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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Highland Lakes-Vernon, NJ
Breaking News
North Jersey Union Officer Admits Embezzling From Local North Jersey Union Officer Admits Embezzling From Local North Jersey Union Officer Admits Embezzling From Local
North Jersey Union Officer Admits Embezzling From Local A bus driver who served as finance officer for a North Jersey transportation workers union admitted in federal court Tuesday that he swiped $117,000 of the local’s money. Angel L. Garcia, 57, of Tampa, FL, pleaded guilty by videoconference to embezzling from the operating account of the Amalgamated Transit Workers Union Local 1614 in Sussex County. Garcia was a bus driver who held a part-time position as a financial secretary for five years at Local # 1614, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. “He alone was responsible for maintaining the check book and other financial documents of the unio…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities: Woman Shoots, Kills Boyfriend At South Jersey Hotel Authorities: Woman Shoots, Kills Boyfriend At South Jersey Hotel Authorities: Woman Shoots, Kills Boyfriend At South Jersey Hotel
Authorities: Woman Shoots, Kills Boyfriend At South Jersey Hotel A 33-year-old woman shot and killed her boyfriend at a Camden County hotel, authorities said. Brandy Lee shot 26-year-old Kevin D. Owens III during an argument at the East 9th Avenue hotel in Runnemede around 3:30 a.m. Monday, according to a release issued by the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office. “Surveillance footage showed Lee was the only person to enter and exit the hotel room during the time of the shooting,” Acting Camden County Prosecutor Jill S. Mayer and Runnemede Police Chief Paul Dailey said in the joint statement. The mortally wounded Owens was taken to a nearby hospital, wher…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Rutherford PD: Released Stalker Chases Terrified Woman Down Street Rutherford PD: Released Stalker Chases Terrified Woman Down Street Rutherford PD: Released Stalker Chases Terrified Woman Down Street
Rutherford PD: Released Stalker Chases Terrified Woman Down Street A Rutherford woman fearing for her life fled her home and drove away as a man who’d been stalking her chased her down the street in the middle of the night, authorities said. The woman was hanging out with friends when Timothy Conti, 43, drove past her home around 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Detective Capt. Patrick Feliciano said.  Conti had repeatedly bothered the woman despite her insistence that he stay away from her, Feliciano said. So she dialed 911. Police were having trouble finding him when Conti called the woman at 1:30 a.m., the captain said. She again alerted police, who reached Con…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Paterson Party-Goer Stabbed Dead, Fellow City Man Surrenders, Charged With Murder Paterson Party-Goer Stabbed Dead, Fellow City Man Surrenders, Charged With Murder Paterson Party-Goer Stabbed Dead, Fellow City Man Surrenders, Charged With Murder
Paterson Party-Goer Stabbed Dead, Fellow City Man Surrenders, Charged With Murder A Paterson man surrendered Monday morning to face murder charges after stabbing and killing another city man during a late-night party, authorities said. Henry Rivera, 31, stabbed Arthur Clauser, 52, in the chest after they got into an argument at a gathering on Ward Street just after midnight Monday, authorities said. Rivera fled before turning himself in at Paterson Police Headquarters later Monday morning, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint release. Clauser, meanwhile, was taken to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Clifton PD: Paterson Pair Nabbed With Dozens Of Vials Of Crack, Synth Pot For Sale Clifton PD: Paterson Pair Nabbed With Dozens Of Vials Of Crack, Synth Pot For Sale Clifton PD: Paterson Pair Nabbed With Dozens Of Vials Of Crack, Synth Pot For Sale
Clifton PD: Paterson Pair Nabbed With Dozens Of Vials Of Crack, Synth Pot For Sale A Clifton police officer nabbed two Paterson men with 58 vials of crack and several containers of both grown and synthetic pot all packaged for sale, authorities said. The officer stopped a 2005 Honda CRV driven by Eian Dawson, 37, for an unspecified traffic violation near the corner of Clifton and Lexington avenues before dawn Thursday, Detective Sgt. Robert Anderson said. A search turned up the drugs, which included several THC oil cartridges, Anderson said. Both Dawson and his passenger, 51-year-old Roy Ottino, were arrested and sent to the Passaic County Jail to await detention hearing…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Motorcyclist Critically Injured In New Milford Crash Motorcyclist Critically Injured In New Milford Crash Motorcyclist Critically Injured In New Milford Crash
