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
Breaking News
Synth Pot Sends Five From Paterson Dropout Program To Hospital Synth Pot Sends Five From Paterson Dropout Program To Hospital Synth Pot Sends Five From Paterson Dropout Program To Hospital
Synth Pot Sends Five From Paterson Dropout Program To Hospital PATERSON, N.J. -- Two students in a program for high-school dropouts in Paterson had to be revived Thursday morning while three others were also hospitalized as a precaution after they all smoked synthetic marijuana, officials confirmed. The circumstances prompted Paterson Police Director Jerry Speziale to assign his Narcotics Unit to investigate -- ordinarily not the protocol in ODs. Three of the victims in the YouthBuild program -- which works mostly with adults -- were underage, he noted.

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Monsey, NY
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Two GWB DWI Busts Within Half Hour, One From Spring Valley, Police Say Two GWB DWI Busts Within Half Hour, One From Spring Valley, Police Say Two GWB DWI Busts Within Half Hour, One From Spring Valley, Police Say
Two GWB DWI Busts Within Half Hour, One From Spring Valley, Police Say A Spring Valley man was one of two drivers busted for DWI within a half hour of one another before dawn on the George Washington Bridge, authorities said. Port Authority police followed a New York City-bound 2007 Honda sedan after it crossed over the lane markers several times around 3:40 a.m. Sunday, the authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. They pulled the car over after it merged onto the Palisades Interstate Parkway and found alcohol on the breath of the driver, identified as 30-year-old Aaron White, Pentangelo said. "He was also unsteady on his feet, swaying as he spoke to the offi…

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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority PD: Two GWB DWI Busts Within Half Hour, One From Hackensack Port Authority PD: Two GWB DWI Busts Within Half Hour, One From Hackensack Port Authority PD: Two GWB DWI Busts Within Half Hour, One From Hackensack
Port Authority PD: Two GWB DWI Busts Within Half Hour, One From Hackensack FORT LEE, N.J. -- A Hackensack motorist was one of two drivers busted for DWI within a half hour of one another on the George Washington Bridge before dawn, authorities said. Thirty minutes after arresting a Spring Valley man for DWI, Port Authority police pulled over a speeding, New York City-bound 2013 Toyota sedan at about 4:10 a.m., the authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. The car "was being driven erratically, swerving from lane to lane on the bridge," he said. The face of the driver, 24-year-old Oscar Barrera-Fiallos was flushed, and he smelled of alcohol, Pentangelo said. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Break Down Barriers, Come To Rochelle Park 'Coffee With A Cop' Break Down Barriers, Come To Rochelle Park 'Coffee With A Cop' Break Down Barriers, Come To Rochelle Park 'Coffee With A Cop'
Break Down Barriers, Come To Rochelle Park 'Coffee With A Cop' ROCHELLE PARK, N.J. -- Rochelle Park police are hosting the popular "Coffee With a Cop" get-together this Saturday. Come meet the borough's finest from 8:30 to 11 a.m. at the Rochelle Park Diner, 222 Rochelle Avenue. The highly successful program is designed for discussing community issues, building relationships – and drinking free coffee. "No cell phones, devices, or distractions -- just coffee, cops and conversation," said Detective Sgt. Jim DePreta. "Coffee and bagels on us." The majority of contacts the public has with law enforcement comes during emerge…

