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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Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Man Who Continued Stalking Terrified Bergen Woman After Arrests Gets Probation Man Who Continued Stalking Terrified Bergen Woman After Arrests Gets Probation Man Who Continued Stalking Terrified Bergen Woman After Arrests Gets Probation
Man Who Continued Stalking Terrified Bergen Woman After Arrests Gets Probation A man who continued to stalk the same Bergen County woman despite repeated arrests took a plea deal and walked away with probation. Superior Court Judge Keith Bachmann also repeated previous orders that Timothy Conti, 44, not have any contact with the victim, who was forced to move from her Rutherford apartment. The woman told police she’d never been with or talked with Conti, who allegedly told police that he “really really” liked her and hoped to marry her someday, claiming they had a “special bond.” This, of course, terrified her. Neighbors told the woman that Conti initially got into…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: Pastor, 72, Struck, Killed By Commuter Train In Hackensack UPDATE: Pastor, 72, Struck, Killed By Commuter Train In Hackensack UPDATE: Pastor, 72, Struck, Killed By Commuter Train In Hackensack
Update: Pastor, 72, Struck, Killed By Commuter Train In Hackensack A local church pastor was struck and killed by a commuter train Saturday afternoon in Hackensack, authorities said. The Rev. Robert Davis Sr. was struck at the Passaic Street crossing off Railroad Avenue across from the Hackensack Market around 2:45 p.m., city Police Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. It wasn't immediately clear how Davis, the pastor of Cornerstone Baptist Church, ended up in the path of the Spring Valley-bound #2115 NJ Transit train or which part struck him. His wife, the Rev. Carolyn Davis, was doing voter registration outside of the market and he was walking from home to be wit…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Wallington Driver Killed In RR Trestle Crash Wallington Driver Killed In RR Trestle Crash Wallington Driver Killed In RR Trestle Crash
Wallington Driver Killed In RR Trestle Crash A Wallington driver was killed Saturday night when his mini-SUV slammed into a railroad trestle near the Wood-Ridge border. The 60-year-old victim's vehicle slammed into a concrete support on Main Avenue near Al Ventura Road at 8:41 p.m., Police Capt. Shawn Kudlacik said. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The Bergen County Prosecutor's Fatal Accident Investigations Unit joined borough police, firefighters and the Wallington Emergency Squad at the scene. The Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification collected evidence.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Jeep Knocked Onto Divider In Fair Lawn Crash Jeep Knocked Onto Divider In Fair Lawn Crash Jeep Knocked Onto Divider In Fair Lawn Crash
Jeep Knocked Onto Divider In Fair Lawn Crash A traffic light came down and a Jeep ended up on the median in a Saturday afternoon crash in Fair Lawn. One of the drivers was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with a traumatic injury after the Jeep collided with a sedan at the corner of 30th Street and Broadway shortly before 6 p.m., witnesses said. Borough police, firefighters and the Fair Lawn Volunteer Ambulance Corps responded. Traffic was diverted from the scene, jamming area streets. ALSO SEE: A man struck and killed by a commuter train while out shopping with his wife Saturday afternoon in Hackensack was a 72-year-ol…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
Critically Injured Motorcyclist Airlifted In Route 287 Crash Critically Injured Motorcyclist Airlifted In Route 287 Crash Critically Injured Motorcyclist Airlifted In Route 287 Crash
Critically Injured Motorcyclist Airlifted In Route 287 Crash A critically injured motorcyclist was airlifted following a crash Saturday afternoon on Route 287 in Wanaque, responders said. The cyclist suffered severe head trauma and a broken leg crashing into a guardrail on the northbound side of the highway near mile marker 56 around 3:15 p.m., they said. Responders said he was intubated and flown aboard AirMed One to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson. The Tallman, NY fire chief had been passing and stopped to assist, responders said. All lanes were reopened shortly before 5:30 p.m. New Jersey State Police were investigating. *****…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
