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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West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
Boat Sinks In Greenwood Lake Boat Sinks In Greenwood Lake Boat Sinks In Greenwood Lake
Boat Sinks In Greenwood Lake Responders rushed to a boat that sank in Greenwood Lake early Sunday evening. The vessel began sinking near the New Jersey/New York border around 6:30 p.m. with one person reported aboard who got OK, responders said. Police and firefighters from Passaic, Orange and Rockland counties converged on the scene. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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HERO: Visiting Doctor Rescues Drowning Boy, 3, At Bergen County Hotel Pool HERO: Visiting Doctor Rescues Drowning Boy, 3, At Bergen County Hotel Pool HERO: Visiting Doctor Rescues Drowning Boy, 3, At Bergen County Hotel Pool
Hero: Visiting Doctor Rescues Drowning Boy, 3, At Bergen County Hotel Pool Fate intervened this weekend when an emergency room doctor revived a drowning 3-year-old boy pulled from a hotel pool near the New Jersey/New York border. Police who responded within a minute to the call of an unresponsive child at the Courtyard by Marriott on Chestnut Ridge Road in Montvale at 4:20 p.m. Saturday found Dr. John Blundell of Buffalo reviving the New York City boy, Police Chief Joseph Sanfilippo said. "Officers administered oxygen and worked to calm the child," Sanfilippo said. Officers from Woodcliff Lake and Park Ridge also responded to assist, he said. Tri-Boro Volunteer…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: Mahwah Woman, 55, Drowns In Backyard Pool UPDATE: Mahwah Woman, 55, Drowns In Backyard Pool UPDATE: Mahwah Woman, 55, Drowns In Backyard Pool
Update: Mahwah Woman, 55, Drowns In Backyard Pool A Mahwah woman was found drowned Sunday morning in what her husband told responders was a tragic accident. Diane Pallokat, 55, went out to the pool in the exclusive Rio Vista development on Crocker Mansion Drive the night before and sat in a lawn chair placed at the shallow end, as was one of her favorite pastimes, her husband, Eric, told responders. He said he last saw her at 9:30 p.m., eventually went to bed, then found her body about 12 hours later. Responders included Mahwah police, the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office, the Bergen County Medical Examiner's Office and the Bergen County…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Blood Type Doesn't Increase Or Reduce Risk Of Contracting COVID, Studies Find Blood Type Doesn't Increase Or Reduce Risk Of Contracting COVID, Studies Find Blood Type Doesn't Increase Or Reduce Risk Of Contracting COVID, Studies Find
Blood Type Doesn't Increase Or Reduce Risk Of Contracting COVID, Studies Find Amid the misinformation spread during the pandemic has been a belief that people with certain blood types are at higher or lower risk than others of contracting the coronavirus. Two recent studies from reputable sources, however, found that Type A blood doesn't increase the odds that you'll be infected. Earlier during the pandemic, researchers said preliminary evidence suggested that blood type was a key factor for possibly contracting COVID or getting dangerously ill. A study published more than a month ago in the New England Journal of Medicine claimed a 45% higher risk of COVID infectio…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Veteran Prostitutes Pinched In Paterson Undercover Op Police: Veteran Prostitutes Pinched In Paterson Undercover Op Police: Veteran Prostitutes Pinched In Paterson Undercover Op
Police: Veteran Prostitutes Pinched In Paterson Undercover Op An undercover police officer posing as a john netted four veteran Paterson prostitutes who waved down and propositioned him, authorities said. The detective cruised the area of Van Houten Avenue and Auburn Street between the city public library and the Kilpatrick School on Friday, city Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. Arrested were Betty Morales, 47, and Nicole C. Paletta-Wright, 39, of Paterson, and Kristen D. Surlak, 34, of Fair Lawn, he said. Also arrested, at Broadway and East 18th Street, was Dawn M. Stapowick, 47, of Paterson, the director said. All were issued summonses …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen Sheriff's Officer, PalPark Police Nab Overnight East Bergen Burglary Suspects Bergen Sheriff's Officer, PalPark Police Nab Overnight East Bergen Burglary Suspects Bergen Sheriff's Officer, PalPark Police Nab Overnight East Bergen Burglary Suspects
