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
Breaking News
VIDEO: 'Stop! Stop!' NJ Officers Shout Before Shooting Man Who Rushed Them With Broken Bottle VIDEO: 'Stop! Stop!' NJ Officers Shout Before Shooting Man Who Rushed Them With Broken Bottle VIDEO: 'Stop! Stop!' NJ Officers Shout Before Shooting Man Who Rushed Them With Broken Bottle
Video: 'Stop! Stop!' NJ Officers Shout Before Shooting Man Who Rushed Them With Broken Bottle "We don't wanna do this, man. Stop! Stop!" an officer shouts over and over again before police in Atlantic County shoot a Pennsylvania man who charged at them with a broken bottle, dramatic video released Friday shows. Officers alternately implore and command Amir Johnson, 30, to drop the bottle the Aug. 6 late-afternoon standoff in the middle of a Ventnor highway. “Put it down, bro, we don’t wanna do this,” an officer shouts. "Drop the bottle! Drop it! Stop! Stop!" the officers repeatedly shout at Johnson, of Wilkes Barre, to stop, but he doesn't, the video shows. He's only feet away whe…

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Middletown, NJ
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Hardcore Feelings Stirred Over $2 Million Settlement In Asbury Park Stage-Diving Injury Hardcore Feelings Stirred Over $2 Million Settlement In Asbury Park Stage-Diving Injury Hardcore Feelings Stirred Over $2 Million Settlement In Asbury Park Stage-Diving Injury
Hardcore Feelings Stirred Over $2 Million Settlement In Asbury Park Stage-Diving Injury A lawsuit won $2 million in damages for a hardcore punk fan who was injured by a stage diver at a benefit concert in Asbury Park – and brought an angry response from the event’s chief organizer. Jason Kooken of New Hampshire had thanked members of Asbury Audio, Inc. after he was injured during an April 2, 2017 concert in memory of Vision lead singer Dave Franklin of Bridgewater, who'd died suddenly three months earlier. More than 2,500 fans packed the famed Convention Hall for the tribute show, headlined by one of hardcore’s founding and most prominent bands, Agnostic Front of New York City…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Two Charged In Pursuit Crash At Turnpike Rest Area Near GWB Two Charged In Pursuit Crash At Turnpike Rest Area Near GWB Two Charged In Pursuit Crash At Turnpike Rest Area Near GWB
Two Charged In Pursuit Crash At Turnpike Rest Area Near GWB Two Queens men whose rented SUV rolled at the Vince Lombardi Service Area on the New Jersey Turnpike when they tried to elude Bergen County prosecutor's detectives apparently didn’t have much reason to run. The Narcotic Task Force investigators tried stopping the white Dodge Durango on the Turnpike in Carlstadt shortly after 2 p.m. Wednesday, but the driver hit the gas and apparently headed for the George Washington Bridge. The SUV then crashed on a service road outside the rest stop in Ridgefield. The driver, 27-year-old Carvell G. Matthews, didn’t have a driver’s license, Bergen County P…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Prosecutor: Ramsey Driver Was Drunk, Ran Stop Sign In Serious Bicycle Crash Prosecutor: Ramsey Driver Was Drunk, Ran Stop Sign In Serious Bicycle Crash Prosecutor: Ramsey Driver Was Drunk, Ran Stop Sign In Serious Bicycle Crash
Prosecutor: Ramsey Driver Was Drunk, Ran Stop Sign In Serious Bicycle Crash A Ramsey driver was drunk when she ran a stop sign and seriously injured a bicyclist in town, authorities said Friday. Lisa Wiegers, 45, was taken into custody following the crash on Wyckoff Avenue near the intersection of West Oak Street shortly after 6 p.m. Thursday, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The victim remained in stable condition Friday at Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack, Musella said. An investigation by Musella’s Fatal Accident Investigations Unit produced charges against Wiegers of assault by auto, as well as summonses for DWI, reckless driving,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Trusty K9 Leads Paterson Police To Drug Stash, Loaded Gun Trusty K9 Leads Paterson Police To Drug Stash, Loaded Gun Trusty K9 Leads Paterson Police To Drug Stash, Loaded Gun
Trusty K9 Leads Paterson Police To Drug Stash, Loaded Gun A Paterson police dog metaphorically barked up the right tree when he sniffed out a drug stash where officers also found a loaded handgun, authorities said. Officer Novar Vidal and Simpson were checking a streetcorner for drugs late Thursday when the accomplished canine led his handler to a crawl space by a basement door on East 18th Street near Park Avenue, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Inside police found 72 cocaine vials, nearly a half-ounce of cocaine and pot packaged in 38 baggies, four bags and 16 vials, he said. With the drugs was a .38-caliber Smith & Wesson handgun load…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Sedan Collides With School Bus On Route 208 Sedan Collides With School Bus On Route 208 Sedan Collides With School Bus On Route 208
