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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Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Emerson HS Music Teacher Found Dead After Crashing Through Westwood Apartment Window Emerson HS Music Teacher Found Dead After Crashing Through Westwood Apartment Window Emerson HS Music Teacher Found Dead After Crashing Through Westwood Apartment Window
Emerson HS Music Teacher Found Dead After Crashing Through Westwood Apartment Window A private cremation was planned this weekend for a popular 84-year-old retired Emerson High School music teacher and Korean War veteran whose body was found outside his Westwood apartment. Daniel Ludovici apparently was headed to the bathroom before dawn Monday when he either tripped or suffered a medical episode and went crashing through a window at the Coventry Square Apartments off Charles Street across Old Hook Road from Pascack Valley Medical Center, authorities said. The U.S. Army veteran was pronounced dead soon after. His apartment door was locked and there was no sign of foul pla…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Ramsey Dad, 50, Killed In Harriman Motorcycle Crash Ramsey Dad, 50, Killed In Harriman Motorcycle Crash Ramsey Dad, 50, Killed In Harriman Motorcycle Crash
Ramsey Dad, 50, Killed In Harriman Motorcycle Crash A Ramsey father of three was killed in a motorcycle crash Sunday in Harriman State Park near his former Rockland County home. Guy Hoovler, 50, had just returned from a two-week ride west with some friends when the crash occurred Sunday morning in Tuxedo, NY, a family friend said. Hoovler previously lived on Seven Lakes Drive in Sloatsburg. CHECK BACK FOR ARRANGEMENTS

