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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Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Sedan Crashes At Wyckoff Bank Drive-Through Sedan Crashes At Wyckoff Bank Drive-Through Sedan Crashes At Wyckoff Bank Drive-Through
Sedan Crashes At Wyckoff Bank Drive-Through A Wyckoff driver escaped serious injury Friday when his sedan hit a curb and landed on its side at a local bank drive-thru, authorities said. The 2016 BMW 535i also hit the Chase Bank building on Cedar Hill Avenue before pitching onto the driver’s side, Police Chief David Murphy said. The 67-year-old driver refused medical attention for a cut on his face, the chief said. Police and firefighters responded, along with City Wide Towing, which removed the vehicle, he said. Police were investigating. PHOTO: Patrick Finley

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Executive Laid To Rest, Search Continues For Hit-Run 'Coward' Who Killed Him On Route 46 Executive Laid To Rest, Search Continues For Hit-Run 'Coward' Who Killed Him On Route 46 Executive Laid To Rest, Search Continues For Hit-Run 'Coward' Who Killed Him On Route 46
Executive Laid To Rest, Search Continues For Hit-Run 'Coward' Who Killed Him On Route 46 Family and friends plan to honor the memory this weekend of a North Jersey investment banking executive as a search continued for the “cowardly” driver who fled after hitting him on Route 46. Dharmesh Patel was crossing the highway near his Clifton home when he was struck on the westbound side shortly after midnight Sunday, authorities said. As that vehicle sped off, he was struck by another whose driver stopped and stayed. Patel was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead hours later. Friends and loved ones called his death “the senseless act of a cowa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Hasbrouck Heights PD: Local Man Attacks Pair With Airsoft Rifle, Bat, Brass Knuckles Hasbrouck Heights PD: Local Man Attacks Pair With Airsoft Rifle, Bat, Brass Knuckles Hasbrouck Heights PD: Local Man Attacks Pair With Airsoft Rifle, Bat, Brass Knuckles
Hasbrouck Heights PD: Local Man Attacks Pair With Airsoft Rifle, Bat, Brass Knuckles A Hasbrouck Heights man fired an AR-styled airsoft rifle at two fellow teens, then smashed their car with a baseball bat and brass knuckles, authorities said. Investigators identified and arrested Raymond Andrew Pizzoi, 19, at his girlfriend's house a short time after he fled the scene Thursday night, Detective Lt. Michael Colaneri Jr. said Friday. They also seized several weapons, including the airsoft rifle and a similar pistol, as well as brass knuckles and knives, he said. The victims -- also both 19 -- told police that Pizzoi had been following them so they pulled into a parking lot o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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CAUGHT ON VIDEO: Bergen Man Busted After Civilian Poses As Underage Girl CAUGHT ON VIDEO: Bergen Man Busted After Civilian Poses As Underage Girl CAUGHT ON VIDEO: Bergen Man Busted After Civilian Poses As Underage Girl
Caught ON Video: Bergen Man Busted After Civilian Poses As Underage Girl A Tenafly man was arrested after a vigilante who publicly exposes child predators lured him to the Bronx for what he thought would be a hook-up with a 14-year-old girl, authorities said. A video posted on YouTube shows the unidentified vigilante confronting Jonathan Soto, 28, in a parked minivan. “What’s your mother gonna say about this?” the man asks during a nearly 15-minute conversation peppered with profanity and sexual descriptions. Authorities obtained search warrants after intensely investigating the authenticity of the "To Catch a Predator"-styled sting, which they said was brought…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Passaic Man, Dominican National In 13-Pound Video-Recorded Coke Bust Sent To Fed Pen Passaic Man, Dominican National In 13-Pound Video-Recorded Coke Bust Sent To Fed Pen Passaic Man, Dominican National In 13-Pound Video-Recorded Coke Bust Sent To Fed Pen
Passaic Man, Dominican National In 13-Pound Video-Recorded Coke Bust Sent To Fed Pen A Passaic man and a Dominican national – both 60 years old – have been sentenced to federal prison terms for their roles in trafficking 13 pounds of cocaine. Cellphone video captured the DEA arrest of Ramon “Rafael” Fabian-Pena in January 2020. A U.S. District Court judge in Newark sentenced Fabian-Pena to 2½ years in federal prison during a videoconference last week, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. On Thursday, the judge sentenced Jose Reyes of the Dominican Republican to nearly six years, she said. Both must serve just about all of their terms because there’s no parole in t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Prosecutor: Clifton Man Tried To Get Kidnap Victim To Drop Charges Against Instagram Influencer Prosecutor: Clifton Man Tried To Get Kidnap Victim To Drop Charges Against Instagram Influencer Prosecutor: Clifton Man Tried To Get Kidnap Victim To Drop Charges Against Instagram Influencer
