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
SEEN HIM? NJ Career Criminal Stole $70,000 In Jewelry From Home, Carlstadt Police Say SEEN HIM? NJ Career Criminal Stole $70,000 In Jewelry From Home, Carlstadt Police Say SEEN HIM? NJ Career Criminal Stole $70,000 In Jewelry From Home, Carlstadt Police Say
Seen HIM? NJ Career Criminal Stole $70,000 In Jewelry From Home, Carlstadt Police Say Carlstadt police turned to the public for help finding a fugitive ex-con who they said stole more than $70,000 worth of jewelry and other valuables from a borough home. Dwayne Thorpe, 51, who has dozens of felony convictions out of several New Jersey counties the past few decades, has spent much of his adult life in prison. Carlstadt police said he and fellow ex-con Jose Andujar climbed through a resident’s window on the 400 block of 8th Street, ransacked a bedroom and bolted out the back door with the goods on July 13. Responding officers notified by residents captured Andujar as he tried…

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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Director Of Saddle Brook School Program Jailed On Child Sex Abuse Charges Director Of Saddle Brook School Program Jailed On Child Sex Abuse Charges Director Of Saddle Brook School Program Jailed On Child Sex Abuse Charges
Director Of Saddle Brook School Program Jailed On Child Sex Abuse Charges 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 determines …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Personal Physician: Trump Can Fulfill Duties While Quarantined Following Positive COVID Test Personal Physician: Trump Can Fulfill Duties While Quarantined Following Positive COVID Test Personal Physician: Trump Can Fulfill Duties While Quarantined Following Positive COVID Test
Personal Physician: Trump Can Fulfill Duties While Quarantined Following Positive COVID Test President Trump's personal physician said he could fulfill his duties as president "without disruption" while quarantined, following the announcement early Friday that he and First Lady Melania Trump both tested positive for COVID-19. “We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately,” the president tweeted shortly before 1 a.m., following a visit to a private fundraiser at his golf course in Somerset County. “We will get through this TOGETHER!” It takes up to six days for symptoms such as fever, a cough and breathing trouble to emerge from the respiratory virus that’s killed m…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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One Dead, One Wounded In Paterson Street Shooting One Dead, One Wounded In Paterson Street Shooting One Dead, One Wounded In Paterson Street Shooting
One Dead, One Wounded In Paterson Street Shooting A 24-year-old Paterson man was killed and another man wounded in a shooting Thursday night, authorities confirmed. Responders furiously tried to resuscitate Kelvin Mejia after finding him in the street at the corner of 20th Avenue and East 29th Street shortly before 9 p.m. Mejia was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a release Friday. The second victim, 29, arrived at the hospital in a private vehicle and remained there after surgery, they said. Valdes an…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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$1 Million Settlement Collected By Fair Lawn Driver Rear-Ended Stopping For Pedestrian $1 Million Settlement Collected By Fair Lawn Driver Rear-Ended Stopping For Pedestrian $1 Million Settlement Collected By Fair Lawn Driver Rear-Ended Stopping For Pedestrian
$1 Million Settlement Collected By Fair Lawn Driver Rear-Ended Stopping For Pedestrian A Fair Lawn driver collected a $1 million settlement for a rear-end crash that his attorney said forced him to change jobs. Gjon Lahu, 35, stopped to let a pedestrian cross Fair Lawn Avenue in September 2017 when his vehicle was struck from behind. Lahu was seriously injured and required physical therapy, chiropractic treatment, epidural injections and other surgery as a result, his attorney, Mark McBratney of Siegel Law in Ridgewood, told NJLaw.com. Lahu, who was an auto mechanic at the time, had to take a less-strenuous job as a school custodian because of his injuries, McBratney said. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Middletown, NJ
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FBI Smashes Jersey Shore Gun-Running Ring: Fugitive Brothers Still At Large FBI Smashes Jersey Shore Gun-Running Ring: Fugitive Brothers Still At Large FBI Smashes Jersey Shore Gun-Running Ring: Fugitive Brothers Still At Large
FBI Smashes Jersey Shore Gun-Running Ring: Fugitive Brothers Still At Large A Monmouth County man and his brother were being sought by federal authorities who charged them and three other people with running guns from Florida to the Jersey Shore. Fugitives Waldin “Manin” Espinosa-Ozoria, 31, of Freehold and Manuel “Chino” Espinosa-Ozoria, 30, of Bartow, FL are charged with conspiring to illegally sell firearms, including handguns and a semi-automatic rifle, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Arrested on similar charges were Enrique “El Enano 13” Quijada, 23, also of Freehold, Javier “Broly” Rodriguez-Valpais, 31, of Morganville, and Jacquelyn Dejesus, 41, also of …

