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
Accused New Milford Burglar Eyed For Break-Ins In Other Towns Accused New Milford Burglar Eyed For Break-Ins In Other Towns Accused New Milford Burglar Eyed For Break-Ins In Other Towns
Accused New Milford Burglar Eyed For Break-Ins In Other Towns NEW MILFORD, N.J. -- Police in several Bergen towns were preparing charges against a Hackensack ex-con arrested for a pair of commercial burglaries in New Milford. Mark Todd, 43, of Hackensack, broke into two neighboring River Road businsesses just before 2:30 a.m. Aug. 9 and stole money from the cash registers, Detective Sergeant Kevin Van Saders said. Detectives "reviewed security camera footage and were able to identify [him] with the assistance of the Rochelle Park Police Department, Maywood Police Department, Hasbrouck Heights Police Department, and the Teaneck Police Departmen…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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NYC Driver Busted In Fort Lee With $50,000 In Suspected Drug Money NYC Driver Busted In Fort Lee With $50,000 In Suspected Drug Money NYC Driver Busted In Fort Lee With $50,000 In Suspected Drug Money
NYC Driver Busted In Fort Lee With $50,000 In Suspected Drug Money FORT LEE, N.J. – An unemployed Washington Heights man was arrested by Bergen County prosecutor’s detectives after they found nearly $50,000 in suspected drug money hidden in his SUV, authorities said. Carlos Rodriguez-Hernandez, 50, was stopped in Fort Lee earlier this month, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. In an electronically-operated compartment they found $49,705, he said. The 5-foot-8-inch, 175-pound Rodriguez-Hernandez was briefly held in the Bergen County Jail before being released. A judge in Hackensack on Wednesday allowed him to remain free on charges of transpor…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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Tenafly PD: Home Health Aide, Accomplice Steal $5,000 From Patient Tenafly PD: Home Health Aide, Accomplice Steal $5,000 From Patient Tenafly PD: Home Health Aide, Accomplice Steal $5,000 From Patient
Tenafly PD: Home Health Aide, Accomplice Steal $5,000 From Patient TENAFLY, N.J. – Tenafly police charged a home health aide and an accomplice with stealing $5,000 from a patient. Ruth J. Richardson, 28, swiped the checks from a Greentree Terrace resident in November, then gave them to Jaheem Pickens, a 30-year-old probationer, Capt. Michael deMoncada said. Pickens then “fraudulently issued and deposited the checks in the amounts of $2,000 and $3,000 at separate banks in Haledon and Prospect Park,” deMoncada said. Detective Michael Vecchiarelli worked the case – and found that the Paterson pair had victimized other patients in Bergen County, the captain s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah Police Scoop Up Hikers Spooked By Bear, Offer 'Protocol' Tips Mahwah Police Scoop Up Hikers Spooked By Bear, Offer 'Protocol' Tips Mahwah Police Scoop Up Hikers Spooked By Bear, Offer 'Protocol' Tips
Mahwah Police Scoop Up Hikers Spooked By Bear, Offer 'Protocol' Tips MAHWAH, N.J. -- A black bear stopped two hikers in their tracks at the Ramapo Reservation in Mahwah, but authorities said there was no cause for concern. "We received a call [Tuesday afternoon] from two hikers who said there was a bear 10 feet away in their path and they were concerned," Police Chief James Batelli said. Pinging their location through a cellphone, the department's Utility Terrain Vehicle team picked up the pair and transported them out of the park, he said. "Officers spoke to several hikers, some of whom had seen the bear and others who did not," Batelli…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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'Grandson In Trouble': Phone Scammers Nearly Con Glen Rock Grandma 'Grandson In Trouble': Phone Scammers Nearly Con Glen Rock Grandma 'Grandson In Trouble': Phone Scammers Nearly Con Glen Rock Grandma
'Grandson In Trouble': Phone Scammers Nearly Con Glen Rock Grandma GLEN ROCK, N.J. -- The "grandson in trouble" phone scam nearly cost a Glen Rock woman $1,800, authorities said. The target got a call from someone claiming to be her grandson, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. He "put her on the phone with a man claiming to be a lawyer seeking a $1,800 retainer," the chief said. "The woman went to the bank to withdraw money but called her grandson before sending the requested gift cards," he said. "Her grandson informed her he was not in any trouble and knew nothing about the call." Although she was smart, authoriti…

