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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Egg Harbor Township, NJ
Breaking News
Charges Upgraded In Unlicensed Hit-Run Crash That Killed Woman Outside AC Charges Upgraded In Unlicensed Hit-Run Crash That Killed Woman Outside AC Charges Upgraded In Unlicensed Hit-Run Crash That Killed Woman Outside AC
Charges Upgraded In Unlicensed Hit-Run Crash That Killed Woman Outside AC Authorities upgraded charges against an unlicensed driver who they said fled a crash that killed a 48-year-old woman outside Atlantic City earlier this week. Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner said his office charged Keneet Camacho, 38, of Absecon with aggravated manslaughter for the death of local resident Janel Bembry in the three-vehicle crash Monday on Wrangleboro Road. They also charged the Peruvian national with assault by auto for seriously injuring another driver, the prosecutor said. Detectives served Camacho with the upgraded charges at the Atlantic County Justice Facility…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Edison, NJ
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Lightning Strikes Twice: Fire Again Ravages Burned-Out Middlesex Home Under Renovation Lightning Strikes Twice: Fire Again Ravages Burned-Out Middlesex Home Under Renovation Lightning Strikes Twice: Fire Again Ravages Burned-Out Middlesex Home Under Renovation
Lightning Strikes Twice: Fire Again Ravages Burned-Out Middlesex Home Under Renovation A fire on Saturday severely damaged a Middlesex County house that was gutted by a blaze earlier this year. The fire began in the basement of the Charles Street home in Metuchen shortly before 3:30 p.m., responders said. Firefighters made quick work of the flames in the basement, but the fire spread up the walls, they said. No serious injuries were immediately reported. A couple who owns the home lost their cat and all their belongings in a Jan. 22 fire that began on the front porch and destroyed the house. The house on Charles Street in Metuchen following the Jan. 22 fire.Erin Leitner

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
SUV Driver Suffers Critical Medical Episode At Route 17 Exit SUV Driver Suffers Critical Medical Episode At Route 17 Exit SUV Driver Suffers Critical Medical Episode At Route 17 Exit
SUV Driver Suffers Critical Medical Episode At Route 17 Exit A driver whose SUV crashed off Route 17 in Ridgewood Saturday afternoon apparently suffered a medical episode beforehand, responders said. The Kia Sportage came to rest against a wall on the northbound exit ramp to Linwood Avenue around 3 p.m. Responders conducted CPR before the gravely injured driver was brought to The Valley Hospital in Village police, firefighters and EMS and a Valley EMS unit responded.  City Wide towed the vehicle. Boyd A. Loving took the photo and contributed to this account. ****** ALSO SEE: An N95 mask worn by a driver may not have been the r…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Breaking News
Police: 'Other Medical Reason' Could've Caused Crash Involving Driver Wearing N95 Mask Police: 'Other Medical Reason' Could've Caused Crash Involving Driver Wearing N95 Mask Police: 'Other Medical Reason' Could've Caused Crash Involving Driver Wearing N95 Mask
Police: 'Other Medical Reason' Could've Caused Crash Involving Driver Wearing N95 Mask An N95 mask worn by a driver may not have been the reason he fainted and crashed, said police in Lincoln Park, updating an original report. “It is certainly possible that some other medical reason could've contributed" to the accident, they said in an updated post. “Police officers are not physicians and do not know the medical history of every person we encounter,” police said. “We conduct accident scene investigations using training, experience and observations at the scene to determine a cause. “It was stated in the original post that we ‘believed’ the excessive wearing of an N95 mask …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Driver Seriously Injured In Fair Lawn Crash Driver Seriously Injured In Fair Lawn Crash Driver Seriously Injured In Fair Lawn Crash
Driver Seriously Injured In Fair Lawn Crash A driver was hospitalized with serious injuries after a Saturday afternoon crash in Fair Lawn. The driver of a sedan was extricated before being transported after an SUV slammed into the car at the intersection of Broadway and Plaza Road around 1 p.m. The other driver refused medical attention. Fair Lawn police, firefighters, EMS and members of Fair Lawn Rescue responded. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this account. The SUV collided with the sedan at Broadway and Plaza Road in Fair Lawn.Boyd A. Loving ****** ALSO SEE: An N95 mask worn by a driver may not have been …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Marlton-Evesham, NJ
