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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Middletown, NJ
Breaking News
Murphy: 'Extreme Knucklehead Behavior' By Young People Threatens NJ Reopening Murphy: 'Extreme Knucklehead Behavior' By Young People Threatens NJ Reopening Murphy: 'Extreme Knucklehead Behavior' By Young People Threatens NJ Reopening
Murphy: 'Extreme Knucklehead Behavior' By Young People Threatens NJ Reopening New Jersey’s reopening plans are threatened, Gov. Phil Murphy said, because of “extreme knucklehead behavior” by young people who he said could be “substantially” spreading the coronavirus. Murphy specifically expressed fear over what he said could turn out to be a superspreader event staged by a group of YouTube pranksters at the popular “Jersey Shore" house in Seaside Heights, as well as a pop-up car show that attracted 2,500 people. If such behavior continues, he said, the state won’t be even “remotely close” to reopening bars – and could see a rebound in cases in its schools. Murphy r…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson Man, 26, Slain In Street Shooting Paterson Man, 26, Slain In Street Shooting Paterson Man, 26, Slain In Street Shooting
Paterson Man, 26, Slain In Street Shooting UPDATE: Authorities identified a man shot and killed on a Paterson street corner as a 26-year-old city resident. Shaheem Jones and a 28-year-old man who also was struck in the 8 p.m. shooting Tuesday at the corner of Van Houten and Summer streets were taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, where Jones died soon after, they said. The other victim was in stable condition, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint release. They didn’t say whether they’d captured or identified any suspects. Joining city police at the scene w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
SEE ANYTHING? Jogger Says Assailant Grabbed Her In Choke Hold Outside Clifton Park SEE ANYTHING? Jogger Says Assailant Grabbed Her In Choke Hold Outside Clifton Park SEE ANYTHING? Jogger Says Assailant Grabbed Her In Choke Hold Outside Clifton Park
SEE Anything? Jogger Says Assailant Grabbed Her In Choke Hold Outside Clifton Park Clifton police were searching for witnesses after a Passaic woman told them she'd been accosted by two men, one of whom put her in a choke hold, while jogging around Nash Park. The 33-year-old woman told police one of the assailants grabbed her from behind as she jogged near the intersection of Randolph and Hamilton avenues shortly before 5:20 a.m. Sept. 7. "After a brief struggle, she reported being able to break free and flee," Lt. Robert Bracken said.She described him as apparently Dominican, 28 to 30 years old and about 6 feet tall. She couldn't describe a man who she said was with her…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: Resident, 62, Dies In Paterson Fire UPDATE: Resident, 62, Dies In Paterson Fire UPDATE: Resident, 62, Dies In Paterson Fire
Update: Resident, 62, Dies In Paterson Fire A 62-year-old Paterson woman died in an early-morning house fire, authorities said. Nancy Salt was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center after firefighters carried her from the first floor of the 2½-floor wood-frame house on Doremus Street near West Broadway shortly before 8:30 a.m. She was pronounced dead soon after, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes, Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora and Paterson Fire Chief Brian McDermott said in a joint announcement. Authorities were investigating the cause of the two-alarm blaze, which was declared under control about 90 minutes …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
SWAT Incident: Wayne Man Who Reportedly Threatened To Shoot Police Found In Paterson SWAT Incident: Wayne Man Who Reportedly Threatened To Shoot Police Found In Paterson SWAT Incident: Wayne Man Who Reportedly Threatened To Shoot Police Found In Paterson
SWAT Incident: Wayne Man Who Reportedly Threatened To Shoot Police Found In Paterson A frightened caller brought a SWAT team to a Wayne home Wednesday in search of a man who’d assaulted a family member and reportedly threatened to shoot responding police, authorities said. There was no standoff or confrontation after officer spoke outside the Benwell Avenue home with the injured family member, who claimed that 18-year-old Nicholas Perota had taken a female acquaintance hostage in a bedroom shortly before 1:30 p.m., they said. The family member warned police that there were guns and several pit bulls in the home, Detective Capt. Daniel Daly said. Officers from surrounding t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
