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
Body Of Man Who Fled Police In Fort Lee Park Found At Foot Of Palisades Body Of Man Who Fled Police In Fort Lee Park Found At Foot Of Palisades Body Of Man Who Fled Police In Fort Lee Park Found At Foot Of Palisades
Body Of Man Who Fled Police In Fort Lee Park Found At Foot Of Palisades FORT LEE, N.J. -- An autopsy was to determine how a Bronx man whose body was found at the foot of the Palisades in Fort Lee after he ran from police died, authorities said. Palisades Interstate Parkway police stopped the car in which Denian Alberto Melo, 21, was a passenger in Fort Lee Historic Park just after 8:30 a.m. Tuesday as part of a drug investigation, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. Melo suddenly fled on foot into the park woods, he said. The other occupants were later released without charges, the prosecutor said. Meanwhile, PIP police and officers from surroundi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Borough Contractor Making Waldwick Sidewalks Accessible Ruptures Gas Line Borough Contractor Making Waldwick Sidewalks Accessible Ruptures Gas Line Borough Contractor Making Waldwick Sidewalks Accessible Ruptures Gas Line
Borough Contractor Making Waldwick Sidewalks Accessible Ruptures Gas Line WALDWICK, N.J. -- (UPDATE) A contractor installing sidewalk accessibility ramps ruptured a gas line Wednesday morning in Waldwick, police said. Police evacuated two businesses and detoured traffic around the affected area on Hopper Avenue after the borough contractor hit the line at 7:43 a.m., Lt. Thomas Dowling told Daily Voice. PSE&G checked the two businesses to make sure no gas built up inside, then allowed them to reopen around 11 a.m., Dowling said.No one was injured or required any treatment, the lieutenant said, adding that Hopper Avenue was completely reopened around 12:30 p.m.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Downed Tree Limb Yanks Down Wires, Blocks Hawthorne Street Downed Tree Limb Yanks Down Wires, Blocks Hawthorne Street Downed Tree Limb Yanks Down Wires, Blocks Hawthorne Street
Downed Tree Limb Yanks Down Wires, Blocks Hawthorne Street HAWTHORNE, N.J. -- A fallen tree limb in Hawthorne blocked a street and knocked out power to a single home Wednesday. Hawthorne DPW workers cleared the roadway after PSE&G cut the dropped cable in front of 124 Maitland Ave. Police and firefighters responded. No injuries were reported. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this report.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
No License, Registration, Insurance, E-ZPass Gets GWB Motorcyclist Busted No License, Registration, Insurance, E-ZPass Gets GWB Motorcyclist Busted No License, Registration, Insurance, E-ZPass Gets GWB Motorcyclist Busted
No License, Registration, Insurance, E-zpass Gets GWB Motorcyclist Busted FORT LEE, N.J. -- A motorist with a history of traffic trouble got more at the GWB. Just after 8 a.m. Monday -- following two similar stops less than a half-hour earlier -- Port Authority police officers pulled over a maroon sedan that rolled through an E-ZPass lane, triggering the "Toll Unpaid" sign. The bike didn't have a transponder, and the rider, 36-year-old Aaron E. Okon of Hyattsville, MD, didn't have a driver's license, the authority's Joseph Pentangelo told Daily Voice. What's more, he said, "the license plate on the front did not match the plate on the rear of the vehicle." The …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Queens Ex-Con Charged In Passaic Shooting Queens Ex-Con Charged In Passaic Shooting Queens Ex-Con Charged In Passaic Shooting
Queens Ex-Con Charged In Passaic Shooting PASSAIC, N.J. – Authorities charged a Queens ex-con with attempted murder in connection with a shooting in Passaic last week. Bernard Pinckney, 28, of Astoria, was arrested without incident Tuesday on charges stemming from last Wednesday’s shooting at 691 Main Ave., authorities said. Pinckney faces several illegal weapons counts in addition to attempted murder – including being a felon possessing a firearm -- said Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Passaic Police Chief Luis Guzman. Responding city police officers found the victim with a gunshot wound in the torso just before 3…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Weather
Tedesco Opens Bergen Cooling Centers, Urges Caution During Heat Wave Tedesco Opens Bergen Cooling Centers, Urges Caution During Heat Wave Tedesco Opens Bergen Cooling Centers, Urges Caution During Heat Wave
