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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Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Breaking News
Nick Of Time: Demarest Officers Deliver Healthy Baby Girl In Home Nick Of Time: Demarest Officers Deliver Healthy Baby Girl In Home Nick Of Time: Demarest Officers Deliver Healthy Baby Girl In Home
Nick Of Time: Demarest Officers Deliver Healthy Baby Girl In Home DEMAREST, N.J. -- (UPDATE) Newly-born Gwen Hesketh and her parents had visitors Wednesday afternoon at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center: Two of the Demarest police officers who delivered her. Officers Michael Krynicky and Michael Bartellucci were reunited with Gwen and her parents, Nicholas and Kathryn Hesketh, hours after they helped bring the healthy newborn into the world at the family's Palisade Boulevard home. Lt. Liam Foley and the officers found the 31-year-old mother-to-be lying in pain on her side near a second-floor bathroom at 12:35 a.m. Wednesday, Police Chief James Powderl…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: No One Injured When Part Of Park Ridge Ceiling Collapses UPDATE: No One Injured When Part Of Park Ridge Ceiling Collapses UPDATE: No One Injured When Part Of Park Ridge Ceiling Collapses
Update: No One Injured When Part Of Park Ridge Ceiling Collapses PARK RIDGE, N.J. — The driver of a FedEx truck got out OK after a rear ceiling of the Hertz Building in Park Ridge collapsed Tuesday night, responders said. The 75-by-75-foot section toppled above a rear loading dock at the Brae Boulevard building after a frozen water pipe burst around 6 p.m., they said. No injuries were reported, and damage apparently was limited to the truck. Borough police and firefighters responded, along with the Hackensack Fire Department, while an ambulance as put on standby but wasn't required, responders said. The sprinkler system was shut down and the building ev…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Monsey, NY
Breaking News
2018's First GWB DWI: Unlicensed Chestnut Ridge Driver Wanted On Warrants 2018's First GWB DWI: Unlicensed Chestnut Ridge Driver Wanted On Warrants 2018's First GWB DWI: Unlicensed Chestnut Ridge Driver Wanted On Warrants
2018's First GWB DWI: Unlicensed Chestnut Ridge Driver Wanted On Warrants An unlicensed Chestnut Ridge motorist wanted on three warrants became the first DWI driver busted by Port Authority police on the George Washington Bridge in 2018, authorities said. Officer Ed Berdecia stopped the New Jersey-bound black BMW sedan on the upper level around 4:30 a.m. Tuesday after the driver -- Rafael A. Hidalgo, 45 -- "abruptly changed lanes without signaling, crossed two lanes of traffic and then crossed back across two lanes," the authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. "There was a strong odor of alcohol on the suspect's breath and his eyes were watery and bloo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
No One Injured When Part Of Park Ridge Ceiling Collapses No One Injured When Part Of Park Ridge Ceiling Collapses No One Injured When Part Of Park Ridge Ceiling Collapses
No One Injured When Part Of Park Ridge Ceiling Collapses PARK RIDGE, N.J. — (UPDATE) The driver of a FedEx truck got out OK after a rear ceiling of the Hertz Building in Park Ridge collapsed Tuesday night, responders said. The 75-by-75-foot section toppled above a rear loading dock at the Brae Boulevard building after a frozen water pipe burst around 6 p.m., they said. No injuries were reported, and damage apparently was limited to the truck. Borough police and firefighters responded, along with the Hackensack Fire Department, while an ambulance as put on standby but wasn't required, responders said. The sprinkler system was shut down and the bu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Wayne Police: New Year's Eve DWI Crash Driver Rescued From Overturned SUV Wayne Police: New Year's Eve DWI Crash Driver Rescued From Overturned SUV Wayne Police: New Year's Eve DWI Crash Driver Rescued From Overturned SUV
