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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Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Former Wyckoff Settlement Agent Convicted Of Mortgage Fraud, Tax Evasion Former Wyckoff Settlement Agent Convicted Of Mortgage Fraud, Tax Evasion Former Wyckoff Settlement Agent Convicted Of Mortgage Fraud, Tax Evasion
Former Wyckoff Settlement Agent Convicted Of Mortgage Fraud, Tax Evasion WYCKOFF, N.J. -- Federal jurors deliberated for 90 minutes Friday before convicting a former settlement agent from Wyckoff of bank fraud and other charges involving refinanced properties in Bergen and Morris counties. A judge scheduled a Jan. 23 sentencing for Mark Andreotti, 46, following guilty verdicts to six counts, including conspiracy and tax evasion, following a two-week trial in U.S. District Court in Newark. According to Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick, Andreotti submitted a loan application to a bank requesting $625,000 to refinance the mortgage on his house in Wyckoff…

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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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Cliffside Park HS Teacher's Controversial 'Speak American' Clip Goes Viral Cliffside Park HS Teacher's Controversial 'Speak American' Clip Goes Viral Cliffside Park HS Teacher's Controversial 'Speak American' Clip Goes Viral
Cliffside Park HS Teacher's Controversial 'Speak American' Clip Goes Viral CLIFFSIDE PARK, N.J. -- A short video clip in which a Cliffside Park High School teacher appears to tell students they shouldn't speak Spanish went viral Friday. A student walks out during the 25-second clip, in which the teacher is heard saying: "[M]en and women are fighting. They are not fighting for your right to speak Spanish," the teacher is heard saying. "They are fighting for your right to speak American.” “You’re being racist,” the student says. “I know how to speak English.” The CPHS English teacher apparently made the remarks after she asked students whispering i…

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Fort Lee, NJ
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Charges Upgraded After Victim In Fort Lee Hit-Run Dies Charges Upgraded After Victim In Fort Lee Hit-Run Dies Charges Upgraded After Victim In Fort Lee Hit-Run Dies
Charges Upgraded After Victim In Fort Lee Hit-Run Dies FORT LEE, N.J. – Charges against an Elmwood Park man were upgraded after a pedestrian in a hit and run crash near the George Washington Bridge died, authorities said Friday. Carmine Lombardi, a 43-year-old vehicle inspector from Elmwood Park, was behind the wheel of one of the vehicles that crashed at the corner of Lemoine Avenue and Bridge Plaza North shortly before 10 a.m. Thursday, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. Lombardi took off, Grewal said, leaving the critically injured 57-year-old victim beneath the other car, which came to rest against the wall of a walk-in clinic.…

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Fort Lee, NJ
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Port Authority PD: Fort Lee DWI Driver Registers 3x Legal Limit On GWB Port Authority PD: Fort Lee DWI Driver Registers 3x Legal Limit On GWB Port Authority PD: Fort Lee DWI Driver Registers 3x Legal Limit On GWB
Port Authority PD: Fort Lee DWI Driver Registers 3x Legal Limit On GWB FORT LEE, N.J. -- A DWI motorist from Fort Lee staggered out of her car after exiting the George Washington Bridge before dawn Friday, then registered three times the legal limit on a blood alcohol test, Port Authority police said. Kristen J. Lane, 43, kept driving after Officer Ed Berdecia activated his lights and siren to stop her after her white BMW "swerved from side to side, repeatedly crossing over the lines" in front of him on the bridge around 2:30 a.m., the authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. Lane, who eventually pulled over after exiting at Fletcher Avenue, had bloodshot…

