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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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Woman, 19, Three Juveniles Charged In Video Assault On Boy With Autism In Fair Lawn Park Woman, 19, Three Juveniles Charged In Video Assault On Boy With Autism In Fair Lawn Park Woman, 19, Three Juveniles Charged In Video Assault On Boy With Autism In Fair Lawn Park
Woman, 19, Three Juveniles Charged In Video Assault On Boy With Autism In Fair Lawn Park UPDATE: Fair Lawn police charged a 19-year-old former borough employee and three juveniles with last week's video-recorded assault on a 14-year-old special needs boy in a local park. Alis Fidrya was charged with invasion of privacy, cyber-harassment and harassment in connection with the incident at Berdan Grove Park in which a 13-year-old boy held the victim's shoulders while a 10-year-old boy pulled down his pants. While this was happening, Fidrya and a 16-year-old girl recording the incident and "posted it on Snapchat and TikTok for others to see," Sgt. Brian Metzler said Monday. Police …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
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MANHUNT: Police Flush Out Fleeing Ex-Con Stuck In Swamps Of Lyndhurst MANHUNT: Police Flush Out Fleeing Ex-Con Stuck In Swamps Of Lyndhurst MANHUNT: Police Flush Out Fleeing Ex-Con Stuck In Swamps Of Lyndhurst
Manhunt: Police Flush Out Fleeing Ex-Con Stuck In Swamps Of Lyndhurst A Newark ex-con driving a stolen car tried to elude Lyndhurst police by dashing into the Meadowlands marshes during an overnight pursuit, but their colleagues from other towns helped capture him, authorities said. Elliot Taylor, 26, floored it after Lyndhurst Police Officer Brian Kapp pulled up behind the already-speeding 2005 Hyundai Elantra on Ridge Road around 3 a.m. Sunday, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. Taylor made a quick right onto Valley Brook Avenue and raced down Disposal Road toward DeKorte Park, but the Hyundai bottomed out and began smoking, Auteri said. Taylor quickly pul…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Authorities: NJ Contractor Installs Mirrors To Spy On Girls In Middle School Bathroom Authorities: NJ Contractor Installs Mirrors To Spy On Girls In Middle School Bathroom Authorities: NJ Contractor Installs Mirrors To Spy On Girls In Middle School Bathroom
Authorities: NJ Contractor Installs Mirrors To Spy On Girls In Middle School Bathroom A peeping Tom installed mirrors so he could spy on girls in the bathroom stalls at a South Jersey middle school, authorities charged. Staffers caught contractor Gregory Mahley, 51, of West Deptford peeking through an air conditioning vent at the Glen Landing Middle School, police in Gloucester Township said. That's when they discovered that mirrors had been installed on the interior doors of the stalls in one of the girl’s bathrooms. Police were called and Mahley was arrested on invasion of privacy and child endangerment charges. Mahley -- who was sent to the Camden County Jail -- has wor…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Driver, 78, Suddenly Opens Car Door, Sends Hasbrouck Heights Bicyclist Flying Driver, 78, Suddenly Opens Car Door, Sends Hasbrouck Heights Bicyclist Flying Driver, 78, Suddenly Opens Car Door, Sends Hasbrouck Heights Bicyclist Flying
Driver, 78, Suddenly Opens Car Door, Sends Hasbrouck Heights Bicyclist Flying A 50-year-old bicyclist was hospitalized with a severe gash on his head after a driver suddenly opened the door of her SUV on a Hasbrouck Heights street and sent him flying on Sunday, authorities said.The borough victim was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center after the collision near the corner of Walter Avenue and Boulevard shortly before noon Sunday, Detective Lt. Michael Colaneri said. The 78-year-old driver, also from town, apparently didn't see him coming when she opened the door of her 2012 Toyota Rav 4 and he slammed into and over it. No summonses were issued, Colaneri said…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Feds Bust Paterson Trio Selling 21,000 Heroin Folds Headed To Vermont Feds Bust Paterson Trio Selling 21,000 Heroin Folds Headed To Vermont Feds Bust Paterson Trio Selling 21,000 Heroin Folds Headed To Vermont
Feds Bust Paterson Trio Selling 21,000 Heroin Folds Headed To Vermont Federal agents busted a Paterson trio who they said trafficked city heroin and fentanyl to Vermont. A U.S. District Court magistrate judge ordered that Nysifah Deaveareaux, 27, and Caron J. Abrams, 26, and Shamir Williams, 25, remain in federal custody while the case proceeds. Federal agents caught Abrams with 200 bricks – more than 9,000 folds – of both heroin and fentayl during what was to be a deal in the parking lot of the Home Depot on Dayton Avenue in Passaic, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. They learned that Williams negotiated the deals, including the transportation by Deaveare…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Maywood PD: Traffic Stop Of Upstate NY Duo Turns Up Loaded Gun, Pot Maywood PD: Traffic Stop Of Upstate NY Duo Turns Up Loaded Gun, Pot Maywood PD: Traffic Stop Of Upstate NY Duo Turns Up Loaded Gun, Pot
