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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Brentwood, NY
Breaking News
Long Island Pair Nabbed Selling Car Stolen In Suffolk To Online Buyer, Authorities Say Long Island Pair Nabbed Selling Car Stolen In Suffolk To Online Buyer, Authorities Say Long Island Pair Nabbed Selling Car Stolen In Suffolk To Online Buyer, Authorities Say
Long Island Pair Nabbed Selling Car Stolen In Suffolk To Online Buyer, Authorities Say Police nabbed four men -- two from Long Island -- as they tried to sell a car stolen in Suffolk County to an online buyer in New Jersey, authorities said. The 2014 Mercedes had been reported stolen after the owner’s daughter left it running with the keys inside in Great River, they said. The owner called police in Lyndhurst, New Jersey, at 9:30 p.m. Sunday after the tracking device showed the car at The Station At Lyndhurst Apartments on Chubb Avenue. Sgt. Richard Holicki found the four standing outside the car with the prospective buyer, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. Officers Matthe…

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Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Four Nabbed Selling Stolen Long Island Car To Online Buyer In Lyndhurst Police: Four Nabbed Selling Stolen Long Island Car To Online Buyer In Lyndhurst Police: Four Nabbed Selling Stolen Long Island Car To Online Buyer In Lyndhurst
Police: Four Nabbed Selling Stolen Long Island Car To Online Buyer In Lyndhurst Lyndhurst police nabbed four men -- two of whom ran -- as they tried to sell a stolen Long Island car to an online buyer in Lyndhurst, authorities said. The 2014 Mercedes had been reported stolen after the owner’s daughter left it running with the keys inside in Great River, a town in Suffolk County, they said. The owner called Lyndhurst police at 9:30 p.m. Sunday after the tracking device showed the car at The Station At Lyndhurst Apartments on Chubb Avenue. Sgt. Richard Holicki found the four standing outside the car with the prospective buyer, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. Officer…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities: Teaneck Woman Spits Water At, Coughs On Englewood Police, Claims She Has COVID-19 Authorities: Teaneck Woman Spits Water At, Coughs On Englewood Police, Claims She Has COVID-19 Authorities: Teaneck Woman Spits Water At, Coughs On Englewood Police, Claims She Has COVID-19
Authorities: Teaneck Woman Spits Water At, Coughs On Englewood Police, Claims She Has Covid-19 A repeat offender from Teaneck spit a mouthful of water on two Englewood police officers, coughed at them and claimed she has the coronavirus after they arrested her for violating a temporary restraining order, authorities said. Sughuy Cepeda, 43, was taken to New Bridge Medical Center in Paramus after she “spit and coughed at officers who took her into custody on several occasions and stated she was COVID positive,” state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. The 5-foot-3-inch, 215-pound Cepeda has a history of run-ins with authorities for which she’s been jailed no fewer than a hald-d…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgewood Police Car, Sedan Collide Ridgewood Police Car, Sedan Collide Ridgewood Police Car, Sedan Collide
Ridgewood Police Car, Sedan Collide No one was injured when a Ridgewood police car responding to a medical call collided with a sedan early Monday afternoon. Both vehicles had to be towed after the crash in the 100 block of Ackermann Avenue. Authorities were investigating the cause. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and provided this account. ****** ALSO SEE: Firefighters saved an entire block of businesses and homes by eventually putting down a destructive downtown blaze Sunday night in Ridgewood. https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/ridgewood/police-fire/update-multi-alarm-fire-ravages-ridgewood-downtown/786141/ ****** …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: High-Speed Mahwah Pursuit Down Route 17 Ends In Crash, Arrest Of Career Burglar UPDATE: High-Speed Mahwah Pursuit Down Route 17 Ends In Crash, Arrest Of Career Burglar UPDATE: High-Speed Mahwah Pursuit Down Route 17 Ends In Crash, Arrest Of Career Burglar