Sedan Collides With School Bus On Route 208 A passenger was injured when a sedan collided with a school bus on Route 208 late Friday morning. The full-sized school bus had no passengers aboard when it rear-ended an Acura TSX that had slowed down for traffic on the highway's northbound side near Cedar Hill Avenue in Wyckoff, Detective Lt. Joseph Soto said. The 63-year-old bus driver from Lodi wasn't injured, so police allowed her to drive the bus from the scene with minor damage, Soto said. The Acura driver, 28, of Fair Lawn, complained of back pain but refused medical attention, the lieutenant said. Her passenger, a 56-year-old wo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Maywood Driver, 54, Critically Injured After Rear-Ending Towed Boat On Route 17 Maywood Driver, 54, Critically Injured After Rear-Ending Towed Boat On Route 17 Maywood Driver, 54, Critically Injured After Rear-Ending Towed Boat On Route 17
Maywood Driver, 54, Critically Injured After Rear-Ending Towed Boat On Route 17 Hasbrouck Heights police worked furiously to revive a Maywood driver Thursday afternoon after his Chevy rear-ended a boat being towed on Route 17. The crash occurred in the northbound lane around 5 p.m. EMS took over and brought the critically injured 54-year-old victim to Hackensack University Medical Center. Borough firefighters also responded. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Man Shot, Assailants Flee Route 4 Holiday Inn Near GWB Man Shot, Assailants Flee Route 4 Holiday Inn Near GWB Man Shot, Assailants Flee Route 4 Holiday Inn Near GWB
Man Shot, Assailants Flee Route 4 Holiday Inn Near GWB VIDEO: Police were searching for the shooter who critically wounded a man Thursday afternoon at the Holiday Inn on Route 4 in Fort Lee. An alert was issued for a black Chevy Camaro with heavily tinted windows and four men inside who were believed to be Hispanic following the shooting on the highway's eastbound side around 3:15 p.m. They may have headed toward the nearby George Washington Bridge, responders said. The victim was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with a gunshot wound to the groin, they said. Meanwhile, a black Mercedes with New York license plates parked in the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
SEEN HIM? Endangered Newark Man Last Spotted Leaving Clifton Clinic More Than Year Ago SEEN HIM? Endangered Newark Man Last Spotted Leaving Clifton Clinic More Than Year Ago SEEN HIM? Endangered Newark Man Last Spotted Leaving Clifton Clinic More Than Year Ago
Seen HIM? Endangered Newark Man Last Spotted Leaving Clifton Clinic More Than Year Ago He has a hitch in his step and is missing the tip of his left pinkie. Police from Clifton and Newark have been trying to find him for more than a year now. They need your help. Michael Davis, 58, of Newark went missing after leaving a Clifton health services program more than 13 month ago. Davis – who police said was diagnosed with medical conditions that could affect his well-being -- wasn’t on a shuttle bus that was supposed to take him back to his Ridge Street home after leaving Adult Family Health Services on Orchard Street in Clifton around 3:30 p.m. Aug. 12. He was seen an hour and a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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NJ Lawmakers Approve Early Prison Releases For Thousands Of Inmates, It's Up To Murphy Now NJ Lawmakers Approve Early Prison Releases For Thousands Of Inmates, It's Up To Murphy Now NJ Lawmakers Approve Early Prison Releases For Thousands Of Inmates, It's Up To Murphy Now
NJ Lawmakers Approve Early Prison Releases For Thousands Of Inmates, It's Up To Murphy Now It’s now up to Gov. Phil Murphy whether thousands of New Jersey inmates will soon be freed early from state prisons following approval of the move Thursday by the state Assembly. The state Senate, which had already approved a broader version, rubber-stamped the more limited bill that passed the Legislature’s other house. Murphy has said he’ll sign the measure into law. Early releases could begin a little over two weeks after that. Initial estimates are that 2,500 to 3,000 inmates whose prison sentences end within the next 12 months could be granted early release – nearly 20% of the current…

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