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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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
VIDEO: Watch Police Save Shirtless Man Who Climbed GWB Tower VIDEO: Watch Police Save Shirtless Man Who Climbed GWB Tower VIDEO: Watch Police Save Shirtless Man Who Climbed GWB Tower
Video: Watch Police Save Shirtless Man Who Climbed GWB Tower FORT LEE, N.J. --- A video shows police taking a shirtless, emotionally troubled man into custody after he climbed to the top of the George Washington Bridge tower on the New Jersey side -- apparently intent on committing suicide -- during Friday's morning rush. Identified as 54-year-old Alberto Hernandez of East Stroudsburg, PA, he was later taken by ambulance to Bergen Regional Medical Center in Paramus, the Port Authority's Joseph Pentangelo told Daily Voice. Hernandez was charged with interference with transportation, defiant trespass and disorderly conduct. The commotion 800 feet abov…

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
$1M Bail For Extradited Defendant In Cold-Blooded Paterson Killing $1M Bail For Extradited Defendant In Cold-Blooded Paterson Killing $1M Bail For Extradited Defendant In Cold-Blooded Paterson Killing
$1M Bail For Extradited Defendant In Cold-Blooded Paterson Killing PATERSON, N.J. -- A fugitive captured in South Carolina in the cold-blooded shooting death of another man in Paterson last month was extradited to New Jersey. Gyasi Allen, 26, was being held on $1 million bail in the Pasaic County Jail, charged with murder in the slaying of Cosmeik Gee, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said.. Marshals took him into custody in Florence County earlier this month on murder charges filed by by Paterson police. He also is charged with conspiracy to commit muder and various weapons offenses. Paterson detectives working with investigators from the Passa…

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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Two-For-One: Saddle Brook Detectives Bust Pair In Separate Thefts Two-For-One: Saddle Brook Detectives Bust Pair In Separate Thefts Two-For-One: Saddle Brook Detectives Bust Pair In Separate Thefts
Two-For-One: Saddle Brook Detectives Bust Pair In Separate Thefts SADDLE BROOK, N.J. -- The search for a man who authorities said swiped two bottles of 18-year-old whiskey led to two arrests, Saddle Brook police said. Detective Lt. Thomas Johnson and Detective John Tritto reviewed store surveillance video at Saddle Brook Wine and Country on Market Street, produced leads on the theft of $450 worth of Macallan and Wednesday morning tracked down John Berman, 25, of Paramus in Paterson, Police Chief Robert Kugler said. With Berman was Thomas Vansickle, 21, of Hackensack, the chief said. Working with their Wood-Ridge colleagues, Kugler's detectives charged Va…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Hackensack Landscaper, 19, Had Sex With Underage Girl Prosecutor: Hackensack Landscaper, 19, Had Sex With Underage Girl Prosecutor: Hackensack Landscaper, 19, Had Sex With Underage Girl
Prosecutor: Hackensack Landscaper, 19, Had Sex With Underage Girl HACKENSCAK, N.J. – Authorities charged a married Hackensack landscaper with having a sexual relationship with an underage girl. Kelvin Hernandez, 19, was being held on $75,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with sexual assault and simple assault, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said Wednesday. Acting on a tip, members of his Special Victims Unit and Hackensack police arrested Hernandez on Tuesday, Grewal said. A Nov. 7 first appearance was scheduled in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack.

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah Police Hunt Stranger Who Asked To 'Get To Know' Girl, 15, Better Mahwah Police Hunt Stranger Who Asked To 'Get To Know' Girl, 15, Better Mahwah Police Hunt Stranger Who Asked To 'Get To Know' Girl, 15, Better
Mahwah Police Hunt Stranger Who Asked To 'Get To Know' Girl, 15, Better MAHWAH, N.J. -- Police presence was increased at Mahwah schools and their surrounding areas Thursday after two 15-year-old girls said a man got out of a car and asked if he could "get to know" one of them better. The students said they were walking from a restaurant in MacArthur Square back to Mahwah High School along Ridge Road around 6 p.m. Wednesday when a man got out of a four-door, blue or silver compact sedan near Erskine Court and approached them, Police Chief James Batelli told Daily Voice. He "asked one of the girls if he could have her black purse," Batelli sa…

