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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Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Truck Rolls On GSP Ramp At Route 17 Truck Rolls On GSP Ramp At Route 17 Truck Rolls On GSP Ramp At Route 17
Truck Rolls On GSP Ramp At Route 17 A large truck rolled over and blocked the exit ramp from the southbound Garden State Parkway to southbound Route 17 southbound in Paramus during the post-July 4th morning rush. The driver got out under his own steam before responders arrived and was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening. It was unclear whether summonses would be issued, given the truck size.  Trucks with a gross weight over 10,000 pounds are prohibited from the Parkway north of Exit 105. Violators face up to 30 days in jail, a fine of up to $500 or both. Para…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Neighbors: July 4th Partyers Don't Realize Englewood House Is On Fire, Good Samaritan Dials 911 Neighbors: July 4th Partyers Don't Realize Englewood House Is On Fire, Good Samaritan Dials 911 Neighbors: July 4th Partyers Don't Realize Englewood House Is On Fire, Good Samaritan Dials 911
Neighbors: July 4th Partyers Don't Realize Englewood House Is On Fire, Good Samaritan Dials 911 Well over 100 attendees at an Englewood 4th of July party apparently didn't realize the house was on fire until a passerby dialed 911, neighbors said. The good Samaritan said she "happened to be walking my grandson" on West End Avenue when she "saw the left side of the house on fire" around 10:30 p.m. Saturday. "There were a lot of drunk people -- like, 150," a witness said. "Nobody noticed." No serious injuries were reported. Police charged Robert Ferrarelli, 20, with aggravated assault on a police officer, making terroristic threats during a state of emergency, rioting and resisting. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Woman Arrested During Ridgewood BLM March, Protesters Demand Reparations, School System Reform Woman Arrested During Ridgewood BLM March, Protesters Demand Reparations, School System Reform Woman Arrested During Ridgewood BLM March, Protesters Demand Reparations, School System Reform
Woman Arrested During Ridgewood BLM March, Protesters Demand Reparations, School System Reform Ridgewood police arrested a young woman during a July 4th Black Lives Matter march through downtown that included a call for reparations and a sign that said "Cops are Pigs.” A few dozen or so members of a nascent group calling itself Ridgewood 4 Black Liberation began marching through downtown on the national holiday Saturday after a speaker accused the village of being “the greatest perpetrators and examples of America’s long and bloody history of suppressing black people’s right to existence." The marchers, many of them young women who were graduated from village schools, carried a bann…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Firefighters Battle Fourth Of July Blaze At Former Diner Near GWB In Fort Lee Firefighters Battle Fourth Of July Blaze At Former Diner Near GWB In Fort Lee Firefighters Battle Fourth Of July Blaze At Former Diner Near GWB In Fort Lee
Firefighters Battle Fourth Of July Blaze At Former Diner Near GWB In Fort Lee A firefighter was hospitalized in a destructive Fourth of July fire at the site of the former Plaza Diner near the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee, responders said. The extent of injuries wasn’t immediately known. The fire, believed to be accidental, broke out in the rear of the Koryeo Grill on Lemoine Avenue around 7:45 a.m., authorities said. It quickly spread, forcing firefighters to battle it from the exterior. They had the blaze under control within two hours. The injured firefighter was brought to Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck, responders said, adding that two others sus…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
SEEN THEM? Police Investigating Teaneck Arson Seek Two For Questioning SEEN THEM? Police Investigating Teaneck Arson Seek Two For Questioning SEEN THEM? Police Investigating Teaneck Arson Seek Two For Questioning
Seen Them? Police Investigating Teaneck Arson Seek Two For Questioning Teaneck police investigating an arson fire turned to the public for help on Friday. Surveillance cameras captured the June 22 arson at a Teaneck Road construction site between Howland and Englewood avenues, they said. Firefighters doused the blaze. “We are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying the individuals pictured, who were captured on nearby surveillance and are considered persons of interest,” a department release says. Anyone who sees them or knows who they are or where to find them is asked to contact Teaneck police: (201) 837-2600. Or you can anonymously contact Tr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
