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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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
PHOTOS: Electrical Explosion Draws Large Response To Hasbrouck Heights Hilton PHOTOS: Electrical Explosion Draws Large Response To Hasbrouck Heights Hilton PHOTOS: Electrical Explosion Draws Large Response To Hasbrouck Heights Hilton
Photos: Electrical Explosion Draws Large Response To Hasbrouck Heights Hilton Firefighters quickly doused an electrical fire that followed a small explosion Friday morning at the Hilton Hotel in Hasbrouck Heights. No injuries were at the evacuated hotel just off northbound Route 17. The explosion occurred in a basement electrical panel at the rear loading area just after 7 a.m., instantly drawing firefighters from Hackensack, Hasbrouck Heights, Little Ferry, Moonachie South Hackensack and Wood-Ridge, responders said. Firefighters doused the blaze, evacuated the hotel, searched for possible victims, then ventilated the building. Guests were allowed to return about tw…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Clifton Bank Robbery: Corrado's Market Employees Help Catch Ex-Con, 46 Clifton Bank Robbery: Corrado's Market Employees Help Catch Ex-Con, 46 Clifton Bank Robbery: Corrado's Market Employees Help Catch Ex-Con, 46
Clifton Bank Robbery: Corrado's Market Employees Help Catch Ex-Con, 46 Two employees of Corrado's Market help police capture a 46-year-old ex-con from Clifton moments after authorities said he robbed a local bank by claiming to have a bomb. Kenneth R. Gayda Jr. was charged with robbery and making terroristic threats after the holdup at the Valley National Bank on Getty Avenue just before 1 p.m. Thursday, records show. Police said he was carrying a bag when he entered the bank, "approached a teller and produced a threatening note demanding money and indicating that he was in possession of a bomb," Lt. Robert Bracken said. The teller, in turn, handed …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Midland Park Mailman Charged: Video Shows Hit-Run SUV That Killed Hawthorne Man In Ridgewood Midland Park Mailman Charged: Video Shows Hit-Run SUV That Killed Hawthorne Man In Ridgewood Midland Park Mailman Charged: Video Shows Hit-Run SUV That Killed Hawthorne Man In Ridgewood
Midland Park Mailman Charged: Video Shows Hit-Run SUV That Killed Hawthorne Man In Ridgewood UPDATE: Bergen County prosecutor's detectives charged a 47-year-old postal carrier from Midland Park with the hit-and-run death of a Hawthorne man in Ridgewood earlier this week. Rafael Ramos was charged with leaving the scene of a fatal accident and ordered held in the Bergen County Jail pending a first appearance Monday in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo confirmed Saturday night. Ramos's Chevy Blazer was towed from the driveway of his home on Prospect Street. It will be processed for evidence by the Bergen County Sheriff's Burea…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Hate Crime: Hawthorne Couple Knocked Unconscious By Queens Man, NYPD Says Hate Crime: Hawthorne Couple Knocked Unconscious By Queens Man, NYPD Says Hate Crime: Hawthorne Couple Knocked Unconscious By Queens Man, NYPD Says
Hate Crime: Hawthorne Couple Knocked Unconscious By Queens Man, Nypd Says A Queens man surrendered after the NYPD identified him as the attacker who beat a Hawthorne couple unconscious as they left a gay bar in Brooklyn. Brandon McNamara, 25, faces hate crime charges, among other counts, the NYPD said. McNamara approached the men – one 34, the other 29 – as they walked out of the Metropolitan area club in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn just before 1 a.m., authorities said. After making a homophobic statement, they said, he knocked one out with a punch in the face and the other by throwing him against a tree. The older man sustained a fractured shoulder th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Westwood Police Chief Rebuts Mayor: Marijuana Isn't A Partisan Issue, It Doesn't Belong Here Westwood Police Chief Rebuts Mayor: Marijuana Isn't A Partisan Issue, It Doesn't Belong Here Westwood Police Chief Rebuts Mayor: Marijuana Isn't A Partisan Issue, It Doesn't Belong Here
Westwood Police Chief Rebuts Mayor: Marijuana Isn't A Partisan Issue, It Doesn't Belong Here LETTER to the EDITOR: "I was shocked and disappointed to read on the front cover of a local newspaper that I was accused by Mayor John Birkner of being involved in a partisan stunt with respect to the ordinance banning marijuana in Westwood.  "Clearly, the marijuana issue is not a partisan one, as both Republican- and Democrat-controlled towns have both banned marijuana and its sales in the confines of their communities. "I have not been contacted by Mayor Birkner at any time about this issue or where my decision was derived from, nor, sadly, has he engaged in any discussion,…

