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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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Passaic Firefighter Injured In Christmas Tree Blaze Passaic Firefighter Injured In Christmas Tree Blaze Passaic Firefighter Injured In Christmas Tree Blaze
Passaic Firefighter Injured In Christmas Tree Blaze Passaic firefighters kept a Christmas tree blaze from spreading Sunday night. A firefighter was hospitalized with a cut on his right hand in the two-alarm Passaic Avenue blaze, which broke out around 9 p.m. Firefighters quickly knocked it down before Battalion Chief Hayowyk declared the fire under control in under 40 minutes. The residents got out OK. Mutual aid included firefighters from Paterson and Clifton.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Lyndhurst PD: Erratic Local Driver Nabbed With More Than 60 Heroin Folds, Crack Lyndhurst PD: Erratic Local Driver Nabbed With More Than 60 Heroin Folds, Crack Lyndhurst PD: Erratic Local Driver Nabbed With More Than 60 Heroin Folds, Crack
Lyndhurst PD: Erratic Local Driver Nabbed With More Than 60 Heroin Folds, Crack A Lyndhurst police officer caught a local driver with more than 60 heroin folds, authorities said. Officer Michael Scalese spotted a Toyota Camry leaving the parking lot of a local business near the corner Orient Way and Rutherford Avenue in a “careless and erratic manner” shortly before 10:30 p.m. Saturday, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. The officer then noticed an equipment violation on the Camry, whose driver couldn’t maintain a lane on Rutherford Avenue and then failed to stop before making a right on red at Polito Avenue, he said. Assisted by Officer Steve Batista, Scalese found s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Report: Surging NJ COVID-19 Deaths Triple At Nursing Homes Report: Surging NJ COVID-19 Deaths Triple At Nursing Homes Report: Surging NJ COVID-19 Deaths Triple At Nursing Homes
Report: Surging NJ Covid-19 Deaths Triple At Nursing Homes COVID-related deaths in New Jersey’s nursing homes nearly tripled in December, with more in that stretch than the previous three months combined, according to a published report. The news comes as what’s expected to be more than a month of vaccinations of nursing home residents and staff in the Garden State were beginning. It underscored the fact that New Jersey has the most coronavirus-related nursing home deaths per capita in the country – about 45% of its more than 17,000 confirmed cases. And the numbers are rising in step with the largest spike since May in coronavirus cases throughout…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Shore Bar, JC Lounge Among NJ Bizzes Facing COVID-Related Liquor License Suspensions Shore Bar, JC Lounge Among NJ Bizzes Facing COVID-Related Liquor License Suspensions Shore Bar, JC Lounge Among NJ Bizzes Facing COVID-Related Liquor License Suspensions
Shore Bar, JC Lounge Among NJ Bizzes Facing Covid-related Liquor License Suspensions ON THE ROCKS: A dozen New Jersey bars and restaurants could have their liquor licenses temporarily suspended for what state authorities said are violations of Gov. Murphy’s COVID shutdown orders. Although most of the suspensions being sought by the ABC are for less than a month – including three for 10 days – a Jersey Shore bar and grill is looking at a possible 66-day suspension while pouring at a downtown Jersey City nightspot could stop for nearly three months. SEE LIST BELOW (with links to violation notices) New Jersey’s Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control is asking a judge for the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
New Year's Heave-Ho: Paterson Vice Squad Raids Restriction-Violating Bashes New Year's Heave-Ho: Paterson Vice Squad Raids Restriction-Violating Bashes New Year's Heave-Ho: Paterson Vice Squad Raids Restriction-Violating Bashes
New Year's Heave-Ho: Paterson Vice Squad Raids Restriction-Violating Bashes An illegal New Year’s Eve gathering in Paterson might not have drawn much attention if wasn’t held on the top floor of a downtown warehouse. Same goes for a popular hookah lounge the city Vice Squad raided for COVID violations three times in the past two months. This time, authorities said, detectives advised the operators of Besan Café on East Railway that they had to be closed by 10 p.m. under an ongoing order issued by Gov. Phil Murphy’s to stem the spread of the coronavirus. When squad members showed up at 10:43 p.m., they found 15 patrons smoking hookahs, so they issued a vio…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities: 74-Year-Old Man Shot In Passaic Authorities: 74-Year-Old Man Shot In Passaic Authorities: 74-Year-Old Man Shot In Passaic
Authorities: 74-Year-Old Man Shot In Passaic A 74-year-old Passaic man was shot on New Year's Day, authorities said. Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Passaic Police Chief Luis A. Guzman didn't explain the circumstances other than to say that police responding to a 9:42 p.m. shooting Friday "were able to locate a crime scene and the victim." He was taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center and was reported in stable condition, Valdes and Guzman said. They didn't say whether any suspects were arrested or identified. Law enforcement sources said detectives were reviewing surveillance video as part of an investigation…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Distraught Widower, 86, Jumps To Death From High-Rise Over Hudson Distraught Widower, 86, Jumps To Death From High-Rise Over Hudson Distraught Widower, 86, Jumps To Death From High-Rise Over Hudson
Distraught Widower, 86, Jumps To Death From High-Rise Over Hudson A distraught widower jumped to his death from a Cliffside Park high-rise on New Year's Day, authorities confirmed. The 86-year-old man, who'd lost a daughter to suicide, left a check for another daughter from the recent sale of a home, they said. He then went out onto the deck and over the side of his 12th floor condo in the rear of Winston Towers 200 off Palisade Avenue just after 5 p.m. Friday, they said. Borough police were joined by the Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification, which collected evidence, and the Bergen County Medical Examiner's Office. ****** The Nat…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Man, 21, Critically Wounded In Broad Daylight Shooting Near Passaic School Man, 21, Critically Wounded In Broad Daylight Shooting Near Passaic School Man, 21, Critically Wounded In Broad Daylight Shooting Near Passaic School
Man, 21, Critically Wounded In Broad Daylight Shooting Near Passaic School A 21-year-old Passaic man was critically injured in a street corner shooting that also wounded another city man. The more seriously injured victim was taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center after Thursday's 2:41 p.m. shooting at the intersection of Monroe Street and Myrtle Avenue near No. 11 School. He was in critical condition, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Passaic Police Chief Luis A. Guzman said in a joint announcement. The second victim, 24, arrived at St. Mary’s Hospital in Passaic via private vehicle and was transferred to St. Joe's in stable condition, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Maywood Home Health Aide Busted For Stealing Patient's Cash Maywood Home Health Aide Busted For Stealing Patient's Cash Maywood Home Health Aide Busted For Stealing Patient's Cash
Maywood Home Health Aide Busted For Stealing Patient's Cash Maywood police arrested a home health aide who they said swiped $500 from her patient. Frances Collado, 41, took the money from the 68-year-old male victim's wallet, Detective Sgt. William Phayre said. She was charged with theft and released pending a court date.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Four Victims Wounded By Gunfire In Paterson During First Hours Of 2021 Four Victims Wounded By Gunfire In Paterson During First Hours Of 2021 Four Victims Wounded By Gunfire In Paterson During First Hours Of 2021
Four Victims Wounded By Gunfire In Paterson During First Hours Of 2021 It didn't take long: Paterson's first shootings of the new year  left four people injured. Three victims in a gas station shooting all arrived at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center via private vehicle around 2 a.m., authorities said. The three men – one 28 and another 25, from Paterson, and a 26-year-old Orange resident – were wounded at an Exxon station across from the Lowe's on southbound Route 20, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Deputy Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint announcement. All were in stable condition, they said. They weren’t Paterso…

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