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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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
PHOTOS: First Responders Motorcycle Club, Moonachie Firefighters Unite To Bring Coats To Needy PHOTOS: First Responders Motorcycle Club, Moonachie Firefighters Unite To Bring Coats To Needy PHOTOS: First Responders Motorcycle Club, Moonachie Firefighters Unite To Bring Coats To Needy
Photos: First Responders Motorcycle Club, Moonachie Firefighters Unite To Bring Coats To Needy Needy families and individuals received 380 coats, as well as children’s clothing, thanks to the Company K chapter of the Strength & Honor Motorcycle Club and the Moonachie Fire Department. “The cold couldn’t stop us from riding for a cause such as this,” Chapter President Christopher “Shallow” Inserra said. “There are many families who don’t have coats and are much colder than us”. The annual coat and food drive was held at the Straphanger Saloon in Hackensack – which nj.com readers chose as the best dive bar in New Jersey. Members then roared in to drop off the donations at Bethany …

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Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Garfield Pedestrian, 62, Struck Crossing Street Garfield Pedestrian, 62, Struck Crossing Street Garfield Pedestrian, 62, Struck Crossing Street
Garfield Pedestrian, 62, Struck Crossing Street A 62-year-old Garfield man was struck while crossing a local street over the weekend, authorities said. The victim was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center for treatment of serious injuries following the 6:30 p.m. crash Saturday on Outwater Lane near Alaska Street, Capt. Darren Sucorowski said Monday. The 33-year-old female Garfield driver remained at the scene. No charges or summonses were immediately issued while police investigate the circumstances of the crash.

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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Fort Lee Senior Towers Tenant, 81, Jumps To Her Death Fort Lee Senior Towers Tenant, 81, Jumps To Her Death Fort Lee Senior Towers Tenant, 81, Jumps To Her Death
Fort Lee Senior Towers Tenant, 81, Jumps To Her Death An 81-year-old resident jumped to her death from the 14th floor of a Fort Lee high-rise Sunday morning, authorities said. Police got the call from the Malcolm Towers senior living apartments on Main Street just before noon, Capt. Matthew Hintze said. ****** ALSO SEE: A 63-year-old woman became the second tenant at a Fort Lee senior high rise in four days to jump to her death -- this time from the 10th floor, police confirmed. https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/fortlee/police-fire/second-fort-lee-senior-towers-tenant-in-four-days-jumps-to-death/747652/ ******

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack PD: Texas Drifter Caught With Loaded .38 Special Hackensack PD: Texas Drifter Caught With Loaded .38 Special Hackensack PD: Texas Drifter Caught With Loaded .38 Special
Hackensack PD: Texas Drifter Caught With Loaded .38 Special Hackensack police who wondered what a driver from Texas was doing parked on a local street with his motor running found him carrying a .38 Special, authorities said. Bryan Kyckelhan, 40, of Houston, told the narcotics detectives Friday afternoon that he was “just passing time” sitting alone in his 2013 Prius on Van Wettering Place, Capt. Peter Busciglio said. He also said he’d been staying in several places in New Jersey since last month, including a residence nearby, Busciglio said. “While speaking to him one of the detectives observed what appeared to be a black handgun case on the passe…

