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
Sheriff's Officers Find Heroin, Cocaine, Pot In Paterson Taxi Stop Sheriff's Officers Find Heroin, Cocaine, Pot In Paterson Taxi Stop Sheriff's Officers Find Heroin, Cocaine, Pot In Paterson Taxi Stop
Sheriff's Officers Find Heroin, Cocaine, Pot In Paterson Taxi Stop PATERSON, N.J. -- A passenger in a cab whose driver failed to signal a turn had a dozen bundles of heroin, several bags of crack and more than an ounce of pot -- all individually packaged for sale, the Passaic County sheriff said. Officer Jason Michaels pulled the cabbie over on Broadway near Auburn Street in Paterson just after 3 am. Sunday, Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. He immediately arrested the back-seat passenger, identified as 18-year-old old Tawan Grier, after finding him carrying a clear plastic bag containing 44 smaller zip-locking baggies of marijuana, Berdnik said. Corporal …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Glen Rock Firefighters Rescue Girl, 10, Stuck in Toy Glen Rock Firefighters Rescue Girl, 10, Stuck in Toy Glen Rock Firefighters Rescue Girl, 10, Stuck in Toy
Glen Rock Firefighters Rescue Girl, 10, Stuck in Toy GLEN ROCK, N.J. -- Glen Rock firefighters freed a 10-year-old girl who'd gotten stuck in a toy at a local school over the weekend. Police and firefighters responded to the Clara E. Coleman School just after 11 am. Sunday, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. The firefighters safely cut the toy off of the youngster, he said. "She was turned over to a family member who declined further assistance," the chief said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: Rapper Who Left Gun In Bag At Newark Airport Surrenders UPDATE: Rapper Who Left Gun In Bag At Newark Airport Surrenders UPDATE: Rapper Who Left Gun In Bag At Newark Airport Surrenders
Update: Rapper Who Left Gun In Bag At Newark Airport Surrenders Passaic County rapper Juelz Santana turned himself in to Port Authority police before dawn Monday after fleeing Newark Airport Friday night when a gun and drugs were found in his bag. Santana, 36, of Totowa -- whose real name is LaRon James -- later entered a not-guilty plea before a state Superior Court judge in Newark who scheduled him for a detention hearing on Monday, March 19. Charged with drug and weapons offenses, he could face prison time because of a prior felony conviction out of Bergen County, which prohibits Santana from carrying a firearm. A judge in Hackensack gave Santana tw…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority PD: Police Impersonator Had Loaded Gun At GWB Port Authority PD: Police Impersonator Had Loaded Gun At GWB Port Authority PD: Police Impersonator Had Loaded Gun At GWB
Port Authority PD: Police Impersonator Had Loaded Gun At GWB FORT LEE, N.J. -- A driver who made a U-turn at the George Washington Bridge was carrying a loaded gun while pretending to be a police officer, said authorities who arrested her. Officers stopped the black Dodge SUV near the upper level toll plaza after the driver made the illegal turn from the Fort Lee exit from the bridge back onto the I-95 ramp, the Port Authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. The vehicle "had an obstructed license plate obscured by a smoked out plastic plate cover," he said. Officers immediately spotted the loaded Glock 19 in the driver's waistband, Pentangelo sa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Two Hospitalized After Tree Limb Falls On Them In Paramus Two Hospitalized After Tree Limb Falls On Them In Paramus Two Hospitalized After Tree Limb Falls On Them In Paramus
Two Hospitalized After Tree Limb Falls On Them In Paramus PARAMUS, N.J. -- A homeowner and his friend were hospitalized with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening after a tree limb fell on them in Paramus on Sunday. The men were removing branches from a Sycamore Street tree damaged during the recent storm when the limb struck both of them shortly before 2:30 p.m., Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. "The resident suffered a laceration to his head and complained of pain in that area," the chief said. "His friend complained of pain in his chest and shoulder." Both were taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood for …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Monsey, NY
Your Community
