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
Alpine Man With Fortified Fort Lee Apartment Gets 5 Years, Forfeits Guns Alpine Man With Fortified Fort Lee Apartment Gets 5 Years, Forfeits Guns Alpine Man With Fortified Fort Lee Apartment Gets 5 Years, Forfeits Guns
Alpine Man With Fortified Fort Lee Apartment Gets 5 Years, Forfeits Guns FORT LEE, N.J. -- A former pizzeria owner from Alpine was sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to forfeit dozens of guns that authorities found -- along with drugs and compressed gas -- inside a fortified apartment he kept in Fort Lee. Onn Rapeika waged an online campaign protesting his innocence and accusing law enforcement of corruption -- even filing an $8 million lawsuit against Fort Lee police. A federal judge last year dismissed the suit and Rapeika pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of an assault weapon in exchange for prosecutors dropping other charges. He must serve 3½…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Daughter: Special Ring Taken From Finger Of Dying River Vale Mom, 80 Daughter: Special Ring Taken From Finger Of Dying River Vale Mom, 80 Daughter: Special Ring Taken From Finger Of Dying River Vale Mom, 80
Daughter: Special Ring Taken From Finger Of Dying River Vale Mom, 80 RIVER VALE, N.J. -- It was heartbreaking enough for a River Vale woman and her sister to lose their mom, at 80, to lung cancer a couple of weeks ago. Discovering that a special ring was missing from her finger while she was hospitalized just days earlier only deepened the pain. Frances Lang "got the ring from her mom when she graduated Dickinson High School in Jersey City in the 1950s," Diane Lang Van Saders said. Her mother, who lived in River Vale, was diagnosed with lung cancer a year ago. She underwent chemotherapy "and her lungs shut down," Van Saders said. "…

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Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
River Edge Man Seriously Injured By Ax In Fight With Westwood Rival River Edge Man Seriously Injured By Ax In Fight With Westwood Rival River Edge Man Seriously Injured By Ax In Fight With Westwood Rival
River Edge Man Seriously Injured By Ax In Fight With Westwood Rival PARK RIDGE, N.J. – A 42-year-old River Edge man was seriously injured with what responders said was an ax during a struggle with a Westwood man in Park Ridge. The victim – believed to be a firefighter -- tried driving himself to the hospital after the incident at the Dunkin Donuts on Kinderkamack Road in Park Ridge just after 11 p.m. Saturday, responders said. He made it only as far as the Hillsdale police department, however. A Hillsdale Volunteer Ambulance crew took the victim to Hackensack University Medical Center, where he was rushed into the trauma unit, he said. “There was a lot of…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Franklin Lakes Girl, 16, Killed By Train In Clifton Franklin Lakes Girl, 16, Killed By Train In Clifton Franklin Lakes Girl, 16, Killed By Train In Clifton
Franklin Lakes Girl, 16, Killed By Train In Clifton A 16-year-old Franklin Lakes girl was struck and killed by a commuter train in Clifton early Sunday, NJ Transit confirmed. A memorial Mass for Kasie Del Otero was scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday at the Mount Blessed Sacrament Church in Franklin Lakes (SEE: Services Set For 'Ambitious, Kind' Franklin Lakes Teen). The Suffern-bound Main Line train was out of service when it struck her around 5:30 a.m. east of the Paterson train station, the agency said. "There were no passengers on board," NJ Transit's Lisa Torbic said. "It was being put in place for the morning, beginning in S…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Feds: Teaneck Treasurer, Preacher Steal $5.3M From Religious Hate Group Feds: Teaneck Treasurer, Preacher Steal $5.3M From Religious Hate Group Feds: Teaneck Treasurer, Preacher Steal $5.3M From Religious Hate Group
Feds: Teaneck Treasurer, Preacher Steal $5.3M From Religious Hate Group A Teaneck man who served as its treasurer helped a religious hate group preacher steal more than $5.3 million from the organization over nearly a decade to pay for luxury cars, lavish vacations and private school for his children, federal authorities charged. Lincoln Warrington, 48, and Jermaine Grant, 43, of Burlington Township -- leader of the Israelite Church of God in Jesus Christ -- funneled the money into Warrington's pockets through a dummy entertainment company, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Warrington used nearly $3 million, mostly on an ICGJC debit card, to buy luxury cars,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Guess How Many Tickets USR Police Wrote In Distracted Driver Crackdown Guess How Many Tickets USR Police Wrote In Distracted Driver Crackdown Guess How Many Tickets USR Police Wrote In Distracted Driver Crackdown
