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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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Accused Glen Rock DPW Vehicle Thief Charged In Car Burglary Released Again Accused Glen Rock DPW Vehicle Thief Charged In Car Burglary Released Again Accused Glen Rock DPW Vehicle Thief Charged In Car Burglary Released Again
Accused Glen Rock DPW Vehicle Thief Charged In Car Burglary Released Again A Glen Rock man who was freed to await trial after borough police charged him with stealing two DPW vehicles and burglarizing a house was arrested for breaking into cars -- after which a judge let him go once again. Colin H. McCann, 38, had been ordered released by a judge pending trial after borough detectives arrested him last month for the DPW thefts, as well as a Doremus Avenue burglaries, thefts from unlocked vehicles and thefts of bicycles. Police said they recovered one of the stolen public works vehicles -- but with thousands of dollars of tools missing. McCann was sent to Bergen N…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
PHOTOS: Fire Consumes Wagon At Van Saun Park PHOTOS: Fire Consumes Wagon At Van Saun Park PHOTOS: Fire Consumes Wagon At Van Saun Park
Photos: Fire Consumes Wagon At Van Saun Park A wagon went up in flames Monday at Van Saun Park in Paramus. No injuries were reported. Paramus firefighters doused the blaze. It was one of several vehicle fires that broke out in North Jersey on Monday, including one at Northvale Square on Livingston Street and another outside the Wendy's off Bergen Boulevard and Route 46 near the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee. No injuries were reported.DAILY VOICE photos The wagon was incinerated.DAILY VOICE photos Paramus firefighters doused the blaze.DAILY VOICE photos

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Pickup Rolls In Route 208 Crash Pickup Rolls In Route 208 Crash Pickup Rolls In Route 208 Crash
Pickup Rolls In Route 208 Crash A driver was hospitalized as a precaution after his pickup truck rolled Monday on Route 208 in Hawthorne. The pickup, which rolled after contacting another vehicle, was towed following the crash between Utter and Van Winkle avenues on the northbound side. The driver made it out under his own steam before members of the Hawthorne Volunteer Ambulance Corps put him in a neck brace and took him to a nearby hospital. Northbound Route 208 in the area was closed for about a half hour after the crash. Glen Rock police assisted Hawthorne police, firefighters and the Hawthorne Volunteer Ambulance …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities: Driver Caught, Two Sought In Gunshot Slaying Outside Hospital In Paterson Authorities: Driver Caught, Two Sought In Gunshot Slaying Outside Hospital In Paterson Authorities: Driver Caught, Two Sought In Gunshot Slaying Outside Hospital In Paterson
Authorities: Driver Caught, Two Sought In Gunshot Slaying Outside Hospital In Paterson Two men remained at large after beating and shooting a Paterson man dead and wounding another outside St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, said authorities who arrested a suspect described as their getaway driver.  John Delacruz, 22, was in custody, charged with murder, attempted murder, conspiracy and weapons offenses, authorities said Monday. Two others charged with the same offenses were identified as Wilfredo Garcia, 20, and Modino Garcia, 42, both of Paterson. Delacruz was driving when the Garcias got out of a black sedan on Hospital Plaza shortly after 5:30 p.m. May 27, Passaic…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lakewood, NJ
Breaking News
Whale Capsizes Boat Off Seaside Shore Whale Capsizes Boat Off Seaside Shore Whale Capsizes Boat Off Seaside Shore
Whale Capsizes Boat Off Seaside Shore A whale breached the surface of the water and landed on a fishing boat a few dozen yards offshore Monday in Seaside Park, witnesses said. Two people aboard were OK after the impact threw them into the water, they said. The whale kept swimming and appeared fine, as well, said witnesses who helped collect the pair’s belongings. Authorities were figuring out how to remove the the 25-foot fishing vessel, which landed upright on the beach, according to a Friends of Seaside Park Facebook post. CLICK HERE to watch video: Whale Capsizes Boat (Friends of Seaside Park) Seaside ParkGooglemaps

