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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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
$500,000 Bail For Cabbie, 40, In Beating Death Of Palisades Park Man $500,000 Bail For Cabbie, 40, In Beating Death Of Palisades Park Man $500,000 Bail For Cabbie, 40, In Beating Death Of Palisades Park Man
$500,000 Bail For Cabbie, 40, In Beating Death Of Palisades Park Man RIDGEFIELD, N.J. (UPDATE) -- Authorities on Monday charged a 40-year-old North Bergen cab driver in the overnight beating death of a 27-year-old Palisades Park man whose body was found Sunday behind the Ridgefield post office. Juan Tacilla, a 5-foot-2-inch, 140-pound Peruvian immigrant, was ordered held on $500,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with reckless manslaughter. The beating apparently began in the 700 block of Broad Avenue, about a block and a half from the post office, a witness told Daily Voice. "I saw I the victim getting beat up by a cab driver at 12:55 a.m.,&q…

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Pascack Valley, NJ
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NJ Moves Closer To Banning Minors From Getting Married NJ Moves Closer To Banning Minors From Getting Married NJ Moves Closer To Banning Minors From Getting Married
NJ Moves Closer To Banning Minors From Getting Married RIVER VALE, N.J. -- New Jersey moved closer Monday to banning anyone under 18 from getting married or entering into a civil union in the state, under a bill sponsored in the Assembly by Rep. Holly Schepisi of Bergen County. The General Assembly approved the bill. A similar measure was introduced in the state Senate. If both houses approve it, the bill simply needs Gov. Christie's signature to become law. More than 90 percent of the nearly 3,500 minors married in New Jersey from 1995 to 2012 were to adults, records show. Most of them were 16 or 17 with parental consent -- but 163 were 13 to …

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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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Hudson Cabbie Charged In Ridgefield Beating Death Of Palisades Park Man Hudson Cabbie Charged In Ridgefield Beating Death Of Palisades Park Man Hudson Cabbie Charged In Ridgefield Beating Death Of Palisades Park Man
Hudson Cabbie Charged In Ridgefield Beating Death Of Palisades Park Man RIDGEFIELD, N.J. (UPDATE) -- Authorities on Monday charged a 40-year-old North Bergen cab driver in the overnight beating death of a 27-year-old Palisades Park man whose body was found Sunday behind the Ridgefield post office. Juan Tacilla, a 5-foot-2-inch, 140-pound Peruvian immigrant, was ordered held on $500,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with reckless manslaughter. The beating apparently began in the 700 block of Broad Avenue, about a block and a half from the post office, a witness told Daily Voice. "I saw I the victim getting beat up by a cab driver at 12:55 a.m.,&q…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
East Rutherford Police Nab Shoplifting Trio Who Fled Teterboro Walmart East Rutherford Police Nab Shoplifting Trio Who Fled Teterboro Walmart East Rutherford Police Nab Shoplifting Trio Who Fled Teterboro Walmart
East Rutherford Police Nab Shoplifting Trio Who Fled Teterboro Walmart MOONACHIE, N.J. -- East Rutherford police responding to an alert from their Moonachie colleagues stopped a Cadillac on southbound Route 17 that fled the Walmart in Teterboro minutes earlier with a trio of shoplifters, authorities said Monday. Jennifer Biagetti, 44, and Terence Presley, 45, both of Jersey City, and 46-year-old Corey James of Blackstone, MA "were identified for shoplifting three previous times at the Walmart," Detective Anthony Fugnitti told Daily Voice. In various trips, the trio stole more than $4,000 worth of items, including $1,600 worth of food, Fugnitti said. …

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Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Fire Ignited By Downed Power Line Rips Through Two-Family Garfield Home Fire Ignited By Downed Power Line Rips Through Two-Family Garfield Home Fire Ignited By Downed Power Line Rips Through Two-Family Garfield Home
Fire Ignited By Downed Power Line Rips Through Two-Family Garfield Home GARFIELD, N.J. — A wind-whipped fire sparked by downed power lines tore through a Garfield two-family house on Sunday. A tree branch toppled the lines, which struck and charged an aluminum downspout on the Cambridge Avenue building just after 4:30 p.m., responders said. Firefighters had to hold back until a PSE&G crew could cut power to the lines, which stretched across the driveway and a parked car. Meanwhile, flames spread through the first and second floor, fanned by winds that reportedly reached 35 miles an hour. The blaze ran up the walls to the attic, said firefighters who used …

