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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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
COVID-19: Misinformation, Fake News Spreads, Watchdog Tries To Help COVID-19: Misinformation, Fake News Spreads, Watchdog Tries To Help COVID-19: Misinformation, Fake News Spreads, Watchdog Tries To Help
Covid-19: Misinformation, Fake News Spreads, Watchdog Tries To Help The coronavirus wasn’t developed in a Chinese military lab, and there aren’t any cures that treat or prevent it. Don’t believe it? One site is sorting fact from fakery. At last count, NewsGuard.com found 132 sites publishing false claims about the coronavirus pandemic. Some pose as legitimate news sources with the names of “reporters” but no way to contact them, the online news watchdog found. Many succeed in dumping BS into your newsfeed – often from the other side of the world -- in the tremendously popular Internet version of the telephone game. But here’s the thing: You aren’t getting…

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Elizabeth, NJ
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Feds: ICE Employee At Immigrant Detention Center In Elizabeth Tests Positive For COVID-19 Feds: ICE Employee At Immigrant Detention Center In Elizabeth Tests Positive For COVID-19 Feds: ICE Employee At Immigrant Detention Center In Elizabeth Tests Positive For COVID-19
Feds: ICE Employee At Immigrant Detention Center In Elizabeth Tests Positive For Covid-19 An ICE employee at the immigrant detention facility in Elizabeth tested positive for the coronavirus and was under self-quarantine, federal authorities said Thursday. "The staff member is currently receiving treatment,'' a statement from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said in a statement. "Currently, no ICE detainees or other staff are symptomatic for COVID-19 at this facility." Any detainees at the Elizabeth Contract Detention Facility who become infected would be placed in isolation, while those with moderate or severe symptoms would be taken to hospitals, the agency said. The…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Bergenfield Resident, 52, Killed By Coronavirus Bergenfield Resident, 52, Killed By Coronavirus Bergenfield Resident, 52, Killed By Coronavirus
Bergenfield Resident, 52, Killed By Coronavirus A 52-year-old Bergenfield resident who'd been hospitalized since being tested positive for the coronavirus last week died Thursday, officials said. As of Thursday afternoon, state authorities said nine New Jerseyans had been killed by COVID-19. The Bergenfield resident was the eighth, officials said. “On behalf of the Borough Council and our entire community, I want to express our deepest sympathies to the family of the resident whose life was tragically taken by coronavirus,” Mayor Arvin Amatorio said. Of eight other Bergenfield residents who tested presumptively positive, five remained h…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Middletown, NJ
Breaking News
Coronavirus Kills 4th Member Of Same Family Tied To New Jersey's First Fatal COVID-19 Victim Coronavirus Kills 4th Member Of Same Family Tied To New Jersey's First Fatal COVID-19 Victim Coronavirus Kills 4th Member Of Same Family Tied To New Jersey's First Fatal COVID-19 Victim
Coronavirus Kills 4th Member Of Same Family Tied To New Jersey's First Fatal Covid-19 Victim A fourth member of a New Jersey family connected to the state's first coronavirus fatality died Thursday. Vincent Fusco passed away at CentraState Medical Center in Freehold, the same hospital where his mother, 73-year-old family matriarch Grace Fusco, died of the virus a day earlier. His brother, Carmine Fusco, died hours before their mother at St. Luke’s University Hospital in Pennsylvania near his home in Bath -- becoming that state's first COVID-19 fatality. Their sister, Rita Fusco-Jackson, died last Friday and later tested positive for the virus. Rita Fusco-Jackson became …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn PD: Impaired Morris County Driver Charged In Crash Involving Paterson Couple Fair Lawn PD: Impaired Morris County Driver Charged In Crash Involving Paterson Couple Fair Lawn PD: Impaired Morris County Driver Charged In Crash Involving Paterson Couple
