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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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson Pedophile Sentenced To 25 Years Without Parole For Sexually Assaulting Girl, 9 Paterson Pedophile Sentenced To 25 Years Without Parole For Sexually Assaulting Girl, 9 Paterson Pedophile Sentenced To 25 Years Without Parole For Sexually Assaulting Girl, 9
Paterson Pedophile Sentenced To 25 Years Without Parole For Sexually Assaulting Girl, 9 A 24-year-old Paterson man who was convicted of sexually assaulting a young girl he was babysitting was sentenced to 25 years in prison without parole. The victim and her family watched on a closed-circuit telecast as Superior Court Judge Sohail Mohammed sentenced Eilias Cano in Paterson on Wednesday. She’d testified during a trial last October that she was nine when Cano assaulted her, leading to his arrest by detectives with the Passaic County prosecutor’s Special Victims Unit in August 2018. Jurors subsequently convicted Cano of two counts of aggravated sexual assault, as well as child …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Fleeing Suspect Tosses 30th Gun Seized On Paterson Streets This Month Fleeing Suspect Tosses 30th Gun Seized On Paterson Streets This Month Fleeing Suspect Tosses 30th Gun Seized On Paterson Streets This Month
Fleeing Suspect Tosses 30th Gun Seized On Paterson Streets This Month Paterson police detectives approached nearly two dozen men blocking a sidewalk when one suddenly grabbed his waistband and began to tip away. He was difficult to miss, with blond-tipped shoulder-length dreads and a multi-colored tie-dyed shirt wrapped around his waist, as well as burgundy sweatpants, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. Those who know the man would recognize the description, the director said. Detectives assigned to a coronavirus emergency order detail approached the large gathering at the corner of Keen and Mercer streets shortly before 5 p.m. Tuesday. As the drea…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Clifton PD: Intruder Grabs One Woman, Breaks Into Another's Apartment Clifton PD: Intruder Grabs One Woman, Breaks Into Another's Apartment Clifton PD: Intruder Grabs One Woman, Breaks Into Another's Apartment
Clifton PD: Intruder Grabs One Woman, Breaks Into Another's Apartment An intruder assaulted one Clifton woman and forced his way into another’s apartment on Wednesday, authorities said. One of the victims told police that she was walking from her rear yard toward the front of her East 6th Street apartment early Wednesday night when Nelson Miranda, 42, came up from behind, grabbed her and pushed her into the building foyer. She retreated toward her apartment and was grabbed again, she said. The woman broke free and ran into her home, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. Another resident began to scream as Miranda dashed up a flight of stairs and shouldered in…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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COVID-19 Concerns Block Kidney Transplant For Popular Bergen Baker, Now His Life’s At Stake COVID-19 Concerns Block Kidney Transplant For Popular Bergen Baker, Now His Life’s At Stake COVID-19 Concerns Block Kidney Transplant For Popular Bergen Baker, Now His Life’s At Stake
Covid-19 Concerns Block Kidney Transplant For Popular Bergen Baker, Now His Life’s At Stake Franklin Lakes baker Tom Minardi was all set to get the kidney he needs to stay alive when a suspension of elective surgeries in New Jersey in response to the coronavirus pandemic postponed the procedure. Then came word that the donor backed out. A man who has spent his life doing for others now needs a hero of his own. “He was scheduled to have his transplant this spring,” Minardi’s children wrote in a post, “but due to COVID-19, it was put on hold.” “When his hospital began to schedule transplants again, we unexpectedly and sadly got the call that his donor backed out,” they wrote. “He …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Guttenberg Woman, 57, Killed By Bus In Fairview Identified Guttenberg Woman, 57, Killed By Bus In Fairview Identified Guttenberg Woman, 57, Killed By Bus In Fairview Identified
Guttenberg Woman, 57, Killed By Bus In Fairview Identified UPDATE: Authorities identified a woman struck and killed by a commuter bus early Wednesday at a busy Fairview intersection as a 57-year-old supermarket employee from Guttenberg.  The driver of the 166 from Manhattan's Port Authority terminal to Cresskill was making a left from Anderson Avenue onto Fairview Avenue at 6:45 a.m. when the front of the bus knocked Teresa Maresca down, Police Chief Martin Kahn said. Maresca, who wasn't in the crosswalk, fell and was dragged under the rear tire before the 73-year-old driver stopped, he said. None of the 38 passengers nor the driver were injured…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Franklin Township, NJ
