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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Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Rescuers Free Teaneck Man Pinned Between Table, Bench Rescuers Free Teaneck Man Pinned Between Table, Bench Rescuers Free Teaneck Man Pinned Between Table, Bench
Rescuers Free Teaneck Man Pinned Between Table, Bench Responders with power tools rescued a Teaneck man who got wedged between a wooden table and a workout bench in a garage. A passerby noticed the 60-year-old Bogert Street man's plight and alerted police around 10 p.m. Wednesday, authorities said. Police, firefighters, the Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corps found and extricated the unconscious victim, who may have suffered a medical episode, Deputy Police Chief John A. Faggello said. It was initially unclear how long the man had been pinned. The victim was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, Faggello said. "He was reported to be …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: Garfield Motorcyclist, 57, Killed In Route 17 Crash UPDATE: Garfield Motorcyclist, 57, Killed In Route 17 Crash UPDATE: Garfield Motorcyclist, 57, Killed In Route 17 Crash
Update: Garfield Motorcyclist, 57, Killed In Route 17 Crash A 57-year-old motorcyclist from Garfield was killed in a crash Wednesday night on northbound Route 17 in Paramus, authorities said. No other vehicles were involved in the crash, which occurred after the rider lost control of his Harley Davidson outside the McDonald's near East Ridgewood Avenue and hit a guardrail shortly before 8 p.m., Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg confirmed. The victim, whose identity was being withheld pending notification of next of kin, was thrown into a tree, responders said. He was pronounced dead at the scene. A single lane temporarily remained open, although the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Edison, NJ
Breaking News
HEROES: East Brunswick Officers Pull Jumper Back From Overpass Above NJ Turnpike HEROES: East Brunswick Officers Pull Jumper Back From Overpass Above NJ Turnpike HEROES: East Brunswick Officers Pull Jumper Back From Overpass Above NJ Turnpike
Heroes: East Brunswick Officers Pull Jumper Back From Overpass Above NJ Turnpike New Jersey Turnpike traffic whizzed below as two East Brunswick police officers struggled with a distraught would-be jumper who pleaded with them to let him go. Dashcam video recorded the heroic rescue by Officers Ryan Hensperger and Rob Thuring on the Route 18 overpass 50 or so feet above the busy turnpike. The officers approached cautiously but quickly -- then made the most of an instant when the man let down his guard. "He was receptive of me talking to him," Thuring told ABC7 Eyewitness News. "I kept moving closer and closer to him...He said a couple of things that made me realize the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
LIST: Bankrupt GNC Closing 248 Stores, Including 20 In NJ, NY LIST: Bankrupt GNC Closing 248 Stores, Including 20 In NJ, NY LIST: Bankrupt GNC Closing 248 Stores, Including 20 In NJ, NY
List: Bankrupt GNC Closing 248 Stores, Including 20 In NJ, NY GNC on Wednesday released a list of stores that the company is closing in New Jersey and New York as part of its filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The retailer, which had 5,200 stores in the U.S. and 7,300 worldwide at the end of March, said it expects to close anywhere from 800 to 1,200 of them, beginning with those listed below. GNC already was submerged in an estimated $700 million in debt and facing delisting on the New York Stock Exchange when COVID-19 struck. The coronavirus pandemic “created a situation where we were unable to accomplish our refinancing and the abrupt cha…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lakewood, NJ
Breaking News
Feds: Jersey Shore Man Busted With Child Porn Collection Feds: Jersey Shore Man Busted With Child Porn Collection Feds: Jersey Shore Man Busted With Child Porn Collection
Feds: Jersey Shore Man Busted With Child Porn Collection Federal Homeland Security agents on Wednesday arrested a Jersey Shore man who they said collected child pornography. Agents began investigating Joseph J. Punderson, 31, of Island Heights after receiving a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Tracing emails and social media accounts, they learned that Punderson “received and possessed images and videos of child sexual abuse downloaded from the Internet,” Carpenito said. U.S. Magistrate Judge Tonianne J. Bongiovanni ordered Punderson held without bail on charges of recei…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Newark, NJ
