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

West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
Haskell Woman, 33, Killed In Bloomingdale Crash Haskell Woman, 33, Killed In Bloomingdale Crash Haskell Woman, 33, Killed In Bloomingdale Crash
Haskell Woman, 33, Killed In Bloomingdale Crash A 33-year-old Haskell woman was killed in a crash Monday night in Bloomingdale, authorities confirmed. Nicole Lisa was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash just after 6 p.m. on Union Avenue, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Bloomingdale Police Chief Joseph Borell said in a joint release Tuesday. The Wanaque native's 2018 Jeep Compass hit a telephone pole and rolled, trapping her inside, they said. Investigators were trying to determine the cause.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack Woman, 19, Charged With Killing Newborn Boy Hackensack Woman, 19, Charged With Killing Newborn Boy Hackensack Woman, 19, Charged With Killing Newborn Boy
Hackensack Woman, 19, Charged With Killing Newborn Boy Authorities charged a Hackensack woman with killing her newborn son. Kimberly Aponte, 19, hid the unwanted pregnancy from her family, authorities said. Aponte gave birth before dawn Saturday to a full-term boy whom she then wrapped in a towel and stuffed into a hamper, they said. Aponte's father called city police to the family's Hackensack Avenue apartment Saturday afternoon, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. There, the officers found the lifeless child, he said. Aponte, who was in her bedroom, was taken by ambulance to Hackensack University Medical Center, the prosecutor said…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Woman, 57, Dog Killed In Englewood Fire Woman, 57, Dog Killed In Englewood Fire Woman, 57, Dog Killed In Englewood Fire
Woman, 57, Dog Killed In Englewood Fire A 57-year-old Englewood woman and her dog were killed in a Monday night fire apparently ignited by a cigarette, authorities said. A Grove Street resident who’d been out for the evening called 911 after smelling and then seeing smoke coming from a detached garage apartment where Clare Mackin lived around 10 p.m., Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said Tuesday. Firefighters doused the two-alarm blaze and found the body of the victim, who “apparently succumbed to the intense heat and was unable to exit the structure,” Halstead said. Also killed was her dog, responders said. No other injur…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Child, 1, Seriously Injured In Multi-Vehicle Dump Truck Crash On Route 3 Child, 1, Seriously Injured In Multi-Vehicle Dump Truck Crash On Route 3 Child, 1, Seriously Injured In Multi-Vehicle Dump Truck Crash On Route 3
Child, 1, Seriously Injured In Multi-Vehicle Dump Truck Crash On Route 3 BREAKING: A 1-year-old child was breathing but seriously injured Tuesday morning following a multi-vehicle crash involving a dump truck on Route 3 in Clifton, responders said. The truck and at least three other vehicles were involved -- among them, a sedan in which the infant was riding -- in the crash near Broad Street around 10:30 a.m. Both the child, who had a head injury, and the 25-year-old driver of that car were taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson, responders said. Only the fast lane shoulder was immediately open following the crash  The Passaic County Pr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Bichon Frisé Breaks Loose, Killed By Pit Bull On Glen Rock Street Police: Bichon Frisé Breaks Loose, Killed By Pit Bull On Glen Rock Street Police: Bichon Frisé Breaks Loose, Killed By Pit Bull On Glen Rock Street
Police: Bichon Frisé Breaks Loose, Killed By Pit Bull On Glen Rock Street A pit bull killed a Bichon Frisé who’d broken loose while being walked on a Glen Rock street, authorities said. The plume-tailed toy dog slipped his harness while being walked by a young boy on Dean Street, Police Chief Dean Ackermann. As the boy ran home to get his help, a pit bull being walked by a 69-year-old man coming from the opposite direction grabbed hold of the other dog, the chief said. Responding officers found the Bichon Frisé dead, Ackermann said. The man, who’d been bitten on his hand as he tried to pull the dogs apart, refused medical attention, he added. TYCO Animal Cont…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
SEE ANYTHING? Bullet Fired Into Clifton Home Misses 1-Year-Old Child SEE ANYTHING? Bullet Fired Into Clifton Home Misses 1-Year-Old Child SEE ANYTHING? Bullet Fired Into Clifton Home Misses 1-Year-Old Child
