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
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Wayne Pre-School Teacher Who Locked Special Needs Pupils In Bathroom Fired Wayne Pre-School Teacher Who Locked Special Needs Pupils In Bathroom Fired Wayne Pre-School Teacher Who Locked Special Needs Pupils In Bathroom Fired
Wayne Pre-School Teacher Who Locked Special Needs Pupils In Bathroom Fired WAYNE, N.J. -- An arbitrator has upheld the dismissal of a Wayne preschool teacher who locked two special needs students in a bathroom as punishment. Donna DeMarco had been on administrative leave from Packanack Elementary School since June of last year because of her actions, which included calling the students "little a**holes and d****bags" in front of her colleagues. Although district policy prohibits restraining children as punishment, DeMarco admitted putting two students in the bathroom "on separate occasions," the arbitrator, Deborah M. Gaines. noted in her decis…

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Bergenfield, NJ
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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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Fort Lee, NJ
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Morning After Leonia Officials Close Streets At Rush Hour: GWB Gridlock Morning After Leonia Officials Close Streets At Rush Hour: GWB Gridlock Morning After Leonia Officials Close Streets At Rush Hour: GWB Gridlock
Morning After Leonia Officials Close Streets At Rush Hour: GWB Gridlock LEONIA, N.J. -- The morning after Leonia officials agreed to close local streets to non-residents during the early and evening rush, traffic jammed the borough early Wednesday, due to emergency repairs on the George Washington Bridge. Crews were repairing finger joints, which allow the expansion bridge to expand and contract while cutting road noise, overnight and into the early morning, the Port Authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. The night before, Leonia's mayor and council approved an ordinance that will close roughly 60 roads to non-residents daily from 6-10 a.m. and 4-9 p.m. "The…

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Bergenfield, NJ
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Unidentified Bergenfield Woman Turns Out To Be A Resident Unidentified Bergenfield Woman Turns Out To Be A Resident Unidentified Bergenfield Woman Turns Out To Be A Resident
Unidentified Bergenfield Woman Turns Out To Be A Resident BERGENFIELD, N.J. -- Bergenfield police Tuesday night identified a Filipino woman who, it turns out, lives in town. Yolanda Ranin, 78, wasn't carrying identification and couldn't provide much information through a translator when authorities first found her, Police Chief Cathy Madalone said earlier. After issuing an alert through local and social media, an identification was made. "Her family is with her now," Detective David Tortora said just after 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
FOUND! Wayne Man, 87, With Dementia Turns Up In NYC FOUND! Wayne Man, 87, With Dementia Turns Up In NYC FOUND! Wayne Man, 87, With Dementia Turns Up In NYC
Found! Wayne Man, 87, With Dementia Turns Up In NYC WAYNE, N.J. -- An 87-year-old man with dementia who wandered from his Wayne home Tuesday morning was found at Manhattan's Bellevue Hospital, authorities said. Gary Kazanjian was taken there after falling on 91st Street in the city, sustaining cuts and bruises, Police Capt. Laurence Martin said. It wasn't immediately clear how he got across the George Washington Bridge, Martin said. "His family has been notified and is responding to the hospital," the captain said just before 5 p.m. Kazanjian left his Preakness Avenue home on the east side of town roughly eight hours earlier, he …

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Northern Valley, NJ
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Three Cars Stolen In Overnight Norwood Spree Three Cars Stolen In Overnight Norwood Spree Three Cars Stolen In Overnight Norwood Spree
Three Cars Stolen In Overnight Norwood Spree NORWOOD, N.J. – Underscoring recent urgings by law enforcement throughout Bergen County to lock your car and take your keys and key fobs, Norwood police reported three vehicles stolen before dawn Saturday. A fourth potential victim said someone left empty-handed after entering a vehicle, authorities said. All of the incidents occurred east of Piermont Road, Police Chief Jeffrey Krapels said. One of the stolen vehicles was recovered in Norwood and the other two in Newark – one of which exited the New Jersey Turnpike around 5 a.m. Saturday, the chief said E-ZPass records show. “Residents ar…

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Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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Franklin Lakes Police Charge Oakland Driver, 22, With DWI In Rt. 208 Crash Franklin Lakes Police Charge Oakland Driver, 22, With DWI In Rt. 208 Crash Franklin Lakes Police Charge Oakland Driver, 22, With DWI In Rt. 208 Crash
Franklin Lakes Police Charge Oakland Driver, 22, With DWI In Rt. 208 Crash FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. – A 22-year-old Oakland man was charged with DWI after an overnight crash on Route 208 in Franklin Lakes, authorities said. Michael Schwartz crashed just after 2 a.m. Tuesday, Capt. John Bakelaar said. He wasn’t seriously injured, responders said.

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
FOUND! Wayne Man, 87, With Dementia Turns Up In NYC FOUND! Wayne Man, 87, With Dementia Turns Up In NYC FOUND! Wayne Man, 87, With Dementia Turns Up In NYC
Found! Wayne Man, 87, With Dementia Turns Up In NYC WAYNE, N.J. -- An 87-year-old man with dementia who wandered from his Wayne home Tuesday morning was found at Manhattan's Bellevue Hospital, authorities said. Gary Kazanjian was taken there after falling on 91st Street in the city, sustaining cuts and bruises, Police Capt. Laurence Martin said. It wasn't immediately clear how he got across the George Washington Bridge, Martin said. "His family has been notified and is responding to the hospital," the captain said just before 5 p.m. Kazanjian left his Preakness Avenue home on the east side of town roughly eight hours earlier, he …

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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority: Newark Airport Employee Punches Customs Officer In Face Port Authority: Newark Airport Employee Punches Customs Officer In Face Port Authority: Newark Airport Employee Punches Customs Officer In Face
Port Authority: Newark Airport Employee Punches Customs Officer In Face A private contractor at Newark Airport punched a U.S. Customs officer in the face, sending him to the hospital, after being asked for ID, Port Authority police said Tuesday. The officer stopped 22-year-old Thomas Hodge Jr. of Irvington as he tried to exit a jetway at a Terminal C airport gate Saturday night and asked for Hodge's identification, the authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. Hodge, in turn, "cursed the officer, assumed a fighting stance and struck him with his fist, cutting the officer's cheek," he said. Area officers jumped Hodge and held him, Pentangelo said. The vict…

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Lyndhurst, NJ
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Teacher From East Rutherford Who Donated Kidney Busted On Coke, Pot Charges Teacher From East Rutherford Who Donated Kidney Busted On Coke, Pot Charges Teacher From East Rutherford Who Donated Kidney Busted On Coke, Pot Charges
Teacher From East Rutherford Who Donated Kidney Busted On Coke, Pot Charges EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – A Hudson County high school teacher involved in a unique kidney exchange that saved his father's life was busted at his East Rutherford apartment with cocaine and pot for sale, local authorities said. Kenneth Furlong, 24, who teaches at Memorial High School in West New York, surrendered to borough police with his attorney on Monday after detectives searched his Monarch Apartments home on Schindler Court East and found the drugs, Police Chief Dennis Rivelli said. Furlong and his father, also named Kenneth, made history at Hackensack University Medical Center last year…

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