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
No Way Out: Fleeing Burglar Surrenders To Hawthorne Police After Wading Into Passaic River No Way Out: Fleeing Burglar Surrenders To Hawthorne Police After Wading Into Passaic River No Way Out: Fleeing Burglar Surrenders To Hawthorne Police After Wading Into Passaic River
No Way Out: Fleeing Burglar Surrenders To Hawthorne Police After Wading Into Passaic River A fleeing burglar was captured by Hawthorne police after he waded into the Passaic River and realized he had nowhere else to go, authorities said. Officers responding to an alarm and P&A Auto Parts on Goffle Road found a shattered glass door, heard rustling in the woods behind the building and saw Daniel Acevedo running up the riverbank holding a bag, Detective Lt. Matthew Hoogmoed said. Acevedo, 26, refused to stop, walked into the river and found himself up to his neck in water five to 10 yards from the shore, Hoogmoed said. He then “turned and walked back to officers, as he appeared…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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COVID-19: Mouthwash Won't Save You, Here's Why COVID-19: Mouthwash Won't Save You, Here's Why COVID-19: Mouthwash Won't Save You, Here's Why
Covid-19: Mouthwash Won't Save You, Here's Why Social and news media are abuzz again following a new study suggesting that a common antimicrobial ingredient in over-the-counter mouthwash could kill the coronavirus in 30 seconds.  Not so fast, doctors say. For one thing, the findings of the pre-print study haven’t actually been tested on humans or been reviewed by the broader scientific community. More importantly: Nowhere does the study suggest that mouthwash could cure – or even prevent – you from getting COVID-19. It was first suggested five months ago that mouthwash could perhaps be effective against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Woman Assaults Nurse At Paterson COVID-19 Testing Site Police: Woman Assaults Nurse At Paterson COVID-19 Testing Site Police: Woman Assaults Nurse At Paterson COVID-19 Testing Site
Police: Woman Assaults Nurse At Paterson Covid-19 Testing Site A Paterson woman assaulted a nurse working at a COVID-19 testing site, said city police who arrested her. The nurse had approached Ayxa Roldan, 19, and asked whether she was ill after spotting her covered in a blanket on line at the testing site off the corner of Madison Avenue and Ellison Street, authorities said. Roldan said she wasn't, argued with her, then smacked her in the back of the head with an open palm when the nurse turned around, according to the police report. Responding police charged Roldan with aggravated assault on a healthcare worker and released her pending a court hear…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson PD: Suspect Tosses Guns, Ammo During Foot Chase Paterson PD: Suspect Tosses Guns, Ammo During Foot Chase Paterson PD: Suspect Tosses Guns, Ammo During Foot Chase
Paterson PD: Suspect Tosses Guns, Ammo During Foot Chase An ex-con running from Paterson police tried to throw a duffel bag with two guns and ammo inside onto a roof, authorities said. He missed. Tipped off by Detective Sgt. Edgar Taylor, Officers Elbruz Dagistanli and Levis Qirjako approached Jhoan Rodriguez outside Quest Lounge at the corner of Washington Avenue and Plum Street shortly after 6:30 p.m. Monday, city Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. Rodriguez, 28, was carrying a duffel bag that Taylor said had a gun inside, the director said. Officer Jensin Burgos joined his colleagues as they approached Rodriguez, who suddenly bo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack Board Member Who Opposed LGBTQ Curriculum Resigns After Embarrassing Zoom Incident Hackensack Board Member Who Opposed LGBTQ Curriculum Resigns After Embarrassing Zoom Incident Hackensack Board Member Who Opposed LGBTQ Curriculum Resigns After Embarrassing Zoom Incident
Hackensack Board Member Who Opposed LGBTQ Curriculum Resigns After Embarrassing Zoom Incident A Hackensack School Board member who made national headlines by opposing a LGBTC curriculum has resigned after an embarrassing incident during a Zoom meeting. Frances Cogelja didn’t realize she’d left her laptop camera on when she took it with her while going to the bathroom during the public comments section of a board meeting Monday night. Nearly 150 participants, including students, apparently saw Cogelja relieve herself. No one immediately said anything when she returned from her trip to the toilet. A short time later, Vice President Scott James-Vickery reportedly told Cogelja: “You n…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Paramus Driver, 61, Killed In Horrific Fair Lawn Crash Called 'Angel With Heart Of Gold' Paramus Driver, 61, Killed In Horrific Fair Lawn Crash Called 'Angel With Heart Of Gold' Paramus Driver, 61, Killed In Horrific Fair Lawn Crash Called 'Angel With Heart Of Gold'
