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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Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
VIRAL VIDEO: Bergen Actor Ezra Miller Appears To Choke, Throw Woman Down VIRAL VIDEO: Bergen Actor Ezra Miller Appears To Choke, Throw Woman Down VIRAL VIDEO: Bergen Actor Ezra Miller Appears To Choke, Throw Woman Down
Viral Video: Bergen Actor Ezra Miller Appears To Choke, Throw Woman Down Bergen County actor Ezra Miller, best known for his work as the Flash in DC Comics films as well as the “Fantastic Beasts” franchise, is drawing fire for a viral video that shows him apparently choking a woman before throwing her to the floor. No one has been able to say for certain whether it was a true assault or a publicity stunt. Variety reported that it really happened last Wednesday at Prikið Kaffihús, a bar in Reykjavik, Iceland, after a group of “quite pushy” fans upset the 27-year-old actor/singer/musician/model from Wyckoff. ”Oh, you wanna fight? That’s what you wanna do?” Miller…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Elizabeth, NJ
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Feds: Ex-Con Had 20 Pounds Of Heroin, Coke, $100,000 Cash, Gun In Union County Home Feds: Ex-Con Had 20 Pounds Of Heroin, Coke, $100,000 Cash, Gun In Union County Home Feds: Ex-Con Had 20 Pounds Of Heroin, Coke, $100,000 Cash, Gun In Union County Home
Feds: Ex-Con Had 20 Pounds Of Heroin, Coke, $100,000 Cash, Gun In Union County Home Federal agents seized a combined 20 pounds of heroin and cocaine from an ex-con caught running a drug mill from his Union County apartment, authorities said. Brad Toby, 35, of Linden served three years in state prison on a drug conviction before being released in 2016, records show. Federal authorities who found him back at it also seized $100,000 in suspected proceeds, drug packaging materials – including scales and kilo presses – and a handgun with ammunition, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Toby, who's believed to be part of a larger drug ring operating in operating in New Jersey an…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
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SEE ANYTHING? Teaneck Police Investigating Shots Fired SEE ANYTHING? Teaneck Police Investigating Shots Fired SEE ANYTHING? Teaneck Police Investigating Shots Fired
SEE Anything? Teaneck Police Investigating Shots Fired Teaneck police asked the public for help Tuesday identifying who fired shots, apparently from a car, in the northeast section of town late Monday. A dark-colored Volvo SUV was seen speeding after witnesses heard several shots in the area of Hargreaves Avenue and Ardsley Court shortly before 11 p.m., Deputy Police Chief John Faggello said. A woman "was heard screaming just prior to the gun shots, although it is unknown if that had any direct relation," he added. Officers found several shell casings in the street but no sign of any victims or property struck, the deputy chief said.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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Edgewater First Aid Squad Seeks PPE Donations Edgewater First Aid Squad Seeks PPE Donations Edgewater First Aid Squad Seeks PPE Donations
Edgewater First Aid Squad Seeks PPE Donations The Edgewater Volunteer First Aid Squad is seeking donations of personal protective equipment (PPE) amid the coronavirus pandemic. Anyone willing to donate equipment -- such as N95 masks, gloves, gowns, Tyvek suits or eye goggles or shields -- is asked to message @edgewaterfas_ on Instagram or email [email protected]. EVFAS headquarters is located at 916 River Road.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Body Of Maeve Kennedy Townsend McKean Recovered From Bay, Search Continues For Son, 8 Body Of Maeve Kennedy Townsend McKean Recovered From Bay, Search Continues For Son, 8 Body Of Maeve Kennedy Townsend McKean Recovered From Bay, Search Continues For Son, 8
Body Of Maeve Kennedy Townsend McKean Recovered From Bay, Search Continues For Son, 8 Maryland police on Monday found the body of Maeve Kennedy Townsend McKean, the 40-year-old granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy, who’d gone missing with her 8-year-old son in Chesapeake Bay late last week. McKean's body was recovered 25 feet of water about 2½ miles south of her mother’s Shady Side residence following a search involving aviation and underwater imaging sonar technology, police and dive crew members, Maryland Natural Resources Police announced late Monday. A search was continuing on Tuesday for young Gideon. The family had been self-quarantining in an empty house to give their …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Rikers Island Reports First Inmate Coronavirus Death Rikers Island Reports First Inmate Coronavirus Death Rikers Island Reports First Inmate Coronavirus Death