ROUTE 21 CRASH: Paterson Driver, 18, Ejected, Killed, Passenger Clings To Life ROUTE 21 CRASH: Paterson Driver, 18, Ejected, Killed, Passenger Clings To Life ROUTE 21 CRASH: Paterson Driver, 18, Ejected, Killed, Passenger Clings To Life
Route 21 Crash: Paterson Driver, 18, Ejected, Killed, Passenger Clings To Life UPDATE: An 18-year-old Paterson man was killed in a horrific crash Friday night that ejected him onto the other side of Route 21 in Passaic, responders said.  His passenger, who they said also was ejected, remained hospitalized Saturday, according to authorities. Jasdanny Villalta was driving a 2011 Honda Accord that collided with a 2016 Chevy Silverado driven by a 49-year-old Plainfield man on the northbound highway near Exit 11B shortly before 10:30 p.m., Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Passaic Police Chief Luis Guzman said Saturday afternoon. Villalta was pronounced…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Christie Tests Positive For COVID-19 Christie Tests Positive For COVID-19 Christie Tests Positive For COVID-19
Christie Tests Positive For Covid-19 "I just received word that I am positive for COVID-19," former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie tweeted shortly before lunchtime Saturday. Christie, who helped President Trump prepare for the first presidential debate earlier this week, joins a list of people in Trump's inner circle -- as well as the president himself and First Lady Melania Trump -- who have reported positive coronavirus results. Former White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, who also helped the president with debate prep, announced Friday that she had tested positive, as did Trump's campaign manager, Bill Stepien. “No one …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Paterson PD: Lunchtime Dealer Busted With Heroin, Crack On Deserted Dead End Paterson PD: Lunchtime Dealer Busted With Heroin, Crack On Deserted Dead End Paterson PD: Lunchtime Dealer Busted With Heroin, Crack On Deserted Dead End
Paterson PD: Lunchtime Dealer Busted With Heroin, Crack On Deserted Dead End Paterson detectives nabbed a drug dealer with 254 heroin folds after watching him sell crack just before lunchtime on a pair of out-of-towners on an otherwise deserted dead end, authorities said. Detectives responding to a resident's call were watching around 11:45 a.m. Friday as Jerome W. Potts, 35, sold several vials of crack to a Ringwood man, 59, on East 12th Street in the Bunker Hill section of the city, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. After securing a warrant to search Potts’s first-floor apartment, the detectives returned to find him selling crack to a 53-year-old Elmwood Park m…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
New Milford PD: Officers Capture Motorcycle Thieves New Milford PD: Officers Capture Motorcycle Thieves New Milford PD: Officers Capture Motorcycle Thieves
New Milford PD: Officers Capture Motorcycle Thieves New Milford police nabbed a pair of thieves who'd just loaded a motorcycle into a van before dawn Friday and took off, authorities said. Officer Michael Lafrano stopped the Perth Amboy pair on River Road and Faller Drive after a caller at a Columbia Street apartment complex alerted police around 3:30 a.m., Detective Lt. Kevin Van Saders said. The van, it turned out, had a license plate stolen from a vehicle parked in the same complex, the lieutenant said. The stolen motorcycle was in the back, he said. Sgt. George Herrero and Officers Samuel Gerais and Daniel O’Neill assisted in arresting…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Bergen Prosecutor Asks Parents To Check After Youth Program Director Swaps Nude Pics With Kid Bergen Prosecutor Asks Parents To Check After Youth Program Director Swaps Nude Pics With Kid Bergen Prosecutor Asks Parents To Check After Youth Program Director Swaps Nude Pics With Kid
Bergen Prosecutor Asks Parents To Check After Youth Program Director Swaps Nude Pics With Kid UPDATE: The recently-hired director of a before- and after-school program in Saddle Brook exchanged nude images with a victim under 16 and had conversations on social media with several juveniles that "included sexually explicit dialogue," Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Friday. Jack T. Anderson, 25, of Fair Lawn, also met with one of the minors at least three separate times, the prosecutor said. Anderson has worked extensively with youngsters the past several years in New Jersey, New York and Massachusetts, records show. Musella asked that any parent or guardian who determ…

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