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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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Elmwood Park Man Stabbed In Chest Refuses Help, Gets Ride To Hospital Police: Elmwood Park Man Stabbed In Chest Refuses Help, Gets Ride To Hospital Police: Elmwood Park Man Stabbed In Chest Refuses Help, Gets Ride To Hospital
Police: Elmwood Park Man Stabbed In Chest Refuses Help, Gets Ride To Hospital A 32-year-old Elmwood Park man who was stabbed in the chest Wednesday night wasn't cooperating with investigators, authorities said. The victim refused police and medical assistance after a call came in from the Elmwood Terrace Apartments around 5:30 p.m., Police Chief Michael Foligno said. "He was bleeding pretty heavily," Foligno said, adding that no weapon was recovered. A family member drove the victim to the hospital, the chief said. Meanwhile, detectives were trying to determine what happened. 

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
'Tragic Accident': Fair Lawn Boy, 9, Struck, Critically Injured 'Tragic Accident': Fair Lawn Boy, 9, Struck, Critically Injured 'Tragic Accident': Fair Lawn Boy, 9, Struck, Critically Injured
'Tragic Accident': Fair Lawn Boy, 9, Struck, Critically Injured A 9-year-old Fair Lawn boy was critically injured Wednesday in what responders all said was a "tragic accident." The third-grader apparently ran into 17th Street near Morlot Avenue when he was struck by a 2014 Honda CR-V shortly before 4 p.m., police Sgt. Brian Metzler said. He was taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson with a severe head injury, plus several broken bones, Metzler said. The driver, a 58-year-old woman also from Fair Lawn, remained at the scene, the sergeant said. No charges will be filed, he said. Fair Lawn police and Volunteer Ambulance Corps members w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Marlton-Evesham, NJ
Breaking News
Retired NJ Police Chief Who Lied To FBI In Assault On Black Suspect Gets 28 Months In Fed Pen Retired NJ Police Chief Who Lied To FBI In Assault On Black Suspect Gets 28 Months In Fed Pen Retired NJ Police Chief Who Lied To FBI In Assault On Black Suspect Gets 28 Months In Fed Pen
Retired NJ Police Chief Who Lied To FBI In Assault On Black Suspect Gets 28 Months In Fed Pen A retired South Jersey police chief whose racist rants made international headlines must spend the next 28 months in federal prison for lying to the FBI about assaulting a black suspect. Frank M. Nucera Jr., 64, of Bordentown was convicted in October 2019 of making false statements to FBI agents who were interviewing him about what was the alleged violation of the 18-year-old suspect’s civil rights during an arrest. Nucera is also awaiting a retrial in U.S. District Court in Camden on additional charges of hate-crime assault and depriving the suspect’s civil rights. The former chief must s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
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 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 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 gratification," Musella said. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
SEE ANYTHING? Bandit Breaks Old Tappan Driver’s Window, Flees With Coach Bag SEE ANYTHING? Bandit Breaks Old Tappan Driver’s Window, Flees With Coach Bag SEE ANYTHING? Bandit Breaks Old Tappan Driver’s Window, Flees With Coach Bag
SEE Anything? Bandit Breaks Old Tappan Driver’s Window, Flees With Coach Bag 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 confronte…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Chester, PA
Breaking News
TRIBUTE: Community Mourns Sudden Loss Of Downingtown Football Star TRIBUTE: Community Mourns Sudden Loss Of Downingtown Football Star TRIBUTE: Community Mourns Sudden Loss Of Downingtown Football Star
Tribute: Community Mourns Sudden Loss Of Downingtown Football Star Loved ones, classmates, teammates and others in the Downingtown community will gather Wednesday night to grieve the loss, too soon, of one of their own. Many have been collecting memories of Downingtown West High School football star Costantino Villari since hearing the devastating news that the 17-year-old junior died by suicide when he jumped from the Route 322 bridge on Monday. “Cos” was a “sweet soul” who had the ability to “to change the room's energy all on his own,” wrote Kiana Taniguchi. "He knew the right words and just the right jokes when you needed them most…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Chester, PA
Breaking News
TRIBUTE: Community Mourns Sudden Loss Of Downingtown Football Star TRIBUTE: Community Mourns Sudden Loss Of Downingtown Football Star TRIBUTE: Community Mourns Sudden Loss Of Downingtown Football Star
Tribute: Community Mourns Sudden Loss Of Downingtown Football Star Loved ones, classmates, teammates and others in the Downingtown community will gather Wednesday night to grieve the loss, too soon, of one of their own. Many have been collecting memories of Downingtown West High School football star Costantino Villari since hearing the devastating news that the 17-year-old junior died by suicide when he jumped from the Route 322 bridge on Monday. “Cos” was a “sweet soul” who had the ability to “to change the room's energy all on his own,” wrote Kiana Taniguchi. "He knew the right words and just the right jokes when you needed them most…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
FAMILY AFFAIR: Drug-Dealing Brothers Nabbed With Wayne PD Help, Passaic Sheriff Says FAMILY AFFAIR: Drug-Dealing Brothers Nabbed With Wayne PD Help, Passaic Sheriff Says FAMILY AFFAIR: Drug-Dealing Brothers Nabbed With Wayne PD Help, Passaic Sheriff Says
Family Affair: Drug-Dealing Brothers Nabbed With Wayne PD Help, Passaic Sheriff Says Passaic County sheriff’s officers and Wayne police seized more than 550 heroin folds and 63 bags of crack while busting two brothers who they said dealt drugs out of an apartment on a street between two Paterson schools. Investigators watched both Anton and Naheem Porter sling from the two-family home on Seeley Street, between Paterson Eastside High School and Public School No. 15 near Roberto Clemente Park, during the course of a two-month investigation, Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said Wednesday. Detectives obtained an arrest warrant for Naheem Porter, 27, who lead police on a brief foot c…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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Stolen Cab Thief Face-Plants After Fleeing Police, Crashing In Fairview Stolen Cab Thief Face-Plants After Fleeing Police, Crashing In Fairview Stolen Cab Thief Face-Plants After Fleeing Police, Crashing In Fairview
Stolen Cab Thief Face-Plants After Fleeing Police, Crashing In Fairview Thieves in a cab stolen out of Union City crashed into another vehicle, injuring two occupants, while trying to flee police in Fairview, authorities said. 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, Police Chief Martin Kahn said. The driver hit the gas, then T-boned a small SUV at the Shaler Avenue intersection two blocks away, he said. Passenger Luis Flores, 23, struggled with officers who eventually got him out of the taxi, said Kahn, who was among…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Ex-Con Sent To Prison For Setting Fire To Paterson Home Ex-Con Sent To Prison For Setting Fire To Paterson Home Ex-Con Sent To Prison For Setting Fire To Paterson Home
Ex-Con Sent To Prison For Setting Fire To Paterson Home UPDATE: An ex-con with a lengthy criminal record must spend at least 2½ years in prison before she’ll be eligible for parole after deliberately setting fire to a Paterson home occupied by squatters. Erin Micco, a Florida native who recently lived in Rutherford, was arrested soon after the two-alarm blaze destroyed the 2½-story Pearl Street home and damaged a neighboring residence last Nov. 17. None of the squatters were injured in the fire, which took nearly six hours to douse. Micco already had a criminal history that dates back to 2012. She served time for grand theft and trafficking in…

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