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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Monsey, NY
Breaking News
Man Killed By Train In Spring Valley Temporarily Halts NJT Pascack Line Man Killed By Train In Spring Valley Temporarily Halts NJT Pascack Line Man Killed By Train In Spring Valley Temporarily Halts NJT Pascack Line
Man Killed By Train In Spring Valley Temporarily Halts NJT Pascack Line SPRING VALLEY, N.J. -- Service was resumed on the Pascack Valley line just before 8:30 a.m. Tuesday after a New Jersey Transit train struck and killed a man in Spring Valley. The #1604 train leaving Spring Valley to Hoboken hit him near the station at 6 a.m., NJ Transit's Jennifer Nelson told Daily Voice. Service was temporarily suspended in both directions. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
West Milford Woman Walking Dog Killed By Hit-Run Driver, Police Seek Help West Milford Woman Walking Dog Killed By Hit-Run Driver, Police Seek Help West Milford Woman Walking Dog Killed By Hit-Run Driver, Police Seek Help
West Milford Woman Walking Dog Killed By Hit-Run Driver, Police Seek Help WEST MILFORD, N.J. -- Thanks to surveillance video, West Milford police investigating the hit-and-run death of a 58-year-old township woman while walking her dog have narrowed their investigation down to three vehicles that they hope the public can help them find. Kelly A. Vaughn and her dog were in the parking lot of Mount Laurel Park in the Hewitt section at Upper Greenwood Lake when she was struck on Nov. 7, authorities said at the time. On Thursday, Police Chief Timothy Storbeck cited video surveillance footage that he says shows a pickup truck and two smaller vehicles "present in …

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Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Missing At-Risk Teaneck Resident Found Missing At-Risk Teaneck Resident Found Missing At-Risk Teaneck Resident Found
Missing At-Risk Teaneck Resident Found TEANECK, N.J. -- Teaneck police Monday night said a 23-year-old "at risk" Teaneck resident was found. Bradley Gooden was listed missing after he was last seen walking on Tietjen Avenue toward the eastbound Route 4 bus stop headed to Fort Lee. .

