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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Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
River Vale Man, 79, Hospitalized With Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound River Vale Man, 79, Hospitalized With Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound River Vale Man, 79, Hospitalized With Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound
River Vale Man, 79, Hospitalized With Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound A 79-year-old River Vale man was hospitalized after shooting himself on Thursday, authorities said. He was reported in stable condition at Hackensack University Medical Center following the noontime incident on Central Avenue. Police were trying to determine whether the gunshot wound was accidental or self-inflicted.

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Mahwah DPW Worker Awaiting Trial In Child Sex Assault Case Was DWI In Township Truck Police: Mahwah DPW Worker Awaiting Trial In Child Sex Assault Case Was DWI In Township Truck Police: Mahwah DPW Worker Awaiting Trial In Child Sex Assault Case Was DWI In Township Truck
Police: Mahwah DPW Worker Awaiting Trial In Child Sex Assault Case Was DWI In Township Truck A Mahwah municipal employee who’s been free on bail on charges of sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl was busted for DWI while driving a township truck in Hawthorne, authorities confirmed. Whether this will cost Brian Potter, 43, his freedom before trial had yet to be determined. One of the stipulations of his bail release was that Potter refrain from consuming drugs or alcohol. A Superior Court judge in Hackensack is scheduled to hear a request by Pre-Trial Services to revoke Potter's bail on March 18, an assistant Bergen County prosecutor said Thursday. Potter was stopped on Lafayett…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Passaic Man Shot In Neck At Housing Project Passaic Man Shot In Neck At Housing Project Passaic Man Shot In Neck At Housing Project
Passaic Man Shot In Neck At Housing Project A 26-year-old Passaic man was shot in the neck overnight at a city public housing development, authorities confirmed. “Evidence of a crime scene was located outside and inside the building” at Speer Village on Aspen Place and State Street just off Route 21 shortly after 1 a.m., Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Passaic Police Chief Luis A. Guzman said. The victim was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson for treatment of the non-fatal wound, Valdes and Guzman said in a brief joint release. They didn’t say whether anyone in particular was suspected or had …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Two Paterson Women Found Shot In Car Two Paterson Women Found Shot In Car Two Paterson Women Found Shot In Car
Two Paterson Women Found Shot In Car Two Paterson women who were shot in their car were expected to survive, authorities said Thursday. Police found both 28-year-old city residents pulled over near the corner of North Main and Jefferson streets shortly after 9 p.m. Wednesday. They’d been shot – one in the back, the other in the leg – around the block at Stout and Holsman streets, responders said. Both were taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center with injuries that Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said weren’t fatal. They didn’t say whether anyone was in custody or i…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
'Yo, Cops!': Paterson Detectives Find Teen With Loaded Gun, Heroin For Sale Despite Warning 'Yo, Cops!': Paterson Detectives Find Teen With Loaded Gun, Heroin For Sale Despite Warning 'Yo, Cops!': Paterson Detectives Find Teen With Loaded Gun, Heroin For Sale Despite Warning
'Yo, Cops!': Paterson Detectives Find Teen With Loaded Gun, Heroin For Sale Despite Warning The shout of "yo, cops!" wasn't fast enough to prevent plainclothes Paterson detectives from nabbing a 18-year-old dealer carrying a loaded gun, authorities said. Kenrick Flores heard the warning and threw down 30 bags of heroin as Detectives Mohammed Bashir and Yamil Pimienta approached a group gathered in front of a Slater Street home shortly before 7 p.m. Wednesday, city Police Director Jerry Speziale said. The detectives grabbed Flores and pulled a loaded .45-caliber semi-automatic Expert Para pistol from the his waistband, Speziale said. They also recovered the discarded dope, he said…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
SEE ANYTHING? Fort Lee Pedestrian Struck, Critically Injured Walking In Middle Of Road Near GWB SEE ANYTHING? Fort Lee Pedestrian Struck, Critically Injured Walking In Middle Of Road Near GWB SEE ANYTHING? Fort Lee Pedestrian Struck, Critically Injured Walking In Middle Of Road Near GWB
