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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Hackensack, NJ
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Well-Done Humor, Beefsteak As You Like It At Hackensack-Area Benefit Well-Done Humor, Beefsteak As You Like It At Hackensack-Area Benefit Well-Done Humor, Beefsteak As You Like It At Hackensack-Area Benefit
Well-Done Humor, Beefsteak As You Like It At Hackensack-Area Benefit Beloved comedian and local newspaper columnist Bill Ervolino will entertain attendees at a community beefsteak dinner to benefit a trio of area organizations: Crime Stoppers, Hackensack PBA Local #9 and the Hackensack Regional Chamber of Commerce. All-you-can-eat beefsteak on buttered toast will be accompanied by pasta, French fries, beer, wine and soda from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, March 27, at the Elan on westbound Route 46 in Lodi. A cash bar will be available, as well. ****** BUY TICKETS HERE: https://goo.gl/qhYHzY ****** The author of “Some Kind of Wiseguy,” Ervolino is a regular at B…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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NJSP Smashes Trad-OC Cargo Theft Ring Based In Popular Passaic Warehouse NJSP Smashes Trad-OC Cargo Theft Ring Based In Popular Passaic Warehouse NJSP Smashes Trad-OC Cargo Theft Ring Based In Popular Passaic Warehouse
Njsp Smashes Trad-OC Cargo Theft Ring Based In Popular Passaic Warehouse More than $1 million in goods stolen from national retailers were recovered by New Jersey State Police who smashed a cargo theft ring based out of a popular Passaic warehouse that also operated a smaller facility in Carlstadt, authorities said. Eleven men were arrested -- seven of them from Passaic County, three from Hudson -- as part of "Operation Botany Strike," state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. The five-month investigation began after detectives from the NJSP Interstate Theft North Unit found an abandoned tractor-trailer at the Vince Lombardi Service Area in Ridgefi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Mini-Van Rams Glen Rock Utility Pole Mini-Van Rams Glen Rock Utility Pole Mini-Van Rams Glen Rock Utility Pole
Mini-Van Rams Glen Rock Utility Pole GLEN ROCK, N.J. -- A mini-van slammed into a Glen Rock utility pole Thursday morning, sending the driver to the hospital with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening. Glen Rock police and firefighters responded to the intersection of Heather Lane and Maple Avenue, along with an ambulance crew from The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood that took the driiver to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson. A flatbed tow truck removed the wreck. A portion of Maple Avenue remained closed for an extended period while a PSE&G crew repaired the utility damage. Boyd A. Loving contrib…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Stamford, CT
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ID Thief Gets Three Years For Swiping $500,000 From Michaels' Customers ID Thief Gets Three Years For Swiping $500,000 From Michaels' Customers ID Thief Gets Three Years For Swiping $500,000 From Michaels' Customers
ID Thief Gets Three Years For Swiping $500,000 From Michaels' Customers A 28-year-old man received three years in federal prison Wednesday for his role in stealing information from 94,000 credit and debit cards used by customers at Michaels stores in Connecticut and elsewhere and then pulling nearly $500,000 from the victims' accounts. Angel Angulo of Riverside, California, previously admitted that he and his co-conspirators replaced swipe terminals with imitations that they used to record the bank account numbers and PINs. They used the information to create bogus cards that were then used to withdraw money from hundreds of victims' accounts, he said. The cre…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
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PHOTOS: Transformer Sent Flying As SUV Slams Into Route 17 Pole In Paramus PHOTOS: Transformer Sent Flying As SUV Slams Into Route 17 Pole In Paramus PHOTOS: Transformer Sent Flying As SUV Slams Into Route 17 Pole In Paramus
Photos: Transformer Sent Flying As SUV Slams Into Route 17 Pole In Paramus PARAMUS, N.J. -- An SUV slammed head-on into a utility pole on northbound Route 17 in Paramus early Wednesday evening, sending the driver to the hospital and a transformer into a nearby parking lot. Traffic in both directions was slowed considerably near Kalisa Way until the wrecked Nissan Rogue could be removed by flatbed tow truck. An ambulance took the driver to Hackensack University Medical Center with undetermined injuries. A paramedic unit from The Valley Hospital assisted Paramus EMTs with patient care.A PSE&G crew responded, as did Paramus police and firefighters. Boyd A. Lovin…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Traveling Child With Measles May Have Affected Others At Newark Airport Traveling Child With Measles May Have Affected Others At Newark Airport Traveling Child With Measles May Have Affected Others At Newark Airport
