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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Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Breaking News
Morris Prosecutor: Franklin Woman Doctored Medical Records In Family Court Case Morris Prosecutor: Franklin Woman Doctored Medical Records In Family Court Case Morris Prosecutor: Franklin Woman Doctored Medical Records In Family Court Case
Morris Prosecutor: Franklin Woman Doctored Medical Records In Family Court Case A Franklin woman was charged with forgery, perjury and falsifying records after she submitted bogus medical invoices in a family court case, authorities said Wednesday. Lynneann K. Groves, 37, filed the documents with the Family Part of Superior Court’s Chancery Division in March, Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp said. “The documents were allegedly medical invoices totaling $2,800,” Knapp said, adding that investigators from his office’s Fraud Unit determined that they were phony. “The investigation also revealed several alterations to the original invoices,” with amounts claimed …

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Northern Highlands, NJ
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Sprinkler Company Owner From Waldwick Charged With Collecting, Sharing Child Porn Sprinkler Company Owner From Waldwick Charged With Collecting, Sharing Child Porn Sprinkler Company Owner From Waldwick Charged With Collecting, Sharing Child Porn
Sprinkler Company Owner From Waldwick Charged With Collecting, Sharing Child Porn A sprinkler company owner from Waldwick viewed or downloaded 1,600 child pornography files -- and shared 150 of them, said authorities who arrested him. Robert “Mountain” Flynn was arrested Monday and charged with possession of child porn, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Wednesday. Records show he was released on Tuesday, his 66th birthday, pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack. Flynn, an Indiana native, owns and operates a company that caters to affluent customers, a close friend told Daily Voice. Musella, the prosecutor, said Flynn&nbs…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Jersey City, NJ
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Skittish Kitten Rescued From Lincoln Tunnel Gets New Home Skittish Kitten Rescued From Lincoln Tunnel Gets New Home Skittish Kitten Rescued From Lincoln Tunnel Gets New Home
Skittish Kitten Rescued From Lincoln Tunnel Gets New Home A Port Authority police officer affectionately known as the “resident cat lady” of the Lincoln Tunnel added a skittish kitten to her clowder thanks to a fellow officer, an NJ Transit bus driver and a tunnel and bridge agent.  The driver stopped his bus and opened the door, catching the attention of Port Authority Police Officer Chris Rothenburger on the New Jersey side of the Lincoln Tunnel’s south tube shortly before Tuesday night’s rush, authority spokeswoman Lenis Rodrigues said. He told Rothenburger that he’d seen a tan kitten scoot from the roadway into a ventilation shaft. After Rot…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Wyckoff Homes Evacuated In Gas Leak Wyckoff Homes Evacuated In Gas Leak Wyckoff Homes Evacuated In Gas Leak
Wyckoff Homes Evacuated In Gas Leak Five Wyckoff homes were temporarily evacuated Wednesday after a gas line ruptured, authorities said. A PSE&G crew was removing an old gas meter at a home on Wild Duck Road -- a cul-de-sac off Midland Avenue -- when they ruptured the line around 10 a.m., Wyckoff Police Lt. Joseph Soto said. Borough police and firefighters responded, he said. The crew capped the leak and completed the repairs, the lieutenant said. Residents were able to return before 11 a.m., he said. No injuries or property damage were reported, Soto said. 

