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
Prosecutor: Bean Counter Embezzled $1.1M From Bergen Firm With 'Ghost' Workers, Other Tricks Prosecutor: Bean Counter Embezzled $1.1M From Bergen Firm With 'Ghost' Workers, Other Tricks Prosecutor: Bean Counter Embezzled $1.1M From Bergen Firm With 'Ghost' Workers, Other Tricks
Prosecutor: Bean Counter Embezzled $1.1M From Bergen Firm With 'Ghost' Workers, Other Tricks A bookkeeper from Hasbrouck Heights embezzled $1.1 million from a Bogota-based carpentry company by creating “ghost employees,” among other methods, authorities charged. Maribel Rios, 51 – also known as Maribel Roche – “engaged in various schemes” to “manipulate the company payroll system” over a three-year period, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Thursday. The prosecutor said these included: issuing payroll deposits to “ghost employees”; issuing company checks to accounts that she controlled; manipulating accounting software to justify the checks. Then she used the money on h…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Driver Seriously Injured In Rollover Off Route 80 Driver Seriously Injured In Rollover Off Route 80 Driver Seriously Injured In Rollover Off Route 80
Driver Seriously Injured In Rollover Off Route 80 A driver was seriously injured in a horrific rollover crash off Route 80 in Paterson early Thursday evening. New Jersey State Police, Paterson firefighters and EMS responded after the small SUV crashed on the exit off the westbound highway to Route 19 shortly before 8 p.m. The 20-something driver, who lost consciousness after being ejected, suffered multiple injuries, responders said. He was taken to nearby St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center. The driver was taken to St. Joe's.Jo Fehl for DAILY VOICE

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Judge Releases Paterson Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting One Child In Front Of Another Judge Releases Paterson Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting One Child In Front Of Another Judge Releases Paterson Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting One Child In Front Of Another
Judge Releases Paterson Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting One Child In Front Of Another A judge on Thursday released a Paterson man charged with sexually abusing a 13-year-old child in front of an 8-year-old, authorities said. Mario E. Hernandez, 54, was arrested following an investigation by detectives from the Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes’s Special Victims Unit. The unit was alerted by the state Division of Child Protection and Permanency that the teen was being sexually abused, Valdes said. Detectives interviewed both children as well as others, the prosecutor said. The older child reported being sexually assaulted by Hernandez last fall, she said, adding tha…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
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UPDATE: Old Tappan Boy, 2, Dies From Drowning UPDATE: Old Tappan Boy, 2, Dies From Drowning UPDATE: Old Tappan Boy, 2, Dies From Drowning
Update: Old Tappan Boy, 2, Dies From Drowning UPDATE: A 2-year-old Old Tappan boy who was pulled from a backyard swimming pool died despite furious efforts to save his life, authorities said Friday. "They worked on him in the ER for 20 minutes before pronouncing him" at Hackensack University Medical Center, a responder said. Responding police officers conducted CPR and got a pulse after the boy was pulled from the pool around 6:30 p.m. Thursday, they said. It wasn't immediately clear how long he'd been in the water. EMS workers took over and continued CPR after AirMed One touched down at nearby Stone Point Park around 7 p.m. T…

