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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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
You Can Sponsor A Deserving Bogota Emergency Services Youth Academy Cadet You Can Sponsor A Deserving Bogota Emergency Services Youth Academy Cadet You Can Sponsor A Deserving Bogota Emergency Services Youth Academy Cadet
You Can Sponsor A Deserving Bogota Emergency Services Youth Academy Cadet BOGOTA, N.J. -- Businesses, organizations or individuals can sponsor a cadet during this summer's 7th annual Bogota Police Emergency Services Youth Academy. The academy, launched by borough police in the summer of 2011, exposes middle schoolers to the importance of community and public service. Cadets are undergo a military training model aimed at instilling confidence, integrity, and self-esteem. Each year the Academy accepts a limited number of motivated applicants to be a part of the August program. Cadets were previously accepted regardless of financial circumstances, but this cost o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
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Cardinale Gets Law Letting Retired PIP, Campus Police, Others Carry Guns Cardinale Gets Law Letting Retired PIP, Campus Police, Others Carry Guns Cardinale Gets Law Letting Retired PIP, Campus Police, Others Carry Guns
Cardinale Gets Law Letting Retired PIP, Campus Police, Others Carry Guns Retired law enforcement officers from the Palisades Interstate Park Police, William Paterson College and various other agencies can now carry handguns in New Jersey under a law signed by Gov. Christie. “We as a state have been stepping on people’s right to protect themselves for too long,” said state Sen. Gerry Cardinale of Cresskill, who sponsored and campaigned hard for the bill. “These officers have already displayed the capability of carrying a firearm in the line of duty," said Cardinale (R-Bergen, Passaic). "Once they retire, this will give them the ability to keep protectin…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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Franklin Lakes Police Charge Mahwah Motorist With Selling Insulin Syringe Franklin Lakes Police Charge Mahwah Motorist With Selling Insulin Syringe Franklin Lakes Police Charge Mahwah Motorist With Selling Insulin Syringe
Franklin Lakes Police Charge Mahwah Motorist With Selling Insulin Syringe FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. – A Mahwah man was busted selling an insulin syringe, Franklin Lakes police said Thursday. Ahmad Abbassi, 59, was charged with illegal prescription drug – a Novolog Flexpen syringe filled with insulin – after a traffic stop Tuesday night on Franklin Avene, Capt. John Bakelaar said. The kit ordinarily retails for about $125. Abbassi was issued a summons and released pending a court hearing.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Port Authority PD: Fleeing Hackensack Cellphone Driver Hits Officer Port Authority PD: Fleeing Hackensack Cellphone Driver Hits Officer Port Authority PD: Fleeing Hackensack Cellphone Driver Hits Officer
Port Authority PD: Fleeing Hackensack Cellphone Driver Hits Officer FORT LEE, N.J. -- A fleeing Hackensack motorist talking on her cellphone clipped a Port Authority police officer, authorities said. The uniformed officer signaled Andri P. Matos to stop her 2015 Nissan Sentra at the Holland Tunnel toll plaza Wednesday morning, the authority's Joseph Pentangelo told Daily Voice. Matos "acknowledged the officer signaling to stop but drove straight ahead in an effort to flee back into traffic," Pentangelo said. She "finally came to a stop when it was impossible for her to drive on due to traffic" and was taken into custody. Police discove…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Wayne PD: Video In Large Jewelry, Coin Haul Leads To Career Burglar Wayne PD: Video In Large Jewelry, Coin Haul Leads To Career Burglar Wayne PD: Video In Large Jewelry, Coin Haul Leads To Career Burglar
Wayne PD: Video In Large Jewelry, Coin Haul Leads To Career Burglar WAYNE, N.J. -- Surveillance video distributed by Wayne police led to the arrest of a career burglar paroled only two months ago -- after 12 years in state prison -- charged with stealing a large amount of jewelry and U.S. currency coins from a local resident. Samuel Krosky, 57 -- convicted two decades ago for 40 break-ins in five counties -- was nabbed as he tried to get into his car on Newark's Washington Street around 2 p.m. Wednesday, Capt. Laurence Martin said Wednesday. Making the arrest were Special Operations Detectives Paul Kindler, Adult Crimes Sqd. Detective Sgt. Scott Rappaport a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Passaic Sheriff: High-Capacity Rifle, Stolen Gun, 4 Arrests In Drug Bust Passaic Sheriff: High-Capacity Rifle, Stolen Gun, 4 Arrests In Drug Bust Passaic Sheriff: High-Capacity Rifle, Stolen Gun, 4 Arrests In Drug Bust
