NULL 51°

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
Doorbell Cam, Prints In Snow, Colleagues Help Wyckoff PD Nab Newark Car Thieves: 18, 16, 15 Doorbell Cam, Prints In Snow, Colleagues Help Wyckoff PD Nab Newark Car Thieves: 18, 16, 15
Doorbell Cam, Prints In Snow, Colleagues Help Wyckoff PD Nab Newark Car Thieves: 18, 16, 15 A trio of teenage car thieves -- only one of them an adult -- were captured by Wyckoff police with help from a resident’s doorbell cam, footprints in the snow and officers from neighboring departments, authorities said Tuesday. A Wayfair Circle homeowner dialed 911 at 4 a.m. Saturday after seeing the three trying to break into his car in the driveway around 4 a.m. Saturday, Lt. Joseph Soto. The homeowner provided updates while borough police established a perimeter with help from their colleagues from Franklin Lakes and North Haledon,Soto said. Sgt. Michael DeMaio spotted fresh footprints …

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Recorded Gang Rape Of Stripper Gets Passaic Gentleman's Club Manager 25½ Years Without Parole Recorded Gang Rape Of Stripper Gets Passaic Gentleman's Club Manager 25½ Years Without Parole
Recorded Gang Rape Of Stripper Gets Passaic Gentleman's Club Manager 25½ Years Without Parole A Passaic nightclub employee must spend at least 25½ years in state prison before he’ll be eligible for parole for his part in the video-recorded gang rape of a dancer during an after-hours party following his sentencing Tuesday. In addition to the prison term, Superior Judge Marybel Mercado-Ramirez ordered Michael Ramirez, 39, to register as a sex offender under Megan’s Law and remain under parole supervision for life. Jurors in Paterson convicted Ramirez and dancer Trystal Lozada in December 2019 of aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault and criminal sexual contract following an eight-…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
PD: Haledon Police Capture Convenience Store Burglar From Passaic Carrying Cash, Scratch-Offs PD: Haledon Police Capture Convenience Store Burglar From Passaic Carrying Cash, Scratch-Offs
PD: Haledon Police Capture Convenience Store Burglar From Passaic Carrying Cash, Scratch-Offs A pair of Haledon police officers chased down a 41-year-old repeat offender from Passaic moments after he broke into a local convenience store before dawn Tuesday, authorities said. An activated burglar alarm along with a concerned citizen’s call that someone had broken in through the front door brought Officers Edar Merza and Jake Rutkowski to the Speedy Mart on Haledon Avenue shortly after 4 a.m. They spotted Joseph Holman running from the scene and took off after him – through backyards and over fences – before catching and subduing him following a brief struggle on Clinton Street and No…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
News
Newark Bizman: I Laundered $23M For Dominican Drug Network Newark Bizman: I Laundered $23M For Dominican Drug Network
Newark Bizman: I Laundered $23M For Dominican Drug Network A Newark man admitted that he laundered $23 million for a Dominican drug network while awaiting trial for doing it before. Edwin Deleon-Batista, 37, told a federal judge in Newark that he collected huge amounts of cash from drug sales in New Jersey, New York, and Florida and converted them to cashier’s checks at local banks. Deleon-Batista was free on bond for federal money laundering charges following his arrest in New York in April 2019, Acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Rachel A. Honig said. Soon after, he “began using a stolen identity and obtained a fraudulent Florida driver’s licen…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
News
Morris County Contractor Who Cheated IRS Out Of $261,758 Gets 18 Months In Fed Pen Morris County Contractor Who Cheated IRS Out Of $261,758 Gets 18 Months In Fed Pen
Morris County Contractor Who Cheated IRS Out Of $261,758 Gets 18 Months In Fed Pen A Morris County contractor must serve 18 months in federal prison before he'll be eligible for release for cheating on his taxes, authorities said. Roger Magill, 51, of Wharton, cashed business checks from his businesses -- Reliable Construction (also known as Reliable Paving) and and Hackensack Pavers (also known as Hackensack Paving) -- using a bogus identity at several check-cashing businesses, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachel A. Honig said. He then deposited the cash into accounts without reporting it to the IRS, evading $261,758 in personal income taxes in the process, Honig said. Rather t…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
News
Paterson Man, 21, Charged With Raping Clifton Child For Years While A Juvenile Paterson Man, 21, Charged With Raping Clifton Child For Years While A Juvenile
Paterson Man, 21, Charged With Raping Clifton Child For Years While A Juvenile A Clifton resident was raped between the ages of 6 and 11 by a now-21-year-old Paterson man who was a juvenile at the time, authorities said. The victim, now 14, reported the alleged incidents to local police, who contacted the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit on March 7, Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Clifton Police Chief Tom Rinaldi said late Monday. An investigation followed that included interviews with, among others, the youngster, who reported “multiple sexual assaults by the suspect in residences in both Clifton and Paterson,” they said. It wasn’t explained …

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
News
Firefighter Injured In Paterson House Blaze Firefighter Injured In Paterson House Blaze
Firefighter Injured In Paterson House Blaze A firefighter was hospitalized with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening after he slipped and fell battling a Paterson house fire on Monday, authorities said. The firefighter was taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center after being injured in the 22nd Street fire. The blaze broke out on the second floor of the home and was quickly knocked down. A possible cause wasn't immediately disclosed. No other injuries were reported. At scene of East 22nd Street fire in PatersonJon Ryan

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
News
Somerset Man Admits Flying To Philippines For Sex With Minor Somerset Man Admits Flying To Philippines For Sex With Minor
Somerset Man Admits Flying To Philippines For Sex With Minor A Somerset County man admitted that he flew to the Philippines to have sex with a minor he met online. James A. Diggs, 45, of Somerville, went there several times to have sex with four underage victims after arranging meetings online, federal authorities had charged. Rather than go to trial, Diggs took a deal from the government and pleaded guilty before a U.S. District Court judge in Trenton via teleconference Monday to traveling outside of the United States to engage in criminal sexual activity. Diggs first used an online messaging app to “persuade, induce, entice, and coerce” the first …

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
News
Prosecutor: Paterson Man Who Raped Child, 11,Threatened Victim Not To Tell Prosecutor: Paterson Man Who Raped Child, 11,Threatened Victim Not To Tell
Prosecutor: Paterson Man Who Raped Child, 11,Threatened Victim Not To Tell A 42-year-old Paterson man sexually assaulted an 11-year-old child and then threatened the youngster not to tell anyone, authorities said. William Ortega, 42, was arrested last Thursday by members of Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes’s Special Victims Unit, although she didn’t announce it until Monday night. He’s charged with first-degree aggravated sexual assault, as well as sexual assault, child endangerment and making terroristic threats against the child, who Valdes said was in his care. Ortega was sent to the Passaic County Jail to await a first appearance before a Central J…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
News
Fumes Clear Dumont High School Fumes Clear Dumont High School
Fumes Clear Dumont High School An exhaust fan broke, filling part of Dumont High School with neutralized sulfur fumes Monday afternoon, responders said. Neither the Science Department teacher involved nor any students or staff were injured or exposed in the incident just before 2 p.m., responders said. Dumont Fire Chief Mark Abdulla called the incident a ventilation issue and not a spill. Also responding were members of the Dumont Volunteer Ambulance Corps, a Bergen County Hazardous Materials Unit and a New Milford Hazardous Materials team.

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Prev Page 659 of 2962 657 658 659 660 661 Next
6,581 - 6,590 of 29,614 articles