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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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Homeless Man Found Frozen To Death In Palisades Park Garage, Companion Hospitalized Homeless Man Found Frozen To Death In Palisades Park Garage, Companion Hospitalized Homeless Man Found Frozen To Death In Palisades Park Garage, Companion Hospitalized
Homeless Man Found Frozen To Death In Palisades Park Garage, Companion Hospitalized A 35-year-old homeless man was found frozen to death and his companion barely alive Friday morning in a Palisades Park municipal parking garage, authorities said. The male companion was in critical condition in the Intensive Care Unit at Hackensack University Medical Center, they said. A DPW crew found the pair sleeping on a mattress and called police at 9:40 a.m., said Capt. Anthony Espino, the officer in charge of the department. The Bergen County Medical Examiner found no signs of foul play and said the cause of death was hypothermia. Temperatures dropped into the mid-teens overnight w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: Wood-Ridge Boy, 17, Charged As Wrong-Way Mercedes Driver Who Side-Swiped Police Cruiser UPDATE: Wood-Ridge Boy, 17, Charged As Wrong-Way Mercedes Driver Who Side-Swiped Police Cruiser UPDATE: Wood-Ridge Boy, 17, Charged As Wrong-Way Mercedes Driver Who Side-Swiped Police Cruiser
Update: Wood-Ridge Boy, 17, Charged As Wrong-Way Mercedes Driver Who Side-Swiped Police Cruiser A 17-year-old Wood-Ridge boy was behind the wheel of a speeding sedan that side-swiped a borough police cruiser and kept going, authorities said Saturday. The boy came to police headquarters accompanied by his mother Friday night after learning that authorities had identified him through surveillance video and interviews, Detective Sgt. Matt Mueller said. He was receiving several summons stemming from Thursday's incident as detectives considered possible eluding charges.  The teen said in an email to Daily Voice that he was the driver and that he "did nothing near speeding off...…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Driver Ticketed In Hasbrouck Heights Multi-Vehicle Crash Driver Ticketed In Hasbrouck Heights Multi-Vehicle Crash Driver Ticketed In Hasbrouck Heights Multi-Vehicle Crash
Driver Ticketed In Hasbrouck Heights Multi-Vehicle Crash A driver received a summons following a multi-vehicle collision Friday afternoon in Hasbrouck Heights, authorities said. The 35-year-old Caldwell driver's Nissan Rogue crossed the double-yellow line and struck one vehicle, which rammed into a pole, then kept going and hit a second one outside the Skyline Apartments on Terrace Avenue around 12:30 p.m. He received a summons for failing to keep right, police said. One of the other vehicles was driven by a 57-year-old Englewood resident and the third by a 56-year-old Lodi resident, police said. The drivers from Caldwell and Englewood were tak…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
OH, DADDY: Hackensack Man Lied In ID'ing His Son As Hit-Run Driver, Teaneck Police Charge OH, DADDY: Hackensack Man Lied In ID'ing His Son As Hit-Run Driver, Teaneck Police Charge OH, DADDY: Hackensack Man Lied In ID'ing His Son As Hit-Run Driver, Teaneck Police Charge
OH, Daddy: Hackensack Man Lied In ID'ing His Son As Hit-Run Driver, Teaneck Police Charge UPDATE: A Hackensack man lied when he told police that his son was the driver of a hit-and-run pickup truck that struck and severely injured a Teaneck woman in a local shopping plaza parking lot, authorities said. Edward O. Asante, 49, "initially told us his son was the driver," Police Chief Glenn O'Reilly said Friday afternoon. "He now admits to providing a false statement regarding his son being the driver." The man behind the wheel of the 2014 Ford F-150 Thursday night was Lynval A. Francis, 49, of Englewood, who works for Asante and doesn't have a valid driver's license, O'Reilly said. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Reward Boosted To $100,000 For Help Finding Capitol Pipe Bomber Reward Boosted To $100,000 For Help Finding Capitol Pipe Bomber Reward Boosted To $100,000 For Help Finding Capitol Pipe Bomber
Reward Boosted To $100,000 For Help Finding Capitol Pipe Bomber He wore a face mask, a gray hoodie, and Nike Air Max Speed Turf shoes in black, gray, and yellow -- and you could collect a $100,000 reward if you can identify him. Federal authorities say the man depicted in a wanted poster released Friday, and perhaps others, placed pipe bombs near both the Democratic and Republican national committee headquarters the night before the Jan. 6 assault on the nearby U.S. Capitol building. FBI Washington Assistant Director in Charge Steven D'Antuono said the attempt to identity a suspect or suspects "for the safety of the American people" is a "top priority"…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
