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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Fort Lee, NJ
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Fort Lee PD: Pedestrian Struck By Shuttle Bus After Ignoring Signal, Crosswalk Fort Lee PD: Pedestrian Struck By Shuttle Bus After Ignoring Signal, Crosswalk Fort Lee PD: Pedestrian Struck By Shuttle Bus After Ignoring Signal, Crosswalk
Fort Lee PD: Pedestrian Struck By Shuttle Bus After Ignoring Signal, Crosswalk A 24-year-old Fort Lee jaywalker was hospitalized with a serious head injury after she was struck by a shuttle bus, authorities said. The victim ignored the pedestrian signal and was struck by the Ford shuttle bus on Anderson Avenue north of the crosswalk at Columbia Avenue shortly after 8:30 a.m. Monday , Capt. Ricky Mirkovic said. The 55-year-old driver from Jersey City immediately stopped and remained at the scene, he said. Fort Lee police and EMS responded with paramedics from Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, Mirkovic said, adding that an investigation by Lt. Mark Radoian and the…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Bergen Sheriff: ICE Protestor From Yonkers Who Maced Officers And Ran Captured Next Day Bergen Sheriff: ICE Protestor From Yonkers Who Maced Officers And Ran Captured Next Day Bergen Sheriff: ICE Protestor From Yonkers Who Maced Officers And Ran Captured Next Day
Bergen Sheriff: ICE Protestor From Yonkers Who Maced Officers And Ran Captured Next Day A Yonkers woman who sprayed officers with MACE and then vanished into the crowd during an anti-ICE protest outside the Bergen County Jail was identified and taken into custody when she returned the next day, authorities said. Lizbeth Vazquez, 19, was already facing rioting charges in New York City, Bergen County Sheriff Anthony Cureton said Monday. Vazquez “sprayed the officers with MACE and threatened bodily harm as an unruly group was asked to disperse” during a protest against ICE detainment of immigrants at the jail that erupted into a couple of brief skirmishes on Saturday, the sheriff…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Study: NJ Ranks Near Bottom Of Naughtiest Sex-Search States At Christmastime Study: NJ Ranks Near Bottom Of Naughtiest Sex-Search States At Christmastime Study: NJ Ranks Near Bottom Of Naughtiest Sex-Search States At Christmastime
Study: NJ Ranks Near Bottom Of Naughtiest Sex-Search States At Christmastime Combine the anxiety over COVID quarantines with the stress of Christmas and what do you get? Frisky, apparently. So says a dating advice counselor who reported finding New Jerseyans among the least aroused in the US as the Yuletide draws near. "With quarantine and lockdowns, your stress level is probably through the roof," says Jessica Speight, a licensed professional counselor. "The rush of the Christmas season can also make you feel more anxious than usual. "With all those things happening, you may find yourself extra frisky and affectionate." To determine where people seem the freakie…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Tense Moment: Wayne Officer Grabs Out-Of-State Driver Reaching For Loaded Gun, Police Say Tense Moment: Wayne Officer Grabs Out-Of-State Driver Reaching For Loaded Gun, Police Say Tense Moment: Wayne Officer Grabs Out-Of-State Driver Reaching For Loaded Gun, Police Say
Tense Moment: Wayne Officer Grabs Out-Of-State Driver Reaching For Loaded Gun, Police Say A potential tragedy was averted when a Wayne police officer grabbed an out-of-state driver as he reached toward a loaded gun on the floor of his car in the parking lot of a Route 46 hotel, authorities said. Patrol officers spotted the vehicle – its windows fogged and loud music coming from inside – parked in the Ramada Inn lot last Wednesday, Detective Capt. Dan Daly said. They asked the driver, identified as Michael Walker, 25, of Baton Rouge, LA and his passenger to step out of the car after both admitted smoking pot, he said. Walker said that “he needed to put his shoes on first," Daly …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Clifton PD: Teens Captured After Stolen Car Chase From Passaic To Teterboro Ends In Crash Clifton PD: Teens Captured After Stolen Car Chase From Passaic To Teterboro Ends In Crash Clifton PD: Teens Captured After Stolen Car Chase From Passaic To Teterboro Ends In Crash
Clifton PD: Teens Captured After Stolen Car Chase From Passaic To Teterboro Ends In Crash A group of teens were captured by officers from several agencies after they crashed a stolen vehicle filled with stolen valuables near Teterboro Airport, ending a police chase that began in Passaic, authorities said. The driver hit the gas and fled when Clifton police tried to stop the 2019 Mazda CX-9, reported stolen out of Elmwood Park, on Lexington Avenue in Passaic around 1:15 a.m. Sunday, Clifton Police Lt. Robert Bracken said. A pursuit continued through the streets of Passaic, onto Route 21 and then onto eastbound Route 46, he said. The driver lost control of the vehicle in Teterbor…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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Allendale Man Seriously Injured In Fall From Ladder In Park Ridge Allendale Man Seriously Injured In Fall From Ladder In Park Ridge Allendale Man Seriously Injured In Fall From Ladder In Park Ridge