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Hasbrouck Heights Police Visit Young Students Hasbrouck Heights Police Visit Young Students Hasbrouck Heights Police Visit Young Students
Hasbrouck Heights Police Visit Young Students HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N.J. -- Hasbrouck Heights police showed their appreciation for youngsters in the community when they visited two local schools and distributed "friendship" bracelets to each student. The bracelets children received at the Lincoln and Euclid schools "show not only our gratitude toward them but also the friendship between the HHPD and them," Police Chief Michael Colaneri Sr. said. He thanked Lincoln Elementary School Principal Joseph Colangelo and Euclid Elementary School Principal Michael Sickels for graciously hosting the visits.

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Haledon Woman, 37, Killed In Overnight Route 80 Crash In Wayne Haledon Woman, 37, Killed In Overnight Route 80 Crash In Wayne Haledon Woman, 37, Killed In Overnight Route 80 Crash In Wayne
Haledon Woman, 37, Killed In Overnight Route 80 Crash In Wayne WAYNE, N.J. -- A 37-year-old passenger from Haledon was killed in an overnight crash Saturday on Route 80 in Wayne, State Police confirmed. Zaira Rijos-Laureano, 37, was thrown from the 2014 Jeep Commander after it veered off the road and into an embankment on the eastbound highway at mile marker 53.7, they said. Responders pronounced her dead at the scene while taking the driver, 27-year-old Jerico Arias of Paterson, to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center for treatment of injuries that weren't considered life-threatening. No charges or summonses were filed immediately.

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson Driver Shot Dead, Other Man Wounded In Gunfire Spree Paterson Driver Shot Dead, Other Man Wounded In Gunfire Spree Paterson Driver Shot Dead, Other Man Wounded In Gunfire Spree
Paterson Driver Shot Dead, Other Man Wounded In Gunfire Spree PATERSON N.J. -- A Paterson motorist was shot and killed while another man survived following a burst of shootings, authorities said Saturday. Antonio Johnson, 31, was shot in his red Cadillac, which then crashed into a parked car at Godwin Avenue and Rosa Parks Blvd, around 2:45 p.m. Friday, city Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Johnson was pronounced dead at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, he said. Around the same time, a second victim of the same shooting -- identified as 26-year-old Otis Johnson -- arrived at the hospital's emergency room. He remained in critical but stable …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
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Ex-Northvale Podiatrist In Sex Case Gets 18 Months For Selling Oxy Scripts Ex-Northvale Podiatrist In Sex Case Gets 18 Months For Selling Oxy Scripts Ex-Northvale Podiatrist In Sex Case Gets 18 Months For Selling Oxy Scripts
Ex-Northvale Podiatrist In Sex Case Gets 18 Months For Selling Oxy Scripts NORTHVALE, N.J. -- A 65-year-old former Nortvale podiatrist from Upper Saddle River was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison Friday for illegally selling Oxycodone prescriptions in Rockland County. Frederick M. Weintraub had been dealing with charges in Bergen County of fondling a patient’s breasts and making inappropriate sexual comments to staff working at assisted-living residences when he was busted selling scripts for cash in the parking lot of a New City hotel, authorities said. New Jersey authorities who revoked Weintraub's license last year said he'd been practicing without one …

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by Jerry DeMarco
New Rochelle, NY
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Bridge Jumper Pulled By Police Was New Rochelle Registered Sex Offender Bridge Jumper Pulled By Police Was New Rochelle Registered Sex Offender Bridge Jumper Pulled By Police Was New Rochelle Registered Sex Offender
Bridge Jumper Pulled By Police Was New Rochelle Registered Sex Offender Authorities identified early Saturday a man who jumped to his death from the George Washington Bridge the day before as a 65-year-old registered sex offender from New Rochelle. Richard Genin was still alive when the Westchester County Police Harbor Unit pulled him from the Hudson River after he jumped around 3:20 p.m., the Port Authority's Joseph Pentangelo told Daily Voice. Crew members were diverting a wayward whale back toward New York Harbor when they saw him jump. Genin was pronounced dead an hour later at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, Penangelo said. A witness told police t…

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