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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Egg Harbor Township, NJ
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Retired NJ Corrections Officer, Couple Charged In Sex Trafficking Of Girl, 14 Retired NJ Corrections Officer, Couple Charged In Sex Trafficking Of Girl, 14 Retired NJ Corrections Officer, Couple Charged In Sex Trafficking Of Girl, 14
Retired NJ Corrections Officer, Couple Charged In Sex Trafficking Of Girl, 14 A retired New Jersey corrections officer paid a couple for sex with a 14-year-old girl who was trafficked at an Atlantic City casino hotel, authorities charged. The girl was rescued when she showed up at the hotel after undercover State Police detectives responded to an online escort ad, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Wednesday. Authorities later that day arrested Derrick V. Ross, 27, of Atlantic City, who Grewal said brought the girl to the hotel to have sex for money – and often sexually assaulted her himself. Also arrested was Tiffany N. Davis, 39, of Egg Harbor Township, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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VIDEO: Two Injured, Thousands Lose Power When UPS Truck Topples Pole, Ignites Fire In Clifton VIDEO: Two Injured, Thousands Lose Power When UPS Truck Topples Pole, Ignites Fire In Clifton VIDEO: Two Injured, Thousands Lose Power When UPS Truck Topples Pole, Ignites Fire In Clifton
Video: Two Injured, Thousands Lose Power When UPS Truck Topples Pole, Ignites Fire In Clifton UPDATE: A UPS truck toppled a utility pole in Clifton, igniting a fire that consumed a minivan, injuring a 70-something couple and knocking out power to more than 1,200 customers. The truck apparently snagged wires and pulled the pole across Main Avenue and onto a Dodge Caravan near Hillman Street at 3:58 p.m. Live wires burned the 77-year-old male driver and the crash injured the head of his 71-year-old passenger, Detective Sgt. Robert Anderson said. The Paterson couple was taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening, Anderson told…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Feds: Convicted Wayne Child Porn Collector Could Get 10 Years Minimum For New Offense Feds: Convicted Wayne Child Porn Collector Could Get 10 Years Minimum For New Offense Feds: Convicted Wayne Child Porn Collector Could Get 10 Years Minimum For New Offense
Feds: Convicted Wayne Child Porn Collector Could Get 10 Years Minimum For New Offense A registered sex offender from Wayne who served state prison time for downloading child porn is looking at a mandatory 10 years in a federal penitentiary for doing it again, authorities said. Robert Klemt, 34, had more than 70 photos and videos “depicting the sexual exploitation of children”on a laptop, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said Wednesday. Klemt, of New Street, was imprisoned after pleading guilty in Superior Court in Essex County in 2014 to possessing and distributing child pornography. Records show he was released the following March and classified under Megan’s Law in Tier 2 at…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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COVID Exposure Temporarily Closes Washington Township Firehouse COVID Exposure Temporarily Closes Washington Township Firehouse COVID Exposure Temporarily Closes Washington Township Firehouse
COVID Exposure Temporarily Closes Washington Township Firehouse Officials temporarily shut down the Washington Township Fire Department on Wednesday "out of an abundance of caution" following a COVID-19 exposure. The Pascack Valley department has arranged mutual aid coverage while contact tracing and coronavirus testing for any members who may have been exposed directly or indirectly, as well as any others who want to be tested. Officials are "working in conjunction with the Township OEM, Administration and the Health Department on implementing our return to service plan," Mayor Peter Calamari, Fire Chief Chief Kevin Zitko and Fire D…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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GOTCHA! Fair Lawn Teens Who Left Anti-Transgender Graffiti On Glen Rock Cafe Return To Scene GOTCHA! Fair Lawn Teens Who Left Anti-Transgender Graffiti On Glen Rock Cafe Return To Scene GOTCHA! Fair Lawn Teens Who Left Anti-Transgender Graffiti On Glen Rock Cafe Return To Scene
Gotcha! Fair Lawn Teens Who Left Anti-Transgender Graffiti On Glen Rock Cafe Return To Scene Two Fair Lawn teens scrawled anti-transgender graffiti outside a Glen Rock café, said police who took both into custody following an investigation helped in large part by area surveillance video. Juvenile complaints were signed against the 17-year-old girl and 16-year-old boy who left the LGBQT+ graffiti outside Nectar Café in a Rock Road shopping complex earlier this month, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said Wednesday. The vandalism, discovered when the owner opened for the day on Oct. 7, was “a random act,” Ackermann said. “No specific individual, person, or business was targeted,” the chi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Driver Hospitalized In Route 17 Rollover Driver Hospitalized In Route 17 Rollover Driver Hospitalized In Route 17 Rollover
