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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New City, NY
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Slice Of History: Posa Posa Of Rockland Chosen For Prestigious Pizza Exhibit Slice Of History: Posa Posa Of Rockland Chosen For Prestigious Pizza Exhibit Slice Of History: Posa Posa Of Rockland Chosen For Prestigious Pizza Exhibit
Slice Of History: Posa Posa Of Rockland Chosen For Prestigious Pizza Exhibit The owners of a Rockland restaurant will share some of their secrets -- along with their praised pies -- during a special exhibit next week at Ellis Island, “A Slice of History: Pizza in America.” Posa Posa of Nanuet is one of only five pizzerias selected for the special exhibit, scheduled from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. next Wednesday, June 12, at the Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration. Free pizza will be served from ovens outside the entrance to the museum. A band will spice up the celebratory mood. Co-sponsoring the event are the National Park Service and Evelyn Hill Inc., the food ser…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Slice Of History: Nellie's Place Chosen For Prestigious Pizza Exhibit On Ellis Island Slice Of History: Nellie's Place Chosen For Prestigious Pizza Exhibit On Ellis Island Slice Of History: Nellie's Place Chosen For Prestigious Pizza Exhibit On Ellis Island
Slice Of History: Nellie's Place Chosen For Prestigious Pizza Exhibit On Ellis Island The owners of a Bergen County restaurant renowned for its thin-crust pizza will share some of their secrets -- along with their praised pies -- during a special exhibit next week at Ellis Island, “A Slice of History: Pizza in America.” Nellie’s Place of Waldwick is one of only five pizzerias selected for the special exhibit, scheduled from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. next Wednesday, June 12, at the Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration. Free pizza will be served from ovens outside the entrance to the museum. A band will spice up the celebratory mood. Co-sponsoring the event are the National P…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
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Reports: Pair Of ‘Girlfriends’ Vanish With $520,000 Worth Of Bling From Jets Le’Veon Bell Reports: Pair Of ‘Girlfriends’ Vanish With $520,000 Worth Of Bling From Jets Le’Veon Bell Reports: Pair Of ‘Girlfriends’ Vanish With $520,000 Worth Of Bling From Jets Le’Veon Bell
Reports: Pair Of ‘Girlfriends’ Vanish With $520,000 Worth Of Bling From Jets Le’Veon Bell Two women described as “girlfriends” fleeced new Jets running back Le’Veon Bell of $520,000 in jewelry from his Hollywood, FL home, authorities said. Bell – who made headlines after skipping voluntary mini-camp – returned home from a Florida gym to find a closet rifled and both the women and the bling gone, according to multiple reports. It included a black panther pendant studded with black and white diamonds, two gold chains with diamonds and a Rolex. Bell, who sat out the 2018 season with the Pittsburgh Steelers over money, showed up for the Jets’ mandatory mini-camp in Florham Park on …

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Pascack Valley, NJ
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ICE: Washington Township Man Threatened Victim With Child Porn Pics ICE: Washington Township Man Threatened Victim With Child Porn Pics ICE: Washington Township Man Threatened Victim With Child Porn Pics
ICE: Washington Township Man Threatened Victim With Child Porn Pics A Washington Township man trafficked images of child sex abuse -- and contacted a victim who'd been photographed while in her mid-teens, said federal authorities who arrested him Wednesday. Jeffrey Laino, 37, shared several files from home on a publicly available peer-to-peer program that was being monitored by law enforcement in January, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. A month later, a victim living in Ohio reported that Laino contacted her through Snapchat claiming that he had nude photos that he said were taken of her when she was 14 to 15 years old, Carpenito said. Laino, who was a…

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Paterson, NJ
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Police: Botched Clifton Robbery Victim Stabbed Police: Botched Clifton Robbery Victim Stabbed Police: Botched Clifton Robbery Victim Stabbed
Police: Botched Clifton Robbery Victim Stabbed Clifton police believe a botched pre-dawn robbery Wednesday left a 20-year-old Passaic man with several stab wounds. The victim was treated at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center for leg wounds before being released, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. He'd been stabbed on Lake Avenue near Hope Avenue just after 4:30 a.m., he said.

