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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New City, NY
Breaking News
First-Ever Bloodhound Among Rockland Sheriff's New K9 Unit Dogs First-Ever Bloodhound Among Rockland Sheriff's New K9 Unit Dogs First-Ever Bloodhound Among Rockland Sheriff's New K9 Unit Dogs
First-Ever Bloodhound Among Rockland Sheriff's New K9 Unit Dogs NEW CITY, N.Y. -- Hearts will be at times heavy and then light in New City as Rockland County Sheriff Louis Falco III introduces his department's two newest K9 unit additions -- while memorializing both of their immediate predecessors. Shaz, a black lab, and Holder, the department's first-ever bloodhound, will demonstrate their skills during a special ceremony beginning at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 14, at the main Sheriff Building on New Hempstead Road. Falco will also present plaques for deceased veteran K9 unit dogs Scooter and Gunner, both yellow labs, Chief William Barbera said. Shaz (Sh…

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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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Bogota Man, 70, Must Serve At Least 20 Months For Sharing Child Rape Videos Bogota Man, 70, Must Serve At Least 20 Months For Sharing Child Rape Videos Bogota Man, 70, Must Serve At Least 20 Months For Sharing Child Rape Videos
Bogota Man, 70, Must Serve At Least 20 Months For Sharing Child Rape Videos BOGOTA, N.J. -- A 70-year-old Spanish national living in Bogota must serve 20 months in prison before he'll be eligible for parole for sharing child rape videos online. Rafael Andreu, who was sentenced in Hackensack on Friday to four years under a plea deal with prosecutors, admitted in September that he “used file-sharing software to make files containing child pornography readily available for any other user to download from a designated ‘shared folder’ on his computer,” Attorney General Christopher Porrino said. Several videos of child pornography, including child rape videos, were found…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Two Accused Kidnappers In GWB Drama Identified By Port Authority PD Two Accused Kidnappers In GWB Drama Identified By Port Authority PD Two Accused Kidnappers In GWB Drama Identified By Port Authority PD
Two Accused Kidnappers In GWB Drama Identified By Port Authority PD FORT LEE, N.J. -- Two men stopped and arrested by Port Authority police on the George Washington Bridge on Thursday morning kidnapped another man in Georgia, stabbed him in the leg, then set out for New York City, authorities said Friday. ****** UPDATE: Authorities have arrested two more suspects who they said are connected to a kidnapping that ended when Port Authority police stopped a car on the George Washington Bridge last week. ****** Ismael Castejun-Guizar, 24, of Atlanta and Ricardo Coacio Reyes, 30, of Norcross, were being held on $2 million bail each in the Bergen County Jail. B…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Monsey, NY
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Car On Tracks Temporarily Shuts Down Suffern Line MTA Trains Car On Tracks Temporarily Shuts Down Suffern Line MTA Trains Car On Tracks Temporarily Shuts Down Suffern Line MTA Trains
Car On Tracks Temporarily Shuts Down Suffern Line MTA Trains SUFFERN, N.J. -- A car on the tracks in Suffern temporarily shut down train service just after noon Friday. Police requested EMS for an evaluation of the driver after the car stopped on the tracks at Orange Avenue, responders said. They also asked the MTA to temporarily halt all area trains.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Port Authority Police Graduates Boast Diversity, Military Experience Port Authority Police Graduates Boast Diversity, Military Experience Port Authority Police Graduates Boast Diversity, Military Experience
Port Authority Police Graduates Boast Diversity, Military Experience The 114th Port Authority Police Academy class that was graduated Friday morning brought continued diversity and experience to the department. The 80 new officers welcomed during a ceremony in Elizabeth include 33 New Jerseyans, 46 New Yorkers and an officer relocating from Florida, the authority's Joseph Pentangelo told Daily Voice. The diverse group also includes nine recruits with prior military service, he said. Port Authority Executive Director Pat Foye, Chief Security Officer Thomas Belfiore and PAPD Supt. Michael Fedorko welcomed the graduates. The Port Authority Police Department …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Bergen Prosecutor: Electrician Took Cash-Paying Job While On Workman's Comp Bergen Prosecutor: Electrician Took Cash-Paying Job While On Workman's Comp Bergen Prosecutor: Electrician Took Cash-Paying Job While On Workman's Comp
