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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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Driver Reaches For Gun In Struggle, Rochelle Park Police Say Driver Reaches For Gun In Struggle, Rochelle Park Police Say Driver Reaches For Gun In Struggle, Rochelle Park Police Say
Driver Reaches For Gun In Struggle, Rochelle Park Police Say A tragedy was prevented when a Hudson County driver reaching for a gun was quickly subdued during a weekend brawl between him, his passenger and police outside a Rochelle Park 7-Eleven, authorities said. A white Cadillac bearing New York license plates taken from another vehicle was headed north on Rochelle Avenue when Officer Chris Kiszka stopped it Saturday afternoon, Detective Lt. James M. DePreta said. Detecting the odor of raw marijuana, Kiszka began removing the driver -- identified as Josean Diaz, 21, of Union City -- when he reached for a gun his waistband, DePreta said. Capt. Gl…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
HERO: NJSP Honors Trooper Shot While Protecting Woman From 'Lawless Caravan' HERO: NJSP Honors Trooper Shot While Protecting Woman From 'Lawless Caravan' HERO: NJSP Honors Trooper Shot While Protecting Woman From 'Lawless Caravan'
Hero: Njsp Honors Trooper Shot While Protecting Woman From 'Lawless Caravan' New Jersey State Police Trooper Rick Hershey was investigating a home invasion when the assailants returned and started shooting. Hershey took a bullet trying to protect their female target, but that wasn’t all. Despite a critical gunshot wound in his abdomen, the trooper whacked a fleeing vehicle with his service weapon in order to create a distinguishing mark that would help identify it. This week, the New Jersey State Police cited Hershey’s “fearless and courageous actions” in honoring him as its 2020 Trooper of the Year. It all began in the Harding Wood Trailer Park in the South Jerse…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Home Invasion: Robber Threatens to Shoot Englewood Owner, Police Say Home Invasion: Robber Threatens to Shoot Englewood Owner, Police Say Home Invasion: Robber Threatens to Shoot Englewood Owner, Police Say
Home Invasion: Robber Threatens to Shoot Englewood Owner, Police Say SEE ANYTHING? A robber forced his way into a home in an exclusive Englewood neighborhood and threatened to kill the owner, said police who sought the public’s help finding him. The robber “threatened to shoot the homeowner during the confrontation” in the 300 block of Lydecker Street in the East Hill neighborhood near Englewood Cliffs shortly after 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Detective Capt. Timothy Torell said. "No weapon was shown,” he added. The bandit – described only as tall, light-skinned and African-American – fled towards Glenwood Road in a small, light-colored vehicle that had been parke…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
VIDEO: Homeless Man Bashes Female Cuomo Staffer With Cinder Block On Midtown NYC Street VIDEO: Homeless Man Bashes Female Cuomo Staffer With Cinder Block On Midtown NYC Street VIDEO: Homeless Man Bashes Female Cuomo Staffer With Cinder Block On Midtown NYC Street
Video: Homeless Man Bashes Female Cuomo Staffer With Cinder Block On Midtown NYC Street The NYPD seized a homeless man who they said bashed a female staffer for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo over the head with a cinder block as she walked down a midtown Manhattan street. The New York Post obtained video of the horrifying random attack. It shows a man identified by city police as Christopher Guzman, 28, coming up from behind Lisa Cavanaugh on Third Avenue near East 48th Street shortly after 2 p.m. on Christmas Eve while carrying the large block. He then raises it and slams Cavanaugh over the head with it. WATCH: Cuomo Staffer Attacked On Midtown Street Cavanaugh temporarily los…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Residents Help Haledon Police Capture Car Burglar Residents Help Haledon Police Capture Car Burglar Residents Help Haledon Police Capture Car Burglar
Residents Help Haledon Police Capture Car Burglar Haledon police captured a former Paterson tattoo artist after home surveillance video caught images of him breaking into a car, authorities said. Officers Edar Merza and Jeffrey Welsh, responding to the 4:40 a.m. call, spoke with neighbors and reviewed video of the burglar “entering and rummaging through an unlocked vehicle” parked in a driveway near the corner of Haledon Court and Oxford Street, Lt. George Guzman said. They canvassed the area and found Gregory Gizinski, 34, near West Broadway, then took him into custody, Guzman said. Gizinski, who already had a criminal record, was charg…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