SEE Anything? Bullet Fired Into Clifton Home Misses 1-Year-Old Child A bullet fired into a Clifton home missed hitting a baby, authorities said. Police turned to the public Tuesday for help investigating the shooting, as well as another a few days later. They don't appear related, authorities said. The first occurred around 9:45 p.m. Aug. 12 on Hamilton Avenue. At least three rounds were shot into the front of a home occupied by a family, including a 1-year-old child, Police Lt. Robert Bracken said. "Fortunately, no one was struck," he said. The only description of the shooter that authorities have are that he's a young Hispanic male, Bracken said. The…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Newark, NJ
Breaking News
Newark TSA Agent Gets Misplaced Wedding Dress To The Ceremony On Time Newark TSA Agent Gets Misplaced Wedding Dress To The Ceremony On Time Newark TSA Agent Gets Misplaced Wedding Dress To The Ceremony On Time
Newark TSA Agent Gets Misplaced Wedding Dress To The Ceremony On Time It seemed like your ordinary roller bag left behind at the Newark Airport TSA checkpoint by someone perhaps in a rush -- only inside was the dress a young bride-to-be was to wear at her wedding in Ohio the very next day. Narolin Cepeda, a former Paterson resident, was already winging on her way there when the MOB inadvertently left hers and her daughter's dresses behind. Moving quickly, Cepeda's younger brother, Christopher, pulled up a form online, sent it to the TSA’s Lost and Found Office at Newark Liberty International Airport and hoped for the best. Loletta Nathan-Gordon, a TSA admini…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Don't Invite Vehicle Thieves To Steal Your Ride, Englewood Police Warn Don't Invite Vehicle Thieves To Steal Your Ride, Englewood Police Warn Don't Invite Vehicle Thieves To Steal Your Ride, Englewood Police Warn
Don't Invite Vehicle Thieves To Steal Your Ride, Englewood Police Warn Englewood police this week joined the growing number of law enforcement authorities in North Jersey who've urged residents and merchants to lock their vehicles and take their key fobs. Police everywhere -- not just in Englewood -- have gone from frustrated to angry that more and more motorists are basically inviting thieves to steal their vehicles. In Englewood, Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead warned that an uptick in the number of vehicles broken into and stolen should show owners that the concern is genuine. Most victims left the key fobs in the vehicle. "While we can understand an…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Passaic Sheriff: Fleeing Haledon Dealer Tosses 'Instagram' Heroin Folds, Crack, Pot, Pills Passaic Sheriff: Fleeing Haledon Dealer Tosses 'Instagram' Heroin Folds, Crack, Pot, Pills Passaic Sheriff: Fleeing Haledon Dealer Tosses 'Instagram' Heroin Folds, Crack, Pot, Pills
Passaic Sheriff: Fleeing Haledon Dealer Tosses 'Instagram' Heroin Folds, Crack, Pot, Pills A drug dealer from Haledon tossed nearly two dozen bags of heroin, crack Ecstasy and more as he ran from Passaic County sheriff's officers before he was captured in Paterson authorities said. Officer Timothy Convery and Detective Carlos Gill were crossing the bridge from River Street to Haledon Avenue shortly before 10:30 p.m. Sunday when a Jeep Grand Cherokee approached them from the opposite direction with a headlight out, Sheriff Richard Bernik said. After pulling over for them on Straight Street, Marquise Maxey, 33, stepped out into the street, ignoring orders to get back into the Jeep,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
North Hunterdon, NJ
Breaking News
Hunterdon County Man Who Admitted Having Child Porn Gets Probation Hunterdon County Man Who Admitted Having Child Porn Gets Probation Hunterdon County Man Who Admitted Having Child Porn Gets Probation
Hunterdon County Man Who Admitted Having Child Porn Gets Probation A Hunterdon County man who admitted having child porn images avoided jail time when a judge suspended a 180-day sentence and gave him plea-bargained probation. Aaron Sohl, 42, of High Bridge was arrested a little over a year ago following a tip from the New Jersey State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Unit, Hunterdon County Acting Prosecutor Michael J. Williams said in a release. Based on the investigation by his Special Victims Unit and High Bridge police, a grand jury in Flemington returned an indictment last December charging Sohl with child endangerment for "possessing images th…

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