Traveling Child With Measles May Have Affected Others At Newark Airport Anyone who was at Newark Airport on Monday could have been exposed to measles, state health officials said Wednesday. A young child from Brussels who was infected with the disease arrived at Terminal B, left for Memphis from Terminal C and might have been in other parts of the airport between 12:45 p.m. and 9:00 p.m on Monday, they said. New Jersey residents identified as potentially exposed on the child's flights will be notified by their local health department, officials said. Those who've been exposed are at risk if they haven't been vaccinated or had measles before. "Measles is …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Your Community
B-E-S-T Again! Cliffside Park Cheerleaders Win Grand National Championship B-E-S-T Again! Cliffside Park Cheerleaders Win Grand National Championship B-E-S-T Again! Cliffside Park Cheerleaders Win Grand National Championship
B-e-s-t Again! Cliffside Park Cheerleaders Win Grand National Championship CLIFFSIDE PARK, N.J. -- Cliffside Park's competitive cheerleading team, Raiders Elite, topped more than 30 other squad to be crowned Grand National Champions in Hershey Park, PA. Coached by Pamela Leone and Melissa Piccinich, the team of 3rd-through-8th-graders also was hailed as "King of the Mat" during last week's Mardi Gras Spirit Nationals.  This follows a full-aid Gold Bid to compete in the U.S. Finals in Rhode Island on May 5. It's no stretch for a squad that, year after year, finishes at or near the top of the list of best recreational cheerleading teams in the country.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
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Thief Gets 3 Years In Fed Pen For Swiping $500,000 From Michaels' Customers Thief Gets 3 Years In Fed Pen For Swiping $500,000 From Michaels' Customers Thief Gets 3 Years In Fed Pen For Swiping $500,000 From Michaels' Customers
Thief Gets 3 Years In Fed Pen For Swiping $500,000 From Michaels' Customers A California man received three years in federal prison Wednesday for his role in stealing information from 94,000 credit and debit cards used by customers at Michaels stores in New Jersey and then pulling nearly $500,000 from the victims' accounts. Angel Angulo, 28, Riverside, previously admitted that he and his co-conspirators replaced swipe terminals with imitations that they used to record the bank account numbers and PINs. They used the information to create bogus cards that were then used to withdraw money from hundreds of victims' accounts, he said. The crew replaced 88 terminals wi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen Woman Foils 'Phantom Debt' Phone Scam Bergen Woman Foils 'Phantom Debt' Phone Scam Bergen Woman Foils 'Phantom Debt' Phone Scam
Bergen Woman Foils 'Phantom Debt' Phone Scam HACKENSACK, N.J. – The scammer on the other end of the line tried sounding like a detective, telling a would-be victim from Bergen County that she’d better pay just under $600 or she’d be arrested. But the target was smart: She hung up and called the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office. Some people aren’t as wise, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said Wednesday, issuing a warning about “phantom debt” scams. “A phantom debt scam involves criminals impersonating law firms, judges, court officials, or debt collectors who send out threatening letters, or make threatening phone calls a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Police: Ex-Con Was Masked Gunman Who Robbed Clifton QuickChek Police: Ex-Con Was Masked Gunman Who Robbed Clifton QuickChek Police: Ex-Con Was Masked Gunman Who Robbed Clifton QuickChek
Police: Ex-Con Was Masked Gunman Who Robbed Clifton QuickChek CLIFTON, N.J. -- An Essex County ex-con was the armed robber who held up a QuickChek in Clifton's Allwood section last December, said authorities who charged him with the crime. Wearing a covering over his face, Tione Davis, 35, of East Orange, fled with an undetermined amount of cash from the register after the 4 a.m. robbery of the Market Street convenience store on Dec. 11, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. No one was injured, he said. Morris Plains police arrested Davis on Dec. 20, a day after a chase stemming from another crime. They took him to the Morris County Jail, where he remai…

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