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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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Wounded Paterson Man, 19, Charged With Separate Shooting Outside Church Wounded Paterson Man, 19, Charged With Separate Shooting Outside Church Wounded Paterson Man, 19, Charged With Separate Shooting Outside Church
Wounded Paterson Man, 19, Charged With Separate Shooting Outside Church A 19-year-old Paterson gunman who was wounded in a shooting last week had shot another city man a week earlier, authorities announced Thursday, as gang warfare in the Silk City continued to rage. Desmar Ferguson and two others -- another 19-year-old man and a 13-year-old boy -- were shot near the corner of East 18th and Fair streets around 9 p.m. last Friday, April 14. All three were brought to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center for treatment of non-fatal wounds, said Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and New Jersey State Police Major Frederick P. Fife, the interim officer in …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Drug Sting Nabs City Teen Selling 10 Bricks Of Heroin In Bergen: Prosecutor Drug Sting Nabs City Teen Selling 10 Bricks Of Heroin In Bergen: Prosecutor Drug Sting Nabs City Teen Selling 10 Bricks Of Heroin In Bergen: Prosecutor
Drug Sting Nabs City Teen Selling 10 Bricks Of Heroin In Bergen: Prosecutor An 18-year-old unemployed Paterson man got stung selling 250 bags of heroin to a Bergen County undercover detective and another 250 on the street, authorities said. Naje Dior Brabson remained held in the Bergen County Jail on Thursday, April 20, while awaiting a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said members of his Narcotic Task Force chased Brabson down on Tuesday after seeing him sell five bricks of heroin. He'd previously sold five bricks to an undercover detective, the prosecutor said. Brabson was charged with tw…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
6-Week-Old Paterson Child Dies Suddenly: What Happened? 6-Week-Old Paterson Child Dies Suddenly: What Happened? 6-Week-Old Paterson Child Dies Suddenly: What Happened?
6-Week-Old Paterson Child Dies Suddenly: What Happened? Authorities are investigating the early-morning death of a 6-week-old child in Paterson. City police and firefighters responded to a 911 call at a second-floor apartment in a multi-family house on 9th Avenue off East 18th Street at 6:18 a.m. Thursday, April 20, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. The infant was found in cardiac arrest and rushed to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, responders said. Doctors there pronounced the baby dead at 6:56 a.m., Valdes said. The prosecutor didn't classify the death as a homicide or otherwise and didn't say whether anyone was taken…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
'Not Mine,' Says Traveler Caught With Gun, Ammo At JFK Airport: TSA 'Not Mine,' Says Traveler Caught With Gun, Ammo At JFK Airport: TSA 'Not Mine,' Says Traveler Caught With Gun, Ammo At JFK Airport: TSA
'Not Mine,' Says Traveler Caught With Gun, Ammo At JFK Airport: TSA An upstate New York man not only insisted he had "no idea" how a gun and ammunition for it ended up in his carry-on bag at JFK Airport, authorities said. "He also claimed the gun didn't belong to him," TSA Spokesperson Lisa Farbstein said. The firearm with a separate box containing five bullets triggered an alarm at a Transportation Security Administration X-ray unit on Wednesday, April 19, Farbstein said. Port Authority police summoned to the checkpoint took the Liberty, NY, man into custody and seized the gun and ammo, she said Thursday. “It is the busy spring travel season," said John…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Overnight SWAT Standoff Ends Peacefully In Mahwah Overnight SWAT Standoff Ends Peacefully In Mahwah Overnight SWAT Standoff Ends Peacefully In Mahwah
Overnight SWAT Standoff Ends Peacefully In Mahwah An hours-long SWAT standoff at a Mahwah townhouse ended peacefully when a man who'd apparently threatened his neighbors surrendered before dawn Thursday, responders said. Township police responded to a call of a drunken resident at Dickinson Manor near Forest Road who was threatening people with a baseball bat around 10-10:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 19. Police were familiar with the 60-something resident, who ducked back inside when they arrived at the unit near Dickinson Lane and Storms Drive, responders said. Township police at one point launched a drone to look inside the residence, witne…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Ex-Con Kidnapper Gets 43 Years, No Parole, For Rape, Arson, Assault Rampage Through NJ, NY, PA Ex-Con Kidnapper Gets 43 Years, No Parole, For Rape, Arson, Assault Rampage Through NJ, NY, PA Ex-Con Kidnapper Gets 43 Years, No Parole, For Rape, Arson, Assault Rampage Through NJ, NY, PA
