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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Jersey City, NJ
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Fundraiser For NJ Man Accused Of Trying To Meet Underage Teen For Sex Deleted Fundraiser For NJ Man Accused Of Trying To Meet Underage Teen For Sex Deleted Fundraiser For NJ Man Accused Of Trying To Meet Underage Teen For Sex Deleted
Fundraiser For NJ Man Accused Of Trying To Meet Underage Teen For Sex Deleted GoFundMe has deleted a campaign launched by a Hudson County man who authorities said was arrested earlier this month when he tried to meet a 14-year-old child for sex. The page was created Friday by Adamovic, 48, of North Bergen. It hadn't received any donations when Daily Voice published a story about it on Saturday. Soon after, it was removed. Adamovic was arrested on Feb. 5 after authorities said he showed up in Bound Brook for sex with what he thought was an underage partner but was actually an undercover detective. Adamovic, a Bogota native who was graduated from Paramus Catholi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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SCAM ALERT: Don't Let Sketchy Tax Preparer Rip You Off, IRS Warns SCAM ALERT: Don't Let Sketchy Tax Preparer Rip You Off, IRS Warns SCAM ALERT: Don't Let Sketchy Tax Preparer Rip You Off, IRS Warns
Scam ALERT: Don't Let Sketchy Tax Preparer Rip You Off, IRS Warns The IRS began accepting and processing 2020 tax year returns on Friday -- with a warning. Although most tax preparers deliver honest and professional service, “there’s a small number of dishonest preparers who set up shop during filing season to steal money and personal and financial information from clients,” said Michael Montanez, the special agent in charges of IRS Criminal Investigation’s Newark Field Office. Look no further than the results of some his squad’s year-round investigative work. The most recent example is Joseph Kenny Batts, a tax preparer in New Jersey who was sentence…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Paterson Man, 21, Charged With Attempted Murder In Street Shooting Paterson Man, 21, Charged With Attempted Murder In Street Shooting Paterson Man, 21, Charged With Attempted Murder In Street Shooting
Paterson Man, 21, Charged With Attempted Murder In Street Shooting Paterson detectives captured a city man wanted in connection with a shooting late last month that critically wounded another man, authorities said Saturday. Roshane James, 21, is charged with attempted murder and weapons offenses in the 9 p.m. shooting at the corner of 9th and Madison avenues on Jan. 29. The 31-year-old victim was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in critical condition and survived his injuries, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said. They stopped short of calling James the shooter, characterizing him in …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
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Passing Of An NJ Republican Icon: State Senator Gerald Cardinale Dies At 86 Passing Of An NJ Republican Icon: State Senator Gerald Cardinale Dies At 86 Passing Of An NJ Republican Icon: State Senator Gerald Cardinale Dies At 86
Passing Of An NJ Republican Icon: State Senator Gerald Cardinale Dies At 86 State Sen. Gerald Carindale, a Bergen County conservative who served longer than any other Republican New Jersey lawmaker in history, died Saturday. A dentist by trade, Cardinale had battled health issues over the past year while seeking an unprecedented 13th term to the Legislature. He died at Hackensack Merdian Pascack Valley Hospital in Westwood (not COVID-related), a week shy of his 87th birthday. “It is with deep sadness that I learned this morning of the passing of my friend and longtime colleague Senator Gerald Cardinale,” wrote state Rep. Holly Schepisi. The Brooklyn-born Demarest…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
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NJ Thieves Snatching Snow Plows At Alarming Rate, Funeral Director Among Victims NJ Thieves Snatching Snow Plows At Alarming Rate, Funeral Director Among Victims NJ Thieves Snatching Snow Plows At Alarming Rate, Funeral Director Among Victims
NJ Thieves Snatching Snow Plows At Alarming Rate, Funeral Director Among Victims With so much snow falling on New Jersey in recent weeks, funeral director Brian Warner got himself a new $7,000 plow for his 2005 monument pickup truck. And just like that it was gone. "It was locked with the keys kept inside the building," said Warner, who owns and operates Warner-Wozniak Funeral Service in Wallington. It's not just him: Privately-owned pickups with plows are being stolen at an alarming rate in New Jersey, authorities confirmed Friday. This past week, three trucks with plows were stolen out of East Rutherford alone. One owner bought his three days earlier and hadn't even…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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GOTCHA! Out-Of-State Clifton Auto Shop Burglary Suspect's Alibi Doesn't Fly With NJSP Trooper GOTCHA! Out-Of-State Clifton Auto Shop Burglary Suspect's Alibi Doesn't Fly With NJSP Trooper GOTCHA! Out-Of-State Clifton Auto Shop Burglary Suspect's Alibi Doesn't Fly With NJSP Trooper
