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
Paramus Driver OK In Washington Township Rollover Paramus Driver OK In Washington Township Rollover Paramus Driver OK In Washington Township Rollover
Paramus Driver OK In Washington Township Rollover An apparently distracted driver escaped without serious injury when she rolled her car Tuesday morning in Washington Township, authorities said. The 19-year-old Paramus woman crashed the Honda Civic in the 600 block of Mariann Place, Capt. John Calamari said. A flatbed tow truck righted the vehicle and removed it. Washington Township police, firefighters and EMS responded to the crash just after 9 a.m. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this account.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Morning Crash Topples Ridgewood Traffic Light Morning Crash Topples Ridgewood Traffic Light Morning Crash Topples Ridgewood Traffic Light
Morning Crash Topples Ridgewood Traffic Light A morning crash toppled a traffic light in Ridgewood. Both drivers refused medical attention following the 7:20 a.m. crash Tuesday at Linwood and North Pleasant avenues, responders said. Their vehicles -- an SUV and sedan that both sustained heavy front-end damage, had to be towed. The intersection remained closed while the wreckage was cleared, repairs were made and police investigated. A Village of Ridgewood Ambulance crew also responded. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this account. Linwood and North Pleasant avenues, RidgewoodBoyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Fire Destroys Haledon Family Restaurant Fire Destroys Haledon Family Restaurant Fire Destroys Haledon Family Restaurant
Fire Destroys Haledon Family Restaurant A quick-moving fire destroyed a Haledon family restaurant late Monday into Tuesday. Firefighters backed out soon after responding to the call at Metro View Grille on Haledon Avenue around 11 p.m. as flames shot through the roof of the single-story building, responders said. No injuries were reported in the three-alarm blaze, which was knocked down within 45 minutes. Mutual aid responders included firefighters from Hawthorne, Paterson, Prospect Park, Wayne and Wyckoff. Haledon Avenue between Zabriskie Street and Belmont Avenue remained temporarily closed to vehicle traffic. Firefighte…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack Business District Fire Doused Hackensack Business District Fire Doused Hackensack Business District Fire Doused
Hackensack Business District Fire Doused Hackensack firefighters quickly doused a kitchen blaze Monday night. The first arriving crew quickly knocked down the fire in a second floor apartment of a three-story building above a chicken barbecue restaurant on Main Street around 8:30 p.m. No injuries were reported. Mutual aid responders included fellow firefighters from Bogota and Teaneck. The city Fire Prevention Bureau was investigating the cause. 215 Main Street, HackensackHACKENSACK FIRE DEPARTMENT

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
New Milford Police Capture Fugitive Wanted In Route 46 Gunpoint Motel Robbery New Milford Police Capture Fugitive Wanted In Route 46 Gunpoint Motel Robbery New Milford Police Capture Fugitive Wanted In Route 46 Gunpoint Motel Robbery
New Milford Police Capture Fugitive Wanted In Route 46 Gunpoint Motel Robbery A teenage gunman who remained on the loose for more than a month after he and an accomplice robbed a couple of $700 at a South Hackensack motel was captured following a New Milford police stop, authorities said. Police had been looking for Denys Ludizaca, 19, of Hackensack since last month’s predawn holdup at the Congress Inn on Route 46, South Hackensack Capt. Robert Chinchar said Monday. The victims -- a 35-year-old man and 30-year-old woman -- apparently had been living there the previous few months when ex-con Alec Parker showed up at 5 a.m. the morning of Dec. 10, Chinchar said. The …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Homeowner: Fair Lawn String Wasn’t A Noose Homeowner: Fair Lawn String Wasn’t A Noose Homeowner: Fair Lawn String Wasn’t A Noose
