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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Rutherford, NJ
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Lyndhurst Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting Rutherford Mom Pushing Stroller, Slapping Jogger Lyndhurst Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting Rutherford Mom Pushing Stroller, Slapping Jogger Lyndhurst Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting Rutherford Mom Pushing Stroller, Slapping Jogger
Lyndhurst Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting Rutherford Mom Pushing Stroller, Slapping Jogger GOTCHA! The search for a man wanted in Rutherford for grabbing a mom pushing a stroller and whacking a jogger on the butt ended thanks to a truck with no license plates, authorities announced Tuesday. Borough detectives identified Dennis Kwiecinski, 29, by “compiling significant surveillance footage from the surrounding areas, as well as several witness statements,” Police Chief John Russo said. They began by identifying the early-model black Nissan Frontier that witnesses said the attacker had been driving, Russo said. Police found it, then arrested Kwiecinski at his Orient Way home, the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
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Friends, Loved Ones Care For Bergen Orphan, 3, Whose Parents Were Stabbed Dead Friends, Loved Ones Care For Bergen Orphan, 3, Whose Parents Were Stabbed Dead Friends, Loved Ones Care For Bergen Orphan, 3, Whose Parents Were Stabbed Dead
Friends, Loved Ones Care For Bergen Orphan, 3, Whose Parents Were Stabbed Dead UPDATE: Orphaned at only 3½ years old, a North Arlington girl faces an uncertain and heartbreakingly difficult future. Close family friends are working with the state Division of Child Protection and Permanency to help her grandparents in India get custody of little Viha Rudrawar. They’ve also mounted a fundraising drive that continues to grow. “In this immensely unfortunate moment, while we all get together to pray to the almighty to rest their souls in peace, we are also starting an effort to think for the future of the small child,” organizer Gobindsingh Nihalani wrote. Nihalani said h…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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SEE ANYTHING? Brazen Burglar Smashes Way In To Cellphone Store Near GWB SEE ANYTHING? Brazen Burglar Smashes Way In To Cellphone Store Near GWB SEE ANYTHING? Brazen Burglar Smashes Way In To Cellphone Store Near GWB
SEE Anything? Brazen Burglar Smashes Way In To Cellphone Store Near GWB Surveillance cameras caught images of a burglar stealing at least a couple thousand dollars worth of merchandise at an AT&T store near the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee. The burglar drove up to the Linwood Plaza store shortly after 2 a.m. Sunday, smashed his way in through a glass door and snatched two iPads and an iPhone from their display cases before driving off, Capt. Ricky Mirkovic said. Anyone who might have seen something or has information that could help identify the bandit is asked to contact the Fort Lee Police Detective Bureau: (201) 592-3510.   

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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Police: Shirtless Swordsman Wrapped In American Flag Captured After Pursuit Through Bergen Park Police: Shirtless Swordsman Wrapped In American Flag Captured After Pursuit Through Bergen Park Police: Shirtless Swordsman Wrapped In American Flag Captured After Pursuit Through Bergen Park
Police: Shirtless Swordsman Wrapped In American Flag Captured After Pursuit Through Bergen Park An emotionally troubled Woodcliff Lake man armed with swords was captured after a chase through a local park, authorities said. The 28-year-old suspect was shirtless, wearing camouflage pants with an American flag tied around his waist in Wood Dale County Park, callers told police. They also said they thought he was carrying a crossbow. Officers from Woodcliff Lake, Hillsdale and Washington Township quickly converged on the area shortly after 7 p.m. Friday. Seeing them, the man tossed what he was carrying and ran into the woods, responders said. A K-9 unit was summoned as police esta…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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HEROES: Glen Rock Police Rescue Suicidal Man Who Threatened To Jump In Front Of Train HEROES: Glen Rock Police Rescue Suicidal Man Who Threatened To Jump In Front Of Train HEROES: Glen Rock Police Rescue Suicidal Man Who Threatened To Jump In Front Of Train
Heroes: Glen Rock Police Rescue Suicidal Man Who Threatened To Jump In Front Of Train A crying Hoboken man told Glen Rock police who found him pacing back and forth at the local train station that he wanted to end it all, authorities said. Responding to a call from a concerned citizen, Officers John Tarantino and James McGill, along with Detective T.J. Graziani, found the troubled 44-year-old man at the Bergen Line Train Station near Harding Plaza, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. He told Tarantino that he was about to jump in front of a train but spotted several children nearby and "did not want to commit suicide in front of them,” the chief said. After about 20 minutes, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
