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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Newark, NJ
Breaking News
Two Critically Burned Victims Rescued After Porch Candle Ignites Maplewood House Blaze Two Critically Burned Victims Rescued After Porch Candle Ignites Maplewood House Blaze Two Critically Burned Victims Rescued After Porch Candle Ignites Maplewood House Blaze
Two Critically Burned Victims Rescued After Porch Candle Ignites Maplewood House Blaze UPDATE: Two men were clinging to life with critical burns after firefighters rescued them from an overnight blaze that engulfed a Maplewood home. The two-alarm fire broke out on a porch of the 2½-story wood-frame house on Essex Avenue, trapping three residents inside, around 3:20 a.m., responders said. A candle left burning on the front porch apparently was to blame, fire officials said. Police were first on the scene and got an elderly woman out, they said. Firefighters located one of the men on the first floor and rescued the other from the second floor with a ground ladder. Both were …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Oakland PD: Landscape Equipment Thief Captured In Paterson Oakland PD: Landscape Equipment Thief Captured In Paterson Oakland PD: Landscape Equipment Thief Captured In Paterson
Oakland PD: Landscape Equipment Thief Captured In Paterson Oakland police tracked down and arrested a Paterson man who they said stole a large collection of landscaping equipment hours earlier. Several backpack leaf blowers, weed whackers, a pole trimmer and other miscellaneous equipment were taken after someone cut the hinge on the side door of a trailer parked in a lot off Bauer Drive sometime between 4:30 p.m. Sunday afternoon and 7:15 a.m. Monday. Detective Sgt. Mark Piercy and Officer Timothy McDonough investigated and, soon after, Juan Rojas-Cabezas, 26, was arrested in Paterson, Lt. Christian Eldridge said. He had one of the stolen items wi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Brazen Bandits Burglarize Route 46 Jewelry Market Brazen Bandits Burglarize Route 46 Jewelry Market Brazen Bandits Burglarize Route 46 Jewelry Market
Brazen Bandits Burglarize Route 46 Jewelry Market VIDEO: A dozen or so burglars all wearing hoodies smashed their way into a jewelry market on Route 46 in Totowa before dawn Tuesday, found cases empty and immediately turned and fled as alarms rang, surveillance video shows. One of the bandits throws a wrench through the front window and then kicks a big enough hole in the glass so he and others could enter the Jewelry Expo on the westbound highway near Riverview Drive at 1:23 a.m., the video obtained by Daily Voice shows. ""It took 10-15 seconds," an owner said. "The alarm went off right away." "They came in and saw nothing and took off,"…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgewood Businessman Charged With Assault In Franklin Lakes DWI Crash That Injured Woman Ridgewood Businessman Charged With Assault In Franklin Lakes DWI Crash That Injured Woman Ridgewood Businessman Charged With Assault In Franklin Lakes DWI Crash That Injured Woman
Ridgewood Businessman Charged With Assault In Franklin Lakes DWI Crash That Injured Woman A financial planner from Ridgewood was drunk when his Jeep slammed into a tree in Franklin Lakes seriously injuring a woman who was with him, authorities said. George R. Hill V, 47 was standing outside the 2005 Wrangler, which had passenger-side damage, when police arrived at the Indian Trail Club on Franklin Lake Road around 8 p.m. Sunday, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. His 40-year-old front-seat passenger was taken with serious injuries to Hackensack University Medical Center, where she was reported in stable condition, the prosecutor said. Detectives charged Hill with assau…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson Shootings Continue: Total Now Two Dead, 16 Wounded Over Week-Plus Paterson Shootings Continue: Total Now Two Dead, 16 Wounded Over Week-Plus Paterson Shootings Continue: Total Now Two Dead, 16 Wounded Over Week-Plus
Paterson Shootings Continue: Total Now Two Dead, 16 Wounded Over Week-Plus A 26-year-old male Paterson man survived a drive-by shooting on a city street Monday afternoon as gunfire continued in the Silk City. The victim was taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center with a gunshot wound in the leg that wasn't considered life-threatening after the 1:20 p.m. shooting on North Main Street, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint announcement. Police were looking for a Dodge Challenger that sped from the scene. Less than 18 hours earlier, a 34-year-old city man was shot and killed in a home at 15th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Middletown, NJ
