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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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah Police: Rt.17 Credit Card Thief Had Hollow-Point Ammo, NYPD Uniforms Mahwah Police: Rt.17 Credit Card Thief Had Hollow-Point Ammo, NYPD Uniforms Mahwah Police: Rt.17 Credit Card Thief Had Hollow-Point Ammo, NYPD Uniforms
Mahwah Police: Rt.17 Credit Card Thief Had Hollow-Point Ammo, Nypd Uniforms MAHWAH, N.J. -- A Brooklyn man who was using stolen credit cards to buy cigarettes at gas stations along Route 17 was carrying hollow-point bullets and New York City police officers' uniforms, said Mahwah police who arrested him. Niquaan C. Gaymon, 26, was carrying a dozen cards from various banks all re-coded with stolen card numbers, Police Chief James Batelli said. "It's an interesting scam," the chief told Daily Voice. "He purchases the credit cards for about $30 each from Russia using bitcoins. The cards come imprinted with his name on the front but the information encry…

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Fort Lee, NJ
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Two In Georgia Abduction Of Former Hudson Officer's Son Nabbed In GWB Drama Two In Georgia Abduction Of Former Hudson Officer's Son Nabbed In GWB Drama Two In Georgia Abduction Of Former Hudson Officer's Son Nabbed In GWB Drama
Two In Georgia Abduction Of Former Hudson Officer's Son Nabbed In GWB Drama FORT LEE, N.J. -- Two men were in custody and the son of a former West New York police officer whom authorities said they abducted in Georgia was being treated at a local hospital after Port Authority police stopped their car Thursday morning on the George Washington Bridge, Daily Voice has learned. In a twist, Port Authority emergency service workers were conducting a drill climbing the bridge cables when the call came in. Officers stopped the vehicle on the upper level at about 10:50 a.m. on a report from New Jersey State Police of a possible abduction, the Port Authority's Joseph Pentang…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Police In Bergen Ask: Why Leave Cars Unlocked -- With Key Fobs Inside? Police In Bergen Ask: Why Leave Cars Unlocked -- With Key Fobs Inside? Police In Bergen Ask: Why Leave Cars Unlocked -- With Key Fobs Inside?
Police In Bergen Ask: Why Leave Cars Unlocked -- With Key Fobs Inside? UPPER SADDLE RIVER, N.J. -- A steady stream of car thefts and burglaries in northern Bergen County could end, Upper Saddle River police say -- if owners simply locked their vehicles and didn't leave the key fobs or other valuables inside. Thieves earlier this week took two Jeep Grand Cherokees from residents' homes, boosting the total over the past two years to more than two dozen snatched in Upper Saddle River alone. The bandits entered several other cars, as well, making off with cash, E-ZPass transponders, iPhones, prescription drugs and more, Detective Lt Edward Kane said. The primary …

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Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
New Emerson Police Chief Aims To Boost Officers, Keep Community Ties Strong New Emerson Police Chief Aims To Boost Officers, Keep Community Ties Strong New Emerson Police Chief Aims To Boost Officers, Keep Community Ties Strong
New Emerson Police Chief Aims To Boost Officers, Keep Community Ties Strong EMERSON, N.J. -- Community policing and giving his officers the chance to shine are the foundations of new Emerson Police Chief Michael Mazzeo's approach to the job. The son of a police chief -- from a family whose history of public service dates back nearly three-quarters of a century -- Mazzeo has seen the benefits of community policing throughout his career. "All of the chiefs before me -- my father (Peter Mazzeo), Sheriff (Michael) Saudino and Donald Rossi -- although they were different, all had the common theme of working closely with the community," he told Daily Voice. &q…

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Northern Highlands, NJ
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Lockdown Lifted At Waldwick School After Resident Scares Off Burglar Lockdown Lifted At Waldwick School After Resident Scares Off Burglar Lockdown Lifted At Waldwick School After Resident Scares Off Burglar
Lockdown Lifted At Waldwick School After Resident Scares Off Burglar WALDWICK, N.J. -- A lockdown was lifted at a Waldwick school late Thursday morning after a nearby resident scared off a burglar. "All students and staff at Traphagen School are safe," Lt. Douglas Moore said just after noon. A Highwood Avenue resident told police "someone tried to force their way in but were startled when they found someone home and fled," Moore told Daily Voice. The school was temporarily locked down while borough police and a Bergen County Sheriff's K-9 unit searched the area, to no avail, he said.