Tedesco Opens Bergen Cooling Centers, Urges Caution During Heat Wave HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco opened several cooling centers on Wednesday -- while offering safety suggestions -- amid the heat wave. "Temperatures are expected to climb over 90 degrees and the accompanying humidity will make it feel closer to 100 degrees," he said. It's recommended that people stay indoors, if possible, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. -- when the sun is at its strongest and burns and heat strokes are more likely to occur.  ALL age groups are at risk for heat stroke, said Tedesco, while urging that those who must be outdoors wear sunscreen, a hat and sungl…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Judge Frees Bergenfield Father, Son Accused Of Abusing Mom/Grandmother, 84 Judge Frees Bergenfield Father, Son Accused Of Abusing Mom/Grandmother, 84 Judge Frees Bergenfield Father, Son Accused Of Abusing Mom/Grandmother, 84
Judge Frees Bergenfield Father, Son Accused Of Abusing Mom/Grandmother, 84 BERGENFIELD, N.J. – A local judge on Tuesday freed a father and son charged with denying their 84-year-old mother/grandmother necessities and selling her valuables. Vance Willard, 61, and his son, Stephen Willard, 25, were released from the Bergen County Jail under New Jersey's 2017 Bail Reform and Speedy Trial Act, jail records show. The pair had been arrested and placed in the county lockup the day before. Daily Voice has reported several incidents involving such defendants since the new law -- enacted by the state Legislature and signed by Gov. Christie -- forced judges in New Jersey to…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
PAPD: Bogota, Rochelle Park Motorcyclists Caught Trying To Cheat GWB Tolls PAPD: Bogota, Rochelle Park Motorcyclists Caught Trying To Cheat GWB Tolls PAPD: Bogota, Rochelle Park Motorcyclists Caught Trying To Cheat GWB Tolls
Papd: Bogota, Rochelle Park Motorcyclists Caught Trying To Cheat GWB Tolls FORT LEE, N.J. -- Toll-evading motorcyclists from Bogota and Rochelle Park were stopped at the GWB in separate morning incidents less than 20 minutes apart, authorities said Wednesday. Port Authority police officers at the lower level tolls stopped Axel Jimenez, 27, of Rochelle Park at 7:36 a.m. Monday after he rode his 2014 Yamaha through an E-ZPass lane, the authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. The cycle didn't have a license plate and Jimenez didn't have E-ZPass, he said. Back at the lower level, PAPD police stopped 27-year-old Steven Velez of Bogota at 7:54 a.m. after he tried to beat t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Bergenfield PD: Father, Son Abused Mom/Grandmother, 84 Bergenfield PD: Father, Son Abused Mom/Grandmother, 84 Bergenfield PD: Father, Son Abused Mom/Grandmother, 84
Bergenfield PD: Father, Son Abused Mom/Grandmother, 84 UPDATE: A local judge on Tuesday freed a father and son charged with denying their 84-year-old mother/grandmother necessities and selling her valuables. SEE: https://bergenfield.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/judge-frees-bergenfield-father-son-accused-of-abusing-momgrandmother-84/716988/ BERGENFIELD, N.J. – An 84-year-old woman was denied necessities and had her valuables stolen and sold by her son and grandson, Bergenfield police charged. The elder abuse case began with the July 5 burglary of a Willow Street home, Capt. Mustafa Rabboh said. The 58-year-old victim told responding officers tha…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Sheriff: Passaic Man Shared 500+ Child Porn Files Via Mobile App Sheriff: Passaic Man Shared 500+ Child Porn Files Via Mobile App Sheriff: Passaic Man Shared 500+ Child Porn Files Via Mobile App
Sheriff: Passaic Man Shared 500+ Child Porn Files Via Mobile App PASSAIC, N.J. -- A Passaic man used a mobile app to traffic more than 500 kiddie porn images, authorities said. Detectives charged Leonel Tovar Martinez, 40, of Jackson Street with nearly two dozen counts each of possessing, distributing and maintaining child pornography, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. Members of Berdnik's Internet Crime Unit arrested Martinez following a two-month investigation sparked by tips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children -- and assisted by the Passaic County Prosecutor's Office Sexual Investigations Unit, the sheriff said. …

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