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Ridgewood, NJ
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Sedan Plows Into Taxi Stand At Ridgewood Train Station Sedan Plows Into Taxi Stand At Ridgewood Train Station Sedan Plows Into Taxi Stand At Ridgewood Train Station
Sedan Plows Into Taxi Stand At Ridgewood Train Station A sedan slammed into a taxi stand at the Ridgewood train station Wednesday afternoon after the 80-year-old driver suffered a medical emergency, authorities said. The village driver didn't require hospitalization after crashing his Honda Accord into the E&K Taxi Stand on North Broad Street just after 3 p.m., Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke said. He'd apparently had some type of medical emergency, the chief said. Firefighters shored up the building while officials determined its structural integrity. An investigation was continuing. At the scene of the crash at the train station ta…

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Northern Highlands, NJ
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Bergen's Most Lopsided 2019 Primary Win: Incumbent Upper Saddle River Mayor Crushes Upstart Bergen's Most Lopsided 2019 Primary Win: Incumbent Upper Saddle River Mayor Crushes Upstart Bergen's Most Lopsided 2019 Primary Win: Incumbent Upper Saddle River Mayor Crushes Upstart
Bergen's Most Lopsided 2019 Primary Win: Incumbent Upper Saddle River Mayor Crushes Upstart Incumbent Upper Saddle River Mayor Joanne Minichetti easily defeated an upstart candidate Tuesday in one of only eight municipalities in Bergen County that had contested primaries. In the most convincing defeat of all of Bergen's primary races, Minichetti got 75% of the vote (525) to a meager 171 for Erik Friis in the borough’s Republican runoff, according to unofficial results from the county Board of Elections. Her Republican running mates, Councilmen Jonathan Ditkoff and Douglas Rotella, were unopposed. Minichetti will face Marshall Grupp in the November election. He was unopposed in t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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Tracy Morgan OK After NYC Collision With Jersey City Driver Tracy Morgan OK After NYC Collision With Jersey City Driver Tracy Morgan OK After NYC Collision With Jersey City Driver
Tracy Morgan OK After NYC Collision With Jersey City Driver Comedian Tracy Morgan had just driven his 2012 Bugatti Veyron off a Manhattan lot when it was sideswiped by another vehicle on Tuesday, according to multiple reports. "Thanks for any concern but I am totally fine. My NEW CAR? We shall see," Morgan tweeted a short time later. "Love you all." The other car was apparently driven by Jocelyn Madulid, 61 of Jersey City, who said she was frightened by Morgan's reaction. The $1.5 million luxury car was struck by a Honda CR-V, according to TMZ. This Friday marks five years since the "Last OG" star, who lives in Alpine, was involved in a nea…

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Englewood, NJ
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Pedestrian, 77, Struck In Englewood By 84-Year-Old SUV Driver Sustains Head Injury Pedestrian, 77, Struck In Englewood By 84-Year-Old SUV Driver Sustains Head Injury Pedestrian, 77, Struck In Englewood By 84-Year-Old SUV Driver Sustains Head Injury
Pedestrian, 77, Struck In Englewood By 84-Year-Old SUV Driver Sustains Head Injury A 77-year-old pedestrian was hospitalized with a severe head injury after she was struck by an SUV driven by an 84-year-old motorist in Englewood late Tuesday afternoon. Officers Adolfo Gutierrez and Dona Nidelko began rendering aid to the victim, who was struck just before 5 p.m. at West Palisade Avenue and Cottage Place, Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said. They were relieved by EMS personnel, who took her to Hackensack Medical Center, the deputy chief said. The SUV driver remained at the scene and wasn’t charged – although Halstead noted that the investigation was continuing.

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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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Cliffside Park Police Subdue 'Madman' Who Punched Elderly Victim In Face, Kicked In Doors, More Cliffside Park Police Subdue 'Madman' Who Punched Elderly Victim In Face, Kicked In Doors, More Cliffside Park Police Subdue 'Madman' Who Punched Elderly Victim In Face, Kicked In Doors, More
Cliffside Park Police Subdue 'Madman' Who Punched Elderly Victim In Face, Kicked In Doors, More Cliffside Park police subdued and arrested a man who responders said went on a violent spree late Tuesday afternoon – punching an elderly man in the face, kicking in apartment doors and vandalizing an auto. It began on Anderson Avenue near Morningside Avenue when, one responder said, the assailant “went nuts in his apartment building” just before 5 p.m. “He kicked in some doors, then went out onto Anderson Avenue, walked up to an elderly man smoking a cigarette and punched him in the face,” the responder said. Good Samaritans who rushed to the victim’s aid were assaulted, as well, before t…

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