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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Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Ex-Con From Dumont Crashes Fleeing Old Tappan Police Ex-Con From Dumont Crashes Fleeing Old Tappan Police Ex-Con From Dumont Crashes Fleeing Old Tappan Police
Ex-Con From Dumont Crashes Fleeing Old Tappan Police A repeat offender from Dumont fled an attempted police stop in Old Tappan and was arrested after his car slammed into a tree, authorities said. James Wilmarth, 33, already was awaiting trial for a Teaneck burglary when Officer Charles DiMaria began pursuing him for speeding on North Washington Avenue shortly after 9:30 p.m. Monday, Police Chief Joseph Tracy said. Wilmarth apparently cut his headlights in an effort not to be detected when DiMaria caught up to him on Hampton Ridge Court, Tracy said. Seeing the officer, Wilmarth hit the gas and turned onto Cripplebush Road, where he lost cont…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: Body Of NYC Forensic Dentist, 72, Found In Backyard Bergen Pool UPDATE: Body Of NYC Forensic Dentist, 72, Found In Backyard Bergen Pool UPDATE: Body Of NYC Forensic Dentist, 72, Found In Backyard Bergen Pool
Update: Body Of NYC Forensic Dentist, 72, Found In Backyard Bergen Pool In the latter years of his career, Dr. Richard Boguslaw gave names to the dead.  The 72-year-old widowed Montvale resident, whose body was found Wednesday afternoon in his backyard pool, was a forensic dentist with the New York City Chief Medical Examiner's Office. He also was a member the past dozen or so years of the Region 2 Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team in New York and New Jersey. DMORTs, as the teams are known, respond to mass deaths -- such as 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina -- to help identify the deceased. Besides identifying human remains, forensic dentists also…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: Police ID Local Pedestrian, 63, Struck, Killed Outside Fair Lawn Municipal Building UPDATE: Police ID Local Pedestrian, 63, Struck, Killed Outside Fair Lawn Municipal Building UPDATE: Police ID Local Pedestrian, 63, Struck, Killed Outside Fair Lawn Municipal Building
Update: Police ID Local Pedestrian, 63, Struck, Killed Outside Fair Lawn Municipal Building A pedestrian struck and killed Wednesday morning outside the Fair Lawn municipal building lived around the corner, authorities said. Yuri Berger, 63, was crossing Fair Lawn Avenue up the street from his Edward Street home when he was struck in the crosswalk by a 2012 Honda SUV driven by a 53-year-old Fair Lawn man around 9:45 a.m., Police Sgt. Sean Macys said. The impact knocked him under a 2017 Mercedes Benz sedan that was stopped near the corner of Parmalee Avenue, Macys said. Police rushed to his aid, lifting the vehicle and administering CPR before EMS took over, the sergeant said.  …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Woman Who Notoriously Hacked Husband Into 65 Pieces Granted Prison Release To Hackensack Woman Who Notoriously Hacked Husband Into 65 Pieces Granted Prison Release To Hackensack Woman Who Notoriously Hacked Husband Into 65 Pieces Granted Prison Release To Hackensack
Woman Who Notoriously Hacked Husband Into 65 Pieces Granted Prison Release To Hackensack A Bergen County woman who was sentenced to life in prison for the infamous hacking death of her husband in Rockland County was headed to live with her sister in Hackensack this week after a federal judge granted her a compassionate release. Rita Gluzman, 71, formerly of Upper Saddle River, was granted the release, with conditions, from the Federal Medical Center Carswell in Fort Worth, Texas after suffering multiple strokes, TV station WFAA reported. The Ukrainian-born activist made international headlines after an East Rutherford police officer found her cousin trying to dump garbage bags …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Construction Worker Struck By Backhoe In Midland Park Construction Worker Struck By Backhoe In Midland Park Construction Worker Struck By Backhoe In Midland Park
Construction Worker Struck By Backhoe In Midland Park A construction worker was hospitalized after being struck Wednesday afternoon by a backhoe in Midland Park. The Kemsco Construction and Equipment Company (Newark) worker was injured shortly before 4:30 p.m. behind the Midland Park Shopping Center on Godwin Avenue. Members of the Midland Park Ambulance Corps tended to the worker and took him to the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood. There was no immediate word on the extent of the injury. OSHA was notified. Midland Park and Wyckoff police also responded.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Body Pulled From Passaic River Body Pulled From Passaic River Body Pulled From Passaic River
