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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Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
NJ's 2nd Presumed Coronavirus Patient Released From Englewood Hospital And Medical Center NJ's 2nd Presumed Coronavirus Patient Released From Englewood Hospital And Medical Center NJ's 2nd Presumed Coronavirus Patient Released From Englewood Hospital And Medical Center
NJ's 2nd Presumed Coronavirus Patient Released From Englewood Hospital And Medical Center New Jersey's second presumed coronavirus patient works in the same office as a Manhattan lawyer from Westchester who was the second New York State resident hospitalized with the virus, a source with knowledge of the cases said. The 30-year-old Englewood lawyer was examined at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center for "minor symptoms" and released, state officials said Thursday. She was asked to temporarily self-quarantine until the New Jersey Department of Health determines that she has passed the infectious stage, they said. The woman works in the same midtown law firm as a 50-year-old N…

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Newark, NJ
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Newark Grocery Store Father, Son Sentenced In $3.49M Federal SNAP Benefits Fraud Newark Grocery Store Father, Son Sentenced In $3.49M Federal SNAP Benefits Fraud Newark Grocery Store Father, Son Sentenced In $3.49M Federal SNAP Benefits Fraud
Newark Grocery Store Father, Son Sentenced In $3.49M Federal SNAP Benefits Fraud A Newark man was sentenced to more than three years in federal prison and his son to 15 months of home detention Thursday for blatantly exchanging federal food benefits for $3.49 million in cash. Juan Perdomo ran M&R Supermarket in Newark, which accepted Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) payments through government-issued debit cards issued to families in need. The federally funded program, formerly known as food stamps, allows users to purchase food, but the benefit cannot be exchanged for cash. Authorities say Perdomo, along with his son, Jose, and wife, Maria Rodrigue…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Stolen Car Chase From Bergen Ends In Rockland With Driver Captured By NJSP Stolen Car Chase From Bergen Ends In Rockland With Driver Captured By NJSP Stolen Car Chase From Bergen Ends In Rockland With Driver Captured By NJSP
Stolen Car Chase From Bergen Ends In Rockland With Driver Captured By Njsp Speeds reached 100 miles an hour in a stolen car chase that began Thursday in Fair Lawn and ended with New Jersey state troopers capturing the Paterson driver a half hour or so later in Rockland County, authorities said. Fair Lawn police were alerted after the 2013 Kia SUV -- reported stolen out of Rutherford -- was tracked via GPS to their area. Fair Lawn Police Timothy Ammann spotted the vehicle and tried pulling it over on Maple Avenue at Harristown Road shortly before 9:30 a.m. The driver sped off onto northbound Route 208, refusing to stop, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Ammann terminated …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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NJ Authorities Ask Consumers To Report Coronavirus Price Gougers NJ Authorities Ask Consumers To Report Coronavirus Price Gougers NJ Authorities Ask Consumers To Report Coronavirus Price Gougers
NJ Authorities Ask Consumers To Report Coronavirus Price Gougers Authorities asked New Jersey residents Thursday to report any local merchants charging exorbitant amounts for virus-killing cleaning supplies, hand sanitizer and other products. They also threatened to nail gougers. The state Division of Consumer Affairs sent warning letters Thursday to 10 retailers suspected of significantly inflating prices of items associated with the current concerns related to COVID-19, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. The letters warned retailers that New Jersey’s Consumer Fraud Act (CFA) protects consumers from "gross and unreasonable inflation of the pr…