PTA Apologizes For Keeping Ramapo Police From Speaking At Event PTA Apologizes For Keeping Ramapo Police From Speaking At Event PTA Apologizes For Keeping Ramapo Police From Speaking At Event
PTA Apologizes For Keeping Ramapo Police From Speaking At Event RAMAPO, N.Y. -- Ramapo police and the local PTA have made up after the parents group stopped the chief and a lieutenant from speaking at a breakfast with the state education commissioner because they were carrying their service weapons. The Central Hudson Region Parent Teacher Association (PTA) apologized after police called out the association for the Saturday morning incident. NYS PTA Executive Director Kyle Belokopitsky and PTA President Gracemarie Rozea called the incident “absolutely not acceptable, not PTA policy, and contrary to our instructions to our regions.” “Please accept our h…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Obituaries
TRIBUTE: DJ Nicholas 'Nicky' Pistone Of Fair Lawn Dies At 36 TRIBUTE: DJ Nicholas 'Nicky' Pistone Of Fair Lawn Dies At 36 TRIBUTE: DJ Nicholas 'Nicky' Pistone Of Fair Lawn Dies At 36
Tribute: DJ Nicholas 'Nicky' Pistone Of Fair Lawn Dies At 36 Nicholas Biagio Pistone – a popular deejay and sound engineer from Bergen County – died Friday in Westwood at 36. A River Vale native and recent Fair Lawn resident, “Nicky” loved writing and producing music. Of the jobs he took while studying criminal justice at Ramapo College, and afterward, nearly all involved music. Pistone, who also briefly lived in Montvale, created Nicky X Entertainment and Productions, offering services for any occasion, while creating and recording hip-hop, house, trance, prog house, hard house and more “in my home recording studio.” He could make people laugh, t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: Rapper Who Left Gun In Bag At Newark Airport Surrenders UPDATE: Rapper Who Left Gun In Bag At Newark Airport Surrenders UPDATE: Rapper Who Left Gun In Bag At Newark Airport Surrenders
Update: Rapper Who Left Gun In Bag At Newark Airport Surrenders Passaic County rapper Juelz Santana turned himself in to Port Authority police before dawn Monday after fleeing Newark Airport Friday night when a gun and drugs were found in his bag. Santana, 36, of Totowa -- whose real name is LaRon James -- entered a not-guilty plea before a state Superior Court judge in Newark who scheduled him for a detention hearing on Monday, March 19. Charged with drug and weapons offenses, he could face prison time because of a prior felony conviction out of Bergen County, which prohibits Santana from carrying a firearm. A judge in Hackensack gave Santana two year…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Your Community
Cookie Monsters: Mahwah Girl Scouts Selling Bergen-Best 27,180 Boxes Cookie Monsters: Mahwah Girl Scouts Selling Bergen-Best 27,180 Boxes Cookie Monsters: Mahwah Girl Scouts Selling Bergen-Best 27,180 Boxes
Cookie Monsters: Mahwah Girl Scouts Selling Bergen-Best 27,180 Boxes MAHWAH, N.J. -- Their top money-maker was a little late, but a rushed delivery made it in time to bring the total number of cookies delivered Saturday to Mahwah's Girl Scout troops to 27,180 boxes -- tops in Bergen County. The delivery company accidentally missed an entire pallet of Thin Mints bound for the 33 troops. And as any of them will tell you, that matters: Thin Mints are by far the most popular of their eight cookie flavors, accounting for 27% of all Girl Scout cookie sales. The Mahwah scouts' total is the second-highest in North Jersey, part of one of the world's best-known fundr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: Rapper Who Left Gun In Bag At Newark Airport Surrenders UPDATE: Rapper Who Left Gun In Bag At Newark Airport Surrenders UPDATE: Rapper Who Left Gun In Bag At Newark Airport Surrenders
Update: Rapper Who Left Gun In Bag At Newark Airport Surrenders Passaic County rapper Juelz Santana turned himself in to Port Authority police before dawn Monday after fleeing Newark Airport Friday night when a gun and drugs were found in his bag. Santana, 36, of Totowa -- whose real name is LaRon James -- entered a not-guilty plea before a state Superior Court judge in Newark who scheduled him for a detention hearing on Monday, March 19. Charged with drug and weapons offenses, he could face prison time because of a prior felony conviction out of Bergen County, which prohibits Santana from carrying a firearm. A judge in Hackensack gave Santana two year…

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