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
New Hackensack Police Officers Bring Know-How, Dedication New Hackensack Police Officers Bring Know-How, Dedication New Hackensack Police Officers Bring Know-How, Dedication
New Hackensack Police Officers Bring Know-How, Dedication HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Two decorated officers who'd been laid off from county jobs earlier this year were sworn in Monday as Hackensack police officers. Officers Peter Bongiovanni and Stanislav Tovbin both have several years of police experience between them. Bongiovanni was with South Hackensack's force when he and fellow Officer John Clark -- covering their faces with towels -- evacuated a burning spa on Route 46, getting all patrons and employees out safely. SEE: https://hackensack.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/officers-honored-for-bravery-by-the-200-club-of-bergen-county/627672/bergen/948-17…

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Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Haworth Police Sergeant Makes Separate Drug Busts Hours Apart Haworth Police Sergeant Makes Separate Drug Busts Hours Apart Haworth Police Sergeant Makes Separate Drug Busts Hours Apart
Haworth Police Sergeant Makes Separate Drug Busts Hours Apart HAWORTH, N.J. -- A Haworth police sergeant made separate drug stops the same night. Sgt. Gianluca Ragone pulled a car over on Durie Avenue in Closter after following it from Schraalenberg Road for several motor vehicle violations Friday night, Sgt. Justin Fox said. The 31-year-old driver from Bergenfield was charged with having eight Oxycontin pills and issued a pair of motor vehicle summonses before being released pending a hearing, he said. Ragone was back on the road a couple of hours later when he stopped a Lyft driver on Sunset Avenue for several motor vehicle violations, Fox said. H…

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Hackensack, NJ
Weather
Warmer Weather Wanes: Hard Rain's Gonna Fall In Bergen, Passaic Warmer Weather Wanes: Hard Rain's Gonna Fall In Bergen, Passaic Warmer Weather Wanes: Hard Rain's Gonna Fall In Bergen, Passaic
Warmer Weather Wanes: Hard Rain's Gonna Fall In Bergen, Passaic BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. -- Severe thunderstorms are possible in Bergen and Passaic as temperatures in the 70s finally pass, forecasters say. "It is a bit unusual to see a risk for severe weather this time of year, but, then again, it is was a bit unusual to have an upper high pressure system sitting overhead for a week with nothing but sunshine," meteorologist Joe Cioffi said. The recent glorious stretch of weather ends when clouds roll in Monday night -- possibly with some spotty light rain or drizzle, hesaid. "We can see the beginnings of the weather system and cold front out …

