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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Cresskill-Closter, NJ
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Crane Taken Out For Spin Topples In Parking Lot Of Closter School, Cresskill Operator Cited Crane Taken Out For Spin Topples In Parking Lot Of Closter School, Cresskill Operator Cited Crane Taken Out For Spin Topples In Parking Lot Of Closter School, Cresskill Operator Cited
Crane Taken Out For Spin Topples In Parking Lot Of Closter School, Cresskill Operator Cited No one was injured when a crane toppled over in the parking lot of a Closter elementary school, authorities said. The 53-year-old owner from Cresskill man had recently bought the truck and was testing the crane in the empty lot of the Hillside Elementary School on Houmans Avenue over the weekend when one of the riggers failed, Police Chief John “Jack” McTigue said. He was out of the cab before responders arrived and wasn’t injured, McTigue said, adding that no damage was caused other than a diesel spill that required cleanup. Firefighters and police were there for several hours as Brooksid…

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Paterson, NJ
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Paterson PD: Burglars Caught In School Charged In Nine Break-Ins Paterson PD: Burglars Caught In School Charged In Nine Break-Ins Paterson PD: Burglars Caught In School Charged In Nine Break-Ins
Paterson PD: Burglars Caught In School Charged In Nine Break-Ins Paterson detectives cracked a month-long burglary spree when they caught two suspects inside an elementary school. Detectives and uniformed officers responding to a burglar alarm converged on the K-8 Norman S. Weir School on College Boulevard (Van Houten Street), which had also been burglarized the day before, authorities said. Inside the school they found city resident Jeremiah Carter, 39, and Justin Poff, 23, of Wharton, Paterson Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. Both men confessed to a string of burglaries that began exactly a month before, Speziale said. These included four…

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Bergenfield, NJ
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Bergenfield PD: Cellphone-Using DWI Motorist Involved In Crash Assaults, Threatens Officers Bergenfield PD: Cellphone-Using DWI Motorist Involved In Crash Assaults, Threatens Officers Bergenfield PD: Cellphone-Using DWI Motorist Involved In Crash Assaults, Threatens Officers
Bergenfield PD: Cellphone-Using DWI Motorist Involved In Crash Assaults, Threatens Officers A Bergenfield motorist who crashed her car while drunk and on her cellphone assaulted a borough police officer and threatened to kill him and his colleagues, authorities said. Devlynn Kujawa, a 30-year-old bartender, was taken into custody following the late-night Nov. 9 crash on Ralph Street, Detective Lt. William Duran said. During the booking process at headquarters, police found her carrying cocaine, Duran said. Kujawa, previously of Englewood and the Jersey Shore, then struck Officer John Hwang in the chest while threatening to kill him and the other officers there, the lieutenant sai…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Another Paterson Shooting Arrest Announced, Two More People Shot Another Paterson Shooting Arrest Announced, Two More People Shot Another Paterson Shooting Arrest Announced, Two More People Shot
Another Paterson Shooting Arrest Announced, Two More People Shot Barely 24 hours after authorities announced the arrest of a 22-year-old Paterson man for a late-summer shooting, two more people were struck by gunfire in the city. Alexander Carrasquillo was captured following a traffic stop at Summer and Ellison streets at 1:10 a.m. Saturday, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint release. They didn’t say whether police already knew or discovered that they were stopping Carrasquillo, who was wanted for the Sept. 6 shooting of a 23-year-old city resident at the corner of Auburn and Governor str…

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Pascack Valley, NJ
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Rockland Couple's SUV Tumbles Into Brook Between Shopping Center, High School In Montvale Rockland Couple's SUV Tumbles Into Brook Between Shopping Center, High School In Montvale Rockland Couple's SUV Tumbles Into Brook Between Shopping Center, High School In Montvale
Rockland Couple's SUV Tumbles Into Brook Between Shopping Center, High School In Montvale A pair of Rockland County grandparents escaped serious injury when their SUV barreled over an embankment and into a brook Saturday afternoon at a shopping center in Montvale, authorities said. The husband apparently hit the gas instead of the brake pulling into a handicapped parking space in the parking lot of the Fresh Market bordering St. Joseph Regional High School on Chestnut Ridge Road Police Chief Joseph Sanfilippo said. That sent their Lincoln into a brook between the two properties, he said. Both were taken to the Valley Hospital with minor injuries, the chief said. A tow truck rem…

