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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Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgewood Bus Crash Sends One To Hospital Ridgewood Bus Crash Sends One To Hospital Ridgewood Bus Crash Sends One To Hospital
Ridgewood Bus Crash Sends One To Hospital An out-of-service NJ Transit bus collided with an SUV in Ridgewood before dawn Friday. The Subaru Forester driver was taken to The Valley Hospital with what responders said were injuries that weren’t life-threatening after the crash at the corner of West Glen Avenue and North Monroe Street. The bus driver refused medical treatment. A tow truck removed the heavily-damaged compact SUV. Ridgewood police, firefighters and EMS responded. Firefighters cleaned up a significant fuel spill. There was no immediate word on possible summonses. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this account.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Obituaries
'Always Smiling And Polite': Emerson HS Junior, 17, Dies Suddenly 'Always Smiling And Polite': Emerson HS Junior, 17, Dies Suddenly 'Always Smiling And Polite': Emerson HS Junior, 17, Dies Suddenly
'Always Smiling And Polite': Emerson HS Junior, 17, Dies Suddenly Those who knew Isabella Café called her beautiful, kind and talented. The oldest of three children, Isabella turned 17 on Oct 3.  She died suddenly Thursday night. The Emerson Junior-Senior High School 11th grader "came from a wonderful family," one parent said. "She was a great kid, always smiling and polite," said another. "Played the piano, sang like a bird and acted in all the school plays and was an altar server. "It is heartbreaking." A funeral Mass is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Church of the Assumption, 29 Jefferson Ave. in Emerson…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Ex-Teaneck Tax Preparer Gets 2½ Years In Federal Pen For Conning IRS, Helping 14 Others Ex-Teaneck Tax Preparer Gets 2½ Years In Federal Pen For Conning IRS, Helping 14 Others Ex-Teaneck Tax Preparer Gets 2½ Years In Federal Pen For Conning IRS, Helping 14 Others
Ex-Teaneck Tax Preparer Gets 2½ Years In Federal Pen For Conning IRS, Helping 14 Others A judge in Newark on Thursday sentenced a former Teaneck tax preparer to 2½ years in federal prison for helping himself and 14 clients cheat on their taxes. Sixto Rodriguez, 55, who'd moved to Kissimmee, FL, must serve just about all of the sentence. There's no parole in the federal prison system. He was convicted earlier this year by U.S. District Judge Kevin McNulty of dozens of counts of filing the bogus returns following a one-week bench trial in federal court in Newark. At the Teaneck business he named "1-2-3 Taxes," Rodriguez "inflated education credits, charitable don…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
VIDEO: Gas Pump Pulled From Base Ignites Fire At Route 4 Station In Hackensack VIDEO: Gas Pump Pulled From Base Ignites Fire At Route 4 Station In Hackensack VIDEO: Gas Pump Pulled From Base Ignites Fire At Route 4 Station In Hackensack
Video: Gas Pump Pulled From Base Ignites Fire At Route 4 Station In Hackensack A gas pump was snapped from its base, igniting a fire at a Route 4 service station in Hackensack, after an SUV driver pulled away without waiting for the attendant to remove the nozzle from his tank. The attendant at the Lukoil on the eastbound highway near the River Edge border doused the flames himself after the emergency cutoff switch engaged around 3 p.m. Wednesday, city firefighters said. No one was injured, they said. Firefighters remained at the station until a city building official arrived. Police were investigating. SEE: www.facebook.com/HackensackFire/

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bogota Police Sent To Break Up Fight Find Half-Pound Pot, THC Oil, Arrest Career Offender Bogota Police Sent To Break Up Fight Find Half-Pound Pot, THC Oil, Arrest Career Offender Bogota Police Sent To Break Up Fight Find Half-Pound Pot, THC Oil, Arrest Career Offender
Bogota Police Sent To Break Up Fight Find Half-Pound Pot, THC Oil, Arrest Career Offender Bogota police sent to break up a fight between a repeat offender and his cousin ended up arresting him after finding nearly a half-pound of pot, along with more than an ounce and a half of THC oil, authorities said. Officers Thomas Riedel and Matthew Luciano were overwhelmed by the smell of marijuana when they arrived at the Larch Avenue residence, Bogota Police Sgt. Geoffrey Cole said Thursday. They took 32-year-old Bogota native Dennis A. Dillon into custody, secured the home and alerted Detectives Victor Negron and Hector Liriano, who obtained a search warrant. Dillon has a criminal his…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Clifton PD Seeks Public's Help Finding Gunman Who Robbed Dunkin Donuts Clifton PD Seeks Public's Help Finding Gunman Who Robbed Dunkin Donuts Clifton PD Seeks Public's Help Finding Gunman Who Robbed Dunkin Donuts
