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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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Nearly 55,000 Lose Power In Bergen, Hudson, HUMC Switches To Generators Nearly 55,000 Lose Power In Bergen, Hudson, HUMC Switches To Generators Nearly 55,000 Lose Power In Bergen, Hudson, HUMC Switches To Generators
Nearly 55,000 Lose Power In Bergen, Hudson, Humc Switches To Generators Power outages Thursday afternoon hit several Bergen and Hudson County towns, as well as Hackensack University Medical Center's main campus and HUMC@Pascack Valley in Westwood.  Emergency responders in some areas also had trouble with communications. Traffic lights went dark in several towns, including Cliffside Park, as outages stretched from Englewood Cliffs to Jersey City. An estimated 10,000 customers lost power both in Fairview/Ridgefield and in North Bergen/Guttenberg/West New York and Jersey City, according to PSE&G. Another 4,500 or so lost power in Edgewater, as well as 4…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
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Sedan, SUV Collide In Old Tappan Sedan, SUV Collide In Old Tappan Sedan, SUV Collide In Old Tappan
Sedan, SUV Collide In Old Tappan At least one person was hospitalized following a crash Thursday afternoon near the Rockland County border in Old Tappan. A sedan T-boned an SUV at a blinking yellow light at Orangeburg and Old Tappan roads shortly after 4 p.m. There was no immediate word on the condition of those injured. Both vehicles had to be towed. Aftermath at Orangeburg Road and Old Tappan Road in Old Tappan.Michael Tcherchian

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lakewood, NJ
Breaking News
Feds Crash Major Heroin Deal At Jersey Shore Wawa, Nab Bronx Man, Indictment Says Feds Crash Major Heroin Deal At Jersey Shore Wawa, Nab Bronx Man, Indictment Says Feds Crash Major Heroin Deal At Jersey Shore Wawa, Nab Bronx Man, Indictment Says
Feds Crash Major Heroin Deal At Jersey Shore Wawa, Nab Bronx Man, Indictment Says Federal agents nabbed a Bronx man as he tried to sell a kilo of heroin in the parking lot of a Jersey Shore Wawa, authorities said. The arrest of Luis Payano-Perez, 36, was outlined in an indictment returned Thursday by a federal grand jury in Trenton charging him with possessing more than 3½ ounces of the drug with the intent to sell it, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. A confidential informant tipped off the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) that Payano-Perez was prepared to sell the heroin in the parking lot of a Tuckerton Waway the night of …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Newark, NJ
Breaking News
Feds: DEA Captures Newark Fugitive In North Carolina Carrying Sawed-Off Shotgun Feds: DEA Captures Newark Fugitive In North Carolina Carrying Sawed-Off Shotgun Feds: DEA Captures Newark Fugitive In North Carolina Carrying Sawed-Off Shotgun
Feds: DEA Captures Newark Fugitive In North Carolina Carrying Sawed-Off Shotgun A Newark fugitive was carrying a shotgun when DEA agents captured him in North Carolina, authorities said. Lester “Mayhem” Hicks, 29, was released on a summons after Essex County sheriff’s officers said they caught him with 78 heroin folds and an outstanding warrant during a traffic stop near the corner of Clinton and Avon avenues in March. That same day, he was involved in a shooting near Martin Luther King Boulevard that was captured on video, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Hicks agreed to surrender but, instead, headed south, Carpenito said. DEA agents captured him in North Caroli…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Fauci: COVID Could Block Pro Football’s Season If It Doesn't Copy NBA's 'Bubble' Fauci: COVID Could Block Pro Football’s Season If It Doesn't Copy NBA's 'Bubble' Fauci: COVID Could Block Pro Football’s Season If It Doesn't Copy NBA's 'Bubble'
Fauci: COVID Could Block Pro Football’s Season If It Doesn't Copy NBA's 'Bubble' The coronavirus pandemic could cancel the 2020 NFL season unless the league follows the NBA’s “bubble” approach, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Thursday. “Unless players are essentially in a bubble -- insulated from the community and they are tested nearly every day -- it would be very hard to see how football is able to be played this fall,” Fauci told CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta. “f there is a second wave, which is certainly a possibility and which would be complicated by the predictable flu season, football may not happen this year,” said Fauci, who’s been the face of the United States' fight agains…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Newark, NJ
Breaking News
