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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Hackensack, NJ
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Hackensack PD: Pedestrian, 64, Struck Crossing Against Light Hackensack PD: Pedestrian, 64, Struck Crossing Against Light Hackensack PD: Pedestrian, 64, Struck Crossing Against Light
Hackensack PD: Pedestrian, 64, Struck Crossing Against Light Hackensack police may issue a summons to a 64-year-old Paterson pedestrian who was struck by a sedan when he crossed against a red light Tuesday night, authorities said. The 69-year-old Hackensack driver wasn't at fault when his 2019 Honda Civic hit the pedestrian near the corner of Main and East Passaic streets around 8 p.m., police Capt. Nicole Foley said. The pedestrian, who suffered some broken bones, was conscious and alert when taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, she said. An investigation was continuing.

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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Prosecutor: Uber Driver On Rt 80 Had Pounds Of Black-Tar, Powdered Heroin, Coke Stashed In SUV Prosecutor: Uber Driver On Rt 80 Had Pounds Of Black-Tar, Powdered Heroin, Coke Stashed In SUV Prosecutor: Uber Driver On Rt 80 Had Pounds Of Black-Tar, Powdered Heroin, Coke Stashed In SUV
Prosecutor: Uber Driver On Rt 80 Had Pounds Of Black-Tar, Powdered Heroin, Coke Stashed In SUV An Uber driver stopped by Bergen County drug detectives on Route 80 in Saddle Brook had more than two pounds of black-tar heroin, four pounds of powdered heroin, several hundred Fentanyl pills and several ounces of cocaine stashed in a hidden compartment of his SUV, authorities said. Gregory Alba-Mata, 38, of Passaic was also carrying another a Pennsylvania driver’s license with his photo and the personal information of another person, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Detectives from Musella’s Narcotic Task Force found the hidden compartment filled with drugs and heroin processin…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Fort Lee Pedestrian, 68, Pinned By SUV Near GWB Fort Lee Pedestrian, 68, Pinned By SUV Near GWB Fort Lee Pedestrian, 68, Pinned By SUV Near GWB
Fort Lee Pedestrian, 68, Pinned By SUV Near GWB A 68-year-old Fort Lee woman was hospitalized Tuesday after her leg was pinned beneath the front of a turning SUV near the George Washington Bridge, authorities said. A 31-year-old Palisade, NY, woman was making a right turn off North Hoyt Avenue onto Bridge Plaza North shortly before 4 p.m. when her 2012 Acura RDX hit the victim, who was in a marked crosswalk as she crossed North Hoyt, Fort Lee Police Capt. Ricky Morkovic said. Fort Lee firefighters freed the victim, whose leg was caught under the front passenger-side tire, Mirkovic said. She was taken to a nearby hospital with head and l…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
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OOPS! Lincoln Tunnel Drag-Race Instagram Video Leads To Arrests Of Corvette-Driving Dad, Son OOPS! Lincoln Tunnel Drag-Race Instagram Video Leads To Arrests Of Corvette-Driving Dad, Son OOPS! Lincoln Tunnel Drag-Race Instagram Video Leads To Arrests Of Corvette-Driving Dad, Son
Oops! Lincoln Tunnel Drag-Race Instagram Video Leads To Arrests Of Corvette-Driving Dad, Son Thanks to a dash cam video shared on Instagram, Port Authority police arrested a West Milford father and son who they said fled a drag-race crash in the Lincoln Tunnel earlier this year. Chadwick Quinones, 25, and his father, Fred Ordine, 44, both of Hewitt, were each speeding through the tunnel in their Corvettes when the collision with an SUV occurred around 10 p.m. Feb. 9, Port Authority Spokesperson Lenis Rodrigues said. Both fled after the crash, but Quinones returned an hour and a half later and admitted that he was involved, she said. Based on information available at the time, Rodr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: 'Bomb Carrying' Bergen, Rockland, Dutchess Bank Robber Stole $233,000, Feds Say UPDATE: 'Bomb Carrying' Bergen, Rockland, Dutchess Bank Robber Stole $233,000, Feds Say UPDATE: 'Bomb Carrying' Bergen, Rockland, Dutchess Bank Robber Stole $233,000, Feds Say
Update: 'Bomb Carrying' Bergen, Rockland, Dutchess Bank Robber Stole $233,000, Feds Say UPDATE: A 29-year-old Airmont man captured by a team of law enforcement agents on Tuesday robbed four banks in Bergen, Rockland and Dutchess counties of $233,000 in all, often by claiming to have a bomb and once by pointing what appeared to be a weapon, authorities said. Yosef Ziegler was taken into custody in Airmont early Tuesday by a team of federal agents and law enforcement officersfrom the jurisdictions where the banks were robbed -- among them, investigators from the FBI and Bergen County Prosecutor's Office. Ziegler held up the four banks in the two states over a 10-month period be…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Monsey, NY
