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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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgefield Park Hiker Rescued After Tumbling 100 Feet Down Palisades Ridgefield Park Hiker Rescued After Tumbling 100 Feet Down Palisades Ridgefield Park Hiker Rescued After Tumbling 100 Feet Down Palisades
Ridgefield Park Hiker Rescued After Tumbling 100 Feet Down Palisades A Ridgefield Park hiker who tumbled 100 feet down the Palisades in Tenafly after slipping on a rock was rescued after she called family members on her cellphone, authorities said. Sammantha Sfreddo, 31, was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center in serious but not life-threatening condition after loved ones dialed 911, Palisades Interstate Parkway Police said after Saturday’s mishap at the waterfall in the Greenbrook Sanctuary just off Route 9W. Patrols “hiked approximately 100 feet down a rugged, steep cliff side to find [Sfreddo] laying on the rocks with multiple injuries,” PIP pol…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Yonkers, NY
Breaking News
Yonkers Man Charged With $150,000 Superstorm Sandy Scam Yonkers Man Charged With $150,000 Superstorm Sandy Scam Yonkers Man Charged With $150,000 Superstorm Sandy Scam
Yonkers Man Charged With $150,000 Superstorm Sandy Scam A 56-year-old Westchester man collected $150,000 in taxpayer-funded Superstorm Sandy relief by claiming his damaged Jersey Shore home as his primary residence, state authorities charged. The home that Thomas Aquilino of Yonkers owns on Baltimore Avenue in Point Pleasant that was damaged by the historic storm is actually a summer/weekend property, New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. His real home was in Yonkers when Aquilino fraudulently applied for and received the Reconstruction, Rehabilitation, Elevation and Mitigation (RREM) funds, Grewal said. Aquilino was charged with t…

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen Prosecutor: School Bus Driver Asked Students To Take Porn Shots Bergen Prosecutor: School Bus Driver Asked Students To Take Porn Shots Bergen Prosecutor: School Bus Driver Asked Students To Take Porn Shots
Bergen Prosecutor: School Bus Driver Asked Students To Take Porn Shots A now-former school bus driver from Hasbrouck Heights texted two students on his route asking them to pose for naked photos, authorities charged. A judge on Friday ordered Brandon Mays-Stubbs, 35, released pending further court action hours after his arrest by members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Cyber Crimes Unit and Bergen County Sheriff’s Office Bureau of Police Services. “Two students, who are normal passengers on school bus service provided to the Bergen County school system, were propositioned for naked photos by the school bus driver via text messages,” Acting Bergen County Pros…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
No Parole For 68 Years For Double-Murderer In 'RHONJ' Paterson Car Torching No Parole For 68 Years For Double-Murderer In 'RHONJ' Paterson Car Torching No Parole For 68 Years For Double-Murderer In 'RHONJ' Paterson Car Torching
No Parole For 68 Years For Double-Murderer In 'Rhonj' Paterson Car Torching Because he and a partner shot two robbery victims dead, then torched their bodies in a car owned by "Real Housewives of New Jersey" guest Kim DePaola, a Paterson man must turn 96 years old before even having a shot at parole. Superior Court Judge Adam E. Jacobs issued what amounts to a lifetime prison sentence for Gerry Thomas on Friday for the felony murders of Aaron Anderson, 27, and 25-year-old Anthony Vega Jr. on March 17, 2017. Jurors convicted Thomas in March following a two-week trial. Jacobs sentenced him in Paterson to 40 years back-to-back for committing each murder dur…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Sheriff: Clifton Kid-Porn Collecter Had Anatomically-Correct Child Sex Doll Sheriff: Clifton Kid-Porn Collecter Had Anatomically-Correct Child Sex Doll Sheriff: Clifton Kid-Porn Collecter Had Anatomically-Correct Child Sex Doll
Sheriff: Clifton Kid-Porn Collecter Had Anatomically-Correct Child Sex Doll A Clifton man busted for trafficking kiddie porn also had an anatomically-correct child sex doll in his bedroom, authorities said. Miguel Guevera, 27, was one of six defendants charged with by Passaic County sheriff’s officers this month with child porn-related offenses as part of separate investigations, Sheriff Richard Berdnik said. Detectives obtained a search warrant before raiding his home, seizing several computers and the doll, Berdnik said. Guevera may remain one step ahead of the law when it comes to his anatomically-correct companion. Just last week, the House of Representatives…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