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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Passenger Grabs Wheel, Crashes Car On GWB, Police Charge Passenger Grabs Wheel, Crashes Car On GWB, Police Charge Passenger Grabs Wheel, Crashes Car On GWB, Police Charge
Passenger Grabs Wheel, Crashes Car On GWB, Police Charge FORT LEE, N.J. -- Two cars collided on the George Washington Bridge after a passenger grabbed the steering wheel of one of them during an argument with a female driver, authorities said. Both Johengny Tavares, 28, of Lake Hiawatha and the driver, also 28, were taken with facial injuries to Englewood Hospital and Medical Center after the 11 p.m. crash Sunday on the bridge's upper level near New Jersey, the Port Authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. A judge later granted the woman a restraining order against Tavares, Pentangelo told Daily Voice. The driver of the other car, a 2008 Toyota sedan…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Lyndhurst Police Seize 70 Pounds Of Pot, Bust Couple, In Traffic Stop Lyndhurst Police Seize 70 Pounds Of Pot, Bust Couple, In Traffic Stop Lyndhurst Police Seize 70 Pounds Of Pot, Bust Couple, In Traffic Stop
Lyndhurst Police Seize 70 Pounds Of Pot, Bust Couple, In Traffic Stop LYNDHURST, N.J. -- Lyndhurst police busted a Belleville couple with 70 pounds of pot during a traffic stop, authorities said Monday. White quickly noticed a strong odor of raw marijuana, he said. A patdown of the passenger, 26-year-old Alexander Hernandez, turned up several cell phones, more than $2,000 in cash and an Oxycodone pill, Valente said. The driver, 24-year-old Janetty Cordero, admitted having pot in a container in her pocketbook, he said. A search of the vehicle turned up "four large laundry bags full of marijuana in numerous plastic sealed bags," the captain said. H…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
4 Hospitalized After Special Needs Van Slams Into Fair Lawn House 4 Hospitalized After Special Needs Van Slams Into Fair Lawn House 4 Hospitalized After Special Needs Van Slams Into Fair Lawn House
4 Hospitalized After Special Needs Van Slams Into Fair Lawn House FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- Two special needs passengers, an aide and their driver were hospitalized after a van slammed into a house in Fair Lawn Monday morning, responders said. The ARC Community Services of Bergen & Passaic Counties van was coming from a medical business nearby when it struck the corner house at Zink Place and 17th Street around 10:15 a.m., pushing the front wall in, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. "The impact lifted the back end of the van to the side, leaving the vehicle stuck between the residence and a telephone pole," he said. The 28-year-old driver from Hackensack t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
USR Man Charged In Fentanyl Death Of Ramsey Teen Dies In Federal Custody USR Man Charged In Fentanyl Death Of Ramsey Teen Dies In Federal Custody USR Man Charged In Fentanyl Death Of Ramsey Teen Dies In Federal Custody
USR Man Charged In Fentanyl Death Of Ramsey Teen Dies In Federal Custody UPPER SADDLE RIVER, N.J. -- An Upper Saddle River man charged in the fatal drug overdose of a 19-year-old Ramsey man died in federal custody. Darius Ghahary, 48, was found dead in a cell at a federal transfer center in Oklahoma City on Friday, three days after a grand jury in North Dakota named him in a sweeping pair of indictments targeting Chinese manufacturers of fentanyl and other opiates, authorities confirmed. It was the first case of its kind brought by federal authorities, who noted that more than 20,000 Americans died last year from fentanyl-related overdoses -- including musical …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Ex-Old Tappan Dealer Who Bought U.S. Coins With Fake IDs Gets 15 Months Ex-Old Tappan Dealer Who Bought U.S. Coins With Fake IDs Gets 15 Months Ex-Old Tappan Dealer Who Bought U.S. Coins With Fake IDs Gets 15 Months
Ex-Old Tappan Dealer Who Bought U.S. Coins With Fake IDs Gets 15 Months OLD TAPPAN, N.J. -- A former Old Tappan rare coin dealer who stole identities was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for income tax evasion. William Dominick, 69, of Collier County, Florida, previously admitted ducking personal income taxes on more than $400,000 in exchange for leniency. He also agree to file amended returns and make full restitution for years 2010 through 2014. Dominick owned and operated Westwood Rare Coin out of his then-home in Old Tappan. Using other people’s identities, he gathered credit cards to purchase bulk quantities of coins from the U.S. Mint in order t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Mavis Tire Stores Burglarized In Hackensack, Lodi, Ridgefield Park Mavis Tire Stores Burglarized In Hackensack, Lodi, Ridgefield Park Mavis Tire Stores Burglarized In Hackensack, Lodi, Ridgefield Park
Mavis Tire Stores Burglarized In Hackensack, Lodi, Ridgefield Park BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. -- Three more Bergen County Mavis Discount Tire stores were burglarized over the weekend -- in Hackensack, Lodi and Ridgefield Park. The burglar or burglars got in through the back door of the Lodi store on Route 46, an employee there said. Fair Lawn police arrested a Paterson man who they said dropped his wallet while burglarizing a Mavis store on River Road before dawn Thursday. SEE: Fair Lawn Police: Mavis Tire Burglar Took Cash Register, Left Wallet Mahwah police in January caught a suspect after he and an accomplice stole several tires from the Mavis store on Fran…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Police: CT Driver Who Ran Light Outside Port Authority PD Near GWB Was DWI Police: CT Driver Who Ran Light Outside Port Authority PD Near GWB Was DWI Police: CT Driver Who Ran Light Outside Port Authority PD Near GWB Was DWI
Police: CT Driver Who Ran Light Outside Port Authority PD Near GWB Was DWI FORT LEE, N.J. -- A Connecticut man driving an unregistered, uninsured car was drunk when he ran a red light just outside the Port Authority police building in Fort Lee, authorities said. An officer a 2002 Honda sedan driven by Jesse Bao Clough, 24, of New Haven after he made a left through the light onto northbound Lemoine Avenue from Bruce Reynolds Boulevard near the George Washington Bridge around 3:30 a.m. Friday, the authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. "The officer noted a strong smell of alcohol on the suspect's breath as he interviewed him," Pentangelo said. "The suspe…

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