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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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Passaic Sheriff's Deadbeat Dad Patrol Nabs Double-Parked Ex-Con With Gun Passaic Sheriff's Deadbeat Dad Patrol Nabs Double-Parked Ex-Con With Gun Passaic Sheriff's Deadbeat Dad Patrol Nabs Double-Parked Ex-Con With Gun
Passaic Sheriff's Deadbeat Dad Patrol Nabs Double-Parked Ex-Con With Gun PATERSON, N.J. -- Passaic County sheriff's detectives hunting down deadbeat dads overnight Thursday in Paterson got an added bonus: They found an ex-con who was blocking street traffic with his truck carrying a semi-automatic handgun, along with pot, cocaine, drug proceeds and packaging materials, authorities said. Warrant Squad detectives were in the area of Butler and May streets around 4 a.m. when they approached the double-parked Ford Explorer and smelled raw marijuana inside, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. They ordered Danny Rosado, 45, of Paterson out of the vehicle -…

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Downed Power Line Cuts Power To Wayne Homes Downed Power Line Cuts Power To Wayne Homes Downed Power Line Cuts Power To Wayne Homes
Downed Power Line Cuts Power To Wayne Homes WAYNE, N.J. -- A downed utility line knocked out power Thursday afternoon to part of Wayne. The smoking line fell on Lenox Road as the afternoon thunderstorm was nearing its end.Police closed the street.Firefighters also responded.

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Hackensack Trucker Sexually Abused Girl, Now 10, For Two Years Prosecutor: Hackensack Trucker Sexually Abused Girl, Now 10, For Two Years Prosecutor: Hackensack Trucker Sexually Abused Girl, Now 10, For Two Years
Prosecutor: Hackensack Trucker Sexually Abused Girl, Now 10, For Two Years HACKENSACK, N.J. – A Hackensack mechanic sexually abused a girl, now 10, for two years, said authorities who arrested him. Luis Remache, 40, was being held without bail in the Bergen County Jail pending an arraignment Friday on charges of aggravated sexual assault, assault by sexual contact and child endangerment. Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said detectives from his office and Hackensack police arrested the divorced Remache after interviewing the girl on Wednesday.

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Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Tenafly PD: Bogus Utility Rep Caught Trying To Hustle Resident Tenafly PD: Bogus Utility Rep Caught Trying To Hustle Resident Tenafly PD: Bogus Utility Rep Caught Trying To Hustle Resident
Tenafly PD: Bogus Utility Rep Caught Trying To Hustle Resident TENAFLY, N.J. – Thanks to a quick-acting neighbor, Tenafly police nabbed an “unscrupulous” hustler who got into a resident’s home by pretending to work for PSE&G, authorities said Thursday. It turned out that 37-year-old Donald Hill of East Orange works for a marketing company hired by an alternative utility provider, Capt. Michael deMoncada said. Hill had been soliciting door-to-door for Dynamic Marketing of Newark,”purposely giving people the impression that he worked for PSE&G” and then telling them once he got in the door that they could lower their tax bills if they switched p…

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah PD: Virginia Ex-Con In Route 17 Stop Had Loaded Gun, Pot, $3,860 Mahwah PD: Virginia Ex-Con In Route 17 Stop Had Loaded Gun, Pot, $3,860 Mahwah PD: Virginia Ex-Con In Route 17 Stop Had Loaded Gun, Pot, $3,860
Mahwah PD: Virginia Ex-Con In Route 17 Stop Had Loaded Gun, Pot, $3,860 MAHWAH, N.J. – A Virginia ex-con and his companion had a loaded revolver, more than four ounces of pot and $3,860 in suspected drug money in their car when a Mahwah patrol officer stopped them on Route 17 early Thursday, police told Daily Voice. The incident was yet another in a recent series of weapons discoveries – including of a Mac 11 machine gun and a stolen handgun – underscoring the dangers inherent with motor vehicle stops, Police Chief James N. Batelli said. After pulling over a southbound Dodge Magnum for several equipment violations, Officer Matthew Buonocore discovered that the…

