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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Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Bus Aide, 70, From Englewood Sexually Assaulted Girl, 17 Prosecutor: Bus Aide, 70, From Englewood Sexually Assaulted Girl, 17 Prosecutor: Bus Aide, 70, From Englewood Sexually Assaulted Girl, 17
Prosecutor: Bus Aide, 70, From Englewood Sexually Assaulted Girl, 17 UPDATE: A judge this weekend ordered that a 70-year-old bus aide from Englewood accused of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl in Maywood remain jailed. https://hackensack.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/judge-orders-englewood-bus-aide-70-stay-jailed-in-teen-sex-assault-case/721228/ ORIGINAL STORY: ENGLEWOOD, N.J. – A 70-year-old bus aide from Englewood sexually assaulted a 17-year-old girl in Maywood, authorities charged. Fabio Agudelo, who was charged with aggravated sexual assault and child endangerment, also stole someone identity, for which he was also charged with impersonation, Berge…

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Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgewood PD: Two Teens Hospitalized, Hostess Charged In Drinking Party Ridgewood PD: Two Teens Hospitalized, Hostess Charged In Drinking Party Ridgewood PD: Two Teens Hospitalized, Hostess Charged In Drinking Party
Ridgewood PD: Two Teens Hospitalized, Hostess Charged In Drinking Party RIDGEWOOD, N.J. – Two underage teens were hospitalized for alcohol intoxication, 15 other people received summonses and a 46-year-old Ridgewood party hostess was arrested, police said Friday. Officers who responded to reports of a “loud juvenile party” at a Prospect Street home took the woman into custody before releasing her on a court summons, Police Chief Jacqueline Lutchke said. She was charged with making alcoholic beverages available for consumption, the chief said. Two juveniles were treated in The Valley Hospital emergency room, Luthcke said. Twelve other juveniles were released a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
Feds: Private Passaic County Pilot Smuggled 5 Cocaine Kilos In, $7.5M Out Feds: Private Passaic County Pilot Smuggled 5 Cocaine Kilos In, $7.5M Out Feds: Private Passaic County Pilot Smuggled 5 Cocaine Kilos In, $7.5M Out
Feds: Private Passaic County Pilot Smuggled 5 Cocaine Kilos In, $7.5M Out RINGWOOD, N.J. – A private "cash jet" pilot from Ringwood appeared before a federal judge Friday on charges that he brought several kilos of cocaine into New Jersey and New York, then laundered more than $7.5 million in proceeds back to Guyana. Khamraj Lall, 50, was indicted by a federal grand jury on conspiracy charges following his July 2015 arrest in connection with what authorities said was a five-kilo load carried on his plane. The Guyanese-born Lall, who at the time was facing charges in Puerto Rico of carrying $600,000 in drug money in his plane, has remained in federal cus…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
'Explosion' Clears County Park In Garfield 'Explosion' Clears County Park In Garfield 'Explosion' Clears County Park In Garfield
'Explosion' Clears County Park In Garfield GARFIELD, N.J. -- What someone said was "some type of explosion" Friday cleared Belmont Hill Park in Garfield, responders said. "We received a report at 3:06 p.m. of an explosion that occurred in the woods behind Belmont Hill County Park," Capt. Darren Sucorowski said. The county park was evacuated and Bergen County Sheriff's K-9s swept it, Sucorowski said. Nothing was found and no one was injured, he said. 