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
TIPS: O&R Shows Bergen Customers How To Tell Real Employees From Scammers TIPS: O&R Shows Bergen Customers How To Tell Real Employees From Scammers TIPS: O&R Shows Bergen Customers How To Tell Real Employees From Scammers
Tips: O&R Shows Bergen Customers How To Tell Real Employees From Scammers MAHWAH, N.J. -- Orange & Rockland officials again warned customers to beware of imposters -- both inside and outside the home -- who are trying to steal money or belongings. The utility, which has offices in Mahwah and Northvale and delivers electricity to 58,000 customers in parts of Bergen County, provided tips to "learn to tell a real Orange & Rockland employee from a fake one." First there are the phone scammers, the warning says, who may: Manipulate your caller ID to display O&R's name. Threaten to turn off power to your home or business within an hour. Demand i…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Neighbor Calls, Westwood Police Corner Burglar In House Neighbor Calls, Westwood Police Corner Burglar In House Neighbor Calls, Westwood Police Corner Burglar In House
Neighbor Calls, Westwood Police Corner Burglar In House WESTWOOD, N.J. – Fast-moving Westwood police caught a Teaneck burglar rummaging through a home after kicking in the door moments earlier, authorities said. An alert neighbor summoned police to the Williams Street home, where Lt. Matthew McClutchy said officers found a car reported stolen out of Teaneck in front and 20-year-old Jacob Gibbs inside the house, rifling an upstairs bedroom dresser, just after noon on Monday. Gibbs bolted for a bathroom but was quickly caught, said McClutchy, the officer in charge of the department. He was carrying stolen jewelry, cash, cellphone and wallets, alo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
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Pantless Intruder: Hackensack Lawyer Who Once Jilted James Bond Gangsters Pantless Intruder: Hackensack Lawyer Who Once Jilted James Bond Gangsters Pantless Intruder: Hackensack Lawyer Who Once Jilted James Bond Gangsters
Pantless Intruder: Hackensack Lawyer Who Once Jilted James Bond Gangsters HACKENSACK, N.J. -- A former Hackensack attorney from Paramus who was accused of walking into a stranger’s house half-naked in high heels last weekend once shocked a courtroom during a gang trial by announcing he’d temporarily quit. Justin Christodoro stunned those in the Hackensack courtroom during jury selection in a May 2013 trial against reputed members of the infamous James Bond Gang of burglars. "It was the ethical thing to do,” Christodoro, a Cum Laude presidential scholarship recipient at Seton Hall University Law School in Neawrk, told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. His experience with a p…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
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Arrest Made In Lodi Route 46 Hit-Run That Left Pedestrian, 76, Critical Arrest Made In Lodi Route 46 Hit-Run That Left Pedestrian, 76, Critical Arrest Made In Lodi Route 46 Hit-Run That Left Pedestrian, 76, Critical
Arrest Made In Lodi Route 46 Hit-Run That Left Pedestrian, 76, Critical LODI, N.J. -- The hit-and-run motorist who police said ran down an elderly pedestrian, critically injuring him, on Route 46 in Lodi has been caught, authorities said. Robert M. Marion, 63, of West 5th Street in Moonachie, was behind the wheel of the vehicle that struck 76-year-old Richard Maloney as he was crossing the highway near the QuickChek just before 7:45 p.m. last Sunday, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said Wednesday. The victim was rushed to the Intensive Care Unit at Hackensack University Medical Center, where he remained for several days with injuries that include a sh…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Prosecutor: Fair Lawn Customer Service Rep Sexually Assaulted Girl Prosecutor: Fair Lawn Customer Service Rep Sexually Assaulted Girl Prosecutor: Fair Lawn Customer Service Rep Sexually Assaulted Girl
Prosecutor: Fair Lawn Customer Service Rep Sexually Assaulted Girl FAIR LAWN, N.J. – A customer service rep from Fair Lawn was charged with sexually assaulting a young girl. Alphonse Diaz, 27, had a detention hearing scheduled Wednesday afternoon after spending the night in the Bergen County Jail. He was arrested after investigators “received information that a juvenile female reported that she was sexually assaulted by [him],” Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. Diaz was charged with aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault and child endangerment, he said.

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Paterson, NJ
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Wayne Couple Admit Taking Blood-Test Referral Bribes Wayne Couple Admit Taking Blood-Test Referral Bribes Wayne Couple Admit Taking Blood-Test Referral Bribes
Wayne Couple Admit Taking Blood-Test Referral Bribes WAYNE, N.J. -- A cardiologist from Wayne and his wife admitted their roles Wednesday in what federal authorities believe is the largest number of medical professionals ever prosecuted in a bribery case. Aiman Hamdan, 50, and Kristina Hamdan, 39, were caught in a massive takedown that’s produced 53 convictions – 38 of them doctors – for a scheme by Biodiagnostic Laboratory Services LLC (BLS), of Parsippany, its president and several associates to pay specialists and other physicians to send blood testing work their way. Hamdan, who had offices in Paterson, admitted Wednesday that BLS gave hi…

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