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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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Four Kids, One Adult Hospitalized After SUV Is Broadsided In Ridgefield Four Kids, One Adult Hospitalized After SUV Is Broadsided In Ridgefield Four Kids, One Adult Hospitalized After SUV Is Broadsided In Ridgefield
Four Kids, One Adult Hospitalized After SUV Is Broadsided In Ridgefield Four children and an adult were hospitalized with minor injuries after their SUV was broadsided and knocked over Wednesday afternoon in Ridgefield. Witnesses helped get some of the children out through the windows after the Honda Pilot pulled out from Art Lane onto Bergen Boulevard and was struck by a Ford Fusion at 12:48 p.m., Deputy Police Chief Robert Meurer said. Police, Ridgefield Rescue and several ambulances responded. All five SUV occupants were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with various bumps and bruises, Meurer said.

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Tractor-Trailer Rollover At State Line Closes Route 287 Overpass Tractor-Trailer Rollover At State Line Closes Route 287 Overpass Tractor-Trailer Rollover At State Line Closes Route 287 Overpass
Tractor-Trailer Rollover At State Line Closes Route 287 Overpass The driver got out OK after a tractor-trailer tipped over Wednesday afternoon on the Route 287 overpass in Mahwah at the Rockland County border -- but area traffic wasn't faring as well. New Jersey Department of Transportation officials temporarily closed the overpass, as well as Exit 66 off the northbound highway, following the 2:45 p.m. crash. New Jersey State Police and Mahwah police also responded.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Tappan-Blauvelt, NY
Breaking News
Pearl River Man Admits Having Sex With Child, Recording, Sharing It Pearl River Man Admits Having Sex With Child, Recording, Sharing It Pearl River Man Admits Having Sex With Child, Recording, Sharing It
Pearl River Man Admits Having Sex With Child, Recording, Sharing It A Pearl River man admitted Wednesday in federal court in New Jersey that he took and then shared sex videos and images that he made with a child. Richard Murphy, 32, told a judge in Newark that he "persuaded a child to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of taking photos and videos of that conduct" in December 2016, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Craig Carpenito said. Murphy also "admitted that he took video of the child performing a sex act on him" and shared the images online, Carpenito said. U.S. District Judge John Michael Vazquez scheduled sentencing …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
TRIBUTE: Funeral Service Set For Beloved Saddle Brook Firefighter, 23 TRIBUTE: Funeral Service Set For Beloved Saddle Brook Firefighter, 23 TRIBUTE: Funeral Service Set For Beloved Saddle Brook Firefighter, 23
Tribute: Funeral Service Set For Beloved Saddle Brook Firefighter, 23 A funeral service was scheduled this Saturday for a popular Saddle Brook firefighter who died of injuries from an ATV crash in Pennsylvania. Visiting hours for 23-year-old SBFD Lt. Shawn A. Sturdy, who worked as a tunnel and bridge agent for the Port Authority, are from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Kugler Community Home For Funerals. The service will be held at the funeral home on Fifth Street (973-478-2500) at 10 a.m. Saturday, with cremation to follow at Cedar Lawn Cemetery in Paterson. Sturdy fought hard for nine days before succumbing to his injuries on Sunday. He'd been airlifted to Gei…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Wayne Police Nab Pint-Sized Jewelry Store Robbers -- With Help From Owners Wayne Police Nab Pint-Sized Jewelry Store Robbers -- With Help From Owners Wayne Police Nab Pint-Sized Jewelry Store Robbers -- With Help From Owners
Wayne Police Nab Pint-Sized Jewelry Store Robbers -- With Help From Owners A Wayne jewelry store owner and his son helped police catch a pair of armed robbers -- one of whom pointed a shotgun at them and another who sprayed both with Mace, authorities said. They held a female robber until she was taken into custody by police, who later caught her alleged accomplice as he was about to board a plane at Newark Airport. With police headquarters barely 1,000 feet up the block, Lt. Robert Simpson reached Massola Jewelers on Preakness Avenue within seconds of the 11:15 a.m. call Tuesday, Detective Capt. Laurence Martin said. Simpson arrested 5-foot, 115-pound Emily Lopa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Westwood Police Wow Boy Who Had Bike Stolen, Give Him New Wheels Westwood Police Wow Boy Who Had Bike Stolen, Give Him New Wheels Westwood Police Wow Boy Who Had Bike Stolen, Give Him New Wheels
