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
Wanted Teaneck Man Pulls Knife, Threatens EMTs, Police Charge Wanted Teaneck Man Pulls Knife, Threatens EMTs, Police Charge Wanted Teaneck Man Pulls Knife, Threatens EMTs, Police Charge
Wanted Teaneck Man Pulls Knife, Threatens EMTs, Police Charge A Teaneck man wanted on outstanding warrants grabbed a kitchen knife and threatened EMTs who’d responded to his house on a medical call, said police who took him custody. Members of the Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corps (TVAC) had responded to the Griggs Avenue home Friday night on a report of a man who was feeling weak, Deputy Police Chief John Faggello said. Rather than be treated, 36-year-old Enso Rodriguez began threatening them, Faggello said. Opening a kitchen drawer, he grabbed a knife while shouting, “I told you to stay the f**k away from me!” the deputy chief said. The responders…

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Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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Oakland PD: K9 Helps Catch Landscaper Who Bailed After Crash That Injured Female Motorist Oakland PD: K9 Helps Catch Landscaper Who Bailed After Crash That Injured Female Motorist Oakland PD: K9 Helps Catch Landscaper Who Bailed After Crash That Injured Female Motorist
Oakland PD: K9 Helps Catch Landscaper Who Bailed After Crash That Injured Female Motorist An Oakland landscaper was drunk when he bailed out of his pickup truck and fled the scene following a crash that sent another resident’s car into a tree, authorities said. Officers tracked down and captured Sebastian Wolff, 26, with help from a Bergen County sheriff’s K-9 unit, Detective Lt. Christian Eldridge said. A 61-year-old driver had pulled her 2018 Acura RDX from a Lakeside Boulevard driveway near Cedar Street around 8:30 p.m. Monday when it was struck from behind by Wolff’s 2006 Ford F150, Eldridge said. “The impact pushed the Acura into a tree causing moderate injuries to the dri…

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Jersey City, NJ
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Port Authority Police Officer Critical After Being Struck Near Holland Tunnel Port Authority Police Officer Critical After Being Struck Near Holland Tunnel Port Authority Police Officer Critical After Being Struck Near Holland Tunnel
Port Authority Police Officer Critical After Being Struck Near Holland Tunnel A Port Authority police officer struck by a passing driver while assisting at the scene of an overnight rollover crash on the approach to the Holland Tunnel from Route 139 was in critical condition Tuesday afternoon authorities said. The officer and three Jersey City police officers were securing the scene after a 32-year-old New York woman overturned her car just after 12:30 a.m. when another eastbound driver struck the median divider, a JCPD vehicle and then the Port Authority officer near Palisade Avenue, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The driver, a 27-year-old New York wom…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Firefighters Catch Ho-Ho-Kus Basement Blaze Before It Can Do Serious Damage Firefighters Catch Ho-Ho-Kus Basement Blaze Before It Can Do Serious Damage Firefighters Catch Ho-Ho-Kus Basement Blaze Before It Can Do Serious Damage
Firefighters Catch Ho-Ho-Kus Basement Blaze Before It Can Do Serious Damage Firefighters doused a Ho-Ho-Kus basement blaze before it could extend to the rest of the house. The blaze was just about to reach the floor above when firefighters found a heating unit that caught fire in a confined basement crawl space at the Spruce Place home around noon Monday. “Due to the quick action of our firefighters, the fire was contained to the unit of origin, resulting in minimal damage,” the department said in a release. “The HHKFD takes pride in protecting life and property in the Borough of Ho-Ho-Kus through training and aggressive firefighting,” it added. The department t…