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Feds: Somerset Man, 44, Flew To Philippines For Online-Planned Sex With Minors Feds: Somerset Man, 44, Flew To Philippines For Online-Planned Sex With Minors Feds: Somerset Man, 44, Flew To Philippines For Online-Planned Sex With Minors
Feds: Somerset Man, 44, Flew To Philippines For Online-Planned Sex With Minors A Somerset County man flew to the Philipines several times to have sex with four underage victims after arranging meetings online, said federal authorities who arrested him. James A. Diggs, 44, of Somerville, had his first appearance Wednesday before a U.S. magistrate judge on charges of online enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity and foreign travel to engage in criminal sexual activity, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Diggs first used an online messaging app to “persuade, induce, entice, and coerce” the first victim to agree to have sex with him for money or gifts during …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson Man Shot With Own Gun, Friend Charged With Helping Hide It Paterson Man Shot With Own Gun, Friend Charged With Helping Hide It Paterson Man Shot With Own Gun, Friend Charged With Helping Hide It
Paterson Man Shot With Own Gun, Friend Charged With Helping Hide It A Paterson man accidentally shot himself in the leg before a friend help him vanish the gun, said authorities who charged them both. Nygee Dennis, 22, showed up at the St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center emergency room at 8:20 p.m. Tuesday with a gunshot wound in his leg, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint announcement. Apparently, Dennis was getting into a car in the area of Belmont Avenue when the gun he was carrying went off, they said. Samar Clyburn, 21, who was sitting with another man in the car, helped Dennis get ri…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Another Gun Bust: 29 Taken Off Street By Paterson Police So Far This Month Another Gun Bust: 29 Taken Off Street By Paterson Police So Far This Month Another Gun Bust: 29 Taken Off Street By Paterson Police So Far This Month
Another Gun Bust: 29 Taken Off Street By Paterson Police So Far This Month Make that 29 guns seized by Paterson police just this month – a rate of nearly three a day – this time overnight in a notorious neighborhood. Street Crime Detectives Mohammad Bashir, Gilot Castor and Yamil Pimienta spotted Koshawn James, 26, of Paterson on Godwin Avenue near Carroll Street holding a heavy object in the pocket of his hoodie shortly before 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. As they got out of their vehicle to investigate, James “turned and began running east on Godwin Avenue, discarding a large black revolver to the ground while fleeing,” Spezial…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Woman Struck, Killed By Bus In Fairview Woman Struck, Killed By Bus In Fairview Woman Struck, Killed By Bus In Fairview
Woman Struck, Killed By Bus In Fairview A 57-year-old Guttenberg woman was struck and killed by a commuter bus early Wednesday at a busy Fairview intersection. The driver of the 166 from Manhattan's Port Authority terminal to Cresskill was making a left from Anderson Avenue onto Fairview Avenue at 6:45 a.m. when the front of the bus knocked Teresa Maresca down, Police Chief Martin Kahn said. Maresca, who wasn't in the crosswalk, fell and was dragged under the rear tire before the 73-year-old driver stopped, he said. None of the 38 passengers nor the driver were injured, Jim Smith of NJ Transit said.  No summonses wer…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
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Stuck In The Mud: Rescuers Retrieve Three Stranded In Hackensack River Stuck In The Mud: Rescuers Retrieve Three Stranded In Hackensack River Stuck In The Mud: Rescuers Retrieve Three Stranded In Hackensack River
Stuck In The Mud: Rescuers Retrieve Three Stranded In Hackensack River Rescuers had to retrieve a trio of boaters who got stuck in the low-tide mud in the Hackensack River. The three got stuck near dusk Tuesday just off River Road in Teaneck. Teaneck firefighters brought them to shore. Also responding were firefighters from Hackensack and River Edge, with Bogota firefighters providing coverage in Teaneck.

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