Fair Lawn PD: Impaired Morris County Driver Charged In Crash Involving Paterson Couple A Butler driver was under the influence of alcohol and drugs when his car rear-ended another in Fair Lawn, authorities charged. William Bateson, 37, was headed south on River Road approaching Fair Lawn Avenue when his 1999 Acura struck a 2014 Mercedes from behind shortly after 11:30 a.m. last Friday, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Officers Anthony Burgos and Luis Vasquez arrested Bateson after it appeared that he was under the influence of drugs, Metzler said. The 46-year-old Mercedes driver and his passenger, a 48-year-old woman, both from Paterson, refused medical treatment after complaining o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen County Jail Corrections Officer Tests Positive For Coronavirus, 7 Others Self-Quarantine Bergen County Jail Corrections Officer Tests Positive For Coronavirus, 7 Others Self-Quarantine Bergen County Jail Corrections Officer Tests Positive For Coronavirus, 7 Others Self-Quarantine
Bergen County Jail Corrections Officer Tests Positive For Coronavirus, 7 Others Self-Quarantine A corrections officer at the Bergen County Jail tested presumptive positive for the coronavirus, leading seven co-workers to self-quarantine as well, Sheriff Anthony Cureton said Thursday. Fifteen inmates at the jail were placed on quarantine, as well, the sheriff said. "The test was declared presumptive positive on Wednesday by the New Jersey State Department of Health and has been sent to the Center for Disease Control for confirmation," Cureton said. "Upon medical evaluation, the officer was asked to self-quarantine for 14 days," the sheriff said. "Seven additional corrections officers …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Bergenfield Continues To Pay Part-Time Borough Workers Furloughed By Coronavirus Bergenfield Continues To Pay Part-Time Borough Workers Furloughed By Coronavirus Bergenfield Continues To Pay Part-Time Borough Workers Furloughed By Coronavirus
Bergenfield Continues To Pay Part-Time Borough Workers Furloughed By Coronavirus The borough of Bergenfield will continue to pay its crossing guards, library staff and other part-timers furloughed because of the coronavirus pandemic, officials said. This way, those workers – most of whom are borough residents -- “will still be able to put food on the table and take care of their families,” Mayor Arvin Amatorio said. The order remains in effect through April 3, the mayor said, adding that the borough may enact additional measures after that. “While the public health danger of the COVID-19 outbreak continues to be our top concern, the devastating economic effects on wor…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Newark, NJ
Breaking News
Shooter At Large After Irvington Man Is Slain In Newark Shooter At Large After Irvington Man Is Slain In Newark Shooter At Large After Irvington Man Is Slain In Newark
Shooter At Large After Irvington Man Is Slain In Newark Authorities were searching for a gunman who killed a 32-year-old Irvington man overnight Thursday in Newark. Anthony M. Johnson, 32, was shot shortly before 1 a.m. in the area of Madison and Ridgewood avenues, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II said in a release. Johnson was taken to University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 1:21 a.m., Stephens said. No arrests had been made as of 10:30 a.m. Thursday. Stephens asked that anyone with information that can help find or identify the killer contact the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes T…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Social Distancing: What About The Kids? Social Distancing: What About The Kids? Social Distancing: What About The Kids?
Social Distancing: What About The Kids? Two things were inevitable after Americans were asked to stay home to prevent the spread of the coronavirus: Youngsters would spend more time outside with their friends and parents would spend more time on Facebook. Sure enough, exchanges among parents in large social media groups are increasing over the wisdom of large teen gatherings. It flared Wednesday in one of the dwindling number of North Jersey municipalities where public parks have remained open amid the pandemic. It was two days earlier that President Trump, speaking with alarming concern, asked the nation to avoid gathering in …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Bergenfield Driver Plows Older-Model Sedan Through Garage Wall Bergenfield Driver Plows Older-Model Sedan Through Garage Wall Bergenfield Driver Plows Older-Model Sedan Through Garage Wall
Bergenfield Driver Plows Older-Model Sedan Through Garage Wall A Bergenfield driver refused medical attention after she inadvertently hit the gas, sending her car through the back of her garage on Wednesday. The 82-year-old Pleasant Avenue driver was none the worse for wear, police said, although they couldn’t say as much for the attached garage. Her 2004 Ford Taurus had to be towed. Aftermath.Aidan Flannery for DAILY VOICE

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