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
Breaking News
7-Year-Old Child Stabbed Dead In Paterson 7-Year-Old Child Stabbed Dead In Paterson 7-Year-Old Child Stabbed Dead In Paterson
7-Year-Old Child Stabbed Dead In Paterson UPDATE: Responders furiously tried to save the life a 7-year-old Paterson boy whom authorities said was stabbed dead by his mother early Saturday. Iris Tolentino, 46, also stabbed the dead boy's 17-year-old brother, who was holding a bathroom closed to keep her restrained until police arrived, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint announcement. The younger boy, whom neighbors called David, was pronounced dead on arrival at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center. The older brother was treated for a stab wound to his upper arm be…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Fire Blows Through Roof Of Bergenfield Restaurant Fire Blows Through Roof Of Bergenfield Restaurant Fire Blows Through Roof Of Bergenfield Restaurant
Fire Blows Through Roof Of Bergenfield Restaurant UPDATE: Firefighters doused a blaze that ravaged a Thai restaurant in Bergenfield. The fire at the Thai Food takeout and catering restaurant on West Church Street off Railroad Avenue broke out shortly after 7:30 p.m. Friday. Firefighters contained the blaze to the small structure, with no injuries reported, according to Mayor Arvin Amatorio. Amatorio said he met with the owners and "offered the [b]orough's assistance in recovering." Authorities were trying to officially determine the cause. MORE: BT Fire Photos (Chris Tompkins)

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Police Eye Why Sedan Barreled Through Dunkin Donuts Lot, Crashed On Route 1 Near GWB Police Eye Why Sedan Barreled Through Dunkin Donuts Lot, Crashed On Route 1 Near GWB Police Eye Why Sedan Barreled Through Dunkin Donuts Lot, Crashed On Route 1 Near GWB
Police Eye Why Sedan Barreled Through Dunkin Donuts Lot, Crashed On Route 1 Near GWB UPDATE: A Ridgefield driver may have suffered a medical episode before his sedan barreled through a Fort Lee Dunkin Donuts parking lot, slammed into a divider on northbound Route 1 and was struck by another car, closing the highway for hours, authorities said. The 2006 Infinity M35 driven by the 57-year-old motorist plowed over a decorative tree and down a retaining wall onto the highway south of the George Washington Bridge shortly after 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, police Capt. Ricky Mirkovic said. It struck the median and then was hit by a 2007 Honda Accord driven by a 24-year-old New York man w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Bergenfield PD: Thief Posing As Delivery Driver Caught Red-Handed Bergenfield PD: Thief Posing As Delivery Driver Caught Red-Handed Bergenfield PD: Thief Posing As Delivery Driver Caught Red-Handed
Bergenfield PD: Thief Posing As Delivery Driver Caught Red-Handed A thief from the Bronx who bore an Amazon Flex insignia on both his shirt and his car was arrested by Bergenfield police when he showed up to collect an iPhone he ordered with a stolen credit card, authorities said. The victim, who lives in North Bergen, had notified police after discovering the phone's purchase and delivery address, Sgt. Kyle Witty said. Detective Lt. William Duran and Officer John Hwang were waiting when Pedro Escobar, 35, showed up at the vacant West Englewood home, got out and collected the package, the sergeant said. They quickly grabbed him with assistance …