Homeowner: Fair Lawn String Wasn’t A Noose UPDATE: The Fair Lawn woman who found a piece of string in a disturbing shape outside her home said it belonged to a utility company and wasn’t a noose. Police and firefighters “were able to locate a piece of string in the utility wires that matched [it],” Kelli McCloud’s said Monday. “Apparently, some moron with a utility company did it and failed to remove the rope." Authorities were still trying to determine exactly who that was and what company the person works for. A former Optimum executive told Daily Voice that telecommunication companies "use that kind of rope to pull the new fibe…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn Mayor Insists Twisted Twine Tied To Tree Is A Noose Fair Lawn Mayor Insists Twisted Twine Tied To Tree Is A Noose Fair Lawn Mayor Insists Twisted Twine Tied To Tree Is A Noose
Fair Lawn Mayor Insists Twisted Twine Tied To Tree Is A Noose UPDATE: The Fair Lawn woman who found a piece of string in a disturbing shape outside her home said it belonged to a utility company and wasn’t a noose. Police and firefighters “were able to locate a piece of string in the utility wires that matched [it],” Kelli McCloud’s said Monday. “Apparently, some moron with a utility company did it and failed to remove the rope." Authorities were still trying to determine exactly who that was and what company the person works for. A former Optimum executive told Daily Voice that telecommunication companies "use that kind of rope to pull the new fiber…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
SEE ANYTHING? Englewood PD Seeks Help Finding Hit-Run Driver Who Injured Two SEE ANYTHING? Englewood PD Seeks Help Finding Hit-Run Driver Who Injured Two SEE ANYTHING? Englewood PD Seeks Help Finding Hit-Run Driver Who Injured Two
SEE Anything? Englewood PD Seeks Help Finding Hit-Run Driver Who Injured Two A vehicle involved in an Englewood crash that sent two Fort Lee residents to the hospital before dawn Monday sped off before police arrived, authorities said. What the victims described as a red, two-door vehicle with rear end damage was involved in the collision just after midnight at Knickerbocker Road and Tryon Avenue, Police Chief Lawrence Suffern said. The driver and passenger -- one 48, the other 42 -- were taken to Englewood Hospital and Medical Center with neck and back injuries that weren't considered life-threatening. Suffern asked that anyone who might have seen something o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah Couple: Renting Rapper Clogged Our Toilets, Cut Our Carpets, Ruined Landscaping Mahwah Couple: Renting Rapper Clogged Our Toilets, Cut Our Carpets, Ruined Landscaping Mahwah Couple: Renting Rapper Clogged Our Toilets, Cut Our Carpets, Ruined Landscaping
Mahwah Couple: Renting Rapper Clogged Our Toilets, Cut Our Carpets, Ruined Landscaping A rapper from Bergen County who was busted on gun charges following a shooting at a Teaneck nightclub trashed the home of a Mahwah couple, a lawsuit filed by their insurance company says. Artist Julius Dubose – better known as A Boogie Wit da Hoodie – clogged and overflowed toilets, cut up carpeting and replaced it with mismatched pieces, among other acts of destruction, when he leased their $3.3 million spread on Finn Court, says the lawsuit filed by Chubb of Philadelphia. Dr. Lawrence Guarino, who owns the home with his wife, Carol, found “negligent, reckless and careless” damage to …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Crash Splits 9W Pole: Cliffside Park Driver, Cresskill Passenger OK, Road Closed Nearly All Day Crash Splits 9W Pole: Cliffside Park Driver, Cresskill Passenger OK, Road Closed Nearly All Day Crash Splits 9W Pole: Cliffside Park Driver, Cresskill Passenger OK, Road Closed Nearly All Day
Crash Splits 9W Pole: Cliffside Park Driver, Cresskill Passenger OK, Road Closed Nearly All Day UPDATE: Route 9W finally reopened nearly 14 hours after a vehicle slammed into a utility pole in Englewood Cliffs early Sunday, authorities said. Wires were strung across Sylvan Avenue after the pole split in two and fell onto the road in the mid-morning crash north of Charlotte Place, borough police Detective Lt. Ronald Waldt said. The driver, a 20-year old Cliffside Park man, complained of pain, but he and his apparently uninjured 19-year-old male passenger from Cresskill both declined medical attention at the scene, Waldt said. Route 9W (Sylvan Avenue) was closed between Charlotte P…

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