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
22 Cats Rescued In Hawthorne Fire 22 Cats Rescued In Hawthorne Fire 22 Cats Rescued In Hawthorne Fire
22 Cats Rescued In Hawthorne Fire VIDEO: Firefighters rescued 22 cats in a Hawthorne house blaze on Wednesday. The two-alarm fire broke out on the top floor of the three-family home on Westervelt Avenue shortly after 12:30 p.m., officials said. A deck gun helped knocked down the fire, which was placed under control about an hour after it began then spent another two hours dousing hot spots. No major injuries were reported aside from cat bites sustained by two firefighters and a borough police officer. The cause wasn't immediately determined. An investigation was continuing. Mutual aid responders included firefighters fr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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Mobster Admits Beating Husband Of ‘Real Housewives Of NJ’ Cast Member Mobster Admits Beating Husband Of ‘Real Housewives Of NJ’ Cast Member Mobster Admits Beating Husband Of ‘Real Housewives Of NJ’ Cast Member
Mobster Admits Beating Husband Of ‘Real Housewives Of NJ’ Cast Member A Lucchese crime family soldier told a federal judge Wednesday that he threw the current husband of former “Real Housewives of New Jersey” cast member Dina Manzo a beating in exchange for an extravagant gift from her well-known ex. John Perna, 43, of Cedar Grove admitted that Dina Manzo’s ex-husband, Thomas Manzo, 55, of Franklin Lakes, hired him in 2015 to assault David Cantin, who was dating Dina Manzo at the time. Perna pleaded guilty to committing a violent crime in aid of racketeering activity in a federal indictment that also names Thomas Manzo, who co-owns the Brownstone Restaurant …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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Bergen Prosecutor Takes Control Of Troubled Englewood PD's Internal Affairs Unit Bergen Prosecutor Takes Control Of Troubled Englewood PD's Internal Affairs Unit Bergen Prosecutor Takes Control Of Troubled Englewood PD's Internal Affairs Unit
Bergen Prosecutor Takes Control Of Troubled Englewood PD's Internal Affairs Unit The Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office has assumed control of the troubled Englewood Police Department’s Internal Affairs Unit from Chief Lawrence Suffern for at least the next six months amid accusations that he singled out officers for punishment by denying them extra-work opportunities. A six-month investigation into the department’s internal affairs operation made the move necessary, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella and Englewood City Manager Sonia Alves-Viveiros said in a joint statement Wednesday. Both signed a memorandum of agreement placing a full-time monitor from Musella’s off…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Man Struck, Killed By Train In Paterson Man Struck, Killed By Train In Paterson Man Struck, Killed By Train In Paterson
Man Struck, Killed By Train In Paterson A man was struck and killed by a commuter train before dawn Wednesday in Paterson. The Main/Bergen County Line No. 1101 train struck him at the city train station around 2:15 a.m., NJ Transit said. There were no passengers and three crew members onboard. It had left Hoboken at 1:32 a.m. and was to arrive in Suffern at 2:41 a.m. Service was temporarily suspended as transit police investigated the circumstances.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Worker, Guest Hospitalized In Fire At Wayne Hotel Tied To 9/11 Attacks Worker, Guest Hospitalized In Fire At Wayne Hotel Tied To 9/11 Attacks Worker, Guest Hospitalized In Fire At Wayne Hotel Tied To 9/11 Attacks
Worker, Guest Hospitalized In Fire At Wayne Hotel Tied To 9/11 Attacks A worker suffered burns and a guest also was hospitalized with minor injuries in a fire Tuesday night at an infamous hotel on Route 46 in Wayne. The worker was repairing an electrical panel in an area adjacent to a guest room when the fire broke out in the Kings Inn, near the Willowbrook Mall and Routes 23 and 80, shortly after 8 p.m., Wayne Police Detective Capt. Daniel Daly said. He was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson by Wayne Memorial First Aid Squad, Daly said. A hotel guest was taken to St. Joseph’s Wayne Hospital, he said, adding that a third victim was tre…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
VIDEO: Police Keeping Eye On Hackensack Church Where Anti-ICE Protestors Cursed, Heckled Priest VIDEO: Police Keeping Eye On Hackensack Church Where Anti-ICE Protestors Cursed, Heckled Priest VIDEO: Police Keeping Eye On Hackensack Church Where Anti-ICE Protestors Cursed, Heckled Priest