Paramus Driver, 61, Killed In Horrific Fair Lawn Crash Called 'Angel With Heart Of Gold' She was called "an angel with a heart of gold," deeply religious, kind and caring. Now loved ones friends and others who knew Cemile Akguc are mourning her sudden death in a horrific crash in Fair Lawn. Akguc, 61, of Paramus, "was such a good woman," one of them told Daily Voice. "Read the Bible every day. Went to Bible studies. Spoke Jesus’s word every day." Responders suspect Akguc suffered a medical episode before her Jeep careened out of control and crashed, killing her, at a busy intersection Monday night. The Turkish immigrant, who lived several years in Dumont before moving Paramus…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Firefighters Rescue Suicidal Accused Burglar Who Jumped Into Shallow Hackensack River Firefighters Rescue Suicidal Accused Burglar Who Jumped Into Shallow Hackensack River Firefighters Rescue Suicidal Accused Burglar Who Jumped Into Shallow Hackensack River
Firefighters Rescue Suicidal Accused Burglar Who Jumped Into Shallow Hackensack River The tide was rolling out when a suicidal local man suspected in a series of burglaries jumped into the Hackensack River Monday night. City firefighters pulled the troubled 32-year-old local resident from hip-deep water after he plunged more than 10 feet from a pedestrian bridge on the FDU campus around 7:40 p.m., police Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. He was treated for exposure to the elements and taken to Hackensack University Medical Center for treatment of possible trauma and a mental health evaluation, DeWitt said. The jumper was recently captured and ordered released by a Central Judicial…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Train Kept Rollin': Driver Of Car Struck At Glen Rock RR Crossing Gets Summons Train Kept Rollin': Driver Of Car Struck At Glen Rock RR Crossing Gets Summons Train Kept Rollin': Driver Of Car Struck At Glen Rock RR Crossing Gets Summons
Train Kept Rollin': Driver Of Car Struck At Glen Rock RR Crossing Gets Summons A Glen Rock driver whose car was clipped by a commuter train will have to explain what happened to a judge, authorities said.  The 59-year-old driver wasn't injured after the last car of the Hoboken-bound Bergen Line NJ Transit train struck the front of his eastbound 2015 Honda Civic, ripping off its bumper, at the Rock Road crossing shortly after 7 a.m. Nov. 24. The train kept rolling. "The engineer was not immediately aware of the collision, as the head end of the train had already cleared the crossing," Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Police gave the driver a summons f…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Paramus Driver, 61, Killed In Horrific Fair Lawn Crash Called 'Angel With Heart Of Gold' Paramus Driver, 61, Killed In Horrific Fair Lawn Crash Called 'Angel With Heart Of Gold' Paramus Driver, 61, Killed In Horrific Fair Lawn Crash Called 'Angel With Heart Of Gold'
Paramus Driver, 61, Killed In Horrific Fair Lawn Crash Called 'Angel With Heart Of Gold' She was called "an angel with a heart of gold," deeply religious, kind and caring. Now loved ones, friends and others who knew Cemile Akguc are mourning her sudden death in a horrific crash in Fair Lawn. Akguc, 61, of Paramus, "was such a good woman," one of them told Daily Voice. "Read the Bible every day. Went to Bible studies. Spoke Jesus’s word every day." Responders suspect Akguc suffered a medical episode before her Jeep careened out of control and crashed, killing her, at a busy intersection Monday night. The Turkish immigrant, who lived several years in Dumont before moving Paramu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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UPDATE: Paramus Driver, 61, Killed In Horrific Fair Lawn Crash UPDATE: Paramus Driver, 61, Killed In Horrific Fair Lawn Crash UPDATE: Paramus Driver, 61, Killed In Horrific Fair Lawn Crash
Update: Paramus Driver, 61, Killed In Horrific Fair Lawn Crash She was called "an angel with a heart of gold," deeply religious, kind and caring. Now loved ones friends and others who knew Cemile Akguc are mourning her sudden death in a horrific crash in Fair Lawn. Akguc, 61, of Paramus, "was such a good woman," one of them told Daily Voice. "Read the Bible every day. Went to Bible studies. Spoke Jesus’s word every day." Responders suspect Akguc suffered a medical episode before her Jeep careened out of control and crashed, killing her, at a busy intersection Monday night. The Turkish immigrant, who lived several years in Dumont before moving Paramus…

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