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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Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Firefighters Douse Teaneck Apartment Complex Blaze Firefighters Douse Teaneck Apartment Complex Blaze Firefighters Douse Teaneck Apartment Complex Blaze
Firefighters Douse Teaneck Apartment Complex Blaze No injuries were reported after a Wednesday afternoon fire on the top floor of a four-story Teaneck apartment complex. The three-alarm blaze at the brick Walraven Apartments building on Ayers Court broke out shortly after 4 p.m.  It spread through the cockloft into the walls, damaging at least two apartments, responders said. Ridgefield Park, Hackensack, Bergenfield and Englewood firefighters were among those who assisted their Teaneck colleagues. No serious injuries were reported.Yaniv Besterman Firefighters from several communities assisted their Teaneck colleagues.Yaniv Besterman

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson Opening City Residents' Coronavirus Testing Site Paterson Opening City Residents' Coronavirus Testing Site Paterson Opening City Residents' Coronavirus Testing Site
Paterson Opening City Residents' Coronavirus Testing Site A coronavirus testing center for Paterson residents only will open this coming Monday, May 4, Mayor Andre Sayegh announced Wednesday. In partnership with Dr. Richard Afanonja, FastMed Urgent Care, and KeyToHealth.com Telemedicine, the testing center will provide positive/negative swab testing and telemedicine, the mayor said. The site will be in the Barnert Subacute Rehabilitation Center lot on East 32nd Street off Broadway. City officials on Thursday will officially announce the requirements for testing at the new site.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Newark, NJ
Breaking News
$900,000 Tax Scam Gets NJ Tax Preparer Four Years In Fed Pen $900,000 Tax Scam Gets NJ Tax Preparer Four Years In Fed Pen $900,000 Tax Scam Gets NJ Tax Preparer Four Years In Fed Pen
$900,000 Tax Scam Gets NJ Tax Preparer Four Years In Fed Pen A federal judge sentenced a former tax preparer who worked in Essex and Union counties to a plea-bargained four years in prison for his role in a $900,000 income tax scam, authorities said. Because there’s no parole in the federal prison system, Tony V. Russell, 49, of Stone Mountain, GA must serve out the entire term for his guilty plea to conspiring to defraud the IRS. Russell was the first of five men sentenced for preparing bogus tax returns at Tax Pro’s and Tax Solutions & Associates, federal prosecutors said. A federal judge in Trenton last September convicted one of two co-owner…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities: Demarest Boy, 16, Killed By Freight Train In Haworth Suicide Authorities: Demarest Boy, 16, Killed By Freight Train In Haworth Suicide Authorities: Demarest Boy, 16, Killed By Freight Train In Haworth Suicide
Authorities: Demarest Boy, 16, Killed By Freight Train In Haworth Suicide UPDATE: A 16-year-old Demarest boy died from an apparent suicide when he was struck by a freight train in Haworth before dawn Wednesday, authorities confirmed. The teen was struck by a northbound CSX train after laying across the tracks 50 yards south of the Haworth Avenue crossing sometime after 4:30 a.m., they said. A passerby discovered the body nearly 2½hours later, shortly before 7 a.m., CSX said in a brief statement. Family notifications were made. Daily Voice is withholding his identity. Local police and the Bergen County Medical Examiner's Office were among the responders. CSX was…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities: Demarest Boy, 16, Killed By Freight Train In Haworth Suicide Authorities: Demarest Boy, 16, Killed By Freight Train In Haworth Suicide Authorities: Demarest Boy, 16, Killed By Freight Train In Haworth Suicide
Authorities: Demarest Boy, 16, Killed By Freight Train In Haworth Suicide UPDATE: A 16-year-old Demarest boy died from an apparent suicide when he was struck by a freight train in Haworth before dawn Wednesday, authorities confirmed. The teen was struck by a northbound CSX train after laying across the tracks 50 yards south of the Haworth Avenue crossing sometime after 4:30 a.m., they said. A passerby discovered the body nearly 2½hours later, shortly before 7 a.m., CSX said in a brief statement. Family notifications were made. Daily Voice is withholding his identity. Local police and the Bergen County Medical Examiner's Office were among the responders. CS…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Van Knocked On Its Side In Hackensack Crash Van Knocked On Its Side In Hackensack Crash Van Knocked On Its Side In Hackensack Crash
Van Knocked On Its Side In Hackensack Crash A van landed on its side after colliding with an SUV at a busy Hackensack intersection early Tuesday evening. The drivers sustained minor injuries following the crash at Hackensack Avenue and University Plaza Drive just after 5 p.m., police said. All got out safely.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Domestic Violence Victims Don't Have To Stay At Home With The Enemy: There Are Options Domestic Violence Victims Don't Have To Stay At Home With The Enemy: There Are Options Domestic Violence Victims Don't Have To Stay At Home With The Enemy: There Are Options
Domestic Violence Victims Don't Have To Stay At Home With The Enemy: There Are Options As this pandemic spreads, most of us are experiencing for the first time what it’s like to feel unsafe. Imagine if you felt like that all the time. While the world around you shelters in their homes from an unseen enemy, yours lives with you. You live with an abusive partner, and your home is not a safe place to be. You could be anyone. A woman between the ages of 18 and 60+. You could be a man. You could be a teenager, an adolescent, or even more likely, a child under the age of four. These are the faces of domestic violence. They could be neighbors. Friends. Loved ones.  They could b…