Prosecutor: Clifton Man Tried To Get Kidnap Victim To Drop Charges Against Instagram Influencer A Clifton businessman tried to bribe a kidnapping victim into dropping charges against Bergen County-based Instagram influencer “Jay Mazini,” authorities charged. Bassam Patrick Aljanadi, 56, “contacted the victim and his family on numerous occasions,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Thursday afternoon. Aljanadi, who owns a heating and air conditioning company, offered the victim cash in exchange for dropping kidnapping charges filed against Jebara Igbara, the prosecutor said. He did this to “try and obstruct and/or impede the investigation and prosecution of Igbara,” Musella sa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Mahwah-Based Florist Settles With State Over Wilted Flowers, Substitute Arrangement Complaints Mahwah-Based Florist Settles With State Over Wilted Flowers, Substitute Arrangement Complaints Mahwah-Based Florist Settles With State Over Wilted Flowers, Substitute Arrangement Complaints
Mahwah-Based Florist Settles With State Over Wilted Flowers, Substitute Arrangement Complaints A nationwide floral distributor based in Mahwah stiffed customers by delivering wilted arrangements and those different from what was ordered and refusing to compensate those who complained, state authorities charged. Avas Flowers avoided criminal charges by agreeing to improve its business practices and paying the state $60,000, following an investigation of alleged violations of the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. The multi-million-dollar company and its founder and CEO, Matthew Neuenhaus, also agreed to go to binding arbitration before state D…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Clifton Man Busted On Child Porn Charges Clifton Man Busted On Child Porn Charges Clifton Man Busted On Child Porn Charges
Clifton Man Busted On Child Porn Charges A Clifton man trafficked porn images of children six to 13 years old, authorities said. John Daniel Suther, 50, remained held Thursday in the Passaic County Jail following an early-morning raid at his Columbia Street home off Main Avenue the day before. He’s charged with possessing, producing, maintaining and distributing child pornography. Authorities also charged Suther with the illegal possession of four high-capacity firearm magazines, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Sherriff Richard H. Berdnik said. Berdnik’s Internet Crimes Against Children Unit investigated along wi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hamilton Township, NJ
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NJ: State Prison ‘Hit Squad’ Run By Latin King Targeted Inmates, Corrections Investigators NJ: State Prison ‘Hit Squad’ Run By Latin King Targeted Inmates, Corrections Investigators NJ: State Prison ‘Hit Squad’ Run By Latin King Targeted Inmates, Corrections Investigators
NJ: State Prison ‘Hit Squad’ Run By Latin King Targeted Inmates, Corrections Investigators Members of a state prison hit squad assembled by a Latin Kings leader beat one fellow inmate and were about to attack another when corrections officials got wind of their plans, New Jersey's top law enforcement officer said Thursday. Working from the outside, Frank “Lafay” Blake, 33, of Hillside recruited eight inmates for his shank-armed crew at various correctional facilities, including Northern State Prison in Newark and New Jersey State Prison in Trenton, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. Blake, the reputed leader of the Elizabeth chapter of the Almighty Latin King and Queen…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
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Two Busted As Raid By Lyndhurst PD, Prosecutor's Detectives Turns Up Meth, GHB, Child Porn Two Busted As Raid By Lyndhurst PD, Prosecutor's Detectives Turns Up Meth, GHB, Child Porn Two Busted As Raid By Lyndhurst PD, Prosecutor's Detectives Turns Up Meth, GHB, Child Porn
Two Busted As Raid By Lyndhurst PD, Prosecutor's Detectives Turns Up Meth, GHB, Child Porn Two Lyndhurst men were busted with child porn and a variety of drugs, including 2½ pounds of crystal meth and GHB combined, authorities said. John C. Galloway, 44, and Hector A. Veloz, 34, were arrested during a court-approved search of their Riverside Avenue home that followed a months-long investigation by borough police and the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Cyber Crimes Unit, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. Investigators seized nearly two pounds of GHB and eight ounces of meth, along with child pornography, prescription drugs, syringes, some cash and a 2014 Kia Soul, he said. Gall…

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