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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Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: Rescued Bergen Driver Loses Leg, Survives Fiery Crash On Palisades Interstate Parkway UPDATE: Rescued Bergen Driver Loses Leg, Survives Fiery Crash On Palisades Interstate Parkway UPDATE: Rescued Bergen Driver Loses Leg, Survives Fiery Crash On Palisades Interstate Parkway
Update: Rescued Bergen Driver Loses Leg, Survives Fiery Crash On Palisades Interstate Parkway A 52-year-old Bergen County driver lost her leg but survived a fiery crash Sunday night thanks to two good Samaritans and the Palisades Interstate Parkway police. A passing NYPD captain and a security guard got the Demarest driver and her 29-year-old passenger, also of Demarest, out of the vehicle after it rolled on the northbound parkway between Exits 1 and 2 shortly before 11:30 p.m., Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Sgt. First Class Raymond Walter said. The responding PIP police officers, Sgt. Martin Clancy and Officer Elizabeth Santos, applied a tourniquet to the driver, saving her l…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Missing Paramus Girl FOUND Missing Paramus Girl FOUND Missing Paramus Girl FOUND
Missing Paramus Girl Found Paramus police said a 16-year-old borough girl reported missing late Saturday was back Sunday afternoon, less than 24 hours later. Gianna Francesco was last seen at 11:30 p.m. Saturday at the Dunkin Donuts on Forest Avenue, they said. Paramus Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg confirmed shortly before 4 p.m. that she was safe and sound.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Middletown, NJ
Breaking News
One Dead, One Wounded In Freehold Shooting One Dead, One Wounded In Freehold Shooting One Dead, One Wounded In Freehold Shooting
One Dead, One Wounded In Freehold Shooting One man was killed and another wounded in an overnight shooting at a Freehold apartment building, authorities confirmed Saturday. Responding officers found the victims at the Continental on Jackson Street shortly after 1 a.m., Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni said. One of them was pronounced dead less than an hour later, while the second was taken to an unspecified hospital, where Gramiccioni said that he was listed in serious but stable condition Saturday afternoon. The prosecutor didn’t elaborate on the nature of the shooting or say whether authorities had arrested o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah PD: Officers Converge On Neighborhood, Capture Rockland Burglar Amid Crime Spree Mahwah PD: Officers Converge On Neighborhood, Capture Rockland Burglar Amid Crime Spree Mahwah PD: Officers Converge On Neighborhood, Capture Rockland Burglar Amid Crime Spree
Mahwah PD: Officers Converge On Neighborhood, Capture Rockland Burglar Amid Crime Spree A group of Mahwah police officers quickly converged on a neighborhood during a string of burglaries and captured a Rockland County man. Jorge Lopez, 18, of Spring Valley lost his Nike slides breaking into a home and stole a pair of footwear to try and make his getaway, Police Chief Stephen Jaffe said. He was riding away on a stolen bicycle when township officers grabbed Lopez and found him carrying stolen jewelry and other items, the chief said. Responding to several 911 calls, Officers Michael Cleary, Joe Alvarez, Martin Kilroy, Timothy Letavish, Chris Lupo, John Rodriguez and Sgt. Stacy …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities: NYC Defendant Who Crashed Stolen Mercedes On GWB Is Serial Car Thief Authorities: NYC Defendant Who Crashed Stolen Mercedes On GWB Is Serial Car Thief Authorities: NYC Defendant Who Crashed Stolen Mercedes On GWB Is Serial Car Thief
Authorities: NYC Defendant Who Crashed Stolen Mercedes On GWB Is Serial Car Thief UPDATE: An 18-year-old New York City resident busted after crashing a car stolen from a Paramus dealership at the George Washington Bridge has been arrested several times – and almost immediately released – after committing similar crimes. New Jersey State Police were investigating Nyaomi James, who crashed a Mercedes stolen from a Paramus dealership Thursday night into four vehicles on the bridge while trying to flee, Daily Voice has learned. James, who police say has family in Teaneck, was accused last month of stealing a $150,000 Land Rover from an Englewood Jaguar dealership several wee…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Weather
Expert: Hurricane Isaias Will Likely Come And Go Quickly, With More Rain Than Anything Expert: Hurricane Isaias Will Likely Come And Go Quickly, With More Rain Than Anything Expert: Hurricane Isaias Will Likely Come And Go Quickly, With More Rain Than Anything
