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
Bizwoman From NYC Charged With Swiping Clothing From Willowbrook Bizwoman From NYC Charged With Swiping Clothing From Willowbrook Bizwoman From NYC Charged With Swiping Clothing From Willowbrook
Bizwoman From NYC Charged With Swiping Clothing From Willowbrook WAYNE, N.J. -- She may live on Manhattan's Upper East Side, but Wayne police said a 55-year-old manager for a midtown financial services firm wandered around Lord & Taylor, collected $1,650 worth of clothing and walked out with it before she was stopped by security. Contacted by phone on Tuesday, Irene Sagalova told Daily Voice: "I'm sorry, but I don't think I can comment on any of this. I apologize." Told it seemed odd that someone with her resume would be charged with shoplifting, Sagalova responded: "I know....But I cannot say anything." Officers summoned to the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Prosecutor: Moonachie Daughter Stiffed Siblings From Mom's Estate Prosecutor: Moonachie Daughter Stiffed Siblings From Mom's Estate Prosecutor: Moonachie Daughter Stiffed Siblings From Mom's Estate
Prosecutor: Moonachie Daughter Stiffed Siblings From Mom's Estate MOONACHIE, N.J. – A Moonachie woman entrusted with her her late mother’s estate cheated two siblings out of part of the money, authorities charged. Lydia Ratchinsky, a 48-year-old airport construction security escort who was a fiduciary and executrix of her mother’s will, “failed to maintain and provide the stipulated death benefits left to two of the heirs,” Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said Tuesday. Specifically, he said, she pocketed $75,000 from one of the remaining shares in the will before it was distributed last year, he said. Ratchinsky was entrusted with the more than…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Breaking News
Cresskill Man, 19, Charged With Having Pot For Sale Cresskill Man, 19, Charged With Having Pot For Sale Cresskill Man, 19, Charged With Having Pot For Sale
Cresskill Man, 19, Charged With Having Pot For Sale CRESSKILL, N.J. – Authorities charged a 19-year-old Cresskill man with having pot for sale after they raided his home. James Reynoso was released on a summons pending a court appearance after borough and prosecutor’s detectives charged him with having marijuana for sale within 1,000 feet of Edward A. Bryan Elementary School and 500 feet of Cook Field, Bergen County Prosecutor Grewal said Tuesday. Authorities raided Reynoso’s home on Friday after “receiving information that [he] was distributing controlled dangerous substances in the area,” Grewal said. They found an undisclosed amount of …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
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Prosecutor: Lodi Livery Driver Stole ID, Went Shopping Prosecutor: Lodi Livery Driver Stole ID, Went Shopping Prosecutor: Lodi Livery Driver Stole ID, Went Shopping
Prosecutor: Lodi Livery Driver Stole ID, Went Shopping LODI, N.J. – A livery driver from Lodi tapped into a victim’s credit card account, changed the information and bought himself an iPhone at a Paramus Apple store before authorities stopped him, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said Tuesday. Abudalla Alhassan, 23, also tried to redeem reward points off the account to buy nine $100 Best Buy gift cards, the prosecutor said. Grewal said members of his Financial Crimes Unit identified and tracked down Alhassan, charging him with theft and credit card fraud. A first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack was set fo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Firefighters Douse Hillsdale Chimney Blaze Firefighters Douse Hillsdale Chimney Blaze Firefighters Douse Hillsdale Chimney Blaze
Firefighters Douse Hillsdale Chimney Blaze HILLSDALE, N.J. -- Hillsdale firefighters doused a chimney blaze Monday night. Westwood firefighters and a Park Ridge FAST team joined their Hillsdale colleagues at the Piermont Road home. No injuries were immediately reported in the two-alarm blaze.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Former State Assemblyman Schroeder Gets 8 Years For $5.3M Scam Former State Assemblyman Schroeder Gets 8 Years For $5.3M Scam Former State Assemblyman Schroeder Gets 8 Years For $5.3M Scam
