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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Newark, NJ
Breaking News
ROAD RAGE: Bicyclist Follows, Punches On-Duty EMT At Newark Gas Station, Authorities Charge ROAD RAGE: Bicyclist Follows, Punches On-Duty EMT At Newark Gas Station, Authorities Charge ROAD RAGE: Bicyclist Follows, Punches On-Duty EMT At Newark Gas Station, Authorities Charge
Road Rage: Bicyclist Follows, Punches On-Duty EMT At Newark Gas Station, Authorities Charge An East Orange bicyclist punched and spit on an EMT in a Newark road rage incident, authorities said. Terrell Coley, 30, “rode his bike in front of an emergency vehicle driven by the EMT, almost causing a collision,” state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. Coley began yelling at the EMT and followed him into a Central Avenue gas station, where he spit on his and punched him in the face, Grewal said. He pedaled off, but Newark police quickly identified and arrested him, the attorney general said. They charged Coley with aggravated assault on an on-duty EMT, among other offenses, and …

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Jersey City Driver, 45, Critically Injured In Carlstadt Bus Crash Jersey City Driver, 45, Critically Injured In Carlstadt Bus Crash Jersey City Driver, 45, Critically Injured In Carlstadt Bus Crash
Jersey City Driver, 45, Critically Injured In Carlstadt Bus Crash A 45-year-old driver from Jersey City was critically injured when his speeding sedan rear-ended an NJ Transit bus Tuesday night in Carlstadt, authorities said. The 2013 Honda Civic was “traveling at a significant speed” when it slammed into the bus, which was stopped on northbound Washington Avenue as its driver waited for the light at Veterans Boulevard, shortly before 8:30 p.m., Police Chief Thomas Berta said. None of the buses eight occupants, including the driver, was injured, the chief said. “Other than the rate of speed, any other factor contributing to the crash is unknown at this t…

