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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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
SEE ANYTHING? Elmwood Park Police Search For Robbers Who Pistol-Whipped Victim SEE ANYTHING? Elmwood Park Police Search For Robbers Who Pistol-Whipped Victim SEE ANYTHING? Elmwood Park Police Search For Robbers Who Pistol-Whipped Victim
SEE Anything? Elmwood Park Police Search For Robbers Who Pistol-Whipped Victim A robbery victim told police he was pistol-whipped on an Elmwood Park street before dawn Thursday, said authorities who asked the public for help finding his assailants. The 23-year-old Paterson victim told police he’d parked and gotten out of his vehicle near the intersection of Linden Avenue and West Street around 1 a.m. when two men in dark clothing approached him. One of the muggers repeatedly struck him in the face and head with a silver handgun, Police Chief Michael Foligno said the victim told police. Both rummaged through his pockets, took his iPhone and roughly $25 in cash and ran…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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U.S. Supreme Court Overturns 'Bridgegate' Convictions U.S. Supreme Court Overturns 'Bridgegate' Convictions U.S. Supreme Court Overturns 'Bridgegate' Convictions
U.S. Supreme Court Overturns 'Bridgegate' Convictions The nation’s highest court on Thursday unanimously overturned the convictions of two onetime allies of former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie who played keys roles in the infamous “Bridgegate” case. Bridget Ann Kelly and Bill Baroni didn’t defraud the government of its “property” by closing two local access lanes to the George Washington Bridge over three days in September 2013 as retribution against Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled. Kelly and Baroni “could not have violated the federal-program fraud or wire fraud laws” because the plan wasn't intended to obtain mon…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Paterson PD: 3,862 Heroin Folds, 7 Pounds Of Pot, Gun Seized In Arrest Of Drug-Dealing Ex-Con Paterson PD: 3,862 Heroin Folds, 7 Pounds Of Pot, Gun Seized In Arrest Of Drug-Dealing Ex-Con Paterson PD: 3,862 Heroin Folds, 7 Pounds Of Pot, Gun Seized In Arrest Of Drug-Dealing Ex-Con
Paterson PD: 3,862 Heroin Folds, 7 Pounds Of Pot, Gun Seized In Arrest Of Drug-Dealing Ex-Con Paterson police seized a massive 3,862 folds of heroin, seven pounds of raw marijuana and more than an ounce of crack after watching an ex-con make several sales, authorities said. Joseph E. Tinsley Jr., 31, also had a loaded gun, a kilogram press and $8,596 in proceeds, which were all seized when detectives raided his East 13th Street apartment, city Police Director Jerry Speziale Jr. said. Tinsley “repeatedly made hand-to-hand drug transactions in the area of East 15th Street” during the April investigation, Speziale said. Detectives on Wednesday nabbed separate buyers following deals w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Newark Archdiocese Cemeteries Reopening Mother's Day For Limited Burials, Visitation Newark Archdiocese Cemeteries Reopening Mother's Day For Limited Burials, Visitation Newark Archdiocese Cemeteries Reopening Mother's Day For Limited Burials, Visitation
Newark Archdiocese Cemeteries Reopening Mother's Day For Limited Burials, Visitation Gov. Phil Murphy's extension of the 30-day coronavirus state of emergency in New Jersey won't affect plans for Catholic cemeteries in Bergen, Hudson, Essex and Union counties to reopen for limited burials and visitation beginning on Mother's Day. Beginning this coming Monday, up to 10 family members will be permitted to attend a burial service (it's currently only two), the Archdiocese of Newark said. None family members cannot attend, the archdiocese added. Sunday visitation at cemeteries will be from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. beginning on Mother's Day, Cardinal Joseph W. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Edison, NJ
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STOP WORRYING: ‘Murder' Hornets Aren’t Coming, Experts Say STOP WORRYING: ‘Murder' Hornets Aren’t Coming, Experts Say STOP WORRYING: ‘Murder' Hornets Aren’t Coming, Experts Say
Stop Worrying: ‘Murder' Hornets Aren’t Coming, Experts Say Fearmongering warnings of a pending "murder hornet" invasion are creating unnecessary worry, experts in the field said. There are no confirmed reports of the large pest’s presence anywhere else in North America but in Washington State and British Columbia – and those were from last year, said Professor Dina M. Fonseca, director of the Center for Vector Biology in the Department of Entomology in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences at Rutgers-New Brunswick. The Asian giant hornet (vespa mandarinia) "has not yet been detected this spring and we do not expect them on the East C…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Leonia Police Captain Nabs Queens Driver Trying To Catch Lyft After Pursuit, Crash Leonia Police Captain Nabs Queens Driver Trying To Catch Lyft After Pursuit, Crash Leonia Police Captain Nabs Queens Driver Trying To Catch Lyft After Pursuit, Crash
