Fog 60°

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
Passaic Teen’s Accused Murderer ID’d Passaic Teen’s Accused Murderer ID’d
Passaic Teen’s Accused Murderer ID’d UPDATE: Civilians helped Passaic police capture a 21-year-old city man accused of gunning down a local teen beneath a Route 21 overpass, authorities said. The city Police Intelligence Unit and Detective Bureau, in tandem with the Patrol Division and Special Investigations Division united, "fielded leads directly from the community" that led directly to Philip Sparrow, Passaic Mayor Hector Carlos Lora said. City police arrested Sparrow – and recovered the suspected murder weapon – during an 8 p.m. traffic stop Tuesday on Paulison Avenue, authorities said. They stopped the vehicle on Pauliso…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
News
Hospital Tech From Maywood Charged With Sexually Abusing Two Minors Hospital Tech From Maywood Charged With Sexually Abusing Two Minors
Hospital Tech From Maywood Charged With Sexually Abusing Two Minors A hospital operating room technician from Maywood had just been jailed on charges of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old when detectives discovered that he'd done the same to a pre-teen, authorities said. Jeffrey T. Stockman, 49, remained held Wednesday in the Bergen County Jail pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Maywood police contacted his Special Victims Unit detectives on July 4 about a sexual assault involving a minor. The investigators found that Stockman – who lists himself on social media as a surg…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Authorities: Paterson Lawman Nabs Fleeing Armed Driver Authorities: Paterson Lawman Nabs Fleeing Armed Driver
Authorities: Paterson Lawman Nabs Fleeing Armed Driver A Paterson police detective nabbed a driver carrying a loaded stolen handgun, authorities said. Detective Sgt. Anthony Castronova stopped Octavius Bolds, 35, on Presidential Boulevard for recklessly driving a Jeep Cherokee with an expired registration in the area of Bridge and River streets around 2 a.m. Sunday, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. After Castronova approached the vehicle and asked for his license and registration, Bolds hit the gas and sped off, Speziale said. Castronova hopped back in his vehicle and pursued Bolds while requesting backup, the director said. As the…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
News
Bicyclist, 32, Struck, Killed In Prospect Park Bicyclist, 32, Struck, Killed In Prospect Park
Bicyclist, 32, Struck, Killed In Prospect Park UPDATE: A bicyclist was struck and killed Wednesday afternoon in Prospect Park. The 32-year-old victim was struck after riding into the path of 2005 Toyota Corolla near the corner of North 8th Street and Brown Avenue shortly before 12:45 p.m., responders said. He was pronounced dead soon after, they said. "There was nothing we could have done to save him," one said. The 48-year-old Prospect Park driver wasn't immediately charged or summonsed, although Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes and Prospect Park Police Chief Ammen Matari said in a joint release. She "remained on scene,…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
News
Feds: Message App Shows How Pair Stole $10M Worth Of HIV Meds From NJ Veterans Hospital Feds: Message App Shows How Pair Stole $10M Worth Of HIV Meds From NJ Veterans Hospital
Feds: Message App Shows How Pair Stole $10M Worth Of HIV Meds From NJ Veterans Hospital UPDATE: Encrypted messages outline how a former pharmacy worker stole $10 million worth of HIV medications from a New Jersey veterans hospital with the help of a black-market fence from Bergen County, authorities charged. Surveillance cameras had already caught pharmacy tech Lisa M. Hoffman of Orange stealing the drugs from the shelves of the outpatient pharmacy at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) in East Orange, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said earlier this year. According to an indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Newark this week,  federal agents also s…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
News
Pedestrian Struck, Pinned By SUV Outside Edgewater Shopping Center Pedestrian Struck, Pinned By SUV Outside Edgewater Shopping Center
Pedestrian Struck, Pinned By SUV Outside Edgewater Shopping Center An SUV struck and pinned a pedestrian in Edgewater, severely injuring her lower legs, authorities said. A 19-year-old driver from Nanuet had a green light when she turned left out of the Edgewater Marketplace at Russell Avenue and hit the 37-year-old Jersey City resident with her 2015 Honda CR-V as the victim crossed River Road around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Detective Sgt. Teddy Wetklow said. The Edgewater Volunteer First Aid Squad took the victim to Hackensack University Medical Center after police and firefighters got her out from under the SUV, Wetklow said. She was in stable condition, he s…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Cliffside Park Woman Charged With Stabbing Roommate Cliffside Park Woman Charged With Stabbing Roommate
Cliffside Park Woman Charged With Stabbing Roommate A Cliffside Park man had settled down to sleep when his roommate – suspecting he’d stolen jewelry from her -- stabbed him in the leg, authorities said. Catalina Sacasa, 40, was brought to Bergen New Bridge Medical Center in Paramus early Wednesday based on statements that they said she made about her emotional state following her arrest the day before. The 5-foot-2-inch, 110-pound Sacasa jabbed her 41-year-old roommate in the leg with a folding knife in the Palisade Avenue apartment that they share near DeSoto Place around 6 a.m. Tuesday, Deputy Police Chief Vincent Capano said. Sacasa was…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
News
DWI Westchester Driver In Head-On Crash Reached 106 MPH, Authorities Charge DWI Westchester Driver In Head-On Crash Reached 106 MPH, Authorities Charge
DWI Westchester Driver In Head-On Crash Reached 106 MPH, Authorities Charge  A Jeep driven by a drunk Yonkers man was doing 106 miles an hour when it crashed head-on into a sedan in Passaic County, New Jersey, authorities said. Derrick Valerio, age 33, was headed in the wrong direction on Greenwood Lake Turnpike when his 2021 Grand Cherokee slammed into a 2003 Infiniti I35 in a 45-mile-per-hour zone near Stonetown Road in Ringwood on Monday, July 5, they said. A passenger in the Infiniti, 22-year-old Riley Lindholm of Rock Hill in Sullivan County,  was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with serious injuries, Passaic County Prosecutor Came…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
News
DWI Yonkers Driver In Head-On Passaic County Crash Reached 106 MPH, Authorities Charge DWI Yonkers Driver In Head-On Passaic County Crash Reached 106 MPH, Authorities Charge
DWI Yonkers Driver In Head-On Passaic County Crash Reached 106 MPH, Authorities Charge UPDATE: A Jeep driven by a drunk Yonkers man was doing 106 miles an hour when it crashed head-on into a sedan in Passaic County, authorities said. Derrick Valerio, 33, was headed in the wrong direction on Greenwood Lake Turnpike when his 2021 Grand Cherokee slammed into a 2003 Infiniti I35 in a 45-mile-per-hour zone near Stonetown Road in Ringwood on Monday, they said. A passenger in the Infiniti, 22-year-old Riley Lindholm of Rock Hill in Sullivan County, NY, was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with serious injuries, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Ringwo…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
News
Hudson Landscaper Charged With Sexually Assaulting Hackensack Pre-Teen Hudson Landscaper Charged With Sexually Assaulting Hackensack Pre-Teen
Hudson Landscaper Charged With Sexually Assaulting Hackensack Pre-Teen A landscaper from Union City sexually abused a Hackensack pre-teen, authorities charged. Alejandro Morales, 49, was charged by Hackensack police with aggravated criminal sexual contact, sexual assault by contact and child endangerment, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The Mexican national’s arrest late last week followed an investigation by city police and Musella’s Special Victims Unit of alleged “sexual conduct” over the course of two years dating back to 2014, reports show. He remained held Wednesday in the Bergen County Jail pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Pro…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Prev Page 564 of 2962 562 563 564 565 566 Next
5,631 - 5,640 of 29,614 articles