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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Jersey City, NJ
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Bergen Accident Victim 'Runner' From Hudson Admits Role in $3.5M Insurance Fraud Bergen Accident Victim 'Runner' From Hudson Admits Role in $3.5M Insurance Fraud Bergen Accident Victim 'Runner' From Hudson Admits Role in $3.5M Insurance Fraud
Bergen Accident Victim 'Runner' From Hudson Admits Role in $3.5M Insurance Fraud A Hudson County man admitted in federal court on Tuesday that he recruited Bergen County traffic accident victims for an insurance fraud racket that racked up $3.5 million in bogus medical bills. Luis G. Aguirre, 59, of Kearny worked as a “runner,” identifying accident victims whom he then introduced to various chiropractors, medical imaging centers and others who billed PIP insurance plans for medically unnecessary services, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Health care providers gave Aguirre $500 in cash for each victim he delivered, the U.S. attorney said. Aguirre and an employee from…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Jersey City, NJ
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Woman Who Enslaved Sri Lankan Servant In Hudson, Passaic Homes Gets 70 Months In Fed Pen Woman Who Enslaved Sri Lankan Servant In Hudson, Passaic Homes Gets 70 Months In Fed Pen Woman Who Enslaved Sri Lankan Servant In Hudson, Passaic Homes Gets 70 Months In Fed Pen
Woman Who Enslaved Sri Lankan Servant In Hudson, Passaic Homes Gets 70 Months In Fed Pen A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a woman with homes in Secaucus and Woodland Park to nearly six years in prison for holding a Sri Lankan national against her will for more than nine years while forcing her to marry her and work without pay as a domestic servant. In addition to the 70-month prison term, U.S. District Judge Robert B. Kugler sentenced Alia Imad Faleh Al Hunaity, 44, to three years of supervised release and ordered her to pay restitution of $1.2 million. Jurors convicted Hunaity – also known as “Alia Al Qaternah” -- of forced labor, alien harboring for financial gain and ma…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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UPDATE: Tedesco Declares State Of Emergency After Coronavirus Claims Little Ferry Man, 69 UPDATE: Tedesco Declares State Of Emergency After Coronavirus Claims Little Ferry Man, 69 UPDATE: Tedesco Declares State Of Emergency After Coronavirus Claims Little Ferry Man, 69
Update: Tedesco Declares State Of Emergency After Coronavirus Claims Little Ferry Man, 69 UPDATE: The death of a 69-year-old Little Ferry man from coronavirus on Tuesday -- the first fatality of its kind in New Jersey -- prompted Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco to declare a state of emergency in the county. John Brennan, who had diabetes and other complications, hadn’t recently traveled out of the country but had gone back and forth to and from New York, where the greatest number of cases in the U.S. (125) have been reported, state Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli said. Brennon was a horseman’s field representative for the Standardbred Owners Association (SOA) of New …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Western Union Paying $153M In Compensation To Seniors Who Lost Money In Phone Scams Western Union Paying $153M In Compensation To Seniors Who Lost Money In Phone Scams Western Union Paying $153M In Compensation To Seniors Who Lost Money In Phone Scams
Western Union Paying $153M In Compensation To Seniors Who Lost Money In Phone Scams Western Union “turned a blind eye” to money transfers made by elderly phone scam victims and is now paying for it to the tune of $153 million to more than 109,000 people in the U.S. and abroad, the Justice Department announced Tuesday. The payment “brings some measure of justice for the elderly and other victims,” Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division said. It’s only just a start, though. Before it’s done, Western Union must pony up $586 million, which the government is making available to compensate victims of international consumer …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Paterson Man, 45, Slain At One Of City's Deadliest Corners Paterson Man, 45, Slain At One Of City's Deadliest Corners Paterson Man, 45, Slain At One Of City's Deadliest Corners
Paterson Man, 45, Slain At One Of City's Deadliest Corners A 45-year-old Paterson man was gunned down at one of North Jersey’s deadliest street corners Monday night, authorities confirmed. Robert Covington was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center after the shooting at the intersection of Governor and Carroll streets shortly after 9 p.m. He was pronounced dead a little over a half-hour later, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint release. They didn’t say whether they had anyone in custody or a suspect or suspects identified. They did ask that anyone who might have witnessed t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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VIDEO: Four Charged With Assaulting Police In Passaic Apartment Building Brawl VIDEO: Four Charged With Assaulting Police In Passaic Apartment Building Brawl VIDEO: Four Charged With Assaulting Police In Passaic Apartment Building Brawl
