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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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Full Spit-And-Polish Funeral Set For Passaic County Sheriff's K-9 Leo Full Spit-And-Polish Funeral Set For Passaic County Sheriff's K-9 Leo Full Spit-And-Polish Funeral Set For Passaic County Sheriff's K-9 Leo
Full Spit-And-Polish Funeral Set For Passaic County Sheriff's K-9 Leo The highest level of respect for an officer who gave up his or her life in the line of duty will be paid to Passaic County Sheriff's K-9 Leo, who died Wednesday. Shoes will be shined and hair tucked beneath hats as officers in Class A uniforms assemble for what's known as muster the morning of April 3. A color guard will be part of a large law enforcement turnout. "Taps" will be played. Leo became ill while conducting a search Wednesday and was rushed to an animal hospital, where he passed, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. The 8-year-old German Shepherd "was one of our vetera…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
AT&T, Verizon Outages Reported Nationwide AT&T, Verizon Outages Reported Nationwide AT&T, Verizon Outages Reported Nationwide
AT&T, Verizon Outages Reported Nationwide Bergen, Passaic, Hudson and Westchester were among those area counties most affected by nationwide outages reported overnight and into Thursday morning by AT&T and Verizon, according to monitoring reports. The problems reportedly began for Verizon around 1 a.m., most involving mobile phones, DownDetector.com reported. They peaked around 8 a.m. before beginning to drop but still were being reported just before 11:30 a.m. AT&T's problems climbed, meanwhile. Most involved Internet connections.  CHECK FOR OUTAGES IN YOUR AREA: DownDetector.com

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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Cliffside Park School Bus Driver, Aide Hospitalized After Falling Into Same Pothole Cliffside Park School Bus Driver, Aide Hospitalized After Falling Into Same Pothole Cliffside Park School Bus Driver, Aide Hospitalized After Falling Into Same Pothole
Cliffside Park School Bus Driver, Aide Hospitalized After Falling Into Same Pothole Both a Cliffside Park school bus driver and an aide injured themselves falling into the same pothole Thursday morning, authorities said. The aide had fallen, injuring her foot and leg, after getting off the bus at a stop on Commercial Avenue around 8:30 a.m. Thursday, Detective Capt. Vincent Capano said. The driver got off to help her and sustained similar injuries, Capano said. Fairview EMS took both to Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck for treatment, the captain said. Another Board of Education driver was dispatched to take over. Meanwhile, a DPW crew was dispatched to patc…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
SWAT Standoff: Negotiators Talk FDNY Retiree From New Milford Home Following Threat SWAT Standoff: Negotiators Talk FDNY Retiree From New Milford Home Following Threat SWAT Standoff: Negotiators Talk FDNY Retiree From New Milford Home Following Threat
SWAT Standoff: Negotiators Talk Fdny Retiree From New Milford Home Following Threat Negotiators talked a retired New York City Fire Department paramedic out of his New Milford home after a SWAT standoff of a little over an hour and a half Wednesday. The 63-year-old tenant apparently made threatening remarks during an angry call to a fire department organization in New York after he had difficulty with a particular benefit, Detective Sgt. Kevin Van Saders. "He had threatened to bring an assault rifle to their building and open fire," Van Saders said. The reference to an AK-47 prompted the FDNY division to call local police, who also summoned a Bergen County Regional SWAT …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Passaic Sheriff: Deli Cook With 1,000+ Child Porn Files Secretly Video'd Bathroom Users Passaic Sheriff: Deli Cook With 1,000+ Child Porn Files Secretly Video'd Bathroom Users Passaic Sheriff: Deli Cook With 1,000+ Child Porn Files Secretly Video'd Bathroom Users
Passaic Sheriff: Deli Cook With 1,000+ Child Porn Files Secretly Video'd Bathroom Users A now-former cook at a Haskell deli who's accused of having more than 1,000 child porn files on his computer recorded videos of three different people with a camera hidden in his bathroom, authorities said. Ricardo Antonio Moya-Cruz, 28, of Pompton Lakes became a target following a tip from the National Center For Missing & Exploited Children that he was trafficking videos and photos of child pornography, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. Sheriff’s detectives armed with a warrant seized more than 1,000 files in a raid on Moya-Cruz’s home on Wednesday, the sheriff said. “A…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Pascack Valley Teen Crashes SUV Half-Hour After Release For Underage Drinking Police: Pascack Valley Teen Crashes SUV Half-Hour After Release For Underage Drinking Police: Pascack Valley Teen Crashes SUV Half-Hour After Release For Underage Drinking
