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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Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Allendale PD: Belligerent HQ Visitor Was Wanted On Warrant Allendale PD: Belligerent HQ Visitor Was Wanted On Warrant Allendale PD: Belligerent HQ Visitor Was Wanted On Warrant
Allendale PD: Belligerent HQ Visitor Was Wanted On Warrant ALLENDALE, N.J. – A Paterson man who barged into Allendale police headquarters demanding to know why a female friend was arrested was busted himself when officers discovered that he was wanted on a warrant, authorities said. Officer Jamie Hillgardner stopped a red Honda Civic on Chestnut Street after 19-year-old housekeeper Krista Agosto of Paterson was unable to stay in her lane of traffic for several blocks, Police Chief George Scherb said. Hillgardner smelled burnt marijuana and brought Agosto to headquarters, the chief said. Soon after, Deon Goodwin, also 19, showed up in the police he…

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Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Garfield Man Charged With Endangering Child In Drug Den Garfield Man Charged With Endangering Child In Drug Den Garfield Man Charged With Endangering Child In Drug Den
Garfield Man Charged With Endangering Child In Drug Den GARFIELD, N.J. – A Garfield man awaiting trial for having synthetic marijuana was charged with child endangerment and drug possession counts after a raid on his apartment early Wednesday turned up crack, pot and the stimulant methylone, authorities said. James Bell-Sanders, 27, who has a five-year Bergen County history of drug offenses, was sent to the county jail pending a detention hearing. A judge in February had released him shortly after police busted Bell-Sanders on synth pot possession charges, records show. He was awaiting trial when detectives from Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir …

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen Sheriff's Promotions: Two Lieutenants, Seven Sergeants Bergen Sheriff's Promotions: Two Lieutenants, Seven Sergeants Bergen Sheriff's Promotions: Two Lieutenants, Seven Sergeants
Bergen Sheriff's Promotions: Two Lieutenants, Seven Sergeants HACKENSACK, N.J. – Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino promoted seven officers to sergeant and two others to lieutenant, which he said will help keep his office one of New Jersey's premiere law enforcement agencies. A packed meeting room joined the appointees, Saudino and his command staff, Bergen County Executive James Tedesco and Freeholder Chair Tracy Zur and Rabbi Joel Friedman, who offered a blessing at Tuesday night's ceremony in Hackensack. Those promoted: New Lts. Gabriel Soto and John Lind; New Sgts. Walter Hutchinson, Anthony Turre, James Elliott, James Conway, John Dilkes, Al…

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Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Lodi MVC Clerk Produced Licenses, Permits For Bribes, Authorities Charge Lodi MVC Clerk Produced Licenses, Permits For Bribes, Authorities Charge Lodi MVC Clerk Produced Licenses, Permits For Bribes, Authorities Charge
Lodi MVC Clerk Produced Licenses, Permits For Bribes, Authorities Charge LODI, N.J. – A former Lodi motor vehicle agency clerk collected thousands in dollars in bribes operating a ring that allowed 220 drivers to obtain permit and licenses without having to take any tests authorities said Wednesday. Rodman Lora, 39, of Queens, got an average of $700 per license or permit from 2014 to 2016, charges an indictment returned against him and several co-conspirators – two each from Bergen and Passaic counties. One of his “customers” was a private security guard who worked the Lodi Motor Vehicle Commission office, state Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino said. “C…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack Man, 24, Shot In Back Hackensack Man, 24, Shot In Back Hackensack Man, 24, Shot In Back
Hackensack Man, 24, Shot In Back HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Hackensack police were investigating an overnight shooting that sent a 24-year-old victim to the hospital. The city resident was struck in the back near the shoulder blade with a single shot on James Street around 1 a.m., said Capt. Francesco Aquila, the department's officer in charge. He was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center for treatment, said Aquila, adding that the injury wasn't considered life-threatening.

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Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Missing Emerson Woman Found Safe Missing Emerson Woman Found Safe Missing Emerson Woman Found Safe
Missing Emerson Woman Found Safe EMERSON, N.J. -- The 51-year-old wife of the former owner of a chain of puppy stores that made headlines in several states was found Wednesday morning in Hillsdale, authorities confirmed. Susan Losacco had left her home around 5 p.m. Monday without her cellphone or identification, authorities said. She'd been known to walk long distances -- once getting as far as Upper Saddle River, they said. Police Chief Michael Mazzeo thanked Hillsdale and Ridgewood police for helping find her. Losacco's husband, Vincent, agreed this past summer to permanently stop selling animals in New Jersey in orde…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Electrical Fire Doused In Former Leonia Eatery Electrical Fire Doused In Former Leonia Eatery Electrical Fire Doused In Former Leonia Eatery
Electrical Fire Doused In Former Leonia Eatery LEONIA, N.J. -- A fire in the vacated site of a former Leonia restaurant Tuesday afternoon apparently was caused by an electrical malfunction, authorities said. Leonia firefighters quickly doused the 3:15 p.m. blaze at the Broad Avenue building that once housed Grubb's Take Away, Police Capt. Scott Tamagny said. Their colleagues from Fort Lee, Englewood, Teaneck, Palisades Park, Ridgefield and Edgewater joined them. Englewood Hospital and Medical Center Emergency Medical Services and Box 54 also responded. The Bergen County Sheriff’s Bureau of Criminal Identification collected evidence f…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Morris County Man, 67, Charged With Sexually Abusing Norwood Girl, 13 Morris County Man, 67, Charged With Sexually Abusing Norwood Girl, 13 Morris County Man, 67, Charged With Sexually Abusing Norwood Girl, 13
Morris County Man, 67, Charged With Sexually Abusing Norwood Girl, 13 NORWOOD, N.J. – A 67-year-old Morris County man was charged with sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl in Norwood. A judge on Tuesday ordered that Joseph DiFalco, a married property manager from Kinnelon, remain held in the Bergen County Jail pending a detention hearing this, county Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. DiFalco, who is charged with sexual assault by sexual contact and child endangerment, was arrested Monday after an investigation by members of his Special Victims Unit and Norwood police, the prosecutor said.

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Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Missing Emerson Woman Found Safe In Hillsdale Missing Emerson Woman Found Safe In Hillsdale Missing Emerson Woman Found Safe In Hillsdale
Missing Emerson Woman Found Safe In Hillsdale EMERSON, N.J. -- The 51-year-old wife of the former owner of a chain of puppy stores that made headlines in several states was found Wednesday morning in Hillsdale, authorities confirmed.  Susan Losacco left her home around 5 p.m. Monday without her cellphone or identification, authorities said. She'd been known to walk long distances -- once getting as far as Upper Saddle River, they said. Losacco's husband, Vincent, agreed this past summer to permanently stop selling animals in New Jersey in order to settle state charges that his Just Pups company misled customers about the health of the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
New City, NY
Breaking News
ID Released For Nyack Firefighter Who Died After Responding To Call ID Released For Nyack Firefighter Who Died After Responding To Call ID Released For Nyack Firefighter Who Died After Responding To Call
ID Released For Nyack Firefighter Who Died After Responding To Call NYACK, N.Y. -- A 58-year-old Nyack volunteer firefighter collapsed during a noxious odor call at a local bank Monday morning and later died at the hospital, authorities confirmed. David Jahnes, a 16-year department veteran, was responding to a call at the Chase Bank on North Broadway around 8:30 a.m. when he went into cardiac arrest, they said. What was reported as a chemical spill turned out to be an overheated battery in the bank's alarm system, authorities said. The building was temporarily evacuated, they said. Jahnes joined the department in November 2001 and served as company captai…

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