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
Feds: 2nd Cali Man Laundered $560,000 Stolen From Bergen Man, $285,000 In Gov't Loan Scheme Feds: 2nd Cali Man Laundered $560,000 Stolen From Bergen Man, $285,000 In Gov't Loan Scheme Feds: 2nd Cali Man Laundered $560,000 Stolen From Bergen Man, $285,000 In Gov't Loan Scheme
Feds: 2nd Cali Man Laundered $560,000 Stolen From Bergen Man, $285,000 In Gov't Loan Scheme A second California man has been charged in an email scam that cost a Bergen County property owner $560,000 – and there could be more, federal authorities said. Anthony Debose Hannah, 57, controlled an account where co-conspirator Eric Bullard wired $230,000 of the money, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. Bullard, 59, of Los Angeles had hacked an email account at a law firm representing the victim, then wrote to the client with instructions to wire the $560,000 into an escrow account identified as “Eric’s Commercial LLC,” Honig said. The day the transfer was posted, Bullard was s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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20 Busted With 4,176 Heroin Folds, Crack, Cash In Raid On Paterson Open-Air Drug Market 20 Busted With 4,176 Heroin Folds, Crack, Cash In Raid On Paterson Open-Air Drug Market 20 Busted With 4,176 Heroin Folds, Crack, Cash In Raid On Paterson Open-Air Drug Market
20 Busted With 4,176 Heroin Folds, Crack, Cash In Raid On Paterson Open-Air Drug Market Paterson police raided an open-air drug market, seizing 4,176 heroin folds, 194 bags of crack and $5,549 in proceeds while busting 20 dealers and buyers, authorities said. Among the accused buyers was a 72-year-old city man caught with four vials of crack, they said. The Hamilton Avenue sweep between Summer and Lake streets sought to ease residents’ fears for the safety of their children and themselves, city Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said Friday. Speziale said the heavier hitter included a quartet of Paterson residents: Isaiah Wharton, 24; Africa Downs, 45; Dante Harriso…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
SEEN HER? Paterson Fugitive, 24, Wanted For Trying To Burn Down Ex's Apartment SEEN HER? Paterson Fugitive, 24, Wanted For Trying To Burn Down Ex's Apartment SEEN HER? Paterson Fugitive, 24, Wanted For Trying To Burn Down Ex's Apartment
Seen HER? Paterson Fugitive, 24, Wanted For Trying To Burn Down Ex's Apartment A Paterson woman has remained a fugitive since trying to burn down a former lover’s apartment, authorities said. The fire broke out shortly after 10:30 p.m. March 20 in a large factory building that was converted into 240 units at the corner of Madison and Essex streets in Paterson. A surveillance camera caught images of Ahkearah Muhammad, 24, video pouring lighter fluid outside her former beau’s door in a large city complex -- a bottle of which was later discovered at the scene, authorities said. Another resident quickly doused the blaze without anyone being injured, Passaic County Prose…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson Hit-Run Driver Gets 7 Years For Killing City Resident Paterson Hit-Run Driver Gets 7 Years For Killing City Resident Paterson Hit-Run Driver Gets 7 Years For Killing City Resident
Paterson Hit-Run Driver Gets 7 Years For Killing City Resident A Paterson man who mowed down a city resident and then sped off was sentenced to seven years in state prison. Jesus Herrera, 65, was driving a 1997 GMC Sierra truck that struck 48-year-old Luis Arango as he crossed the 900 block Main Street in November 2017, authorities said. Herrera, rather than take a plea bargain, went to trial and was convicted by a state jury in Paterson in January 2020 of leaving the scene of a crash result in death and endangering an injured victim. Superior Court Judge Justine A. Niccollai allowed Herrera to serve out sentences for both convictions concurrently, un…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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PHOTOS: Sight-Seeing Helicopter Makes Emergency Landing In Edgewater PHOTOS: Sight-Seeing Helicopter Makes Emergency Landing In Edgewater PHOTOS: Sight-Seeing Helicopter Makes Emergency Landing In Edgewater
Photos: Sight-Seeing Helicopter Makes Emergency Landing In Edgewater It wasn't exactly a "Sully" moment, but it turned out OK, just the same, when a sight-seeing helicopter made a safe emergency landing Friday afternoon in Edgewater. The HeliNY pilot "found a safe spot to land" after an emergency light went on during the area's high winds shortly before 2 p.m., police said. He brought the 13-year-old Rotorcraft down softly behind the Mitsuwa Marketplace on River Road, one responder said, adding: "Now we just have to figure how to get it out of there." The chopper touched down on a clear, flat spot of land on one of the largest vacant pieces of property a s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Instagram Celeb Held In Bergen Jail For Kidnapping, Terrorizing Man Who Trashed Him Online Instagram Celeb Held In Bergen Jail For Kidnapping, Terrorizing Man Who Trashed Him Online Instagram Celeb Held In Bergen Jail For Kidnapping, Terrorizing Man Who Trashed Him Online