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Hospital: First Critical NJ Patients To Receive COVID-19 Plasma Make 'Remarkable' Recoveries Hospital: First Critical NJ Patients To Receive COVID-19 Plasma Make 'Remarkable' Recoveries Hospital: First Critical NJ Patients To Receive COVID-19 Plasma Make 'Remarkable' Recoveries
Hospital: First Critical NJ Patients To Receive Covid-19 Plasma Make 'Remarkable' Recoveries The first two New Jersey residents to receive plasma transfusions for critical cases of COVID-19 -- a 63-year-old teacher and a 61-year-old old opera singer – were released from the hospital after making "remarkable" recoveries, Virtua Voorhees Health System announced. Their recoveries came as studies at several New Jersey hospitals explore whether the transfusions can help save coronavirus patients who are moderately or critically ill. Both Renee Bannister of Blackwood (Gloucester County) and Andy Fei of Mount Laurel (Burlington County) had been on ventilators in the intensive care unit at…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Elizabeth, NJ
Breaking News
Massive Route 1&9 Tanker Fire Severely Burns Trucker, Guts Home Massive Route 1&9 Tanker Fire Severely Burns Trucker, Guts Home Massive Route 1&9 Tanker Fire Severely Burns Trucker, Guts Home
Massive Route 1&9 Tanker Fire Severely Burns Trucker, Guts Home A trucker was badly burned when his tanker burst into flames after it was struck by another vehicle Friday night at a gas station off Route 1&9 in Elizabeth, responders said. Massive flames from the fully-involved truck fire at the BP station near Bayway Circle spread to and gutted a nearby two-family home on South Elmora Avenue around 8:30 p.m.  Nine people -- three of them children -- reportedly were displaced. The trucker was taken to Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston. Two other vehicles, as well as traffic lights and wires, were destroyed or damaged in the three-alarm b…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
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Authorities: Homeless Woman Who Made Repeated 911 Calls Breaks Into Ridgewood Library Authorities: Homeless Woman Who Made Repeated 911 Calls Breaks Into Ridgewood Library Authorities: Homeless Woman Who Made Repeated 911 Calls Breaks Into Ridgewood Library
Authorities: Homeless Woman Who Made Repeated 911 Calls Breaks Into Ridgewood Library A homeless woman who’s made repeated bogus 911 calls was arrested this week after she broke into the public library, authorities said. Police responding to a burglar alarm said they found the 56-year-old woman in the library shortly after 2 a.m. Thursday. They gave her summonses for trespassing and having an open container of alcohol and released her pending a court hearing. It was another in a series of reported encounters with police. Officers arrested and subsequently released the woman a few weeks ago after Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke said she called the 911 dispatch center ten ti…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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PHOTOS: Car Carrier Splits, Topples Across Route 287, Dump Truck Rolls On Opposite Side PHOTOS: Car Carrier Splits, Topples Across Route 287, Dump Truck Rolls On Opposite Side PHOTOS: Car Carrier Splits, Topples Across Route 287, Dump Truck Rolls On Opposite Side
Photos: Car Carrier Splits, Topples Across Route 287, Dump Truck Rolls On Opposite Side A car carrier and a dump truck both toppled over on Route 287 in Oakland around noontime Friday, closing several lanes and causing major delays well into the afternoon. Five heavy-duty wreckers were called to clear the roadway after the northbound rig hauling SUVs tipped over the divider. The carrier split in two, with one section landing on its side against the divider, dumping one of the SUVs on the other side of the median.  The other half ended up on its side, as well, in the right lane. A dump truck that tried to avoid the wreck tipped onto a railing in the right lane. A dump tr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
NEW VIDEO: Agitated Gunman Repeatedly Points Weapon At Paterson Police Before He's Shot NEW VIDEO: Agitated Gunman Repeatedly Points Weapon At Paterson Police Before He's Shot NEW VIDEO: Agitated Gunman Repeatedly Points Weapon At Paterson Police Before He's Shot
NEW Video: Agitated Gunman Repeatedly Points Weapon At Paterson Police Before He's Shot WATCH: A gunman who refused to drop his weapon in a confrontation with Paterson police raised the firearm a final time and was shot Thursday afternoon, video taken from above shows. Luan Agolli, 42, of Pequannock lifts the gun several times, refusing to drop it, as he paces the intersection of Carroll and Harrison streets surrounded by officers just after 4:15 p.m., the video obtained by Daily Voice shows (see above). At times he holds the weapon with both hands and points it at the converging officers. "I'm giving him all these opportunities," says an officer in another video taken from t…

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