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
PD: Driver In Wayne Stolen Car Pursuit Crashes, Bails On Route 46, Leaves Loaded Gun Behind PD: Driver In Wayne Stolen Car Pursuit Crashes, Bails On Route 46, Leaves Loaded Gun Behind PD: Driver In Wayne Stolen Car Pursuit Crashes, Bails On Route 46, Leaves Loaded Gun Behind
PD: Driver In Wayne Stolen Car Pursuit Crashes, Bails On Route 46, Leaves Loaded Gun Behind A car thief from Newark who was captured after he crashed his own car on Route 46 in Clifton during a police chase left a loaded gun behind, Wayne police said. Wayne police responding to a report of thieves in a BMW with a temporary license plate in the Point View Parkway area spotted the car heading south in tandem with a stolen Lexus on Valley Road around 7:30 a.m. Sunday, Detective Capt. Daniel Daly said. They tried stopping the vehicles, but both sped away, Daly said. A supervisor eventually called off the pursuit because of the excessive speed, the captain said. One of the vehicles s…

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Paterson, NJ
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Feds: Wayne Woman Admits Doctoring Apps In $4 Million Bank Loan Swindle Feds: Wayne Woman Admits Doctoring Apps In $4 Million Bank Loan Swindle Feds: Wayne Woman Admits Doctoring Apps In $4 Million Bank Loan Swindle
Feds: Wayne Woman Admits Doctoring Apps In $4 Million Bank Loan Swindle A Wayne woman admitted in federal court in Newark that she helped produce bogus documents that conned banks out of $4 million in loans, authorities said. Gladys Collins, 43, was among a group of conspirators at Cash Flow Partners LLC, a business consulting firm with offices in New York and New Jersey, who attracted loan applicants through online ads and seminars, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. The crew then ginned up applications for loans, some insured by the FDIC, to make their customers “appear more financially viable than they actually were,” Carpenito said. Collins accepted a dea…

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Teaneck, NJ
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Englewood Ex-Con Sought In Middlesex Shooting Captured At Teaneck Hotel Englewood Ex-Con Sought In Middlesex Shooting Captured At Teaneck Hotel Englewood Ex-Con Sought In Middlesex Shooting Captured At Teaneck Hotel
Englewood Ex-Con Sought In Middlesex Shooting Captured At Teaneck Hotel An Englewood fugitive wanted in connection with a shooting in Middlesex County was captured at a Teaneck hotel, authorities said. Ex-con Bryant Kyron Dula, 26, was seized without incident Tuesday night at the Teaneck Marriott at Glenpointe, where he'd apparently been staying, responders said. A Bergen County Regional SWAT team was ready but not needed when county prosecutor's detectives and local police made the arrest. A gun reportedly was recovered in Dula's room. Dula -- also known as "Feva Five" -- has an adult criminal history that began shortly after he turned 18, records show. He…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
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Prosecutor: New Milford Firefighting Vet Got Underage Girls To Have Sex Chats, Send Nude Pics Prosecutor: New Milford Firefighting Vet Got Underage Girls To Have Sex Chats, Send Nude Pics Prosecutor: New Milford Firefighting Vet Got Underage Girls To Have Sex Chats, Send Nude Pics
Prosecutor: New Milford Firefighting Vet Got Underage Girls To Have Sex Chats, Send Nude Pics UPDATE: New Milford Fire Lt. Angelo DeCarlo got underage girls he had online sexual chats with to send him naked photos, authorities charged. Armed with a search warrant, detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office took DeCarlo into custody at his Princeton Street home while seizing evidence early Tuesday. The Cyber Crimes Task Force members had learned that 55-year-old account manager "used the Internet to view, download, possess, and share digital files depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children," Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. "In …