Bergen Sheriff's Officer, PalPark Police Nab Overnight East Bergen Burglary Suspects A Bergen County sheriff’s officer helped Palisades Park police capture a pair of burglars who authorities said have been breaking into vehicles in East Bergen overnight. Sheriff’s Officer Michael Griffin was on patrol around 3 a.m. Saturday when he heard an alert and spotted borough resident Christopher Bueno, 22, and Dakota Cirelli, 19, of Elmwood Park on 10th Street. Griffin grabbed the two, who were arrested by borough police, said Capt. Anthony Muccio, the officer in charge of the department. Each was charged with four counts of attempted vehicle burglary and turned over to Cliffside P…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Driver Caught Selling Stolen E-ZPass Tags On Craigslist Rams Port Authority Police Car Near GWB Driver Caught Selling Stolen E-ZPass Tags On Craigslist Rams Port Authority Police Car Near GWB Driver Caught Selling Stolen E-ZPass Tags On Craigslist Rams Port Authority Police Car Near GWB
Driver Caught Selling Stolen E-zpass Tags On Craigslist Rams Port Authority Police Car Near GWB A man caught selling stolen E-ZPass tags hit a Port Authority police detective’s vehicle with his car as he tried to escape arrest, authorities said. Detectives chased down and captured Jayquan K. Crawford, 25, in Fort Lee after he rammed the police car in Edgewater, Port Authority spokeswoman Lenis Rodrigues said. The Port Authority’s Office of Inspector General began investigating after getting a tip earlier this year that Crawford was selling unauthorized EZ-Pass tags on Craigslist that he claimed worked at MTA, PANYNJ and NYS Thruway Authority facilities, Rodrigues said Friday. “Text c…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
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HEROES: Lyndhurst Police Save Another Cardiac Victim HEROES: Lyndhurst Police Save Another Cardiac Victim HEROES: Lyndhurst Police Save Another Cardiac Victim
Heroes: Lyndhurst Police Save Another Cardiac Victim A 62-year-old Lyndhurst man lay lifeless on his front lawn Thursday night when a township police officer arrived and immediately began administering CPR. Officer Thomas McSweeney was the first responder at the Stuyvesant Avenue home, where he was quickly joined by Detectives Geoff Rejent and William Kapp. “Together they continued lifesaving measures and administered a shock from a defibrillator,” Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said Friday. “As a result of their efforts they were able to resuscitate him.” Lyndhurst EMTs Charles Robert Pelle and Kenan Tepeli continued to render aid to the vict…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Murder Suspect From Paterson Captured At Route 17 Motel In Mahwah Murder Suspect From Paterson Captured At Route 17 Motel In Mahwah Murder Suspect From Paterson Captured At Route 17 Motel In Mahwah
Murder Suspect From Paterson Captured At Route 17 Motel In Mahwah One of two brothers wanted for a Paterson homicide was captured shortly before noon Friday at a Route 17 motel in Mahwah. Modino Garcia, 42, and Wilfredo Garcia, 20, had been sought for a May 27 shooting outside St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson that killed one 20-year-old man and left another wounded. A Bergen County Regional SWAT Team seized one of the Garcia brothers outside the Super 8 on southbound Route 17 on Friday and turned him over to Passaic County authorities, multiple law enforcement sources confirmed. “He was trying to leave and they grabbed him in the parking…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Paterson Police Dent Violent Drug Trade, Seize 16,000 Heroin Folds, 100+ Coke Bags, Three Guns Paterson Police Dent Violent Drug Trade, Seize 16,000 Heroin Folds, 100+ Coke Bags, Three Guns Paterson Police Dent Violent Drug Trade, Seize 16,000 Heroin Folds, 100+ Coke Bags, Three Guns
Paterson Police Dent Violent Drug Trade, Seize 16,000 Heroin Folds, 100+ Coke Bags, Three Guns Paterson police struck back against drug-related crime in the Silk City, seizing 16,163 heroin folds, 106 bags of cocaine and crack, hundreds of illegal prescription pills and two guns over a three-night stretch. The big haul was Tuesday’s heroin seizure. “Clearly, this was a major operation put out of business," city Police Director Jerry Speziale said. It was run from a fortified, first-floor apartment on East 18th Street, where detectives seized 10,150 heroin folds after watching residents Jeramy Lozano, 27, and Deserie Silva, 25, sell 6,000 more to James Saunders, 51, of Saylorsburg PA…

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