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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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
HERO: Bergen Dealership GM Rescues Missing Wrong-Way Jersey Shore Driver, 78 HERO: Bergen Dealership GM Rescues Missing Wrong-Way Jersey Shore Driver, 78 HERO: Bergen Dealership GM Rescues Missing Wrong-Way Jersey Shore Driver, 78
Hero: Bergen Dealership GM Rescues Missing Wrong-Way Jersey Shore Driver, 78 Vehicles whizzed by as a disoriented 78-year-old driver more than 140 miles from home headed into oncoming traffic on a treacherous stretch of Route 4 in Fair Lawn. Don Chittum, the general manager at Jack Daniels Volkswagen, looked out Tuesday night to see the man’s Corolla stranded on the concrete divider between Broadway and the highway. What Chittum didn’t know was that the Jersey Shore driver had been reported missing earlier. He just knew that he was in serious trouble. The man apparently made a left instead of a right out of the furniture store lot next to the dealership and was h…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Famed 'Lean On Me' Paterson Eastside Principal Joe Clark Dies Famed 'Lean On Me' Paterson Eastside Principal Joe Clark Dies Famed 'Lean On Me' Paterson Eastside Principal Joe Clark Dies
Famed 'Lean On Me' Paterson Eastside Principal Joe Clark Dies He roamed the hallways of Paterson Eastside High School with a bullhorn and bat, wielding a brand of drill-instructor discipline that drew both admirers and critics alike. He held news conferences at 7 a.m. and once expelled 300 students for "fighting, vandalism, abusing teachers, and drug possession" – all in a single day. And he left such an indelible mark that John Legend, Wendy Calhoun and LeBron James were preparing to create a TV drama about him 30 years after his retirement. Joe Louis Clark, a Georgia-born, longtime South Orange resident who appeared on the cover of Time magazine an…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Paterson PD: Ex-Con Dealer Busted With Armed Underage Lookout, 400 Heroin Folds, 35 Crack Bags Paterson PD: Ex-Con Dealer Busted With Armed Underage Lookout, 400 Heroin Folds, 35 Crack Bags Paterson PD: Ex-Con Dealer Busted With Armed Underage Lookout, 400 Heroin Folds, 35 Crack Bags
Paterson PD: Ex-Con Dealer Busted With Armed Underage Lookout, 400 Heroin Folds, 35 Crack Bags An underage lookout was armed with a loaded gun when Paterson detectives grabbed him and the ex-con street dealer he worked for with hundreds of heroin folds, authorities said. The investigators moved in after watching Qadir McCrae, 25, complete a pair of broad daylight deals near the corner of Broadway and Summer Street shortly before noon Tuesday, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. Both times, a 17-year-old boy acted as lookout, Speziale said. The juvenile was carrying a 9mm Glock 19 handgun loaded with 12 rounds, 86 heroin folds and $101 in proceeds when police grabbed him and …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Firefighters Douse Saddle River Blaze Firefighters Douse Saddle River Blaze Firefighters Douse Saddle River Blaze
Firefighters Douse Saddle River Blaze A fully-involved attached-garage fire Tuesday severely damaged a Saddle River home. The three-alarm fire broke out at the 2½-story Cortland Drive home off Chestnut Ridge Road around 3:45 p.m. Firefighters had it doused in under 20 minutes. No injuries were reported. Park Ridge, Montvale and Washington Township firefighters were among the mutual responders.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Husband Of Popular Jersey Shore Food Truck Owner, Haledon Man Killed In Head-On Wayne Crash Husband Of Popular Jersey Shore Food Truck Owner, Haledon Man Killed In Head-On Wayne Crash Husband Of Popular Jersey Shore Food Truck Owner, Haledon Man Killed In Head-On Wayne Crash
Husband Of Popular Jersey Shore Food Truck Owner, Haledon Man Killed In Head-On Wayne Crash UPDATE: The husband of a popular Jersey Shore food truck owner and a driver from Passaic County both died in a head-on crash in North Jersey on Monday, authorities said in identifying them on Tuesday. Jason Montecalvo, 45, of Colts Neck was driving a Cadillac CTS that collided with a Lexus GS300 driven by David Pohl, 58, of Haledon on Hamburg Turnpike near the intersection of Armstrong Avenue shortly after 6 p.m. Monday, they said. Both were pronounced dead at the scene, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Wayne Police Chief Jack McNiff said in a joint announcement. Montecalvo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