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Urgent Care Center In Passaic County Offers COVID-19 Testing Urgent Care Center In Passaic County Offers COVID-19 Testing Urgent Care Center In Passaic County Offers COVID-19 Testing
Urgent Care Center In Passaic County Offers Covid-19 Testing Kinder Pediatric Urgent Care has begun conducting coronavirus tests for children, families, healthcare workers and first responders, among others, at their centers in Totowa and Union, the company announced Wednesday. Although Kinder is a walk-in urgent care provider for children, COVID-19 has changed priorities for everyone on the front lines. “How can we focus on just the children and ignore COVID-19 screening and testing for their families, caregivers, or essential workers in their communities?” asked Dr. Figen Altunkaya, a senior Kinder physician. All COVID-19 testing is done by appoin…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson Man Shot Dead, Companion Wounded Paterson Man Shot Dead, Companion Wounded Paterson Man Shot Dead, Companion Wounded
Paterson Man Shot Dead, Companion Wounded One man was shot and killed and another wounded on a Paterson street Tuesday night, authorities said. Tamir Blackwood, 27, was pronounced dead at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center shortly after the shooting outside 675 East 25 St. near 14th Avenue shortly after 8 p.m., Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a news release. Jessy Camilo, 26, remained hospitalized in stable condition, they added. Responders said he arrived at St. Joe's in a private vehicle. Valdes and Baycora didn't say whether there'd been any arrests or suspec…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Saquon Barkley Set For At-Home 'Jersey 4 Jersey' COVID-19 Benefit Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Saquon Barkley Set For At-Home 'Jersey 4 Jersey' COVID-19 Benefit Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Saquon Barkley Set For At-Home 'Jersey 4 Jersey' COVID-19 Benefit
Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Saquon Barkley Set For At-Home 'Jersey 4 Jersey' Covid-19 Benefit Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Tony Bennett and others will perform from their homes in an April 22 fundraiser broadcast on several television and radio networks, organizers said Tuesday. ‘JERSEY 4 JERSEY’ will also feature New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley, comedians Jon Stewart, Danny DeVito and Whoopi Goldberg and performers and celebrities. ““New Jersey is on the front lines of this pandemic, making it more important than ever for us to do what Jersey does best – take care of one another,” New Jersey First Lady Tammy Murphy said Tuesday. The New Jersey Pandemic Relief Fund…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Your Community
'His Love For Sports, Competition Burned Brightly': Yankees Co-Owner 'Hank' Steinbrenner, 63 'His Love For Sports, Competition Burned Brightly': Yankees Co-Owner 'Hank' Steinbrenner, 63 'His Love For Sports, Competition Burned Brightly': Yankees Co-Owner 'Hank' Steinbrenner, 63
'His Love For Sports, Competition Burned Brightly': Yankees Co-Owner 'Hank' Steinbrenner, 63 Hank Steinbrenner "set an example for all of us in how comfortably he lived," his family said Tuesday as news of the New York Yankees' general partner and co-chairperson's death spread. Henry G. Steinbrenner, who turned 63 earlier this month, died surrounded by his family at his home in Clearwater, Florida after a battle with a long illness, they said, adding that it wasn't related to the coronavirus. Hank, who was a general partner and co-chairperson of the organization, was the eldest son of George Steinbrenner. At one time he'd been considered the successor to his father to ru…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Saddle Brook Adds 2 Needed Police Officers To Force Saddle Brook Adds 2 Needed Police Officers To Force Saddle Brook Adds 2 Needed Police Officers To Force
Saddle Brook Adds 2 Needed Police Officers To Force Saddle Brook officially added two desperately needed police officers to its depleted force on Tuesday. Both Frank Giordano and Lawrence DiBello Jr. were promoted from special police officer/dispatchers to full-fledged patrol officers in a decidedly low-key proceeding at Township Hall in which everyone wore protective masks and the officers also wore gloves. Everyone also kept a safe distance from one another -- including Mayor Robert White, who swore in the officers. Coronavirus quarantines combined with the recent death of an officer, two recent retirements, injuries and an officer on fa…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Sheriff: Only One Bergen County Jail Inmate, 2 ICE Detainees Test Positive Since Pandemic Began Sheriff: Only One Bergen County Jail Inmate, 2 ICE Detainees Test Positive Since Pandemic Began Sheriff: Only One Bergen County Jail Inmate, 2 ICE Detainees Test Positive Since Pandemic Began
Sheriff: Only One Bergen County Jail Inmate, 2 ICE Detainees Test Positive Since Pandemic Began The Bergen County Jail has had only one county inmate and two ICE detainees test positive for the coronavirus since the pandemic began, Sheriff Anthony Cureton reported Tuesday. Other county jails in North Jersey have reported much higher numbers of inmates and staff infected with the virus, along with several deaths. At the Bergen County Jail, Cureton reported: A 54-year-old BCJ inmate tested positive on March 28; A 40-year-old Salvadorian national in ICE custody tested positive on March 26; A 31-year-old Mexican national was released by ICE on March 26, three days after the detaine…

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Jersey City, NJ
Breaking News
HEROES: Port Authority Team Rescues Seizure Victim At Lincoln Tunnel HEROES: Port Authority Team Rescues Seizure Victim At Lincoln Tunnel HEROES: Port Authority Team Rescues Seizure Victim At Lincoln Tunnel
Heroes: Port Authority Team Rescues Seizure Victim At Lincoln Tunnel A worker had suddenly went into cardiac arrest on the roof of the Port Authority administration building at the Lincoln Tunnel when several heroes rushed to his rescue. Senior Tunnel and Bridge Agent Keith O'Halloran and Tunnel and Bridge Agent David Brierty found him not breathing, with no pulse early Saturday. Three Port Authority police officers quickly joined in. The rescuers began CPR, then gave him two shocks from a defibrillator. Soon, he began breathing and regained a pulse. EMS took the worker to a local hospital, where doctors placed him in a medically-induced coma. All are ho…

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Lakewood, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Drunk Jersey Shore Driver's SUV Topples Two Traffic Lights, Burns Up Police: Drunk Jersey Shore Driver's SUV Topples Two Traffic Lights, Burns Up Police: Drunk Jersey Shore Driver's SUV Topples Two Traffic Lights, Burns Up
Police: Drunk Jersey Shore Driver's SUV Topples Two Traffic Lights, Burns Up A Jersey Shore driver was drunk when his SUV knocked down two highway traffic lights in a row before careening across oncoming traffic and catching fire, authorities said Monday. Toms River police said they found Kristofer I. Coltenback, 43, of Manchester standing outside his burning Ford Explorer shortly after 3 a.m. Coltenback, who had a prior criminal record, was driving on the revoked list as he headed west on Route 37 approaching the Peter Avenue intersection when he swerved to the left, police said in a release. The Explorer struck the highway divider before knocking down the first t…

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