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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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Elmwood Park Man Beats Parents, Spits On Police Who Rescue Them, Claims He Has COVID Police: Elmwood Park Man Beats Parents, Spits On Police Who Rescue Them, Claims He Has COVID Police: Elmwood Park Man Beats Parents, Spits On Police Who Rescue Them, Claims He Has COVID
Police: Elmwood Park Man Beats Parents, Spits On Police Who Rescue Them, Claims He Has COVID An Elmwood Park man who was pummeling both of his parents when police kicked in his front door turned on the officers – kicking and spitting on them while claiming he had the coronavirus, authorities said. His mother was trying to dial 911 when Slava Pozniakov, 49, snatched the phone and began punching her, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. When her husband tried to stop him, Pozniakov began beating him, as well, the chief said. The mother got to another phone and called a relative who notified police, he said. Pozniakov – who records show has a criminal history that includes arrests for…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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RECOGNIZE HIM? Clifton Woman, 20, Says Stranger Groped Her In Broad Daylight RECOGNIZE HIM? Clifton Woman, 20, Says Stranger Groped Her In Broad Daylight RECOGNIZE HIM? Clifton Woman, 20, Says Stranger Groped Her In Broad Daylight
Recognize HIM? Clifton Woman, 20, Says Stranger Groped Her In Broad Daylight A 20-year-old Clifton woman told police a man came up from behind and grabbed her breast as she walked along a downtown street. The woman said she was walking on Main Avenue near Hadley Avenue just after 8 a.m. July 2 when the stranger accosted her, reaching into the front of her top to grab her breast, before running away. She wasn't injured, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. He asked that anyone who might have witnessed the assault or has surveillance video or other information that could help the investigation contact the Clifton Police Detective Division at (973) 470-5908. &…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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RAMPAGE: Women Assaulted In Clifton, Nutley, Suspect Nabbed In Belleville After Chase, Crash RAMPAGE: Women Assaulted In Clifton, Nutley, Suspect Nabbed In Belleville After Chase, Crash RAMPAGE: Women Assaulted In Clifton, Nutley, Suspect Nabbed In Belleville After Chase, Crash
Rampage: Women Assaulted In Clifton, Nutley, Suspect Nabbed In Belleville After Chase, Crash UPDATE: An East Orange man who punched several women in the face during a mad rampage through Clifton and Nutley was captured after he crashed a stolen car in Belleville during a police chase, authorities said. Quinn Mayweather, 22, had been free awaiting trial for groping a woman whose car he was trying to steal in Westfield last fall, they said. He remained held Wednesday in the Essex County Correctional Facility on charges from various police departments – including aggravated assault, assault and robbery. It began around 4:30 p.m. Monday on Emerson Street near Albion Park in Clifton, w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
SUV Fire Doused In Glen Rock SUV Fire Doused In Glen Rock SUV Fire Doused In Glen Rock
SUV Fire Doused In Glen Rock Glen Rock firefighters doused a blaze that destroyed an SUV Tuesday morning. No injuries were reported in the Pamrapo Court West incident. A flatbed tow truck removed the charred Ford Explorer. Glen Rock police and Fair Lawn firefighters also responded. Glen Rock firefighters douse SUV blaze.Boyd A. Loving ****** Story, photos by Boyd A. Loving ****** Aftermath at Pamrapo Court West, Glen RockBoyd A. Loving

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Another Paterson Shooting, With Two Struck, Brings Overall Victim List This Year To Nearly 70 Another Paterson Shooting, With Two Struck, Brings Overall Victim List This Year To Nearly 70 Another Paterson Shooting, With Two Struck, Brings Overall Victim List This Year To Nearly 70
Another Paterson Shooting, With Two Struck, Brings Overall Victim List This Year To Nearly 70 It's happening every day now: Two more victims were wounded in an overnight shooting in Paterson. And as so often happens, both got themselves to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center following the shooting at the corner of Godwin Avenue and Straight Street around 12:45 a.m. Tuesday. One of them, a 22-year-old man, was injured seriously, responders said, adding that a 17-year-old was also wounded. Neither was cooperating with investigators, they said. That makes nearly 70 people wounded by gunfire in Paterson so far this year, 15 of whom died.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Authorities: Elmwood Park Officers Nab Paterson Ex-Con With Loaded Gun Authorities: Elmwood Park Officers Nab Paterson Ex-Con With Loaded Gun Authorities: Elmwood Park Officers Nab Paterson Ex-Con With Loaded Gun