Police: Pascack Valley Teen Crashes SUV Half-Hour After Release For Underage Drinking A drunken 19-year-old from Hillsdale crashed an SUV into a utility pole in River Vale -- a half-hour after being released to a responsible adult following an underage drinking arrest, police said. It began at 6:45 a.m. Saturday, when an off-duty borough police officer spotted an idling vehicle stopped in a traffic lane on Rivervale Road near Piermont Avenue, Sgt. Peter Martin said. Responding officers found the driver and two passengers – including 19-year-old Ryan Shoop of Hillsdale – all passed out in the vehicle, Martin said. Unable to wake them from outside, an officer opened the door…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Paterson Officer Who Beat Hospital Patient, Sold Stolen Drugs Gets 5½ Years In Federal Pen Paterson Officer Who Beat Hospital Patient, Sold Stolen Drugs Gets 5½ Years In Federal Pen Paterson Officer Who Beat Hospital Patient, Sold Stolen Drugs Gets 5½ Years In Federal Pen
Paterson Officer Who Beat Hospital Patient, Sold Stolen Drugs Gets 5½ Years In Federal Pen A former Paterson police officer will spend 5½ years in federal prison for assaulting a hospitalized attempted suicide victim -- while his partner recorded it -- and selling drugs that he stole from crime scenes while on duty following his sentencing in U.S. District Court in Newark on Wednesday. Because there is no parole in the federal prison system, 27-year-old Ruben McAusland of Paterson will have to serve just about all of the 66-month sentence handed down by U.S. District Judge William H. Walls. Walls also sentenced McAusland to three years of supervised release and ordered him to pay…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Little Ferry Police Round Up Six ID Theft Ring Members From Detroit At Motel Little Ferry Police Round Up Six ID Theft Ring Members From Detroit At Motel Little Ferry Police Round Up Six ID Theft Ring Members From Detroit At Motel
Little Ferry Police Round Up Six ID Theft Ring Members From Detroit At Motel Six members of an ID theft ring who came to the East Coast from Detroit to buy cellphones with bogus IDs and phony credit cards were busted at a Little Ferry motel after a borough police sergeant smelled something fishy, authorities said. Sgt. John Andronaco was driving through the parking lot of the Capri Inn just off Route 46 around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday when he said he spotted a man leaning back in a Dodge Caravan, apparently attempting to avoid detection. Circling back, Adronaco said he saw the man do it again. So he called for backup and approached the Caravan – where he said he caught a w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack Detectives Derail Bronx Trio's Counterfeit-Fueled Shopping Spree Hackensack Detectives Derail Bronx Trio's Counterfeit-Fueled Shopping Spree Hackensack Detectives Derail Bronx Trio's Counterfeit-Fueled Shopping Spree
Hackensack Detectives Derail Bronx Trio's Counterfeit-Fueled Shopping Spree A Bronx trio went on a spending spree with counterfeit $100 bills before Hackensack police detectives nabbed them, authorities said Wednesday. The investigators stopped their 2002 Honda Accord on Essex Street near Prospect Avenue for a traffic violation and quickly learned that the driver, 19-year-old Jazlyn Rodriguez, didn't have a license, Capt. Peter Busciglio said. As they ordered her out of the car, the detectives noticed the rear-seat passenger -- identified as Bryan Day, 23 -- trying to conceal something under his feet, Busciglio said. As he got out, they saw counterfeit $100 dollar…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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Proud Tradition Continues: Hillsdale Police Captain Attends Prestigious FBI Academy Proud Tradition Continues: Hillsdale Police Captain Attends Prestigious FBI Academy Proud Tradition Continues: Hillsdale Police Captain Attends Prestigious FBI Academy
Proud Tradition Continues: Hillsdale Police Captain Attends Prestigious FBI Academy Hillsdale Police Capt. Sean Smith felt the wind of tradition at his back as he completed the 275th FBI National Academy Program in Quantico, VA earlier this month. The last officer from his department to attend the prestigious program was Lt. Vincent McCarthy back in 1975. Graduating from the FBI Academy program that same year was Smith’s father, Thomas, who’d been an officer in the 46-year-old captain’s Tenafly hometown. “It was pretty special that I was a second-generation legacy student,” Smith said. “That’s pretty rare.” The younger Smith joined the Hillsdale department in January 199…

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