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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Cresskill-Closter, NJ
On Your Side
YOU CAN HELP: Fundraising Campaign Launched For Family Of Late Demarest Pizza Owner YOU CAN HELP: Fundraising Campaign Launched For Family Of Late Demarest Pizza Owner YOU CAN HELP: Fundraising Campaign Launched For Family Of Late Demarest Pizza Owner
YOU CAN Help: Fundraising Campaign Launched For Family Of Late Demarest Pizza Owner TRIBUTE: Steve Renke, who made Demarest Pizza a local institution for more than three decades, constantly took up the causes of anyone who needed funding help -- advertising campaigns at his shop, urging people to give what they could. "Steve was an incredible supporter of the [Northern Valley Demarest High School] marching band," Debbie Neill-Anaya. "There were countless times that we would order pizzas to feed the band and he always came through for us." Now the community is rallying to help Renke's devastated widow and three children after the popular pizzeria died su…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
Obituaries
Students, Responders, Others Attend Candlelight Vigil For Late Demarest Pizza Owner Students, Responders, Others Attend Candlelight Vigil For Late Demarest Pizza Owner Students, Responders, Others Attend Candlelight Vigil For Late Demarest Pizza Owner
Students, Responders, Others Attend Candlelight Vigil For Late Demarest Pizza Owner TRIBUTE: Steve Renke, who made Demarest Pizza a local institution for more than three decades, constantly took up the causes of anyone who needed funding -- advertising campaigns at his shop, urging people to give what they could. Now the community is rallying to help his widow and three children after he died suddenly late Saturday. Renke, a 49-year-old father of three, from Haworth was a senior at Northern Valley Regional High School when he and three partners bought the Hardenburgh Avenue shop in 1987. "Because the day of the closing was a school day, he proceeded to ask his lawye…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Westwood Police Chase End With Crash, Paramus Arrest Of Teaneck Driver Westwood Police Chase End With Crash, Paramus Arrest Of Teaneck Driver Westwood Police Chase End With Crash, Paramus Arrest Of Teaneck Driver
Westwood Police Chase End With Crash, Paramus Arrest Of Teaneck Driver A 26-year-old Teaneck man led police on a chase from Westwood to Paramus -- exceeding 100 mph and one point and nearly ramming a police cruiser -- before he crashed and was taken into custody, authorities said. Westwood Police Chief Michael Pontillo said his department got a 911 call around 11:50 p.m. Saturday of someone trying door handles trying to get into a residence. David Corredor-Echeverry sped off, with Westwood police in pursuit, Pontillo said. His officers broke off the chase a short time later because of the risk to the public, and Paramus police picked it up, eventually stoppin…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Dirt Bike Driver Struck By Paterson Gunfire Dirt Bike Driver Struck By Paterson Gunfire Dirt Bike Driver Struck By Paterson Gunfire
Dirt Bike Driver Struck By Paterson Gunfire A 19-year-old man driving a dirt bike was struck by gunfire in Paterson before dawn Sunday, authorities said. The victim was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson with injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening after he was struck on Carroll Street just before 2 a.m., Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Troy Oswald said in a joint release. “As he passed the intersection of Harrison Street, he heard gunshots -- at which point the victim jumped off the dirt bike and realized he had been hit,” they said. Valdes asked that anyone who…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Owner, 'Acquaintance' Shot When Fair Lawn Man's Gun Goes Off Police: Owner, 'Acquaintance' Shot When Fair Lawn Man's Gun Goes Off Police: Owner, 'Acquaintance' Shot When Fair Lawn Man's Gun Goes Off
Police: Owner, 'Acquaintance' Shot When Fair Lawn Man's Gun Goes Off A Fair Lawn man was showing his gun to an "acquaintance" when it went off, hitting him in the hand and the other guy in the right hip, police said Sunday. A female friend took both to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson after the shooting just after 10 p.m. Saturday, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. A Paterson police officer working security at the hospital notified Fair Lawn police, after which Detectives Mark Wyka, Paul Donohue and Anthony Lugo determined that the 40-year-old owner of the .380-caliber Beretta semiautomatic was showing it to the 49-year-old Paterson man at h…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen Prosecutor: Westchester Couple Busted Selling Ecstasy To Undercover Detectives Bergen Prosecutor: Westchester Couple Busted Selling Ecstasy To Undercover Detectives Bergen Prosecutor: Westchester Couple Busted Selling Ecstasy To Undercover Detectives