Clifton PD Seeks Public's Help Finding Gunman Who Robbed Dunkin Donuts Clifton police asked the public for help Thursday finding the gunman who robbed a Dunkin' Donuts earlier this month. The dark-skinned bandit was wearing a ski mask when he pulled a gun on an employee at the otherwise-empty donut shop at Main and Union avenues around 5 a.m. Oct. 2, Lt. Robert Bracken said. The robber removed cash from the register and ran off on Main Avenue, the lieutenant said. The employee wasn't injured, he said. Bracken asked that anyone who saw anything or has information that could help catch the robber call Clifton police: (973) 470-5908.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities Try To Reach Kin Of Homeless Man Found Dead In Passaic River In North Arlington Authorities Try To Reach Kin Of Homeless Man Found Dead In Passaic River In North Arlington Authorities Try To Reach Kin Of Homeless Man Found Dead In Passaic River In North Arlington
Authorities Try To Reach Kin Of Homeless Man Found Dead In Passaic River In North Arlington Authorities on Thursday continued to search for the daughter of a homeless man whose body was found Saturday in the Passaic River in North Arlington so that they may notify her of his death. Until then, they said, the 59-year-old man's identity must be withheld. A medical examiner found no apparent foul play in the death of the man, who was divorced and most recently lived in Wallington. Toxicology results were still pending. The body was discovered off River Road just before 10:30 a.m. Saturday and brought to the Kearny Boathouse deck before being collected by Bergen County authorities. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Tanker, Sedan Crash On NJ Turnpike In East Rutherford Seriously Injures At Least One Tanker, Sedan Crash On NJ Turnpike In East Rutherford Seriously Injures At Least One Tanker, Sedan Crash On NJ Turnpike In East Rutherford Seriously Injures At Least One
Tanker, Sedan Crash On NJ Turnpike In East Rutherford Seriously Injures At Least One State Police sent their fatal accident team to a serious crash involving a tanker truck and a sedan Wednesday night on the western spur of the New Jersey Turnpike in East Rutherford. One of the victims in a Toyota Camry was immediately taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with a head wound following northbound crash near MetLife Stadium, just before 8:50 p.m., responders said. The tanker driver wasn't injured, they said. Two lanes were immediately closed so the wreckage could be cleared and NJSP investigators could do their work. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Little Ferry PD: Ex-BF Beats New Beau With Golf Club In Front Of Woman's Child Little Ferry PD: Ex-BF Beats New Beau With Golf Club In Front Of Woman's Child Little Ferry PD: Ex-BF Beats New Beau With Golf Club In Front Of Woman's Child
Little Ferry PD: Ex-BF Beats New Beau With Golf Club In Front Of Woman's Child A jilted lover from Lodi returned to his ex-girlfriend’s Little Ferry home and attacked her current boyfriend with a golf club – sending the victim to the hospital -- in front of the woman’s young child, authorities said. Locals incorrectly posted on Facebook that there’d been a shooting, which police said wasn’t true. The current boyfriend and the child were at the woman’s Bertolotto Avenue apartment waiting for her when Fernando Hierro-Machado, 26, showed up around 3:50 p.m. Tuesday, Capt. James Walters said. Hierro-Machado swung a golf club and hit the victim in the left arm, Walters to…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Englewood Cliffs Attorney Gets 5 Years Federal Time For Conning Partners Out Of $7,800,000 Englewood Cliffs Attorney Gets 5 Years Federal Time For Conning Partners Out Of $7,800,000 Englewood Cliffs Attorney Gets 5 Years Federal Time For Conning Partners Out Of $7,800,000
Englewood Cliffs Attorney Gets 5 Years Federal Time For Conning Partners Out Of $7,800,000 A lawyer from Englewood Cliffs was sentenced to five years in federal prison on Wednesday -- a year to the day that she admitted creating bogus businesses with her husband to steal $7.8 million from two high-powered law firms where she'd been a partner. Keila Ravelo, 52, will have to serve just about all of her sentence; there's no parole in the federal prison system. A year ago, Ravelo took a deal offered by the government two weeks before her trial was supposed to begin, pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and tax evasion. Her lawyer blamed it all on Ravelo's now-estranged…

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