Fair 59°

Jerry DeMarco

Senior Reporter

jdemarco@dailyvoice.com

FOLLOW ON

Facebook Twitter Linkedin

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.

Jerry DeMarco's Contributions

News
PD: Overdosing Driver From Bergenfield Crashes Into Route 4 Dealership Lot In Paramus PD: Overdosing Driver From Bergenfield Crashes Into Route 4 Dealership Lot In Paramus
PD: Overdosing Driver From Bergenfield Crashes Into Route 4 Dealership Lot In Paramus UPDATE: A 47-year-old Bergenfield driver had to be revived with Narcan after he passed out behind the wheel on Route 4 and his car slammed into two vehicles in a car dealership parking lot, Paramus police said. Miraculously, no one else was injured when the 2010 Ford Fusion driven by Glenn D. Gross careened off the eastbound highway and barreled across a grass median into the Paramus Honda lot, where it struck a parked Porsche and SUV shortly after 12:30 p.m. Wednesday. Officers immediately treated the unconscious and unresponsive Gross with Narcan, reviving him, Police Chief Kenneth Ehren…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
News
Northvale Driver Charged With Intentionally Crashing Into Couple In Norwood Northvale Driver Charged With Intentionally Crashing Into Couple In Norwood
Northvale Driver Charged With Intentionally Crashing Into Couple In Norwood UPDATE: A 21-year-old Northvale driver was charged with intentionally slamming his Jaguar into an SUV on a Norwood road, critically injuring one of the occupants, in what responders said was an apparent suicide attempt. Solomon Kim, who suffered back and leg fractures, “intentionally crashed into the victim’s vehicle, causing the injuries” to a man and woman, both 46, Tuesday afternoon on Livingston Street, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The impact from the high-speed crash sent the couple’s Infiniti spinning into a wooded area and left a long debris field. The couple were ta…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
News
PD: Overdosing Driver From Bergenfield Crashes Into Route 4 Dealership Lot In Paramus PD: Overdosing Driver From Bergenfield Crashes Into Route 4 Dealership Lot In Paramus
PD: Overdosing Driver From Bergenfield Crashes Into Route 4 Dealership Lot In Paramus A 47-year-old Bergenfield driver had to be revived with Narcan after he passed out behind the wheel on Route 4 and his car slammed into two vehicles in a car dealership parking lot, Paramus police said. Miraculously, no one else was injured when the 2010 Ford Fusion driven by Glenn D. Gross careened off the eastbound highway and barreled across a grass median into the Paramus Honda lot, where it struck a parked Porsche and SUV shortly after 12:30 p.m. Officers immediately treated the unconscious and unresponsive Gross with Narcan, reviving him, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. Paramus…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Englewood PBA: Marchers Arrested After Interfering, Mayor Blasted, Independent Review Welcomed Englewood PBA: Marchers Arrested After Interfering, Mayor Blasted, Independent Review Welcomed
Englewood PBA: Marchers Arrested After Interfering, Mayor Blasted, Independent Review Welcomed UPDATE: Englewood’s PBA answered back on Wednesday, saying that leaders of a weekend protest march provoked their arrests by interfering in an incident along the route. Union leaders also countered reports that previous marches leading up to Saturday’s Black Excellence event had been peaceful. They also blasted Mayor Michael Wildes for his role in the incident, saying that he has “consistently chosen to play both sides against the middle” and changes his support “whether or not he can gain from it politically.” Tensions escalated when police responded to a report of a fight along  Saturda…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Jersey Shore Pizzeria Owner Gets 15 Months In Fed Pen For Ducking $425,000 In Taxes Jersey Shore Pizzeria Owner Gets 15 Months In Fed Pen For Ducking $425,000 In Taxes
Jersey Shore Pizzeria Owner Gets 15 Months In Fed Pen For Ducking $425,000 In Taxes The owner of a Wildwood Crest pizzeria must serve a plea-bargained 15 months in federal prison for filing false income tax returns, authorities said. Giuseppe D’Arancio, 61, of Cape May Court House must serve the entire term handed down Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Camden because there's no parole in the federal prison system. He also must spend a year of supervised release and pay $507,246 in restitution to the IRS under the sentence imposed by U.S. District Judge Joseph H. Rodriguez. D'Arancio and a co-owner of Sal's Pizza on New Jersey Avenue "kept two sets of acco…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