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson PD: Detectives Chase Down Gunmen At Housing Complex Notorious For Drugs, Violence Paterson PD: Detectives Chase Down Gunmen At Housing Complex Notorious For Drugs, Violence Paterson PD: Detectives Chase Down Gunmen At Housing Complex Notorious For Drugs, Violence
Paterson PD: Detectives Chase Down Gunmen At Housing Complex Notorious For Drugs, Violence Paterson detectives captured two men with guns following a predawn foot chase in one of the city’s deadliest neighborhoods, authorities said. That makes 25 weapons seized by the department in just the past month, during a time when three victims were killed by gunfire in less than two weeks. Street Crime Detectives Yamil Pimienta, John Traynor, Mustafa Dombayci and Mohammad Bashir found 100 or so people drinking and playing loud music in the area of Carroll and Governor Streets around 1 a.m. A man in the group handed a gun to another man who then put it into a bag as both bolted into the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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UPDATE: Clifton Woman, 87, With Dementia Airlifted After Driving 350 Miles, Refilling Tank UPDATE: Clifton Woman, 87, With Dementia Airlifted After Driving 350 Miles, Refilling Tank UPDATE: Clifton Woman, 87, With Dementia Airlifted After Driving 350 Miles, Refilling Tank
Update: Clifton Woman, 87, With Dementia Airlifted After Driving 350 Miles, Refilling Tank An 87-year-old Clifton woman with dementia who’d been missing for days was found in her car, dehydrated, deep in a secluded area off a West Virginia road nearly 350 miles away, authorities said. Marguerit Lehmkuhl had to be flown by medical chopper to a nearby hospital after someone spotted the vehicle and alerted police Sunday afternoon. It was a startling but welcome discovery, given the concern of her loved ones -- as well as the authorities. Police say most dementia patients are found within 20 minutes to 24 or so hours. The search for Lehnkuhl had entered its fourth day when Clifton…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson Woman, 23, Shot, Killed Paterson Woman, 23, Shot, Killed Paterson Woman, 23, Shot, Killed
Paterson Woman, 23, Shot, Killed A 23-year-old Paterson woman was killed and a 20-year-old man wounded in a predawn shooting Monday, authorities confirmed. Salomon Bens Bertha and Robinson Guzman were shot in a 12th Avenue home around midnight, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint announcement. Bertha was pronounced dead at the scene. Guzman was taken to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center in Paterson, treated and released. Authorities didn’t say whether anyone was in custody or if they had a suspect. ****** SEEN THEM? Two gunmen remained at large after…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
SWAT Teams Capture Fugitive At Lyndhurst Motel Wanted For Virginia Attempted Murder, Find Gun SWAT Teams Capture Fugitive At Lyndhurst Motel Wanted For Virginia Attempted Murder, Find Gun SWAT Teams Capture Fugitive At Lyndhurst Motel Wanted For Virginia Attempted Murder, Find Gun
SWAT Teams Capture Fugitive At Lyndhurst Motel Wanted For Virginia Attempted Murder, Find Gun Lyndhurst police tactical units captured a fugitive wanted for attempted murder in Virginia who they said had a handgun in his hotel room, authorities said. The department's SWAT and crisis negotiation team went to the Winslow Hotel just off Route 3 around 9:50 a.m. Sunday. They'd been alerted by the Smyth County Sheriff's Office that Andrew Wyble, 25, had been staying there, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. Wyble -- who most recently had a Bloomingdale address -- was wanted for an attempted homicide from late last month, he said. Authorities in Smyth County also said he may be suicida…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
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Mom Accused Of Beating Her Kids In West Milford Backyard Charged With Driving Drunk With Them Mom Accused Of Beating Her Kids In West Milford Backyard Charged With Driving Drunk With Them Mom Accused Of Beating Her Kids In West Milford Backyard Charged With Driving Drunk With Them
Mom Accused Of Beating Her Kids In West Milford Backyard Charged With Driving Drunk With Them West Milford police who responded to a report of a mom beating her children said they found a woman who’d been driving drunk with two youngsters in her SUV. Dayanna Fitzpatrick, a 39-year-old registered nurse from Auburn, Alabama, was “disheveled and acting erratically” when police found her and the children – 11 and 15 years old – in the rear of a Clinton Road home, according to a police report. Fitzpatrick’s 2018 Hyundai Santa Fe was parked in the driveway and the homeowner was yelling that she was beating her children, Officer Robert Kulawiak said in his report. Kulawiak, who was assist…

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