Gotcha! Out-Of-State Clifton Auto Shop Burglary Suspect's Alibi Doesn't Fly With Njsp Trooper An Arizona man stopped in the freezing rain by a New Jersey State Police trooper who was helping his Clifton colleagues search for an auto repair shop burglar claimed that he’d just gone out for a walk, authorities said. A computer check found an outstanding warrant, while a search of his pockets turned up some of the stolen items. Clifton police thanked State Police for the assistance after arresting James Newcomb, 26, of Prescott, AZ in connection with the Broad Street burglary. Officers responding to a late-night burglar alarm just off the Garden State Parkway found a broken window at t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Paterson Rookie Police Officer Charged With Domestic Violence Paterson Rookie Police Officer Charged With Domestic Violence Paterson Rookie Police Officer Charged With Domestic Violence
Paterson Rookie Police Officer Charged With Domestic Violence A Paterson police officer who was sworn to the job just last summer was charged with domestic violence, authorities announced late Friday. Joseph Tuminelli, 26, was arrested by members of his own department, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a brief release. He was charged with third-degree domestic aggravated assault, stalking and harassment, they said, adding that the incidents occurred in Paterson. Tuminelli was among 16 new officers sworn in last July 13. Valdes and Baycora didn't say whether Tuminelli had been suspended, was jailed a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Detective Chase Down Paterson Teen Carrying Loaded Handgun, 170 Heroin Folds Detective Chase Down Paterson Teen Carrying Loaded Handgun, 170 Heroin Folds Detective Chase Down Paterson Teen Carrying Loaded Handgun, 170 Heroin Folds
Detective Chase Down Paterson Teen Carrying Loaded Handgun, 170 Heroin Folds Paterson detectives responding to a report of an armed assault chased down a teen who was carrying a loaded handgun and a 170 heroin folds, authorities said. Detectives Mohammad Bashir and Yamil Pimienta, responding to a report of a group assaulting two victims, approached a group of of four on the corner of Jefferson and North 5th Street, city Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. As they got out of their car, the detectives saw one hand a plastic bag to another and tell him to run. The boy, 17, tossed the bag as he ran through rear yards on North 4th Street before Detectives Musta…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
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'Old School' Corruption: Morris Freeholder Hopeful Admits Taking $10G Bribe In Failed Campaign 'Old School' Corruption: Morris Freeholder Hopeful Admits Taking $10G Bribe In Failed Campaign 'Old School' Corruption: Morris Freeholder Hopeful Admits Taking $10G Bribe In Failed Campaign
'Old School' Corruption: Morris Freeholder Hopeful Admits Taking $10G Bribe In Failed Campaign UPDATE: Not only did Mary Dougherty lose a Morris County freeholder election three years ago. She also admitted Friday that she accepted an illegal $10,000 contribution to the failed campaign. What Dougherty didn’t know at the time was that the contributor was working for state prosecutors. Dougherty, 60, of Morristown was one of five politicos from Morris and Hudson counties snared in the sting, which targeted what state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal called “old school” New Jersey corruption. Rather than go to trial, she took a deal from the government, pleading guilty Friday via tele…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Jeep Peppered With Bullets, Paterson Driver, 22, Struck In Chest Dies Jeep Peppered With Bullets, Paterson Driver, 22, Struck In Chest Dies Jeep Peppered With Bullets, Paterson Driver, 22, Struck In Chest Dies
Jeep Peppered With Bullets, Paterson Driver, 22, Struck In Chest Dies A 22-year-old driver was shot and killed in his Jeep and another man wounded on a Paterson street, authorities confirmed Friday. Stevens Origene was found behind the wheel of a Cherokee that had crashed into a Honda Accord parked on East 21st Street near 21st Avenue after it was peppered with gunfire just after 7:30 p.m. Thursday. He was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center with gunshot wounds – including one in the chest -- and was pronounced dead less than an hour later. A short time later, an 18-year-old man showed up Hackensack University Medical Center via private vehicle, Pa…

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