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Skullduggery Or Nothing Nefarious? Human Skull Found In Ridgewood Backyard Skullduggery Or Nothing Nefarious? Human Skull Found In Ridgewood Backyard Skullduggery Or Nothing Nefarious? Human Skull Found In Ridgewood Backyard
Skullduggery Or Nothing Nefarious? Human Skull Found In Ridgewood Backyard Authorities in Ridgewood have a mystery on their hands -- or, rather, in them -- in the shape of a human skull found by landscapers in the backyard of a local home. The workers called police earlier this week after finding the skull on Spencer Place, Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke said. Forensic scientists will need to determine its age, which looks to be at least 10 years "and could be closer to 100," Luthcke said. How it got there no one knows, but there doesn't initially seem to be any signs of foul play, the chief said. "There are many theories on what could have happe…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
PHOTOS: Firefighters Douse Roaring House Blaze PHOTOS: Firefighters Douse Roaring House Blaze PHOTOS: Firefighters Douse Roaring House Blaze
Photos: Firefighters Douse Roaring House Blaze Fire ripped through the upper floors of a Garfield residence on Friday. No injuries were reported. Firefighters with Garfield Ladder 1 arrived to find flames roaring from the second-floor windows of the 2½-story wood-frame home on Outwater Lane. They quickly put water on the fire and eventually doused the blaze, assisted by a FAST team from Wallington and an engine from Saddle Brook. James Wood Sr. contributed to this account.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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Prosecutor: Ridgefield Ex-Physician Assistant Had 10,000+ Child Porn Images Prosecutor: Ridgefield Ex-Physician Assistant Had 10,000+ Child Porn Images Prosecutor: Ridgefield Ex-Physician Assistant Had 10,000+ Child Porn Images
Prosecutor: Ridgefield Ex-Physician Assistant Had 10,000+ Child Porn Images A former physician’s assistant living in Ridgefield gathered more than 10,000 files of child pornography – more than 10% of which he shared with others – said authorities who arrested him Friday. Charbel “Charlie” Chaoul, 29, was taken into custody after the court-warranted search of his home, located on a short extension of northbound Bergen Boulevard that splits off toward Route 5. He was charged with possession and distribution of child pornography, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. A Ridgefield Park High School alumnus, Chaoul says on his resume that was graduated cum l…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Passaic County Worker Who Stole Food Stamps Gets Probation Passaic County Worker Who Stole Food Stamps Gets Probation Passaic County Worker Who Stole Food Stamps Gets Probation
Passaic County Worker Who Stole Food Stamps Gets Probation A Passaic County social services clerk who used nearly $10,000 worth of food stamps turned in by poor clients for herself was sentenced Friday to five years probation and ordered to reimburse the U.S. Department of Agriculture.  Carol Austin, 62, of Paterson already agreed to forfeit her job and be permanently banned from holding any public office or “position of honor, trust or profit” in the state as part of a plea deal, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. She also must repay the $9,995.84 she stole to the government. Austin “was working for the Passaic County Board of Soci…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Wayne Detective Cracks Cold-Case, Makes Arrest In Pre-Dawn Bakery Robbery Wayne Detective Cracks Cold-Case, Makes Arrest In Pre-Dawn Bakery Robbery Wayne Detective Cracks Cold-Case, Makes Arrest In Pre-Dawn Bakery Robbery
Wayne Detective Cracks Cold-Case, Makes Arrest In Pre-Dawn Bakery Robbery A Wayne police detective working a 5-year-old cold-case assembled the pieces and charged a Paterson man with robbing a local bakery. Detective David Hoppe pored over “all the files of evidence along with interviews of witness and suspects” stemming from the 3:55 a.m. Valentine’s Day 2013 holdup of Gencarelli’s Bakery on Valley Road by three armed men, Detective Capt. Laurence Martin said Friday. Hoppe then charged Raul Revilla, 34, of Paterson three weeks ago with robbery, burglary, theft, conspiracy and various weapons counts, Martin said. Revilla remained held in the Passaic County Jail …

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