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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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Cabbie With $186,725 In Suspected Drug Money Busted In Fort Lee Stop Cabbie With $186,725 In Suspected Drug Money Busted In Fort Lee Stop Cabbie With $186,725 In Suspected Drug Money Busted In Fort Lee Stop
Cabbie With $186,725 In Suspected Drug Money Busted In Fort Lee Stop FORT LEE, N.J. – Detectives seized $186,725 in suspected drug money from a cab driver during yet another stop in Fort Lee involving a hidden vehicle compartment. Francisco J. Lopez, 55, of Washington Heights was processed and released pending a hearing in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack after investigators from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office stopped him and found the money, Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. The “suspiciously packaged” cash was stashed in an electronically-operated hidden compartment of Lopez’s black 2006 Jeep Cherokee, Grewal said. Lopez was charged …

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Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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Wyckoff PD: DWI Driver, 21, Crashes Car Into Pole Wyckoff PD: DWI Driver, 21, Crashes Car Into Pole Wyckoff PD: DWI Driver, 21, Crashes Car Into Pole
Wyckoff PD: DWI Driver, 21, Crashes Car Into Pole WYCKOFF, N.J. – A 21-year-old Wyckoff woman was drunk when she crashed her car into a utility pole, authorities said. Susan Springer also didn’t have registration or an insurance card when an officer found the wreckage on Mountain Avenue just after 11 p.m. last Sunday, Police Chief David Murphy said Friday. She was charged with DWI, failure to exhibit proper documents, failing to maintain a lane and reckless driving. Springer was issued court summonses and released to a responsible adult pending a hearing.

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack Store Clerk Busted For Kiddie Porn Hackensack Store Clerk Busted For Kiddie Porn Hackensack Store Clerk Busted For Kiddie Porn
Hackensack Store Clerk Busted For Kiddie Porn HACKENSACK, N.J. -- A Hackensack stock clerk was caught with online child pornography, authorities said. Alexis Gonzalez, 28, was released pending an Aug. 9 first appearance in Central Judicial Court in Hackensack on charges of child endangerment through possession of kiddie porn. He was arrested by members of Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal’s Cyber Crimes Unit and the FBI following a joint investigation, Grewal said. Gonzalez “utilized electronic devices such as a desktop computer to access the Internet and view images and videos of child pornography,” the prosecutor said.    

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Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Ramsey Man Charged With $137,827 Superstorm Sandy Scam Ramsey Man Charged With $137,827 Superstorm Sandy Scam Ramsey Man Charged With $137,827 Superstorm Sandy Scam
Ramsey Man Charged With $137,827 Superstorm Sandy Scam RAMSEY, N.J. -- A Ramsey homeowner collected nearly $137,827 in taxpayer-funded Superstorm Sandy relief -- and nearly got $143,000 more -- by claiming his Jersey Shore home as his primary residence, state authorities charged. Thomas Dooney, 65, filed bogus applications for FEMA assistance and state grants for his second home, on Bower Drive in Brick Township, in the wake of the historic storm that struck the Northeast on Oct. 29, 2012, Attorney General Christopher Porrino said. "His primary residence at the time of the storm was in Ramsey and the home in Brick was a seasonal/weekend h…

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Garfield-Lodi, NJ
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VIDEO: Garfield Firefighters Coax Scared Cat Stuck In Police Car VIDEO: Garfield Firefighters Coax Scared Cat Stuck In Police Car VIDEO: Garfield Firefighters Coax Scared Cat Stuck In Police Car
Video: Garfield Firefighters Coax Scared Cat Stuck In Police Car GARFIELD, N.J. -- Call it the summer's most amazing rescue: Garfield firefighters stripped the tires from a city police car to get at a scared cat who'd crawled underneath. Garfield Police Officer Noah Murphy hoped to snatch the frisky feline, but she ran under his cruiser and "wedged herself deep inside the car carriage," said Lysa DeLaurentis, the city animal control officer. "We couldn't get to her, and Officer Murphy refused to allow this car to be moved until the cat was safe," DeLaurentis said. Garfield Fire Company No. 3 came to the rescue, lifting the patrol car…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority Police Rescue Newark Airport Elevator Shaft Victim Port Authority Police Rescue Newark Airport Elevator Shaft Victim Port Authority Police Rescue Newark Airport Elevator Shaft Victim
Port Authority Police Rescue Newark Airport Elevator Shaft Victim NEWARK, N.J. -- A subcontractor was hospitalized with neck and back injuries after he fell down an elevator shaft at Newark Airport, the Port Authority said Thursday night. The 38-year-old victim's injuries weren't considered life-threatening, the authority's Joseph Pentangelo told Daily Voice. He was brought to University Hospital after falling into the Terminal B shaft at 7:21 p.m. Thursday, Pentangelo said. The authority's Emergency Services Unit rescued him.