Driver Hospitalized In Route 17 Rollover A 21-year-old driver from Maywood was hospitalized with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening following a rollover crash Wednesday morning on rain-slicked Route 17 in Waldwick. His Honda Civic was headed north on the highway when it hit a pothole, hydroplaned into the center median and overturned near Grove Street around 9 a.m., Waldwick Police Lt. Thomas Dowling said. The driver got out on his own before being taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, Dowling said. The crash backed up the highway's northbound side and created southbound rubbernecking. Waldwick police, firefi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Firefighters Pluck Parrot From Perch Atop Paterson City Hall Firefighters Pluck Parrot From Perch Atop Paterson City Hall Firefighters Pluck Parrot From Perch Atop Paterson City Hall
Firefighters Pluck Parrot From Perch Atop Paterson City Hall Paterson's bravest had a rare rescue Tuesday. A real macaw, found preening atop Paterson City Hall, wasn't coming down on his own, firefighters said. His owner joined a firefighter from Ladder 2 to "pluck" the blue-and-yella fella named Chewy from his perch. This way, they figured, Chewy wouldn't squawk. There was no immediate word on whether he had to be quarantined (they've done that with parrots since before COVID-19).

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hamilton Township, NJ
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LAWSUIT: Student Loan Giant Crippled NJ Borrowers, State Authorities Charge LAWSUIT: Student Loan Giant Crippled NJ Borrowers, State Authorities Charge LAWSUIT: Student Loan Giant Crippled NJ Borrowers, State Authorities Charge
Lawsuit: Student Loan Giant Crippled NJ Borrowers, State Authorities Charge One of the nation’s largest student loan servicers has screwed young borrowers in New Jersey, state authorities charged Tuesday in a blockbuster lawsuit against Navient. This includes deliberately fooling some of them into paying back more money than was due at the time by lying about the amounts, they said. “Higher education should be a pathway to success, not a road to financial ruin,” Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said in announcing the suit's filing. “Even before the financial fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, too many New Jerseyans were struggling to pay off their student loans,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
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PD: DWI Mahwah Driver Caught After Slamming Into New Milford Home, Across Lawns Goes Wild At HQ PD: DWI Mahwah Driver Caught After Slamming Into New Milford Home, Across Lawns Goes Wild At HQ PD: DWI Mahwah Driver Caught After Slamming Into New Milford Home, Across Lawns Goes Wild At HQ
PD: DWI Mahwah Driver Caught After Slamming Into New Milford Home, Across Lawns Goes Wild At HQ A Mahwah electrician was drunk when he slammed his SUV into a New Milford home, then drove across two other lawns before trying to hide beneath the back porch of another residence, said authorities who captured him. Brian Lowe, 38, became irate at headquarters, kicking things and slamming his head against the holding cell door, following his arrest around 9:30 p.m. Monday, Capt. Robert Jones said. A Holy Name Medical Center ambulance took him to New Bridge Medical Center in Paramus for treatment and a psychological evaluation, the captain said. The Chevy Tahoe driven by Lowenstein first hi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Police: Multiple Attempted Murder Charges Filed Against Paterson Man Who Shot At Group Of 5 Police: Multiple Attempted Murder Charges Filed Against Paterson Man Who Shot At Group Of 5 Police: Multiple Attempted Murder Charges Filed Against Paterson Man Who Shot At Group Of 5
Police: Multiple Attempted Murder Charges Filed Against Paterson Man Who Shot At Group Of 5 A Paterson man wanted for wounding five people in a shooting last month surrendered to city police after they identified him as the gunman, authorities said Tuesday. Julio Vasquez Larosa, 34, remained held in the Passaic County Jail pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Court in Paterson on five counts each of attempted murder, unlawful possession of a handgun and possession of a weapon for unlawful purposes. It was shortly after 4 a.m. Sept. 19 when Larosa opened fire in the area of Elizabeth Street and Getty Avenue, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes and Paterson Police Chi…

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