Body Pulled From Passaic River Responders recovered a man's body from the Passaic River Wednesday afternoon. Passaic police notified surrounding agents of the body first seen floating south of the Monroe Street Bridge around 4 p.m., Garfield Police Chief Raymond Kovach said. Garfield and Passaic police were among the initial responders. Garfield Fire Department's Marine 3 Unit launched from Wallington for the recovery, Kovach said. The Bergen County Prosecutor's Office was investigating with Garfield police, the chief said. The Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification collected evidence. Last week, a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Body Of Bergen Man, 72, Found In Backyard Pool Body Of Bergen Man, 72, Found In Backyard Pool Body Of Bergen Man, 72, Found In Backyard Pool
Body Of Bergen Man, 72, Found In Backyard Pool In the latter years of his career, Dr. Richard Boguslaw gave names to the dead. The 72-year-old widowed Montvale resident, whose body was found Wednesday afternoon in his backyard pool, was a forensic dentist with the New York City Chief Medical Examiner's Office. He also was a member the past dozen or so years of the Region 2 Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team in New York and New Jersey. DMORTs, as the teams are known, respond to mass deaths -- such as 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina -- to help identify the deceased. Besides identifying human remains, forensic dentists also assess bi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Little Ferry Police Stop Turns Up More Than Three Pounds Of Pot, Motel Packing Operation Little Ferry Police Stop Turns Up More Than Three Pounds Of Pot, Motel Packing Operation Little Ferry Police Stop Turns Up More Than Three Pounds Of Pot, Motel Packing Operation
Little Ferry Police Stop Turns Up More Than Three Pounds Of Pot, Motel Packing Operation A Little Ferry police sergeant turned up more than three pounds of pot after stopping a Paterson driver, authorities said. Sgt. John Andronaco stopped a 2002 Honda Civic driven by Jermal Hogan, 27, after he ignored a stop sign on Bergen Turnpike at Lakeview Avenue shortly before midnight Tuesday, Police Chief James Walters said. Adronaco -- who was joined by Officers Michael Lee and Joseph Convery -- noticed a strong odor of marijuana when he approached the car "despite the window only being partially open," Walters said. The odor got stronger when Hogan rolled the window down, he said. H…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
New Brunswick Woman Kidnapped, Beaten: Guatemalan National Captured, Jailed in Bergen New Brunswick Woman Kidnapped, Beaten: Guatemalan National Captured, Jailed in Bergen New Brunswick Woman Kidnapped, Beaten: Guatemalan National Captured, Jailed in Bergen
New Brunswick Woman Kidnapped, Beaten: Guatemalan National Captured, Jailed in Bergen A Guatemalan national abducted his ex-girlfriend in New Brunswick, beat and tried to choke her and then stole her cellphone before dumping her in Wallington, authorities said. A good Samaritan flagged down a passing Wallington police officer, who found the frantic woman at the 7-Eleven on Main Avenue speaking only Spanish, Capt. Shawn Kudlacik said. A Passaic police officer responded to translate for the 38-year-old victim, who told police that Miguel Anton Perez, 47, grabbed her by the hair and dragged her into his car in New Brunswick. Perez “punched her in the back and put his hands aro…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: Police ID Local Pedestrian, 63, Struck, Killed Outside Fair Lawn Municipal Building UPDATE: Police ID Local Pedestrian, 63, Struck, Killed Outside Fair Lawn Municipal Building UPDATE: Police ID Local Pedestrian, 63, Struck, Killed Outside Fair Lawn Municipal Building
Update: Police ID Local Pedestrian, 63, Struck, Killed Outside Fair Lawn Municipal Building A pedestrian struck and killed Wednesday morning outside the Fair Lawn municipal building lived around the corner, authorities said. Yuri Berger, 63, was crossing Fair Lawn Avenue up the street from his Edward Street home when he was struck in the crosswalk by a 2012 Honda SUV driven by a 53-year-old Fair Lawn man around 9:45 a.m., Police Sgt. Sean Macys said. The impact knocked him under a 2017 Mercedes Benz sedan that was stopped near the corner of Parmalee Avenue, Macys said. Police rushed to his aid, lifting the vehicle and administering CPR before EMS took over, the sergeant said. …

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