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
Breaking News
Hackensack PD: How Are We Doing? Hackensack PD: How Are We Doing? Hackensack PD: How Are We Doing?
Hackensack PD: How Are We Doing? HACKENSACK N.J. -- Hackensack residents and merchants are invited to assess their city's police department as part of a process known as accreditation. Members of the department and city employees are encouraged to call, as well, during the scheduled phone-in period from 11 a.m. to noon on Monday, Dec. 18. THE NUMBER: (201) 646-7682  OR EMAIL: [email protected]  Telephone comments are limited to 5 minutes and “must address the agency’s ability to comply with the accreditation standards,” according to Capt. Francesco Aquila, the department's officer in charge . (You can also wri…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Minutes Apart: Man Grazed By Train, Car Stalls On Tracks Minutes Apart: Man Grazed By Train, Car Stalls On Tracks Minutes Apart: Man Grazed By Train, Car Stalls On Tracks
Minutes Apart: Man Grazed By Train, Car Stalls On Tracks ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. -- A Park Ridge man escaped injury when his car stalled out on the railroad tracks in Saddle Brook, moments before a Rochelle Park man who got too close to the rails was grazed by a passing train on the Elmwood Park side. A bar extending from the train struck the 55-year-old pedestrian, who was taken to a local hospital shortly before 9 p.m., NJ Transit's Lisa Torbic said.  He received summonses for trespassing and interfering with transportation, she said. The incident occurred a short time after a car became stalled on the same stretch of tracks in Saddle Brook.The 52-…

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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Minutes Apart: Man Grazed By Train, Car Stalls On Tracks Minutes Apart: Man Grazed By Train, Car Stalls On Tracks Minutes Apart: Man Grazed By Train, Car Stalls On Tracks
Minutes Apart: Man Grazed By Train, Car Stalls On Tracks ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. -- A Park Ridge man escaped injury when his car stalled out on the railroad tracks in Saddle Brook, moments before a Rochelle Park man who got too close to the rails was grazed by a passing train on the Elmwood Park side. A bar extending from the train struck the 55-year-old pedestrian, who was taken to a local hospital shortly before 9 p.m., NJ Transit's Lisa Torbic said.  He received summonses for trespassing and interfering with transportation, she said. The incident occurred a short time after a car became stalled on the same stretch of tracks in Saddle Brook.The 52-…

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
PD: Baseball Bat-Wielding Mahwah Road-Rage Driver Deliberately Crashes Car PD: Baseball Bat-Wielding Mahwah Road-Rage Driver Deliberately Crashes Car PD: Baseball Bat-Wielding Mahwah Road-Rage Driver Deliberately Crashes Car
PD: Baseball Bat-Wielding Mahwah Road-Rage Driver Deliberately Crashes Car MAHWAH, N.J. – A 77-year-old driver became a madman, charging after an Upper Saddle River motorist with a baseball bat and then chasing him through Mahwah streets before ramming his car into his, authorities said. David Ruffman was headed north on East Crescent Avenue in Upper Saddle River around 3 p.m. Thursday when, he told police, the other driver merged from Lake Street and cut him off, Police Chief James N. Batelli said. Ruffman hit the gas, passed the Upper Saddle River motorist’s car, then stopped in the middle of the street, Batelli said. The two were out of their cars arguing when…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Home Aide Racked Up $3,500 On Credit Card Of Maywood Woman, 88 Police: Home Aide Racked Up $3,500 On Credit Card Of Maywood Woman, 88 Police: Home Aide Racked Up $3,500 On Credit Card Of Maywood Woman, 88
Police: Home Aide Racked Up $3,500 On Credit Card Of Maywood Woman, 88 MAYWOOD, N.J. – A home health aide rang up nearly $3,500 in charges on the credit card of an 88-year-old Maywood woman she’d been caring for, authorities charged. Kareen Carnegie, 27, of Paterson, had worked since June for the woman, who notified police on Wednesday of suspicious credit card purchases, Police Chief David Pegg said. Detective Sgt. Richard Brown and Detective Jason Liaban quickly zeroed in on Carnegie, who Pegg said charged $3,435 on the elderly victim’s card at various businesses in Maywood, Rochelle Park and Paterson. Carnegie was charged with theft- and fraud-related coun…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Rochelle Park PD: Motorist Busted For Pot, Girlfriend Spits On Officers Rochelle Park PD: Motorist Busted For Pot, Girlfriend Spits On Officers Rochelle Park PD: Motorist Busted For Pot, Girlfriend Spits On Officers
Rochelle Park PD: Motorist Busted For Pot, Girlfriend Spits On Officers ROCHELLE PARK, N.J. -- A motorist caught with marijuana was being taken into custody when his girlfriend showed up and spit on the arresting officers, Elmwood Park police said. Officer Brian Gallina stopped the Chevy Suburban, driven by 31-year-old Marco Morales-Carrillo, because it had bogus temporary license plates, Detective Sgt. Jim DePreta said. Gallina took Morales-Carrillo into custody and was waiting for a tow truck to impound the vehicle when 24-year-old Caroline Tixe of Englewood showed up, DePreta said. Police seized Tixe after she tried to take the Suburban away herself, after …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Bada Boom! State Orders Satin Dolls Owners To Close Or Transfer License Bada Boom! State Orders Satin Dolls Owners To Close Or Transfer License Bada Boom! State Orders Satin Dolls Owners To Close Or Transfer License
Bada Boom! State Orders Satin Dolls Owners To Close Or Transfer License LODI, N.J. – State authorities have ordered the owners of the Lodi gentleman’s club that served as the fictional “Bada Bing” on “The Sopranos” and another club in Secaucus to sell the establishments or transfer their licenses in less than a month – and end live entertainment by Dec. 17. Anthony Cardinalle continued to operate Satin Dolls on Route 17 and A.J.’s Gentleman’s Club on Secaucus Road despite federal convictions for income tax evasion and conspiring with members of Genovese crime family in waste-disposal crimes in New Jersey and New York, Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino said…