Motorcyclist Critically Injured In New Milford Crash A motorcyclist was critically injured in a crash Sunday night in New Milford, authorities said. The motorcycle struck a guardrail at Monmouth Avenue after the 41-year-old rider apparently lost control while heading north on River Road shortly after 9 p.m., Police Chief Brian Clancy said. The New Milford Volunteer Ambulance Corps took the victim to Hackensack University Medical Center in critical condition, the chief said. River Road was reopened around 11 p.m., he said. New Milford police were investigating.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Edison, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: Mom, Young Daughter, Father-In-Law Found Dead In East Brunswick Backyard Pool UPDATE: Mom, Young Daughter, Father-In-Law Found Dead In East Brunswick Backyard Pool UPDATE: Mom, Young Daughter, Father-In-Law Found Dead In East Brunswick Backyard Pool
Update: Mom, Young Daughter, Father-In-Law Found Dead In East Brunswick Backyard Pool A woman, her daughter and the girl's grandfather all drowned in an above-ground backyard pool in Middlesex County on Monday, responders said. Neighbors on Clearview Road called 911 about a possible fall victim, saying they heard screams around 4:15 p.m., East Brunswick Police Lt. Frank Sutter said. Responders found the bodies of Bharat Patel, 62, his daughter-in-law, Nisha Patel, 33, and her 8-year-old daughter, who wasn't identified because of her age.  All had accidentally drowned in four feet of water, Middlesex County Acting Prosecutor Christopher L.C. Kuberiet and East Brunswick …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
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Lawyer Charged In Lucrative Hudson, Morris Political Bribery Scheme Lawyer Charged In Lucrative Hudson, Morris Political Bribery Scheme Lawyer Charged In Lucrative Hudson, Morris Political Bribery Scheme
Lawyer Charged In Lucrative Hudson, Morris Political Bribery Scheme State authorities busted a Morristown lawyer as part of a major political corruption case that has already produced charges against public officials and political candidates from Hudson and Morris counties. Elizabeth Valandingham, 47, prepared and submitted proposals for the law firm where she worked to the township of Bloomfield for legal services between 2012 and 2016 in which she said the company hadn’t made any political contributions, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. She was lying, he said. “Each year for which Valandingham indicated no reportable political contributions,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Paterson Firepower: Detectives Seize 3 Guns In Separate Incidents, Man, Woman Shot Overnight Paterson Firepower: Detectives Seize 3 Guns In Separate Incidents, Man, Woman Shot Overnight Paterson Firepower: Detectives Seize 3 Guns In Separate Incidents, Man, Woman Shot Overnight
Paterson Firepower: Detectives Seize 3 Guns In Separate Incidents, Man, Woman Shot Overnight A group of Paterson detectives seized two guns in separate incidents before two colleagues recovered another, making nearly three dozen that they've taken off the streets just this month. The arrests come amid reports of two more people shot in the city. Ex-con Christian Thomas fumbled trying to remove a gun from a fanny pack while running from Detectives John Traynor, Mustafa Dombayci, Yamil Pimienta and Mohammad Bashir around 7:40 p.m. Friday, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. They caught Thomas, 33, near the corner of 12th Avenue and East 23rd Street and seized the bag, wh…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Tractor-Trailer Tips On Route 80 Turnpike Exit Tractor-Trailer Tips On Route 80 Turnpike Exit Tractor-Trailer Tips On Route 80 Turnpike Exit
Tractor-Trailer Tips On Route 80 Turnpike Exit A tractor-trailer toting pallets of peat moss tipped Sunday afternoon while exiting eastbound Route 80 in Teaneck. The trailer toppled at Exit 68 to southbound Route 95 around 12:30 p.m. Responders included NJ State Police, Teaneck firefighters and others. There was no immediate word on injuries. Brookside Towing cleared the wreckage. The pallets had to be offloaded to another rig.DAILY VOICE The tractor-trailer tipped coming off Route 80 in Teaneck.DAILY VOICE

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