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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Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Arrest Made In Lodi Love-Triangle Shooting That Left Victim, 19, Paralyzed Arrest Made In Lodi Love-Triangle Shooting That Left Victim, 19, Paralyzed Arrest Made In Lodi Love-Triangle Shooting That Left Victim, 19, Paralyzed
Arrest Made In Lodi Love-Triangle Shooting That Left Victim, 19, Paralyzed A 20-year-old Manhattan man was captured in the Bronx and charged with a shooting in Lodi that left the victim paralyzed -- a result of what authorities said was a dispute over a 17-year-old girl. Alan Falcone, who was taken into custody at his sister's house on Saturday, is charged with attempted murder and weapons offenses. He remained held pending extradition to New Jersey. Falcone is the ex-boyfriend of a girl that the victim was dating, law enforcement officials told Daily Voice. The Burns Avenue victim remained in critical but stable condition Sunday at Hackensack University Medical…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
PHOTOS: Wildwood Collapse: 2 Seriously Injured, Most Injured Firefighters, Families Released PHOTOS: Wildwood Collapse: 2 Seriously Injured, Most Injured Firefighters, Families Released PHOTOS: Wildwood Collapse: 2 Seriously Injured, Most Injured Firefighters, Families Released
Photos: Wildwood Collapse: 2 Seriously Injured, Most Injured Firefighters, Families Released UPDATE: More than half of nearly two dozen men, women and children involved in a deck collapse in Wildwood were released from area hospitals, authorities said Sunday. A group of current and former firefighters and their children had just attended a parade as part of the 142nd annual New Jersey State Firemen's Convention & Memorial Service. They were gathered at a three-story home on East Baker Avenue Saturday night when the upper deck gave way, pancaking those below, responders said. Most of those hospitalized were released after being treated, according to Cape Regional Health System…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mount Pleasant, NY
Breaking News
Westchester Native Struck, Killed Walking On Garden State Parkway, Police Say Westchester Native Struck, Killed Walking On Garden State Parkway, Police Say Westchester Native Struck, Killed Walking On Garden State Parkway, Police Say
Westchester Native Struck, Killed Walking On Garden State Parkway, Police Say An engineer from Westchester who worked on innovations in supercomputer chips was inexplicably walking in the fast lane of the Garden State Parkway in New Jersey before dawn Sunday when he was struck and killed near the New York State border, authorities said. Samuel E. Gottheim, 30, an Arsdley native living in California, had attended a nearby family wedding Saturday night, family members said. He was walking on the northbound parkway at milepost 169.7 in Woodcliff Lake "for an unknown reason" at 3 a.m. when he struck by an Acura driven by a 28-year-old New City man, according to NJ State …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
NJ State Police: Westchester Native Struck, Killed Walking On Garden State Parkway Overnight NJ State Police: Westchester Native Struck, Killed Walking On Garden State Parkway Overnight NJ State Police: Westchester Native Struck, Killed Walking On Garden State Parkway Overnight
NJ State Police: Westchester Native Struck, Killed Walking On Garden State Parkway Overnight An engineer from Westchester who worked on innovations in supercomputer chips was inexplicably walking in the fast lane of the Garden State Parkway before dawn Sunday when he was struck and killed near the New York State border, authorities said. Samuel E. Gottheim, 30, an Arsdley native living in California, had attended a nearby family wedding Saturday night, family members said. He was walking on the northbound parkway at milepost 169.7 in Woodcliff Lake "for an unknown reason" at 3 a.m. when he struck by an Acura driven by a 28-year-old New City man, according to NJ State Police Trooper…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
NJSP: State Trooper Assaulted In Route 80 Traffic Stop NJSP: State Trooper Assaulted In Route 80 Traffic Stop NJSP: State Trooper Assaulted In Route 80 Traffic Stop
Njsp: State Trooper Assaulted In Route 80 Traffic Stop An Elizabeth man and a Hillside woman remained held in the Bergen County Jail on Sunday after being charged with assaulting a New Jersey state trooper during a traffic stop on westbound Route 80 in Hackensack. Alecia S. Jones and Tyson S. Stamper, both 22, are charged with two counts of aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, as well as resisting arrest and possession of marijuana. Stamper, who has a criminal history, was wanted on outstanding warrants out of Elizabeth and Clark, records show. The couple had been pulled over around 9:50 a.m. Saturday when they attacked the officer…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Union County Couple Charged In Route 80 Assault On NJ State Trooper Union County Couple Charged In Route 80 Assault On NJ State Trooper Union County Couple Charged In Route 80 Assault On NJ State Trooper