SEE Anything? Fort Lee Pedestrian Struck, Critically Injured Walking In Middle Of Road Near GWB A 62-year-old Fort Lee man was walking in the middle of the road beneath a highway underpass when he was struck and critically injured by an SUV Wednesday afternoon, authorities said. The victim was walking in the middle of the exit ramp from Route 46/Route 1 toward Bergen Boulevard when he was struck by a 2011 Porsche Cayenne outside the Plaza West shopping center shortly after 3 p.m., Police Capt. Ricky Mirkovic said. The 71-year-old driver stopped immediately and dialed 911, he said. The pedestrian was breathing but unresponsive with a severe head injury when Fort Lee police and EMS arr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Man Accused Of Fondling Paterson Child, 12, Becomes 6th County Child Sex Case Cited In One Day Man Accused Of Fondling Paterson Child, 12, Becomes 6th County Child Sex Case Cited In One Day Man Accused Of Fondling Paterson Child, 12, Becomes 6th County Child Sex Case Cited In One Day
Man Accused Of Fondling Paterson Child, 12, Becomes 6th County Child Sex Case Cited In One Day The sixth sex assault on a child announced Thursday by Passaic County authorities was allegedly committed by a Bronx man on a 12-year-old victim. Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes had already shared information about new arrests or developments in five alleged sexual assaults on children in Passaic County when she announced Wednesday’s arrest of Joel Cerezo-Sanchez, 53. Detectives from her Special Victims Unit interviewed the alleged victim and other witnesses after Paterson police responded to a residence on Dec. 27 on a complaint of a child being "inappropriately touched,” the prosecutor said…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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TAX SCAM: Bergen Man Admits Posing As 18 Different Recipients To Collect Refunds TAX SCAM: Bergen Man Admits Posing As 18 Different Recipients To Collect Refunds TAX SCAM: Bergen Man Admits Posing As 18 Different Recipients To Collect Refunds
TAX Scam: Bergen Man Admits Posing As 18 Different Recipients To Collect Refunds A Bergen County man admitted collecting tax refunds by using stolen identities to pose as 18 different people. Emmanuel A. Barrientos-Fermin, 33, of Tenafly told a federal judge via videoconference in Newark on Tuesday that he gave an unnamed co-conspirator a photo of himself. The accomplice then produced bogus driver’s licenses with his picture on them, he said. The co-conspirator also gave him matching Social Security cards, driver’s licenses and W-2 forms – even birth certificates, Barrientos-Fermin said. Armed with the documents, Barrientos-Fermin said, he went to various tax preparin…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Stretch Limo Drive-By: Victim Critical After Paterson Liquor Store Shooting Stretch Limo Drive-By: Victim Critical After Paterson Liquor Store Shooting Stretch Limo Drive-By: Victim Critical After Paterson Liquor Store Shooting
Stretch Limo Drive-By: Victim Critical After Paterson Liquor Store Shooting An assailant fled in a white stretch limousine after shooting a victim in the back in a Paterson liquor store Wednesday afternoon, responders said. Police said they stopped the vehicle and took three suspects into custody minutes after the 1:30 p.m. shooting at Angel's Wine & Liquors at the corner of 6th Street and Clinton Avenue. The 35-year-old victim, meanwhile, was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center after police found him seriously wounded outside the store. He was in critical condition, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibra…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Jersey City, NJ
Breaking News
Jersey City Jeweler From Clifton Admits Lying To FBI To Protect Customers Jersey City Jeweler From Clifton Admits Lying To FBI To Protect Customers Jersey City Jeweler From Clifton Admits Lying To FBI To Protect Customers
Jersey City Jeweler From Clifton Admits Lying To FBI To Protect Customers A Jersey City mall jewelry store manager from Clifton admitted lying to the FBI to protect investigative targets who were his customers, authorities said. Khaled Hamade, 60, told a federal judge in Newark via videoconference Tuesday that he lied when he told agents investigating a fraud against a financing company that he didn’t know the suspects. “Hamade denied knowledge of the identities and personal information of numerous customers of his jewelry store who were believed to have engaged in the fraud,” Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. The Lebanese immigrant, who managed the Ne…

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