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
PIP Police: Englewood Cliffs Hit-Run Yields Gun, Knife, Hatchet, Drugs PIP Police: Englewood Cliffs Hit-Run Yields Gun, Knife, Hatchet, Drugs PIP Police: Englewood Cliffs Hit-Run Yields Gun, Knife, Hatchet, Drugs
PIP Police: Englewood Cliffs Hit-Run Yields Gun, Knife, Hatchet, Drugs ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J. -- Officers responding to a hit and run crash on the Palisades Interstate Parkway in Englewood Cliffs found the victims waiting with a loaded gun, a knife and hatchet and drugs in their car, authorities said. Driver Ryan P. Oneill-Ramdhan was showing Sgt. Gregory Kimbro and Officer Kevin Condus the vehicle damage at the northbound Mobil station on Wednesday when Kimbro smelled raw pot inside, Police Chief Michael Coppola said. Oneill-Ramdhan got back into the driver's seat, apparently to retrieve his license, the chief said. At that point, he said, the officers order…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen County Employee, 50, Commits Suicide At Van Saun Park Bergen County Employee, 50, Commits Suicide At Van Saun Park Bergen County Employee, 50, Commits Suicide At Van Saun Park
Bergen County Employee, 50, Commits Suicide At Van Saun Park PARAMUS, N.J. -- A Bergen County employee killed himself with a single gunshot overnight Wednesday at Van Saun Park in Paramus, authorities confirmed. Authorities found a note left behind by Barry Bianchi, 50, of Lodi in the office where the park maintenance director's body was found with a gunshot wound around dawn Wednesday, sources with direct knowledge of the incident told Daily Voice. Law enforcement sources said no foul play was suspected in the death of Bianchi, who state pension records say worked for the county for 27 years. “I can confirm that Barry Bianchi, a county employee, was…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: Bergen Sheriff Notifies Staff Of Layoffs, Demotions UPDATE: Bergen Sheriff Notifies Staff Of Layoffs, Demotions UPDATE: Bergen Sheriff Notifies Staff Of Layoffs, Demotions
Update: Bergen Sheriff Notifies Staff Of Layoffs, Demotions HACKENSACK, N.J. -- A total of 53 employees of Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino's office were told on Wednesday that they could be laid off or demoted as of June 12, sources with direct knowledge of the situation told Daily Voice. The breakout: 31 layoffs and 22 demotions, the sources told Daily Voice. (A different news outlet reported 26 layoffs and 11 demotions.) The staffers were required to report to the sheriff's office in Hackensack Wednesday afternoon to personally receive their notices of potential layoff, Saudino's public information director, William Schievella told Daily Vo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Fire Alarm Panel Malfunction Clears Edgewater Trader Joe's Fire Alarm Panel Malfunction Clears Edgewater Trader Joe's Fire Alarm Panel Malfunction Clears Edgewater Trader Joe's
Fire Alarm Panel Malfunction Clears Edgewater Trader Joe's EDGEWATER, N.J. -- A fire alarm panel malfunction forced the evacuation of Trader Joe's in Edgewater early Wednesday, Police Officer-in-Charge Alexander Hanna told Daily Voice.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen Sheriff Notifies Staff Of Layoffs Bergen Sheriff Notifies Staff Of Layoffs Bergen Sheriff Notifies Staff Of Layoffs
Bergen Sheriff Notifies Staff Of Layoffs HACKENSACK, N.J. -- A total of 53 employees of Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino's office were told on Wednesday that they will be laid off or demoted as of June 12, sources with direct knowledge of the situation told Daily Voice. The breakout: 31 layoffs and 22 demotions. The staffers were required to report to the sheriff's office in Hackensack Wednesday afternoon to personally receive their notices. Providing the 45-day notice required by state law, the sheriff issued notice of the layoffs "for reasons of efficiency and economy." "Confronted with changes in the law a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
South Hackensack PD: Ohio Driver Has 600 Ammo Rounds, Pistol, Knives South Hackensack PD: Ohio Driver Has 600 Ammo Rounds, Pistol, Knives South Hackensack PD: Ohio Driver Has 600 Ammo Rounds, Pistol, Knives