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Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Bergenfield Woman's Accomplice Gets 3 Years For Moving Cocaine From PR Bergenfield Woman's Accomplice Gets 3 Years For Moving Cocaine From PR Bergenfield Woman's Accomplice Gets 3 Years For Moving Cocaine From PR
Bergenfield Woman's Accomplice Gets 3 Years For Moving Cocaine From PR BERGENFIELD, N.J. -- A New York man who conspired with a Bergenfield woman to traffic more than 4½ pounds of cocaine from Puerto Rico to Bergen County was sentenced Thursday to three years in federal prison. Ramis Esteves, 33, took a plea deal from federal prosecutors and pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Newark last July to conspiring to distribute the drug. Esteves was arrested on March 24, 2015 in Bergen County after he accepted delivery of roughly two kilos mailed to him from Puerto Rico. Also arrested was Sasha Melendez, 38, of Bergenfield, who was sentenced in January to 37 m…

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Former Fair Lawn Officers Tend Bar For Slain Colleague's Scholarship Fund Former Fair Lawn Officers Tend Bar For Slain Colleague's Scholarship Fund Former Fair Lawn Officers Tend Bar For Slain Colleague's Scholarship Fund
Former Fair Lawn Officers Tend Bar For Slain Colleague's Scholarship Fund FAIR LAWN, N.J. – A strong turnout is expected for this Saturday’s 3rd Annual MAC136 Scholarship Foundation Event to raise money for the Police Officer Mary Ann Collura Scholarship Fund. The free event will be held from 3-11 p.m. at the Fair Lawn Athletic Club, 14-19 Parmelee Ave. 15% of the Athletic Club’s proceeds will be donated to the scholarship fund named for Collura, a popular officer who was shot and killed coming to the aid of a fellow officer trying to arrest a murderous ex-con in April 2003. Food donated by local businesses will be served and entertainment provided. 50/50 drawi…

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Hackensack, NJ
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New NJ Program: Report Distracted, Impaired Drivers By Phone New NJ Program: Report Distracted, Impaired Drivers By Phone New NJ Program: Report Distracted, Impaired Drivers By Phone
New NJ Program: Report Distracted, Impaired Drivers By Phone DIAL #77: In what's believed to be one of the first initiatives of its kind in the U.S., New Jersey authorities announced Thursday that they’ll start sending warning letters to distracted drivers reported by citizens. Citizens will be able to report them under the new program, unveiled Thursday by the state's top law enforcement official in response to an 8-percent spike last year in traffic deaths statewide -- due largely to distracted driving. The state’s #77 alert system, previously used for reporting aggressive driving, will be expanded to include drivers looking at cellphones or clearl…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Englewood Police Seize Two In Street Robbery, Another With Knife Englewood Police Seize Two In Street Robbery, Another With Knife Englewood Police Seize Two In Street Robbery, Another With Knife
Englewood Police Seize Two In Street Robbery, Another With Knife ENGLEWOOD, N.J. -- Police who've saturated Englewood streets in response to a rash of robberies grabbed five teenagers -- one of whom had a knife -- after seeing two of them rob a 16-year-old of his cellphone, authorities said Thursday. Officers Alaric Tucker and Julio Avarado were patrolling the area of “The Sheffield at Englewood South” apartment complex on Sterling Boulevard late Monday when they spotted the group, Detective Capt. Timothy Torell said. As the officers watched, two teens split off and robbed the boy of his phone, Torell said Thursday. Tucker, Alvarado and backup Officer D…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen Sheriff: Inmate Transition Program Reduces Neighborhood Crime Bergen Sheriff: Inmate Transition Program Reduces Neighborhood Crime Bergen Sheriff: Inmate Transition Program Reduces Neighborhood Crime
Bergen Sheriff: Inmate Transition Program Reduces Neighborhood Crime HACKENSACK, N.J. – Any county jail that has a revolving door out front isn’t doing all it can to protect the community: That’s why Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino has made helping inmates return productively to their communities a hallmark of his administration. Saudino’s latest move: Appointing retired Englewood police sergeant and current Bergen County NAACP President Anthony Cureton the jail's in-house director of transition services. “He’s perfect for the job,” the sheriff recently told Daily Voice. “It’s a good place for him – and for us. He’ll make a difference.” Saudino’s tran…

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