11 Soldiers Hospitalized, 2 Critical, After Drinking Antifreeze At Fort Bliss 11 Soldiers Hospitalized, 2 Critical, After Drinking Antifreeze At Fort Bliss 11 Soldiers Hospitalized, 2 Critical, After Drinking Antifreeze At Fort Bliss
11 Soldiers Hospitalized, 2 Critical, After Drinking Antifreeze At Fort Bliss UPDATE: Eleven soldiers at Fort Bliss in Texas were recovering in an Army hospital after drinking what turned out to be antifreeze, officials said Friday. The troops were poisoned by the engine coolant ethylene glycol, which was in what they thought was an alcoholic beverage, Lt. Col. Allie Payne of the 1st Armored Division and Fort Bliss, told reporters. It wasn’t in a ready-to-eat meal (MRE) in their authorized food supply channels, authorities said. The soldiers – a warrant officer, two non-commissioned officers and eight enlisted members -- were being treated at the William Beaumont Ar…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hamilton Township, NJ
Breaking News
State Releases Videos Of NJ Police Pursuit Ending In Fatal Crash State Releases Videos Of NJ Police Pursuit Ending In Fatal Crash State Releases Videos Of NJ Police Pursuit Ending In Fatal Crash
State Releases Videos Of NJ Police Pursuit Ending In Fatal Crash Videos of a brief police pursuit that ended when a 23-year-old Trenton man crashed his sedan into woods off a highway were released Friday by authorities following his death. A Bordentown police officer began following the Nissan Maxima after Keron Roundtree, 23, brake abruptly on Route 206 shortly before 9 p.m. last Oct. 27, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. Several violations followed over the next two minutes before the officer “activated his overhead lights and siren to make a motor vehicle stop,” Grewal said. Roundtree, who had an adult male passenger with him, hit the gas…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
COVID-19: Paterson PD Tickets Local Bar Open After Hours COVID-19: Paterson PD Tickets Local Bar Open After Hours COVID-19: Paterson PD Tickets Local Bar Open After Hours
Covid-19: Paterson PD Tickets Local Bar Open After Hours A Paterson lounge that illegally provided entertainment not only stayed open past the state-mandated curfew, authorities said: Neighbors told police it didn’t close some nights until 5 a.m. Members of the city Vice-Narcotics-ABC unit raided Mango’s Bar on Murray Street and found patrons and employees inside well past the mandated 10 p.m. closing time late Thursday, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. They issued summonses to the manager, Maria Guerra, 48, of Haledon and had her clear the place, the director said. Speziale reminded owners that all bars, restaurants, lounges and similar bus…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Teaneck PD: Hackensack Man Lied In ID'ing His Son As Hit-Run Driver Teaneck PD: Hackensack Man Lied In ID'ing His Son As Hit-Run Driver Teaneck PD: Hackensack Man Lied In ID'ing His Son As Hit-Run Driver
Teaneck PD: Hackensack Man Lied In ID'ing His Son As Hit-Run Driver A Hackensack man lied when he fingered his son was the driver of a hit-and-run pickup that struck and severely injured a Teaneck woman in a local shopping plaza parking lot, authorities said. Edward O. Asante, 49, "initially told us his son was the driver," Police Chief Glenn O'Reilly said Friday afternoon. "He now admits to providing a false statement regarding his son being the driver." The man behind the wheel of the 2014 Ford F-150 was Lynval A. Francis, 49, of Englewood, who works for Asante and doesn't have a valid driver's license, O'Reilly said. Police charged Asante with hindering…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Padiddle: Route 17 Stop Produces Gun, Ammo, Rochelle Park PD Says Padiddle: Route 17 Stop Produces Gun, Ammo, Rochelle Park PD Says Padiddle: Route 17 Stop Produces Gun, Ammo, Rochelle Park PD Says
Padiddle: Route 17 Stop Produces Gun, Ammo, Rochelle Park PD Says A Rochelle Park police officer found a handgun after stopping a car driven by an ex-con from Newark on Route 17, authorities said Friday. Officer Chris Kiszka stopped the gray Infiniti for having a headlight out -- commonly known as a "padiddle" -- among other infractions, shortly after 10 p.m. Thursday, Lt. James DePreta said. Kiszka immediately detected the odor of pot in the car, then spotted what was a loaded, high-capacity 9mm magazine on the floor, DePreta said. A subsequent search turned up a loaded 9mm handgun, marijuana and a digital scale, he said. Rodger Purvis, 47, was taken i…

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