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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Hamilton Township, NJ
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Final Defendant In Trenton Police Car Firebombing Takes Guilty Plea In Federal Court Final Defendant In Trenton Police Car Firebombing Takes Guilty Plea In Federal Court Final Defendant In Trenton Police Car Firebombing Takes Guilty Plea In Federal Court
Final Defendant In Trenton Police Car Firebombing Takes Guilty Plea In Federal Court A Trenton man admitted in federal court on Wednesday that he threw a makeshift Molotov cocktail into a city police vehicle following a protest last year. Video captured by surveillance cameras and personal cellphones helped authorities identify Kadeem A. Dockery, 29, and one of his co-defendants, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. Rather than face trial, Dockery accepted a deal from the government, pleading guilty Wednesday to attempting to obstruct, impede, or interfere with law enforcement officers during a civil disorder. He still faces state charges of throwing another firebom…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Edison, NJ
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Feds: Member Of Ring That Trafficked Fentanyl-Laced Heroin Into NJ Bayshore Gets 7½ Years Feds: Member Of Ring That Trafficked Fentanyl-Laced Heroin Into NJ Bayshore Gets 7½ Years Feds: Member Of Ring That Trafficked Fentanyl-Laced Heroin Into NJ Bayshore Gets 7½ Years
Feds: Member Of Ring That Trafficked Fentanyl-Laced Heroin Into NJ Bayshore Gets 7½ Years A member of a drug ring that trafficked large quantities of heroin and cocaine into the Bayshore areas of Monmouth and Middlesex counties must spend the next 7½ years in federal prison. Daniel McHugh, 51, of Sayreville on Wednesday became the latest member of the ring sentenced in U.S. District Court in Trenton in connection with a federally-led sweep. Co-defendant Brian Hall, 49, of Freehold, meanwhile, was sentenced to eight months of home confinement and three years probation. Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said the two were part of a network that funneled heroin and cocaine int…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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THIS YOURS? Police Nab Route 46 Motel Guest With Stolen Safe, Plus Rifle Mags, Heroin Bags THIS YOURS? Police Nab Route 46 Motel Guest With Stolen Safe, Plus Rifle Mags, Heroin Bags THIS YOURS? Police Nab Route 46 Motel Guest With Stolen Safe, Plus Rifle Mags, Heroin Bags
This Yours? Police Nab Route 46 Motel Guest With Stolen Safe, Plus Rifle Mags, Heroin Bags A man seen dumping a stolen safe into a trash bin at a Route 46 motel was caught with a trio of rifle magazines and various gun parts, South Hackensack police said. Edward Austeri, 36, recently of Lodi, also had 200 bags of heroin in his pocket when police stopped him Tuesday at the Stage Coach Motel, Detective Sgt. James Donatello said. Austeri -- who has an extensive, drug-related criminal history -- was staying at the Stage Coach with Michael Toney, 34, also recently of Lodi, Donatello said. Police responded to the motel after Austeri was spotted dropping a huge box into a Dumpster, Do…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Paterson Detectives Crash Open-Air Drug Market, Bust Dealers, Buyers Paterson Detectives Crash Open-Air Drug Market, Bust Dealers, Buyers Paterson Detectives Crash Open-Air Drug Market, Bust Dealers, Buyers
Paterson Detectives Crash Open-Air Drug Market, Bust Dealers, Buyers Paterson detectives nabbed two dealers and seven buyers while seizing nearly 300 heroin folds at an open-air drug market near the city public library, authorities said Wednesday. Responding to continued citizens’ complaints, Narcotics Division detectives hit a stretch of Summer Street between Hamilton Avenue and Van Houten Street late Tuesday afternoon, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. They arrested city residents Quadra Carmichael, 37, and Brian Thomas, 52, on a variety of charges that include possessing and selling heron near the library and School No. 6, Speziale said. Also t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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NJSP: Driver Hospitalized In Route 80 Crash NJSP: Driver Hospitalized In Route 80 Crash NJSP: Driver Hospitalized In Route 80 Crash
Njsp: Driver Hospitalized In Route 80 Crash UPDATE: A driver was seriously injured when his sedan rear-ended a tractor-trailer and rolled on Route 80 in Elmwood Park early Tuesday evening. The Volkswagen Jetta driver was taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson after the crash on the westbound highway near Exit 61 shortly after 5 p.m., New Jersey State Police Sgt. Lawrence Peele said. Responders said he was bleeding heavily and having trouble breathing when they arrived. All lanes were closed for nearly three hours so the wreckage could be cleared and the NJSP's fatal accident team could investigate. At the sce…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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NJSP: Driver Hospitalized In Route 80 Crash NJSP: Driver Hospitalized In Route 80 Crash NJSP: Driver Hospitalized In Route 80 Crash
