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
Breaking News
COVID-19: Fewer Flying, But More Caught Carrying Guns At Airports COVID-19: Fewer Flying, But More Caught Carrying Guns At Airports COVID-19: Fewer Flying, But More Caught Carrying Guns At Airports
Covid-19: Fewer Flying, But More Caught Carrying Guns At Airports An Essex County traveler caught trying to bring a loaded gun through a Newark Airport checkpoint late last week wasn't a rarity: Even though far fewer people are flying because of the coronavirus, the TSA says, more passengers are packin'. Airline traveler volume since the pandemic hit has been 60% to 80% lower than last year. Yet, with 11 weeks left in 2020, the TSA reports as many guns seized this year as in all of 2019, "when passenger volume was significantly more robust," said Thomas Carter, the TSA’s security director for New Jersey. Some examples: A Pennsylvania man was caught wit…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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GOT VIDEO? Englewood Police Investigate Alleged Assault At Protest March GOT VIDEO? Englewood Police Investigate Alleged Assault At Protest March GOT VIDEO? Englewood Police Investigate Alleged Assault At Protest March
GOT Video? Englewood Police Investigate Alleged Assault At Protest March Englewood police investigating an alleged assault during a protest march asked the public for video from the incident. Officers directing traffic during the “No Justice, No Peace” march up East Palisade Avenue last Friday were alerted to a man down in the street. The 51-year-old victim, who was bleeding from the lip, said he got into a tussle with a male demonstrator carrying a megaphone, Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said. The man was taken to Englewood Hospital and Medical Center after being treated at the scene, the deputy chief said. No arrests were immediately made. The march…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Jersey City, NJ
Breaking News
GOTCHA! JC Fugitive Wanted For Contraband Drone Drops Into Fort Dix Prison Captured In Vermont GOTCHA! JC Fugitive Wanted For Contraband Drone Drops Into Fort Dix Prison Captured In Vermont GOTCHA! JC Fugitive Wanted For Contraband Drone Drops Into Fort Dix Prison Captured In Vermont
Gotcha! JC Fugitive Wanted For Contraband Drone Drops Into Fort Dix Prison Captured In Vermont U.S. Marshals in Vermont captured a Jersey City fugitive wanted for smuggling tobacco, phone chargers and other contraband into the federal prison at Fort Dix using drones. Jason “Juice” Loayza, 29, was scheduled for a first federal court appearance appearance Wednesday in Burlington following his capture on Tuesday, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. The smuggling operation lasted several months before officers at Fort Dix spotted a drone with a dangling fishing line hovering above a housing unit, Carpenito said. They found the bolts removed to a rooftop hatch, along with an inmate with …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Edison, NJ
Breaking News
J&J: Mystery Illness Pauses Largest COVID Vaccine Trial J&J: Mystery Illness Pauses Largest COVID Vaccine Trial J&J: Mystery Illness Pauses Largest COVID Vaccine Trial
J&J: Mystery Illness Pauses Largest COVID Vaccine Trial A mystery illness suffered by a participant has put the largest COVID-19 vaccine trial on hold, drug maker Johnson & Johnson announced. The New Jersey-based company – which sought 60,000 volunteers mostly over 60 – didn’t describe the illness or identify the patient in any way. “We must respect this participant's privacy,” J&J said in a statement. “We're also learning more about this participant's illness, and it's important to have all the facts before we share additional information.” J&J said it would provide transparent updates throughout the development of the randomized, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Fort Lee Man Jumps From Cliffside Park Balcony Fort Lee Man Jumps From Cliffside Park Balcony Fort Lee Man Jumps From Cliffside Park Balcony
Fort Lee Man Jumps From Cliffside Park Balcony A Fort Lee man was hospitalized with various fractures after jumping from a Cliffside Park balcony Tuesday afternoon, authorities said. The 35-year-old man was smoking a cigarette when he abruptly jumped feet first from a relative’s balcony two stories above the parking lot of an Anderson Avenue apartment building off Edgewater Road, Deputy Police Chief Vincent Capano said. The man, who has a history of mental trouble, hit a car, which broke the driver’s side mirror as well as his fall, Capano said. He was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with leg and pelvic injuries.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Petition Seeks Garfield Columbus School Name Change Petition Seeks Garfield Columbus School Name Change Petition Seeks Garfield Columbus School Name Change
