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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Jersey City, NJ
Breaking News
Quest Diagnostics: 12 Million Customers May Have Had Financial, Medical, Personal Info Breached Quest Diagnostics: 12 Million Customers May Have Had Financial, Medical, Personal Info Breached Quest Diagnostics: 12 Million Customers May Have Had Financial, Medical, Personal Info Breached
Quest Diagnostics: 12 Million Customers May Have Had Financial, Medical, Personal Info Breached Nearly 12 million customers of Secaucus-based Quest Diagnostics may have had their personal, financial and medical information breached, the blood-testing provider warned Monday. The access was gained through a billing collections vendor sometime between the beginning of last August and the end of this March. Credit and debit card information, as well as medical records, may be affected, said the company, one of the country's biggest blood-testing providers -- which last year moved its headquarters from Madison, NJ. A previous breach was reported in December 2016.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Hasbrouck Heights PD: Utility Pole Snaps In Route 17 Crash After Driver Runs Light Hasbrouck Heights PD: Utility Pole Snaps In Route 17 Crash After Driver Runs Light Hasbrouck Heights PD: Utility Pole Snaps In Route 17 Crash After Driver Runs Light
Hasbrouck Heights PD: Utility Pole Snaps In Route 17 Crash After Driver Runs Light UPDATE: Three people were hospitalized after a driver ran a red light, sending another vehicle head-on into a utility pole off southbound Route 17 in Hasbrouck Heights -- knocking out power to the area and closing the highway for four hours. The 51-year-old Jersey City driver blew the light at the jughandle by Route 17 Nissan at 1:45 a.m. Saturday, Detective Lt. Michael Colaneri Jr. said. His car "sideswiped another vehicle, pushing it into the telephone pole," Colaneri said. The pole "snapped in half, causing the transformer to blow," he said. The Jersey City driver and a Rutherford coup…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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SWAT Standoff Ends In Upper Saddle River After Drunken Suicidal Man Fires Shot, Points Gun SWAT Standoff Ends In Upper Saddle River After Drunken Suicidal Man Fires Shot, Points Gun SWAT Standoff Ends In Upper Saddle River After Drunken Suicidal Man Fires Shot, Points Gun
SWAT Standoff Ends In Upper Saddle River After Drunken Suicidal Man Fires Shot, Points Gun An intoxicated, suicidal Upper Saddle River man pointed a gun out the window at SWAT team members before surrendering after a 3½-hour standoff overnight Sunday, authorities said. Family members fled as Christopher Koski, 24, fired a shotgun blast in the house and threw two rifles out the window, Detective Lt. Edward Kane said. A member of the Bergen County Regional Crisis Negotiation Team eventually talked him out, but not before Koski “pointed a loaded handgun out a second-floor window” at the tactical unit, Kane said. Authorities seized several firearms from the home, the lieutenant said…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
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Let's Go, Mets: Bergen Prosecutors Want To Give Lodi Boy, 6, With Blood Disorder 'Amazin' Day Let's Go, Mets: Bergen Prosecutors Want To Give Lodi Boy, 6, With Blood Disorder 'Amazin' Day Let's Go, Mets: Bergen Prosecutors Want To Give Lodi Boy, 6, With Blood Disorder 'Amazin' Day
Let's Go, Mets: Bergen Prosecutors Want To Give Lodi Boy, 6, With Blood Disorder 'Amazin' Day Surrounded by other emergency vehicles -- their lights flashing and sirens screaming -- the Bergen County prosecutor's crime scene van pulled up to the Lodi home of 6-year-old A.J. Vigliotti. Detectives had important news for A.J., who was born with a rare blood disorder called Beta Thalassemia, also known as Cooley’s Anemia: They selected him to be their Chief for a Day at the annual event organized by the county sheriff's office. They also promise to make his wish come true of seeing his very first New York Mets game. A.J. and others affected with Cooley's Anemia must undergo monthl…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
POLICE: Missing Hackensack Man Found With Violent Ex-Con Who Bummed Ride To Paterson For Drugs POLICE: Missing Hackensack Man Found With Violent Ex-Con Who Bummed Ride To Paterson For Drugs POLICE: Missing Hackensack Man Found With Violent Ex-Con Who Bummed Ride To Paterson For Drugs
