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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Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Have You Seen Him? Teaneck Police Hunt 3rd Suspect In 16-Car Burglary Spree Have You Seen Him? Teaneck Police Hunt 3rd Suspect In 16-Car Burglary Spree Have You Seen Him? Teaneck Police Hunt 3rd Suspect In 16-Car Burglary Spree
Have You Seen Him? Teaneck Police Hunt 3rd Suspect In 16-Car Burglary Spree TEANECK, N.J. – Teaneck police asked the public’s help Wednesday in finding a Hackensack ex-con with a rap sheet nearly two decades long who they said broke into several cars with two accomplices. Robert Harris, 38, has a history of car burglaries, in addition to other crimes – including fighting with police who arrested him for car break-ins in Maywood five years ago, records show. Teaneck police who were looking for him also arrested Vanessa Gallego and Kyshan Hawkins in Englewood. All three were identified from surveillance video by Rochelle Park Police Officer Ryan Burke after they tri…

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Ramsey Police: Dread-Locked Street Robber Strikes Again Ramsey Police: Dread-Locked Street Robber Strikes Again Ramsey Police: Dread-Locked Street Robber Strikes Again
Ramsey Police: Dread-Locked Street Robber Strikes Again RAMSEY, N.J. -- A man was robbed of an iPhone and prescrition medication on a Ramsey street Tuesday night by a thin, dread-locked man in a cabbie's cap whom police had been looking for, authorities said. The victim told police he was was walking and making telephone calls on Orchard Place near Summit Avenue just before 9:30 p.m. when a car with a load muffler passed him, Police Chief Bryan Gurney said Wednesday. The robber then got out and asked him for directions.The victim ran, "due to his knowledge of previous street robberies in Ramsey," before the robber threw him down a Summ…

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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Mets Jeurys Familia Charged With Domestic Violence In Fort Lee Mets Jeurys Familia Charged With Domestic Violence In Fort Lee Mets Jeurys Familia Charged With Domestic Violence In Fort Lee
Mets Jeurys Familia Charged With Domestic Violence In Fort Lee FORT LEE, N.J. -- New York Mets relief pitcher Jeurys Familia was accused of domestic violence by Fort Lee police, records show. Police allege that Familia -- identified as Jeurys F. Mojica in a complaint filed in Municipal Court -- attempted "to cause or purposely, knowingly or recklessly [cause] "bodily injury" to the unidentified victim, with a right cheek bruise and chest scratch visible, in the 2:22 a.m. incident Monday at his Park Avenue apartment. “The matter was brought to our attention and we are monitoring the situation,” the Mets said in a statement. Major League …

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Route 208 In Fair Lawn Reopened After Van Downs Pole Route 208 In Fair Lawn Reopened After Van Downs Pole Route 208 In Fair Lawn Reopened After Van Downs Pole
Route 208 In Fair Lawn Reopened After Van Downs Pole FAIR LAWN, N.J. (UPDATE): Two lanes of Route 208 in Fair Lawn were open in each direction during the Tuesday evening rush after an extended repair job caused when a van with a trailer of construction equipment snapped a utility pole in mid-morning, dropping live power lines across the entire highway. The southbound van was approaching McBride Avenue around 10:40 a.m. when it began to bounce back and forth, the 51-year-old driver from Hawthorne told police. The rig veered off the roadway and hit the pole, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Two male passengers -- one 23 from Hawthorne and the other 60…

