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.

Jerry DeMarco's Contributions

Lyndhurst, NJ

Breaking News

Girl, 16, Seriously Injured, Elizabeth Man Charged In Stolen Car Crash At Passaic River Bridge UPDATE: An Elizabeth man was charged with assault by auto and child endangerment after he crashed a stolen car into a Lyndhurst gas station canopy, seriously injuring his 16-year-old female passenger, following a police chase, authorities said. Byron L. Hernandez, an 18-year-old laborer, crashed the 2019 Honda Civic stolen shortly after 8:30 a.m. Sunday. North Arlington police began chasing the vehicle, which had been reported stolen out of Elizabeth, on River Road but terminated the pursuit after speeds reached 100 miles an hour, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Hernandez conti…

by Jerry DeMarco

08/31/2020

Hackensack, NJ

Breaking News

Police: Glen Rock Man Lunges At Hackensack Car Dealer Employee With Knife In Parking Dispute A Glen Rock trucker who’d taken up two parking spaces pulled a knife and lunged at a Hackensack car dealership employee who asked him to park properly, authorities said. The worker at Hackensack Nissan on River Street asked Kelvin Mack, 47, to park properly after he took up two spaces with his 2018 Mercedes Benz shortly before 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Police Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. Mack, who had a handicap placard in his car, “became irate and retrieved a knife,” DeWitt said. “Mack, with the knife in his hand, threatened to cut the employee and lunged at him,” the captain said. He got back i…

by Jerry DeMarco

08/31/2020

Paterson, NJ

Breaking News

Victim In Paterson Beating Dies, Hawthorne Ex-Con Charged With Murder Authorities upgraded charges against a Hawthorne ex-con to first-degree murder after a man whom they said he kicked, punched and pistol whipped died of his injuries. Tyheem T. Jones, 37, was “pacing back and forth in the middle of the street” while “breathing heavily and sweating profusely” when officers responding to an assault call found him near the corner of Auburn Street and Godwin Avenue around 4 a.m. Thursday, authorities said. Nearby, they found the victim on the ground with a large gash on the right side of his head. Reyes has been "repeatedly punching and kicking him for several …

by Jerry DeMarco

08/31/2020

Pascack Valley, NJ

Breaking News

Sparks Fly In Park Ridge Pursuit, Police Nab Two Would-Be Burglars After Crash Sparks flew during a wild chase that ended with the arrest of two New York men who authorities said seemed determined to break into a Park Ridge home. A Ridge Avenue resident called borough police after hearing a loud bang at the door and seeing a suspicious-looking man walking away shortly after 7:30 p.m. Friday, Capt. Joseph Rampolla said. Aa suspicious-looking silver sedan slowly passed the home several times, the resident added. Responding officers didn’t find anything but were called back again a half hour later after a man dressed all in black turned up in the same resident’s backyar…

by Jerry DeMarco

08/31/2020

Paterson, NJ

Breaking News

Blaze Guts Clifton Homes, Firefighter Injured Fire gutted two Clifton homes and damaged another, injuring a firefighter and displacing at least nine people, responders said. The injury wasn’t considered life-threatening, they said. The blaze broke out in the basement of an East 2nd Street home around 8:30 p.m. Sunday. It spread to a car in a driveway that exploded, spreading the flames to a second home. The fire on 2nd Street in Clifton quickly went to three alarms as flames blew through the roof of one of the buildings.Damien Danis for DAILY VOICE The blaze quickly went to three alarms as flames blew through the roof of one of t…

by Jerry DeMarco

08/31/2020

Paterson, NJ

Breaking News

FBI: Wanted Armed, Dangerous Paterson Gang Member Surrenders An armed and dangerous ex-con from Paterson surrendered after the FBI posted a $5,000 reward for his capture, federal authorities said. Cesar David Valerio, a 28-year-old Dominican national, turned himself in to face several federal weapons charges, a bureau spokeswoman said. A U.S. District Court judge in Newark two weeks ago issued a warrant for the arrest of Valerio -- also known as "Chico Trini" -- after federal authorities charged him with being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm in Paterson.

by Jerry DeMarco

08/30/2020

Lyndhurst, NJ

Breaking News

Girl, 16, Seriously Injured, Elizabeth Man Charged In Stolen Car Crash At Passaic River Bridge UPDATE: An Elizabeth man was charged with assault by auto and child endangerment after he crashed a stolen car into a Lyndhurst gas station canopy, seriously injuring his 16-year-old female passenger, following a police chase, authorities said. Byron L. Hernandez, an 18-year-old laborer, crashed the 2019 Honda Civic stolen shortly after 8:30 a.m. Sunday. North Arlington police began chasing the vehicle, which had been reported stolen out of Elizabeth, on River Road but terminated the pursuit after speeds reached 100 miles an hour, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Hernandez conti…

by Jerry DeMarco

08/30/2020

Rutherford, NJ

Breaking News

Several Injured In Fiery NJ Turnpike Crash As many as a half-dozen people were injured in a fiery crash Sunday morning on the New Jersey Turnpike in Lyndhurst, responders said. The minivan hit the median, rolled and went up in flames on the southbound westbound spur near mile marker 110.8 shortly after 10 a.m., they said. The victims were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center. Their conditions weren't immediately know Traffic was delayed while firefighters doused the blaze and EMS units tended to the injured. New Jersey State Police were investigating the cause. ****** ALSO SEE: A 17-year-old girl was seriously…

by Jerry DeMarco

08/30/2020

Lyndhurst, NJ

Breaking News

Police: Lookout At Lyndhurst Checkout Nails Serial Shoplifter Security guards at the Shop-Rite in Lyndhurst were on the lookout for Juana Rivera. She’d visited the store each of the previous few Saturday mornings, collected hundreds of dollars’ worth of groceries and only paid for some of them, police said. It’s known as the “pass around.” When the North Arlington resident showed up again this Saturday, security called Lyndhurst police. Together, they watched her. Rivera filled a cart before heading to the self-checkout area, where she scanned $92 worth of groceries while bagging about $300 worth altogether, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. A se…

by Jerry DeMarco

08/30/2020

Hackensack, NJ

Weather

Expect Sunshine, 70s Today Storm worry gives way to nothing but blue skies come Sunday, a local weather expert said. Skies that cleared out late Saturday "set us for a beautiful Sunday of sunshine, low humidity and highs in the 70s" throughout much of New Jersey, meteorologist Joe Cioffi said. Humidity will be higher at the Jersey Shore, but temperatures will be much the same, he said. "High pressure over Eastern Canada will make for a cool Sunday night into Monday morning with lows in the mid 50s to lower 60s," Cioffi said. "Monday will start with some sunshine but we will see clouds increasing during the afternoo…

by Jerry DeMarco

08/30/2020

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