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Feds: Little Ferry Bank Robber Who Grabbed Teller By Blouse Nabbed Feds: Little Ferry Bank Robber Who Grabbed Teller By Blouse Nabbed Feds: Little Ferry Bank Robber Who Grabbed Teller By Blouse Nabbed
Feds: Little Ferry Bank Robber Who Grabbed Teller By Blouse Nabbed NEWARK, N.J. – A New Jersey man who robbed two Maryland bank robberies was charged with grabbing a Little Ferry teller by the blouse, snatching money from her hand and fleeing, federal authorities said Thursday. Israel Cosme, 36, of Elizabeth, was arrested on Jan. 24, nine days after federal authorities said he robbed the Main Street TD Bank in Little Ferry in an incident captured on surveillance video. FBI agents who searched Cosme’s Maryland hotel room found “a pair of blue jeans and a gray hooded sweatshirt that resembled the clothing he was wearing during the [Little Ferry] robbery,” Ac…

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Fort Lee, NJ
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Philly Pair With $60,000 In Suspected Drug Money Busted In Fort Lee Stop Philly Pair With $60,000 In Suspected Drug Money Busted In Fort Lee Stop Philly Pair With $60,000 In Suspected Drug Money Busted In Fort Lee Stop
Philly Pair With $60,000 In Suspected Drug Money Busted In Fort Lee Stop FORT LEE, N.J. – Narcotics detectives from the Bergen County prosecutor’s office arrested two Philadelphia men and seized $60,000 in suspected drug money that they said they found in a secret compartment during a Fort Lee traffic stop. Luis Javier Vasquez, 27, and Pedro Diaz, 36, were taken into custody and later released pending court hearings after their silver 2007 Hyundai Sonata was stopped and charged, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said Thursday. Both were charged with “transporting or possessing property believed to be derived from criminal activity," the prosecutor s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Bergen Prosecutor: Why Mahwah Parks Ban Is Unconstitutional Bergen Prosecutor: Why Mahwah Parks Ban Is Unconstitutional Bergen Prosecutor: Why Mahwah Parks Ban Is Unconstitutional
Bergen Prosecutor: Why Mahwah Parks Ban Is Unconstitutional MAHWAH, N.J. – A new Mahwah ordinance that bans outsiders from using township parks violates the U.S. Constitution in several ways and must not be enforced, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said Thursday. The ordinance, which seeks to limit the use of Mahwah recreational facilities to New Jersey residents, also violates a state Attorney General’s directive that strictly prohibits racially-influenced policing, the prosecutor said. It also “may expose [township police] to increased civil liability and to internal affairs complaints,” said Grewal, a former federal prosecutor.  "…

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Bergen Prosecutor Orders Mahwah Police Not To Enforce Parks Ban Bergen Prosecutor Orders Mahwah Police Not To Enforce Parks Ban Bergen Prosecutor Orders Mahwah Police Not To Enforce Parks Ban
Bergen Prosecutor Orders Mahwah Police Not To Enforce Parks Ban MAHWAH, N.J. – (UPDATE) A new Mahwah ordinance that bans outsiders from using township parks violates the U.S. Constitution in several ways and must not be enforced, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said Thursday. The ordinance, which seeks to limit the use of Mahwah recreational facilities to New Jersey residents, also violates a state Attorney General’s directive that strictly prohibits racially-influenced policing, the prosecutor said. It also “may expose [township police] to increased civil liability and to internal affairs complaints,” said Grewal, a former federal prosecutor.…

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