Video: Four Charged With Assaulting Police In Passaic Apartment Building Brawl Three women and a man were all charged with assaulting police while resisting arrest during a video-recorded brawl outside a Passaic apartment. Family members said they'd been having a party in their Vreeland Avenue apartment on March 1 when police arrived. Responding officers responding to a noise complaint said they heard a loud bang, then got into a scuffle with the group while trying to investigate it, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Passaic Police Chief Luis A. Guzman said Tuesday. All four also were charged with obstruction, they said in a brief joint statement. The …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
NJ's 1st Coronavirus Death: Little Ferry Man, 69, At Hackensack University Medical Center NJ's 1st Coronavirus Death: Little Ferry Man, 69, At Hackensack University Medical Center NJ's 1st Coronavirus Death: Little Ferry Man, 69, At Hackensack University Medical Center
NJ's 1st Coronavirus Death: Little Ferry Man, 69, At Hackensack University Medical Center UPDATE: New Jersey’s first coronavirus fatality was a 69-year-old Little Ferry man who worked at Yonkers Raceway, which cancelled racing Tuesday night from concerns that others may have contracted the virus, officials said. John Brennon was a horseman’s field representative for the Standardbred Owners Association (SOA) of New York, its president, Joseph Faraldo, said Tuesday. Faraldo said COVID-19 exacerbated existing health conditions, which authorities in New Jersey said included diabetes. Faraldo, in a Facebook post, said he remained confined himself over his doctor’s concerns that he …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Elizabeth, NJ
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Newark Ex-Con Must Serve 20 Years In Fed Pen For Union County Carjacking Newark Ex-Con Must Serve 20 Years In Fed Pen For Union County Carjacking Newark Ex-Con Must Serve 20 Years In Fed Pen For Union County Carjacking
Newark Ex-Con Must Serve 20 Years In Fed Pen For Union County Carjacking A Newark ex-con was sentenced to a plea-bargained 20 years in federal prison for a Union County carjacking that turned into a police chase. Hasson Thomas, 30, will have to serve the entire term because there’s no parole in the federal prison system. Thomas previously admitted taking a vehicle at gunpoint from two people on Chestnut Street in Roselle Park on Aug. 18, 2018 and then leading borough police on a chase that ended in a crash. As a convicted felon, Thomas was prohibited from having a gun, adding on to his sentence. In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Court Judge John Mi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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Store Owner Charged With Endangerment For Selling Homemade Sanitizer That Burned Bergen Boys Store Owner Charged With Endangerment For Selling Homemade Sanitizer That Burned Bergen Boys Store Owner Charged With Endangerment For Selling Homemade Sanitizer That Burned Bergen Boys
Store Owner Charged With Endangerment For Selling Homemade Sanitizer That Burned Bergen Boys UPDATE: Authorities on Tuesday charged the owner of a Bergen County 7-Eleven with child endangerment for selling a sanitizer she mixed herself using a commercial cleanser that ended up burning four local boys. Manisha Bharade, 47, Wood-Ridge also was charged with deceptive business practices before being released on a summons pending court action. Bharade mixed "commercially available foaming sanitizer, which was not meant for resale," with water in pump bottles -- unwittingly causing a harmful chemical reaction -- then sold them for $2.50 each at her store in River Vale, authorities said.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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SEE ANYTHING? Englewood Police Probe Back-To-Back Home Burglaries SEE ANYTHING? Englewood Police Probe Back-To-Back Home Burglaries SEE ANYTHING? Englewood Police Probe Back-To-Back Home Burglaries
SEE Anything? Englewood Police Probe Back-To-Back Home Burglaries Burglars ransacked two Englewood homes within earshot of one another last week, said police who were investigating the back-to-back break-ins. A resident on Brayton Street said he returned home shortly after 6:30 p.m. Thursday to find his home tossed, with drawers and clothing strewn around the place, Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said. As police were taking information there, a call came from an area of Booth Avenue behind the Brayton Street residence, Halstead said. The second homeowner told police that she found her back door open, the glass broken out of it and her house ransack…

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