Union County Couple Charged In Route 80 Assault On NJ State Trooper UPDATE: An Elizabeth man and a Hillside woman remained held in the Bergen County Jail on Sunday after being charged with assaulting a New Jersey state trooper during a traffic stop on westbound Route 80 in Hackensack. Alecia S. Jones and Tyson S. Stamper, both 22, are charged with two counts of aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, as well as resisting arrest and possession of marijuana. Stamper, who has a criminal history, was wanted on outstanding warrants out of Elizabeth and Clark, records show. The couple had been pulled over around 9:50 a.m. Saturday when they attacked the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen Correction Officer Busted Bergen Correction Officer Busted Bergen Correction Officer Busted
Bergen Correction Officer Busted A Bergen County correction officer is accused of giving contraband to a county jail inmate. Authorities were purposefully vague about what they contend Jessica Stec, 28, of Elmwood Park, gave to the inmate while an investigation continues. However, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella noted that charges of obstructing a governmental function and providing contraband both are disorderly person offenses. Depending on the offense, a convicted defendant technically could be sentenced to up to six months of jail (not prison) time. However, penalties for disorderly per…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: Accused Gunman In Cliffside Park Shooting Captured In PA Charged With Attempted Murder UPDATE: Accused Gunman In Cliffside Park Shooting Captured In PA Charged With Attempted Murder UPDATE: Accused Gunman In Cliffside Park Shooting Captured In PA Charged With Attempted Murder
Update: Accused Gunman In Cliffside Park Shooting Captured In PA Charged With Attempted Murder A West New York resident accused of shooting a man in the back in Cliffside Park last month was captured Wednesday in Pennsylvania by a strike force led by detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office. Josue Orellana, 18, was nabbed around 8 a.m. Wednesday in an apartment above a tattoo parlor in a Bucks County strip mall a little over seven miles outside Trenton and 82 miles from Cliffside Park, authorities said. A Bucks County judge ordered Orellana held on $500,000 pending extradition to New Jersey to face charges of attempted murder and weapons offenses, Bergen County Prosecut…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Fatal Paterson Gunshot Victim Dropped Off By Friends At Rochelle Park Nursing Home Fatal Paterson Gunshot Victim Dropped Off By Friends At Rochelle Park Nursing Home Fatal Paterson Gunshot Victim Dropped Off By Friends At Rochelle Park Nursing Home
Fatal Paterson Gunshot Victim Dropped Off By Friends At Rochelle Park Nursing Home UPDATE: Friends of a man shot in Paterson Friday night brought him to a Rochelle Park nursing home, where he was later pronounced dead, responders said. "They were trying to find a hospital and dropped him off" at Alaris Health at 96 Parkway instead, one responder said. The victim -- identified as Riquelvin Burgos-Nunez, 24, of the Bronx --  apparently had been shot through a car door on East 31st Street between 11th and 12th avenues around 9 p.m., authorities said. "He continued driving until he crashed into another vehicle and came to a stop in the area 749 Broadway," Passaic C…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Paramus Man Charged With Taking Upskirt Photos Of High School Girls At Route 17 Starbucks Paramus Man Charged With Taking Upskirt Photos Of High School Girls At Route 17 Starbucks Paramus Man Charged With Taking Upskirt Photos Of High School Girls At Route 17 Starbucks
Paramus Man Charged With Taking Upskirt Photos Of High School Girls At Route 17 Starbucks A Paramus man was caught taking “upskirt” photos of high school girls at a Route 17 Starbucks, Ridgewood police said. Detectives and uniformed officers rushed to the business on Friday following reports that someone had been taking the photos of Immaculate Heart Academy students at the shop the day before. Louis Tournour, 52, returned, did it again and was taken into custody, village Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke said Monday. A voyeuristic product of the Internet, upskirting is a cottage industry so prevalent that some states had to pass new laws to address it. Hundreds of thousands of …

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