Expert: Hurricane Isaias Will Likely Come And Go Quickly, With More Rain Than Anything Hurricane Isaias will likely bring plenty of rain to New Jersey this Tuesday but not the kind of wind anyone should be overly concerned with, one of the area’s leading weather experts said Saturday. “What usually happens with tropical cyclones as they move northward is the heaviest rain tends to fall to the west of the track and the center, while the strongest winds tend to be to the east of the track,” meteorologist Joe Cioffi said. Predicting weather accurately days in advance is next-to-impossible, with meteorologists making their most educated guesses and hoping for the best. Now and t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Middletown, NJ
Breaking News
Feds Charge More Retired NFL Players In $3.4 Million Health Fraud Feds Charge More Retired NFL Players In $3.4 Million Health Fraud Feds Charge More Retired NFL Players In $3.4 Million Health Fraud
Feds Charge More Retired NFL Players In $3.4 Million Health Fraud Three more former NFL players, one of them from the Jersey Shore, were among several who federal authorities said illegally collected $3.4 million in a massive health care scam. Darrell Reid, 38, of Farmingdale, who played linebacker for the 2007 Super Bowl champion Denver Broncos and the Indianapolis Colts, was among the three additional players named in a U.S. District Court indictment. The others are former Tennessee Titans and Cincinnati Bengals defensive end Antwan Odom, 38, of Irvington, Alabama and Anthony Montgomery, 36, of Cleveland, who played defensive end for the team formerly k…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
CLEARER VIDEO: Staples Customer Thrown Down, Leg Broken, By Woman Who Refuses To Wear Mask CLEARER VIDEO: Staples Customer Thrown Down, Leg Broken, By Woman Who Refuses To Wear Mask CLEARER VIDEO: Staples Customer Thrown Down, Leg Broken, By Woman Who Refuses To Wear Mask
Clearer Video: Staples Customer Thrown Down, Leg Broken, By Woman Who Refuses To Wear Mask SEEN HER? Clearer video shows a woman assaulting a Staples customer in Hackensack, breaking the victim’s leg, after she asked the assailant to wear her coronavirus mask. Recognize her?  Margot Kagan, 54, of Teaneck was using the fax/copy machine at the Hackensack Avenue store Wednesday afternoon when the suspect approached another machine with her face mask pulled below her mouth, Detective Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. Kagan, who’d had liver transplant surgery four months ago and was walking with a cane, said she asked the woman to put on her mask. SEE VIDEO ABOVE The woman became angry and…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Elizabeth, NJ
Breaking News
Feds: Elizabeth Predator Lured Out-Of-State Escorts To NJ, Choked, Raped, Threatened Them Feds: Elizabeth Predator Lured Out-Of-State Escorts To NJ, Choked, Raped, Threatened Them Feds: Elizabeth Predator Lured Out-Of-State Escorts To NJ, Choked, Raped, Threatened Them
Feds: Elizabeth Predator Lured Out-Of-State Escorts To NJ, Choked, Raped, Threatened Them For more than four years, an Elizabeth man lured out-of-state escorts to New Jersey with promises of tens of thousands of dollars for sex – then slapped, choked, raped and threatened them, authorities charged. An indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Newark on Friday added two more victims, bringing the total to four charged to Jose Torres, 42. Torres met the women through websites for online escorts and on Backpage.com beginning in May 2015, an FBI complaint on file in U.S. District Court in Newark says. Promising big money, he “persuaded, induced and enticed” the commercial sex …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson PD: Detectives Disarm Garfield Man Reaching For Loaded Rifle Paterson PD: Detectives Disarm Garfield Man Reaching For Loaded Rifle Paterson PD: Detectives Disarm Garfield Man Reaching For Loaded Rifle
Paterson PD: Detectives Disarm Garfield Man Reaching For Loaded Rifle Quick-moving Paterson police detectives grabbed a Garfield man as he reached for a loaded gun during a traffic stop, authorities said. Alerted by a tipster, the Narcotics Division detectives saw Brian Rochester, 23, “brandishing what appeared to be a short-barreled assault rifle” near the corner of 16th Avenue and Carroll Street, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. Rochester then put the weapon in the back seat of a car nearby and got into the front passenger seat before the vehicle pulled away, Speziale said. After the detectives stopped the near Rosa Parks Boulevard and Pearl Str…

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