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by Julye Myner (Center for Hope & Safety)
Hamilton Township, NJ
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NJ Officials: Emergency Child Care Assistance for Essential Employees Extended Through May NJ Officials: Emergency Child Care Assistance for Essential Employees Extended Through May NJ Officials: Emergency Child Care Assistance for Essential Employees Extended Through May
NJ Officials: Emergency Child Care Assistance for Essential Employees Extended Through May New Jersey will continue to provide emergency child care assistance to essential employees through at least the end of May, state authorities announced Tuesday. That includes those who work at grocery stores or gas stations, as well as child care workers themselves. “We value the amazing efforts of all of the essential workers who are helping New Jersey through this challenging and unprecedented time, and we want to make sure they continue to have the child care resources they need,” Human Services Commissioner Carole Johnson said.  The amounts paid per child: infant, $450.35; toddl…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Wild Chain-Reaction Crash Sends Sedan Through Fair Lawn Insurance Company Window Wild Chain-Reaction Crash Sends Sedan Through Fair Lawn Insurance Company Window Wild Chain-Reaction Crash Sends Sedan Through Fair Lawn Insurance Company Window
Wild Chain-Reaction Crash Sends Sedan Through Fair Lawn Insurance Company Window A sedan plowed through the front window of a Fair Lawn insurance agency during a wild, chain-reaction crash Tuesday that left an SUV overturned in the middle of the street. The Honda Accord collided with the Honda CRV on Broadway at 30th Street shortly before 3 p.m. The CRV rolled, hitting a parked car Infiniti Tuscon and a van, before it struck another vehicle making deliveries and came to rest in front of the Valley National Bank. The Accord, meanwhile, crashed through the front window of the Broadway Insurance Agency. Two people were taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Pa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Marlton-Evesham, NJ
Breaking News
Man Charged With Attempted Murder Of NJ State Trooper Investigating Mobile Home Invasion Man Charged With Attempted Murder Of NJ State Trooper Investigating Mobile Home Invasion Man Charged With Attempted Murder Of NJ State Trooper Investigating Mobile Home Invasion
Man Charged With Attempted Murder Of NJ State Trooper Investigating Mobile Home Invasion UPDATE: New Jersey State Police captured and charged a second man with attempted murder of a law enforcement officer in the shooting of an NJSP detective investigating a trailer park home invasion committed by a group of women, authorities said Friday. https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/burlington/police-fire/second-man-charged-with-attempted-murder-of-nj-state-trooper-investigating-mobile-home-invasion/787397/ ****** ORIGINAL STORY: A man who shot a New Jersey State Police detective investigating a trailer park home invasion by five women was charged with the attempted murder of a law enfo…

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