Breaking News
Feds: Trio Stole $1.5M Worth Of High-End Vehicles Out Of NJ, Rockland, CT, Long Island Feds: Trio Stole $1.5M Worth Of High-End Vehicles Out Of NJ, Rockland, CT, Long Island Feds: Trio Stole $1.5M Worth Of High-End Vehicles Out Of NJ, Rockland, CT, Long Island
Feds: Trio Stole $1.5M Worth Of High-End Vehicles Out Of NJ, Rockland, CT, Long Island A trio of thieves who snatched high-end vehicles in New Jersey, Rockland County, Long Island and Connecticut often used one stolen car to swipe another, federal authorities said. In one instance, they said, the Essex County crew members stole a Maserati GranTurisimo at the Jersey Shore and drove it to New City in Rockland, where they took a Range Rover and a Porsche. A predawn police pursuit followed before the Maserati driver hit the gas and slammed it head-on into a police vehicle, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. The suspects fled in another vehicle, he said. Authorities later recov…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Jersey City, NJ
Breaking News
Bayonne Businessman Sentenced To Fed Pen In Tax, Bankruptcy Fraud Bayonne Businessman Sentenced To Fed Pen In Tax, Bankruptcy Fraud Bayonne Businessman Sentenced To Fed Pen In Tax, Bankruptcy Fraud
Bayonne Businessman Sentenced To Fed Pen In Tax, Bankruptcy Fraud A Bayonne businessman man who used check-cashing businesses to hide hundreds of thousands in income he earned from his construction companies was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison on Wednesday. Patrick Franconeri, 57, must serve all of the plea-bargained sentence for tax evasion and bankruptcy fraud because there’s no parole in the federal prison system. Franconeri failed to file a tax return or request an extension for 2014 after earning taxable income of $1,362,950, on which he owed the IRS $558,439 in payments, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. He earned the money as the owner …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities: Released Porch Pirates Rob Bicyclist On Hackensack Street Authorities: Released Porch Pirates Rob Bicyclist On Hackensack Street Authorities: Released Porch Pirates Rob Bicyclist On Hackensack Street
Authorities: Released Porch Pirates Rob Bicyclist On Hackensack Street Two men charged with stealing dozens of packages from residents' porches in several Bergen County towns robbed a bicyclist on a Hackensack street the same day they were released from custody, authorities said Wednesday. Rochelle Park police last Friday captured Kelvin Hernandez Brioso and Francisco Castillo Rodriguez, both 22 of Hackensack, following a string of package thefts. They sent both to the Bergen County Jail, only to have a judge release them following a detention hearing, authorities said. Just after 8:40 p.m. that same day, Brioso and Rodriguez grabbed an adult bicyclist near t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Gunman Fires Shot From AK-47 Into House During Paterson Police Chase Gunman Fires Shot From AK-47 Into House During Paterson Police Chase Gunman Fires Shot From AK-47 Into House During Paterson Police Chase
Gunman Fires Shot From AK-47 Into House During Paterson Police Chase A gunman running from Paterson police fired a shot from an AK-47 that went into a home Tuesday night, authorities said.  Detectives John Traynor and Mustafa Dombayci saw the gunman running with the rifle down 16th Avenue toward Rosa Parks Boulevard shortly before 11:30 p.m. Tuesday and began chasing him, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. “At one point, he carelessly fired the weapon into the air with detectives still in pursuit,” Speziale said. The bullet went into a home, but no one was struck, he said. The detectives, meanwhile, took cover while continuing to follow the gunman, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
PHOTOS: Jeep Rolls Down, Tips On Lodi Street PHOTOS: Jeep Rolls Down, Tips On Lodi Street PHOTOS: Jeep Rolls Down, Tips On Lodi Street
Photos: Jeep Rolls Down, Tips On Lodi Street No one was hurt when an unoccupied Jeep rolled down a Lodi street and got wedged onto a short wall. The emergency brake apparently was off Tuesday night when the Jeep headed down the block and toppled in front of a home near the corner of Kipp Avenue and Prospect Street. Nutchies towing service righted and removed it. Nutchies towing service handled the job.Joe Fehl for DAILY VOICE Righting....Joe Fehl for DAILY VOICE On its feet.Joe Fehl for DAILY VOICE

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