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UPDATE: 'Bomb Carrying' Rockland, Dutchess, Bergen Bank Robber Stole $233,000, Feds Say UPDATE: 'Bomb Carrying' Rockland, Dutchess, Bergen Bank Robber Stole $233,000, Feds Say UPDATE: 'Bomb Carrying' Rockland, Dutchess, Bergen Bank Robber Stole $233,000, Feds Say
Update: 'Bomb Carrying' Rockland, Dutchess, Bergen Bank Robber Stole $233,000, Feds Say A 29-year-old Airmont man captured by a team of law enforcement agents on Tuesday robbed four banks in Rockland, Dutchess and Bergen counties of $233,000 in all, often by claiming to have a bomb and once by pointing what appeared to be a weapon, authorities said. Yosef Ziegler was taken into custody in Airmont early Tuesday by a team of federal agents and law enforcement officersfrom the jurisdictions where the banks were robbed -- among them, investigators from the FBI and Bergen County Prosecutor's Office. Ziegler held up the four banks in the two states over a 10-month period beginning …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Huge Haul: South Hackensack PD Charges 29 With Fishing, Cashing $100,000 In Checks From Mail Huge Haul: South Hackensack PD Charges 29 With Fishing, Cashing $100,000 In Checks From Mail Huge Haul: South Hackensack PD Charges 29 With Fishing, Cashing $100,000 In Checks From Mail
Huge Haul: South Hackensack PD Charges 29 With Fishing, Cashing $100,000 In Checks From Mail Capping an enormous investigation involving dozens of victims, South Hackensack police busted 29 people who they said fished checks from a mailbox that they then cashed for upwards of $100,000. Between August and last month, nearly 40 victims reported checks stolen, altered for larger amounts and cashed by members of the large-scale ring, Detective Capt. Robert Chinchar said Tuesday. Nearly all of the checks -- which the victims wrote for utility bills, taxes, and mortgage payments -- were fished from a drive-through mailbox at the US Post Office on Huyler Street, the captain said. Th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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OSHA: Washington Township Contractor Finally Pays $442,000 For Violations At Edgewater Site OSHA: Washington Township Contractor Finally Pays $442,000 For Violations At Edgewater Site OSHA: Washington Township Contractor Finally Pays $442,000 For Violations At Edgewater Site
Osha: Washington Township Contractor Finally Pays $442,000 For Violations At Edgewater Site A Washington Township contractor and his company finally paid up $442,000 after OSHA spent years trying to collect penalties for workplace safety violations at an Edgewater high-rise construction site, federal authorities announced Tuesday. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Philadelphia this summer found Altor Inc. and its president, Vasilios Saites, in contempt for failing to pay $412,000 in penalties. Following the ruling, they agreed to pay the full amount plus $30,000 in accrued post-judgment interest, the U.S. Department of Labor said Tuesday. The payment ends lengthy…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
FBI Captures 'Bomb Carrying' Park Ridge, Rockland Bank Robber, Authorities Confirm FBI Captures 'Bomb Carrying' Park Ridge, Rockland Bank Robber, Authorities Confirm FBI Captures 'Bomb Carrying' Park Ridge, Rockland Bank Robber, Authorities Confirm
FBI Captures 'Bomb Carrying' Park Ridge, Rockland Bank Robber, Authorities Confirm UPDATE: A 29-year-old Airmont man captured by a team of law enforcement agents on Tuesday robbed four banks in Bergen, Rockland and Dutchess counties of $233,000 in all, often by claiming to have a bomb and once by pointing what appeared to be a weapon, authorities said. Yosef Ziegler was taken into custody in Airmont early Tuesday by a team of federal agents and law enforcement officersfrom the jurisdictions where the banks were robbed -- among them, investigators from the FBI and Bergen County Prosecutor's Office. Ziegler held up the four banks in the two states over a 10-month period be…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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‘Hit & Run’ Dentist With Offices In Passaic, Hudson, Union Gets License Pulled, $517,000 Fine ‘Hit & Run’ Dentist With Offices In Passaic, Hudson, Union Gets License Pulled, $517,000 Fine ‘Hit & Run’ Dentist With Offices In Passaic, Hudson, Union Gets License Pulled, $517,000 Fine
‘Hit & Run’ Dentist With Offices In Passaic, Hudson, Union Gets License Pulled, $517,000 Fine An oral surgeon who needlessly pulled teeth and exorbitant payments from patients in Passaic, Hudson, Union and Monmouth counties had his license yanked and was fined more than $500,000, state authorities announced Tuesday. Andrew Maron, 58, had been prohibited from practicing in New Jersey since the state filed negligence, gross negligence and professional misconduct charges against him in 2015. Still, he continued to practice in New York, authorities said. New Jersey authorities said they pursued Maron after receiving complaints from no fewer than 17 patients, including a 93-year-old Medi…

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