Ex-Con Kidnapper Gets 43 Years, No Parole, For Rape, Arson, Assault Rampage Through NJ, NY, PA UPDATE: An ex-con who kidnapped and raped his ex-girlfriend in Pennsylvania, then torched a used car dealership in Paterson and rammed a stolen SUV into police cars at both ends of the George Washington Bridge was sentenced to 43 years in federal prison. Luis Figueroa, 42, first took a plea deal from the government that called for him to serve 26 years in a federal penitentiary. Then he abruptly withdrew his plea, took his chances with a trial – and lost. Federal jurors in Newark convicted Figueroa in May 2022 of kidnapping, criminal sexual abuse, illegal gun possession and assaulting…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
SEEN HIM? Garfield Man Missing More Than Two Months SEEN HIM? Garfield Man Missing More Than Two Months SEEN HIM? Garfield Man Missing More Than Two Months
Seen HIM? Garfield Man Missing More Than Two Months Authorities renewed a public plea for help finding a Garfield man who’s been missing for more than two months. Leon Gathers, 42, was last seen leaving his home near the corner of Harrison Avenue and Williams Street on Feb. 16, Police Capt. Mario Pozo said. Gathers, who doesn’t own or operate a vehicle, was walking, the captain said. He was wearing an orange “Champion" hoodie, blue jeans and tan work boots, Pozo said. Gathers is 6 feet tall and weighs about 175 pounds. His hair is black and his eyes brown. He has scars above his nose and left eyebrow and tattoos on both forearms with the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Moonachie Resident, 69, Hospitalized With Burns After Mobile Home Mishap Moonachie Resident, 69, Hospitalized With Burns After Mobile Home Mishap Moonachie Resident, 69, Hospitalized With Burns After Mobile Home Mishap
Moonachie Resident, 69, Hospitalized With Burns After Mobile Home Mishap A Moonachie resident on home oxygen was hospitalized with severe flash burns on her face and hair following a mishap at her mobile home. The 69-year-old victim was taken by the Moonachie First Aid & Rescue Squad to Hackensack University Medical Center from the Vanguard mobile homes off Moonachie Avenue around 8:30 p.m. Monday, April 17, Police Lt. Jeff Napolitano said. There was no fire, indicating a likely quick flash, the lieutenant said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Newark, NJ
Your Community
‘Gonna F---ing Regret It’: Bodycam Vid Of Devils Assistant Coach’s DUI Arrest Released ‘Gonna F---ing Regret It’: Bodycam Vid Of Devils Assistant Coach’s DUI Arrest Released ‘Gonna F---ing Regret It’: Bodycam Vid Of Devils Assistant Coach’s DUI Arrest Released
‘Gonna F---ing Regret It’: Bodycam Vid Of Devils Assistant Coach’s DUI Arrest Released A golf cart, an empty street and an aggressive sheriff’s deputy have produced a viral video of New Jersey Devils Assistant Coach Andrew Brunette being arrested for drunk driving -- on a golf cart. “You f---ing fight me and you’re f---ing gonna regret it,” a combative law enforcement officer in Florida tells Brunette while handcuffing him. The Feb. 1 exchange between the Broward County sheriff’s deputy and the former Florida Panthers head coach was captured in police bodycam video obtained by Fox Sports 640 host Andy Slater and posted via his Slater Scoops podcast. Slater dropped the vide…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Glen Rock Commercial Building Hit By Vehicle For Third Time In Recent Years Glen Rock Commercial Building Hit By Vehicle For Third Time In Recent Years Glen Rock Commercial Building Hit By Vehicle For Third Time In Recent Years
Glen Rock Commercial Building Hit By Vehicle For Third Time In Recent Years A commercial building in downtown Glen Rock was struck by a vehicle for the third time in a couple of years on Wednesday. The driver was shaken up and being evaluated after her BMW X3 SUV smacked head-on into the side of the building, which houses Suka Jewelry and Prominent Builders & Design on Rock Road, around noon April 19. The parking lot where the crash occurred is listed for employees and customers only. The BMW X series SUV smacked into the side of the Rock Road building on Wednesday, April 19.Kyle Mazza/UNF News for DAILY VOICE The impact was so hard that the airbags deploy…

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