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by Westwood Police Chief Michael Pontillo
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Park Ridge PD: Fugitive Burglar Caught Sleeping In Resident’s Truck Park Ridge PD: Fugitive Burglar Caught Sleeping In Resident’s Truck Park Ridge PD: Fugitive Burglar Caught Sleeping In Resident’s Truck
Park Ridge PD: Fugitive Burglar Caught Sleeping In Resident’s Truck A Park Ridge police officer tipped off by a homeowner found a South Jersey fugitive sleeping in a local resident’s truck early Thursday following a car burglary report hours earlier, authorities said. Their colleagues from Montvale and Woodcliff Lake helped borough police search for three men in hoodies who another resident said was trying to get into cars on Fourth Street just after 1:30 a.m., Capt. Joseph Rampolla said. During the search, borough police Sgt. James Babcock found an unoccupied vehicle reported stolen two days earlier of Lyndhurst on Mae Court, he said. Six hours later, pol…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Police: WWII Memorial Plaques Weren't Stolen From Hackensack's Flooded USS Ling, After All Police: WWII Memorial Plaques Weren't Stolen From Hackensack's Flooded USS Ling, After All Police: WWII Memorial Plaques Weren't Stolen From Hackensack's Flooded USS Ling, After All
Police: WWII Memorial Plaques Weren't Stolen From Hackensack's Flooded USS Ling, After All Four memorial plaques that vanished from the flooded USS Ling submarine on the Hackensack River weren't stolen by thieves, as originally suspected: A member of the once-floating museum took them home for safekeeping, police said Thursday. Police began investigating after a caretaker reported the plaques dedicated to Navy seamen killed in World War II gone from the River Street museum last month. As it turned out, "they were in possession of a member of the association," Capt. Peter Buscilgio said. When that person learned of the investigation, "he reached out to the museum a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Hackensack Pedestrian Struck Trying To Outrun Car Police: Hackensack Pedestrian Struck Trying To Outrun Car Police: Hackensack Pedestrian Struck Trying To Outrun Car
Police: Hackensack Pedestrian Struck Trying To Outrun Car A Hackensack woman trying to beat a car while running across the street was struck, injured and ticketed, police said. Arba Marte, 50, was struck Tuesday on South Summit Avenue by a 2014 Kia turning off Simons Avenue, Capt. Frank Aquila said. "Witnesses stated was running across the road in what appeared to be an attempt to outrun the vehicle," Aquila said. Marte remained at Hackensack University Medical Center on Wednesday with apparent injuries to her head, neck and back, the captain said. The 38-year-old driver remained at the scene and was later released. Marte, meanwhile, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
'It's For My Daughter': Hackensack Man, 22, Charged With $1,150 Steak Knife Bank Robbery 'It's For My Daughter': Hackensack Man, 22, Charged With $1,150 Steak Knife Bank Robbery 'It's For My Daughter': Hackensack Man, 22, Charged With $1,150 Steak Knife Bank Robbery
'It's For My Daughter': Hackensack Man, 22, Charged With $1,150 Steak Knife Bank Robbery Thanks to a GPS tracking device hidden in a pack of cash, Hackensack police captured a 22-year-old city man moments after he robbed a TD Bank branch of $1,150 armed with a steak knife on Tuesday, authorities said. “Hey, gimme the money. Big bills only. It’s for my daughter,” police said Drew Hughes told a teller at the TD Bank on River Street at Atlantic Street just after noon. The teller then handed him $600, Capt. Peter Buscilgio said. Hughes "demanded more money, at which point the teller gave him an additional $468," Buscilgio said. "Hughes then turned his attention to t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Your Community
'Joan's Joy' Turns 25: Butterflies To Be Released For Foundation's Silver Anniversary 'Joan's Joy' Turns 25: Butterflies To Be Released For Foundation's Silver Anniversary 'Joan's Joy' Turns 25: Butterflies To Be Released For Foundation's Silver Anniversary
'Joan's Joy' Turns 25: Butterflies To Be Released For Foundation's Silver Anniversary Rosemarie D’Alessandro of Hillsdale hopes the sun will be shining Sunday when 25 butterflies are released during the silver anniversary of Joan’s Joy, the foundation she created to bring joy to youngsters and raise awareness of child-safety issues. The 4th annual Child Safety Fest begins at noon at the White Butterfly Sculpture and Garden – named for D’Alessandro’s slain daughter -- in front of the borough train station. Proceeds from the event will go towards child safety education programs at local schools and cultural excursions for disadvantaged children (The most trip brought 75 childr…

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