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
Medical Chopper Summoned For Victim Of ATV Crash In Wanaque Woods Medical Chopper Summoned For Victim Of ATV Crash In Wanaque Woods Medical Chopper Summoned For Victim Of ATV Crash In Wanaque Woods
Medical Chopper Summoned For Victim Of ATV Crash In Wanaque Woods A victim in an ATV crash near the Wanaque Reservoir was being airlifted to the hospital late Friday afternoon into early evening. The crash occurred in the woods off Parkside Drive near Route 287 around 4:30 p.m., responders said. The victim was taken by ambulance to a landing zone on Ringwood Avenue to be picked up by AirMed One for transport. There was no immediate word on the victim’s condition.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Middletown, NJ
Breaking News
Feds Charge Jersey Shore Woman With Threatening To Kill FBI Snitch Feds Charge Jersey Shore Woman With Threatening To Kill FBI Snitch Feds Charge Jersey Shore Woman With Threatening To Kill FBI Snitch
Feds Charge Jersey Shore Woman With Threatening To Kill FBI Snitch A Monmouth County woman threatened to kill an informant in a federal drug case, authorities charged. Kaitlyn R. Powers, 32, of Aberdeen took two runs at the informant, whose drug buys -- particularly of crack -- led directly to the arrests of two men, Richard N. Edwards Jr. of Old Bridge and Jamil J. Yasin of East Orange, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. The first time was on April 7, when Powers “confronted the confidential source in a parking lot of a convenience store in Cliffwood Beach and threatened, among other things, to have the confidential source killed in retaliation f…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Passaic Man Who Molested Underage Teen Can Get Parole In 2½ Years Passaic Man Who Molested Underage Teen Can Get Parole In 2½ Years Passaic Man Who Molested Underage Teen Can Get Parole In 2½ Years
Passaic Man Who Molested Underage Teen Can Get Parole In 2½ Years A Passaic man will be eligible for parole once he's served half of a five-year state prison sentence for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old minor in the back seat of his car. Luis Pizarro, 47, was arrested in November 2019 after city police responded to a tipster’s call of suspicious activity in a local parking lot a month earlier, authorities said. Detectives interviewed several witnesses, including the victim, who corroborated the report, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. Passaic County Assistant Prosecutor Alyssa DiSturco secured a deal rather than have the victim testif…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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Firefighters Extricate Sedan Driver After Dump Truck Crash In Franklin Lakes Firefighters Extricate Sedan Driver After Dump Truck Crash In Franklin Lakes Firefighters Extricate Sedan Driver After Dump Truck Crash In Franklin Lakes
Firefighters Extricate Sedan Driver After Dump Truck Crash In Franklin Lakes A dump truck driver escaped serious injury in a crash Friday near the Haledon Reservoir in Franklin Lakes, authorities said. Borough firefighters extricated a 61-year-old driver from Wayne after her 2017 Accord collided with the tipper on Ewing Avenue at Water View Drive shortly after 10 a.m., police Capt. Robert Lyon said. The borough Volunteer Ambulance Corps took her to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening, he said. The driver of the 1996 Western Star dump truck -- also 61, from Clifton -- didn't require hospitalizatio…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack PD: Pedestrian, 76, Struck, Killed By Pickup, Landscaping Trailer Hackensack PD: Pedestrian, 76, Struck, Killed By Pickup, Landscaping Trailer Hackensack PD: Pedestrian, 76, Struck, Killed By Pickup, Landscaping Trailer
Hackensack PD: Pedestrian, 76, Struck, Killed By Pickup, Landscaping Trailer A 76-year-old Hackensack pedestrian was struck and killed Thursday night. Carol Ventura, a North Bergen native who lived on Prospect Avenue, was in the crosswalk when she was struck by a 2021 Dodge Ram pickup truck that was turning from southbound Summit Avenue onto eastbound Passaic Street shortly after 8:30 p.m., police Capt. Nicole Foley said. "After being hit, she was subsequently run over by a westbound landscaping truck’s trailer," Foley said. Ventura was pronounced dead a short time later at Hackensack University Medical Center.  The pickup truck driver, 42, of Rochelle Park, told…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack Pedestrian, 76, Struck, Killed Hackensack Pedestrian, 76, Struck, Killed Hackensack Pedestrian, 76, Struck, Killed
Hackensack Pedestrian, 76, Struck, Killed A 76-year-old Hackensack pedestrian was struck and killed Thursday night. Carol Ventura, a North Bergen native who lived on Prospect Avenue, was in the crosswalk when she was struck by a 2021 Dodge Ram pickup truck that was turning from southbound Summit Avenue onto eastbound Passaic Street shortly after 8:30 p.m., police Capt. Nicole Foley said. "After being hit, she was subsequently run over by a westbound landscaping truck’s trailer," Foley said. Ventura was pronounced dead a short time later at Hackensack University Medical Center.  The pickup truck driver, 42, of Rochelle Park, told…

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