Bergen Prosecutor: Westchester Couple Busted Selling Ecstasy To Undercover Detectives A Westchester couple sold Ecstasy to undercover Bergen County prosecutor’s detectives who busted them, authorities said Friday. Daniel Velasquez, a 32-year-old furniture distribution supervisor, and Kayla Grace Raffaele, 18, both of New Rochelle, became targets in June after detectives received a tip, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. On July 25, Velasquez sold 25 Ecstasy pills to an undercover investigator in Paramus, Calo said. Five days later, Raffaele – accompanied by Velasquez -- sold 70 more in Hackensack, the prosecutor said. Both were then immediately arrested, he s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Cresskill 'Girl Friday' Embezzles $1 Million-Plus From Employer Prosecutor: Cresskill 'Girl Friday' Embezzles $1 Million-Plus From Employer Prosecutor: Cresskill 'Girl Friday' Embezzles $1 Million-Plus From Employer
Prosecutor: Cresskill 'Girl Friday' Embezzles $1 Million-Plus From Employer A now-former administrative assistant from Cresskill embezzled more than $1 million from her Bergen County employer by writing and cashing checks and then cooking the books, authorities said. Tina Madison, 56, took the money over the course of nearly eight years, forging signatures and endorsements and then either cashing or depositing the checks in her own account, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. “To conceal the theft, Madison altered the victim’s bank statements, which she would then file for record-keeping purposes,” Calo said. Madison, of Poplar street, was charged wi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
STORMY FRIDAY: Homes Hit By Tree In Glen Rock, Lightning In Ramsey STORMY FRIDAY: Homes Hit By Tree In Glen Rock, Lightning In Ramsey STORMY FRIDAY: Homes Hit By Tree In Glen Rock, Lightning In Ramsey
Stormy Friday: Homes Hit By Tree In Glen Rock, Lightning In Ramsey Lightning ignited a fire when it struck a Ramsey home, a tree crashed into a Glen Rock house and flash floods were reported throughout North Jersey during Friday's thunderstorm. The Glen Rock tree fell through the lower roof of an unoccupied Austin Place home. No injuries were reported. Municipal officials ordered the home evacuated. Glen Rock police and Hawthorne firefighters responded. In Ramsey, firefighters were assisted by their colleagues from Allendale, Ho-Ho-Kus, Mahwah and Wyckoff in handling a two-alarm fire caused by a lightning strike brought on Davidson  Boyd A. Loving cont…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Transgender Female With 20-Year Rap Sheet Pulls Screwdriver On Walmart Security Guard Police: Transgender Female With 20-Year Rap Sheet Pulls Screwdriver On Walmart Security Guard Police: Transgender Female With 20-Year Rap Sheet Pulls Screwdriver On Walmart Security Guard
Police: Transgender Female With 20-Year Rap Sheet Pulls Screwdriver On Walmart Security Guard A transgender shoplifter pulled a screwdriver on a Teterboro Walmart security guard and threatened to stab him with it, authorities said. Photographs of Gregory Bates, 39, of Hackensack and a companion, 28-year-old Anna Ross of Norwood, were distributed to area police departments after the guard tried stopping Bates from stealing a pair of shoes and was threatened, Moonachie Police Chief Richard Behrens said. On Thursday, Detective Sgt. Anthony Fugnitti was at the Walmart for another incident when he spotted an idling vehicle illegally parked in a fire lane – and found Bates asleep in the f…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Police Warn Parents About Private Snapchat Feature Police Warn Parents About Private Snapchat Feature Police Warn Parents About Private Snapchat Feature
Police Warn Parents About Private Snapchat Feature Police are warning parents about a Snapchat feature that they might not be aware of. “There is a section that is hiding in plain sight: It is called ‘My Eyes Only,’ found in the camera roll,” Ridgefield Park police warned on Friday. “This section is passcode protected and is where images/videos can be saved privately,” the department wrote. “Items in this section would be images/videos taken by your child with that specific device.” To see if your child has activated this private area: Open Snapchat (it should open to the camera); Swipe the screen upward, which should take you to "…

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