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Teaneck, NJ
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Teaneck PD: 4-Foot-11-Inch Bank Robbery Suspect Passed Threatening Note Teaneck PD: 4-Foot-11-Inch Bank Robbery Suspect Passed Threatening Note Teaneck PD: 4-Foot-11-Inch Bank Robbery Suspect Passed Threatening Note
Teaneck PD: 4-Foot-11-Inch Bank Robbery Suspect Passed Threatening Note TEANECK, N.J. -- (UPDATE) A Teaneck woman was arrested minutes after she robbed a local bank on Thursday, police said. Clinique Sinclair, 32, remained held in the Bergen County Jail on Friday charges of robbery through a threat of harm. Sinclair -- who stands 4-foot-11-inches and weighs 115 pounds -- was arrested five blocks from the Bank of America branch on Palisade Avenue moments after it was robbed at 10:35 a.m. Thursday, police told Daily Voice. Officers responding to a bank alarm had a description  of the woman who'd "passed a note to one of the tellers, threatening bodily harm …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
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Haworth PD: Speeding Paramus Driver Had Half-Pound Of Packaged Pot Haworth PD: Speeding Paramus Driver Had Half-Pound Of Packaged Pot Haworth PD: Speeding Paramus Driver Had Half-Pound Of Packaged Pot
Haworth PD: Speeding Paramus Driver Had Half-Pound Of Packaged Pot HAWORTH, N.J. -- A speeding Paramus driver had nearly half a pound of pot in her car, Haworth police said. Sgt. Gianluca Ragone stopped a 2010 Audi Q7 driven by 32-year-old Juliana Zapata on Schraalenburgh Road around 10:30 p.m. Thursday, Sgt. Justin Fox said. "He noticed a strong odor of raw marijuana and found several medium-sized, sealed packages of the drug," along with $700 in suspected drug proceeds, Fox said. Zapata was charged with drug possession with the intent to distribute it, as well as money laundering, the sergeant said. She also received traffic summonses for spe…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Hillsdale PD: Washington Twp Man Faked Brain Tumor To Collect Donations Hillsdale PD: Washington Twp Man Faked Brain Tumor To Collect Donations Hillsdale PD: Washington Twp Man Faked Brain Tumor To Collect Donations
Hillsdale PD: Washington Twp Man Faked Brain Tumor To Collect Donations HILLSDALE, N.J. -- A Washington Township man pretended he had a cancerous brain tumor to scam people out of several hundred dollars in donations, authorities charged. Joseph O'Connell, 29, was charged with theft by deception by Hillsdale police. Police earlier this month "received information that O’Connell, who claimed to be ill, was receiving donations to help him in his fight against a cancerous brain tumor," Detective Bill Diedtrich said Friday. "The tip questioned the veracity of O'Connell's illness and the legitimacy of his need for donations," the detective said.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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PAPD: Wanted Georgia Driver Had Hollow-Point Ammo, Pot, No Paperwork At GWB PAPD: Wanted Georgia Driver Had Hollow-Point Ammo, Pot, No Paperwork At GWB PAPD: Wanted Georgia Driver Had Hollow-Point Ammo, Pot, No Paperwork At GWB
Papd: Wanted Georgia Driver Had Hollow-Point Ammo, Pot, No Paperwork At GWB FORT LEE, N.J. -- A wanted Georgia motorist driving an unregistered and uninsured car without a license was smoking pot and carrying hollow-point bullets when he was stopped at the George Washington Bridge, Port Authority police said. PAPD officers stopped the 2011 Honda at the toll plaza Tuesday night because it didn't have a front license plate, the authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. "When the driver opened his window to speak to the officer, a strong smell of marijuana came from inside the car," he said. The driver, 38-year-old Kareo S. Coger of Macon, GA, had no paperwork fo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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South Hackensack Teacher's Aide Charged With Sexually Assaulting Girl South Hackensack Teacher's Aide Charged With Sexually Assaulting Girl South Hackensack Teacher's Aide Charged With Sexually Assaulting Girl
South Hackensack Teacher's Aide Charged With Sexually Assaulting Girl SOUTH HACKENSACK, N.J. – A South Hackensack teacher’s aide was arrested Thursday and charged with sexually assaulting a young girl, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. Philip Cerone, 27, of Maywood was being held in the Bergen County Jail pending a first appearance Friday in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack. Cerone -- who was also an assistant varsity baseball coach at Hackensack High School and girls basketball coach in South Hackensack -- is formally charged with "sexual assault by a supervisor" of a juvenile between 16-17 years old and "child en…

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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Charges Upgraded In Fort Lee Hit-Run After Victim Dies Prosecutor: Charges Upgraded In Fort Lee Hit-Run After Victim Dies Prosecutor: Charges Upgraded In Fort Lee Hit-Run After Victim Dies
Prosecutor: Charges Upgraded In Fort Lee Hit-Run After Victim Dies FORT LEE, N.J. – Charges against an Elmwood Park man were upgraded after a pedestrian in a hit and run crash near the George Washington Bridge died, authorities said Friday. Carmine Lombardi, a 43-year-old vehicle inspector from Elmwood Park, was behind the wheel of one of the vehicles that crashed at the corner of Lemoine Avenue and Bridge Plaza North shortly before 10 a.m. Thursday, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. Lombardi took off, Grewal said, leaving the critically injured 57-year-old victim beneath the other car, which came to rest against the wall of a walk-in clinic.…

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