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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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Ground And Pound: White House, Fauci Slam Rogan For Discouraging Vaccinations Ground And Pound: White House, Fauci Slam Rogan For Discouraging Vaccinations Ground And Pound: White House, Fauci Slam Rogan For Discouraging Vaccinations
Ground And Pound: White House, Fauci Slam Rogan For Discouraging Vaccinations Joe Rogan took a hammer fist from the White House and a spinning back kick from Dr. Anthony Fauci on Wednesday after he advised young fans against getting the COVID vaccine. “I guess my first question would be: Did Joe Rogan become a medical doctor while we weren’t looking?” White House communications director Kate Bedingfield told CNN during what became a tag-team takedown. The Jersey-born comedian and popular podcast host – who also calls televised Ultimate Fighting Championship matches -- delivered his advisory on “The Joe Rogan Experience,” Spotify’s most popular podcast. “If you’…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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Motorcyclist Hospitalized After Route 9W Crash Motorcyclist Hospitalized After Route 9W Crash Motorcyclist Hospitalized After Route 9W Crash
Motorcyclist Hospitalized After Route 9W Crash A motorcyclist was hospitalized after a rear-ender involving four other people on Route 9W in Englewood Cliffs, authorities said. The Merritt Island, FL motorcyclist told police that he was headed south on Sylvan Avenue when he had mechanical difficulty last Friday night, Detective Lt. Ronald Waldt said. The cycle then rammed the back of an Acura near West Bayview Avenue, Waldt said. The motorcyclist, 34, was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with leg injuries, the lieutenant said. None of the Acura's occupants – an 18-year-old woman from Fort Lee, a 20-year-old woman from Cli…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Stolen Gun, Drugs Seized From Philly Couple In Hackensack Stop Police: Stolen Gun, Drugs Seized From Philly Couple In Hackensack Stop Police: Stolen Gun, Drugs Seized From Philly Couple In Hackensack Stop
Police: Stolen Gun, Drugs Seized From Philly Couple In Hackensack Stop Hackensack detectives found a Philadelphia couple carrying a stolen handgun and drugs during a traffic stop, authorities said. Narcotics Squad Detectives Kley Peralta and Reuven Lyak stopped the 2015 Acura sedan at the intersection of River and Kansas streets for equipment violations shortly before 7:30 p.m. Monday, Detective Capt. Daniel DeWitt said. The driver, Darinel Perez-Burgos, 28, “had a suspended driver's license and said he did not know who owned the car,” DeWitt said. The passenger, 21-year-old dental assistant Jelayna Sevilla, “provided a suspended Delaware driver's license and…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
A Detective's Work Ends: Lodi Serial Killer Admits Raping, Drowning North Bergen Teens In 1974 A Detective's Work Ends: Lodi Serial Killer Admits Raping, Drowning North Bergen Teens In 1974 A Detective's Work Ends: Lodi Serial Killer Admits Raping, Drowning North Bergen Teens In 1974
A Detective's Work Ends: Lodi Serial Killer Admits Raping, Drowning North Bergen Teens In 1974 Those old enough to remember can recall the fear that many felt after the bodies of two girls from North Bergen who’d gone missing after a shopping trip to Paramus were found raped, beaten and drowned in Bergen County. It also left enormous holes in the souls of family and friends of Mary Ann Pryor, 17, and Lorraine Kelly, 16. It’s taken more than 46 years, but a Bergen County police veteran who is only days from retirement got one of the country’s most notorious serial killers to confess. “Mary Anne and Lorraine deserve it, God rest their souls,” Bergen County Prosecutor’s Chief of Detect…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lakewood, NJ
Breaking News
Jackson Township Officials 'Weaponized' Zoning Laws To Suppress Orthodox Jews, State Charges Jackson Township Officials 'Weaponized' Zoning Laws To Suppress Orthodox Jews, State Charges Jackson Township Officials 'Weaponized' Zoning Laws To Suppress Orthodox Jews, State Charges
Jackson Township Officials 'Weaponized' Zoning Laws To Suppress Orthodox Jews, State Charges Jackson Township officials “weaponized” zoning laws against Orthodox Jews, making it difficult for them to practice their religion while discouraging others from moving in, state authorities charged Tuesday. Mayor Michael Reina and members of the township council, planning board and zoning board of adjustment devised the anti-Semitic scheme to stop what a former official called “the tsunami of orthodoxy that is mounting at the border," alleges a lawsuit filed by the state. The group was trying to appease a number of intolerant residents who complained to them at public meetings and in hatef…

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by Jerry DeMarco & Cecilia Levine