South Hackensack PD: Ohio Driver Has 600 Ammo Rounds, Pistol, Knives SOUTH HACKENSACK, N.J. -- A South Hackensack patrol officer found an Ohio driver carrying 600 rounds of ammunition -- some of it hollow-point bullets -- along with a .45-caliber pistol, authorities said Wednesday. Officer Stephen McAllister pulled the car over for careless driving and a broken taillight on westbound Route 46 around 1 a.m. and found 39-year-old Matthew D. Perkins carrying the Ruger and 150 rounds of hollow points for it, Capt. Robert Kaiser told Daily Voice. He also had 450 rounds of rifle ammo and two gravity knives, the captain said. Perkins was ordered held in the Bergen…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
OSHA Fines Company $152,000 In Teterboro Construction Worker's Death OSHA Fines Company $152,000 In Teterboro Construction Worker's Death OSHA Fines Company $152,000 In Teterboro Construction Worker's Death
Osha Fines Company $152,000 In Teterboro Construction Worker's Death TETERBORO, N.J. -- OSHA fined a South Jersey company $151,973 after a 26-year-old out-of-state worker fell 45 feet to his death on a Teterboro construction project last October. The worker was laying down new metal decking sheets using a screwgun on the roof of 125 North Street, near Huyler Street, when he slipped and fell around midnight Oct. 14 while trying to climb into an aerial lift that he was using as a power source, OSHA reported. Hackensack University Medical Center EMS and paramedics responded -- along with Moonachie police -- and took him to the hospital, where he was pronounced …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority Detectives Arrest Suspect In $14,000 JFK Thefts Port Authority Detectives Arrest Suspect In $14,000 JFK Thefts Port Authority Detectives Arrest Suspect In $14,000 JFK Thefts
Port Authority Detectives Arrest Suspect In $14,000 JFK Thefts FORT LEE, N.J. -- Port Authority police detectives nabbed an upstate New York man who they said stole nearly $14,000 worth of merchandise from a duty-free store and Hudson News at JFK Airport. Eric Love, 50, of Schenectady was charged with grand larceny stemming from three incidents -- one on Jan. 23, the next on April 2 and, finally, on April 14, the authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. In one, Pentangelo said, Love stole 52 fragrances worth more than $14,000 from the duty-free store in Terminal 4. Most recently, he said, Love took 18 Fitbit watches worth $3,898 from the Hudson News near Ga…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah PD: Detective Makes Arrest In 1¼-Ton Cell Tower Battery Thefts Mahwah PD: Detective Makes Arrest In 1¼-Ton Cell Tower Battery Thefts Mahwah PD: Detective Makes Arrest In 1¼-Ton Cell Tower Battery Thefts
Mahwah PD: Detective Makes Arrest In 1¼-Ton Cell Tower Battery Thefts MAHWAH, N.J. -- A Mahwah police detective cracked the theft of more than a ton and a half of backup batteries from cell towers in town with the arrest of a Wood-Ridge ex-con with a long criminal history. Ryan Michael Whittaker, 37, had dozens of the batteries in his possession when Wallington police arrested him Thursday on an arrest warrant obtained by a Mahwah detective, township Police Chief James N. Batelli said Friday afternoon. The batteries were stolen from several cell phone towers -- apparently not only in Mahwah, said Batelli, adding that detectives were trying to trace their sour…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Haworth Police Lieutenant Promoted, New Officer Welcomed Haworth Police Lieutenant Promoted, New Officer Welcomed Haworth Police Lieutenant Promoted, New Officer Welcomed
Haworth Police Lieutenant Promoted, New Officer Welcomed HAWORTH, N.J. -- Haworth police toasted the promotion of new Lt. Michael Saudino Jr. and welcomed new Officer Anthony Butler during a council meeting Tuesday night. Left to right in photo above are: Officer James DiVite Officer Anthony Butler Officer Gianluca Ragone Detective Alex Yannuzzi Detective Sgt. Justin Fox Police Chief Michael Gracey Lt. Michael Saudino Jr. Officer Tom Reinecke Officer James Morgan Officer Andrew Soltes Officer George Buono

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