Fugitive Wanted For Stabbing Ex-Girlfriend In Newark Captured In Maryland Fugitive Wanted For Stabbing Ex-Girlfriend In Newark Captured In Maryland Fugitive Wanted For Stabbing Ex-Girlfriend In Newark Captured In Maryland
Fugitive Wanted For Stabbing Ex-Girlfriend In Newark Captured In Maryland A Newark man stabbed his ex-girlfriend when she wouldn't take him back, then fled to Maryland, where he was captured the same day, authorities said. Carlos Hernandez Bonilla-Pabon, 47, stabbed the victim several times after she refused to resume their relationship when he stopped her on Nichols Street as she headed to work on June 9, authorities said. An Essex County sheriff’s officer forwarded an arrest warrant and a possible location in the town of Fort Washington, MD -- roughly 230 miles from the scene of the assault -- to their colleagues in Prince Georges County that same day. Deputie…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
ON THE LOOKOUT: Porch Pirates Swipe Packages In Several Bergen County Towns ON THE LOOKOUT: Porch Pirates Swipe Packages In Several Bergen County Towns ON THE LOOKOUT: Porch Pirates Swipe Packages In Several Bergen County Towns
ON THE Lookout: Porch Pirates Swipe Packages In Several Bergen County Towns Police in several Bergen County towns were looking for a white pickup truck that victims in at least six towns say was involved in pirating packages from their porches. A Hasbrouck Heights resident said a thief stole a large box containing a chair that she and her husband bought for their children (see photos below). “It’s not even about the chair but more of a violation,” she said. Residents say the same new, white Ford F-150 was at the scene of similar thefts in Hackensack, Lyndhurst, Maywood and Rochelle Park, as well as in Nutley (the truck can be seen in the video above). The packag…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Newark, NJ
Breaking News
Three Victims Hit In Hail Of Gunfire Outside Newark Playground Three Victims Hit In Hail Of Gunfire Outside Newark Playground Three Victims Hit In Hail Of Gunfire Outside Newark Playground
Three Victims Hit In Hail Of Gunfire Outside Newark Playground Three people were wounded in a burst of gunfire outside a children’s playground Wednesday night in Newark, responders said. At least five vehicles were also struck and more than 40 shell casings reportedly recovered in the Elwood Avenue shooting near Phillips Park in the North Ward shortly after 9:30 p.m. Two people were brought to the hospital and another was taken by private vehicle to Clara Maass Medical Center in Belleville. Their conditions weren’t immediately known. No suspects were immediately in custody. The Newark Police Department’s Major Crimes Shooting Response Team was among…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
SEEN HIM? Bare-Knuckle Boxing Champ From Hackensack Wanted For Killing Woman In DWI Crash SEEN HIM? Bare-Knuckle Boxing Champ From Hackensack Wanted For Killing Woman In DWI Crash SEEN HIM? Bare-Knuckle Boxing Champ From Hackensack Wanted For Killing Woman In DWI Crash
Seen HIM? Bare-Knuckle Boxing Champ From Hackensack Wanted For Killing Woman In DWI Crash UPDATE: A bare-knuckle boxing champion from Hackensack surrendered to New Jersey State Police on vehicular homicide charges in the death of a woman in a drunk-driving crash. https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/hackensack/police-fire/gotcha-hackensack-bare-knuckle-boxing-champ-wanted-for-killing-woman-in-dwi-crash-surrenders/789788/ ****** ORIGINAL STORY: Shades of "Fight Club": A bare-knuckle boxing champion from Hackensack was being sought for the drunk-driving death of a woman in a crash that seriously injured her husband. “Bobby Gunn,” as he’s known in the sports world, remained a fugiti…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hamilton Township, NJ
Breaking News
FBI Agents Arrest Accused Arsonist Who Torched Trenton Police Car On Social Media FBI Agents Arrest Accused Arsonist Who Torched Trenton Police Car On Social Media FBI Agents Arrest Accused Arsonist Who Torched Trenton Police Car On Social Media
FBI Agents Arrest Accused Arsonist Who Torched Trenton Police Car On Social Media FBI agents on Wednesday arrested a Trenton man who they said was caught on video torching a police car during a riot in the city last month. Bystander video shows Earlja J. Dudley, 27, and another man opening the vehicle’s engine and igniting a fire during unrest that followed what had been a peaceful day of protest against the death of George Floyd on May 31, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said Wednesday. In the video, Dudley is wearing a tank top and baseball cap with the Roman numerals “XIV” in red lettering, along with distinctive green, black and white sneakers, Carpenito said. Invest…

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