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Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
New Milford College Student Charged With Sexually Assaulting Minor New Milford College Student Charged With Sexually Assaulting Minor New Milford College Student Charged With Sexually Assaulting Minor
New Milford College Student Charged With Sexually Assaulting Minor NEW MILFORD, N.J. – A 19-year-old college student from New Milford was charged with sexually assaulting a 17-year-old victim, beginning when the juvenile was 15 years old. Michael Urgiles remained held Wednesday in the Bergen County Jail on charges of aggravated sexual assault, criminal sexual contact and child endangerment. A tip that Urgiles had “inappropriate sexual contact” with the juvenile prompted an investigation that led to his arrest last Thursday, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. A judge released Urgiles the next day. He was re-arrested Tuesday on upgraded charg…

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Ski-Masked Gunman Robs Mahwah Gas Station, Elmwood Park 7-Eleven Ski-Masked Gunman Robs Mahwah Gas Station, Elmwood Park 7-Eleven Ski-Masked Gunman Robs Mahwah Gas Station, Elmwood Park 7-Eleven
Ski-Masked Gunman Robs Mahwah Gas Station, Elmwood Park 7-Eleven MAHWAH, N.J. – A ski-masked gunman held up two area businesses overnight Thursday – a gas station in Mahwah and a 7-Eleven in Elmwood Park, authorities said. The robber stuck a silver handgun with a black grip in the attendant’s face at the Liberty Gas Station/Quick Stop Deli on northbound Route 17 around 3 a.m. Thursday, Mahwah Police Chief James Batelli said. The attendant was pulling money from the register for him when the robber “reached over the counter and began to remove cash,” Batelli said. He then ran from the store to an another attendant who was sitting in a booth by the pumps,…

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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Ski-Masked Gunman Robs Elmwood Park 7-Eleven Ski-Masked Gunman Robs Elmwood Park 7-Eleven Ski-Masked Gunman Robs Elmwood Park 7-Eleven
Ski-Masked Gunman Robs Elmwood Park 7-Eleven ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. – (UPDATE) A ski-masked gunman held up two area businesses overnight Thursday – a gas station in Mahwah and a 7-Eleven in Elmwood Park, authorities said. The robber stuck a silver handgun with a black grip in the attendant’s face at the Liberty Gas Station/Quick Stop Deli on northbound Route 17 around 3 a.m. Thursday, Mahwah Police Chief James Batelli said. The attendant was pulling money from the register for him when the robber “reached over the counter and began to remove cash,” Batelli said. He then ran from the store to an another attendant who was sitting in a boot…

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