COVID Vaccinations By Appointment Begin For Paid, Volunteer Health Care Workers In Bergen COVID Vaccinations By Appointment Begin For Paid, Volunteer Health Care Workers In Bergen COVID Vaccinations By Appointment Begin For Paid, Volunteer Health Care Workers In Bergen
COVID Vaccinations By Appointment Begin For Paid, Volunteer Health Care Workers In Bergen COVID-19 vaccines will be distributed by appointment only beginning this Monday, Dec. 28, to paid and volunteer Bergen County Category 1A health care workers, County Executive Jim Tedesco announced Saturday. Doctors, nurses, pharmacists, dentists and all other Category 1A health care workers from Bergen County can get doses at the county's Alternative Care Facility, a field hospital wing constructed by the Army Corps of Engineers with help from FEMA earlier this year on the campus of Bergen New Bridge Medical Center, Tedesco said. The 1,000 doses of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine "will ser…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Roof Section Blown Off Hawthorne Mixed Use Buildings Roof Section Blown Off Hawthorne Mixed Use Buildings Roof Section Blown Off Hawthorne Mixed Use Buildings
Roof Section Blown Off Hawthorne Mixed Use Buildings Powerful winds from the overnight Christmas storm blew a section of roof from a row of storefronts with apartments in Hawthorne. No injuries were reported in the Lafayette Avenue mishap, which firefighters said occured shortly before 12:30 a.m. They said they arrived to find the roof section resting on power lines. Firefighters made sure residents were OK, then checked for hazards and possible structural damage until nearly 3 a.m.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Special Santa Visit: Garfield Firefighters Surprise Single Mom, 3 Kids Burned Out Of Home Special Santa Visit: Garfield Firefighters Surprise Single Mom, 3 Kids Burned Out Of Home Special Santa Visit: Garfield Firefighters Surprise Single Mom, 3 Kids Burned Out Of Home
Special Santa Visit: Garfield Firefighters Surprise Single Mom, 3 Kids Burned Out Of Home The true meaning of Christmas brought tears to the eyes of some of Garfield's bravest Wednesday night when they brought Santa Claus, and more, to a family burned out of their home. Erika Juarez, her 8-year-old daughter, Ivonne, and two sons, Joshua and Joseph, 6 and 10, were among 25 residents displaced when flames ripped through their three-story brick walkup on 4th Street in Passaic during last week's snowstorm. "They were all lucky enough to get out alive with pretty much only the clothes on their backs," Assistant Garfield Fire Chief E.J. Morano said. After learning that a social work…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Backhoe Falls On Utility Worker In North Arlington Backhoe Falls On Utility Worker In North Arlington Backhoe Falls On Utility Worker In North Arlington
Backhoe Falls On Utility Worker In North Arlington A PSE&G worker was hospitalized after a compact backhoe fell on him Wednesday at a North Arlington job site, authorities said. The driver tried to leap away when the machine apparently became unbalanced and began to tip over, Police Chief Scott M. Hedenberg said. But it knocked him down and a portion landed on the lower half of his body, the chief said. Fellow workers and a police officer who was at the scene lifted the machine together, freeing the victim, Hedenberg said. The North Arlington Volunteer Emergency Squad arrived quickly and the patient was taken, alert and conscious, to …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
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RECOGNIZE HER? Police Say She Swiped $2,000 Worth Of Bubbly Near Bergen-Rockland Border RECOGNIZE HER? Police Say She Swiped $2,000 Worth Of Bubbly Near Bergen-Rockland Border RECOGNIZE HER? Police Say She Swiped $2,000 Worth Of Bubbly Near Bergen-Rockland Border
Recognize HER? Police Say She Swiped $2,000 Worth Of Bubbly Near Bergen-Rockland Border Police sought the public's help identifying a red-headed woman who they said stole more than $2,000 worth of high-end champagne in broad daylight from a liquor store in Northvale. The thief was wearing patterned leggings, fur-covered boots and a black jacket when she entered ShopRite Wines & Spirits on Livingston Street this past Saturday afternoon carrying a reusable bag containing folded boxes, Police Chief Howard Ostrow said. She put several bottles of bubbly into the boxes, then wheeled them out of the store in a shopping cart without paying for them, the chief said. Anyone who see…

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