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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Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Missing Wyckoff Dog Who Fell Through Ice Dies Missing Wyckoff Dog Who Fell Through Ice Dies Missing Wyckoff Dog Who Fell Through Ice Dies
Missing Wyckoff Dog Who Fell Through Ice Dies Howard Williams felt helpless after spotting a dog who fell through thin ice that covered part of a Wyckoff pond struggling to get out. “He must’ve been out for awhile, cause the [ice] was all busted up,” Williams said. “We were the only people there. “I was not familiar with the pond or I would have jumped in after him,” said Wiliams, who summoned police to Zabriskie Pond off Franklin Avenue around 10:45 a.m. Thursday. They couldn’t get to the struggling dog, either, and alerted firefighters who eventually fished him out of the icy water and turned him over to TYCO Animal Control. The po…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Morning Blaze Ravages Wyckoff Home Morning Blaze Ravages Wyckoff Home Morning Blaze Ravages Wyckoff Home
Morning Blaze Ravages Wyckoff Home Wyckoff firefighters and their colleagues from surrounding towns doused a Saturday morning house blaze. The James Way fire, which broke out just after 7 a.m.,  sent flames roaring out the upper rear of the house, responders said. Everyone got out OK and no injuries were reported, Lt. Joseph Soto said. The cause hadn't been determined, but Soto said it doesn't appear suspicious. Firefighters from Allendale, Franklin Lakes and Ramsey were among the responders, as was the Wyckoff Ambulance Corps. ****** ALSO SEE: Howard Williams felt helpless after spotting a dog who fell through…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Pompton Lakes Porch Pirate Caught With Kiddie Porn, Passaic Sheriff Say Pompton Lakes Porch Pirate Caught With Kiddie Porn, Passaic Sheriff Say Pompton Lakes Porch Pirate Caught With Kiddie Porn, Passaic Sheriff Say
Pompton Lakes Porch Pirate Caught With Kiddie Porn, Passaic Sheriff Say A Pompton Lakes man with a history of porch piracy was caught trafficking child pornography, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. Samer Alabdalrazzag, 25, was charged following a warranted search of his home after Berdnik’s Internet Crime Against Children Task Force “received information regarding [him] sharing four image files of child pornography for other social media users to view,” the sheriff said. “A search on [Alabdalrazzag's] cellular telephone revealed an additional image of child pornography,” Berdnik said. “Detectives will continue to search for additional files …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Fairview PD: Fleeing Teen Nabbed With Police Officer's Gun Fairview PD: Fleeing Teen Nabbed With Police Officer's Gun Fairview PD: Fleeing Teen Nabbed With Police Officer's Gun
Fairview PD: Fleeing Teen Nabbed With Police Officer's Gun Fairview police chased down and arrested a local teen who they said was carrying a handgun stolen from an out-of-county officer in River Edge. Officers responding to a call of someone testing car-door handles spotted 18-year-old Eduardo Gonzalez on 9th Street, Police Chief Martin Kahn said. Officer Diego Porras chased Gonzalez, who tossed away the gun and a backpack as he ran, Kahn said. Gonzalez was quickly taken into custody, the chief said. Officers also recovered the backpack and the gun, which was recently reported stolen from the off-duty officer’s car, as well as hollow-nosed ammun…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen Prosecutor: Maintenance Worker Had Dozens Of Child Porn Images Bergen Prosecutor: Maintenance Worker Had Dozens Of Child Porn Images Bergen Prosecutor: Maintenance Worker Had Dozens Of Child Porn Images
Bergen Prosecutor: Maintenance Worker Had Dozens Of Child Porn Images Cybercrime investigators from the Bergen County prosecutor’s office arrested a maintenance worker who they said they caught with more than five dozen child pornography images. William Hardt, 54, of Secaucus “used one or more electronic devices to view approximately 65 digital files depicting nude or sexually explicit pubescent children,” Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said Friday. Hardt, who works in Hudson County, was arrested in Rutherford after detectives found the files during a warranted search at his Secaucus home, Calo said.  Hardt was charged with possession of ch…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Your Community
Report: NJ State Investigators Probing Harassment, Immigration Fraud Claims At Trump Golf Club Report: NJ State Investigators Probing Harassment, Immigration Fraud Claims At Trump Golf Club Report: NJ State Investigators Probing Harassment, Immigration Fraud Claims At Trump Golf Club
