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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Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Closter Man Pleads In Sex Case Involving Ex-Councilman Who Killed Himself Closter Man Pleads In Sex Case Involving Ex-Councilman Who Killed Himself Closter Man Pleads In Sex Case Involving Ex-Councilman Who Killed Himself
Closter Man Pleads In Sex Case Involving Ex-Councilman Who Killed Himself A Closter man admitted in federal court Wednesday that he produced and sold bogus massage therapy training certificates for use by prostitutes – some of them to a former Westwood and Ridgewood councilman who later committed double suicide with his wife. Naresh Rane, 64, owned and operated Axiom Healthcare Academy on Knickerbocker Road, which purported to provide classes in massage therapy training. Rane “held himself out as a businessman who, for a fee that ranged from $1,000 to $2,600, could provide massage therapy training certificates to anyone who wished to obtain a massage license with…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Feds Sue Woodcliff Lake Over Orthodox Worship Center Rejection Feds Sue Woodcliff Lake Over Orthodox Worship Center Rejection Feds Sue Woodcliff Lake Over Orthodox Worship Center Rejection
Feds Sue Woodcliff Lake Over Orthodox Worship Center Rejection The government filed a religious discrimination lawsuit in federal court Wednesday against the borough of Woodcliff Lake over its denial of an Orthodox Jewish congregation's attempts to build a new worship center in town. The borough and its zoning board violated the “Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act” when it denied Valley Chabad zoning approval to build a house of worship on its property at the corner of Werimus Road and Woodcliff Avenue, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Borough officials also “took steps to keep it from building a house of worship anywhere else in t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Found Bergen County Woman Was Victim, Talks With Investigators, Mother Says Found Bergen County Woman Was Victim, Talks With Investigators, Mother Says Found Bergen County Woman Was Victim, Talks With Investigators, Mother Says
Found Bergen County Woman Was Victim, Talks With Investigators, Mother Says UPDATE: Erin Stack, the Bergen mom who finally was found more than three weeks after she'd gone missing, was "being questioned as a victim" Wednesday afternoon, her mother told Daily Voice. "Passaic County prosecutors are [the] ones who called me," Lori Stack Greenleaf told Daily Voice. "I spoke to her briefly."  No more was being said other than that Erin Stack was safe and being hospitalized following unspecified trouble. Meanwhile, the investigation by prosecutor's detectives continued. Relative Jessica Greenleaf, posted earlier on Facebook: “ERIN HAS BEE…

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by Jerry DeMarco & Cecilia Levine
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
VIDEOS: Police Release Bodycam Videos Of Ex-Met Lenny Dykstra's Arrest VIDEOS: Police Release Bodycam Videos Of Ex-Met Lenny Dykstra's Arrest VIDEOS: Police Release Bodycam Videos Of Ex-Met Lenny Dykstra's Arrest
Videos: Police Release Bodycam Videos Of Ex-Met Lenny Dykstra's Arrest Police in Linden have released bodycam footage from last month's arrest of former New York Mets centerfielder Lenny Dykstra. Dykstra was carrying cocaine, Ecstasy and pot when he was arrested before dawn Wednesday for threatening an Uber driver with a gun the night of May 23, authorities said. "Dude, I'm a convicted felon. I can't own a firearm," Dykstra, 55, says, adding that the driver was "crazy" and trying to kidnap him, driving 100 miles per hour. The 47-year-old driver claimed otherwise.  "He told me he was going to shoot me and put it to the back of my head…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Clifton PD: Officer Nabs Dirt-Covered, Bleeding Car Burglar Clifton PD: Officer Nabs Dirt-Covered, Bleeding Car Burglar Clifton PD: Officer Nabs Dirt-Covered, Bleeding Car Burglar
Clifton PD: Officer Nabs Dirt-Covered, Bleeding Car Burglar An accused car burglar was covered in dirt and bleeding when a Clifton police officer caught him moments after the overnight break-in, authorities said. Officers quickly established a perimeter and summoned a Passaic County sheriff’s K-9 unit following the 2:41 a.m. call Monday on East Fifth Street. Moments later, Officer Alessio Esposito spotted Cristian Rodriguez, 19, of Paterson emerge from a nearby backyard, Sgt. Robert Anderson said. He was carrying a pry tool, a small amount of pot and a stolen wallet and credit cards, Anderson said. Rodriguez remained held Wednesday in the Passaic …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