Bergen Prosecutor: Electrician Took Cash-Paying Job While On Workman's Comp HACKENSACK, N.J. – Bergen County authorities charged an electrician from Parsippany with taking a job while receiving worker’s comp. Gary E. Huffman, 42, was released pending a hearing in Central Judicial Processing Court on insurance fraud and theft charges, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said Friday. Investigators in his office received a tip in late March that led to the arrest by members of his Financial Crimes Unit, Grewal said. After being injured in April 2015, Huffman “filed for temporary disability and worker’s compensation benefits and began receiving the insurance pay…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Ridgefield Park Police Nab Village Man In Knifepoint Street Robberies Ridgefield Park Police Nab Village Man In Knifepoint Street Robberies Ridgefield Park Police Nab Village Man In Knifepoint Street Robberies
Ridgefield Park Police Nab Village Man In Knifepoint Street Robberies RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J. – A robber wielding a large kitchen knife robbed several terrified victims on the streets surrounding Route 46 in Ridgefield Park before a village police officer spotted and arrested him, authorities said Friday. A judge ordered Jimmy Garcia, 19, of the village held on $250,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with robbery, kidnapping, criminal restraint, theft and various weapons possession counts. The holdup spree Wednesday night drew police to the area of Teaneck Road and the highway, Lt. Joseph Rella said. In one instance, the robber accosted a woman waitin…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Your Community
Pascack Schoolgirls: Build With LEGOs, See Movie In Montvale With Pi-oneers Pascack Schoolgirls: Build With LEGOs, See Movie In Montvale With Pi-oneers Pascack Schoolgirls: Build With LEGOs, See Movie In Montvale With Pi-oneers
Pascack Schoolgirls: Build With Legos, See Movie In Montvale With Pi-oneers MONTVALE, N.J. -- Girls in grades 1 through 6 can build with LEGOs and watch an age-appropriate movie with the Pascack Pi-oneers at Pascack Hills High School on Saturday. The event, which runs from 10 a.m. to noon, features the movie "Girls Who Build" and helps raise funds for the Pi-oneers, who will be competing at the world championships in St. Louis. Cost is $15 per person for the girls-only, adult-supervised event, which will include drinks and snacks. You can pay online or in person. REGISTER: www.tinyurl.com/GirlsWhoBuild (Girl Scout Troops are encouraged to attend.) Pasc…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Sheriff's Detectives Seize 2,000 Heroin Bags At Paterson Open-Air Market Sheriff's Detectives Seize 2,000 Heroin Bags At Paterson Open-Air Market Sheriff's Detectives Seize 2,000 Heroin Bags At Paterson Open-Air Market
Sheriff's Detectives Seize 2,000 Heroin Bags At Paterson Open-Air Market PATERSON, N.J. -- Passaic County sheriff's narcotics detectives acting on a tip seized nearly 2,000 bags of heroin and busted a Paterson man who they said was openly dealing the drug outside his apartment. Investigators secretly watched as Thomas William, 22, walked in and out of his home at 11th Avenue and East 42nd Street -- twice counting money and once holding several bags of the drug -- around 3 p.m. Thursday, Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. They seized William and found him with 80 glassine envelopes of heroin and $816 in suspected drug proceeds, the sheriff said. They recovered an …

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Mahwah Businesses Unite For PBA Christmas Toy Drive Mahwah Businesses Unite For PBA Christmas Toy Drive Mahwah Businesses Unite For PBA Christmas Toy Drive
Mahwah Businesses Unite For PBA Christmas Toy Drive MAHWAH, N.J. -- Mahwah police aren't the only ones amped for the 28th annual Bergen County PBA Toy Drive: Nearly 20 eateries and other businesses in town are serving as drop-off points for presents donated to ill, sick and needy area children. Members of Mahwah PBA Local 143, who are heading up the township effort, have enlisted the various businesses to help collect the gifts (see list, below). "There is nothing more special than seeing the happiness on a child’s face when opening a gift," Local 143 President Rosario Zito said. The presents will eventually make their way to the …

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