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
UPDATE: Missing Elderly Little Ferry Couple Found In Teaneck UPDATE: Missing Elderly Little Ferry Couple Found In Teaneck UPDATE: Missing Elderly Little Ferry Couple Found In Teaneck
Update: Missing Elderly Little Ferry Couple Found In Teaneck UPDATE: A missing elderly couple took a long route to return to Bergen County, but they were found safe and sound Saturday morning, authorities said. Teaneck police responding to a call of a vehicle stuck in the mud behind the Teaneck Garden Club near Overpeck Park found Lea Asala, 89, outside their SUV and her husband, Anthony Asala, 91, inside around 9 a.m. Saturday. Lea Asala was without shoes and her husband was a bit confused as he searched for the vehicle's paperwork, but they were otherwise OK. Both were taken to Holy Name Medical Center for precautionary reasons, Little Ferry Polic…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Sixth Silk City Homicide This Year: Paterson Man, 22, Shot Dead At Restaurant Sixth Silk City Homicide This Year: Paterson Man, 22, Shot Dead At Restaurant Sixth Silk City Homicide This Year: Paterson Man, 22, Shot Dead At Restaurant
Sixth Silk City Homicide This Year: Paterson Man, 22, Shot Dead At Restaurant A 22-year-old man was gunned down at a Paterson fried chicken restaurant late Thursday in the Silk City’s sixth killing this year, authorities said. Responders on the 11:43 p.m. call furiously tried to revive city resident Rasheed Davis after his assailant fired no fewer than a half-dozen rounds at Mom’s Fried Chicken at the corner of North Main Street and Clinton Avenue behind Public School No. 4. Davis was pronounced dead at the scene exactly 20 minutes later, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint announcement. They didn’t d…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Man Charged In Clifton Domestic Violence Stabbing Captured In Maryland Man Charged In Clifton Domestic Violence Stabbing Captured In Maryland Man Charged In Clifton Domestic Violence Stabbing Captured In Maryland
Man Charged In Clifton Domestic Violence Stabbing Captured In Maryland UPDATE: A man who stabbed a Clifton woman in the head and neck in a domestic violence assault was seized after he drove nearly 200 miles back to his Maryland home, authorities said Friday. Khaled Abukanan, 47, of Catonsville, MD fled after stabbing the 34-year-old victim, who is related to him, at a Gourley Avenue home near Valley Road late Thursday afternoon, authorities said. The victim was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson with critical injuries, responders said. Authorities immediately issued an alert for a tan Dodge Caravan that they said the assailant fled in.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Highland Lakes-Vernon, NJ
Breaking News
Feds: Sussex Scammer Used Dead People’s Names To Collect $1.9M In COVID Relief Feds: Sussex Scammer Used Dead People’s Names To Collect $1.9M In COVID Relief Feds: Sussex Scammer Used Dead People’s Names To Collect $1.9M In COVID Relief
Feds: Sussex Scammer Used Dead People’s Names To Collect $1.9M In COVID Relief A Sussex County scammer identified people who’d been dead for years as business partners to help collect $1.9 million from the federal fund established to help struggling companies during COVID-19, authorities charged. John Jhong, 51, of Sparta, also submitted phony IRS documents with bogus Paycheck Protection Program applications to the lenders on behalf of 10 purported businesses, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. Jhong converted a portion of the money intended for distressed businesses into a cashier’s check “that was used to fund a business account,” Honig said. Congress a ye…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Klepto Car Thief Strikes Twice At Bergen Dealerships Police: Klepto Car Thief Strikes Twice At Bergen Dealerships Police: Klepto Car Thief Strikes Twice At Bergen Dealerships
Police: Klepto Car Thief Strikes Twice At Bergen Dealerships A serial car thief from the Bronx who's repeatedly victimized high-end dealerships in Bergen County was already being sought for a Rochelle Park theft when she did it again – using another stolen ride, authorities said. Nyaomi James, 19,  was spotted a short time before a 2019 Acura RDX was stolen earlier this year from the used car lot of Park Avenue Acura on Route 17 , Police Lt. James DePreta said. Detectives alerted area law enforcement agencies and obtained a warrant for James’s arrest, DePreta said Friday. Police in North Jersey are all-too familiar with James, who has…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
CRIME WAVE: Knife-Wielding Gang Of Bergen Convenience Store Robbers Strikes Again CRIME WAVE: Knife-Wielding Gang Of Bergen Convenience Store Robbers Strikes Again CRIME WAVE: Knife-Wielding Gang Of Bergen Convenience Store Robbers Strikes Again