Former State Assemblyman Schroeder Gets 8 Years For $5.3M Scam WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- Former state Assemblyman Robert Schroeder of Washington Township was sentenced to eight years in prison Monday after admitting that he pocketed nearly $1.9 million from investors in a North Dakota business venture while writing more than $3.4 million in bad checks to other creditors. Schroeder, 56, accepted the deal from state prosecutors in exchange for pleading guilty last fall in a Somerset County courtroom to a single charge of misconduct by a corporate official. As part of the deal, he agreed to pay full restitution of $5.3 million to his victims, and he wi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Moonachie Police Charge Passaic County Pair With Teterboro Walmart Thefts Moonachie Police Charge Passaic County Pair With Teterboro Walmart Thefts Moonachie Police Charge Passaic County Pair With Teterboro Walmart Thefts
Moonachie Police Charge Passaic County Pair With Teterboro Walmart Thefts MOONACHIE, N.J. -- Two Passaic County women were charged with shoplifting $120 worth of soaps and towels from the Teterboro Walmart, Moonachie police said Monday. Security officers summonsed police after seizing Soveira Acosta, 40, of Haledon and Breylin M. Acosta, 28, of Paterson, said Sgt. Richard Behrens, the officer in charge of the department. Both were released on summonses, Behrens said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Clifton Police Chase Down, Tackle Ex-Con With Loaded Gun Clifton Police Chase Down, Tackle Ex-Con With Loaded Gun Clifton Police Chase Down, Tackle Ex-Con With Loaded Gun
Clifton Police Chase Down, Tackle Ex-Con With Loaded Gun CLIFTON, N.J. -- Clifton police investigating a burglary report found an ex-con carrying a loaded gun in his backpack, authorities said Monday. Officers searching the area for someone who'd just fled a Lorrie Lane home after breaking in spotted Shakor Twitty, 34, of Newark on Main Avenue near Ridgelawn Cemetery around 8 p.m. Friday, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. Twitty saw Detectives John Kavakich and Samuel Arnowitz and took behind CP's Deli into the wooded area near Bridewell Place, Bracken said. As he ran, Twitty tossed the backpack over a fence, the lieutenant said. The detective…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Breaking News
Cardinale: Retired PIP, Campus Police, Others Should Get To Carry Guns Cardinale: Retired PIP, Campus Police, Others Should Get To Carry Guns Cardinale: Retired PIP, Campus Police, Others Should Get To Carry Guns
Cardinale: Retired PIP, Campus Police, Others Should Get To Carry Guns Retired law enforcement officers from the Palisades Interstate Park Police, William Paterson College and various other agencies would be among those allowed to carry handguns in New Jersey under a law proposed by state Sen. Gerry Cardinale of Cresskill. Cardinale -- whose proposal was advanced Monday by the Senate Law and Public Safety Committee -- wants to to expand the list of retired law enforcement officers who are eligible to receive a permit to carry a handgun. “We already allow many retired officers to carry firearms,” Cardinale said. “This measure will give us an extra line of defen…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Saddle Brook PD: Hasbrouck Heights Minors Came To Town With Pot For Sale Saddle Brook PD: Hasbrouck Heights Minors Came To Town With Pot For Sale Saddle Brook PD: Hasbrouck Heights Minors Came To Town With Pot For Sale
Saddle Brook PD: Hasbrouck Heights Minors Came To Town With Pot For Sale SADDLE BROOK, N.J. -- Two Hasbrouck Heights boys -- one 16, the other 17 -- were carrying more than a third of a pound of marijuana for sale when Saddle Brook police took them into custody, authorities said Monday. Officers dispatched to Colonial Avenue found the pair after an anonymous caller Sunday night reported two boys acting suspiciously, Police Chief Robert Kugler told Daily Voice. A strong sent of marijuana came from a bag one of them was holding, he said. Police filed juvenile complaints charging both with possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute it. The boys then wer…

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