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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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen Sheriff's Officers No-Shave Raises $21G To Fight Prostate Cancer Bergen Sheriff's Officers No-Shave Raises $21G To Fight Prostate Cancer Bergen Sheriff's Officers No-Shave Raises $21G To Fight Prostate Cancer
Bergen Sheriff's Officers No-Shave Raises $21G To Fight Prostate Cancer HACKENSACK, N.J. -- The Bergen County Sheriff's Office had one of the area's highest No-Shave November totals for 2016, raising $21,000. The money went to the Hackensack University Medical Center Foundation to help fight prostate cancer, said Marcelo Hagopian, president of the sheriff's Local 134. It topped the group's $15,000 total of last year.

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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VIDEO: Mahwah Police Go National On 'Fox And Friends' VIDEO: Mahwah Police Go National On 'Fox And Friends' VIDEO: Mahwah Police Go National On 'Fox And Friends'
Video: Mahwah Police Go National On 'Fox And Friends' MAHWAH, N.J. -- TV's "Fox and Friends" saluted Mahwah police at the show's Manhattan studios on Wednesday as part of a segment about blue lines being painted in communities across the nation to support law enforcement. "Getting up at 3 a.m. to head into New York City was a task that we gladly took on," Police Chief James Batelli told Daily Voice after the nationally televised appearance. Joining them was Mayor William Laforet -- who distributed 650 "Support Mahwah Police" signs throughout the community -- and resident Susan Larsen, who convinced township offici…

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Lyndhurst, NJ
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Lyndhurst Jeweler Gets 2 Years In $200M Credit Card Scheme Lyndhurst Jeweler Gets 2 Years In $200M Credit Card Scheme Lyndhurst Jeweler Gets 2 Years In $200M Credit Card Scheme
Lyndhurst Jeweler Gets 2 Years In $200M Credit Card Scheme LYNDHURST, N.J. – A jewelry store owner from Lyndhurst was sentenced to two years in federal prison Wednesday for using his business as part of a $200 million credit card fraud scheme – one of the largest ever prosecuted by the U.S. government. Vinod Dadlani, 53, admitted in June 2014 that he allowed accomplices to swipe bogus credit cards created with false identities at his Raja Jewelers store on Newark Avenue in Jersey City. He then split the proceeds of the illegal transactions with them, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman said. Dadlani was indicted in October 2013 as part of a “conspiracy…

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Northern Valley, NJ
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Say Hello To New Haworth Police Chief Michael Gracey Say Hello To New Haworth Police Chief Michael Gracey Say Hello To New Haworth Police Chief Michael Gracey
Say Hello To New Haworth Police Chief Michael Gracey HAWORTH, N.J. -- After a thorough selection process, Haworth's borough council unanimously appointed the police department's second officer-in-command, Lt. Michael Gracey, as its new chief, effective Thursday. Gracey replaces Chief Chris Campbell, who held the post for nearly six years. Campbell, a 28-year department veteran, officially retired Wednesday. Gracey, who was selected from among four candidates, began as a dispatcher with the borough in 1990. He became a police officer four years later. Perhaps most importantly, Mayor John Smart noted, Gracey ran the field training program for …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
At Last: New Law Lets NJ Schools Hire Armed Retired Police As Security At Last: New Law Lets NJ Schools Hire Armed Retired Police As Security At Last: New Law Lets NJ Schools Hire Armed Retired Police As Security
At Last: New Law Lets NJ Schools Hire Armed Retired Police As Security For the first time ever, armed retired police officers will be hired to provide security in New Jersey's schools. A measure approved by the state Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Christie creates a "Class 3" special law enforcement position for retired-in-good-standing officers under 65 years old to provide security in public and private schools. They would be allowed to carry guns, provided they meet the statutory requirements for retired officers -- including qualifying twice a year. They would provide on-premises security when schools are in session or occupied by stude…