New Hackensack Police Director Sworn New Hackensack Police Director Sworn New Hackensack Police Director Sworn
New Hackensack Police Director Sworn Gerard Marinelli is Hackensack’s new police director. Marinelli, who was sworn in during Tuesday’s City Council meeting, spent nine months with the Morris County Prosecutor's Office. He also is a sergeant in the National Guard and a former East Orange police officer. Mayor John Labrosse said Marinelli “comes here with an impressive reputation and resume and we believe he is the right man to lead our department for many years to come.” “The Hackensack Police Department has faced several challenges in recent years and is taking major steps, including its most recent Certificate of Accreditat…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgefield Park PD: Allegation Of High School Threat 'Non-Existent' Ridgefield Park PD: Allegation Of High School Threat 'Non-Existent' Ridgefield Park PD: Allegation Of High School Threat 'Non-Existent'
Ridgefield Park PD: Allegation Of High School Threat 'Non-Existent' UPDATE: Ridgefield Park police early Wednesday said they'd found no concrete evidence that a district student told anyone of plans of violence against the high school.  "We've exhausted any leads we had, which were complete hearsay at best," Lt. Joseph Rella told Daily Voice. "We don't have something brewing under the surface." He then issued a formal statement: On Tuesday, June 12, 2018 the police department was alerted to a social media post about the possibility of school violence taking place at the Ridgefield Park Junior Senior High School. The police department im…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
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VIDEOS: Victim Hospitalized With Burns In Oradell House Inferno VIDEOS: Victim Hospitalized With Burns In Oradell House Inferno VIDEOS: Victim Hospitalized With Burns In Oradell House Inferno
Videos: Victim Hospitalized With Burns In Oradell House Inferno At least one victim was hospitalized with serious burn injuries after being pulled by an Oradell police officer and off-duty firefighter in a fast-moving Tuesday night house blaze. The 6 p.m. Kinderkamack Road fire quickly turned into a three-alarm inferno, with police and firefighters hurriedly searching for other victims. Firefighters from Bergenfield, Dumont, Haworth, New Milford, Paramus, River Edge and Westwood were among the responders who joined their Oradell colleagues. The cause wasn't immediately determined. The Bergen County Prosecutor's Office responded, as it does in the case…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgefield Park PD: Allegation Of High School Threat 'Non-Existent' Ridgefield Park PD: Allegation Of High School Threat 'Non-Existent' Ridgefield Park PD: Allegation Of High School Threat 'Non-Existent'
Ridgefield Park PD: Allegation Of High School Threat 'Non-Existent' UPDATE: Ridgefield Park police early Wednesday said they'd found no concrete evidence that a district student told anyone of plans of violence against the high school. "We've exhausted any leads we had, which were complete hearsay at best," Lt. Joseph Rella told Daily Voice. "We don't have something brewing under the surface." He then issued a formal statement: On Tuesday, June 12, 2018 the police department was alerted to a social media post about the possibility of school violence taking place at the Ridgefield Park Junior Senior High School. The police department imm…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
Two Drivers Seriously Injured In Head-On West Milford Crash Two Drivers Seriously Injured In Head-On West Milford Crash Two Drivers Seriously Injured In Head-On West Milford Crash
Two Drivers Seriously Injured In Head-On West Milford Crash A head-on crash in West Milford sent two drivers to the hospital with serious injuries, authorities said. A 2013 Kia driven by Michael Rabet, 27, of West Milford first hit a 1996 Fort Mustang before slamming into a 2004 Audi driven by 20-year-old Andee Bray of Hewitt at Macopin Road near the intersection of Camelot Drive just before 7:30 p.m. Monday, authorities said. Both were taken to Morristown Medical Center. The driver of the Mustang wasn’t injured, they said. An investigation was continuing, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and West Milford Police Chief Timothy Storbeck s…

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