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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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
New Woodland Park Police Chief Passaic County's 1st Female Top Cop New Woodland Park Police Chief Passaic County's 1st Female Top Cop New Woodland Park Police Chief Passaic County's 1st Female Top Cop
New Woodland Park Police Chief Passaic County's 1st Female Top Cop Woodland Park on Wednesday night officially welcomed new Police Chief Eileen Tiernan -- the first female police chief in Passaic County history. "Congratulations to Capt. Eileen Tiernan on your promotion to chief," the department wrote in a Facebook post. "You possess every quality and characteristic of a true leader. "The department and the borough are in your capable hands. We are proud to call you chief." Tiernan became the officer-in-charge after now-former Police Chief Anthony Galietti abruptly retired two months ago. Mayor Keith Kazmak said the 25-year depar…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Washington Township Four-Car Pileup Sends Three To Hospital Washington Township Four-Car Pileup Sends Three To Hospital Washington Township Four-Car Pileup Sends Three To Hospital
Washington Township Four-Car Pileup Sends Three To Hospital Three victims were hospitalized after a four-vehicle collision Wednesday afternoon in Washington Township. None of the injuries was considered serious after the pileup at the Van Emburgh and Washington avenues. Two flatbed tow trucks cleared the wreckage -- two of them Jeeps -- from the busy intersection. Washington Township police, firefighters and EMS responded along with an ambulance from Hackensack University Medical Center. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this article.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Cliffside Park Police Car Hits, Seriously Injures Pedestrian Cliffside Park Police Car Hits, Seriously Injures Pedestrian Cliffside Park Police Car Hits, Seriously Injures Pedestrian
Cliffside Park Police Car Hits, Seriously Injures Pedestrian A Cliffside Park police car struck and seriously injured a drunken pedestrian before dawn Tuesday, authorities confirmed. An investigation by the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office was in the preliminary stages, they said, adding that any information would come from Acting Prosecutor Dennis Calo. The 34-year-old victim had been drinking before he was dropped off by a car and was struck by the patrol vehicle on Palisades Avenue near the corner of Cliff Street just before 2 a.m., authorities told Daily Voice. He was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, they said. "The victim i…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Amber Alert Cancelled: Abducted 10-Month-Old Paterson Boy Found, Dad Busted Amber Alert Cancelled: Abducted 10-Month-Old Paterson Boy Found, Dad Busted Amber Alert Cancelled: Abducted 10-Month-Old Paterson Boy Found, Dad Busted
Amber Alert Cancelled: Abducted 10-Month-Old Paterson Boy Found, Dad Busted Authorities canceled an Amber Alert for a 10-month-old Paterson boy who they said was abducted after his father kicked in the front door of the child's mother's home, punched her in the face and fled with the youngster Wednesday morning. The boy was safe with his grandmother after police convinced 30-year-old George Berry to leave the child with her following the 7 a.m. incident, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Berry, who has a criminal history, was in custody. No charges were immediately disclosed. Berry violated a restraining order when he barged into the mother's home, assaulted he…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Feds: Paterson Officer Assaulted Hospital Patient, Recorded It On Cellphone Feds: Paterson Officer Assaulted Hospital Patient, Recorded It On Cellphone Feds: Paterson Officer Assaulted Hospital Patient, Recorded It On Cellphone
Feds: Paterson Officer Assaulted Hospital Patient, Recorded It On Cellphone Federal agents arrested a Paterson police officer early Wednesday on charges of assaulting a suicidal hospital patient with another officer and recording it on his cellphone. Surveillance video shows Roger Then, 29, of Paterson pushing the victim to the ground after a fellow city officer punched him in the face while he was sitting in a wheelchair in a hallway at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center on March 5, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Moments earlier, the victim apparently threw some type of object down the hall, he said. A second video, shot by Then, shows the victim on his ba…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Teaneck Officer Assaulted Trying To Break Up Holiday Street Fight Teaneck Officer Assaulted Trying To Break Up Holiday Street Fight Teaneck Officer Assaulted Trying To Break Up Holiday Street Fight
