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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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn PD: Couple Took Everything AND The Kitchen Sink Fair Lawn PD: Couple Took Everything AND The Kitchen Sink Fair Lawn PD: Couple Took Everything AND The Kitchen Sink
Fair Lawn PD: Couple Took Everything AND The Kitchen Sink A Fair Lawn couple swiped a refrigerator and other sellable items from several area businesses, authorities charged. Fair Lawn Police Officer Juan Rodriguez stopped their car on 5th Street at Bergen Avenue and arrested the driver, Michael Katz, 45, and passenger Irene Katz, 43, after finding a stolen refrigerator, cooking pot and aluminum sink in their vehicle, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Officers also found heroin and crack in the vehicle, Metzler added. The items -- which police suspected the couple intended to pawn -- had been stolen from behind businesses on River Road at Bergen Avenue. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
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SEE ANYTHING? Masked Armed Bandit Robs Dunkin' Donuts In Paramus, Ramsey Minutes Apart SEE ANYTHING? Masked Armed Bandit Robs Dunkin' Donuts In Paramus, Ramsey Minutes Apart SEE ANYTHING? Masked Armed Bandit Robs Dunkin' Donuts In Paramus, Ramsey Minutes Apart
SEE Anything? Masked Armed Bandit Robs Dunkin' Donuts In Paramus, Ramsey Minutes Apart The same masked gunman robbed two Dunkin' Donuts 10 miles apart -- one in Ramsey and the other in Paramus -- before dawn Wednesday, authorities said. In the first, around 12:30 a.m., the robber "demanded money from the registers and attempted to have employees open the safe" at the Dunkin' Donuts on northbound Route 17 in Ramsey, Police Chief Bryan Gurney said. He made off with $60, responders said.  Barely 15 minutes later, the robber entered a Paramus Dunkin' Donuts, also on Route 17. He "displayed a handgun and demanded the money from the cash register," Paramus Police Chief Kenne…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Police Chase: Wayne Man Wanted In Attempted Water Gap Kidnap Captured On Route 46 Police Chase: Wayne Man Wanted In Attempted Water Gap Kidnap Captured On Route 46 Police Chase: Wayne Man Wanted In Attempted Water Gap Kidnap Captured On Route 46
Police Chase: Wayne Man Wanted In Attempted Water Gap Kidnap Captured On Route 46 A Wayne man wanted for an attempted kidnapping and assault with a deadly weapon at the Delaware Water Gap national park was captured in Warren County, authorities said. An off-duty firefighter called police early Monday evening while following a vehicle driven by 57-year-old Jeffrey A. Mulcahy on eastbound Route 46 in Independence Township following the incident, said Hackettstown police, who'd heard the alert and were waiting for him. Mulcahy kept going when they tried stopping him, throwing a t-shirt out the window during a brief pursuit, they said. He eventually pulled over, refused at …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Washington Township Rollover Crash Kills Rockland Driver, 69 Washington Township Rollover Crash Kills Rockland Driver, 69 Washington Township Rollover Crash Kills Rockland Driver, 69
Washington Township Rollover Crash Kills Rockland Driver, 69 A sedan collided with an SUV, struck a telephone pole and rolled over, losing its roof, in a Tuesday afternoon Washington Township crash that killed a 69-year-old driver, authorities said. The Honda Accord collided with a Hyundai Santa Fe and Honda Accord on Linwood Avenue crash near Parkway Court, township police Capt. Richard Skinner said. The Accord driver, who responders said was from Nanuet, N.Y., was pronounced dead at the scene. Next-of-kin notification was being made late Tuesday afternoon. they said. No other injuries were reported. The Bergen County Medical Examiner's …

