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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Newark, NJ
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Brick City Backhander: Feds Charge Newark Councilman With Taking Payoffs For Influence Brick City Backhander: Feds Charge Newark Councilman With Taking Payoffs For Influence Brick City Backhander: Feds Charge Newark Councilman With Taking Payoffs For Influence
Brick City Backhander: Feds Charge Newark Councilman With Taking Payoffs For Influence Federal agents caught a sitting Newark City Council member pocketing payoffs in exchange for influence, authorities said Tuesday. West Ward Councilman Joseph A. McCallum Jr., 65, was charged with soliciting and collecting bribes and kickbacks at the same time that a consultant from the city, 60-year-old Malik Frederick, was pleading guilty to his role in the scheme, they said. McCallum “schemed to receive concealed bribes and kickbacks from Frederick, funded by developers, contracting companies, and other businesses seeking contracts and approvals principally related to development, constru…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
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Lodi Man Wanted On Long Island Nabbed By North Arlington Police Lodi Man Wanted On Long Island Nabbed By North Arlington Police Lodi Man Wanted On Long Island Nabbed By North Arlington Police
Lodi Man Wanted On Long Island Nabbed By North Arlington Police GOTCHA! A North Arlington police officer captured a Lodi man wanted out of Long Island following a traffic stop, authorities said. Officer Andrew Porporino stopped a 2016 BMW going more than 20 miles over the 30 mph limit on northbound Schuyler Avenue and found the driver extremely nervous, Police Chief Scott Hedenberg said. Porporino also noticed a “strong overpowering odor of air freshener” believed to be masking the odor of pot, he said. A computer checked showed the driver, Thomas Gibson Jr., 48, had both a suspended license and a fully-extraditable warrant out of Suffolk County, Hede…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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Update: Bergen Executive, Father Of Four ID'd As Train Death Victim Update: Bergen Executive, Father Of Four ID'd As Train Death Victim Update: Bergen Executive, Father Of Four ID'd As Train Death Victim
Update: Bergen Executive, Father Of Four ID'd As Train Death Victim A married father of four was struck and killed by a freight train in Bergen County on Sunday, authorities confirmed. The media executive apparently walked the two miles or so from his Haworth home to the spot where he was struck shortly 100 yards or so yards south of the LaRoche Avenue crossing in Harrington Park shortly after 4 p.m., responders said. He was pronounced dead at the scene soon after. His death was ruled a suicide, Harrington Park Police Chief Albert Maalouf said. A local fundraiser was mounted for the family to help pay for the funeral and other expenses. ****** The Natio…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
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Paramus Man Charged With Threatening To Kill Federal Judge Paramus Man Charged With Threatening To Kill Federal Judge Paramus Man Charged With Threatening To Kill Federal Judge
Paramus Man Charged With Threatening To Kill Federal Judge A Paramus man threatened to kill a federal judge whose address he bought online, said authorities who arrested him. William Kaetz, 56, mailed a message to the judge’s house last month asking that a case he had pending be expedited, asking that the judge be recused and saying that the “excessive delay” was “unacceptable to him,” U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Less than a week later, Kaetz left a voicemail telling the judge the case should have been decided weeks ago, that he “wanted the judge off his cases and off the bench, and adding that he “would not take ‘no’ for an answer,” the U.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Middletown, NJ
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Ex-Con Admits Illegally Packing Revolver At Jersey Shore Hotel Ex-Con Admits Illegally Packing Revolver At Jersey Shore Hotel Ex-Con Admits Illegally Packing Revolver At Jersey Shore Hotel
Ex-Con Admits Illegally Packing Revolver At Jersey Shore Hotel A Monmouth County ex-con admitted in federal court Monday that he was illegally carrying a gun when local police stopped him outside an Eatontown hotel. Rashon Alexander, 42, of Long Branch took a plea deal from prosecutors in exchange for leniency at sentencing. Acting on a tip, Eatontown police stopped Alexander this past January as he and another man approached a hotel where he was staying, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. They searched Alexander after he admitted having pot and found a .22-caliber RG Industries revolver in his pants pocket, Carpenito said. As a convicted felon, Ale…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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UPDATE: Off-Duty Officer Shoots At Armed Robbers In Paterson, Responders Say UPDATE: Off-Duty Officer Shoots At Armed Robbers In Paterson, Responders Say UPDATE: Off-Duty Officer Shoots At Armed Robbers In Paterson, Responders Say
