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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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Did He Jump Or Was He Pushed? Visitor Critical After Plunging From Cliffside Woman's Balcony Did He Jump Or Was He Pushed? Visitor Critical After Plunging From Cliffside Woman's Balcony Did He Jump Or Was He Pushed? Visitor Critical After Plunging From Cliffside Woman's Balcony
Did He Jump Or Was He Pushed? Visitor Critical After Plunging From Cliffside Woman's Balcony Did a male visitor who was critically injured when he plunged off a Cliffside Park woman's apartment balcony after her boyfriend showed up jump, or was he pushed? The 28-year-old New York man was visiting a woman on the Kearney Avenue side of the Chateau Apartments on Gorge Road Wednesday night when her boyfriend showed up, neighbors said. The couple was celebrating the woman's 36th birthday, they said. After hearing them inside, the boyfriend left and returned with a friend, they said. A loud bang startled the neighbors, who discovered the 6-foot-7-inch victim had awkwardly landed back…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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Jeep Struck By Hit-Run Vehicle Rolls On Route 208 Overpass Jeep Struck By Hit-Run Vehicle Rolls On Route 208 Overpass Jeep Struck By Hit-Run Vehicle Rolls On Route 208 Overpass
Jeep Struck By Hit-Run Vehicle Rolls On Route 208 Overpass A unlicensed DWI driver from Paterson who fled a wrong-way crash that sent a Jeep rolling on a Route 208 overpass in Wyckoff was captured soon after in Hackensack, authorities said. Sabrina Y. Zegarra, 21, was driving an unregistered Mitsubishi Montero that crossed the double-yellow line on Russell Avenue and struck the Jeep around 5 p.m. Aug. 21, Lt. Joseph Soto said. The Jeep driver got out OK and reported minor injuries, Soto said. Police alerted surrounding towns after Officer Michael Scalise discovered debris that indicated the type of vehicle she was driving, the lieutenant aid. Ha…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Distraught Boy, 17, Drowns In Passaic River After Officers Dive In To Try And Rescue Him Distraught Boy, 17, Drowns In Passaic River After Officers Dive In To Try And Rescue Him Distraught Boy, 17, Drowns In Passaic River After Officers Dive In To Try And Rescue Him
Distraught Boy, 17, Drowns In Passaic River After Officers Dive In To Try And Rescue Him A distraught 17-year-old boy drowned in the Passaic River Friday night after he jumped off a bridge between Passaic and Wallington, authorities said. The Lakeview Learning Center student jumped off the Market Street bridge in front of his father shortly before 6:30 p.m., responders said. Two city police officers, showing no regard for their own safety, jumped right in after him. "We were trying to help him," a ranking officer told Daily Voice. "He jumped in, so we went in to try and rescue him. It's such a tragedy." Sgt. Robert Cancel and Officer Paul Zapata waded through waist-high mud …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Newark, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority PD: Man Who Assaulted, Abducted Companion At Newark Airport Captured After Crash Port Authority PD: Man Who Assaulted, Abducted Companion At Newark Airport Captured After Crash Port Authority PD: Man Who Assaulted, Abducted Companion At Newark Airport Captured After Crash
Port Authority PD: Man Who Assaulted, Abducted Companion At Newark Airport Captured After Crash Port Authority police captured a driver who they said assaulted a companion at Newark Airport, sped off with her and her friend in his SUV and then crashed. The incident began Thursday afternoon at the Terminal B arrivals area, Port Authority Media Relations Deputy Director Amber Greene said. Jason Strong, 30, of Staten Island, assaulted a woman, then sped off with her and her friend in the Cadillac SRX, which crashed along Meeker Avenue in Newark, Greene said. The 6-foot, 180-pound Strong -- who already was wanted on warrants -- took off on foot and was quickly captured, she said. Partic…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Customer Denied Bathroom Cause Of COVID Does His Business In Glen Rock Liquor Store Aisle Customer Denied Bathroom Cause Of COVID Does His Business In Glen Rock Liquor Store Aisle Customer Denied Bathroom Cause Of COVID Does His Business In Glen Rock Liquor Store Aisle
Customer Denied Bathroom Cause Of COVID Does His Business In Glen Rock Liquor Store Aisle Glen Rock police were trying to identify a liquor store customer who dropped his pants and did his business in an aisle after he was told the bathroom was closed because of coronavirus restrictions. Detectives were reviewing surveillance video from the Bottle King on Prospect Street after the visitor “proceeded to defecate on the floor of a store aisle and left the building” when he was denied bathroom access, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. “The store manager was advised of the procedure to sign a complaint under a Glen Rock borough ordinance that prohibits individuals from defecating or…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson Detectives Seize 91 Heroin Folds, 17 Vials Of Crack, Bust Two Paterson Detectives Seize 91 Heroin Folds, 17 Vials Of Crack, Bust Two Paterson Detectives Seize 91 Heroin Folds, 17 Vials Of Crack, Bust Two