Westwood Police Wow Boy Who Had Bike Stolen, Give Him New Wheels When Westwood police called her at work Tuesday to tell her they might have a lead on who stole her son's bicycle, Sara Reilly never imagined what would happen next. They told her they'd be "sending over a detective tonight to show Q [Quentin] some pictures," Reilly said Tuesday night. They ended up taking pictures with 13-year-old Quentin and his new bike instead. "Thank you very much," the seventh-grader told Westwood's finest. "I should have worn sneakers." Quentin was upset when his bicycle was stolen from the front porch. An uncle had given it to him bec…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Video Released Of Hit-Run Sedan That Struck Englewood Skateboarder Video Released Of Hit-Run Sedan That Struck Englewood Skateboarder Video Released Of Hit-Run Sedan That Struck Englewood Skateboarder
Video Released Of Hit-Run Sedan That Struck Englewood Skateboarder Authorities late Tuesday released surveillance video of a hit-and-run sedan that struck and severely injured an Englewood skateboarder. Investigators found grainy surveillance video that shows the driver getting out of the car to check the vehicle's grill a few blocks north of the 9:50 p.m. June 11 crash before continuing on. Cristian Valdez, a 15-year-old Dwight Morrow High School freshman, was found soon after in the roadway of Knickerbocker Road near the intersection of Bilmar Place.  Investigators were looking for a dark 2001-2004 Audi A6 that will have obvious front-end damage, includ…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Eye For DWI: Port Authority Police Officer At GWB Reaching 900 Arrests Eye For DWI: Port Authority Police Officer At GWB Reaching 900 Arrests Eye For DWI: Port Authority Police Officer At GWB Reaching 900 Arrests
Eye For DWI: Port Authority Police Officer At GWB Reaching 900 Arrests A veteran Port Authority police officer who’s made a career of taking drunk drivers off the road was again honored as a “Top Cop” for making nearly three dozen DUI arrests at the George Washington Bridge last year. Officer Edwin Berdecia – who made 40% of the department’s 63 DUI arrests at the GWB last year -- was among six “Distinguished Service” award recipients from the Port Authority police department at an event held on the Rutgers University main campus in New Brunswick. It kept a string intact for Berdecia: MADD has honored him each of the past 13 years, during which he made nearly 9…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson PD: Passenger Nabbed After Emerging From SUV With Handgun, Heroin Paterson PD: Passenger Nabbed After Emerging From SUV With Handgun, Heroin Paterson PD: Passenger Nabbed After Emerging From SUV With Handgun, Heroin
Paterson PD: Passenger Nabbed After Emerging From SUV With Handgun, Heroin Paterson detectives on a quality-of-life detail grabbed a city man who authorities said emerged from an SUV carrying a large handgun. Detective Luis Fernandez ordered 39-year-old Jabar Wilson to drop the revolver before colleagues quick took him into custody around 10 p.m. Friday on North Straight Street, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. The gun, it turned out, had been reported stolen out of North Carolina, Speziale said. Wilson also was carrying 69 glassine envelopes of heroin for sale, the director said. Detectives assigned to the Special Investigations Division were monitoring des…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Hackensack Man Collected Child Pornography Prosecutor: Hackensack Man Collected Child Pornography Prosecutor: Hackensack Man Collected Child Pornography
Prosecutor: Hackensack Man Collected Child Pornography Authorities charged a Hackensack man with collecting kiddie porn. A judge ordered Leonard E. Liebmann, 60, released pending a July 11 first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack on possession of child pornography charges. Cyber Crimes Unit detectives caught Liebmann, of Clinton Place, with images of “nude or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children,” Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. Calo thanked Hackensack police for their assistance, as well as their colleagues from Carlstadt, Hillsdale, Lyndhurst, and Saddle River who contribute manp…

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