Njsp: Driver Hospitalized In Route 80 Crash UPDATE: A driver was seriously injured when his sedan rear-ended a tractor-trailer and rolled on Route 80 in Elmwood Park early Tuesday evening. The Volkswagen Jetta driver was taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson after the crash on the westbound highway near Exit 61 shortly after 5 p.m., New Jersey State Police Sgt. Lawrence Peele said. Responders said he was bleeding heavily and having trouble breathing when they arrived. All lanes were closed for nearly three hours so the wreckage could be cleared and the NJSP's fatal accident team could investigate. Route 80, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lakewood, NJ
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Jersey Shore Man Who Recorded Himself Sexually Abusing Infants Gets 40 Years, No Parole Jersey Shore Man Who Recorded Himself Sexually Abusing Infants Gets 40 Years, No Parole Jersey Shore Man Who Recorded Himself Sexually Abusing Infants Gets 40 Years, No Parole
Jersey Shore Man Who Recorded Himself Sexually Abusing Infants Gets 40 Years, No Parole An Ocean County man must spend 40 years in federal prison for recording and then sharing images of himself sexually abusing infants. Sebastien Attar, 36, of Brick, must serve out just about all of the plea-bargained sentence because there’s no parole in the federal prison system. Using the handle “Seb Seb,” Attar participated in “Taboo Train 2.0,” a private chat group whose members shared videos and photos of very young children being sexually abused, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. Federal agents raided Attar’s home in March 2018, seizing electronic devices and storage media t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Paterson Man, 18, Charged With Raping Child, 9 Paterson Man, 18, Charged With Raping Child, 9 Paterson Man, 18, Charged With Raping Child, 9
Paterson Man, 18, Charged With Raping Child, 9 An 18-year-old Paterson man was charged with sexually abusing a 9-year-old. Dylan Capcha was arrested following an investigation by the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit sparked by a tip from the state Division of Child Protection and Permanency. Unit detectives interviewed the victim and several witnesses, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. They found that Capcha “sexually abused the victim at the child’s home in Paterson between January 2021 and April 2021,” Valdes said. Capcha remained held Tuesday in the Passaic County Jail pending a first appeara…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Jersey City, NJ
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Hudson Con Man Sent To Federal Prison For Cheating Seniors Out Of $450,000 Hudson Con Man Sent To Federal Prison For Cheating Seniors Out Of $450,000 Hudson Con Man Sent To Federal Prison For Cheating Seniors Out Of $450,000
Hudson Con Man Sent To Federal Prison For Cheating Seniors Out Of $450,000 A Union City financial adviser is headed to federal prison for a plea-bargained 27 months for stealing more than $450,000 from mostly elderly, Spanish-speaking clients. Ramon Herrera, 37, persuaded unwitting more than three dozen clients to sign blank withdrawal slips, which he then filled out to pull cash from their accounts in the form of cashier’s checks, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. Herrera then applied the checks to accounts that he and a family member controlled, she said. Herrera took a deal from the government -- pleading guilty to wire fraud -- rather than go to tr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Paterson Man, 72, Charged With Child Sex Assaults Decades Apart Paterson Man, 72, Charged With Child Sex Assaults Decades Apart Paterson Man, 72, Charged With Child Sex Assaults Decades Apart
Paterson Man, 72, Charged With Child Sex Assaults Decades Apart A 72-year-old Paterson man was charged with sexually assaulting two victims – one of whom recently turned 14 and another who’s now 43, authorities said. The younger child spoke with detectives from the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office after being brought to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center by the youngster’s mother. The child spoke of being sexually assaulted by Juan “Milton” Cordero-Rivera, Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said Tuesday.. “During the investigation a 43-year old victim was identified who also disclosed being sexually assaulted by Mr. Cordero-Rivera as a child,” Valdes sa…

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