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Birthday Bust: Maywood Man Charged With Collecting Child Porn, Steroids Birthday Bust: Maywood Man Charged With Collecting Child Porn, Steroids Birthday Bust: Maywood Man Charged With Collecting Child Porn, Steroids
Birthday Bust: Maywood Man Charged With Collecting Child Porn, Steroids MAYWOOD, N.J. – A Maywood man was arrested on his 36th birthday Friday by authorities who said he downloaded child pornography and ordered steroids online. Nicholas A. Bencze, who is married and unemployed, was charged with possession of child pornography and drugs following a search of his home, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said a short time later. Besides collecting the pornographic images, Bencze “utilized the Darknet and Bitcoin currency to acquire quantities of controlled dangerous substances, including steroids,” the prosecutor said. A judge ordered him held I the Bergen…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Two Busted, Pound Of Heroin, $16,000 Seized In GWB Stop Two Busted, Pound Of Heroin, $16,000 Seized In GWB Stop Two Busted, Pound Of Heroin, $16,000 Seized In GWB Stop
Two Busted, Pound Of Heroin, $16,000 Seized In GWB Stop FORT LEE, N.J. – Bergen County prosecutor’s detectives seized a pound of heroin and $16,000 in alleged drug proceeds while arresting two New York City men at the George Washington Bridge. Detectives stopped their 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan at the upper level toll plaza on Tuesday and found the heroin stashed in an electronically-operated compartment, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said Friday. They arrested Francisco Batista, a 23-year-old self-employed construction worker from Manhattan, and Cesar Mercedes-Paulino, 42, of the Bronx, who Grewal said is unemployed, on drug and money…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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Bergen County Sax Legend Headlines Fairview's 'Music Under The Stars" Bergen County Sax Legend Headlines Fairview's 'Music Under The Stars" Bergen County Sax Legend Headlines Fairview's 'Music Under The Stars"
Bergen County Sax Legend Headlines Fairview's 'Music Under The Stars" FAIRVIEW, N.J. -- Veterans of the Jersey Shore music scene will remember the party band Friends -- and, particularly, saxophonist Jerry DeLisio, whose Nice Guys will play under the stars in Fairview on Sept. 21. Jerry DeLisio & the Nice Guys headline the event sponsored by the Fairview Chamber of Commerce and the borough from 6 to 10 p.m. at Babe Ruth Field on Sedore Avenue. Delisio, who also sings and plays flute, has performed with several Jersey bands the past half-century in tri-state area clubs that included the Stone Pony, the Osprey, the Chatterbox and -- for those old enough to …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Retired Passaic County Magician Charged With 70 Child Porn Counts Retired Passaic County Magician Charged With 70 Child Porn Counts Retired Passaic County Magician Charged With 70 Child Porn Counts
Retired Passaic County Magician Charged With 70 Child Porn Counts LITTLE FALLS, N.J. -- A 71-year-old retired magician from Little Falls was caught trafficking child porn, authorities said Friday. Thomas Sanchirico is charged with 70 counts of having and distributing child pornography, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said, after his Internet Crime Unit seized more than 150 images. Fifty of those images came directly off devices in Sanchirico's Highland Avenue home, the sheriff said. Sanchirico remained held in the Passaic County Jail pending a detention hearing. "It is essential thatlaw enforcement continue to be vigilant regarding the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Wallington Stop Produces 14 Pounds Of Pot, Half-Pound Of Coke, $86,000 Cash Wallington Stop Produces 14 Pounds Of Pot, Half-Pound Of Coke, $86,000 Cash Wallington Stop Produces 14 Pounds Of Pot, Half-Pound Of Coke, $86,000 Cash
Wallington Stop Produces 14 Pounds Of Pot, Half-Pound Of Coke, $86,000 Cash WALLINGTON, N.J. – Authorities seized 14 pounds of pot, nearly a half-pound of cocaine and $86,028 in cash from an accused dealer after a Wallington traffic stop. Matthew H. Cabrita, 26, of Bloomfield, was being watched when authorities stopped his car Wednesday and found the coke, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said Friday. They found the cash, along with the pot, several hundred THC vapor pens and a vacuum sealer and bags in his apartment, the prosecutor said. The total value over the drugs, he said, was in the area of $100,000. Cabrita was being held in the Bergen County Jai…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Wayne PD: Caddy-Driving Drug Dealer, Frequently-Freed Offender Busted Wayne PD: Caddy-Driving Drug Dealer, Frequently-Freed Offender Busted Wayne PD: Caddy-Driving Drug Dealer, Frequently-Freed Offender Busted
Wayne PD: Caddy-Driving Drug Dealer, Frequently-Freed Offender Busted WAYNE, N.J. -- A good Samaritan tipped off Wayne police to a Cadillac-driving drug peddler who was dealing at a township apartment complex and a known user who has repeatedly skipped court appearances, authorities said. Working off the tip, members of the department's Special Operations/Narcotics Unit watched the Valley Terrace Apartment Complex on Knox Terrace, then took 40-year-old Steven Williams into custody after he sold heroin, cocaine and crack to a resident, Capt. Lawrence J. Martin said. Police seized 160 glassine baggies of heroin, 10 bags of powered cocaine and 15 bags of crack, …

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