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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COVID-19 Outbreak Closes Bergen County Police Academy COVID-19 Outbreak Closes Bergen County Police Academy COVID-19 Outbreak Closes Bergen County Police Academy
Covid-19 Outbreak Closes Bergen County Police Academy The Bergen County Police Academy was shut down for at least two weeks after a number of recruits tested positive for COVID-19. Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco confirmed the move Saturday morning. At least eight new police officers on the verge of completing their 22-week basic training at the Bergen County Law & Public Safety Institute on Campgaw Road in Mahwah received positive results from mandatory testing, authorities said. As a result, operations at the academy were temporarily suspended and the recruits were advised to quarantine based on CDC guidelines, they said. The move …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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NJSP: SUV Driver Killed In Pinball-Like Garden State Parkway Crash NJSP: SUV Driver Killed In Pinball-Like Garden State Parkway Crash NJSP: SUV Driver Killed In Pinball-Like Garden State Parkway Crash
Njsp: SUV Driver Killed In Pinball-Like Garden State Parkway Crash UPDATE: A Morris County native was killed in a crash on the Garden State Parkway in Clifton late Friday, authorities said. Conor Gaul, 29, was pronounced dead shortly after the pinball-like crash near Exit 154 on the southbound parkway shortly after 10 p.m., New Jersey State Police said. Gaul, a world traveler who'd recently been living in Charleston, SC, was alone in his SUV when it struck a shoulder guardrail while entering from Route 19, then ricocheted across the southbound lanes into the center median and careened back across the highway, they said. State Police were investigatin…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
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Teen Victims Critically Injured In Wrong-Way Crash On Route 3 Near MetLife Stadium Teen Victims Critically Injured In Wrong-Way Crash On Route 3 Near MetLife Stadium Teen Victims Critically Injured In Wrong-Way Crash On Route 3 Near MetLife Stadium
Teen Victims Critically Injured In Wrong-Way Crash On Route 3 Near MetLife Stadium UPDATE: An 18-year-old student from Kearny was drunk when her sedan slammed head-on into another as she drove the wrong way on Route 3 near MetLife Stadium, authorities said. Two victims remained hospitalized following the 1:30 a.m. crash on the Berry’s Creek bridge in East Rutherford on Nov. 28, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Meanwhile, Nube Guzman-Picon remained free pending a Dec. 16 first appearance scheduled in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack on assault by auto charges, Musella said. She also received summonses for driving while intoxicated, reckless drivi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Elizabeth, NJ
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NJ Bookkeeper From NY Gets Two Years In Fed Pen For Inflating His Payroll By $500,000 NJ Bookkeeper From NY Gets Two Years In Fed Pen For Inflating His Payroll By $500,000 NJ Bookkeeper From NY Gets Two Years In Fed Pen For Inflating His Payroll By $500,000
NJ Bookkeeper From NY Gets Two Years In Fed Pen For Inflating His Payroll By $500,000 A New York man who worked as an office manager and bookkeeper for a Union County company is headed to federal prison for two years for inflating his payroll information by nearly $500,000, authorities said. Over the course of about three years, Patrick Snoop, 35, of Monroe in Orange County, NY, “used his position to fraudulently inflate his salary on several occasions by providing falsified information to a payroll company used by his employer,” U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. The unauthorized changes cost his company $494,373, Carpenito said. Snoop pleaded guilty to wire fraud before …

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Paterson, NJ
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Paterson Man, 18, Charged With Attempted Murder In Shooting Paterson Man, 18, Charged With Attempted Murder In Shooting Paterson Man, 18, Charged With Attempted Murder In Shooting
Paterson Man, 18, Charged With Attempted Murder In Shooting Detectives captured an 18-year-old Paterson man charged with attempted murder in the shooting another city resident. Terrance Byrd was identified following the Oct. 24 shooting shortly before 2 a.m. at the corner of Main and Hemlock streets, authorities said. The 22-year-old victim was treated at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center after arriving via private vehicle, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said. Byrd, who also is charged with drug and weapons offenses, was taken into custody shortly before 5:30 p.m. Monday at the corner of Nor…

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