Allendale Man Seriously Injured In Fall From Ladder In Park Ridge A man was airlifted to the hospital after falling from a ladder at a Park Ridge home over the weekend. The 35-year-old victim from Allendale was unconscious and bleeding from the head when police arrived at the West Park Avenue home off Pascack Road just after 2 p.m. Sunday, Capt. Joseph Rampolla said. A medevac was requested due to the nature of the injury, which occurred when the victim fell from a 6-foot A-frame ladder, the captain said. AirMed One landed at West Ridge Elementary School and took him to Hackensack University Medical Center, he said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Middletown, NJ
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Feds: Wanted Asbury Park Ex-Con Bloods Member Nabbed With Loaded Gun Feds: Wanted Asbury Park Ex-Con Bloods Member Nabbed With Loaded Gun Feds: Wanted Asbury Park Ex-Con Bloods Member Nabbed With Loaded Gun
Feds: Wanted Asbury Park Ex-Con Bloods Member Nabbed With Loaded Gun A gang member from Asbury Park who was paroled earlier this year after spending more than four years in state prison was carrying a loaded gun when police grabbed him on an outstanding warrant, authorities said. Detectives from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office were watching along with local police when Lashawn Alford, 27, emerged from his Neptune City apartment and got into the back seat of a car that drove out of the complex, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Units moved in quickly and took Alford, a member of the Queen Street II Bloods, into custody, Carpenito said. On the floor…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lakewood, NJ
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AG: Jersey Shore Postal Workers, Ex-Con Caught With 2 Kilos Of Deadly Fentanyl, Heroin, 54 Guns AG: Jersey Shore Postal Workers, Ex-Con Caught With 2 Kilos Of Deadly Fentanyl, Heroin, 54 Guns AG: Jersey Shore Postal Workers, Ex-Con Caught With 2 Kilos Of Deadly Fentanyl, Heroin, 54 Guns
AG: Jersey Shore Postal Workers, Ex-Con Caught With 2 Kilos Of Deadly Fentanyl, Heroin, 54 Guns Two Jersey Shore postal workers and an ex-con paroled less than a month ago were caught with nearly 4½ pounds of fentanyl and heroin – worth nearly $3 million on the street -- as well as dozens of guns, authorities said. Detectives were watching as ex-con Andre Sulimenko, 56, of Barnegat, pulled his Subaru into the driveway of a Jackson home earlier this month, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. The homeowner, U.S. Postal Service employee William Woolley, emerged and approached the vehicle, then handed Sulimenko a kilo of fentanyl in a bag, he said. State Police arrested him mom…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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NJSP: CT Man Points Gun At Troopers During Route 287 Chase, Four Firearms Recovered NJSP: CT Man Points Gun At Troopers During Route 287 Chase, Four Firearms Recovered NJSP: CT Man Points Gun At Troopers During Route 287 Chase, Four Firearms Recovered
Njsp: CT Man Points Gun At Troopers During Route 287 Chase, Four Firearms Recovered A Connecticut passenger pointed a handgun at a New Jersey State Police trooper during a pursuit on Route 287, authorities said Monday. The pursuit, which began in Boonton, ended in a Mahwah park with the gunman and driver in custody and four weapons seized, NJSP Trooper Charles Marchan said. A trooper tried to stop the Jeep Cherokee for a traffic violation on northbound Route 287 in Boonton Township shortly after 11 a.m. Sunday, Marchan said. The driver, identified as ex-con Theron Brown, 22, of Bridgeport, CT, hit the gas instead and sped off, he said. At one point during the subsequent …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Bergen Sheriff: Eight Of 9 ICE Protestors Arrested Are From NY, Officers Pepper-Sprayed, Bit Bergen Sheriff: Eight Of 9 ICE Protestors Arrested Are From NY, Officers Pepper-Sprayed, Bit Bergen Sheriff: Eight Of 9 ICE Protestors Arrested Are From NY, Officers Pepper-Sprayed, Bit
Bergen Sheriff: Eight Of 9 ICE Protestors Arrested Are From NY, Officers Pepper-Sprayed, Bit A troubled but resolute Bergen County Sheriff Anthony Cureton on Sunday said that he agrees with anti-ICE protestors but emphasized that "inciting chaos for the sake of chaos will not be tolerated." "What occurred yesterday was not a peaceful protest. It was not a productive act of political expression," the sheriff said during a news conference Sunday outside the jail in Hackensack. "What we saw yesterday was not, in the words of my hero, John Lewis, 'good trouble'." Cureton corrected social media errors -- noting, for example, that "tear gas was not employed" and that pepper spray was di…

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