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by Jerry DeMarco
New City, NY
Breaking News
Extricated Rockland Driver, Daughter, 2, Hospitalized In Route 287 Flying Tire Crash Extricated Rockland Driver, Daughter, 2, Hospitalized In Route 287 Flying Tire Crash Extricated Rockland Driver, Daughter, 2, Hospitalized In Route 287 Flying Tire Crash
Extricated Rockland Driver, Daughter, 2, Hospitalized In Route 287 Flying Tire Crash A seriously-injured Rockland County driver was flown out by medical chopper and his 2-year-old daughter was also hospitalized following a freak accident Thursday morning, May 6 on Route 287, said NJ State Police, who were seeking witnesses. A wheel became dislodged from a northbound vehicle, bounded over the median, and crashed into a southbound Ford Fusion in the area of Exit 58 just south of Skyline Drive in Oakland shortly before 8:30 a.m., Trooper Charles Marchan said. The Ford then struck the center and right barriers before careening into the woods off the highway, he said. Southbou…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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UPDATE: Extricated Rockland Driver, Daughter, 2, Hospitalized In Route 287 Flying Tire Crash UPDATE: Extricated Rockland Driver, Daughter, 2, Hospitalized In Route 287 Flying Tire Crash UPDATE: Extricated Rockland Driver, Daughter, 2, Hospitalized In Route 287 Flying Tire Crash
Update: Extricated Rockland Driver, Daughter, 2, Hospitalized In Route 287 Flying Tire Crash SEE ANYTHING? A seriously-injured Rockland County driver was flown out by medical chopper and his 2-year-old daughter was also hospitalized following a freak accident Thursday morning on Route 287, said NJ State Police, who were seeking witnesses. A wheel became dislodged from a northbound vehicle, bounded over the median and crashed into a southbound Ford Fusion in the area of Exit 58 just south of Skyline Drive in Oakland shortly before 8:30 a.m., Trooper Charles Marchan said. The Ford then struck the center and right barriers before careening into the woods off the highway, he said. So…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen County Con Man Who Lived Large Off $5M Of Victims' Money Gets 51 Months In Fed Pen Bergen County Con Man Who Lived Large Off $5M Of Victims' Money Gets 51 Months In Fed Pen Bergen County Con Man Who Lived Large Off $5M Of Victims' Money Gets 51 Months In Fed Pen
Bergen County Con Man Who Lived Large Off $5M Of Victims' Money Gets 51 Months In Fed Pen A Bergen County con man bought a new car, joined a private club, gambled big, traveled wide -- and more -- with nearly $5 million that he'd swindled from prospective investors. Now he's headed to federal prison. A U.S. District Court judge in Newark sentenced Matthew O’Callaghan, 43, of Upper Saddle River via videoconference Thursday to a plea-bargained 51 months -- a little over four years -- in a federal penitentiary.O'Callaghan “impersonated two bank executives interested in funding syndicated loans for global companies,” Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. Referring to…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
FREAK ACCIDENT: Driver Airlifted From Route 287 After Flying Tire Crash FREAK ACCIDENT: Driver Airlifted From Route 287 After Flying Tire Crash FREAK ACCIDENT: Driver Airlifted From Route 287 After Flying Tire Crash
Freak Accident: Driver Airlifted From Route 287 After Flying Tire Crash SEE ANYTHING? A seriously-injured Rockland County driver was flown out by medical chopper and his 2-year-old daughter was also hospitalized following a freak accident Thursday morning on Route 287, said NJ State Police, who were seeking witnesses. A wheel became dislodged from a northbound vehicle, bounded over the median and crashed into a southbound Ford Fusion in the area of Exit 58 just south of Skyline Drive in Oakland shortly before 8:30 a.m., Trooper Charles Marchan said. The Ford then struck the center and right barriers before careening into the woods off the highway, he said. So…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Passaic Woman Charged With DWI Hit-Run Of Pedestrian, 70 Passaic Woman Charged With DWI Hit-Run Of Pedestrian, 70 Passaic Woman Charged With DWI Hit-Run Of Pedestrian, 70
Passaic Woman Charged With DWI Hit-Run Of Pedestrian, 70 A Passaic driver was drunk when she sped off after hitting a 70-year-old pedestrian last month, authorities said. Luisa Eusebio-Urena, 37, surrendered at city police headquarters in connection with the April 11 crash, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Passaic Police Chief Luis Guzman announced Thursday. The victim had been crossing Main Avenue near Pennington Avenue when he was struck and seriously injured around 5 a.m. that day, they said. He was treated at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center. Police charged Eusebio-Urena with DWI assault by auto, leaving the scene of a cr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
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PD: Woman Drives Around Teaneck Threatening People With Gun, Eludes Pursuit, Caught By NYPD PD: Woman Drives Around Teaneck Threatening People With Gun, Eludes Pursuit, Caught By NYPD PD: Woman Drives Around Teaneck Threatening People With Gun, Eludes Pursuit, Caught By NYPD
PD: Woman Drives Around Teaneck Threatening People With Gun, Eludes Pursuit, Caught By Nypd A 23-year-old Teaneck woman with a violent criminal history went on a gun-waving rampage before leading a township detective on a chase to the George Washington Bridge, authorities said. The detective broke off the pursuit out of safety concerns, but the NYPD captured Ashley Gilead Wednesday night, Teaneck Police Chief Glenn O’Reilly said. She was carrying what turned out to be a Glock replica pellet gun, the chief said. It began hours earlier at a private home on Genesee Avenue, off Teaneck Road, where callers reported Gilead “banging on a door, then standing in the street yelling and wav…

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