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah PD: Quality-Of-Life 'Clean Sweep' Nets 50 Arrests, Stolen Valuables Mahwah PD: Quality-Of-Life 'Clean Sweep' Nets 50 Arrests, Stolen Valuables Mahwah PD: Quality-Of-Life 'Clean Sweep' Nets 50 Arrests, Stolen Valuables
Mahwah PD: Quality-Of-Life 'Clean Sweep' Nets 50 Arrests, Stolen Valuables MAHWAH, N.J. – A pinpointed attack on quality-of-life issues raised by complaints and anonymous tips from Mahwah residents produced 50 arrests, a handgun, more than $11,000 in suspected illegal proceeds and the recovery of $6,000 worth of stolen property, Police Chief James Batelli said. Under the direction of Detective Sgt Kevin Hebert, patrol officers, investigators, members of the Patrol Services Unit and a K-9 team “conducted surveillances, motor vehicle stops and follow-up investigations to address a variety of complaints,” the chief said. Dubbed "Operation Clean Sweep," the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack Mechanic Charged With Assaulting Boy, 9 Hackensack Mechanic Charged With Assaulting Boy, 9 Hackensack Mechanic Charged With Assaulting Boy, 9
Hackensack Mechanic Charged With Assaulting Boy, 9 HACKENSACK, N.J. – A Hackensack auto mechanic was arrested on child abuse charges after a 9-year-old city boy attended school with arm and neck injuries, authorities said Monday morning. Jorge Reina-Gallo, 35, was released on a summons to appear Nov. 9 in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. School officials contacted the state Division of Child Protection and Permanency, which alerted his Special Victims Unit, the prosecutor said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson Gunshot Victim, 28, Dies At Hospital, Search For Shooter Under Way Paterson Gunshot Victim, 28, Dies At Hospital, Search For Shooter Under Way Paterson Gunshot Victim, 28, Dies At Hospital, Search For Shooter Under Way
Paterson Gunshot Victim, 28, Dies At Hospital, Search For Shooter Under Way PATERSON, N.J. -- A man shot on a Paterson street corner died overnight Sunday at the hospital, city Police Director Jerry Speziale said hours later. Gene Bolie, 28, was taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center after being shot at the corner of North Main and Jefferson streets around 1:30 a.m., Speziale said. The gunman remained at large. Anyone with information that could help find the shooter is asked to call any of the city investigators at the Paterson Police Detective Bureau: (973) 321-1120.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
No Danger Found In Duct-Taped Refrigerator Under Englewood Rt. 4 Overpass No Danger Found In Duct-Taped Refrigerator Under Englewood Rt. 4 Overpass No Danger Found In Duct-Taped Refrigerator Under Englewood Rt. 4 Overpass
No Danger Found In Duct-Taped Refrigerator Under Englewood Rt. 4 Overpass ENGLEWOOD, N.J. (UPDATE) -- Someone's idea of a joke could lead to serious charges after the Bergen County Sheriff's Bomb Squad determined there was nothing harmful inside a duct-taped refrigerator that someone propped against a support beam of a Route 4 overpass in Englewood on Saturday morning, authorities said. However, there was enough evidence inside the full-sized appliance at the South Dean Street underpass "that could lead us to whoever was responsible," Detective Capt. Tim Torell told Daily Voice. A threatening message scrawled on the refrigerator "could be seen by a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
8-Year-Old Autistic Boy Pulled From Overpeck Creek OK, Authorities Say 8-Year-Old Autistic Boy Pulled From Overpeck Creek OK, Authorities Say 8-Year-Old Autistic Boy Pulled From Overpeck Creek OK, Authorities Say
8-Year-Old Autistic Boy Pulled From Overpeck Creek OK, Authorities Say PALISADES PARK, N.J. -- An 8-year-old autistic boy who wandered off from his family "made it" after rescuers pulled him from Overpeck Creek in Palisades Park early Friday evening, authorities told Daily Voice. Moments later, "someone in a nearby building saw him bouncing around in the water and dialed 911," Anthony Cureton of the Bergen County Sheriff's Office told Daily Voice. "Then he went under." Police from Palisades Park, Leonia and Ridgefield, along with Bergen County sheriff's officers and other responders, were at the spot in Overpeck Park instantly, wi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Discarded Water Gauge Draws Bomb Squad To Ramapo River In Mahwah Discarded Water Gauge Draws Bomb Squad To Ramapo River In Mahwah Discarded Water Gauge Draws Bomb Squad To Ramapo River In Mahwah
Discarded Water Gauge Draws Bomb Squad To Ramapo River In Mahwah MAHWAH, N.J. -- A discarded water temperature gauge raised concerns after it was found Saturday morning on the shore of the Ramapo River at the Polo Club in Mahwah. "It was a piece of pipe capped on both ends, with a wire sticking out of the end of it," Police Chief James Batelli told Daily Voice. "It's used to gauge the temperature of the water for fishermen. "Someone apparently pulled it out of the water and left it there." The Bergen County Sheriff's Bomb Squad wasn't able to determine what it was until it detonated the device, another first responder told Daily…

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Fort Lee, NJ
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Suicidal Hackensack Man Becomes Port Authority's 63rd GWB 'Save' This Year Suicidal Hackensack Man Becomes Port Authority's 63rd GWB 'Save' This Year Suicidal Hackensack Man Becomes Port Authority's 63rd GWB 'Save' This Year
Suicidal Hackensack Man Becomes Port Authority's 63rd GWB 'Save' This Year FORT LEE, N.J. -- Port Authority police made their 63th suicide intervention at the George Washington Bridge this year when they kept a 35-year-old emotionally troubled Hackensack man from jumping Friday afternoon. Officers intercepted the man, who the authority's Joseph Pentangelo said was "Intent on jumping," around 4:35 p.m. They took him into custody without injury and brought him to Bergen Regional Medical Center in Paramus, Pentangelo said.

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