Instagram Celeb Held In Bergen Jail For Kidnapping, Terrorizing Man Who Trashed Him Online An Instagram influencer and two associates kidnapped a man in Bergen County, then stripped him naked and held a machete to his neck while threatening to kill him if he didn’t remove negative social media posts, authorities charged. Jebara J. Igbara, 25, told the victim that a video of the kidnapping would be released to social media if he didn’t do what he was told, they said. Earlier this week, federal authorities in Brooklyn charged Ibarra with scamming four of his nearly 1 million followers out of Bitcoin virtual currency by sending them worthless wire transfers in exchange for more than…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities: South Hackensack PD Nabs Fugitive 'Cable Guy' Who Stole $2,000 From Resident Authorities: South Hackensack PD Nabs Fugitive 'Cable Guy' Who Stole $2,000 From Resident Authorities: South Hackensack PD Nabs Fugitive 'Cable Guy' Who Stole $2,000 From Resident
Authorities: South Hackensack PD Nabs Fugitive 'Cable Guy' Who Stole $2,000 From Resident A fugitive wanted by authorities in New Jersey and Virginia stole $2,000 from a South Hackensack victim’s home after taking a temporary job as a tech trainee for a local cable company, authorities said. The 61-year-old victim told police that she discovered the money missing after a four-member crew from Optimum completed an installation job at her home, Capt. Robert Chinchar said. One was a technician and the three others were trainees – including Gabriel Figueroa, 23, of the Bronx, the captain said. Figueroa acted suspiciously while talking about “money problems” he was having, Chinchar …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Crash At Mahwah Railroad Bridge Knocks Heavy Machinery Off Trailer Crash At Mahwah Railroad Bridge Knocks Heavy Machinery Off Trailer Crash At Mahwah Railroad Bridge Knocks Heavy Machinery Off Trailer
Crash At Mahwah Railroad Bridge Knocks Heavy Machinery Off Trailer A piece of heavy machinery nearly got knocked off its trailer when it struck an overpass Friday morning near the Mahwah train station. The plow-sweeper was severely damaged when it struck the railroad bridge on Ramapo Avenue near South Railroad Avenue while being towed around 9:30 a.m. New Jersey Transit engineers and a township DPW crew were among the responders summoned. No injuries were immediately reported. The road remained closed temporarily. The site of repeated crashes, the bridge has a clearance of 9½ feet.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Head-On DWI Crash Off Route 208: One Driver Hospitalized, Other Arrested, Fair Lawn Police Say Head-On DWI Crash Off Route 208: One Driver Hospitalized, Other Arrested, Fair Lawn Police Say Head-On DWI Crash Off Route 208: One Driver Hospitalized, Other Arrested, Fair Lawn Police Say
Head-On DWI Crash Off Route 208: One Driver Hospitalized, Other Arrested, Fair Lawn Police Say Police said a driver was under the influence when his car slammed head-on into another Friday morning just off Route 208 in Fair Lawn, authorities said. Witnesses told police that Vadym Yukhno, 58, of Fair Lawn passed several other cars on Maple Avenue coming off the highway ramp toward Glen Rock when his Prius struck a Chevy Malibu in the oncoming lane just shortly after 9 a.m. The driver of the Malibu, a 43-year-old New Haven, CT woman, was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood with chest and wrist injuries, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Police arrested Yukhno after he failed a roadside …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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SEEN HIM? FBI Seeks Public's Help Finding Accused Fugitive Killer, 20, From Paterson SEEN HIM? FBI Seeks Public's Help Finding Accused Fugitive Killer, 20, From Paterson SEEN HIM? FBI Seeks Public's Help Finding Accused Fugitive Killer, 20, From Paterson
Seen HIM? FBI Seeks Public's Help Finding Accused Fugitive Killer, 20, From Paterson The FBI turned to the public for help catching a 20-year-old Paterson fugitive wanted for murder. Diego Alfonso De Leon Mejia gunned down Marco “Magoo” Bishop, 41, near the Delta service station at the corner of 25th Street and 21st Avenue around 1:30 a.m. May 16, 2019, authorities said. Responding officers found Bishop's body face down in the street on 25th Street. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Paterson detectives two weeks later obtained a warrant for DeLeon Mejia’s arrest for murder and weapons possession. Last week, a U.S. District Court judge in Newark issued a federal warran…

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