Passaic Sheriff: High-Capacity Rifle, Stolen Gun, 4 Arrests In Drug Bust PATERSON, N.J. -- A loaded handgun that was reported stolen and a rifle fitted with a high-capacity magazine were seized -- along with 70 envelopes of heroin and nearly two ounces of crack -- by Passaic County sheriff's officers who arrested four men. Narcotics detectives watched as Shawn Bethea, 45, completed a drug deal Monday night in front of 88-90 North 4th Street before moving in, Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. They pulled over and arrested Jose Rodriguez-Marquez, 55, of Paterson a short distance away after Bethea sold him two heroin folds, Berdnik said. They then grabbed Bethea as…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Moonachie Bust Pair For Pot In Walmart ‘No Parking’ Zone Moonachie Bust Pair For Pot In Walmart ‘No Parking’ Zone Moonachie Bust Pair For Pot In Walmart ‘No Parking’ Zone
Moonachie Bust Pair For Pot In Walmart ‘No Parking’ Zone MOONACHIE, N.J. – Illegal parking spelled trouble for a pair of Paterson women caught smoking pot in the Teterboro Walmart parking lot, authorities said. Driver Sondra S. Stevenson 24, was stopped in a “No Parking" zone when Officers Victor Migliorino and Tambi Ibrahim pulled alongside to tell her to move the car and caught a whiff around 4 p.m. Tuesday, Police Chief Richard Behrens said. The officers got out and found a marijuana-stuffed blunt (cigar) on the floor of the driver’s side and a grinder on the passenger side, Behrens said. ****** ALSO SEE: A pedestrian in her 30s was st…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
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Rutherford Police Officer Returns Wandering Barefoot Boys Rutherford Police Officer Returns Wandering Barefoot Boys Rutherford Police Officer Returns Wandering Barefoot Boys
Rutherford Police Officer Returns Wandering Barefoot Boys RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- It worried a couple of passersby, but police said two barefoot boys walking down a Rutherford street just after dawn had simply wandered too far from home. "We received a call at 6:33 a.m. reporting a couple of young children walking west on Union Avenue without any shoes on," Capt. Patrick Feliciano told Daily Voice. Officer Andrzej Hein immediately found the youngsters -- ages 6 and 9 -- a few blocks from home, the captain said. "Their father knew that they had stepped outside but did not realize they walked to Union Avenue," he said. "The kid…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Mastermind Of Fort Lee 'Bridgegate' Scandal Gets Probation With Conditions Mastermind Of Fort Lee 'Bridgegate' Scandal Gets Probation With Conditions Mastermind Of Fort Lee 'Bridgegate' Scandal Gets Probation With Conditions
Mastermind Of Fort Lee 'Bridgegate' Scandal Gets Probation With Conditions FORT LEE, N.J. -- A former Port Authority official was sentenced to three years probation Wednesday in the “Bridgegate” Fort Lee traffic scandal that marred the tenure of outgoing Gov. Chris Christie. There’s a catch, though: David Wildstein, 55, the former director of Interstate Capital Projects at the Port Authority, must also complete 500 hours of community service and pay a combined $24,314 in restitution and fines. Wildstein two months ago admitted being what Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick called “the architect of this criminal scheme and a force behind its cover-up.” Hi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
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$8 Theft From Rutherford Car Gets Repeat Offender Extended Jail Stay $8 Theft From Rutherford Car Gets Repeat Offender Extended Jail Stay $8 Theft From Rutherford Car Gets Repeat Offender Extended Jail Stay
$8 Theft From Rutherford Car Gets Repeat Offender Extended Jail Stay RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Police arrested an East Rutherford ex-con for the fifth time this year – only this time a judge ordered him held after authorities said he assaulted the owner of a vehicle he was trying to steal. Mario Macri, 33, remained in the Bergen County Jail on Wednesday -- and will stay there pending the outcome of the charges following his arrest earlier this month, a judge in Hackensack ruled after a detention hearing. A resident dialed 911 while chasing Macri and his pitbull just after 11 p.m. July 1, Capt. Patrick Feliciano said. Macri – whose criminal history dates back to 20…

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