Paterson Detectives Seize 91 Heroin Folds, 17 Vials Of Crack, Bust Two Paterson detectives responding to neighborhood complaints busted two 18-year-old dealers with 91 heroin folds, 17 vials of crack and two ounces of pot, authorities said. Narcotics investigators watched a drug deal go down in broad daylight on Sherman Avenue near Union Avenue before moving in on the seller, Ismael Leon, and his lookout, Anthony Hernandez, neither of whom lives on the block, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. In addition to the drugs, they seized $275 in suspected proceeds, Speziale said. They charged Leon and Hernandez with various drug counts and released them pen…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Bergenfield Cyberstalker Admits Sending Nude Pic Links To Pals, Relatives Of 23 Victims Bergenfield Cyberstalker Admits Sending Nude Pic Links To Pals, Relatives Of 23 Victims Bergenfield Cyberstalker Admits Sending Nude Pic Links To Pals, Relatives Of 23 Victims
Bergenfield Cyberstalker Admits Sending Nude Pic Links To Pals, Relatives Of 23 Victims A Bergenfield man admitted in federal court that he posted naked and semi-naked photos online that he claimed were of nearly 24 victims and then sent links to those pics to their families and friends. Rino Diamante, 25, of Bergenfield, told a U.S. District Court judge in Newark during a videoconference earlier this month that he continued the harassment for nearly four years, beginning in January 2016, stalking some of his victims on Facebook. Diamante said he posted the photos of people who knew and didn’t know on online forums such as 4Chan.com and volafile.com. He “also admitted to con…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Responding To Dispute, Washington Township PD Bust Resident With Variety Of Drugs, $10,000 Cash Responding To Dispute, Washington Township PD Bust Resident With Variety Of Drugs, $10,000 Cash Responding To Dispute, Washington Township PD Bust Resident With Variety Of Drugs, $10,000 Cash
Responding To Dispute, Washington Township PD Bust Resident With Variety Of Drugs, $10,000 Cash Evidence in plain sight produced the arrest of a Washington Township man who local police said had a variety of drugs along with more than $10,000 in suspicious proceeds. Township officers responding to a dispute at a Manhattan Avenue home spotted the visible contraband, investigated and arrested Robert Marino, 60, Police Chief Richard Skinner said Thursday. Marino was charged with several drugs counts, as well as possession of criminal proceeds (money laundering) and drug paraphernalia. Police sent him to the Bergen County Jail only to have a judge order Marino released hours later, pendi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Arrests Of East Orange Brothers Leads Detectives To Accused Gunman In Paterson Shooting Arrests Of East Orange Brothers Leads Detectives To Accused Gunman In Paterson Shooting Arrests Of East Orange Brothers Leads Detectives To Accused Gunman In Paterson Shooting
Arrests Of East Orange Brothers Leads Detectives To Accused Gunman In Paterson Shooting Detectives captured an accused gunman after arresting two brothers from East Orange in connection with a shooting in Paterson earlier this month. Christian Patterson was arrested early Thursday, two days after detectives nabbed brothers Delshawn and Keyshawn Wright. Authorities charged all three with attempted murder, aggravated assault and weapons offenses. Patterson, 29, and Delshawn Wright, 22, also were charged with being convicted felons in possession of firearms. Patterson shot the 22-year-old victim three times at the corner of East 23rd Street and Park Avenue on Aug. 9 while Keysh…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Maskless Tweet Aboard Flight Gets Ex-Navy SEAL Who Claims He Killed Bin Laden Banned By Delta Maskless Tweet Aboard Flight Gets Ex-Navy SEAL Who Claims He Killed Bin Laden Banned By Delta Maskless Tweet Aboard Flight Gets Ex-Navy SEAL Who Claims He Killed Bin Laden Banned By Delta
Maskless Tweet Aboard Flight Gets Ex-Navy SEAL Who Claims He Killed Bin Laden Banned By Delta A retired Navy SEAL who claims to have killed Osama bin Laden single-handedly said he was banned from Delta Air Lines after he tweeted a maskless selfie while aboard a packed flight this week. "[T]his attempt at a joke did NOT go over well...," Robert J. O'Neill later tweeted. I do wear a mask," he added. "I had my mask in my lap. Everyone has gone crazy." O'Neill apparently was violating Delta rules aimed at preventing the spread of COVID-19 on its flights when he tweeted the photo with the caption "I'm not a p---y." The tweet went viral before O'Neill said his wife removed it. Delta …

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