Teaneck Officer Assaulted Trying To Break Up Holiday Street Fight Teaneck police were splitting up two men fighting in the street when one of them threw his ID at an officer, grabbed him by the shirt and began swinging and kicking while being taken into custody, authorities said. Responding officers found ex-con Julio R. Javier, 28, and the other man struggling in a Memorial Day brawl in the middle of Beech Street on Monday and split them up, Police Chief Glenn M. O'Reilly said. They began interviewing each separately when Diaz "became combative," the chief said. Javier -- who already has a history of assault on police -- was charged with aggra…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Ex-Teaneck Tax Preparer Convicted Of Trying To Con IRS, Helping 14 Others Ex-Teaneck Tax Preparer Convicted Of Trying To Con IRS, Helping 14 Others Ex-Teaneck Tax Preparer Convicted Of Trying To Con IRS, Helping 14 Others
Ex-Teaneck Tax Preparer Convicted Of Trying To Con IRS, Helping 14 Others Federal jurors in Newark on Tuesday convicted a former Teaneck tax preparer of helping himself and 14 clients cheat on their taxes. Sixto Rodriguez, 55, was found guilty of all 17 counts of an indictment charging him with three counts of filing false tax returns for himself and 14 counts of helping clients do the same following a one-week trial, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Rodriguez, who now lives in Kissimmee, FL, "inflated education credits, charitable donations, unreimbursed business expenses and rental losses that he knew his clients had not actually incurred," Carpeni…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgefield Park Dad Charged With Belt Beating After Boy, 9, Calls Police Ridgefield Park Dad Charged With Belt Beating After Boy, 9, Calls Police Ridgefield Park Dad Charged With Belt Beating After Boy, 9, Calls Police
Ridgefield Park Dad Charged With Belt Beating After Boy, 9, Calls Police Authorities arrested a Ridgefield Park man after his 9-year-old dialed 911 and said he’d hit him with a belt. Jose P. Alvarez-Acosta, a married 29-year-old driver, was charged with fourth-degree child abuse after he “administered excessive physical discipline” to the youngster, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said Monday. The bruised boy called police himself on Thursday, multiple sources said. “The state Division of Child Protection and Permanency was contacted and the ensuing investigation by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit and the Ridgefield Park P…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Fort Lee PD: Homeless Ex-Con Fights Shopper For Purse, Flees In Stolen Car Fort Lee PD: Homeless Ex-Con Fights Shopper For Purse, Flees In Stolen Car Fort Lee PD: Homeless Ex-Con Fights Shopper For Purse, Flees In Stolen Car
Fort Lee PD: Homeless Ex-Con Fights Shopper For Purse, Flees In Stolen Car A Fort Lee supermarket shopper struggled with a homeless career criminal who police said grabbed her purse before speeding off in a stolen car. Gregory Prior, 52, came up from behind and snatched the purse from a shopping cart full of groceries that the woman was pushing through the parking lot of the ACME on Lemoine Avenue shortly after 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Capt. Matthew Hintze said. The woman fought off Prior, then got the license plate number of the getaway car, which had been reported stolen out of Jersey City earlier in the morning, Hintze said. State Police found the car, parked and un…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Ho-Ho-Kus Police Help Douse School Bathroom Fire Ho-Ho-Kus Police Help Douse School Bathroom Fire Ho-Ho-Kus Police Help Douse School Bathroom Fire
Ho-Ho-Kus Police Help Douse School Bathroom Fire A smoky bathroom fire that forced the evacuation of the Ho-Ho-Kus public school was quickly doused with help from borough police. Officers using hand-held extinguishers contained the blaze until firefighters from Ho-Ho-Kus and Waldwick arrived. No injuries were reported. Because of the hot weather, two ambulances were dispatched as firefighters worked to ventilate the building. Students were allowed back in about a half-hour later. Authorities were investigating the cause. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this report.

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