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Garfield-Lodi, NJ
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Feds Raid Lodi Home, Bust Resident On Child Porn Charges Feds Raid Lodi Home, Bust Resident On Child Porn Charges Feds Raid Lodi Home, Bust Resident On Child Porn Charges
Feds Raid Lodi Home, Bust Resident On Child Porn Charges A Lodi man was ordered detained by a federal judge Tuesday after agents said they found him trafficking child pornography. Joseph Ganaro, 42, used BitTorrent to collect and share child sex-abuse images, which agents accessed, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. They found 10 video files containing child pornography from an IP address assigned to Ganaro’s Avenue D near the state MVC office and charged him with distributing the images, the U.S. attorney said. Carpenito credited special agents of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Homeland Security Investigations New Jersey Division a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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New Jersey Named Most Hated State In America New Jersey Named Most Hated State In America New Jersey Named Most Hated State In America
New Jersey Named Most Hated State In America If you’re the type who takes polls seriously, New Jersey’s got yours right here. That’s right: New Jersey – which once claimed the top spot in a survey of states least likely to give to charity – is Number 1 again. This time it’s in a survey that named it America’s most hated state. The methodology used by BestLife magazine included an independent poll of 320,000 Instagram followers nationwide by of illustrator and amateur researcher Matt Shirley. Sure enough, those driving the “Hatred Index” against New Jersey most were folks from New York Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Delaware. Also in…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Hackensack Firefighters Free Crash Victims Trapped In Bushes Hackensack Firefighters Free Crash Victims Trapped In Bushes Hackensack Firefighters Free Crash Victims Trapped In Bushes
Hackensack Firefighters Free Crash Victims Trapped In Bushes A Jeep and a sedan ended up on separate lawns after colliding Tuesday afternoon in Hackensack. Firefighters freed two women in the Jeep after it plowed into bushes outside a home on Summit Avenue near Anderson Street shortly before 1:30 p.m. Neither they nor an elderly man who was alone driving the sedan appeared seriously injured. The sedan got the worst of it in the crash on Summit Avenue in Hackensack.Rula Kanawati for DAILY VOICE The SUV and its occupants were relatively unharmed.Rula Kanawati for DAILY VOICE Cleanup needed.Rula Kanawati for DAILY VOICE ALL PHOTOS: Rula Kanaw…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
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New Milford Planning Board CM, Fire Lieutenant Jailed On Child Porn Charges New Milford Planning Board CM, Fire Lieutenant Jailed On Child Porn Charges New Milford Planning Board CM, Fire Lieutenant Jailed On Child Porn Charges
New Milford Planning Board CM, Fire Lieutenant Jailed On Child Porn Charges UPDATE: New Milford Fire Lt. Angelo DeCarlo got underage girls he had online sexual chats with to send him naked photos, authorities charged. Armed with a search warrant, detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office took DeCarlo into custody at his Princeton Street home while seizing evidence early Tuesday. The Cyber Crimes Task Force members had learned that 55-year-old account manager "used the Internet to view, download, possess, and share digital files depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children," Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. "In …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Legalize It? NJ Pot Supporters First Need To Know Where To Find It On Ballot, Advocates Say Legalize It? NJ Pot Supporters First Need To Know Where To Find It On Ballot, Advocates Say Legalize It? NJ Pot Supporters First Need To Know Where To Find It On Ballot, Advocates Say
Legalize It? NJ Pot Supporters First Need To Know Where To Find It On Ballot, Advocates Say Polls show most New Jerseyans want marijuana legalized, but what Garden State voters may not know is that the question is on the back of the election ballot. A recent survey by the Stockton University Polling Institute found 66% of New Jersey respondents favoring legalized leaf. Separate polls have gotten 65% and 61% thumbs up, respectively. But those are polls, not elections. The difference: Referendum questions always go at the end of ballots, which usually leads to slimmer margins than polls. This year, the cannabis legalization question is on the back of the ballot. It’s left some a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
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Northvale Driver Charged With Intentionally Crashing Into Couple In Norwood Northvale Driver Charged With Intentionally Crashing Into Couple In Norwood Northvale Driver Charged With Intentionally Crashing Into Couple In Norwood
Northvale Driver Charged With Intentionally Crashing Into Couple In Norwood UPDATE: A 21-year-old Northvale driver intentionally slammed his Jaguar into an SUV on a Norwood road, critically injuring one of the occupants, in an apparent suicide attempt. Solomon Kim, who suffered back and leg fractures, “intentionally crashed into the victim’s vehicle, causing the injuries” to a man and woman, both 46, Tuesday afternoon on Livingston Street, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The impact sent the couple’s Infiniti spinning into a wooded area and leaving a long debris field. The couple also were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, where the woman …

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