Leonia Police Captain Nabs Queens Driver Trying To Catch Lyft After Pursuit, Crash A Queens driver who crashed a brand-new Mercedes while trying to elude police Wednesday morning in Leonia was nabbed by a borough captain as he tried getting into a Lyft. It began when Officer Nolan Stendor tried pulling over the sedan after it illegally passed another vehicle on Broad Avenue shortly after 9:30 a.m. The driver, identified as Osvaldo Leader-George stopped on Westview Avenue as Stendor pulled up, Capt. Scott Tamagny said. He then quickly got back into the Mercedes and sped away, Tamagny said. The sedan hit a parked car as Leader-George turned onto Glenwood Avenue, but he k…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Paterson PD: 350 Heroin Folds, 27 Crack Bags Seized From Unlicensed Driver In Unregistered Car Paterson PD: 350 Heroin Folds, 27 Crack Bags Seized From Unlicensed Driver In Unregistered Car Paterson PD: 350 Heroin Folds, 27 Crack Bags Seized From Unlicensed Driver In Unregistered Car
Paterson PD: 350 Heroin Folds, 27 Crack Bags Seized From Unlicensed Driver In Unregistered Car A pair of Paterson police officers found 350 heroin folds and 27 bags of crack during a traffic stop, authorities said.Rayvon Wilson, 30, of Paterson was driving a Toyota Camry with an expired Rhode Island temporary license plate when he ignored a traffic signal and was stopped at Straight Street and Park Avenue by Officer Jensin Burgos, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. Burgos quickly discovered that Wilson didn't have a driver's license or credentials for the vehicle, Speziale said. In plain view, the officer spotted small bags of what looked like crack, the director said. Back…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Jersey City, NJ
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VIDEO: Off-Duty NYPD Hero Rescues Man Trying To Jump From Bayonne Bridge VIDEO: Off-Duty NYPD Hero Rescues Man Trying To Jump From Bayonne Bridge VIDEO: Off-Duty NYPD Hero Rescues Man Trying To Jump From Bayonne Bridge
Video: Off-Duty Nypd Hero Rescues Man Trying To Jump From Bayonne Bridge Dramatic video shows an off-duty NYPD officer saving a man trying to jump from the Bayonne Bridge. Police Officer Cory Pilzer was on the bridge walkway with his family this past Sunday when he spotted the 22-year-old man starting to climb the suicide prevention fence, the NYPD said. Pilzer bolted toward the despondent man, jumped and yanked him down by the waistband. They held onto him for uniformed Port Authority police officers, who took the man to Richmond University Medical Center on Staten Island. “Always out there. Always protecting — even off-duty!," NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Jersey City, NJ
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Feds: Out-Of-State Ex-Con Ran Guns Used In Jersey City Crimes Feds: Out-Of-State Ex-Con Ran Guns Used In Jersey City Crimes Feds: Out-Of-State Ex-Con Ran Guns Used In Jersey City Crimes
Feds: Out-Of-State Ex-Con Ran Guns Used In Jersey City Crimes ATF agents busted a convicted felon who they said trafficked guns to Jersey City that were used in crimes, including at least one shooting. A federal judge in Georgia ordered Jonathan Brown, 26, held Wednesday pending a detention hearing this Friday after special agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested him on gun trafficking charges, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Craig Carpenito said. As an ex-con with several previous convictions, Brown, of Covington, GA, couldn’t buy the firearms himself, so he used straw purchasers in and around Georgia, then trafficked …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Middletown, NJ
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Feds: Monmouth County Man, 67, Posed As Teen To Lure Out-Of-State Minor Into Sex Feds: Monmouth County Man, 67, Posed As Teen To Lure Out-Of-State Minor Into Sex Feds: Monmouth County Man, 67, Posed As Teen To Lure Out-Of-State Minor Into Sex
Feds: Monmouth County Man, 67, Posed As Teen To Lure Out-Of-State Minor Into Sex A 67-year-old Monmouth County man had sex with an out-of-state minor whom he lured to his home after posing as a 17-year-old boy, federal authorities charged. Local authorities had already removed the child from the Union Beach home of Herman Christopher Jensen, who became the subject of an FBI investigation, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said after federal agents arrested him Wednesday. FBI investigators learned that Jensen had assumed the identity of a 17-year-old boy named Kevin Bennett on Facebook “in order to entice and solicit a minor to send nude and sexually explicit images over the…

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