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
Three Shot Near Notorious Paterson Drug Corner Three Shot Near Notorious Paterson Drug Corner Three Shot Near Notorious Paterson Drug Corner
Three Shot Near Notorious Paterson Drug Corner Three victims were struck Monday afternoon by shots fired in one of the Paterson's most notorious neighborhoods. This year alone, more than a dozen people have been wounded in shootings along a stretch of a half-dozen or so blocks along 10th Avenue on the city's Eastside littered with open-air drug markets that authorities say is controlled by the Icy Boys gang, records show. Police on Monday found two wounded city men, one 39 and the other 63, after shots were fired around 2:50 p.m. near the corner of 10th and East 26th Street, authorities said. A 40-year-old Paterson woman who also was s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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CEO Of Englewood Firm Accused Of Event With 200 Guests, Drugs, Booze, COVID Violations Resigns CEO Of Englewood Firm Accused Of Event With 200 Guests, Drugs, Booze, COVID Violations Resigns CEO Of Englewood Firm Accused Of Event With 200 Guests, Drugs, Booze, COVID Violations Resigns
CEO Of Englewood Firm Accused Of Event With 200 Guests, Drugs, Booze, COVID Violations Resigns UPDATE: The chief operating officer of a civically-involved Englewood entertainment company announced Monday that his CEO has resigned in the wake of a raid of an after-hours party where police said they discovered crimes and COVID violations. Rasheed Goins, the chief operating officer of Feenx Entertainment, said he will be "taking over day to day operations going forward" following the resignation of Selom Gbate. Police said they found 200 or so partiers – few wearing masks or social distancing – along with drugs, alcohol and disabled fire alarms during a Nov. 29 pre-dawn raid of a space …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Fort Lee PD: Cliffside Park Man, 69, Stabs Motorist In Parking Garage Brawl Near GWB Fort Lee PD: Cliffside Park Man, 69, Stabs Motorist In Parking Garage Brawl Near GWB Fort Lee PD: Cliffside Park Man, 69, Stabs Motorist In Parking Garage Brawl Near GWB
Fort Lee PD: Cliffside Park Man, 69, Stabs Motorist In Parking Garage Brawl Near GWB A 69-year-old Cliffside Park retiree was arrested after he stabbed a motorist with a folding knife in a parking garage near the George Washington Bridge, Fort Lee police said. The 33-year-old victim told police that Patrick Morrissey first spit on his vehicle in the Hudson Lights garage shortly after 6 p.m. Sunday, Capt. Ricky Mirkovic said. The victim said he turned to speak with him when Morrissey pulled out a folding knife, threatened him, then lunged through the open window of his vehicle and stabbed him, the captain said. The victim got out of his car and bashed Morrissey, Mirkovic sa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Need A Christmas Tree? Dumont Volunteer Ambulance Corps Has Yours Need A Christmas Tree? Dumont Volunteer Ambulance Corps Has Yours Need A Christmas Tree? Dumont Volunteer Ambulance Corps Has Yours
Need A Christmas Tree? Dumont Volunteer Ambulance Corps Has Yours With nationwide supplies down this season, Christmas trees of various shapes and sizes have been moving quickly off the lot at the Dumont Volunteer Ambulance Corps. As of Sunday, the corps was down to its last 100 trees and a limited number of decorated wreaths. "So we encourage you to make an appointment with us if you haven't picked out a tree yet," members said. Available are an assortment of balsam, Douglas and Fraser firs from four to feet and seven to eight feet, as well as wreathes and grave blankets. The parking lot next to DVAC headquarters at 108 Brook Street is open for walk-i…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Illegal After-Hours Clubs Grow Amid COVID Restrictions, NJ Police Say Illegal After-Hours Clubs Grow Amid COVID Restrictions, NJ Police Say Illegal After-Hours Clubs Grow Amid COVID Restrictions, NJ Police Say
Illegal After-Hours Clubs Grow Amid COVID Restrictions, NJ Police Say Just like the speakeasys of the Prohibition-era 1920s, illegal nightclubs stocked with booze, music and more are sprouting up amid COVID restrictions in New Jersey, including two that Paterson police raided this past week.  Those followed one less than a week earlier in Englewood. “You may think this game of cat-and-mouse ... is kind of cute, but let’s be honest, it can be deadly,” Gov. Phil Murphy said Monday. “And, by the way, when you act like a knucklehead, you show your true self. You show you don’t care about your community. You show you don’t care about your customers or your e…