Rikers Island Reports First Inmate Coronavirus Death Rikers Island, which has been hit hard by COVID-19, had its first coronavirus-related inmate death, that of a 53-year-old ex-con who’d been transferred to Bellevue Hospital 10 days earlier. Michael Tyson, who reportedly was arrested on a parole violation on Feb. 28, was one of 273 inmates at Rikers who tested positive for the virus, according to the New York City Department of Corrections. A total of 321 correctional staff members – including four officers who died -- and 53 health professionals in the New York City jail system have died from COVID-19, the department reported. Tyson was r…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Elizabeth, NJ
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'We Take Care Of Our Own': Port Authority Police Give Back To NJ Rookie's Family Bakery 'We Take Care Of Our Own': Port Authority Police Give Back To NJ Rookie's Family Bakery 'We Take Care Of Our Own': Port Authority Police Give Back To NJ Rookie's Family Bakery
'We Take Care Of Our Own': Port Authority Police Give Back To NJ Rookie's Family Bakery Times have gotten tough amid the coronavirus pandemic for a popular Union County bakery owned by the family of a Port Authority police rookie. So her colleagues decided to do something about it. This is their story. HEROES: While on duty recently at the Port Authority Police Department command at LaGuardia Airport, Sgt. Brian Vitale learned that rookie PAPD Officer Jessica Vaccaro’s family business -- Vaccaro’s Bakery in Clark -- was facing closure, like many other small businesses currently struggling to survive the economic ravages of COVID-19. Not only was this the long-successful busin…

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by Lenis Rodrigues (PAPD)
Paterson, NJ
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Clifton PD: Teenage Car Burglary Trio Came From Dumont, East Rutherford, Wayne Clifton PD: Teenage Car Burglary Trio Came From Dumont, East Rutherford, Wayne Clifton PD: Teenage Car Burglary Trio Came From Dumont, East Rutherford, Wayne
Clifton PD: Teenage Car Burglary Trio Came From Dumont, East Rutherford, Wayne Clifton police caught a trio of teens from Dumont, East Rutherford and Wayne burglarizing vehicles overnight, authorities said. Responding officers called to the area of Lockwood Place and Joyce Lane found the three testing door handles, Detective Sgt. Robert Anderson said. They ran when they saw police but were quickly captured trying to hide in a nearby parking lot, Anderson said. An off-duty Little Falls police officer who happened to be in the area assisted, the sergeant said. Released pending court hearings were Timothy Alvarez, 19, of Dumont and Jalen Hansford, 19 of East Rutherford…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hamilton Township, NJ
Breaking News
And The Band Played On: ‘Knucklehead’ Coronavirus Crimes Continue, NJ Authorities Report And The Band Played On: ‘Knucklehead’ Coronavirus Crimes Continue, NJ Authorities Report And The Band Played On: ‘Knucklehead’ Coronavirus Crimes Continue, NJ Authorities Report
And The Band Played On: ‘Knucklehead’ Coronavirus Crimes Continue, NJ Authorities Report They've come in all ages, from young teens to middle-age adults, and continue being either arrested or ticketed for coronavirus-related crimes, New Jersey authorities say. In what has become a daily rundown, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal released back-to-back lists of offenders in a span of less than 48 hours Sunday and Monday. They included a 16-year-old Wegmans customer who deliberately coughed on a woman more than three times her age and a 54-year-old musician playing Pink Floyd covers for a crowd gathered on his lawn. Here are the latest: Terrance Edwards, 34, of New Brunswi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Authorities Charge Convicted Murderer, Other Inmates Who Set Fires In Passaic County Jail Riot Authorities Charge Convicted Murderer, Other Inmates Who Set Fires In Passaic County Jail Riot Authorities Charge Convicted Murderer, Other Inmates Who Set Fires In Passaic County Jail Riot
Authorities Charge Convicted Murderer, Other Inmates Who Set Fires In Passaic County Jail Riot Authorities filed charges against a convicted murderer and five other inmates subdued by sheriff's officers after they set fires to bedsheets during a weekend riot at the Passaic County Jail. What became a six-hour ordeal began Saturday night when two inmates refused to lock into their cells, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. Things escalated when others became non-complaint, as well, he said. The sheriff himself joined officers in trying to calm the situation, but some of the inmates ignited fires to bedsheets and continued defying orders, he said. Shortly before 11 p.m…

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