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
FBI: Don’t Even Think Of Using A Phony COVID Vaccination Card FBI: Don’t Even Think Of Using A Phony COVID Vaccination Card FBI: Don’t Even Think Of Using A Phony COVID Vaccination Card
FBI: Don’t Even Think Of Using A Phony COVID Vaccination Card It was inevitable that there’d be a black market for COVID vaccination cards, which has prompted warnings from federal authorities. It might be tempting to print out and fill in a blank vaccination card you bought online -- or on the street. Just be warned: You’re not just putting others at risk. You’re also facing possible federal charges if you’re caught with a forged card, the FBI says. "If you did not receive the vaccine, do not buy fake vaccine cards, do not make your own vaccine cards, and do not fill-in blank vaccination record cards with false information," the bureau warns. "By …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Thief From Elizabeth, 20, Steals Wayne Senior's Social Security Benefits Police: Thief From Elizabeth, 20, Steals Wayne Senior's Social Security Benefits Police: Thief From Elizabeth, 20, Steals Wayne Senior's Social Security Benefits
Police: Thief From Elizabeth, 20, Steals Wayne Senior's Social Security Benefits An Elizabeth man used more than $1,000 of an elderly Wayne resident’s money after stealing his Social Security benefits card, authorities charged. Anthony Belizaca, 20, was arrested after township detectives traced the thefts back to a business where he used to work, Detective Capt. Daniel Daly said. Belizaca drained what was left on the card – which is for obtaining and spending Social Security Benefits – to buy electronics and food, Daly said. Police charged him with credit card theft, theft by deception and wrongful impersonation, the captain said. Belizaca surrendered at headquarters …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Rutherford Bank Robbed Of $2,300 Rutherford Bank Robbed Of $2,300 Rutherford Bank Robbed Of $2,300
Rutherford Bank Robbed Of $2,300 A robber held up a Rutherford bank Wednesday afternoon, authorities said. The black robber – wearing a face mask, dark jacket and a hoodie -- entered the Kearny Bank (formerly Kearny Federal Savings Bank) branch at Park and West Newall avenues at 4:15 p.m., Police Chief John Russo said. He handed the teller a note with specific instructions, demanded the note back, then fled east on foot on West Newell Avenue with $2,300 in cash in a plastic bag, the chief said. No weapon was shown, he said. Rutherford detectives and the FBI were working the case. The Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Cri…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
LOCKED OUT: Drunken Bogota Man Falls, Breaks Leg Trying To Reach Upstairs Window LOCKED OUT: Drunken Bogota Man Falls, Breaks Leg Trying To Reach Upstairs Window LOCKED OUT: Drunken Bogota Man Falls, Breaks Leg Trying To Reach Upstairs Window
Locked OUT: Drunken Bogota Man Falls, Breaks Leg Trying To Reach Upstairs Window An intoxicated Bogota man who locked himself out of his garden apartment fell and was severely injured trying to climb a fire escape to his window, authorities said. Unable to get in, the 51-year-old victim got two stories up before falling outside the apartment complex on West Fort Lee Road, near River Road, around 10 p.m. Tuesday, they said. An ambulance from Holy Name Medical Center took him to the Hackensack University Medical Center trauma unit with a broken leg and head injury, responders said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities: Detectives Bust Driver, Accomplice In Months-Old Passaic Pedestrian Hit-Run Authorities: Detectives Bust Driver, Accomplice In Months-Old Passaic Pedestrian Hit-Run Authorities: Detectives Bust Driver, Accomplice In Months-Old Passaic Pedestrian Hit-Run
Authorities: Detectives Bust Driver, Accomplice In Months-Old Passaic Pedestrian Hit-Run A 27-year-old Passaic driver sped off after his car struck and severely injured another city resident last fall, said authorities who also charged a Prospect Park woman with trying to cover up his involvement. Matthew Cancel was behind the wheel of a 2015 Mercedes-Benz that struck the 64-year-old victim at Market and Hudson streets on Oct. 25, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Passaic Police Chief Luis Guzman said in a joint announcement. The victim was treated at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson for serious bodily injuries, they said. Detectives tied Cancel …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