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
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Authorities: Phone Threats To Lakeland High School Unfounded Authorities: Phone Threats To Lakeland High School Unfounded Authorities: Phone Threats To Lakeland High School Unfounded
Authorities: Phone Threats To Lakeland High School Unfounded Someone made "unsubstantiated" threats to Lakeland Regional High School in Wanaque this week, authorities said Thursday. "There is no immediate danger to the community at this time," Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Wanaque Police Chief Robert Kronyak said in a brief release Thursday afternoon. The unspecified number of threats were phoned in, they said. "The investigation remains active and ongoing. More information will be released once it becomes available," the release says. Anyone with information about the threats is asked to contact the prosecutor's tips line at 1-87…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Entrepreneur From Wayne Admits Ducking $550,000 In Employment Taxes At Fair Lawn Businesses Entrepreneur From Wayne Admits Ducking $550,000 In Employment Taxes At Fair Lawn Businesses Entrepreneur From Wayne Admits Ducking $550,000 In Employment Taxes At Fair Lawn Businesses
Entrepreneur From Wayne Admits Ducking $550,000 In Employment Taxes At Fair Lawn Businesses A Wayne entrepreneur who authorities said owned and operated several businesses in and around Fair Lawn admitted in federal court that he ducked nearly $550,000 in employment taxes. Dennis Saccurato, 68, told a judge during a teleconferenced plea hearing in Trenton that he failed to withhold, report and pay over employment taxes to the IRS from 2014 through 2016, federal authorities said. Saccurato also admitted that he was required to file IRS Form 941 on a quarterly basis but failed to do so, IRS-Criminal Investigation Special Agent Robert Glantz said. All told, Saccurato failed to pay o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Jersey City, NJ
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Hudson 'Runner' In $3.5M Accident Insurance Fraud Scheme Gets Year And Day In Federal Prison Hudson 'Runner' In $3.5M Accident Insurance Fraud Scheme Gets Year And Day In Federal Prison Hudson 'Runner' In $3.5M Accident Insurance Fraud Scheme Gets Year And Day In Federal Prison
Hudson 'Runner' In $3.5M Accident Insurance Fraud Scheme Gets Year And Day In Federal Prison A Hudson County man is headed to federal prison for a plea-bargained year and a day for recruiting accident victims for an insurance fraud racket that racked up $3.5 million in bogus medical bills. Luis G. Aguirre, 57, of Kearny admitted in March that he worked as a “runner,” steering accident victims to various chiropractors, medical imaging centers and others who billed PIP insurance plans for medically unnecessary services. Health care providers gave Aguirre $500 in cash for each victim he delivered, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Aguirre and an employee from an auto body shop…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
COVID-19 Outbreak Closes Meadowlands Racetrack To Public COVID-19 Outbreak Closes Meadowlands Racetrack To Public COVID-19 Outbreak Closes Meadowlands Racetrack To Public
Covid-19 Outbreak Closes Meadowlands Racetrack To Public The Meadowlands Racetrack will remain closed to the public until at least Saturday after "a few" staff members tested positive for COVID-19, officials said. “Over the past several days the medical team has identified a few individuals [who] tested positive for COVID-19 that they acquired either in the workplace or at home," Meadowlands Racing & Entertainment said in a statement. "Out of an abundance of caution the entire facility will be shut down for top to bottom sanitization,” they added. "Contact tracing is ongoing." Officials said they expected to reopen the East Rutherford t…

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