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
Burglar Found In Clifton Home Fights With Resident, Flees Burglar Found In Clifton Home Fights With Resident, Flees Burglar Found In Clifton Home Fights With Resident, Flees
Burglar Found In Clifton Home Fights With Resident, Flees CLIFTON, N.J. -- A burglar who fought with a Clifton resident after breaking into his home fled but was caught by an alert police sergeant two hours later, authorities said Monday. A Main Avenue woman awoke to a noise and found 28-year-old Nelson Ovalles rummaging through a bedroom dresser at 4:30 a.m. Saturday, Lt. Robert Bracken said. Also at home at the time were her husband and 1-year-old daughter, he said. She screamed, waking her husband, who rushed the burglar, Bracken said. Ovalles fled the house with about $1,000, leaving the injured homeowner behind, the lieutenant said. Police…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Bicycle-Riding Gunman Robs Bogota Gas Station Police: Bicycle-Riding Gunman Robs Bogota Gas Station Police: Bicycle-Riding Gunman Robs Bogota Gas Station
Police: Bicycle-Riding Gunman Robs Bogota Gas Station 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
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen Native: Overgrown Military Vet Graves Neglected At Paramus Cemetery Bergen Native: Overgrown Military Vet Graves Neglected At Paramus Cemetery Bergen Native: Overgrown Military Vet Graves Neglected At Paramus Cemetery
Bergen Native: Overgrown Military Vet Graves Neglected At Paramus Cemetery PARAMUS, N.J. -- A Bergen County native paying respects to his late mother-in-law was shocked to find the graves of military veterans at George Washington Memorial Park in Paramus covered with grass and weeds. "Some stones were completely covered over. Some said Purple Heart recipients," Sean Murphy told Facebook. "You have to dig to see that they're even there. "You would never see Holy Cross looking like this -- it's horrible," Murphy said. "If nothing else, they should get VFWs or Boy Scout troop coming here to clear all these graves." "Me and the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Gunmen Rob Elmwood Park Gas Station, Attendant Tells Police Gunmen Rob Elmwood Park Gas Station, Attendant Tells Police Gunmen Rob Elmwood Park Gas Station, Attendant Tells Police
Gunmen Rob Elmwood Park Gas Station, Attendant Tells Police ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. -- An Elmwood Park gas station attendant told police that two gunmen in ski masks robbed him Friday night. The pump jockey at the Sunoco on River Drive told responding officers he'd closed the station for the night and was walking to his car when the pair came up, pointed the guns at him and demanded money, Chief Michael Foligno told Daily Voice. They then fled south on River Drive toward Market Street with an undetermined amount of cash, the attendant said. A Bergen County sheriff's K-9 unit responded to assist with a search with negative results, Foligno said, adding t…

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson Mayor Admits Having Employees Do Private Work On City Dime Paterson Mayor Admits Having Employees Do Private Work On City Dime Paterson Mayor Admits Having Employees Do Private Work On City Dime
Paterson Mayor Admits Having Employees Do Private Work On City Dime PATERSON, N.J. -- Paterson Mayor Jose “Joey” Torres is headed to state prison for five years after admitting Friday that had city employees work at a private warehouse leased by his daughter and nephew while collecting taxpayer money. Torres, 58, of Paterson, pleaded guilty to single charge of second-degree conspiracy before a state judge in Jersey City. In return, state prosecutors will recommend a five-year prions term when he is sentenced. Torres also must forfeit his position as mayor and will be permanently barred from public office and public employment in New Jersey.  The mayor is …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Report: Feds Launch Religious Discrimination Probe Of Woodcliff Lake Report: Feds Launch Religious Discrimination Probe Of Woodcliff Lake Report: Feds Launch Religious Discrimination Probe Of Woodcliff Lake
Report: Feds Launch Religious Discrimination Probe Of Woodcliff Lake WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J. -- Federal authorities reportedly are investigating allegations of religious discrimination against a Jewish congregation that's been trying to build a new worship center in Woodcliff Lake. Valley Chabad last year filed a federal lawsuit against the town -- whose mayor, Carlos Rendo, is gubernatorial candidate Kim Guadagno's running mate for lieutenant governor -- alleging harassment and obstruction over a 16-year period. Politico reported Friday that the Justice Department told Rendo in a June 16 letter that it was conducting a religious discrimination investigation. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Woman Struck By Car In Garfield Woman Struck By Car In Garfield Woman Struck By Car In Garfield
Woman Struck By Car In Garfield GARFIELD, N.J. -- A woman struck by a car in Garfield was hospitalized Friday with injuries that police said weren't life-threatening. The car mounted the sidewalk, struck a house and hit the pedestrian at the corner of Jewell Street and Semel Avenue around 2:30 p.m., responders told Daily Voice. A mangled stroller was found at the scene, but no one had been in it, police said. No charges or summonses were immediately filed. An investigation was continuing.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Gang Of 7 Nabbed In Bergen Government Check-Forging Scheme Gang Of 7 Nabbed In Bergen Government Check-Forging Scheme Gang Of 7 Nabbed In Bergen Government Check-Forging Scheme
Gang Of 7 Nabbed In Bergen Government Check-Forging Scheme HACKENSACK, N.J. – A group of thieves who thought they could forge and cash Bergen County government checks were quickly sniffed out by auditors, authorities said Friday. Investigators were alerted in August and over the past two weeks rounded up seven suspects – five of whom have jobs – who were involved in forging the checks and making bogus wire transfers, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. That brought the total stolen to $50,000, he said. The scheme was orchestrated, he said, by Daleska Dillerva, 22, and Anthony Peguero, 23, both of Newark. Both were charged with traffi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Clifton's 'Gates Of Hell': Rescuers Save Severely Hurt Man Who Fell 20 Feet Clifton's 'Gates Of Hell': Rescuers Save Severely Hurt Man Who Fell 20 Feet Clifton's 'Gates Of Hell': Rescuers Save Severely Hurt Man Who Fell 20 Feet
Clifton's 'Gates Of Hell': Rescuers Save Severely Hurt Man Who Fell 20 Feet CLIFTON, N.J. -- A severely injured victim was rescued after he fell 20 feet in a remote section of a notorious stretch of tunnels in Clifton known as "The Gates of Hell." Officers responding to the rear of the Paulison Avenue area just after midnight Friday were met by the Middlesex County victim's friends and taken to the spot, where he'd fallen about 20 feet down a slope of rocks, landing near a storm drain and injuring his head, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. "However, the area in which the injured party landed was extremely difficult to access," Bracken said. C…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Hillsdale Mom To Unveil New NJ Child Rape Law On Slain Daughter's Memorial Hillsdale Mom To Unveil New NJ Child Rape Law On Slain Daughter's Memorial Hillsdale Mom To Unveil New NJ Child Rape Law On Slain Daughter's Memorial
Hillsdale Mom To Unveil New NJ Child Rape Law On Slain Daughter's Memorial HILLSDALE, N.J. -- Saturday is the big day for Rosemarie D'Alessandro of Hillsdale, who will unveil the engraving of a new state law mandating life imprisonment without parole for anyone convicted of murdering a minor under 18 during a sex crime on a sculpture dedicated to the memory of her slain daughter. The engraving on the White Butterfly Sculpture and Garden dedicated to Joan D’Alessandro at the Hillsdale train station will be revealed publicly at the third annual Joan's Joy Child Safety Fest. The safety fest will run from noon to 5 p.m. at the 5,670-pound monument and garden (Rain dat…

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