RECOGNIZE THEM? FBI Says Long-Haul Truckers Who Kidnapped Women May Have More Victims RECOGNIZE THEM? FBI Says Long-Haul Truckers Who Kidnapped Women May Have More Victims RECOGNIZE THEM? FBI Says Long-Haul Truckers Who Kidnapped Women May Have More Victims
Recognize Them? FBI Says Long-Haul Truckers Who Kidnapped Women May Have More Victims Two long-haul truckers recently arrested for kidnapping women and demanding ransoms for their release may have also had victims in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania, among other areas, federal authorities said Wednesday. Brian T. Summerson, 25, of Dillon, South Carolina, was arrested in Daytona Beach, Florida, assaulting, imprisoning and tampering with a victim, the FBI announced. Pierre L. Washington, a 35-year-old trucking company owner (God Got Me LLC), was busted in Chicago, Illinois, where he lives, the bureau said. Although the FBI couldn’t specify Washington’s routes, they noted…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
RECOGNIZE HER? Hawthorne Detectives Look To Question Woman In ID Theft RECOGNIZE HER? Hawthorne Detectives Look To Question Woman In ID Theft RECOGNIZE HER? Hawthorne Detectives Look To Question Woman In ID Theft
Recognize HER? Hawthorne Detectives Look To Question Woman In ID Theft Hawthorne police hope the public can help identify a person of interest in an active investigation. Detectives investigating identity theft released a surveillance image of the woman in distinctive clothing that they hope someone recognizes. She's wanted for questioning, they said. They asked that anyone who sees, knows or knows where to find her contact Hawthorne Police Detective Joseph DiGeronimo at (973) 427-8300 or [email protected].

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
REVOLVING DOOR: Bergen-Hudson Career Criminal, 64, Busted, Released Again REVOLVING DOOR: Bergen-Hudson Career Criminal, 64, Busted, Released Again REVOLVING DOOR: Bergen-Hudson Career Criminal, 64, Busted, Released Again
Revolving Door: Bergen-Hudson Career Criminal, 64, Busted, Released Again A 64-year-old ex-con with decades of small-time arrests and convictions on his record was charged with stealing tires from a Maywood business. As in many of his arrests over the years, North Bergen native Fred Worthington was released after borough Detective Christopher Nichols quickly tied him to the West Central Avenue crime. He charged Worthington with theft, conspiracy and possession of heroin, drug paraphernalia and burglary tools, Detective Sgt. William Phayre said. Worthington, who also recently had addresses in Cliffside Park and Fairview, has been charged and convicted in several …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Haledon Police Rescue Resident As Fire Consumes Haledon Home Haledon Police Rescue Resident As Fire Consumes Haledon Home Haledon Police Rescue Resident As Fire Consumes Haledon Home
Haledon Police Rescue Resident As Fire Consumes Haledon Home Police rescued a resident from a second-floor window after a Haledon home was destroyed by what began as a pre-dawn car fire. Other occupants also got out safely in the two-alarm blaze, which broke out on John Ryle Avenue around 4 a.m., borough firefighters said. One was taken to a nearby hospital with injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening, they said. “Crews made an interior push to the 2nd floor to extinguish the bulk of the fire,” the department said in a post. “Crews then spent about an hour opening up and extinguishing hidden pockets of fire.” Fire Chief Tom Bakker declar…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Elizabeth, NJ
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Feds: Union County Man Admits Collecting Child Porn Videos Feds: Union County Man Admits Collecting Child Porn Videos Feds: Union County Man Admits Collecting Child Porn Videos
Feds: Union County Man Admits Collecting Child Porn Videos A Union County man caught by federal agents with child porn took a guilty plea Tuesday. Andrew Chu, 30, of Garwood, admitted during a videoconference with a judge in Newark that he downloaded what Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said were 90 videos “depicting the sexual abuse of children” from a dark web site. Chu took a deal from the government rather than go to trial. U.S. District Judge William J. Martini scheduled sentencing on Chu’s plea to possession child pornography for Aug. 26. Honig credited special agents of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Homeland Security Inv…

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