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
Breaking News
Authorities Smash Major NJ Trafficking Ring, Seize $1 Million Worth Of Drugs, Arrest 20 Authorities Smash Major NJ Trafficking Ring, Seize $1 Million Worth Of Drugs, Arrest 20 Authorities Smash Major NJ Trafficking Ring, Seize $1 Million Worth Of Drugs, Arrest 20
Authorities Smash Major NJ Trafficking Ring, Seize $1 Million Worth Of Drugs, Arrest 20 A barber shop and used car lot were fronts for a large-scale North Jersey drug trafficking ring, said authorities who seized nearly 21 pounds of fentanyl, 7½ pounds of cocaine, a loaded gun and more while arresting 20 people in Hudson, Bergen, Essex and Union counties. Nearly two dozen locations in New Jersey and New York were raided and nearly four pounds of meth, more than a pound and a half of fentanyl and $118,395 in cash were seized by a team headed by the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Narcotics Task Force working with federal Homeland Security Investigations and the NYPD, they said Wednes…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Pickup Truck, SUV Crash Head-On In Fair Lawn Pickup Truck, SUV Crash Head-On In Fair Lawn Pickup Truck, SUV Crash Head-On In Fair Lawn
Pickup Truck, SUV Crash Head-On In Fair Lawn A pickup truck and an SUV collided head-on Tuesday afternoon in Fair Lawn. The 59-year-old Honda Pilot driver from Glen Rock apparently crossed the double-yellow line passing another vehicle on Saddle River Road when it collided with a Chevy Silverado at Terhune Place shortly after 4:30 p.m., Police Sgt. Brian Metzler said. She sustained a head and chest injury, Metzler said. A 38-year-old male passenger in the pickup was hospitalized with neck, ribs and ankle injuries. He was one of five men who'd been out plowing snow, responders said. Two of the seven total occupants in both vehicl…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack Mom Drove Drunk With Child In Front Seat, Maywood Police Charge Hackensack Mom Drove Drunk With Child In Front Seat, Maywood Police Charge Hackensack Mom Drove Drunk With Child In Front Seat, Maywood Police Charge
Hackensack Mom Drove Drunk With Child In Front Seat, Maywood Police Charge A Hackensack woman drove drunk with her 9-year-old son in the front seat, said Maywood police who got help from a good Samaritan who followed her until officers arrived. Responding to the concerned citizen’s call, Officer Matt Della Bella and Officer Noel Hodgins stopped Shavone Jones, 41, on Passaic Street, Detective Sgt. William Phayre said. Jones with charged with DWI and child endangerment and released to a responsible adult, the sergeant said. Police also released the boy to a responsible adult and notified the state Division of Child Protection and Permanency, which Phayre said was c…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Ex-Con Charged With Bringing Gun Used In Teaneck Nightclub Shooting Involving Rapper Ex-Con Charged With Bringing Gun Used In Teaneck Nightclub Shooting Involving Rapper Ex-Con Charged With Bringing Gun Used In Teaneck Nightclub Shooting Involving Rapper
Ex-Con Charged With Bringing Gun Used In Teaneck Nightclub Shooting Involving Rapper A gun that was used to shoot a man in the head outside a Teaneck nightclub where a popular rapper was celebrating his birthday was brought there by a Bronx ex-con, authorities said. Ivis Perdomo, 39, was arrested late last week during an ongoing investigation into the Dec. 7 shooting outside Rain on Water Street, which witnesses said occurred after a sedan was bumped by an SUV containing Julius Dubose, also known as A Boogie wit da Hoodie. Authorities hadn’t yet charged anyone with shooting the 18-year-old member of Dubose’s group in the head. At this point, however, evidence clearly points…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
ICE Detains Day Laborer Charged In Repeated Sex Assaults On North Arlington Pre-Teen ICE Detains Day Laborer Charged In Repeated Sex Assaults On North Arlington Pre-Teen ICE Detains Day Laborer Charged In Repeated Sex Assaults On North Arlington Pre-Teen
ICE Detains Day Laborer Charged In Repeated Sex Assaults On North Arlington Pre-Teen ICE has placed a detainer on a Guatemalan national living in North Arlington who was jailed on charges of sexually assaulting a pre-teen several times over a period of six months. Jose Estrada-Coj, a 47-year-old day laborer, was arrested by borough police on Sunday after they received information about the alleged assaults, all of which took place in North Arlington, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Tuesday. An investigation by detectives from Musella’s Special Victims Unit and their borough colleagues led to charges of first-degree aggravated sexual assault, as well as sexual ass…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