Crime Wave: Knife-Wielding Gang Of Bergen Convenience Store Robbers Strikes Again A group of knife-wielding thugs who’ve been robbing convenience stores in Bergen County apparently struck again, authorities said. The clerk at the Route 46 7-Eleven clerk in Elmwood Park told police the gang of four robbed the store of $400, 19 packs of Newports and rolling papers shortly after midnight Friday. The clerk said he was on the phone when one of them, brandishing a knife, walked around the counter and demanded he open the register. A similar holdup at a Rochelle Park 7-Eleven less than 48 hours earlier yielded $2,000 in cash, authorities said. SEE: Knife-Wielding Robbers Get …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
GOTCHA! Man Charged In Clifton Domestic Violence Stabbing Captured In Maryland GOTCHA! Man Charged In Clifton Domestic Violence Stabbing Captured In Maryland GOTCHA! Man Charged In Clifton Domestic Violence Stabbing Captured In Maryland
Gotcha! Man Charged In Clifton Domestic Violence Stabbing Captured In Maryland UPDATE: A man who stabbed a Clifton woman in the head and neck in a domestic violence assault was captured hours later after he drove nearly 200 miles back to his Maryland home, authorities said. Khaled Abukanan, 47, of Catonsville, MD fled after stabbing the 34-year-old victim, who is related to him, at a Gourley Avenue home near Valley Road late Thursday afternoon, authorities said. The victim was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson with critical injuries, responders said. Authorities immediately issued an alert for a tan Dodge Caravan that they said the assailant f…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hamilton Township, NJ
Breaking News
Four More NJ Prison Officers Charged In Vicious Beatings Of Female Inmates Four More NJ Prison Officers Charged In Vicious Beatings Of Female Inmates Four More NJ Prison Officers Charged In Vicious Beatings Of Female Inmates
Four More NJ Prison Officers Charged In Vicious Beatings Of Female Inmates UPDATE: Four more correctional officers have been charged in the brutal beating and pepper-spraying of inmates at a New Jersey women’s prison, bringing the total to eight, authorities announced Thursday. Of the four officers newly charged for the January incident at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility, one is from Maywood, another from Paterson, a third from Somerset and the other from East Piscataway. All four senior officers “purposely or knowingly attempted to cause serious bodily injury to inmates as an accomplice or as a principal by using force beyond what was objectively reasonable …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
'Most Wanted' Fugitive From Westchester Captured By Fair Lawn Police 'Most Wanted' Fugitive From Westchester Captured By Fair Lawn Police 'Most Wanted' Fugitive From Westchester Captured By Fair Lawn Police
'Most Wanted' Fugitive From Westchester Captured By Fair Lawn Police An ex-con was removed from Westchester County’s "Most Wanted Fugitives" list after Fair Lawn police found him strung out on heroin, authorities said. Officers responding to a March 8 call of a man going in and out of consciousness in parking lot next to a Broadway (Route 4) check cashing business found Jordan Seacor, 31, of Ossining, sitting in his car, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. “He was sweating profusely and having difficulty staying awake,” the sergeant said. As the officers watched, Seacor dug into his pockets, pulled out a bundle of heroin bags and stuffed them into a backpack, Metzler…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Route 287 Stop: Mahwah Officers Find 4 Guns, Ammo, Ski Mask, Cash Scattered In Sports Car Route 287 Stop: Mahwah Officers Find 4 Guns, Ammo, Ski Mask, Cash Scattered In Sports Car Route 287 Stop: Mahwah Officers Find 4 Guns, Ammo, Ski Mask, Cash Scattered In Sports Car
Route 287 Stop: Mahwah Officers Find 4 Guns, Ammo, Ski Mask, Cash Scattered In Sports Car Two Mahwah police officers found a pair of North Carolina men carrying four guns, dozens of rounds of ammunition and more during a Route 287 stop, authorities said. Officers Matt Buonacore and Frank Federico stopped the 2015 Dodge Challenger for several traffic violations on the southbound highway shortly after 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Police Chief Stephen Jaffe said. As driver Guilherme Desouza Mendes, 19, retrieved documents from the glove compartment, the officers noticed a box of ammunition, Jaffe said. The passenger, Tyrone K. Williams, 20, “acknowledged to the officers [that] there was a…

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