Your Community
I Don’t Wanna Stay Home: Southside Johnny And Asbury Jukes Headline Monmouth Park Drive-In Show I Don’t Wanna Stay Home: Southside Johnny And Asbury Jukes Headline Monmouth Park Drive-In Show I Don’t Wanna Stay Home: Southside Johnny And Asbury Jukes Headline Monmouth Park Drive-In Show
I Don’t Wanna Stay Home: Southside Johnny And Asbury Jukes Headline Monmouth Park Drive-In Show This time it’s for real: Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes are set to headline one of New Jersey's first drive-in concerts, this one at Monmouth Park. For those who got the fever for a show, up to four occupants per vehicle will be allowed at the "Drive-In" event at the Oceanport racetrack on Saturday, July 11. Max capacity: 1,000. You can either listen via an FM signal or with your windows down. And yes, cars will be social distanced: Vehicles will be spaced approximately 9 feet apart, a distance at which windows can reopen; Cars will park in a staggered fashion "to achieve spacing …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Car Slams Into Front Of Waldwick Dry Cleaners Car Slams Into Front Of Waldwick Dry Cleaners Car Slams Into Front Of Waldwick Dry Cleaners
Car Slams Into Front Of Waldwick Dry Cleaners No injuries were reported after a compact car slammed into the front of a Waldwick dry cleaners early Monday afternoon. It was unclear why the female driver's Ford Focus lurched forward, smashing a window at the Dry Clean Spa on Franklin Turnpike. Waldwick police and firefighters responded, along with a borough building inspector who found minimal damage, allowing other businesses in the strip mall off Wyckoff Avenue to continue operating. The car was driven from the scene. Boyd A. Loving took the photo and contributed to this account.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn PD: Four From Brooklyn, One From Long Island Nabbed With Car Stolen From Jersey City Fair Lawn PD: Four From Brooklyn, One From Long Island Nabbed With Car Stolen From Jersey City Fair Lawn PD: Four From Brooklyn, One From Long Island Nabbed With Car Stolen From Jersey City
Fair Lawn PD: Four From Brooklyn, One From Long Island Nabbed With Car Stolen From Jersey City Fair Lawn police nabbed five out-of-towners with a car stolen out of Jersey City, authorities said. Police from surrounding towns assisted in the search for the group, who were tracked by GPS in the stolen 2019 Mercedes-Benz to Campbell Road near River Road, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Four of them were removed from the stolen vehicle, said Metzler, who identified them as: Michael Johnson, 30, of Brooklyn; Chad Watson, 24, of Lawrence, NY; Jahvis Lambert, 22, of Brooklyn; Joseph Algernon, 28, of Brooklyn. In a 2014 Chevy Camaro that had been parked behind them was a fifth suspect, DeVaugh…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack PD: Repeat Offender Who Flipped Mugshot Middle Finger Coughs On Police After Robbery Hackensack PD: Repeat Offender Who Flipped Mugshot Middle Finger Coughs On Police After Robbery Hackensack PD: Repeat Offender Who Flipped Mugshot Middle Finger Coughs On Police After Robbery
Hackensack PD: Repeat Offender Who Flipped Mugshot Middle Finger Coughs On Police After Robbery A habitual offender who once gave police the middle finger during a mugshot coughed on Hackensack police, saying he had the coronavirus, when they caught him burglarizing a car following a street robbery, authorities said Monday. Timothy Carriel, 21, of Hoboken had just robbed a man in the 100 block of Hudson Street by pretending to have a weapon late Saturday, Lt. Anthony DiPersia said. His companion, Raymond Adams, also 21, “apologized to the victim for Carriel's behavior and they both left the area,” DiPersia said. The victim called police, who found Carriel rummaging through a vehicle…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
PHOTOS: Fire Quickly Consumes Ridgefield Park Home PHOTOS: Fire Quickly Consumes Ridgefield Park Home PHOTOS: Fire Quickly Consumes Ridgefield Park Home
Photos: Fire Quickly Consumes Ridgefield Park Home Hoarding conditions were reported in a fire that ravaged a Ridgefield Park home Sunday night. Flames roared out the front door and windows and blew through the roof of the 2½-story wood-frame Summit Avenue house shortly after 8:30 p.m. The fire immediately went to two alarms, then a third within 10 minutes. Summit Street, Ridgefield ParkDamien Danis for DAILY VOICE Among those assisting their village colleagues were firefighters from Bogota, Hackensack, Little Ferry and Teaneck. No serious injuries were immediately reported. ALL PHOTOS: Damien Danis for DAILY VOICE Hoarding condi…

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