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by Jerry DeMarco
North Hunterdon, NJ
Breaking News
Grisly History Of Sussex Man Captured In Hunterdon Homicide: Stabbed Robbery Victim In Head Grisly History Of Sussex Man Captured In Hunterdon Homicide: Stabbed Robbery Victim In Head Grisly History Of Sussex Man Captured In Hunterdon Homicide: Stabbed Robbery Victim In Head
Grisly History Of Sussex Man Captured In Hunterdon Homicide: Stabbed Robbery Victim In Head UPDATE: A Sussex County ex-con who's spent nearly all of his adult life in prison was captured in Pennsylvania and charged Monday in connection with a homicide the night before in Hunterdon County, authorities confirmed. Brandon Petersen, 31, of Newton, whose criminal history includes imprisonment for more than eight years for brutally stabbing a neighbor during a robbery, became the target of a manhunt following the Sunday night killing of a female victim in Delaware Township, they said. Delaware Township police responding to a 911 call at 9:15 p.m. Sunday discovered that the victim had be…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Giuliani Hospitalized With COVID-19: 'Feeling Good, Recovering Quickly, Keeping Up' Giuliani Hospitalized With COVID-19: 'Feeling Good, Recovering Quickly, Keeping Up' Giuliani Hospitalized With COVID-19: 'Feeling Good, Recovering Quickly, Keeping Up'
Giuliani Hospitalized With Covid-19: 'Feeling Good, Recovering Quickly, Keeping Up' Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani said that he was "recovering quickly and keeping up with everything" after being hospitalized for COVID-19. The 76-year-old personal attorney for President Donald Trump -- who's been leading the campaign to overturn presidential elections results in court -- reportedly was admitted to Georgetown University Hospital on Sunday after testing positive for the virus. "Thank you to all my friends and followers for all the prayers and kind wishes," Giuliani tweeted Sunday night. "I’m getting great care and feeling good. Recovering quickly and keeping u…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Hawthorne, Glen Rock Officers Capture Quartet Who Crashed Stolen Ridgewood Lexus Hawthorne, Glen Rock Officers Capture Quartet Who Crashed Stolen Ridgewood Lexus Hawthorne, Glen Rock Officers Capture Quartet Who Crashed Stolen Ridgewood Lexus
Hawthorne, Glen Rock Officers Capture Quartet Who Crashed Stolen Ridgewood Lexus Hawthorne and Glen Rock police captured a quartet of juveniles from three counties -- two of them 15 years old -- after they crashed a Lexus stolen out of Ridgewood during a brief overnight chase Monday. Glen Rock police tried to stop the car, but the driver hit the gas and continued into Hawthorne, crashing on Parker Avenue shortly after 12:30 a.m., Hawthorne Police Capt. Robert King said. The four occupants immediately bailed, he said. Hawthorne officers chased down three of them in a backyard on Rea Avenue after they ran there from 11the Avenue, King said. Glen Rock police nabbed the f…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
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One Shot In Brawl Outside Teaneck Nightclub One Shot In Brawl Outside Teaneck Nightclub One Shot In Brawl Outside Teaneck Nightclub
One Shot In Brawl Outside Teaneck Nightclub Shots fired during a midnight brawl outside a Teaneck nightclub struck one victim, authorities confirmed Monday morning. About 15 people were fighting when police arrived at RAIN on Water Street behind Cedar Lane, Police Chief Glenn O'Reilly said. "As officers were breaking up the fight, several gun shots were fired," he said. "One person was hit and transported to Hackensack University Medical Center," the chief said. A resident who lives nearby reported hearing "two, maybe three" shots. It wasn't immediately clear whether the victim was a participant or a bystander. The injury "does no…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
East Rutherford House Fire KO'd East Rutherford House Fire KO'd East Rutherford House Fire KO'd
East Rutherford House Fire KO'd East Rutherford firefighters doused a pre-dawn house blaze Sunday. The Willow Wood Court fire broke out in the living room of the 2½-story wood-frame home shortly before 2 a.m. and was quickly knocked down. Joining borough firefighters at the scene were companies from Carlstadt, Rutherford and Wallington. They were released shortly before 3 a.m. PHOTO: Damien Danis for DAILY VOICE

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