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Rockland Worker Killed By Fallen Tree In Ramsey Identified Rockland Worker Killed By Fallen Tree In Ramsey Identified Rockland Worker Killed By Fallen Tree In Ramsey Identified
Rockland Worker Killed By Fallen Tree In Ramsey Identified RAMSEY, N.J. -- Authorities on Tuesday identified a tree service worker from Rockland County killed last Wednesday in Ramsey when a large part of a tree fell on him as 30-year-old Oscar Salzar, authorities confirmed. The father of two from New City worked with Northern Tree Service of Stony Point servicing the Peach Hill Townhouse Community when the mishap occurred, Ramsey Police Chief Bryan Gurney said. Members of the Ramsey Police Department and Ramsey Ambulance Corps administered first aid for upper body and head injuries, Gurney said. Salazar was then taken to Good Samaritan Hospital …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Passaic Man Sexually Assaulted Girl, 12 Prosecutor: Passaic Man Sexually Assaulted Girl, 12 Prosecutor: Passaic Man Sexually Assaulted Girl, 12
Prosecutor: Passaic Man Sexually Assaulted Girl, 12 PASSAIC, N.J. – A judge ordered a Passaic man accused of sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl held on $300,000 bail following his arrest by county prosecutor’s Special Victims Unit detectives. Liborio Zaragoza-Ordonez, 43, was charged with aggravated sexual assault, two counts of sexual assault, and child endangerment. He was being held in the Passaic County Jail. The complaint was referred to a grand jury for indictment, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said Tuesday.

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Wayne Man Faces Year In Prison After Beating 7-Month-Old Puppy To Death Wayne Man Faces Year In Prison After Beating 7-Month-Old Puppy To Death Wayne Man Faces Year In Prison After Beating 7-Month-Old Puppy To Death
Wayne Man Faces Year In Prison After Beating 7-Month-Old Puppy To Death WAYNE, N.J. – A Wayne man on Tuesday admitted beating a 7-month-old puppy to death with a kitchen chair during an argument with his girlfriend – in exchange for a one-year prison sentence. John G. Varcadipone, 23, also admitted in Superior Court in Paterson to threatening to kill the woman during the March 18 argument. He said he then went to the living room, picked up a wooden chair and beat the Siberian Husky, breaking the chair and killing the puppy. Police found the dead dog’s blood strewn across the Travelo Drive home authorities told Daily Voice at the time. In addition to the one-y…

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Fort Lee, NJ
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GWB Lower Level Fully Reopened After 4-Car Pileup GWB Lower Level Fully Reopened After 4-Car Pileup GWB Lower Level Fully Reopened After 4-Car Pileup
GWB Lower Level Fully Reopened After 4-Car Pileup FORT LEE, N.J. -- A four-car crash on the lower level of the New York City-bound George Washington Bridge tied up traffic Tuesday afternoon. Only one minor injury was reported in the 2:30 p.m. pileup, which was cleared in about an hour, the authority's Joseph Pentangelo told Daily Voice. All lanes were open, he said just after 3:30 p.m.

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Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Haworth Man Busted By Feds In $100 Million Mexican Tax Fraud Haworth Man Busted By Feds In $100 Million Mexican Tax Fraud Haworth Man Busted By Feds In $100 Million Mexican Tax Fraud
Haworth Man Busted By Feds In $100 Million Mexican Tax Fraud HAWORTH, N.J. -- A Haworth man was one of six people charged by federal authorities with using a network of shell companies to defraud the government of Mexico out of more than $100 million in tax refunds. Daniel Blitzer was arrested during a raid of his Contant Avenue home by Homeland Security and IRS agents on Monday and brought before a federal judge in Manhattan. Blitzer, like the others, was charged with international money laundering, wire fraud and conspiracy. The crew scammed the Mexican government out of value-added tax (VAT) that's imposed on goods one Mexican company sells to an…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Upper Saddle River Police: Station Attendant Grabbed Driver Under Skirt Upper Saddle River Police: Station Attendant Grabbed Driver Under Skirt Upper Saddle River Police: Station Attendant Grabbed Driver Under Skirt
Upper Saddle River Police: Station Attendant Grabbed Driver Under Skirt UPPER SADDLE RIVER, NJ. -- An Upper Saddle River gas station attendant from Spring Valley reached beneath a female driver's skirt and sexually assaulted her during a service stop, authorities charged. The woman told police she'd just gotten gas on Monday when Marco E. Cajasamendano, 32, "persuaded her to move her vehicle to different portion of the parking lot under the guise that she needed air in her vehicle’s tires," Detective Lt. Ed Kane told Daily Voice Tuesday. She complied and got out -- then, as she crouched down to put air into the tire, she told police, Cajasamendano &qu…

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