News
Paterson PD: Boy, 15, Caught Carrying Pair Of High-Powered Handguns, Magazines, More Paterson PD: Boy, 15, Caught Carrying Pair Of High-Powered Handguns, Magazines, More
Paterson PD: Boy, 15, Caught Carrying Pair Of High-Powered Handguns, Magazines, More A 15-year-old Paterson boy was caught carrying two handguns with large-capacity magazines, authorities said. The teen at first tried to avoid Officer Jensin Burgos when he pulled up to the corner of 12thAvenue and East 24thStreet, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. When Burgos got out, the boy bolted through an alleyway, discarding a black bag he was carrying, Speziale said. A gun fell out, he said. Burgos nabbed the teen and recovered the bag, which had another weapon inside, the director said. Both are 9mm semi-automatic Taurus handguns fitted with fully-loaded high-capacity…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
PD: Driver In Wayne Stolen Car Pursuit Crashes, Bails On Route 46, Leaves Loaded Gun Behind PD: Driver In Wayne Stolen Car Pursuit Crashes, Bails On Route 46, Leaves Loaded Gun Behind
PD: Driver In Wayne Stolen Car Pursuit Crashes, Bails On Route 46, Leaves Loaded Gun Behind A car thief from Newark who was captured after he crashed his own car on Route 46 in Clifton during a police chase left a loaded gun behind, Wayne police said. Wayne police responding to a report of thieves in a BMW with a temporary license plate in the Point View Parkway area spotted the car heading south in tandem with a stolen Lexus on Valley Road around 7:30 a.m. Sunday, Detective Capt. Daniel Daly said. They tried stopping the vehicles, but both sped away, Daly said. A supervisor eventually called off the pursuit because of the excessive speed, the captain said. One of the vehicles s…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Feds: Wayne Woman Admits Doctoring Apps In $4 Million Bank Loan Swindle Feds: Wayne Woman Admits Doctoring Apps In $4 Million Bank Loan Swindle
Feds: Wayne Woman Admits Doctoring Apps In $4 Million Bank Loan Swindle A Wayne woman admitted in federal court in Newark that she helped produce bogus documents that conned banks out of $4 million in loans, authorities said. Gladys Collins, 43, was among a group of conspirators at Cash Flow Partners LLC, a business consulting firm with offices in New York and New Jersey, who attracted loan applicants through online ads and seminars, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. The crew then ginned up applications for loans, some insured by the FDIC, to make their customers “appear more financially viable than they actually were,” Carpenito said. Collins accepted a dea…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Englewood Ex-Con Sought In Middlesex Shooting Captured At Teaneck Hotel Englewood Ex-Con Sought In Middlesex Shooting Captured At Teaneck Hotel
Englewood Ex-Con Sought In Middlesex Shooting Captured At Teaneck Hotel An Englewood fugitive wanted in connection with a shooting in Middlesex County was captured at a Teaneck hotel, authorities said. Ex-con Bryant Kyron Dula, 26, was seized without incident Tuesday night at the Teaneck Marriott at Glenpointe, where he'd apparently been staying, responders said. A Bergen County Regional SWAT team was ready but not needed when county prosecutor's detectives and local police made the arrest. A gun reportedly was recovered in Dula's room. Dula -- also known as "Feva Five" -- has an adult criminal history that began shortly after he turned 18, records show. He…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
News
Prosecutor: New Milford Firefighting Vet Got Underage Girls To Have Sex Chats, Send Nude Pics Prosecutor: New Milford Firefighting Vet Got Underage Girls To Have Sex Chats, Send Nude Pics
Prosecutor: New Milford Firefighting Vet Got Underage Girls To Have Sex Chats, Send Nude Pics UPDATE: New Milford Fire Lt. Angelo DeCarlo got underage girls he had online sexual chats with to send him naked photos, authorities charged. Armed with a search warrant, detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office took DeCarlo into custody at his Princeton Street home while seizing evidence early Tuesday. The Cyber Crimes Task Force members had learned that 55-year-old account manager "used the Internet to view, download, possess, and share digital files depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children," Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. "In …

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Prev Page 731 of 2962 729 730 731 732 733 Next
7,301 - 7,310 of 29,614 articles