Update: High-Speed Mahwah Pursuit Down Route 17 Ends In Crash, Arrest Of Career Burglar A high-speed Mahwah police pursuit ended in a crash and the arrest of a career burglar on Route 17 in Ramsey late Sunday, authorities said. Township police responding to an 11:15 p.m. call arrived as Mark C. Todd, 46, of Hackensack from Janek’s Market-Deli on Ramapo Valley Road (Route 202). Officer Martin Kilroy ordered him to stop, but Todd ran to a 1988 Oldsmobile parked on Reich Avenue and drove off on Ramapo Valley Road, nearly hitting a police cruiser driven by Officer Keith Iorio, Police Chief Stephen Jaffe said. A brief high-speed chase followed at speeds reportedly over 100 miles …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: Multi-Alarm Fire Ravages Ridgewood Downtown UPDATE: Multi-Alarm Fire Ravages Ridgewood Downtown UPDATE: Multi-Alarm Fire Ravages Ridgewood Downtown
Update: Multi-Alarm Fire Ravages Ridgewood Downtown Firefighters saved an entire block of businesses and homes by eventually putting down a destructive downtown blaze Sunday night in Ridgewood. The five-alarm fire broke out in an apartment upstairs from the Bagelicious shop on North Broad Street shortly after 9 p.m. and quickly spread to the building housing the Mediterraneo restaurant and an office building. A female resident of an upstairs apartment was rescued through a window and taken to The Valley Hospital with smoke inhalation. Other residents who live in apartments above both businesses fled before floors collapsed and flames began…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
17 People, Three Dogs, Cat Flee Three-Home Passaic Fire 17 People, Three Dogs, Cat Flee Three-Home Passaic Fire 17 People, Three Dogs, Cat Flee Three-Home Passaic Fire
17 People, Three Dogs, Cat Flee Three-Home Passaic Fire Fire destroyed a Passaic home and damaged two others on Palm Sunday, displacing four families, including three dogs and a cat. EMTs treated a couple of firefighters at the scene, authorities said. No other injuries were reported. Firefighters found the first and second floors of the middle Summer Street home fully engulfed before the three-alarm blaze blew through the roof and spread to the adjoining homes. All 17 residents and pets got out safely -- among them, several children who fled in their socks, as well as three dogs and one cat, Mayor Hector Carlos Lora said. "The proximity of s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack Launches Countywide Coronavirus Tracker Hackensack Launches Countywide Coronavirus Tracker Hackensack Launches Countywide Coronavirus Tracker
Hackensack Launches Countywide Coronavirus Tracker A new coronavirus portal launched by Hackensack officials provides daily updates of the number of cases both in the city and countywide, as well as other helpful resources -- including a list of 50 local restaurants providing takeout or curbside service, with menus, phone numbers and more. The portal provides various other information, videos and links on a variety of important resources, as well, including how to get tested for COVID-19 in Bergen County. “One of the best ways our city can help fight against the coronavirus right now is to provide up-to-date information, resources, and fact…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Lyndhurst PD: Fleeing Couple Risks Public Safety, Captured With Help From Kearny, JC Police Lyndhurst PD: Fleeing Couple Risks Public Safety, Captured With Help From Kearny, JC Police Lyndhurst PD: Fleeing Couple Risks Public Safety, Captured With Help From Kearny, JC Police
Lyndhurst PD: Fleeing Couple Risks Public Safety, Captured With Help From Kearny, JC Police A fleeing shoplifter put the public at risk by speeding off from pursuing Lyndhurst police and then crashing her car in Kearny, authorities said. A manager confronted Kiana Brooks, 28, of East Orange and 21-year-old Movado Thomas of the Bronx when they tried to leave the Stop and Shop on Lewandowski Street with about $200 worth of stolen merchandise around 6:30 p.m. Friday, Detective Sgt. Vincent Auteri said. Sgt. Richard Holicki spotted their black Range Rover on Schuyler Avenue in North Arlington a short time later. Brooks was behind the wheel, Auteri said. “His attempts to stop the veh…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Woman Hit By Train In Hackensack Woman Hit By Train In Hackensack Woman Hit By Train In Hackensack
Woman Hit By Train In Hackensack A woman was hospitalized with injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening after she was struck by a passenger train Saturday afternoon in Hackensack, authorities said. The woman was clipped by Pascack Valley Line Train #2111 near the Passaic Street crossing around 12:45 p.m., NJ Transit’s Kate Thompson said. The train left Hoboken at 12:36 p.m. and was due to arrive in Spring Valley at 1:23 p.m., Thompson said. None of the few people aboard were injured, she said. Service was suspended in both directions and then restored less than an hour later, Thompson said. Hackensack and NJ Tr…

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