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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Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities: Driver Blows Stop Sign, Hits Waldwick Public Works Truck Authorities: Driver Blows Stop Sign, Hits Waldwick Public Works Truck Authorities: Driver Blows Stop Sign, Hits Waldwick Public Works Truck
Authorities: Driver Blows Stop Sign, Hits Waldwick Public Works Truck A Waldwick driver whose vehicle collided with a borough DPW truck early Friday admitted that she blew a stop sign, authorities said. The 58-year-old driver was headed south on Ridge Street when her vehicle collided with the truck at the intersection of East Prospect Street shortly before 8 a.m., Police Chief Mark Messner said. She was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood after complaining of back pain, the chief said. The truck driver was OK, he said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
NJ State Troopers' Vehicles Collide On Route 80 NJ State Troopers' Vehicles Collide On Route 80 NJ State Troopers' Vehicles Collide On Route 80
NJ State Troopers' Vehicles Collide On Route 80 UPDATE: Two troopers were OK after their SUVs collided Friday morning on westbound Route 80, a New Jersey State Police spokesman said. The vehicles collided en route to a nearby crash east of Exit 58 (Madison Avenue) in Paterson shortly before 7 a.m., NJSP Sgt. Laurence Peele said. Neither trooper required medical attention, Peele said. State Police were reviewing the circumstances of the accident to determine what happened, he said. The troopers were responding to a crash involving two SUVs that didn't produce any serious injuries, responders said.  The cleanup and investigation ca…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Glen Rock Firefighters Battle Attic Blaze Glen Rock Firefighters Battle Attic Blaze Glen Rock Firefighters Battle Attic Blaze
Glen Rock Firefighters Battle Attic Blaze An attic fire blew through the roof of a Glen Rock home Friday morning. The Oxford Place fire instantly went to two alarms shortly before 10:30 a.m. and then three alarms less than a half-hour later. The main body of the blaze in the 2½-story home was knocked down as firefighters continued to battle flames. No injuries were reported. The Oxford Place fire in Glen Rock instantly went to two alarms.Boyd A. Loving

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by Jerry DeMarco
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Breaking News
Fire Destroys Popular Morris County Pizzeria Fire Destroys Popular Morris County Pizzeria Fire Destroys Popular Morris County Pizzeria
Fire Destroys Popular Morris County Pizzeria An overnight fire Friday destroyed a popular Pequannock pizzeria just short of its 50th anniversary. Flames tore through Cosmo Bella on Newark Pompton Turnpike, blowing through the roof and destroying the building, which also housed apartments upstairs. No injuries were reported. It took a few hours to douse the blaze, which broke out shortly before 1:30 a.m. Mutual aid responders included firefighters from Lincoln Park, Riverdale and Wayne. Authorities were trying to determine the cause, although responders said initial indications are that it likely was accidental. Flames blew throu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
SEEN IT? Authorities Seek Help Finding Hit-Run Driver Who Struck Ho-Ho-Kus Woman Walking Dog SEEN IT? Authorities Seek Help Finding Hit-Run Driver Who Struck Ho-Ho-Kus Woman Walking Dog SEEN IT? Authorities Seek Help Finding Hit-Run Driver Who Struck Ho-Ho-Kus Woman Walking Dog
Seen IT? Authorities Seek Help Finding Hit-Run Driver Who Struck Ho-Ho-Kus Woman Walking Dog Authorities asked the public’s help finding a hit-and-run driver who seriously injured a pedestrian walking her dog in Ho-Ho-Kus last month. The 57-year-old victim was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center following the 6:50 p.m. Nov. 26 crash after responders found her on the edge of the roadway at the intersection of North Maple Avenue and First Street, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Thursday. The woman had been walking her dog when she was struck by a red coupe or sedan, believed to be a 2009 Infiniti G37, a 2013-2015 Honda Accord or a 2018-2019 Hyundai Sonata. SEE: …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
HEROES: Englewood Police, Firefighters, Dispatcher DPW Workers Save Lives HEROES: Englewood Police, Firefighters, Dispatcher DPW Workers Save Lives HEROES: Englewood Police, Firefighters, Dispatcher DPW Workers Save Lives