Paramus, NJ
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Paramus Firefighters Free Minivan Driver In Multi-Vehicle Crash Paramus Firefighters Free Minivan Driver In Multi-Vehicle Crash Paramus Firefighters Free Minivan Driver In Multi-Vehicle Crash
Paramus Firefighters Free Minivan Driver In Multi-Vehicle Crash A fire hydrant was knocked over.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE Paramus firefighters extricated a driver after her minivan knocked over a fire hydrant during a multi-vehicle crash Tuesday on Route 17. The driver was hospitalized with minor injuries after she was freed by members of Engine Companies 2 and 4 following the crash on the highway's northbound side near Century Road around 12:30 p.m. Northbound Route 17 near Century Road.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE Two BMWs -- a 320I sedan and a 300 series SUV -- were damaged. The van and SUV had to be removed by flatbed tow truck. Boyd …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Police Find Clifton Couple In Stolen Car Crash Naked On Sidewalk Police Find Clifton Couple In Stolen Car Crash Naked On Sidewalk Police Find Clifton Couple In Stolen Car Crash Naked On Sidewalk
Police Find Clifton Couple In Stolen Car Crash Naked On Sidewalk You don't see this every day: Police responding to a stolen car crash in Clifton said they found the driver and his female passenger both naked on the sidewalk. Both seemed to be under the influence of some type of drug when city officers found them in the 400 block of Clifton Avenue around 11:30 p.m., Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. The 2014 Honda Civic they were in had just been stolen from Richfield Village when it struck another vehicle in an intersection and then a parked car, Bracken said. Hansel Moreno-Tavarez, 28, of Clifton, and his female passenger were treated for minor injur…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Egg Harbor Township, NJ
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Video Released Of Jersey Shore Man Shot Dead After Stealing Police Car Video Released Of Jersey Shore Man Shot Dead After Stealing Police Car Video Released Of Jersey Shore Man Shot Dead After Stealing Police Car
Video Released Of Jersey Shore Man Shot Dead After Stealing Police Car Video released Tuesday shows the final moments after a Wildwood Crest man stole a police car, got out and ran at pursuing officers before one of them shot him earlier this month. Roy K. Jackel, 41, was “holding his arm behind his back and ignoring their commands to show his hands” when Franklin Township Police Sgt. David Jernegen finally shot him in Buena Vista on April 5, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. Officers provided medical aid until EMS arrived and pronounced Jackel dead, Grewal said. Township police, who are in Gloucester County, had responded to a mutual aid call fro…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Passaic County Prosecutor Takes Over Paterson Police Internal Affairs Unit Passaic County Prosecutor Takes Over Paterson Police Internal Affairs Unit Passaic County Prosecutor Takes Over Paterson Police Internal Affairs Unit
Passaic County Prosecutor Takes Over Paterson Police Internal Affairs Unit Passaic County’s prosecutor on Tuesday took control of the Paterson Police Department’s Internal Affairs Division following the civil rights arrests of two city officers by the FBI.  Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes “will have full oversight” over the division, which is responsible for investigating allegations of misconduct against members of the department, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said in a joint announcement with her. By so doing, she will “ensure that current and future investigations are conducted thoroughly and fairly, and that officers who engage in misconduct are he…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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FBI Charges Paterson Officers With Civil Rights Violations In Beating Of Arab-American Resident FBI Charges Paterson Officers With Civil Rights Violations In Beating Of Arab-American Resident FBI Charges Paterson Officers With Civil Rights Violations In Beating Of Arab-American Resident
FBI Charges Paterson Officers With Civil Rights Violations In Beating Of Arab-American Resident Two Paterson police officers beat a 19-year-old Arab-American man and then lied about it, said federal authorities who charged them with violating the victim's civil rights. Officers Kevin Patino, 29, surrendered to federal agents Tuesday morning and was expected to be followed by Kendry Tineo-Restituyo, 28, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. Both are charged with “depriving a victim of his Constitutional right to be free from the use of unreasonable force by law enforcement officers and with filing a false police report,” Honig said. ****** IN ADDITION: Passaic County’s prosecu…

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