Guess How Many Tickets USR Police Wrote In Distracted Driver Crackdown UPPER SADDLE RIVER, N.J. – This month’s annual distracted driver crackdown produced the results that Upper Saddle River police hoped for, along with some other benefits. Using stationary details and roving patrols, USR police wrote 224 tickets in three weeks (not a misprint), Police Chief Patrick Rotella said. During the same time period, officers also arrested 13 drivers who were either under the influence or carrying drugs, the chief said. With driver inattention contributing to crashes in New Jersey at a rate nine times higher than speed, the annual statewide “UDrive. UText. UPay.” Spri…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Critical: Fair Lawn Pedestrian, 48, Struck By Wayne Driver In Paterson Critical: Fair Lawn Pedestrian, 48, Struck By Wayne Driver In Paterson Critical: Fair Lawn Pedestrian, 48, Struck By Wayne Driver In Paterson
Critical: Fair Lawn Pedestrian, 48, Struck By Wayne Driver In Paterson A 48-year-old pedestrian from Fair Lawn was hospitalized in critical condition after being hit by a car driven by a Wayne man Friday night in Paterson. The victim in the middle of the block outside an East Railroad Avenue store when he was struck by a 2017 Mercedes Benz C300 just after 9:30 p.m., authorities said. The driver, 29, remained at the scene, according to a joint announcement by Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Troy Oswald. Valdes asked that anyone who may have seen something or has information about the crash contact her office’s tips line at…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
Your Community
Bergen Girls Softball Teams Flock To Demarest For Breast Cancer Tournament Bergen Girls Softball Teams Flock To Demarest For Breast Cancer Tournament Bergen Girls Softball Teams Flock To Demarest For Breast Cancer Tournament
Bergen Girls Softball Teams Flock To Demarest For Breast Cancer Tournament DEMAREST, N.J. – Girls softball teams from around Bergen County will converge Saturday in Demarest for the 8th annual Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Challenge. Northern Valley High School hosts the fund-raising tournament beginning at 9 a.m. at Varsity Softball Field, 150 Knickerbocker Road: 9 a.m.: Demarest vs. Fort Lee 11 a.m.: Passaic Valley vs. Westwood 1 p.m.: Cliffside Park vs Bergenfield 3 p.m.: Holy Angels vs Northern Highlands 5 p.m.: Dumont vs Tenafly Entrance fee is $2 per person, $5 per family. There will be breakfast and lunch concessions. The non-profit Susan G. Komen Breast …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
10 Lyndhurst Merchants Cited For Selling Vapes To Underage Buyers 10 Lyndhurst Merchants Cited For Selling Vapes To Underage Buyers 10 Lyndhurst Merchants Cited For Selling Vapes To Underage Buyers
10 Lyndhurst Merchants Cited For Selling Vapes To Underage Buyers LYNDHURST, N.J. -- Lyndhurst police are going after merchants in town who sell vapes to underage buyers. Of 21 stores that sell JUUL vapes and cartridges, 10 received summonses for selling the electronic devices to buyers under 21 years old over the past week, Capt. John Valente said Friday. "The sale of these items to anyone under 21 years of age is a petty disorderly persons offense punishable by up to 6 months in jail and/or a fine of up to $1,000," Valente said. Lyndhurs police have been conducting presentations on the dangers of the devices for underage users, have visited s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Driver Injured After Sedan Slams Into SUV Outside Hawthorne Shopping Center Driver Injured After Sedan Slams Into SUV Outside Hawthorne Shopping Center Driver Injured After Sedan Slams Into SUV Outside Hawthorne Shopping Center
Driver Injured After Sedan Slams Into SUV Outside Hawthorne Shopping Center HAWTHORNE, N.J. -- An elderly driver was hospitalized Friday afternoon after her sedan slammed into an SUV outside a Hawthorne shopping center. The woman was conscious and alert when she was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood following the Goffle Road crash. Both vehicles were removed by flatbed tow truck. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this report.

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