Heroes: Englewood Police, Firefighters, Dispatcher DPW Workers Save Lives A police officer who was nearly killed when a gunman dragged him with a car, a trio of men in blue who revived a heart attack victim along with a group of firefighters who rescued a man overcome by freon fumes and two DPW workers who freed a trapped elderly driver are among several Englewood first responders recently honored for their heroism. Police Officer Anthony Gallo had stopped two upstate New York men in a car last year when the driver ran off. Gallo bolted after him while Officer Maciej Mlynaryk dealt with a front-seat passenger -- who got into the driver’s seat and hit the gas. Ha…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Feds: Bergen-Based Debt Reliever From Wayne Scams Victims Out Of $5 Million Feds: Bergen-Based Debt Reliever From Wayne Scams Victims Out Of $5 Million Feds: Bergen-Based Debt Reliever From Wayne Scams Victims Out Of $5 Million
Feds: Bergen-Based Debt Reliever From Wayne Scams Victims Out Of $5 Million The founder of a Saddle Brook lending company promised to help desperate, low-income customers pay off crushing loans, then pushed them even further into debt, pocketing more than $5 million, said federal authorities who arrested him. Edward Espinal, 44, of Wayne advertised his Cash Flow company on YouTube, other social media and Spanish-language TV, sometimes using the Venezuelan telenovela actor Víctor Cámara, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Espinal, who was the company’s founder and CEO, ran a couple of scams beginning 3½ years ago and ending with his arrest by federal agents earlie…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
AUTHORITIES: Incident At Teaneck Kosher Deli Not Bias Crime AUTHORITIES: Incident At Teaneck Kosher Deli Not Bias Crime AUTHORITIES: Incident At Teaneck Kosher Deli Not Bias Crime
Authorities: Incident At Teaneck Kosher Deli Not Bias Crime UPDATE: Teaneck police in consultation with the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office determined that a Christmas incident at a popular Jewish kosher deli in town "didn't rise to the level of a bias crime." The man entered Sammy's Bagels on Queen Anne Road and said "take off your f****** hat" to one man and then to another, Township Manager Dean Kazinci said. There was some pushing and shoving between the man and the second victim, who was scratched on the face, Kazinci said. He didn't require medical attention, the township manager said. After leaving the store, the suspect approached a …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Massive Christmas Morning Fire Destroys Mahwah Building Supply Company Massive Christmas Morning Fire Destroys Mahwah Building Supply Company Massive Christmas Morning Fire Destroys Mahwah Building Supply Company
Massive Christmas Morning Fire Destroys Mahwah Building Supply Company UPDATE: Authorities reported no casualties in a massive pre-dawn Christmas fire that ripped through a commercial building in Mahwah and continued burning hours after it broke out. What became a five-alarm blaze broke out around 4:40 a.m. at Arzee Building Supply on Franklin Turnpike next to the Ramapo River. Members of all five Mahwah fire companies were assisted by nearly 20 others from surrounding Bergen and Rockland county towns, along with police and EMS units, Police Chief Stephen Jaffe said. Seven elevated streams were in operation in the building, which began to collapse within an …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
GOTCHA! Prosecutor's Detectives Nab Accused Hackensack Killer, Accomplice In Brooklyn GOTCHA! Prosecutor's Detectives Nab Accused Hackensack Killer, Accomplice In Brooklyn GOTCHA! Prosecutor's Detectives Nab Accused Hackensack Killer, Accomplice In Brooklyn
Gotcha! Prosecutor's Detectives Nab Accused Hackensack Killer, Accomplice In Brooklyn Detectives captured an accused gunman who they said ruthlessly shot and killed a 22-year-old Hackensack man on a city street. Jairo Echeverry, 20, of Hackensack was taken into custody in Brooklyn around 11 p.m. Monday, along with another repeat offender, Brian Guerrero, 27, of Paramus, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Detectives from the NYPD's 72nd Precinct assisted Musella's homicide investigators in nabbing the pair, he said. Echeverry was charged with murder and Guerrero with hindering his apprehension, the prosecutor said. Both were being held in Brooklyn pending extradit…

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