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Passaic Sheriff: Sweating, Shaking Long Island Driver Had 150 Bags Of Heroin In Trunk Passaic Sheriff: Sweating, Shaking Long Island Driver Had 150 Bags Of Heroin In Trunk Passaic Sheriff: Sweating, Shaking Long Island Driver Had 150 Bags Of Heroin In Trunk
Passaic Sheriff: Sweating, Shaking Long Island Driver Had 150 Bags Of Heroin In Trunk A Long Island driver who was “sweating profusely and shaking uncontrollably” when a Passaic County sheriff’s officer stopped him in Paterson before dawn Wednesday was carrying 150 bags of heroin, authorities said. Officer Angelo Calabro stopped a gray Saturn with New York State license plates after the driver failed to signal a turn onto Memorial Drive shortly after 1:30 a.m., Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. The anxious driver, identified as Brian Ahrens, 30, of Smithtown, kept his left hand in his sweatpants pocket while failing to compose himself, Berdnik said. When Calabro asked him wh…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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RECOGNIZE HIM? FBI Seeks Public's Help Finding Stranger In Child Sexual Exploitation Case RECOGNIZE HIM? FBI Seeks Public's Help Finding Stranger In Child Sexual Exploitation Case RECOGNIZE HIM? FBI Seeks Public's Help Finding Stranger In Child Sexual Exploitation Case
Recognize HIM? FBI Seeks Public's Help Finding Stranger In Child Sexual Exploitation Case The FBI sought the public’s help Wednesday identifying a man who “may have critical information” about the identity of a child victim in an ongoing sexual exploitation investigation. The bureau distributed photos of the stranger – dubbed “John Doe 41” – that were captured from a video that authorities believe was produced sometime from 2016 to 2018. He is described as African American, between 18 and 20 years old and thin, with black hair. Authorities are searching for the man as part of the FBI’s Operation Rescue Me and Endangered Child Alert Program (ECAP) initiatives, both operated joi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Four Hospitalized In Multi-Vehicle Route 46 Pileup Involving Motorcycle In Teterboro Four Hospitalized In Multi-Vehicle Route 46 Pileup Involving Motorcycle In Teterboro Four Hospitalized In Multi-Vehicle Route 46 Pileup Involving Motorcycle In Teterboro
Four Hospitalized In Multi-Vehicle Route 46 Pileup Involving Motorcycle In Teterboro Four victims including a motorcyclist were hospitalized after a multi-vehicle crash on Route 46 in Teterboro late Tuesday. None of their injuries was life-threatening, Moonachie Police Chief Richard Behrens said. "Initially it was believed a vehicle may have fled the scene," Behrens said. "Once officers arrived, it was determined that all vehicles remained." All of those injured in the pileup shortly after 11 p.m. were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, the chief said. Responders included Moonachie police and the borough's First Aid & Rescue Squad, Hasbrouck Heights firefi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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Rabbi Gets Six Years For Sexually Assaulting Woodcliff Lake Boy 20 Years Ago Rabbi Gets Six Years For Sexually Assaulting Woodcliff Lake Boy 20 Years Ago Rabbi Gets Six Years For Sexually Assaulting Woodcliff Lake Boy 20 Years Ago
Rabbi Gets Six Years For Sexually Assaulting Woodcliff Lake Boy 20 Years Ago A rabbi formerly from Woodcliff Lake was sentenced to a plea-bargained six years in state prison for sexually assaulting a local boy in 1999 when he lived in town. Menachem M. Weiss, 47, must serve at least three years of the sentence handed down Monday in Superior Court in Hackensack before being eligible for parole, authorities said. He also must register as a sex offender and avoid contact with the victim or his family. "It was heart-wrenching to hear the victim describe [during the sentencing] how the abuse turned his life upside down and how it has impacted him for two decades," said …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Passaic Sheriff: Fugitive Captured With 93 Heroin Folds, 53 Bags Of Crack Passaic Sheriff: Fugitive Captured With 93 Heroin Folds, 53 Bags Of Crack Passaic Sheriff: Fugitive Captured With 93 Heroin Folds, 53 Bags Of Crack
Passaic Sheriff: Fugitive Captured With 93 Heroin Folds, 53 Bags Of Crack Passaic County sheriff’s officers captured a man wanted on three active warrants – and found him carrying 93 heroin folds and 53 small zip-locking bags of crack, authorities said. Warrant Squad detectives spotted Corey Nero, 46, of Paterson in the area of Hamilton and Paterson streets in the city Tuesday afternoon, Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. Nero was wanted for skipping court on a trio of drug arrests, the sheriff said. As they were taking him into custody, the detectives discovered Nero carrying the drugs, he said. Nero remained held Wednesday in the Passaic County Jail on drug cha…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Hawthorne PD: Teen Car Burglars Caught Hawthorne PD: Teen Car Burglars Caught Hawthorne PD: Teen Car Burglars Caught
Hawthorne PD: Teen Car Burglars Caught A caller led Hawthorne police to two teens seen rifling through vehicles on surveillance video while the owners slept, authorities said. Officers found Devin Paredes of Prospect Park and Jazyre Kearney of Paterson, both 18, in the area of Goffle Road and Macfarlan Avenue shortly before 1:30 p.m. Aug. 31, Detective Sgt. Matthew Hoogmoed said. Both said they didn’t have identification “and were just headed home from a party,” Hoogmoed said. On the ground near them, officers found several items that appeared stolen, including an AAA membership card and a key, the sergeant said. “Officers wen…

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