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: Victim Airlifted In Route 287 Multi-Vehicle Crash UPDATE: Victim Airlifted In Route 287 Multi-Vehicle Crash UPDATE: Victim Airlifted In Route 287 Multi-Vehicle Crash
Update: Victim Airlifted In Route 287 Multi-Vehicle Crash Route 287 was closed in both directions in Mahwah mid-Thursday afternoon following a multi-vehicle crash that required a medical chopper. A second crash a short time later compounded the situation for responders and motorists. The first crash, around 1:40 p.m. at mile marker 63.7 on the northbound side, involved fie vehicles and required an extrication by Mahwah Fire Rescue Co. 1, responders said.  Hackensack University Medical Center's AirMed One was airlifting at least one of the victims after landing on the highway, they said. The second crash occurred on the southbound side of 28…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
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BEWARE: 'Warrant For Your Arrest' Phone Scams Increasing BEWARE: 'Warrant For Your Arrest' Phone Scams Increasing BEWARE: 'Warrant For Your Arrest' Phone Scams Increasing
Beware: 'Warrant For Your Arrest' Phone Scams Increasing If a caller tells you there’s a warrant for your arrest and that you can make it go away by sending money somewhere, be sure that you don't. A Garfield man recently got such a call. His caller ID showed the name and main number for the Garfield Police Department, authorities said. So he picked up. On the other end was a scammer who had “spoofed” the department’s main number, Capt. Richard Uram said. “Spoofing technology allows a scammer to have a local phone number appear on a caller ID even if they are calling from a different state or country,” Uram said. “[It] makes you think you are…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
State Health Dept: Temple Attendees From NJ Should Self-Quarantine Due To Coronavirus State Health Dept: Temple Attendees From NJ Should Self-Quarantine Due To Coronavirus State Health Dept: Temple Attendees From NJ Should Self-Quarantine Due To Coronavirus
State Health Dept: Temple Attendees From NJ Should Self-Quarantine Due To Coronavirus State health authorities on Wednesday asked any New Jerseyans who attended religious events at a Westchester synagogue to self-quarantine until this Sunday. The request is directed out of an abundance of caution to anyone who attended Temple Young Israel in New Rochelle on Feb. 22-23, state Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli said. It's based on a public health assessment and guidance issued Tuesday by the Westchester County Health Department in connection with a case of COVID-19 in a person who attended the temple, she said. “While the risk to any given individual is likely to be low, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Feds Bust 400 Scammers Who Preyed On Elderly Feds Bust 400 Scammers Who Preyed On Elderly Feds Bust 400 Scammers Who Preyed On Elderly
Feds Bust 400 Scammers Who Preyed On Elderly Federal prosecutors throughout the U.S. have teamed up to charge more than 400 people in scams that have recently cost America’s senior citizens more than a billion dollars.  The largest coordinated sweep of elder fraud ever was announced by U.S. Attorney General William P. Barr during a talk earlier this week aimed at protecting older Americans from financial harm. The event, “Keeping Seniors Safe,” was held – where else? – in Florida. The Sunshine State had the most prosecutions brought by federal authorities in the sweep: 21. Ranking second was New York State, with 18. The Southe…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Crime Fighters Smash Paterson Opioid Mill, Seize 17,000 Folds Linked To 10 Deaths Crime Fighters Smash Paterson Opioid Mill, Seize 17,000 Folds Linked To 10 Deaths Crime Fighters Smash Paterson Opioid Mill, Seize 17,000 Folds Linked To 10 Deaths
Crime Fighters Smash Paterson Opioid Mill, Seize 17,000 Folds Linked To 10 Deaths Authorities raided a Paterson opioid mill, seizing 17,000 folds of packaged heroin and fentanyl linked to 10 deaths of both local and suburban buyers. State authorities and Paterson police arrested Rafael “Chiquito” Brito, 33, and his girlfriend, Rosanny Prado, 38, in the raid on the East 36th Street basement operation, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. The home was equipped with outdoor surveillance cameras connected to two video monitors set up over tables where the drugs were processed, he said. Detectives seized rubber stamps used to ink brand names on the wax folds, some of whi…

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Paterson, NJ
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Police: Smallest Little Whorehouse In Paterson Raided Police: Smallest Little Whorehouse In Paterson Raided Police: Smallest Little Whorehouse In Paterson Raided
Police: Smallest Little Whorehouse In Paterson Raided At street level it was a typical inner-city storefront, with a ground-floor business that offered travel, tax and mortgage services. But upstairs, Paterson police said, people were selling sex. Responding to complaints from merchants and residents, ABC/Vice Unit members raided the second-floor Main Street apartment, where they said men came and went all hours of the day and night. Two accused hookers were arrested along with an alleged manager. More than $900 in suspected proceeds was seized. Police said they also found a bag of coke and jar of pot. Charged with promoting prostitution and …

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