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Community Rallies For Family Of 'Selfless, Loyal' Lodi Man, 25, Killed In Fire Community Rallies For Family Of 'Selfless, Loyal' Lodi Man, 25, Killed In Fire Community Rallies For Family Of 'Selfless, Loyal' Lodi Man, 25, Killed In Fire
Community Rallies For Family Of 'Selfless, Loyal' Lodi Man, 25, Killed In Fire With heavy hearts, friends, loved ones and strangers are donating food, clothing, money and more to the family of a 25-year-old tow truck driver killed in a Lodi house fire. A GoFundMe campaign for the family had raised nearly $50,000 in less than 24 hours. "My nephew was full of life and one of the most selfless and loyal people in the world," said his aunt, Karen Gillen, who organized the fundraiser. Monday's fire broke out in Gonzalez's second-floor bedroom in the rear of the two-family Westminster Place home shortly before 6 a.m., possibly from an incense candle, firefighters said.  …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
GOT VIDEO? Englewood Police Seek Help Identifying Housing Complex Gunman GOT VIDEO? Englewood Police Seek Help Identifying Housing Complex Gunman GOT VIDEO? Englewood Police Seek Help Identifying Housing Complex Gunman
GOT Video? Englewood Police Seek Help Identifying Housing Complex Gunman Police turned to the public for help identifying whoever fired shots outside an Englewood housing complex Monday night. Detectives were seeking witnesses and/or surveillance video recorded between 8:45 p.m. and 10 p.m. Monday at the 100-unit Martin Luther King Gardens complex at William Street and West Englewood Avenue, Detective Capt. Timothy Torell said in a Ring message to residents. "Luckily, it appears that no one was injured" in the 9:15 p.m. shooting, he added. The Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification collected evidence. A sheriff's K-9 unit also responded in an…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Tailgating Route 46 Driver Had 9 Pounds Of Pot For Sale Police: Tailgating Route 46 Driver Had 9 Pounds Of Pot For Sale Police: Tailgating Route 46 Driver Had 9 Pounds Of Pot For Sale
Police: Tailgating Route 46 Driver Had 9 Pounds Of Pot For Sale A Lodi driver had nine pounds of pot for sale in his sedan when a Little Ferry police officer stopped him for tailgating on Route 46, authorities said. Officer Joseph Convery stopped Ashley Ortiz, 26, on the westbound highway Monday night, Capt. Ronald Klein Jr. said. "While speaking with him, the officer noticed an overwhelming odor of marijuana and saw a vacuum-sealed bag [of pot] in plain view on the passenger seat," Klein said. Backed up by Officer James Serio, Convery conducted a consented search of the 2019 Honda Accord and found more than 300 zip-locking bags of pot packaged for sal…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Drivers OK In Hawthorne Rollover Drivers OK In Hawthorne Rollover Drivers OK In Hawthorne Rollover
Drivers OK In Hawthorne Rollover A car dealership delivery van got knocked over in a collision with a sedan Tuesday morning in Hawthorne. Neither driver was hospitalized in the crash at shortly before 10 a.m. The Hawthorne Chevrolet van sustained most of the damage in the collision with an older-model Mazda. The Mazda wasn't seriously damaged.Douglas Haber for DAILY VOICE The intersection was temporarily closed for the cleanup, removal of the delivery vehicle and investigation. Police, firefighters and EMS responded. At the scene of the crash in Hawthorne.Douglas Haber for DAILY VOICE

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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CRIME SPREE: Burglars Steal ATMs After Smashing Into Bergen Check-Cashing Businesses CRIME SPREE: Burglars Steal ATMs After Smashing Into Bergen Check-Cashing Businesses CRIME SPREE: Burglars Steal ATMs After Smashing Into Bergen Check-Cashing Businesses
Crime Spree: Burglars Steal ATMs After Smashing Into Bergen Check-Cashing Businesses Burglars have been stealing ATM machines by smashing their way into check-cashing businesses in Bergen County, authorities said Monday. The bandits, who've been spotted in a dark-colored pickup truck, apparently used a sledgehammer to smash their way in through front glass doors, Hackensack Police Detective Lt. Ryan Weber said. Two  burglaries occurred within minutes of one another in Hackensack between 3 a.m. and 3:30 a.m. on Sunday, Weber said. One was at a check-cashing business on Anderson Street and another on Main Street between 3-3:30 a.m. Sunday, he said. The thieves weren't …

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