Report: NJ State Investigators Probing Harassment, Immigration Fraud Claims At Trump Golf Club State authorities were reviewing harassment and immigration-fraud claims raised by former and current undocumented housekeepers at President Trump’s Garden State golf club in Bedminster, the Daily News reported Friday. Attorney Anibal Romero of Newark told the newspaper that investigators from New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal’s office contacted him about claims by five of his clients that they’d been “routinely threatened and called racial slurs” while working at the club, the Daily News report says. Romero told the News he also contacted federal authorities. All five claim tha…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Obituaries
Joan Steinbrenner, Wife Of Late Yankees Owner, Dies At 83 Joan Steinbrenner, Wife Of Late Yankees Owner, Dies At 83 Joan Steinbrenner, Wife Of Late Yankees Owner, Dies At 83
Joan Steinbrenner, Wife Of Late Yankees Owner, Dies At 83 Joan Steinbrenner, the New York Yankees' vice chairperson and widow of late former team owner George Steinbrenner, died Friday surrounded by family in Tampa, FL. Known for her philanthropic work, the 83-year-old Steinbrenner was married to “The Boss” for 54 years, from 1956 until he died in 2010. “Joan was a compassionate and caring matriarch whose profound love for her family and those in the community always inspired us,” the Steinbrenner family said in a statement. “Her elegance and grace touched everyone around her, and we know her spirit will live on through her legacy of good works.&n…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Fort Lee Insurance Broker From Old Tappan Admits Role In $5.6M Health Insurance Scheme Fort Lee Insurance Broker From Old Tappan Admits Role In $5.6M Health Insurance Scheme Fort Lee Insurance Broker From Old Tappan Admits Role In $5.6M Health Insurance Scheme
Fort Lee Insurance Broker From Old Tappan Admits Role In $5.6M Health Insurance Scheme A Fort Lee insurance broker who lives in Old Tappan admitted his role Friday in siphoning millions of dollars from Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield and the United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 2326 Health Care Plan. Lawrence Ackerman, 54, conspired with the former Local 2326 president, Sergio Acosta, to defraud Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of $5.6 million by covering 700 to 800 ineligible participants through bogus – or “shell’ – companies, a federal indictment handed up last year charged. Acosta, formerly of Passaic, pleaded guilty to embezzlement charges in April. Ackerman, who acted as …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Maywood Detective May Have Cracked A Statewide Locker Room Burglary Spree Maywood Detective May Have Cracked A Statewide Locker Room Burglary Spree Maywood Detective May Have Cracked A Statewide Locker Room Burglary Spree
Maywood Detective May Have Cracked A Statewide Locker Room Burglary Spree An accused burglar from Philadelphia is suspected in a string of locker thefts at gyms in New Jersey, authorities said after a Maywood detective identified and arrested him for a local break-in. Detective William Phayre this week charged 49-year-old Milton D. Brown with burglary, theft and criminal trespassing after he burglarized a locker at HackensackUMC Fitness and Wellness Center on northbound Route 17 in late October, Detective Sgt. Matthew Parodi said. “Due to Detective Phayre’s diligent investigation, [Brown] was identified as the suspect in this incident, along with him being a susp…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Breaking News
PBA Toy Drive's 30th Year: Hoping To Make Magic For Terminally Ill, Ailing And Needy Youngsters PBA Toy Drive's 30th Year: Hoping To Make Magic For Terminally Ill, Ailing And Needy Youngsters PBA Toy Drive's 30th Year: Hoping To Make Magic For Terminally Ill, Ailing And Needy Youngsters
PBA Toy Drive's 30th Year: Hoping To Make Magic For Terminally Ill, Ailing And Needy Youngsters “Some of us are fortunate to have that one Christmas or special holiday that we will always remember, that moment when we received the gift we wanted,” said Don Nicoletti, while fielding a barrage of calls and texts for the 30th annual Bergen County PBA Toy Drive. “That's what we want to create -- that special memory that will bring joy, even for just a moment,” he said. With less than a week to go before a stream of vehicles bring what will become mountains of toys, board games and electronics to the Closter firehouse for delivery to terminally ill, ailing and needy youngsters and their f…

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