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
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Haledon PD: Passaic Driver Who Ran Light Had Three-Quarters Of Pound Of Pot, $6,167 Drug Cash Haledon PD: Passaic Driver Who Ran Light Had Three-Quarters Of Pound Of Pot, $6,167 Drug Cash Haledon PD: Passaic Driver Who Ran Light Had Three-Quarters Of Pound Of Pot, $6,167 Drug Cash
Haledon PD: Passaic Driver Who Ran Light Had Three-Quarters Of Pound Of Pot, $6,167 Drug Cash A Haledon police officer found a Passaic driver who ran a red light toting three-quarters of a pound of pot and $6,167 in suspected drug proceeds, authorities said Thursday. Oficer Jeffrey Welsh stopped the red Acura sedan, red in color with Pennsylvania license plates after the driver ran the light at the intersection of Burhans Avenue and West Broadway shortly before 10 p.m. Wednesday, Lt. George Guzman said.  Welsh and backup Sgt. Timothy Lindberg noticed a strong odor of raw marijuana coming from the car, Guzman said. A search turned up 11.7 ounces of marijuana, packaging bag…

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Mahwah PD: Amazon Delivery Impostor Comes To Resident's Door Mahwah PD: Amazon Delivery Impostor Comes To Resident's Door Mahwah PD: Amazon Delivery Impostor Comes To Resident's Door
Mahwah PD: Amazon Delivery Impostor Comes To Resident's Door Two of Mahwah’s finest nabbed a man who impersonated an Amazon employee in an attempt to collect a fraudulently ordered package, authorities said. In doing so, they helped crack a series of thefts in at least three area towns, including Montvale and New Milford, Police Chief Stephen Jaffe said. The Laurel Court resident held onto the box and called police, who captured the accused thief and his alleged getaway driver, both of whom are from Paterson, Jaffe said Thursday. Luis D. Deleon, 24, fled without the package, then got into a waiting 2019 Honda CRV that Lt. Harry Hunt and Officer Teil…

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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NYPD Nabs Accused Burglar In Mahwah, Mount Kisco, Woodbury LI Break-Ins NYPD Nabs Accused Burglar In Mahwah, Mount Kisco, Woodbury LI Break-Ins NYPD Nabs Accused Burglar In Mahwah, Mount Kisco, Woodbury LI Break-Ins
Nypd Nabs Accused Burglar In Mahwah, Mount Kisco, Woodbury LI Break-Ins An accused burglar nabbed by the NYPD had items stolen during a bi-state break-in spree in Mahwah and New York in his car, authorities said. Samuel Bender, 22, also was carrying a Glock handgun stolen during a burglary on Long Island, Mahwah Police Chief Stephen Jaffe said. Township detectives had worked with their counterparts in Westchester’s Mount Kisco and Nassau County’s Woodbury to identify Bender following burglaries in their towns, he said. Surveillance video showed him entering several commercial buildings and offices located in an unidentified business park and retail business on…

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Paterson, NJ
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Paterson Man Caught By State Police With $123,255 In Drug Money Gets 3 Years In Fed Pen Paterson Man Caught By State Police With $123,255 In Drug Money Gets 3 Years In Fed Pen Paterson Man Caught By State Police With $123,255 In Drug Money Gets 3 Years In Fed Pen
Paterson Man Caught By State Police With $123,255 In Drug Money Gets 3 Years In Fed Pen A Paterson man caught by State Police troopers delivering $123,255 in drug cash will spend the next three years in federal prison before he can be released for his role in a major North Jersey ring. U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton sentenced Jhensel Jimenez-Taveras, 27, on Thursday to a plea-bargained 37 months, followed by three years of supervised release. He must serve the entire term because there's no parole in the federal prison system. Jiminez-Taveras also must forfeit the cash found in his vehicle when NJSP troopers stopped him in April 2019 following a drug deal in Berkeley H…

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Lyndhurst, NJ
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Authorities Trying To ID Body Found Along Passaic River Bank Authorities Trying To ID Body Found Along Passaic River Bank Authorities Trying To ID Body Found Along Passaic River Bank
Authorities Trying To ID Body Found Along Passaic River Bank UPDATE: Authorities continued trying to identify a man whose body was found Wednesday on the bank of the Passaic River behind the North Arlington firehouse. His death wasn't considered suspicious, borough police Capt. Robert J. Reilly said Thursday. A passerby spotted the body around 2 p.m. Wednesday and called police, Reilly said. The Bergen County Prosecutor's Office was notified, the Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification collected evidence and the Bergen County Medical Examiner's Office took custody of the body, he said.

