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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Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Tenafly Officer Released After Crash: Suspect Caught, Other Sought Tenafly Officer Released After Crash: Suspect Caught, Other Sought Tenafly Officer Released After Crash: Suspect Caught, Other Sought
Tenafly Officer Released After Crash: Suspect Caught, Other Sought TENAFLY, N.J. -- A Tenafly police officer was briefly hospitalized after his car crashed into a utility pole in Cresskill during a chase, authorities said.  A former Dwight Morrow High School football player who was graduated earlier this year was in custody and at least one other suspect was being sought, they said. The pursuit began after police were alerted to someone trying to pass a bogus check at the Chase Bank on County Road just after 2 p.m., Capt. Michael deMoncada said. Responding officers spotted a black BMW SUV with New York license plates idling on Central Avenue just across t…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
SEEN HIM? Missing Parsippany Man, 86, Drove Off In Sedan SEEN HIM? Missing Parsippany Man, 86, Drove Off In Sedan SEEN HIM? Missing Parsippany Man, 86, Drove Off In Sedan
Seen HIM? Missing Parsippany Man, 86, Drove Off In Sedan PARSIPPANY, N.J. -- An 86-year-old Parsippany man took  off in his sedan on Sunday and hadn't been seen since, authorities said Monday afternoon. Police from the Morris County town asked citizens to keep a look out for David Imhoff and his white 2008 Chrysler 300 bearing New Jersey license plate YJL78T.  The vehicle has some damage to the passenger side from a previous crash, family members told police. If you see Imhoff or the car, please call your local police or those in Parsippany at: (973) 263-4300.

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Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Englewood Cliffs Attorney Admits Conning Partners Out Of $7,800,000 Englewood Cliffs Attorney Admits Conning Partners Out Of $7,800,000 Englewood Cliffs Attorney Admits Conning Partners Out Of $7,800,000
Englewood Cliffs Attorney Admits Conning Partners Out Of $7,800,000 ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J. -- A lawyer from Englewood Cliffs admitted Monday that she created bogus businesses with her husband to steal $7.8 million from two high-powered law firms. Keila Ravelo, 52, took a deal offered by the government two weeks before her trial was supposed to begin, pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and tax evasion. Her lawyer, Lawrence Lustberg, had blamed it all on Ravelo's now-estranged husband, Melvin Feliz, 51. Feliz took a plea deal of his own two years ago, first admitting that he conspired with two other men to distribute 20 or so kilograms of coc…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Paramus PD Gets $625,000 Federal Community Policing Grant Paramus PD Gets $625,000 Federal Community Policing Grant Paramus PD Gets $625,000 Federal Community Policing Grant
Paramus PD Gets $625,000 Federal Community Policing Grant PARAMUS, N.J. -- Paramus got a $625,000 federal grant to boost community policing, authorities announced Monday. Proceeds from the Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program grant can be used to "hire community policing officers, develop and test innovative policing strategies, and provide training and technical assistance to community members, local government leaders, and all levels of law enforcement," U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said. A total of $98,495,397 in grants went to 179 law enforcement agencies across the nation, allo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Moonachie PD Gets $125,000 Federal Community Policing Grant Moonachie PD Gets $125,000 Federal Community Policing Grant Moonachie PD Gets $125,000 Federal Community Policing Grant
Moonachie PD Gets $125,000 Federal Community Policing Grant MOONACHIE, N.J. -- Moonachie got a $125,000 federal grant to boost community policing, authorities announced Monday. Proceeds from the Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program grant can be used to "hire community policing officers, develop and test innovative policing strategies, and provide training and technical assistance to community members, local government leaders, and all levels of law enforcement," U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said. A total of $98,495,397 in grants went to 179 law enforcement agencies across the nation, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Sparta Man, 18, Charged With Assault At Ramapo HS Football Game Sparta Man, 18, Charged With Assault At Ramapo HS Football Game Sparta Man, 18, Charged With Assault At Ramapo HS Football Game
Sparta Man, 18, Charged With Assault At Ramapo HS Football Game FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. -- An 18-year-old Sparta fan was arrested after Franklin Lakes police said he assaulted a 17-year-old home-team spectator at a Ramapo High School football playoff game. Officer Denny Knubel was working security during the Raiders' 21-14 win over the visiting Spartans when he spotted trouble, Capt. John Bakelaar said. Knubel took Luke Schmitzer into custody on simple assault charges, he said. "At this point, there is no indication in the reports that a complaint will be filed against the juvenile," Bakelaar said. First-seeded Ramapo (9-2) advanced to the NJSI…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
$12,500 Later: Glen Rock Man, 78, Falls For 'Grandson In Trouble' Scam $12,500 Later: Glen Rock Man, 78, Falls For 'Grandson In Trouble' Scam $12,500 Later: Glen Rock Man, 78, Falls For 'Grandson In Trouble' Scam
$12,500 Later: Glen Rock Man, 78, Falls For 'Grandson In Trouble' Scam GLEN ROCK, N.J. -- A 78-year-old Glen Rock man fell victim to the "grandparent scam" when he wired $12,500 to a con artist, authorities said. His bank recovered $8,000 -- leaving the victim out $4,500, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said Monday. A caller claiming to be the victim's grandson told the victim that he'd been in an out-of-state crash and was being held on a DWI charges, Ackermann explained. Another caller claiming to be a public defender said he needed the money to bail the "grandson" from jail, he said. So the victim "wired a total of $12,500, as instruc…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Backseat Injuries Prompt Recall Of 900,000 Honda Odysseys Backseat Injuries Prompt Recall Of 900,000 Honda Odysseys Backseat Injuries Prompt Recall Of 900,000 Honda Odysseys
Backseat Injuries Prompt Recall Of 900,000 Honda Odysseys Honda is recalling 900,000 Odyssey minivans following reports that second-row seats can tip forward. All but 100,000 of the models from 2011-2017 were sold in the United States, company officials said Saturday. Honda said it received 46 reports of injuries connected to the problem, which occurs when the seats aren't properly latched. “If a second row seat is not properly latched after adjusting it side-to-side or reinstalling a removed seat, the seat may tip forward during moderate to heavy braking, increasing the risk of injury to an occupant,” the company statement said. “This issue will…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Dumont SUV Driver, 54, Killed In Freight Train Crash Dumont SUV Driver, 54, Killed In Freight Train Crash Dumont SUV Driver, 54, Killed In Freight Train Crash
Dumont SUV Driver, 54, Killed In Freight Train Crash DUMONT, N.J. -- A 54-year-old Dumont man died after an SUV he was driving was struck by a freight train Saturday morning. The southbound CSX train hit the vehicle at Columbia and Cortland avenues in Dumont around 8:30 a.m. and pushed it a short distance across the Bergenfield border before the SUV slid off the tracks. The victim was later pronounced dead at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center.

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Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Dumont SUV Driver Killed In Freight Train Crash Dumont SUV Driver Killed In Freight Train Crash Dumont SUV Driver Killed In Freight Train Crash
Dumont SUV Driver Killed In Freight Train Crash DUMONT, N.J. -- A 54-year-old Dumont man died after an SUV he was driving was struck by a freight train Saturday morning. The southbound CSX train hit the vehicle at Columbia and Cortland avenues in Dumont around 8:30 a.m. and pushed it a short distance across the Bergenfield border before the SUV slid off the tracks. The victim was later pronounced dead at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center.

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