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah PD: Driver In Stolen Car Carrying Crystal Meth, No ID Fights With Police After Chase Mahwah PD: Driver In Stolen Car Carrying Crystal Meth, No ID Fights With Police After Chase Mahwah PD: Driver In Stolen Car Carrying Crystal Meth, No ID Fights With Police After Chase
Mahwah PD: Driver In Stolen Car Carrying Crystal Meth, No ID Fights With Police After Chase A combative driver apparently cranked up on crystal meth was taken to New Bridge Medical Center in police custody after a Mahwah officer caught him speeding in a stolen van, authorities said. Officer Daniel Stewart chased the 2001 Chevy van Saturday afternoon from Campgaw Road in Mahwah to Pulis Avenue in Franklin Lakes before 31-year-old Bruno Ferreira finally pulled over, Police Chief James N. Batelli said. Ferreira, who wasn't carrying identification, was taken to police headquarters, where he "become combative and had to be restrained" during a search, Batelli said. Officers found him …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Burglary Charges From Throughout Bergen Mount Against Jailed Hackensack Ex-Con Burglary Charges From Throughout Bergen Mount Against Jailed Hackensack Ex-Con Burglary Charges From Throughout Bergen Mount Against Jailed Hackensack Ex-Con
Burglary Charges From Throughout Bergen Mount Against Jailed Hackensack Ex-Con Burglary charges from several towns continue to pile up against a Hackensack ex-con with a criminal history that stretches back 25 years. Steven Saulter, 51, is suspected in even more break-ins that are currently under investigation, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. A truck driver by trade, Saulter became a suspect in a series of home burglaries in and around Bergen County, Calo said. He was arrested after search warrants were executed at his home and at another location, in Teaneck, the prosecutor said. As it stood Monday, Saulter was charged with burglaries in Carlstadt…

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Glen Rock PD: Cooking Oil Thieves Caught Glen Rock PD: Cooking Oil Thieves Caught Glen Rock PD: Cooking Oil Thieves Caught
Glen Rock PD: Cooking Oil Thieves Caught Glen Rock police tracked down and busted two Hudson County men who they said siphoned used cooking oil that a local shopping center owner was collecting for recycling. A retired police officer who saw a TV news story about the Dec. 28 thefts recognized a van that police said the thieves used -- and had taken several photos of it, including the license plate number, which Police Chief Dean Ackermann said wasn't visible on surveillance video. Before long, borough police arrested Adriz Valdes-Perez, 28, of Jersey City, and Francisco Abreu, 29, of Union City. Surveillance video shows…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Crash Closes Northbound Palisades Interstate Parkway In Englewood Cliffs Crash Closes Northbound Palisades Interstate Parkway In Englewood Cliffs Crash Closes Northbound Palisades Interstate Parkway In Englewood Cliffs
Crash Closes Northbound Palisades Interstate Parkway In Englewood Cliffs UPDATE: A crash closed the northbound Palisades Interstate Parkway in Englewood Cliffs for more than 40 minutes Sunday afternoon. At least three ambulances responded to the crash, which occurred near Exit 1 just before 2:30 p.m. Northbound traffic remained at a standstill for roughly a half hour after the crash before it began to crawl forward. It finally began moving just before 3:10 p.m. Southbound traffic contined moving steadily.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Six Hospitalized, One Extricated In Three-Vehicle Norwood Crash Six Hospitalized, One Extricated In Three-Vehicle Norwood Crash Six Hospitalized, One Extricated In Three-Vehicle Norwood Crash
Six Hospitalized, One Extricated In Three-Vehicle Norwood Crash UPDATE: Six people were hospitalized following a three-vehicle crash Saturday night in Norwood. Firefighters extricated one of the victims in the Livingston Street crash, which occurred just before 7 p.m. The four most seriously injured were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center. Two others were taken to Englewood Hospital and Medical Center and HUMC at Pascack Valley in Westwood. Airbags deployed and all were wearing seat belts, responders said. Responding were Norwood EMS, police and firefighters, the Closter Volunteer Ambulance and Rescue Corps and firefighters and an ambulance…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
HEADS UP: Home Security Contractor Who Put Camera In River Vale Girl’s Room Was Sex Offender HEADS UP: Home Security Contractor Who Put Camera In River Vale Girl’s Room Was Sex Offender HEADS UP: Home Security Contractor Who Put Camera In River Vale Girl’s Room Was Sex Offender
Heads UP: Home Security Contractor Who Put Camera In River Vale Girl’s Room Was Sex Offender Something wasn’t right about the so-called security expert who installed surveillance cameras around a River Vale couple’s home – and in their young daughter’s playroom. Things got creepier when he insisted that the couple give him the password for their new surveillance system so that he could “troubleshoot” when necessary. It gets worse: They later discovered that the four exterior cameras that he installed fed directly into their DVR but not the one that he put in their daughter’s room. It turns out that Nathan Shane Follis was accused of collecting child pornography in Missouri. He’d …

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