Wayne Police: New Year's Eve DWI Crash Driver Rescued From Overturned SUV WAYNE, N.J. -- A drunk driver had to be extricated from his overturned SUV after it barreled into the woods in Wayne just after midnight on New Year's Eve, authorities said. A passenger also fled the scene, but police followed his footprints in the snow and found him passed out over a fence, Detective Capt. Lawrence W. Martin said Jorge Aliaga, 52, of Wayne, was taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson by the Wayne Volunteer Memorial First Aid Squad after members cut him from a 2011 Honda Pilot, with help from township firefighters, following the 12:30 a.m. crash off Preakn…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Maywood Bloodhound Finds Missing NYE's Party Guest Huddled At Hillsdale ATM Maywood Bloodhound Finds Missing NYE's Party Guest Huddled At Hillsdale ATM Maywood Bloodhound Finds Missing NYE's Party Guest Huddled At Hillsdale ATM
Maywood Bloodhound Finds Missing NYE's Party Guest Huddled At Hillsdale ATM MAYWOOD, N.J. -- Maywood's new superstar bloodhound found a missing man huddled from the cold and trying to find warmth in a Hillsdale bank vestibule after he'd wandered off from a New Year's Eve celebration without a coat. Officer Chris Nichols and his year-old tracker, "Remi," were summoned five hours after the Pennsylvania man left a New Year's restaurant celebration in the middle of the frigid night without his belongings. Remington took the scent from the man's jacket, then led Nichols about a half-mile to the ATM at a local bank a half-mile away. There, police found the fre…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
2018's first GWB DWI: Unlicensed Driver Wanted On Alpine Warrants 2018's first GWB DWI: Unlicensed Driver Wanted On Alpine Warrants 2018's first GWB DWI: Unlicensed Driver Wanted On Alpine Warrants
2018's first GWB DWI: Unlicensed Driver Wanted On Alpine Warrants FORT LEE, N.J. -- An unlicensed motorist wanted on three warrants out of Alpine became the first DWI driver busted by Port Authority police on the George Washington Bridge in 2018, authorities said. Officer Ed Berdecia stopped the New Jersey-bound black BMW sedan on the upper level around 4:30 a.m. Tuesday after the driver -- Rafael A. Hidalgo, 45, of Chestnut Ridge in Rockland County -- "abruptly changed lanes without signaling, crossed two lanes of traffic and then crossed back across two lanes," the authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. "There was a strong odor of alcohol on…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Broken Sprinkler Head Creates Water Leak At Bogota School Broken Sprinkler Head Creates Water Leak At Bogota School Broken Sprinkler Head Creates Water Leak At Bogota School
Broken Sprinkler Head Creates Water Leak At Bogota School BOGOTA, N.J. -- A broken sprinkler head at a Bogota elementary school caused a water leak Tuesday morning, responders said. Ridgefield Park firefighters also responded to the Lilliam M. Steen Elementary School on West Main Street, where classes continued. The water was temporarily shut off until repairs could be made.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Firefighters: New Two-Way Street Makes Hackensack Safer Firefighters: New Two-Way Street Makes Hackensack Safer Firefighters: New Two-Way Street Makes Hackensack Safer
Firefighters: New Two-Way Street Makes Hackensack Safer HACKENSACK, N.J. -- It was meant to help Hackensack's businesses, but the conversion of State Street into a two-way has helped make the city safer, responders said. "Companies now can make a left hand turn out of headquarters due to the conversion of State Street into a 2-way," the Hackensack Fire Department said. "This should improve response times to the North End of the city." ALSO SEE: State Street Reopens As Two-Way Road In Hackensack

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by Jerry DeMarco
Newburgh, NY
Breaking News
Bail Jumpers From Walden, Port Jervis Had Heroin, Fake Gun Bail Jumpers From Walden, Port Jervis Had Heroin, Fake Gun Bail Jumpers From Walden, Port Jervis Had Heroin, Fake Gun
Bail Jumpers From Walden, Port Jervis Had Heroin, Fake Gun MONTGOMERY, N.J. – A man and woman from Orange County wanted for skipping court in different states were carrying 360 bags of heroin and a phony handgun when police in New Jersey stopped them, authorities said. Officer Robert Schlossberg stopped the car on the northbound highway near Russell Avenue for several violations, including defective lights, and found the heroin and prop gun along with three digital scales and five cellphones, Wyckoff (NJ) Police Chief David Murphy said. He arrested the driver, 45-year-old Scott C. Sweeney of Walden, NY, on various drug charges. Sweeney also receive…

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