Maywood PD: Traffic Stop Of Upstate NY Duo Turns Up Loaded Gun, Pot A Maywood police officer found a New York State man carrying a loaded gun during a weekend traffic stop, authorities said. Officer Benjamin Singer stopped a rented 2020 Chevy Malibu for various violations on northbound Route 17 shortly before 4 p.m. Sunday, Police Chief Terence Kenny said. Singer smelled raw pot when he approached the vehicle, Kenny said. The officer arrested 21-year-old passenger Isaiah Sifontes of Rensselaer, NY after finding him with a .22-caliber revolver with a defaced serial number, the chief said. The driver, Kha-jahmel Gaddy, 24, of Albany, was released pending a …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
CAUGHT! Little Ferry Officer Dragged By Jeep, Fleeing Driver Captured With Armful Of THC Oil CAUGHT! Little Ferry Officer Dragged By Jeep, Fleeing Driver Captured With Armful Of THC Oil CAUGHT! Little Ferry Officer Dragged By Jeep, Fleeing Driver Captured With Armful Of THC Oil
Caught! Little Ferry Officer Dragged By Jeep, Fleeing Driver Captured With Armful Of THC Oil A Little Ferry driver who dragged a police officer with his Jeep while fleeing a traffic stop was found hiding in the basement laundry room of a garden apartment complex with dozens of vials of THC oil, authorities said. Eric Williams, 21, had 55 vials of the synthetic drug and a bag of pot in the Jeep when Officers James Serio and Joseph Convery pulled him over on Main Street for running a stop sign near his home Friday night, Police Chief James Walters said. After spotting the bundled canisters on the passenger-seat floor, the officers asked Williams to get out of the vehicle, Walters sai…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Bicyclist, 13, By SUV Struck Near Ridgewood/Paramus Border Bicyclist, 13, By SUV Struck Near Ridgewood/Paramus Border Bicyclist, 13, By SUV Struck Near Ridgewood/Paramus Border
Bicyclist, 13, By SUV Struck Near Ridgewood/Paramus Border A young bicyclist was struck by an SUV Saturday night near the Paramus border in Ridgewood. The 13-year-old victim was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with a severe leg injury after the crash on East Ridgewood Avenue near the Wild Duck Pond in Saddle River County Park around 9:30 p.m. The Bergen County Prosecutor's Office Fatal Accident Investigations Unit investigated along with Ridgewood police and the Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification, which collected evidence. Village firefighters and EMS also responded, along with a paramedic team from The Valley …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
‘Predator In White Coat’: Feds Seek Sex Abuse Victims Of OBGYN From Bergen ‘Predator In White Coat’: Feds Seek Sex Abuse Victims Of OBGYN From Bergen ‘Predator In White Coat’: Feds Seek Sex Abuse Victims Of OBGYN From Bergen
‘Predator In White Coat’: Feds Seek Sex Abuse Victims Of Obgyn From Bergen It seemed a plea deal with state prosecutors in New York would keep former gynecologist Robert Hadden of Englewood out of prison after he was accused of sexually abusing patients. Then the feds came knocking. FBI agents arrested Hadden, 62, at his home on Wednesday and brought him to U.S. District Court in Manhattan, where a grand jury indictment charges him with sexually abusing dozens of female patients, including minors, over nearly 20 years. Federal authorities are asking other alleged victims to come forward (see below). Hadden victimized patients “under the guise of conducting purpor…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
VIDEO: Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson Thanks Ridgefield Firefighters With New Kicks VIDEO: Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson Thanks Ridgefield Firefighters With New Kicks VIDEO: Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson Thanks Ridgefield Firefighters With New Kicks
Video: Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson Thanks Ridgefield Firefighters With New Kicks Amid this week’s 9/11 remembrances came news of a token of appreciation that meant a lot to volunteer firefighters in Ridgefield. Movie star Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Under Armour sent the department 100 pairs of his new $140 training sneakers as part of a rollout honoring first responders. The First Responders Children's Foundation arranged for delivery of the new Under Armour Project Rock PR3 sneakers to departments near Ground Zero. Jillian Crane of the non-profit First Responders Children's Foundation officially presented the new kicks at Engine Co. 2 in Ridgefield last month, but …

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