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Murphy: Dog Grooming OK But Not People, Unless 'Romantic Partner' Or Household Member Does It Murphy: Dog Grooming OK But Not People, Unless 'Romantic Partner' Or Household Member Does It Murphy: Dog Grooming OK But Not People, Unless 'Romantic Partner' Or Household Member Does It
Murphy: Dog Grooming OK But Not People, Unless 'Romantic Partner' Or Household Member Does It You can get your dog groomed in New Jersey but not yourself -- unless a household member or "romantic partner" does it -- under a revised set of state social distancing directives, Gov. Phil Murphy and State Police Supt. Patrick Callahan announced Monday. The rules were outlined in "modifications" to Murphy's executive orders restricting certain business operations in the state during the current coronavirus state of emergency. Among the changes, Calahan cited: You can test-drive a car before you buy it, but you have to be alone in the vehicle and it has to be sanitized once you're done if …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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SUV Hits Parked Car, Slams Into Utility Pole In Glen Rock SUV Hits Parked Car, Slams Into Utility Pole In Glen Rock SUV Hits Parked Car, Slams Into Utility Pole In Glen Rock
SUV Hits Parked Car, Slams Into Utility Pole In Glen Rock An SUV hit an occupied parked car before slamming head-on into a utility pole Monday in Glen Rock. Neither the Honda Pilot nor the driver who was making a cellphone call in a sedan parked in the 500 block of Harristown Road was injured in the afternoon crash, responders said. A flatbed tow truck removed the wrecked SUV, while the sedan was driven from the scene.  Borough police responded. The SUV hit a parked car and then the pole on Harristown Road in Glen Rock.Boyd A. Loving Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this account.

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Englewood, NJ
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Prosecutor: Hackensack Warehouse Worker Had Online Sex Chats With Underage Englewood Girl Prosecutor: Hackensack Warehouse Worker Had Online Sex Chats With Underage Englewood Girl Prosecutor: Hackensack Warehouse Worker Had Online Sex Chats With Underage Englewood Girl
Prosecutor: Hackensack Warehouse Worker Had Online Sex Chats With Underage Englewood Girl A 28-year-old Guatemalan national living in Hackensack was caught having online sex chats with an underage Englewood girl, authorities said. Juan Arnoldo Tomas Juarez remained held Monday in the Bergen County Jail pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said members of his Special Victims Unit arrested Juarez on Friday after Englewood police “received information that [he] had been engaging in sexually explicit online conversations with a juvenile under the age of sixteen.” Juarez, who Musella said is employed as …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Dutchess Man Shot, Killed After High-Speed Police Chase Dutchess Man Shot, Killed After High-Speed Police Chase Dutchess Man Shot, Killed After High-Speed Police Chase
Dutchess Man Shot, Killed After High-Speed Police Chase Authorities identified a driver shot and killed in New Jersey following a police chase as a Dutchess County man who records show had a criminal history and police said was carrying a gun. Bradley G. Pullman, 48, of Beacon made an illegal U-turn in Mountain Lakes, after which a local police officer tried to stop him shortly after 4:30 p.m. Monday, April 27, New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. “The car did not stop and a pursuit ensued through multiple municipalities,” Grewal said. Speeds during the eastbound chase reportedly reached up to 100 miles an hour. Fairfield and Way…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Authorities ID Suspect Shot, Killed After High-Speed Police Chase As Upstate NY Man Authorities ID Suspect Shot, Killed After High-Speed Police Chase As Upstate NY Man Authorities ID Suspect Shot, Killed After High-Speed Police Chase As Upstate NY Man
Authorities ID Suspect Shot, Killed After High-Speed Police Chase As Upstate NY Man Authorities on Monday identified a driver shot and killed in Wayne following a police chase as an upstate New York man who records show had a criminal history and police said was carrying a gun. Bradley G. Pullman, 48, of Beacon (Dutchess County) made an illegal U-turn in Mountain Lakes, after which a local police officer tried to stop him shortly after 4:30 p.m., state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. “The car did not stop and a pursuit ensued through multiple municipalities,” Grewal said. Speeds during the eastbound chase reportedly reached up to 100 miles an hour. Fairfield and …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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PHOTOS: Firefighters Rescue Mother, Child From Burning Passaic Building PHOTOS: Firefighters Rescue Mother, Child From Burning Passaic Building PHOTOS: Firefighters Rescue Mother, Child From Burning Passaic Building
Photos: Firefighters Rescue Mother, Child From Burning Passaic Building Firefighters rescued a 4-year-old girl and her mother from a burning Passaic building Monday afternoon. A bystander spotted both of them at a third-floor window above a restaurant at the corner of Dayton Avenue and President Street after arriving shortly before 2:30 p.m., Mayor Hector Carlos Lora told Daily Voice. The mother went to another while the girl waved her hands to get firefighters' attention, witnesses said. Firefighter Ricardo Figueroa climbed a ground ladder and carried the girl down with help from Deputy Chief Chris DiBella, Lora said. Meanwhile, Trentacost redirected a 35-f…

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