Police: Missing Hackensack Man Found With Violent Ex-Con Who Bummed Ride To Paterson For Drugs UPDATE: A missing 82-year-old Hackensack man who became the subject of a statewide Silver Alert was found Friday morning with an ex-con who police said convinced him to drive him to Paterson, among other destinations, over the course of some 18 or so hours. Nathaniel James-Booth -- whose 25-year criminal history includes recent arrests for kidnapping and robbery -- was immediately seized by police who found him in a car driven by John Ingallinera near the corner of Lehigh and Essex streets, said Capt. Darren DeWitt. They charged James-Booth, 42, with illegal possession of Percocet, DeWitt s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
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Bergen County Police Chiefs' BBQ For Vets Deemed Huge Success Bergen County Police Chiefs' BBQ For Vets Deemed Huge Success Bergen County Police Chiefs' BBQ For Vets Deemed Huge Success
Bergen County Police Chiefs' BBQ For Vets Deemed Huge Success Active and retired police chiefs from Bergen County brought more than barbecue to the Paramus Veterans Home. The Bergen County Police Chiefs Association Foundation also donated a large fish tank that was set up in one of the day rooms. Active, retired and associate/affiliated chiefs at Thursday's event included the foundation chairman, retired Emerson police chief Donald Rossi. "I must say it was very well received," said Old Tappan Police Chief Thomas M. Shine, the president of the Bergen County Police Chiefs Association. The day went so well, in fact, that the association intends to mak…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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Bergen Brokers Admit $4.6M 'Short Sale' Scam Bergen Brokers Admit $4.6M 'Short Sale' Scam Bergen Brokers Admit $4.6M 'Short Sale' Scam
Bergen Brokers Admit $4.6M 'Short Sale' Scam Two Bergen County real estate brokers – one from Ridgefield, the other from Norwood – admitted their roles in a $4.6 million “short-sale” scheme. Steve Young Kang, 64, of Ridgefield, and Young Jin Son, 49, of Norwood, New Jersey, told a federal judge in Newark on Thursday that they recruited others to participate in the bank and wire fraud conspiracies. Kang sold his own properties and recruited others to sell properties to a co-schemer, Mehdi Kassai, for substantially less than they were worth by using false documents, straw buyers and cosmetic property damage, as well as restricting the a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Accused Shooter Of Clifton Man Was Actually Caught Soon After, Authorities Reveal Accused Shooter Of Clifton Man Was Actually Caught Soon After, Authorities Reveal Accused Shooter Of Clifton Man Was Actually Caught Soon After, Authorities Reveal
Accused Shooter Of Clifton Man Was Actually Caught Soon After, Authorities Reveal An 18-year-old Clifton man who was shot in the leg on Wednesday was a robbery victim, said authorities who revealed on Friday that they made an arrest the same day. Michael Rodriguez, 21, of Paterson shot the victim in the area of 44 Macdonald Street in Clifton just after 7 p.m. Wednesday, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Clifton Police Chief Mark P. Centurione said in a brief statement issued early Friday afternoon. Rodriguez is charged with attempted murder, armed robbery, burglary, aggravated assault and weapons offenses, the statement says. He remained held in the Passai…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Business Owner Commits Suicide Behind Lyndhurst Office Police: Business Owner Commits Suicide Behind Lyndhurst Office Police: Business Owner Commits Suicide Behind Lyndhurst Office
Police: Business Owner Commits Suicide Behind Lyndhurst Office A Lyndhurst business owner from Hoboken who shot himself dead in his car behind the company Friday morning left a suicide note, authorities said. The body of the 63-year-old owner was found just before 9:30 a.m. behind the packing materials company on Wall Street West, near Bergen Community College, Detective Sgt. Vincent Auteri said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Middletown-Wallkill, NY
Breaking News
Missing Deaf NJ Woman, 87, Found Safe By Middletown Police -- 50 Miles From Home Missing Deaf NJ Woman, 87, Found Safe By Middletown Police -- 50 Miles From Home Missing Deaf NJ Woman, 87, Found Safe By Middletown Police -- 50 Miles From Home
Missing Deaf NJ Woman, 87, Found Safe By Middletown Police -- 50 Miles From Home A 87-year-old New Jersey woman who went missing the day was found safe Friday morning by police in Middletown, authorities said. June Cross, who is deaf, was driving a grey 2009 Honda Accord when she left a meeting in another town and didn't return home Thursday morning, New Milford Police Detective Lt. Kevin Van Saders said. Around 4 p.m. she showed up in New Windsor, where police "gave her directions back to New Milford," Van Saders said. That was the last anyone had heard from her until Middletown police spotted Cross early Friday, he said.

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