North Bergen Special Police Officer Dies From Self-Inflicted Wound North Bergen Special Police Officer Dies From Self-Inflicted Wound North Bergen Special Police Officer Dies From Self-Inflicted Wound
North Bergen Special Police Officer Dies From Self-Inflicted Wound REQUIESCAT IN PACE: A special police officer from North Bergen who shot himself in the parking lot of a Hudson River hotel in Edgewater succumbed to his injuries on Thursday, authorities said. Responding officers found township the officer sitting in a vehicle outside the Comfort Inn along the Hudson River around 3:30 a.m. Wednesday, responders said. As they approached him to talk, a shot rang out, they said. A landing zone was set up at nearby Veterans Field, but weather conditions cancelled plans for an airlift. An ambulance took the 28-year-old officer to Hackensack University Medical …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Spectacular Hudson River Flyover Planned As Part Of President's 4th Of July 'Salute To America' Spectacular Hudson River Flyover Planned As Part Of President's 4th Of July 'Salute To America' Spectacular Hudson River Flyover Planned As Part Of President's 4th Of July 'Salute To America'
Spectacular Hudson River Flyover Planned As Part Of President's 4th Of July 'Salute To America' A military jet flyover bound for President Trump’s July 4th “Salute to America” in Washington, D.C. will head down the Hudson River around 5 p.m. Saturday and pass just east of the Statue of Liberty, organizers said. The U.S. Air Force and U.S. Marine Corps jets will fly over in five waves. Up front will be the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, followed by B-1, B-2 and B-52 bombers, F-15 and F-22 fighters and U.S. Marine Corps F-35 fighters. The aerial salute will touch several cities that played roles in the American Revolution are part of a massive celebration in Washington, DC. The fly…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Police Unions Respond To 'Inflammatory Hate Speech' Police Unions Respond To 'Inflammatory Hate Speech' Police Unions Respond To 'Inflammatory Hate Speech'
Police Unions Respond To 'Inflammatory Hate Speech' With "vile ideology" festering in their communities in the form of "ACAB" posts and signs, three Bergen County police locals banded together Friday morning to have their say. "Please remember, and remind your children, that police officers in the Pascack Valley are your friends - not your enemies," presidents and delegates of Hillsdale PBA Local 207, Montvale PBA Local 303 and Pascack Valley PBA Local 206 wrote in a public letter issued Friday morning. "We are the men and women who stood tall over these past few months during the health pandemic and put ourselves and our families at risk wh…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Driver Who Thought He Hit Animal On PIP Struck, Killed When He Gets Out To Check Driver Who Thought He Hit Animal On PIP Struck, Killed When He Gets Out To Check Driver Who Thought He Hit Animal On PIP Struck, Killed When He Gets Out To Check
Driver Who Thought He Hit Animal On PIP Struck, Killed When He Gets Out To Check A driver who thought he'd struck a small animal with his minivan on the Palisades Interstate Parkway was struck and killed after he got out to check, authorities said. Passengers told responding officers that the Brooklyn driver stopped his 2014 Toyota Sienna on the northbound side right before the New York state border in Alpine shortly after 10 p.m. Thursday, PIP Police Sgt. First Class Raymond E. Walter said. He was standing in the roadway when a northbound 2018 Cadillac CT6 hit him, Walter said. Parkway police administered CPR before Hatzolah EMS took the victim to Nyack Hospital, wher…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities Seek Help In Minivan Hit-Run Crash That Seriously Injured Paterson Man, 39 Authorities Seek Help In Minivan Hit-Run Crash That Seriously Injured Paterson Man, 39 Authorities Seek Help In Minivan Hit-Run Crash That Seriously Injured Paterson Man, 39
Authorities Seek Help In Minivan Hit-Run Crash That Seriously Injured Paterson Man, 39 Authorities late Thursday turned to the public for help finding a hit-and-run minivan driver who struck and seriously injured a pedestrian five days earlier in Paterson. The 39-year-old victim was struck by a light-colored Dodge Caravan as he crossed Totowa Avenue near Marion Street shortly after 11:30 p.m. last Saturday, they said. Although Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said investigators had surveillance video of the vehicle, they didn't share it. Instead, they distributed a photo of another Caravan. The vehicle they're looking for…

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