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Racist Graffiti Scrawled On Walls Of Giants Player's Moonachie Home Racist Graffiti Scrawled On Walls Of Giants Player's Moonachie Home Racist Graffiti Scrawled On Walls Of Giants Player's Moonachie Home
Racist Graffiti Scrawled On Walls Of Giants Player's Moonachie Home MOONACHIE, N.J. -- Whoever burglarized the Moonachie home of a New York Giants player scrawled racist graffiti on the walls before leaving, authorities confirmed Thursday. The Diamond Way homeowner told responding officers Wednesday that he returned after being away for two hours to find the house burglarized, said Sgt. Richard Behrens, the department's officer in charge. "Some jewelry and home electronics were taken from the home and that several bedrooms had been ransacked," Behrens said. "There was also graffiti written on the walls...that was racist in nature," he s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Bomb Threats Called In To Two Englewood Schools Bomb Threats Called In To Two Englewood Schools Bomb Threats Called In To Two Englewood Schools
Bomb Threats Called In To Two Englewood Schools ENGLEWOOD, N.J. -- Bomb threats were called in to two Englewood schools Thursday morning, authorities said. "The Grieco Elementary School was evacuated and we're in the process of evaluating Dwight Morrow High School," Police Chief Lawrence Suffern told Daily Voice just after 11 a.m.CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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by Jerry DeMarco
Tappan-Blauvelt, NY
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Orangetown PD: DWI Driver Arrested After Car Breaks Down Orangetown PD: DWI Driver Arrested After Car Breaks Down Orangetown PD: DWI Driver Arrested After Car Breaks Down
Orangetown PD: DWI Driver Arrested After Car Breaks Down ORANGETOWN, N.J. -- An Orange County man whose car broke down in Blauvelt was charged with DWI, Orangetown police said Thursday. Sean J. Sullivan, 47, of Campbell Hall had "bloodshot watery eyes, difficulty keeping his balance and an odor of an alcoholic beverage" on his breath when officers responding to a call of a suspicious person found him standing outside the car at Coolidge Street and Blauvelt Road around 7:20 p.m. Wednesday, Lt. Michael Shannon said. Sullivan "failed several sobriety tests at the scene," was brought to headquarters and refused to take a breath te…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Monsey, NY
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Ramapo PD: Spring Valley Man In Swiped Car Had 16 License Suspensions Ramapo PD: Spring Valley Man In Swiped Car Had 16 License Suspensions Ramapo PD: Spring Valley Man In Swiped Car Had 16 License Suspensions
Ramapo PD: Spring Valley Man In Swiped Car Had 16 License Suspensions RAMAPO, N.J. -- Ramapo police said they nabbed a Spring Valley man driving a car that wasn't his -- and found that he had 16 active license suspensions. Officers responding to a call of someone breaking into vehicles on Green Hill Lane in New Hempstead around 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday found Raneck Pierre, 39, behind the wheel of a car that he didn't have permission to drive, police said. They also found him carrying stolen property, they said. He was charged with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, possession of stolen property and attempte…

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Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Breaking News
Cresskill Pedestrian, 52, Struck Cresskill Pedestrian, 52, Struck Cresskill Pedestrian, 52, Struck
Cresskill Pedestrian, 52, Struck CRESSKILL, N.J -- A 52-year-old Cresskill woman was hospitalized with injuries that police said weren't life-threatening after she was struck by an SUV Wednesday night. The woman was walking west on Madison Avenue crossing the intersection of Jefferson Avenue when she was struck by a Honda CRV driven by a 43-year-old Cresskill man, Detective Sgt. Jason Lanzilotti told Daily Voice. No summons were immediately issued, Lanzilotti said, adding that an investigation was continuing. The intersection was closed for less than an hour.

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