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Firefighters Rescue Victim In River Edge Rollover Crash Firefighters Rescue Victim In River Edge Rollover Crash Firefighters Rescue Victim In River Edge Rollover Crash
Firefighters Rescue Victim In River Edge Rollover Crash Firefighters extricated a victim in a crash Sunday afternoon in River Edge. An SUV landed on its side in a collision with a minivan at the corner of rainy Bogert Road and Voorhis Avenue, a block west of Kinderkamack Road, before 3:30 p.m. River Edge and Oradell firefighters responded, along with borough police. The SUV rolled at Bogert Road and Voorhis Avenue in River Edge.Jo Fehl for DAILY VOICE There was no immediate word on the victim's condition. At the scene.Jo Fehl for DAILY VOICE Jo Fehl took the photos for DAILY VOICE and contributed to this account.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Six Years Later, Son Finds Dad's Missing Cellphone At Spot Of Fatal Mahwah Crash Six Years Later, Son Finds Dad's Missing Cellphone At Spot Of Fatal Mahwah Crash Six Years Later, Son Finds Dad's Missing Cellphone At Spot Of Fatal Mahwah Crash
Six Years Later, Son Finds Dad's Missing Cellphone At Spot Of Fatal Mahwah Crash Glenn Slater Jr. had been to the spot in Mahwah where his dad died in a horrific crash nearly three dozen times the past six years. But a visit on Friday was unlike any other. “As always, if I'm nearby I visit the site” in the northwest corner of Bergen County where Glenn Sr. was killed in a horrific crash, he said. Glenn Jr., 33, of West Milford returned on Friday and was about to leave when he spotted it. “On the ground, covered by a layer of dirt…I found my dad's cell phone,” he wrote. “Or maybe it found me.” Glenn Sr., 62, was driving a water tank that struck several trees and flippe…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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‘Community Vehicle’ Owned By No One Seized By Glen Rock PD, Driver Busted With Stolen ID ‘Community Vehicle’ Owned By No One Seized By Glen Rock PD, Driver Busted With Stolen ID ‘Community Vehicle’ Owned By No One Seized By Glen Rock PD, Driver Busted With Stolen ID
‘Community Vehicle’ Owned By No One Seized By Glen Rock PD, Driver Busted With Stolen ID Not only did a Paterson driver give Glen Rock police who pulled him over a license created with a stolen ID, authorities said. And not only was the SUV he was driving unregistered and uninsured.  The black 2005 Honda CRV also carried license plates taken from another car and was considered a "community vehicle," they said. Several people from the same neighborhood used the SUV and never bothered to register or insure it, Police Chief Dean Ackermann explained. Felix Montero-Terrero, 44, happened to be behind the wheel when borough Police Officer Jim Donnelly stopped the CRV on Lincoln …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Motorcyclist Critical In Crash That Closed Route 80 Motorcyclist Critical In Crash That Closed Route 80 Motorcyclist Critical In Crash That Closed Route 80
Motorcyclist Critical In Crash That Closed Route 80 A motorcyclist remained in critical condition Tuesday following a crash on Route 80 in Hackensack. Michael Barot, 41, of the Ridgewood section of Queens was headed east in the highway's local lanes when his Yamaha collided with the vehicle between the Green and Hudson street exits shortly after 10 p.m. Saturday, New Jersey State Police Trooper Charles Marchan said. The motorcycle overturned, ejecting Barot, he said. The married father of two -- 14 and 9 years old -- works at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, said his cousin, who was ahead of Barot on another cycle when the crash occur…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Bergen Teacher's Stalker Slashed Tire, Yelled ‘School Shooter!’ Police Charge Bergen Teacher's Stalker Slashed Tire, Yelled ‘School Shooter!’ Police Charge Bergen Teacher's Stalker Slashed Tire, Yelled ‘School Shooter!’ Police Charge
Bergen Teacher's Stalker Slashed Tire, Yelled ‘School Shooter!’ Police Charge A Wood-Ridge man was charged with stalking a schoolteacher after police said he slashed the tire of a man he believed she was involved with and drove around her former neighborhood shouting “school shooter!” Francis R. Lucas III, 32, remained in police custody at Bergen New Bridge Medical Center in Paramus on Saturday, more than a week after he was arrested, records show. Police got 911 calls from residents on April 1 that a man had been driving around Avalon at Wesmont Station shouting the threats. Following a license plate check, Sgt. Joseph Rutigliano Jr. and Officers Joseph Vitko…

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