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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Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Feds: Filipino Group Treasurer Embezzled $900G From Ridgefield Park Firm Feds: Filipino Group Treasurer Embezzled $900G From Ridgefield Park Firm Feds: Filipino Group Treasurer Embezzled $900G From Ridgefield Park Firm
Feds: Filipino Group Treasurer Embezzled $900G From Ridgefield Park Firm BERGENFIELD, N.J. -- Federal authorities charged a former accounting specialist from Bergenfield who resigned earlier this year as treasurer of a prominent Filipino-American group with embezzling $900,000 from the Metcom Express insurance brokerage in Ridgefield Park. Violeta McGough, 55, stepped down from her position as treasurer of the Philippine Independence Day Council, Inc. at the end of February this year amid the federal probe. She cited health reasons. Over seven years, beginning in 2008, McGough "made numerous fraudulent accounting entries to steal funds that her employer...c…

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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Bogota PD: Detectives Bust Armed Bicycle-Riding Gas Station Robber Bogota PD: Detectives Bust Armed Bicycle-Riding Gas Station Robber Bogota PD: Detectives Bust Armed Bicycle-Riding Gas Station Robber
Bogota PD: Detectives Bust Armed Bicycle-Riding Gas Station Robber BOGOTA, N.J. -- A pair of determined Bogota detectives nabbed a bicycle-riding gunman who robbed a local gas station, authorities said Saturday. Bilal Diggs-Void, 20, of Hackensack was identified through store video by Detectives Victor Negron and Hector Liriano as the hoodie-wearing robber who took an undetermined amount of cash from the Lukoil station on Queen Anne Road near the Route 80 overpass on Sept. 23, Sgt. Geoffrey Cole said. "The detectives reached out to Hackensack police to tell that Diggs-Void was wanted," Cole said. "Then, late last night, officers from Hackens…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen Sheriff: How You Can Help Hurricane Maria Victims In Puerto Rico Bergen Sheriff: How You Can Help Hurricane Maria Victims In Puerto Rico Bergen Sheriff: How You Can Help Hurricane Maria Victims In Puerto Rico
Bergen Sheriff: How You Can Help Hurricane Maria Victims In Puerto Rico HACKENSACK, N.J. -- You can help a united effort coordinated by law enforcement in Bergen County to provide disaster relief to Hurricane Maria victims in Puerto Rico. Dozens of types of items will be collected at a drive this Wednesday, Oct. 11, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Bergen County Administration parking lot at East Kansas and South River streets. Joining forces for the drive are the Bergen County Sheriff's Office, Bergen County Sheriff's PBA Local 134, National Coalition of Latino Officers and the Port Authority Police Hispanic Society. "Help us to help those in need," Be…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Fort Lee Realty Company Owner Swiped $345,000 From Clients Prosecutor: Fort Lee Realty Company Owner Swiped $345,000 From Clients Prosecutor: Fort Lee Realty Company Owner Swiped $345,000 From Clients
Prosecutor: Fort Lee Realty Company Owner Swiped $345,000 From Clients FORT LEE, N.J. – The owner-operator of a Fort Lee realty company pocketed $345,000 from his clients, said authorities who charged him. Peter Live, 41, received down payments for properties at his Live Realty company and “failed to complete the real estate transactions…instead of holding the money in escrow,” between December 2016 and June 2017, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. Live “did not complete any of the related property purchases for the complaining clients,” the prosecutor said. He was charged by summons with theft by deception, failing to make lawful disposition of …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack DWI Driver Charged In Death Of Passenger In Paterson Crash Hackensack DWI Driver Charged In Death Of Passenger In Paterson Crash Hackensack DWI Driver Charged In Death Of Passenger In Paterson Crash
Hackensack DWI Driver Charged In Death Of Passenger In Paterson Crash PATERSON, N.J. – A Hackensack drunk driver who registered more than three times the legal limit was charged with death by auto for the death of a passenger ejected during a series of crashes in which his sedan struck 11 other vehicles last month in Paterson, authorities said Friday. Authorities will ask that Aaron Burton, 33, remain held in the Passaic County Jail at a detention hearing Sunday, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes said. Detectives arrested Burton on Friday in connection with the 3:40 a.m. incident Sept. 9 in the area of 135 East 18th Street. Police found Burton’s 2008 …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Saddle Brook PD: Fingerprint Leads To Car Dealership Safe Thief Saddle Brook PD: Fingerprint Leads To Car Dealership Safe Thief Saddle Brook PD: Fingerprint Leads To Car Dealership Safe Thief
