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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Garfield-Lodi, NJ
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Bergen Prosecutor: Career Criminal Nabbed With 5,000 Heroin Folds, Crack Bergen Prosecutor: Career Criminal Nabbed With 5,000 Heroin Folds, Crack Bergen Prosecutor: Career Criminal Nabbed With 5,000 Heroin Folds, Crack
Bergen Prosecutor: Career Criminal Nabbed With 5,000 Heroin Folds, Crack An ex-con with a 25-year criminal history was carrying 100 heroin bricks when detectives stopped his SUV in Garfield, authorities said. David Clay, 45, of Paterson remained held in the Bergen County Jail awaiting a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack on charges of carrying both the 5,000 heroin folds and a half-ounce of crack for sale. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said detectives from his Narcotic Task Force and Garfield police stopped the unemployed dealer's 2007 Audi Q7 Monday on River Road. Musella estimated the value of the drugs found in the ve…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Shots Fired Report Produces Paterson Gun Arrest, North Haledon Man Charged Shots Fired Report Produces Paterson Gun Arrest, North Haledon Man Charged Shots Fired Report Produces Paterson Gun Arrest, North Haledon Man Charged
Shots Fired Report Produces Paterson Gun Arrest, North Haledon Man Charged Paterson detectives investigating a shots-fired report nabbed a North Haledon man with a loaded handgun and 30 heroin folds, authorities said. Detectives Mustafa Dombayci and Yamil Pimienta spotted Julio Rivera, 36, “maneuvering an object in his front waistband several times” as he approached a double-parked vehicle near the corner of Union Avenue and Jasper Street around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday, city Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. They seized Rivera and found him carrying a 9mm semi-automatic handgun and the heroin, Speziale said. Rivera remained held on drug and weapons charges…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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NYC Mom Who Fled With Young Daughter After Infant Son Died Found At South Hackensack Motel NYC Mom Who Fled With Young Daughter After Infant Son Died Found At South Hackensack Motel NYC Mom Who Fled With Young Daughter After Infant Son Died Found At South Hackensack Motel
NYC Mom Who Fled With Young Daughter After Infant Son Died Found At South Hackensack Motel EXCLUSIVE: A Queens woman who went missing with her 2-year-old daughter after the NYPD began investigating the death of her infant son was located Thursday afternoon at a South Hackensack motel, Daily Voice has learned. South Hackensack and Hackensack police found Carla Garriques at the Travelodge by Wyndham off Route 46 after the NYPD pinged her cellphone there, law enforcement sources said. Garriques was with her 2-year-old daughter, who was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center in the custody of the state Division of Child Protection and Permanency, they said. No charges had bee…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
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Firefighters Douse Teaneck Blaze Firefighters Douse Teaneck Blaze Firefighters Douse Teaneck Blaze
Firefighters Douse Teaneck Blaze VIDEO: Firefighters doused a Teaneck blaze Thursday afternoon. Responders found flames shooting from the windows of the vacant State Street building shortly after 1 p.m. They had the bulk of the fire knocked down within 15 minutes. No injuries were reported. Hackensack and Englewood firefighters were among the mutual aid responders.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
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North Arlington PD: Bicyclist, 13, Struck, Kearny Colleagues Help ID Fleeing SUV Driver North Arlington PD: Bicyclist, 13, Struck, Kearny Colleagues Help ID Fleeing SUV Driver North Arlington PD: Bicyclist, 13, Struck, Kearny Colleagues Help ID Fleeing SUV Driver
North Arlington PD: Bicyclist, 13, Struck, Kearny Colleagues Help ID Fleeing SUV Driver Kearny police helped their North Arlington colleagues identify a fleeing driver moments after an SUV struck a 13-year-old bicyclist Thursday afternoon, authorities said. The girl wasn’t seriously injured after being struck at the corner of Exton and Schuyler avenues around 1 p.m., Police Chief Scott Hedenberg said. “Great job by our officers and Kearny police working together,” he said. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS ****** UPDATE: A pharmacist from North Bergen was charged with assault by auto for a horrific crash last month on Route 17 in Hasbrouck Heights that left a teenage victim still…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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North Bergen Driver Charged In Horrific Route 17 Crash In Hasbrouck Heights North Bergen Driver Charged In Horrific Route 17 Crash In Hasbrouck Heights North Bergen Driver Charged In Horrific Route 17 Crash In Hasbrouck Heights