Video: Police Keeping Eye On Hackensack Church Where Anti-ice Protestors Cursed, Heckled Priest UPDATE: Outrage continued to mount against a group of protestors who harassed a beloved Hackensack priest, cursing and calling him a rapist, prompting police protection for the church as long as anti-ICE demonstrations at the nearby Bergen County Jail continue. Some of the protestors had been involved in a couple of brief skirmishes outside the jail on Saturday and were marching through city streets when they stopped outside St. Anthony of Padua RC Church that night. “Look what they’re doing, Father,” says one protester who comes up from behind the Rev. Brian H. Laffler in a video tweeted b…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities: New Milford Police Subdue Combative NYC Man Packing Loaded Pistol Authorities: New Milford Police Subdue Combative NYC Man Packing Loaded Pistol Authorities: New Milford Police Subdue Combative NYC Man Packing Loaded Pistol
Authorities: New Milford Police Subdue Combative NYC Man Packing Loaded Pistol A driver carrying a loaded gun fought with New Milford police before being subdued following a traffic stop, authorities said. Four officers sustained minor injuries during the struggle with Railey Nunez, 24, of the Tribeca section of Manhattan, Police Chief Brian Clancy said. Officer Dan O’Neill had stopped the Mercedes Benz bearing a temporary license plate from Tennessee for a violation at Boulevard and Floral Court shortly before 8 p.m. Monday, Clancy said. O’Neill and Officer Przemyslaw Boinski ordered the driver, 35-year-old Alex Hernandez of Washington Heights, and Nunez from the ve…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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Washington Township PD: Intruder Breaks Into Home, Assaults Elderly Woman, Son Over Drug Debt Washington Township PD: Intruder Breaks Into Home, Assaults Elderly Woman, Son Over Drug Debt Washington Township PD: Intruder Breaks Into Home, Assaults Elderly Woman, Son Over Drug Debt
Washington Township PD: Intruder Breaks Into Home, Assaults Elderly Woman, Son Over Drug Debt A struggle erupted when a Passaic County man broke into a Washington Township residence and assaulted an elderly homeowner over a drug debt, authorities said. Salvatore Navarra, 49, of Woodland Park broke into the Manhattan Avenue home near Hoover Avenue on Sunday to settle a score with the woman’s 60-year-old son, Capt. John Calamari said. Navarra assaulted the man’s mother, then struggled with the son before fleeing, Calamari said. Officers provided medical treatment to the victims. The Bergen County Sheriff’s Bureau of Criminal Identification collected evidence. Police later arrested N…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Feds: $250,000 In Mailed NJ Checks, Money Orders Stolen, Cashed By NYC Crew Feds: $250,000 In Mailed NJ Checks, Money Orders Stolen, Cashed By NYC Crew Feds: $250,000 In Mailed NJ Checks, Money Orders Stolen, Cashed By NYC Crew
Feds: $250,000 In Mailed NJ Checks, Money Orders Stolen, Cashed By NYC Crew More than $250,000 worth of checks and money orders were stolen from post office mailboxes in North Jersey by a group of thieves from the Bronx who quickly converted them to cash, federal authorities said. Crew members operated for nearly 14 months, stealing checks and money orders from the mail, altering them, depositing them into bank accounts and withdrawing the proceeds before the victims discovered the fraud. U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Jose Lopez Blanco, 22, got them access to the mailboxes with a U.S. Postal Service master key, Carpenito said. Law enforcement officers watche…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Motorcyclist Killed In Paterson Crash Was Engaged City Resident Motorcyclist Killed In Paterson Crash Was Engaged City Resident Motorcyclist Killed In Paterson Crash Was Engaged City Resident
Motorcyclist Killed In Paterson Crash Was Engaged City Resident A motorcyclist killed in a crash over the weekend was identified as an engaged 29-year-old machinist from Paterson. Jonathan Medina was on his 2015 Honda Ruckus when it collided with a 2007 Dodge Caliber SXT driven by a 26-year-old fellow city resident at the intersection of East 7th Avenue and Wood Street in Paterson shortly before 3:30 p.m. Sunday, authorities said. Medina was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson, where he was pronounced dead at 4:21 p.m., Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint release. T…

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