Authorities: Elmwood Park Officers Nab Paterson Ex-Con With Loaded Gun A pair of Elmwood Park police officers nabbed a Paterson ex-con who authorities said was carrying a loaded handgun during a traffic stop. Officers Christopher Miranda and Police Officer Nick Dimovski stopped a 2012 Chevy Cruz with a temporary Indiana license plate for a motor vehicle violation on eastbound Route 46 near the parking lot of George's Town House at 4:45 p.m. Sunday, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. They found a fully loaded, 9mm Walther handgun belonging to the driver, 29-year-old Dontell D. Ward, the chief said. A females passenger was released while Ward was set to the Ber…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson Shooting: 17-Year-Old Critical, 14-Year-Old Wounded Paterson Shooting: 17-Year-Old Critical, 14-Year-Old Wounded Paterson Shooting: 17-Year-Old Critical, 14-Year-Old Wounded
Paterson Shooting: 17-Year-Old Critical, 14-Year-Old Wounded A 17-year-old was critically wounded and a 14-year-old also was struck in a shooting at a Paterson street corner, authorities said. The older one was struck in the back by a bullet, while the other took one in the leg at East 18th and Governor streets around 11 p.m. Sunday, they said. Both were taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson, where the older boy was reported in critical condition, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said. A vehicle also was struck by gunfire, responders said. Valdes and Baycora didn’t say whether…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Bergenfield Anti-BLM Social Media Threat Involving Bombs, Guns, Suicide Vest Deemed A Hoax Bergenfield Anti-BLM Social Media Threat Involving Bombs, Guns, Suicide Vest Deemed A Hoax Bergenfield Anti-BLM Social Media Threat Involving Bombs, Guns, Suicide Vest Deemed A Hoax
Bergenfield Anti-blm Social Media Threat Involving Bombs, Guns, Suicide Vest Deemed A Hoax Bergenfield police were trying to determine who authored a social media thread full of threats to kill people in a variety of ways in retaliation against Black Lives Matter. “We are aware of an alarming Twitter post going around social media,” Bergenfield police wrote in their own post. “We want to thank everyone who reached out to the department to report this. The matter is being investigated.” Similar posts -- with different names and the exact same wording -- have appeared on social media in recent months. The latest thread bore a name, a Bergenfield address and a time stamp that …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
HEROES: Palisades Parkway PD, Rockland Responders Come To Rescue In Trio Of Cliff, River Saves HEROES: Palisades Parkway PD, Rockland Responders Come To Rescue In Trio Of Cliff, River Saves HEROES: Palisades Parkway PD, Rockland Responders Come To Rescue In Trio Of Cliff, River Saves
Heroes: Palisades Parkway PD, Rockland Responders Come To Rescue In Trio Of Cliff, River Saves Responders rescued a woman who passed out on the Palisades while hiking with her teenage son above the Hudson River – one of two cliffside saves and a water rescue that occurred hours apart near the New Jersey/New York border. The woman was “diabetic, exhausted, dehydrated and vomiting” when Palisades Interstate Parkway police found her and her 15-year-old son shortly after 2 p.m. Sunday in the area of the Great Stairs more than 150 feet above the river in Alpine, PIPPD Sgt. First Class Raymond E. Walter said. She passed out as they administered lifesaving first aid, he said. The Piermont …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Harlem Medical Assistant Charged In Fort Lee Hit-Run That Seriously Injured Pedestrian, 23 Harlem Medical Assistant Charged In Fort Lee Hit-Run That Seriously Injured Pedestrian, 23 Harlem Medical Assistant Charged In Fort Lee Hit-Run That Seriously Injured Pedestrian, 23
Harlem Medical Assistant Charged In Fort Lee Hit-Run That Seriously Injured Pedestrian, 23 A medical assistant from Harlem sped off after she struck and seriously injured a man with her car in broad daylight near the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee last month, said authorities who arrested and charged her. Fatou Diaby, 25, stopped at first and got out of her Honda Accord after she hit the 23-year-old victim at the intersection of Hudson Terrace and Myrtle Avenue shortly before 12:30 p.m. June 8, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Monday. She then "got back in her vehicle and left the scene prior to police arrival," he said. The victim was taken to Hackensack Univers…

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