NJ, NY, Feds Shut Down Sham Charity Operation That Scammed Donors Out Of Tens Of Millions NJ, NY, Feds Shut Down Sham Charity Operation That Scammed Donors Out Of Tens Of Millions NJ, NY, Feds Shut Down Sham Charity Operation That Scammed Donors Out Of Tens Of Millions
NJ, NY, Feds Shut Down Sham Charity Operation That Scammed Donors Out Of Tens Of Millions Kind-hearted donors in New Jersey and New York were scammed out of tens of millions of dollars by a telephone soliciting operation that claimed to raise money for homeless veterans, retired and disabled law enforcement officers, breast cancer survivors and others in need, authorities said Wednesday. A joint lawsuit filed by the state of New Jersey, the Federal Trade Commission and the attorneys general of New York, Minnesota and Virginia has permanently shut down the operation headed by Mark Gelvan, a telemarketing consultant who'd been banned for life from raising funds for charity more th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Feds Pursue Bank Accounts, Mansion Bought By Bergen Lawyer With $9M In COVID Relief Funds Feds Pursue Bank Accounts, Mansion Bought By Bergen Lawyer With $9M In COVID Relief Funds Feds Pursue Bank Accounts, Mansion Bought By Bergen Lawyer With $9M In COVID Relief Funds
Feds Pursue Bank Accounts, Mansion Bought By Bergen Lawyer With $9M In COVID Relief Funds Federal authorities have moved to seize 11 bank accounts, an investment account and a million-dollar Cresskill home bought by a Cliffside Park lawyer accused of scamming lenders out of $9M intended for small businesses crippled by COVID-19. Jae H. Choi, 48, got the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds from three lenders on behalf of non-existent businesses that he claimed provided educational services, an indictment returned by a grand jury in U.S. District Court in Newark alleges. Choi fabricated the existence of hundreds of employees, manipulated bank and tax records, and falsified a d…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
Driver Killed In Fiery Route 287 Crash Driver Killed In Fiery Route 287 Crash Driver Killed In Fiery Route 287 Crash
Driver Killed In Fiery Route 287 Crash State Police were investigating a report of vehicles possibly racing before one crashed through a guard rail and burst into flames, killing its driver, near the Wanaque-Oakland border on Route 287 Tuesday night, responders said. Syed Hassan, 34, of Bethlehem, PA was pronounced dead at the scene at milepost 55.9 on the northbound highway in Wanaque following the 10:15 p.m. crash, they said. Wanaque firefighters doused the blaze. Oakland and Wanaque police also responded, along with NJSP’s Fatal Accident Investigation and Crime Scene Unit and the state Department of Transportation.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Edison, NJ
Breaking News
Feds: NJ Firm Pays $345G For Short-Changing Foreign Nationals In Trump-Opposed Visa Program Feds: NJ Firm Pays $345G For Short-Changing Foreign Nationals In Trump-Opposed Visa Program Feds: NJ Firm Pays $345G For Short-Changing Foreign Nationals In Trump-Opposed Visa Program
Feds: NJ Firm Pays $345G For Short-Changing Foreign Nationals In Trump-Opposed Visa Program A Middlesex County staffing firm has agreed to pony up $345,000 to settle federal allegations that it underpaid highly-skilled foreign nationals who were brought to the U.S. to work under a special visa program currently under fire from the Trump Administration. Edison-based Savantis Solutions didn’t admit or deny the Justice Department’s allegations, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Craig Carpenito said. Instead, it agreed to pay back wages and interest to current and former company employees who entered the United States on H-1B visas. Although federal authorities didn’t specify their nation…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack Police Nab Church Burglar Hackensack Police Nab Church Burglar Hackensack Police Nab Church Burglar
Hackensack Police Nab Church Burglar Hackensack police who were tipped off by an alert resident captured a burglar moments after he broke into a church 'round midnight Wednesday, authorities said. A caller told police that the intruder – identified as Justin Draper, 24, of Anderson Street – had removed a window screen at First Presbyterian Church on Passaic Street and climbed in, Detective Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. Special Police Officer Stephen Koller nabbed Draper as he fled out an exit door, DeWitt said. Draper “claimed he was simply trying to find his cell phone inside a female's bedroom” but got lost, the captain said. …

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