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Man's Fingertips Severed In Teaneck Snow Blowing Mishap Man's Fingertips Severed In Teaneck Snow Blowing Mishap Man's Fingertips Severed In Teaneck Snow Blowing Mishap
Man's Fingertips Severed In Teaneck Snow Blowing Mishap One man had several fingertips severed while another nearly lost an entire finger in a pair of snow blowing mishaps Tuesday in Teaneck, authorities said. The first victim, 43, brought the severed fingertips to Holy Name Medical Center around 10 a.m., responders said. The 30-year-old second victim, like the first, also got himself to the hospital after removing his injured hand intact, police said. No further information was immediately available, they said. In addition to possible heart strain from pushing a heavy snow blower, authorities say people should always be aware of the potential…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities Nab Accused Paterson Arsonist Authorities Nab Accused Paterson Arsonist Authorities Nab Accused Paterson Arsonist
Authorities Nab Accused Paterson Arsonist A Paterson man was charged with starting a car fire late Monday. Detectives arrested Giancarick Carbonell, 32, after city firefighters doused the 10:15 p.m. blaze outside a Market Street business without damage to surrounding structures, authorities said. They charged him with aggravated arson and sent him to the Passaic County Jail to await a first appearance Tuesday in Central Judicial Processing Court in Paterson. Anyone with additional information or images of the incident is asked to contact the Passaic County prosecutor’s tips line at 1-877-370-PCPO or Paterson police at (973) 321-11…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Robbery Rampage: Paterson Police Capture Armed Trio Of Young Thugs Robbery Rampage: Paterson Police Capture Armed Trio Of Young Thugs Robbery Rampage: Paterson Police Capture Armed Trio Of Young Thugs
Robbery Rampage: Paterson Police Capture Armed Trio Of Young Thugs A group of young thugs had just put a fake gun to a robbery victim’s head when Paterson police tracked down and captured them, authorities said. Snow hadn’t begun falling yet when officers converged on Liberty Street near Wayne Avenue following a robbery around 11 a.m. Sunday, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Moments earlier, the robbers pistol-whipped a victim, taking his wallet and cellphone, Speziale said. They were all wearing black, including their face masks. The circumstances were similar to a trio of street holdups that occurred early Friday between 6 a.m. or so and shortly be…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson Man, 26, Stabbed Dead In Group Brawl Paterson Man, 26, Stabbed Dead In Group Brawl Paterson Man, 26, Stabbed Dead In Group Brawl
Paterson Man, 26, Stabbed Dead In Group Brawl A 26-year-old Paterson man was stabbed dead during a group brawl before dawn Sunday, authorities said. Police conducted CPR after finding Luis Ramirez stabbed, unconscious and bleeding on the ground next to a parked vehicle in front of a three-story brick walkup on Park Avenue off East 22nd Street shortly before 12:30 a.m., responders said. Ramirez was pronounced dead at the scene soon after, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a noontime release. They didn’t say whether any suspects had been identified or arrested. Valdes and Bayc…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Nasty Nor'easter (UPDATE): Expect Blizzard-Like Effects On Travel, Power Nasty Nor'easter (UPDATE): Expect Blizzard-Like Effects On Travel, Power Nasty Nor'easter (UPDATE): Expect Blizzard-Like Effects On Travel, Power
Nasty Nor'easter (Update): Expect Blizzard-Like Effects On Travel, Power UPDATE: It's not snowfall totals of more than a foot and a half in some New Jersey counties and parts of Pennsylvania that have forecasters concerned about the nasty nor'easter heading our way: It's the blizzard-like conditions. That means travel will be “very difficult to impossible” beginning with the arrival of the prolonged storm around 7 p.m. Sunday and continuing through 1 p.m. Tuesday, the National Weather Service said Sunday morning. There will also be power outages from downed trees and snagged wires, as well as flooding in coastal areas. Morris, Sussex and Warren counties are ex…

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