesday. He's charged with providing obscenity to a minor and child endangerment through sexual conduct for "engaging in sexual conversations with a child under the age of 18 and also providing pornographic materials" to the youngster "for the purpose of sexual…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Jersey City, NJ
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NJ Postal Carrier Admits Dumping Election Ballots NJ Postal Carrier Admits Dumping Election Ballots NJ Postal Carrier Admits Dumping Election Ballots
NJ Postal Carrier Admits Dumping Election Ballots A postal carrier from Hudson County admitted Thursday in federal court that he dumped 1,875 pieces of mail -- including general election ballots and campaign flyers – instead of delivering them. Nicholas Beauchene, 26, of Kearny was nabbed by special agents of the U.S. Postal Service’s Office of Inspector General after a Saddle Brook man reported finding dumped bundles of mail in a dumpster behind a North Arlington bank last fall. The mail tossed by Beauchene included 99 general election ballots destined for residents in West Orange and 276 campaign flyers from local candidates for West Or…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson Man, 60, Jailed In Year-Long String Of Child Sex Assaults Paterson Man, 60, Jailed In Year-Long String Of Child Sex Assaults Paterson Man, 60, Jailed In Year-Long String Of Child Sex Assaults
Paterson Man, 60, Jailed In Year-Long String Of Child Sex Assaults A 60-year-old Paterson man was jailed on charges of sexually abusing a pre-teen several times over the course of a year, authorities said. City police took Jaime Alcala into custody after responding to a report of a child being sexually abused at a city home on Wednesday, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint release. Alcala was charged with sexual assault and child endangerment after detectives from Valdes’s Special Victims Unit interviewed the youngster and several witnesses, they said. They learned that Alcala “sexually abu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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ONE YEAR LATER: Englewood Man Who Went Missing Still Hasn't Been Found ONE YEAR LATER: Englewood Man Who Went Missing Still Hasn't Been Found ONE YEAR LATER: Englewood Man Who Went Missing Still Hasn't Been Found
ONE Year Later: Englewood Man Who Went Missing Still Hasn't Been Found SEEN HIM? The search continued for a lifelong Englewood resident with dementia who went missing a year ago Thursday. Ruben Wilson, 69, had wandered off from his home near Cross Street and West Palisade Avenue before. He's been known, in fact, "to travel significant distances despite his age and other challenges,” Detective Capt. Timothy Torell said. The 6-foot, 240-pound Wilson has always turned up -- from as close as Teaneck, Hackensack and Tenafly, and as far as Wall Township. That changed after Wilson went missing on May 27, 2020, just weeks after a previous walkaway. Englewood p…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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Tractor-Trailer Hits Police Car, Injures Officer On Notorious Stretch Of Route 287 Tractor-Trailer Hits Police Car, Injures Officer On Notorious Stretch Of Route 287 Tractor-Trailer Hits Police Car, Injures Officer On Notorious Stretch Of Route 287
Tractor-Trailer Hits Police Car, Injures Officer On Notorious Stretch Of Route 287 UPDATE: An Oakland police officer directing traffic following a tractor-trailer crash on a notorious stretch of Route 287 was injured when another rig struck his cruiser before dawn Thursday, State Police said. The officer was directing traffic after a tractor-trailer had jack-knifed in the northbound lanes near Exit 58 shortly before 12:30 a.m., NJSP Sgt. First Class Lawrence Peele said. As he did, another rig came barreling down the highway and struck his 2018 Ford Explorer, Peele said. The impact blew out the windows of the vehicle and injured the officer, who responders said sustained …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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GOTCHA! FBI Captures Accused Kidnapper Of 70-Year-Old Paterson Businessman GOTCHA! FBI Captures Accused Kidnapper Of 70-Year-Old Paterson Businessman GOTCHA! FBI Captures Accused Kidnapper Of 70-Year-Old Paterson Businessman
Gotcha! FBI Captures Accused Kidnapper Of 70-Year-Old Paterson Businessman The FBI announced that its agents had captured a New York City man wanted for the brutal beating and armed kidnapping of a 70-year-old Paterson bodega owner. Surveillance footage shows Reginald J. Law, 35, and an accomplice bursting into the Easter Grocery and Food Market at 10th Avenue and East 28th Street last Oct. 8. While one grabbed owner Miguel Espejo in a chokehold, the other pointed a gun at him. The trio wrestled in front of the counter, knocking over items, before Espego was pistol-whipped, dragged from the store and shoved into the back of a rented U-Haul box truck with Arizona …

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