Saddle Brook PD: Fingerprint Leads To Car Dealership Safe Thief SADDLE BROOK, N.J. -- His fingerprints led Saddle Brook detectives to a Paterson man who they said stole a safe from a Route 46 car dealership with two accomplices. "There was no money -- just car keys and fobs inside," Police Chief Robert Kugler told Daily Voice. Tahaad D. Caster, 20, of Paterson already was in the Passaic County Jail charges that include sexual assault on a child, burglary and violation probation after being arrested Friday, records show. Saddle Brook Police Detectives John Tritto and Scott Habermann reviewed on-site video surveillance of the crime, while the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Dad Of Preemie Born In Car Grateful To Hillsdale Ambulance Crew Dad Of Preemie Born In Car Grateful To Hillsdale Ambulance Crew Dad Of Preemie Born In Car Grateful To Hillsdale Ambulance Crew
Dad Of Preemie Born In Car Grateful To Hillsdale Ambulance Crew HILLSDALE, N.J. -- His wife has just given birth to their premature son in the passenger seat as Mauricio Ascuas of West Milford drove furiously through thick Ridgewood traffic, praying he'd find help getting to the hospital. "I was going as fast as I could, but there was no way to get around the cars," Ascuas, 28, said Friday. "I was praying I'd see a police car -- anyone who could help us." Fate intervened: Members of the Hillsdale Volunteer Ambulance Service were headed back to headquarters from The Valley Hospital at the same time. Doctors at HUMC at Pascack Valley …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Obituaries
Beloved Hillsdale Public Servant, Alfred Murphy, 85, Dies Beloved Hillsdale Public Servant, Alfred Murphy, 85, Dies Beloved Hillsdale Public Servant, Alfred Murphy, 85, Dies
Beloved Hillsdale Public Servant, Alfred Murphy, 85, Dies HILLSDALE, N.J. -- He served as Hillsdale's mayor, on the council and the Board of Education, and as an EMT and much more: Alfred J. Murphy Jr. touched the lives of countless people. Murphy, who died Tuesday at 85, "gave freely of himself to the town," wrote Bob Davies. "I never met anyone who was more involved in town activities."He even was a Dale Carnegie instructor. "If you went to a town council or Board of Education meeting, you would most likely find Al in attendance," Davies added. "He shared his voice and convictions on so many issues when given t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
PD: Freed Mahwah Man Caught With Pot Brownies, Student's Stolen Wallet PD: Freed Mahwah Man Caught With Pot Brownies, Student's Stolen Wallet PD: Freed Mahwah Man Caught With Pot Brownies, Student's Stolen Wallet
PD: Freed Mahwah Man Caught With Pot Brownies, Student's Stolen Wallet MAHWAH, N.J. – A Mahwah man released after being arrested on drug charges out of Ramsey last month was carrying a half-pound of pot brownies and a stolen Ramapo College student’s wallet and ID at the Ramapo Reservation, township police said. Brendan Garvin, 20, was acting suspiciously when approached by Detective Sgt. Kevin Hebert and Detectives Michael Grassi and Eric Larsen, who were checking on reported drug dealing in the area on Wednesday, Police Chief James Batelli said Friday. Given consent to search his car by Garvin, the detectives found the brownies, along with drug paraphernalia …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Second Northbound GWB Jumper Dies During South Walk Fence Construction Second Northbound GWB Jumper Dies During South Walk Fence Construction Second Northbound GWB Jumper Dies During South Walk Fence Construction
Second Northbound GWB Jumper Dies During South Walk Fence Construction FORT LEE, N.J. -- Boats were in the Hudson River early Friday afternoon in the search for a man who jumped from the George Washington Bridge. He was the second person to jump from that side of the bridge since construction began to install a suicide-prevention fence on the southbound side -- and the 13th person overall from the span this year, the Port Authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. Port Authority police received the report of a jumper from the northbound walkway just after 12:05 p.m., Joseph Pentangelo said. The last jumper plunged to his death on Sept. 25, the day the construction p…

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