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Fair Lawn Police No-Shave November Boosts JacksonStrong Foundation Fair Lawn Police No-Shave November Boosts JacksonStrong Foundation Fair Lawn Police No-Shave November Boosts JacksonStrong Foundation
Fair Lawn Police No-Shave November Boosts JacksonStrong Foundation FAIR LAWN, N.J -- Fair Lawn police officers took this year's No Shave November personally, raising just over $3,000 for two families in town. One will remain anonymous, PBA Local 67 President Luis Vasquez told Daily Voice. The other is the Walsh family, founders of the Jackson Strong Foundation for children with pediatric cancer. Tara and Ryan Walsh's son, Jackson, was diagnosed with neuroblastoma only two weeks after he was born on Oct. 14 of last year. Four rounds of chemotherapy, a liver biopsy, a broviac placement, five sedated MRI's, a bone marrow aspiration, four blood transfusions…

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Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Pascack Valley High School Student Who Shot Himself Dies Pascack Valley High School Student Who Shot Himself Dies Pascack Valley High School Student Who Shot Himself Dies
Pascack Valley High School Student Who Shot Himself Dies WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J. -- A 17-year-old Pascack Valley Regional High School student who shot himself Sunday morning in a county park in Woodcliff Lake has died, authorities reported Wednesday morning. Jack Farrell -- whose father is a retired Rutherford police officer and whose mother works as a teacher's aide at Pascack Hills High School, deliberately killed himself, Pascack Valley Regional High School Supt. P. Erik Gundersen and Pascack Hills Principal Glenn deMarrais said in a joint statement. Someone passing through Wood Dale County Park found the injured teen and notified police around …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
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Teaneck Police Nab Four Driving Wrong Way With Loaded Gun Teaneck Police Nab Four Driving Wrong Way With Loaded Gun Teaneck Police Nab Four Driving Wrong Way With Loaded Gun
Teaneck Police Nab Four Driving Wrong Way With Loaded Gun TEANECK, N.J. -- The smell of pot from a car stopped for going the wrong way on a Teaneck street led to the arrests of four people who authorities said were carrying a loaded handgun and a black ski mask. Officer Jason Hosey "detected the strong odor of burnt marijuana" after he stopped the 2010 silver Toyota Camry on Sterling Place, a one-way between Prince Street and Red Road, Police Chief Robert A. Carney said. After all four occupants were removed, a partially unzipped waist bag containing a a black and silver Smith and Wesson 9mm handgun with a high-capacity magazine was fou…

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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Sub Teacher From Elmwood Park Charged With Trafficking Child Porn Videos Sub Teacher From Elmwood Park Charged With Trafficking Child Porn Videos Sub Teacher From Elmwood Park Charged With Trafficking Child Porn Videos
Sub Teacher From Elmwood Park Charged With Trafficking Child Porn Videos ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. – A 24-year-old substitute teacher who lives in Elmwood Park trafficked in pornographic videos of children on his home computer, said authorities who arrested him Tuesday. Zachary A. Smith was ordered held on $75,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail pending a Dec. 7 hearing in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack on charges of child endangerment, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. Smith, who is single, was arrested after members of Grewal’s Cyber Crimes Unit with a warrant searched his Donor Avenue home on Tuesday following a month-long investigation…

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Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen Sheriff: 5 Rocklanders Had Gun, Knives In Route 17 Paramus Stop Bergen Sheriff: 5 Rocklanders Had Gun, Knives In Route 17 Paramus Stop Bergen Sheriff: 5 Rocklanders Had Gun, Knives In Route 17 Paramus Stop
Bergen Sheriff: 5 Rocklanders Had Gun, Knives In Route 17 Paramus Stop PARAMUS, N.J. – An alert Bergen County sheriff’s officer who stopped five Rockland County men in a car on Route 17 in Paramus following an alleged overnight assault Tuesday in New York City found a loaded handgun and knives, authorities said. An anonymous 911 caller reported following the white Mercedes Benz into New Jersey around 3:30 a.m., Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino said Tuesday afternoon. Sheriff Officer’s Kevin Scarpa stopped the car as it headed north on the highway at Linwood Avenue and was joined by officers from Paramus and Ridgewood, Saudino said. A subsequent search tu…

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