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
West Milford PD: Unlicensed Motorcyclist Charged With DWI, Cited For 19 MV Violations West Milford PD: Unlicensed Motorcyclist Charged With DWI, Cited For 19 MV Violations West Milford PD: Unlicensed Motorcyclist Charged With DWI, Cited For 19 MV Violations
West Milford PD: Unlicensed Motorcyclist Charged With DWI, Cited For 19 MV Violations A 25-year-old unlicensed motorcyclist was charged with DWI and slapped with 19 tickets, West Milford police said. Jason Scala of Hewitt crossed the double yellow line to pass a vehicle on Lakeside Road, then blew a stop sign before turning onto Union Valley Road just after 2:30 a.m. Sunday, according to a police report. Officer James McMahon stopped and arrested Scala after he failed standard field sobriety tests, it says. Scala was processed on the DWI charge and given summonses for 19 traffic and equipment violations – among them driving while suspended and unlicensed, reckless driving, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
80-Year-Old Westwood Man Pulled From Pool Dies 80-Year-Old Westwood Man Pulled From Pool Dies 80-Year-Old Westwood Man Pulled From Pool Dies
80-Year-Old Westwood Man Pulled From Pool Dies A drowning 80-year-old Westwood man who was pulled from a pool late Tuesday morning succumbed to his injuries, authorities said. Arthur William Stark was found unresponsive in the pool at the end of a Mountain Avenue cul-de-sac, Police Chief Michael Pontillo said. Responding police conducted CPR, then turned him over to Westwood Volunteer Ambulance Corps, which took him to HackensackUMC@Pascack Valley. ARRANGEMENTS: Becker Funeral Home ****** UPDATE: A sedan collided with an SUV, struck a telephone pole and rolled over, losing its roof, in a Tuesday afternoon Washington Township crash th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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Franklin Lakes Homeowner: Ski-Masked Thieves Took $1,000, License, Credit Cards From My Car Franklin Lakes Homeowner: Ski-Masked Thieves Took $1,000, License, Credit Cards From My Car Franklin Lakes Homeowner: Ski-Masked Thieves Took $1,000, License, Credit Cards From My Car
Franklin Lakes Homeowner: Ski-Masked Thieves Took $1,000, License, Credit Cards From My Car A Franklin Lakes homeowner told police two masked thieves fled with $1,000 in cash, credit cards and a driver’s license that he’d left in his car overnight. The ski-masked bandits fled the property in a pair of waiting vehicles after he opened the front door to investigate around 1:20 a.m. Sunday, the Arapaho Trail resident told police. He described one vehicle as a white SUV, the other a black hatchback sedan and the thieves only as “males wearing ski masks,” Capt. John Bakelaar Police were investigating, Bakelaar said. He asked that anyone who might have seen something or has surveillan…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
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New Milford PD: NYC Trio Caught Fishing Mail From Outside Post Office With Mouse Traps, String New Milford PD: NYC Trio Caught Fishing Mail From Outside Post Office With Mouse Traps, String New Milford PD: NYC Trio Caught Fishing Mail From Outside Post Office With Mouse Traps, String
New Milford PD: NYC Trio Caught Fishing Mail From Outside Post Office With Mouse Traps, String A trio of pre-dawn thieves was caught fishing mail from the dropbox outside the New Milford Post Office using mouse traps, glue and string, police said. They urged anyone who deposited mail there over the Labor Day weekend to verify that it was received. Officer Michael Lafrano spotted a suspicious vehicle outside the post office on River Road around 1:30 a.m. Monday and went to investigate, Detective Lt. Kevin Van Saders said. Seeing one of the men tampering with the dropbox, Lafrano called for backups, Van Saders said Tuesday. The trio tried to flee when they saw the officer, but Sgt. Sc…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Clifton PD: $28,000 Ring Swiped In Costco Swap Found Buried Near Passaic River In Wallington Clifton PD: $28,000 Ring Swiped In Costco Swap Found Buried Near Passaic River In Wallington Clifton PD: $28,000 Ring Swiped In Costco Swap Found Buried Near Passaic River In Wallington
Clifton PD: $28,000 Ring Swiped In Costco Swap Found Buried Near Passaic River In Wallington A thief from Nutley pulled a switcheroo on a Clifton Costco clerk, swapping a stolen $1,999 diamond ring for one worth $28,000, police said Tuesday. After arresting 49-year-old Izaebela Kolano at her home, police were directed to a spot under a fence near the Passaic River in Wallington, where they found the "rock" buried under a fence, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. Kolano carried the first ring, stolen from the Wayne Costco earlier in the day, into the Clifton Costco on Sunday and asked to see the more expensive one, Bracken said. “After looking at it for a few moments, she returned …

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Fire Guts Hasbrouck Heights Garage Fire Guts Hasbrouck Heights Garage Fire Guts Hasbrouck Heights Garage
Fire Guts Hasbrouck Heights Garage Hasbrouck Heights firefighters quickly doused a Labor Day Weekend blaze that gutted a garage. Their colleagues from Wallington assisted at the Columbus Avenue fire, which broke out around noon Sunday. An arm burn was the only injury reported. The Columbus Avenue fire broke out around noon.Damien Danis for DAILY VOICE PHOTOS: Damien Danis for DAILY VOICE ****** TRIBUTE: Hasbrouck Heights firefighters who’d just been through a harrowing experience when four people died in a plane crash in a borough backyard were reviewing the event at the Municipal Building the next night when they sme…

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