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson Murder-Suicide: Husband, 49, Kills Wife, 31, Then Self Paterson Murder-Suicide: Husband, 49, Kills Wife, 31, Then Self Paterson Murder-Suicide: Husband, 49, Kills Wife, 31, Then Self
Paterson Murder-Suicide: Husband, 49, Kills Wife, 31, Then Self A Paterson man stabbed his wife dead and then took his own life Sunday morning, authorities said. City police were called after someone found the bodies of Alejo Batista, 49, and Estafani Hernandez. 31, at 9:30 a.m. at the couple's East 16th Street apartment, they said. "The initial investigation revealed that Ms. Hernandez appears to have been stabbed to death by her husband, Mr. Batista, who then took his own life," Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Troy Oswald said in a joint release.  Hernandez apparently hanged himself, responder…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
WHY? 3 Vehicles Left Unlocked With Key Fobs Inside Reported Stolen In Wyckoff WHY? 3 Vehicles Left Unlocked With Key Fobs Inside Reported Stolen In Wyckoff WHY? 3 Vehicles Left Unlocked With Key Fobs Inside Reported Stolen In Wyckoff
WHY? 3 Vehicles Left Unlocked With Key Fobs Inside Reported Stolen In Wyckoff Three owners from Wyckoff who reported their vehicles stolen one recent morning admitted that they’d all left them unlocked with the key fobs inside, police said. The thefts began at 6:15 a.m. Sept. 9, when a 2016 Range Rover was taken from a Highview Drive resident’s driveway, Lt. Joseph Soto said. Hillside police found the vehicle eight days later, he said. At 8:10 a.m., a Mulberry Court resident said, a 2016 Infiniti Q50 was taken from his driveway. Two weeks later, Newark police reported finding it. At 8:50 a.m., a Richard Place resident reported that his 2015 Lexus RX3 was taken from …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
NYPD Officer Shot, Killed In The Bronx NYPD Officer Shot, Killed In The Bronx NYPD Officer Shot, Killed In The Bronx
Nypd Officer Shot, Killed In The Bronx “He’s reaching for it! He’s reaching for it!” a New York City police officer shouted before he was shot dead during a fierce struggle at a Bronx housing project before dawn Sunday. The last words of NYPD Officer Brian Mulkeen could be heard on his body camera before Mulkeen was struck in the head, chest and leg as he and a suspect wrestled to the ground, the department said. It was unclear where the shots that killed the 33-year-old veteran were fired from. Mulkeen was with two other undercover officers on a unit investigating gang activity when they stopped a suspect for questioning …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Pro Dirt Bike Racer, 20, Remains Critical After Meadowlands Crash, NJ State Police Report Pro Dirt Bike Racer, 20, Remains Critical After Meadowlands Crash, NJ State Police Report Pro Dirt Bike Racer, 20, Remains Critical After Meadowlands Crash, NJ State Police Report
Pro Dirt Bike Racer, 20, Remains Critical After Meadowlands Crash, NJ State Police Report A 20-year-old professional dirt bike rider remained in critical condition Monday at Hackensack University Medical Center following a crash Saturday night during a race at the Meadowlands. Oliver Brindley, of Doncaster, England, was injured during a multi-bike crash just after 6 p.m. at the American Flat Track "Meadowlands Mile" race, New Jersey State Police confirmed. Responders said he was unresponsive when placed into an ambulance. The trouble began when rider Dallas Daniels hit two quick bumps approaching a turn and went down early in the race. Fellow rider Shayna Texter then hit Danie…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Sheriff: Detectives Bust Paterson Dealer, Fair Lawn Buyer With 682 Heroin Bags, $4,458 Cash Sheriff: Detectives Bust Paterson Dealer, Fair Lawn Buyer With 682 Heroin Bags, $4,458 Cash Sheriff: Detectives Bust Paterson Dealer, Fair Lawn Buyer With 682 Heroin Bags, $4,458 Cash
Sheriff: Detectives Bust Paterson Dealer, Fair Lawn Buyer With 682 Heroin Bags, $4,458 Cash Passaic County sheriff's detectives crashed a drug deal that led to the seizure of 682 heroin folds and $4,458 in illegal proceeds, as well as the arrest of the 57-year-old Paterson dealer and his 37-year-old Fair Lawn customer, authorities said. The investigators watched as Henry Hiemstra III exchanged a half-dozen bags of heroin for cash from Shawn Baron in broad daylight near the intersection of Union and Manchester avenues shortly before 4 p.m. Friday, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. Both then began walking toward Wayne Avenue when the detectives moved in. Hiemstra, who…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
Passaic County 'Cash Jet' Pilot Gets 13 Years In Fed Pen For Smuggling Coke Kilos In, $7.5M Out Passaic County 'Cash Jet' Pilot Gets 13 Years In Fed Pen For Smuggling Coke Kilos In, $7.5M Out Passaic County 'Cash Jet' Pilot Gets 13 Years In Fed Pen For Smuggling Coke Kilos In, $7.5M Out
Passaic County 'Cash Jet' Pilot Gets 13 Years In Fed Pen For Smuggling Coke Kilos In, $7.5M Out A private "cash jet" pilot from Ringwood must spend the next 13 years in federal prison for bringing hundreds of kilos of cocaine into New Jersey and New York, then laundering more than $7.5 million in proceeds back to Guyana. Khamraj Lall, 52, of Ringwood was convicted by a federal jury in Trenton last October of using the proceeds of a "cocaine empire” to buy jets, homes and cars, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. “He also paid more than $2 million in cash stuffed in suitcases to a Florida contractor to build an airplane hangar in Guyana,” Carpenito said. The Guyanese-born Lall -- who …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
PHOTOS: Flames Ravage Teaneck Home PHOTOS: Flames Ravage Teaneck Home PHOTOS: Flames Ravage Teaneck Home
Photos: Flames Ravage Teaneck Home Fire severely damaged a Teaneck house early Friday evening. No injuries were reported in the two-alarm Martense Avenue blaze. The fire broke out in the 2½-story single-family house shortly before 5:30 p.m. Hackensack. Englewood, Ridgefield Park and Bogota firefighters provided mutual aid. Teaneck police and the Volunteer Ambulance Corps also responded. Teaneck police and Volunteer Ambulance Corps were among the responders.Meredith Herman Teaneck firefighters quickly doused the Martense Avenue blaze.Jerry DeMarco AftermathJerry DeMarco

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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DEVELOPING: 2 Crashes Jam Route 80 In Morris, Warren Counties DEVELOPING: 2 Crashes Jam Route 80 In Morris, Warren Counties DEVELOPING: 2 Crashes Jam Route 80 In Morris, Warren Counties
Developing: 2 Crashes Jam Route 80 In Morris, Warren Counties Two crashes a short distance away from one another on Route 80 near the border of Warren and Morris counties had traffic backed up on the eastbound side of the highway Friday afternoon. Allamuchy firefighters responded to a rollover near mile marker 22 just after 4 p.m., a witness said. The second accident involving a Hummer, Subaru and dump truck was also reported on the same side of the highway, a witness said. Injuries were unknown as of 4:30 p.m. THIS IS A DEVELOPING STORY. CHECK BACK FOR DETAILS.

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