Petition Seeks Garfield Columbus School Name Change A former Garfield resident spent Columbus Day campaigning to rename a public school in town. “Christopher Columbus did not discover America, but[,] rather, stole and destroyed the land and history of [i]ndigenous [p]eoples who continue to suffer from his actions today,” Venise J. Salcedo wrote in a change.org petition that seeks to rename School No. 8. Salcedo, who works for Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals in Philadelphia, believes that the pre-K-to-5th grade school should be named for “someone who best reflects the values of its students, staff, faculty and alumni.” “European coloni…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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Oakland Driver Charged With Assault By Auto In DWI Crash That Injured Passenger Oakland Driver Charged With Assault By Auto In DWI Crash That Injured Passenger Oakland Driver Charged With Assault By Auto In DWI Crash That Injured Passenger
Oakland Driver Charged With Assault By Auto In DWI Crash That Injured Passenger An Oakland driver was drunk when he crashed his car into a utility pole, sending his female passenger to the hospital, authorities said. Tyler Pratt, 29, was driving a 2019 Hyundai Elantra that slammed into the pole on Ramapo Valley Road just south of the Oakland Diner on Sunday, Lt. Christian Eldridge said. His passenger, also 29, was taken to Chilton Medical Center in Pompton Plains with a leg injury, he said. Detective Sgt. Mark Piercy arrested Pratt, assisted by Eldridge and Officer Michael DiDonato. Pratt was charged with assault by auto, DWI and refusing to submit to a breath test b…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: Gunman Charged With Mahwah Football Star's Murder Has History That Includes Escape UPDATE: Gunman Charged With Mahwah Football Star's Murder Has History That Includes Escape UPDATE: Gunman Charged With Mahwah Football Star's Murder Has History That Includes Escape
Update: Gunman Charged With Mahwah Football Star's Murder Has History That Includes Escape An 18-year-old man who shot and killed a former Mahwah High School football standout at Ohio State University before dawn Sunday escaped police custody following a burglary arrest early this year, authorities said. Kintie Mitchell Jr. fired at least five shots outside an off-campus frat house in Columbus, killing Chase Meola, 23, shortly after 2 a.m., they said. Police found the unresponsive marketing major with Ohio State’s Fisher School of Business in a parking area next to the Phi Kappa Psi house. He was pronounced dead soon after. They quickly took Mitchell into custody and charged him…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
HEROES: Park Ridge Firefighters' T-Shirt Campaign Benefits HUMC Cancer Research Center HEROES: Park Ridge Firefighters' T-Shirt Campaign Benefits HUMC Cancer Research Center HEROES: Park Ridge Firefighters' T-Shirt Campaign Benefits HUMC Cancer Research Center
Heroes: Park Ridge Firefighters' T-Shirt Campaign Benefits Humc Cancer Research Center Park Ridge firefighters proudly presented a $3,000 check to the John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center toward the research and treatment of breast cancer. The firefighters raised the money the past few months through the sale of t-shirts designed by Firefighter Kyle Ladewig. "Knowing how difficult a breast cancer diagnosis can be for family and having witnessed some of our member's families be impacted by the disease, it seemed like a great opportunity for us to pitch in and do our part to help find a cure," said Firefighter Joseph Derienzo, who headed the sale…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Four Route 3 Lanes Shut Down After Passing Crane Hits Overhead Signs Four Route 3 Lanes Shut Down After Passing Crane Hits Overhead Signs Four Route 3 Lanes Shut Down After Passing Crane Hits Overhead Signs
Four Route 3 Lanes Shut Down After Passing Crane Hits Overhead Signs A crane clipped the bottom of a group of signs that hang over Route 3 in East Rutherford on Monday, scattering debris and closing lanes. The bucket-type truck hit the signs for Route 120 East Rutherford/American Dream and the Meadowlands racetrack and football training facility around 3 p.m. Police immediately closed the exit and two eastbound lanes. Several lights were knocked off or pulled down and debris was scattered across the rain-slicked road, East Rutherford Deputy Police Chief Phillip Taormina said. No injuries were reported, he said. Rutherford police summoned the state Depart…

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