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Englewood, NJ
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Bergen Prosecutor: Englewood Anti-Gun Sweep Nets 21 Bergen Prosecutor: Englewood Anti-Gun Sweep Nets 21 Bergen Prosecutor: Englewood Anti-Gun Sweep Nets 21
Bergen Prosecutor: Englewood Anti-Gun Sweep Nets 21 ENGLEWOOD, N.J. -- Authorities arrested 21 people out of Englewood on charges that ranged from attempted murder to weapons possession in an operation that targeted a rise in gun violence in the city. “Operation Safe City” was launched by Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal in tandem with Englewood police and the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office, with assistance from Teaneck police. Members of the ad hoc task force “focused their efforts on resolving open shooting cases, as well as targeting violent criminal activity and narcotics offenses in and around Englewood, in an effort to …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
VIDEO: Do You Know Him? Hillsdale Police Say He Stole Lawn Sign VIDEO: Do You Know Him? Hillsdale Police Say He Stole Lawn Sign VIDEO: Do You Know Him? Hillsdale Police Say He Stole Lawn Sign
Video: Do You Know Him? Hillsdale Police Say He Stole Lawn Sign HILLSDALE, N.J. -- Hillsdale police turned to the public for help Thursday in identifying a man wanted for questioning in a theft case. "He was observed removing an ornamental lawn sign from the front yard of a home on the east side of Hillsdale, near the River Vale border," Detective Bill Diedtrich said. He asked that anyone who knows or sees him call the Hillsdale Police Department Detective Bureau at (201) 497-1540 or via email at: [email protected]

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson Police, U.S. Marshals Nab Fugitive Murder Suspect Out Of Virginia Paterson Police, U.S. Marshals Nab Fugitive Murder Suspect Out Of Virginia Paterson Police, U.S. Marshals Nab Fugitive Murder Suspect Out Of Virginia
Paterson Police, U.S. Marshals Nab Fugitive Murder Suspect Out Of Virginia PATERSON, N.J. -- Paterson police and U.S. Marshals early Thursday arrested a fugitive wanted on murder charges out of Virginia. City Criminal Warrant Squad members, working with the Marshal's Regional Fugitive Task Force, arrested 29-year-old Robert L. McClure at a multi-family home on Union Avenue during a quick-strike raid around 6 a.m., city Police Director Jerry Speziale said. McClure is charged in Portsmouth, VA with first-degree murder and weapons offenses in connection with the shooting death of a 28-year-old man there a week ago. He was being held in the Passaic County Jail pendi…

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Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Paramus Crash Flips SUV Paramus Crash Flips SUV Paramus Crash Flips SUV
Paramus Crash Flips SUV PARAMUS, N.J. -- Firefighters had to cut a passenger from a Nissan Rogue that overturned in a Thursday morning crash on Century Road in Paramus, witnesses told Daily Voice. There was no immediate word on injuries from the crash, which occurred around 11:30 a.m. near the Route 17 interchange. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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Bergenfield, NJ
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Recognize This SUV? Bergenfield Pedestrian, 73, Struck In Hit-Run Recognize This SUV? Bergenfield Pedestrian, 73, Struck In Hit-Run Recognize This SUV? Bergenfield Pedestrian, 73, Struck In Hit-Run
Recognize This SUV? Bergenfield Pedestrian, 73, Struck In Hit-Run BERGENFIELD, N.J. -- Bergenfield police on Thursday released a surveillance photo of an SUV that they said took off after hitting a 73-year-old pedestrian as she crossed South Washington Avenue earlier this month. The victim, who was taken to the HUMC at Pascack Valley in Westwood after being struck at Bedford Avenue at 5:10 p.m. Oct 10, survived her injuries, Capt. Mustafa Rabboh said. Meanwhile, authorities hoped the public could help find the black 2013 Nissan Rogue SL with tinted windows that the captain said hit her as the driver made an illegal left onto South Washington from Bedfor. …

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