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Paterson, NJ
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Paterson PD: Detectives Enforcing Social Distancing Chase Down Teen With Stolen Handgun Paterson PD: Detectives Enforcing Social Distancing Chase Down Teen With Stolen Handgun Paterson PD: Detectives Enforcing Social Distancing Chase Down Teen With Stolen Handgun
Paterson PD: Detectives Enforcing Social Distancing Chase Down Teen With Stolen Handgun Paterson police detectives enforcing social distancing orders ended up chasing down a 17-year-boy city who was carrying a stolen gun, authorities said. Ceasefire Detectives Luis Fernandez, Sal Marotta and Marvin Escobar, accompanied by Passaic County Prosecutor’s Detective Eugene Tolliver, approached a large group that had gathered in front of a home in the area of North 10 Street and Belmont Avenue, city Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale Jr. said. The teen suddenly broke off from the group and began running east on North 10th Street – while pulling the gun from his waistband and tossin…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Health Commissioner Closes NJ Gym That Defied COVID-19 Emergency Lockdown Health Commissioner Closes NJ Gym That Defied COVID-19 Emergency Lockdown Health Commissioner Closes NJ Gym That Defied COVID-19 Emergency Lockdown
Health Commissioner Closes NJ Gym That Defied Covid-19 Emergency Lockdown After several days of intense media attention, New Jersey health officials early Thursday closed a Camden County gym whose owners defied a state coronavirus emergency lockdown. Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli signed a four-page order posted on the front of Atilis Gym in Bellmawr, which drew national media attention when its owners allowed members to work out there beginning Monday in open defiance of a state shutdown order intended to protect public health and safety. Co-owner Frank Trumbetti told reporters the gym would remain closed while attorneys were consulted. He also brought i…

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Lyndhurst, NJ
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Lyndhurst PD: Tailgating Thief Busted By Chief Lyndhurst PD: Tailgating Thief Busted By Chief Lyndhurst PD: Tailgating Thief Busted By Chief
Lyndhurst PD: Tailgating Thief Busted By Chief Lyndhurst Police Chief Richard Jarvis played an educated guess and caught a fleeing thief who’d just slipped out of a local supermarket with nearly $850 of stolen energy drinks and candy, authorities said. Jarvis was driving on Page Avenue around 12:30 p.m. Wednesday when another car came speeding up behind him. Jarvis pulled over to let it go by, then stopped the driver. Matthew Hemphill, 36, of Kearny had a large duffel bag filled with the drinks and candy that he said he bought at Costco and another large store – but no receipt, Acting Police Lt. Vincent Auteri said. Playing a hunch, J…

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Hackensack, NJ
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‘Patient Broker’ Admits Bribing NJ Addicts To Fly To Cali Rehab Clinics That Paid Him Kickbacks ‘Patient Broker’ Admits Bribing NJ Addicts To Fly To Cali Rehab Clinics That Paid Him Kickbacks ‘Patient Broker’ Admits Bribing NJ Addicts To Fly To Cali Rehab Clinics That Paid Him Kickbacks
‘Patient Broker’ Admits Bribing NJ Addicts To Fly To Cali Rehab Clinics That Paid Him Kickbacks A Jersey Shore man admitted Wednesday that he bribed drug addicts to enroll in rehab centers -- some in as far away as California -- in order to collect kickbacks. Peter J. Costas, 26, of Red Bank, told a federal judge via teleconference that he paid some addicts several thousand dollars to use specific rehab centers in New Jersey and other states. He and owners of a marketing company that he conspired with arranged for cross-country travel to the drug treatment centers in California and other states, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. In exchange, Carpenito said, the conspirators “could …

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Paramus, NJ
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Authorities: On-The-Spot Paramus Police Officers Nab ID Thief Fleeing With Victim's $3,500 Authorities: On-The-Spot Paramus Police Officers Nab ID Thief Fleeing With Victim's $3,500 Authorities: On-The-Spot Paramus Police Officers Nab ID Thief Fleeing With Victim's $3,500
Authorities: On-The-Spot Paramus Police Officers Nab ID Thief Fleeing With Victim's $3,500 Paramus police nabbed an identity thief as she tried to flee a Route 17 bank with $3,500 that she'd just pulled from a victim’s account, authorities said. Responding to a call, Officers Michael Boccher, Gregg Hooper and Officer David Polanco seized Chelsea D. Colson, 29, outside the Citibank branch Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said Wednesday. She was carrying a small amount of cocaine, Ehrenberg said. The officers learned that Colson withdrew $3,500 from a Brooklyn resident’s account using stolen identification. Colson, who's had recent addresses in New York and Florida, is awaiting t…

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