North Bergen Driver Charged In Horrific Route 17 Crash In Hasbrouck Heights UPDATE: A pharmacist from North Bergen was charged with assault by auto for a horrific crash last month on Route 17 in Hasbrouck Heights that left a teenage victim still critical, authorities announced Thursday. Kal Elhoregy, 52, was driving a 2017 BMW M3 that slammed into a 2002 Chrysler Town and Country minivan parked in the Kentucky Fried Chicken lot on the southbound highway at high speed shortly after 9 p.m. Oct. 24, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The Chrysler had two occupants, both 19, Musella said. Although the male passenger was ejected, the female driver was more ser…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Highland Lakes-Vernon, NJ
Breaking News
Sussex Dentist Admits Tax Fraud Sussex Dentist Admits Tax Fraud Sussex Dentist Admits Tax Fraud
Sussex Dentist Admits Tax Fraud A Sussex County dentist admitted in federal court in Newark that he filed a false tax return with the IRS. Richard Golembioski, 61, of Vernon failed to report $114,566 in income from his dental practice on the 2012 return, as well as other amounts during the following four tax years, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Rather than go to trial, Golembioski took a deal from the government, pleading guilty to making and subscribing to the single false return, authorities said. U.S. District Judge Madeline Cox Arleo scheduled sentencing for March 8. Carpento credited IRS-Criminal Investigatio…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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COVID-19: Authorities Close Packed Paterson Nightclubs COVID-19: Authorities Close Packed Paterson Nightclubs COVID-19: Authorities Close Packed Paterson Nightclubs
Covid-19: Authorities Close Packed Paterson Nightclubs Paterson police raided several nightclubs -- and closed a couple -- that they said were packed with patrons in violation of social distancing regulations, among other offenses. More than 300 people were packed into Besan Café on East Railway Avenue club one night when police showed up one night -- and more than 160 the next time, Speziale said. That wasn't all, he said. Summonses were issued for not having an entertainment license, smoking in public and creating or maintaining a dangerous condition, he said. The Gypsy Lounge on Getty Avenue club also was closed after police found more tha…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Not Again: Ford Recalls Explorer In NJ, NY, CT, MA Not Again: Ford Recalls Explorer In NJ, NY, CT, MA Not Again: Ford Recalls Explorer In NJ, NY, CT, MA
Not Again: Ford Recalls Explorer In NJ, NY, CT, MA Ford is recalling more than 375,000 Explorers to repair or replace a a suspension part that can break and cause crashes. Customers will notified beginning Nov. 30, the automaker said, adding that dealers will inspect the vehicles and replace parts if necessary.  The SUVs in the U.S. and Canada from the 2013 through 2017 model years built by Ford in Chicago were connected to 13 crashes causing six injuries. They were sold or registered 22 states -- including New Jersey, New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts -- and six Canadian provinces. Steering control on the vehicles has been red…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Young Teens Busted For Election-Day Dealing In Paterson, 376 Heroin Folds Seized Young Teens Busted For Election-Day Dealing In Paterson, 376 Heroin Folds Seized Young Teens Busted For Election-Day Dealing In Paterson, 376 Heroin Folds Seized
Young Teens Busted For Election-Day Dealing In Paterson, 376 Heroin Folds Seized Electioneers weren't the only ones working the streets of Paterson on Tuesday. Two boys – one 15, the other 17 – were among four people nabbed by city police with a combined 376 heroin folds, authorities said. They also seized more than $1,800 in drug proceeds. Detectives moved in after watching a trio slinging heroin at the corner of Broadway and Summer Street, near the city public library, around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, city Police Director Jerry Speziale said. They collected the crew members’ stash of 353 folds and seized Shameek T. McDougald, 26, Shequan Roberts, 21, and a boy, 15, he said.…

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