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Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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Franklin Lakes PD: Several Offenders Nabbed In Stops On 287, 208 Franklin Lakes PD: Several Offenders Nabbed In Stops On 287, 208 Franklin Lakes PD: Several Offenders Nabbed In Stops On 287, 208
Franklin Lakes PD: Several Offenders Nabbed In Stops On 287, 208 FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. – Routine traffic stops on the two highways running through Franklin Lakes produced several arrests – mostly for drugs -- in just a few days. Monday, Aug. 14 (7:25 p.m.) A stop on Route 287 led to the arrests of two Pennsylvania residents and a New Jersey woman. Bridget Fountain, 34, of Forest City and Kevin Allen, 39, of Honesdale, PA and Erin Phillips, 30, of Hawley, PA were released on court summons after police found heroin, a hypodermic needle and other drug paraphernalia in their vehicle, Capt. John Bakelaar said. Sunday, Aug. 13 (12:57 a.m.) Driver Shane Moore, 2…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Wallington PD: Gang Pair Had 300 Bags Of Heroin, Golfball-Sized Crack Rock Wallington PD: Gang Pair Had 300 Bags Of Heroin, Golfball-Sized Crack Rock Wallington PD: Gang Pair Had 300 Bags Of Heroin, Golfball-Sized Crack Rock
Wallington PD: Gang Pair Had 300 Bags Of Heroin, Golfball-Sized Crack Rock WALLINGTON, N.J. -- Angels they weren't, said Wallington police who busted two reputed gang members with nearly 300 bags of heroin and a golfball-sized rock of crack. Detective Lt. Joseph Rock was on patrol when he spotted a woman familiar to police pacing back and forth on the corner of Parkway and Wallington Avenue, Detective Capt. Shawn Kudlacik said. Soon after, a tan pickup with two men inside pulled up and she got in the front passenger seat, Kudlacik told Daily Voice. She got out two minutes later, he said. Rock stopped the pickup for having a cracked windshield. The driver, ex-co…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Body Of Missing Oradell Talent Agent Found Near Home: Apparent Suicide Body Of Missing Oradell Talent Agent Found Near Home: Apparent Suicide Body Of Missing Oradell Talent Agent Found Near Home: Apparent Suicide
Body Of Missing Oradell Talent Agent Found Near Home: Apparent Suicide ORADELL, N.J. -- An Oradell police officer found the body of a missing talent agent from town Thursday afternoon in bushes just off Kinderkamack Road, barely a half-mile from his home, authorities told Daily Voice. UPDATE: Mark Schlegel Remembered As "Prince Among Men" The body of Mark Schlegel, who'd gone missing Aug. 13, "had been there for awhile," a law enforcement official said. Given the body's condition, an autopsy by the Bergen County Medical Examiner would have to officially determine the cause of death, another said. However, the veteran investigator said: &q…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
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RECOGNIZE HIM? Carlstadt Police Seek Help Finding Tool Thief RECOGNIZE HIM? Carlstadt Police Seek Help Finding Tool Thief RECOGNIZE HIM? Carlstadt Police Seek Help Finding Tool Thief
Recognize HIM? Carlstadt Police Seek Help Finding Tool Thief CARLSTADT, N.J. -- Carlstadt police hope someone can identify a man who they said stole a large number of tools from a local company. The Hispanic or Middle Eastern man burglarized a work van belonging to a company located on Washington Avenue on May 10, Detective Sgt. John Cleary said Tuesday. He put the tools into a black Honda Odyssey and drove off, Cleary said."The vehicle did not have a front license plate," the sergeant said. "The rear license plate was partially covered with a dark plastic bag but exposed enough to reveal a New Jersey-issued plate. "The vehicle a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Glen Rock Boy, 16, Hospitalized With 'Dangerously High' Blood Alcohol Level Glen Rock Boy, 16, Hospitalized With 'Dangerously High' Blood Alcohol Level Glen Rock Boy, 16, Hospitalized With 'Dangerously High' Blood Alcohol Level
Glen Rock Boy, 16, Hospitalized With 'Dangerously High' Blood Alcohol Level GLEN ROCK, N.J. -- Glen Rock police were investigating how a passed-out 16-year-old boy rushed to the hospital with a "dangerously high" blood-alcohol level got the booze. Responding police and EMS found the boy unconscious outside an Emerson Road address just before midnight Saturday, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. The boy "was treated on scene by paramedics for acute intoxication and transported to Valley Hospital, where he was admitted with a dangerously high blood alcohol content," the chief said. "Information concerning underage individuals being served alc…

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