Update: Off-Duty Officer Shoots At Armed Robbers In Paterson, Responders Say An off-duty police officer shot at four armed men who tried to rob him on a dark Paterson street, authorities confirmed Monday. The officer, dressed in plain clothes, apparently was getting out of his car when he was accosted on Pearl Street near the corner the corner of East 18th Street shortly before 10 p.m., they said. Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes confirmed the shooting but declined to elaborate in any way. Responders said one of the robbers was struck and all four fled, although that couldn’t be confirmed. Neither the officer nor a companion was injured, they said. Shooti…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Hackensack Teacher From Oradell Charged With Pocketing $300,000 In Ponzi Scheme Hackensack Teacher From Oradell Charged With Pocketing $300,000 In Ponzi Scheme Hackensack Teacher From Oradell Charged With Pocketing $300,000 In Ponzi Scheme
Hackensack Teacher From Oradell Charged With Pocketing $300,000 In Ponzi Scheme A Hackensack schoolteacher from Oradell ran a Ponzi scheme that fleeced investors of $300,000 that she used for herself, authorities announced Monday. Suzette Hart, 54, “solicited multiple investors for various high-yield, well-known investment opportunities knowing that the investments were fraudulent” over a five-year period, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Hart, who most recently taught at Hackensack’s Fairmount School, then “disbursed money from one investor to other investors, which reinforced the deception that the investor’s money had been properly invested and was produc…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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LEGALIZE IT? NJ Pot Supporters Need To Know Where To Find It On Ballot, Advocates Warn LEGALIZE IT? NJ Pot Supporters Need To Know Where To Find It On Ballot, Advocates Warn LEGALIZE IT? NJ Pot Supporters Need To Know Where To Find It On Ballot, Advocates Warn
Legalize IT? NJ Pot Supporters Need To Know Where To Find It On Ballot, Advocates Warn Polls show most New Jerseyans want marijuana legalized, but what Garden State voters may not know, advocates say, 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 herb. 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. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
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Runaway Sedan Seriously Injures Helpful Cashier, Customer In Paramus ShopRite Parking Lot Runaway Sedan Seriously Injures Helpful Cashier, Customer In Paramus ShopRite Parking Lot Runaway Sedan Seriously Injures Helpful Cashier, Customer In Paramus ShopRite Parking Lot
Runaway Sedan Seriously Injures Helpful Cashier, Customer In Paramus ShopRite Parking Lot UPDATE: A Hackensack driver who tried to flee after his car struck a 65-year-old shopper and a cashier helping her load groceries into her car at the Paramus ShopRite was charged with two counts of assault by auto, authorities said. https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/paramus/police-fire/hackensack-driver-who-tried-fleeing-after-hitting-paramus-shopper-cashier-charged-with-assault/796580/ ****** ORIGINAL STORY: A 65-year-old shopper from Hackensack and a cashier helping her load groceries into her car were seriously injured when they were struck by a runaway sedan in the Paramus ShopRite par…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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Thousands Of Chicken Wings Tossed In Route 287 Mishap Thousands Of Chicken Wings Tossed In Route 287 Mishap Thousands Of Chicken Wings Tossed In Route 287 Mishap
Thousands Of Chicken Wings Tossed In Route 287 Mishap Fortunately the Super Bowl is still 111 days away. Loads of flatties and drummies got trashed after a truck full of frozen chicken wings tipped Monday morning off Route 287. Firefighters got the driver of Paterson’s Menella’s Poultry Company out through the passenger side after the crash closed the ramp from northbound Route 208 to northbound 287 in Franklin Lakes around 9 a.m. He was hospitalized with injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening, responders said. The boxed and bagged wings were removed through the ripped-open roof by a Bobcat loader and tossed into a roll-off flatbe…

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