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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Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Alpine Adds Thin Blue Line To Support Law Enforcement Alpine Adds Thin Blue Line To Support Law Enforcement Alpine Adds Thin Blue Line To Support Law Enforcement
Alpine Adds Thin Blue Line To Support Law Enforcement ALPINE, N.J. -- Alpine's DPW striped the road in front of borough police headquarters on Friday with a blue line in support of law enforcement. Police Chief Christopher J. Belcolle thanked the mayor and council for what he called a "gesture of appreciation" and "acknowledgment of support." "We will continue to serve our residents and town with pride," the chief said.

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Teterboro Construction Worker, 26, Dies In Fall Teterboro Construction Worker, 26, Dies In Fall Teterboro Construction Worker, 26, Dies In Fall
Teterboro Construction Worker, 26, Dies In Fall TETERBORO, N.J. -- A 26-year-old out-of-state worker fell 45 feet to his death on a Teterboro construction project Thursday. The worker was breathing but unresponsive after falling through corrugated roofing on a North Street building under construction near Huyler Street just before 10:30 a.m. Hackensack University Medical Center EMS and paramedics responded -- along with Moonachie police -- and took him to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead soon after. OSHA responded to the scene, Moonachie Police Detective Sgt. Anthony Fugnitti told Daily Voice. Police were notifying next of …

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Hackensack, NJ
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Rochelle Park PD: Teen Intruders Partied In American Legion In On 9/11 Rochelle Park PD: Teen Intruders Partied In American Legion In On 9/11 Rochelle Park PD: Teen Intruders Partied In American Legion In On 9/11
Rochelle Park PD: Teen Intruders Partied In American Legion In On 9/11 ROCHELLE PARK, N.J. -- A group of former Lodi High School students used keys to get into a Rochelle Park American Legion post, where they disengaged the alarm system and helped themselves to alcohol, food and cash from a tip jar, authorities said Friday. A relative of a cleaning company stole access keys, entered the alarm code and allowed the group access to American Legion Post 170, Detective Sgt. Jim DePreta said. Police took nine people into custody -- six adults and three juveniles -- after a member of the post discovered the break-ins on 9/11, DePreta said. Surveillance video showed …

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Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Tenafly Police Praise Alert Resident Who Led Them To Burglary Suspects Tenafly Police Praise Alert Resident Who Led Them To Burglary Suspects Tenafly Police Praise Alert Resident Who Led Them To Burglary Suspects
Tenafly Police Praise Alert Resident Who Led Them To Burglary Suspects TENAFLY, N.J. -- An on-the-ball Tenafly resident alerted police to an out-of-state trio who they said were casing a neighborhood for burglary targets. "Protecting our community is a team effort, and we applaud and appreciate the efforts of citizens like this who are working with us to help keep everyone safe," said Capt. Michael deMoncada. Investigators believe the trio committed burglaries in and around the area -- and were about to do it again -- when the Ridge Road resident called them Wednesday morning. Moments earlier, two of the suspects rang the doorbell and then claimed …

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Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
VIDEO: Budweiser Clydesdales Come To Westwood, Hillsdale VIDEO: Budweiser Clydesdales Come To Westwood, Hillsdale VIDEO: Budweiser Clydesdales Come To Westwood, Hillsdale
Video: Budweiser Clydesdales Come To Westwood, Hillsdale WESTWOOD, N.J. -- A trio of Pascack Valley watering holes got their beer delivered Thursday by the iconic Budweiser Clydesdales, who came to Bergen County as part of a series of area appearances. It was selfies all around as Westwood and Hillsdale police and the Bergen County Sheriff's mounted unit escorted the modified Studebaker wagon and hitch from the K-Mart shopping center down the Broadway loop. First stops included Lou's Tavern and the Cornerstone in Hillsdale -- as well as the Hillsdale Fire Station -- before the delivery team reached The Iron Horse in Westwood (see video by Willi…

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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
80-Something Driver Emerges Without Scratch In Cliffside Park SUV Rollover 80-Something Driver Emerges Without Scratch In Cliffside Park SUV Rollover 80-Something Driver Emerges Without Scratch In Cliffside Park SUV Rollover
80-Something Driver Emerges Without Scratch In Cliffside Park SUV Rollover CLIFFSIDE PARK, N.J. -- An 80-something driver walked away without a scratch Thursday night after his SUV rolled on a Cliffside Park street, responders told Daily Voice. The driver was headed down Lafayette Avenue toward Palisade Avenue in his white Mitsubishi just after 9 p.m. when it apparently drifted too close to one side of the street and he suddenly over-corrected, rolling it, witnesses said.

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Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority Police Stop Distraught Teen From GWB Jump Port Authority Police Stop Distraught Teen From GWB Jump Port Authority Police Stop Distraught Teen From GWB Jump
Port Authority Police Stop Distraught Teen From GWB Jump FORT LEE, N.J. -- A suicidal teenager stood mid-span on the George Washington Bridge's upper level, staring at the water and crying, just before noon Thursday. Two Port Authority police officers casually passed her, then immediately turned and doubled back. "She's 223 feet above the water, crying hysterically," an officer told Daily Voice. "It didn't look good." One of the two, Port Authority Police Officer Juan Guzman, has rescued several would-be jumpers from the span. He and his partner spoke with her. "She's a beautiful girl with a wonderful life ahead of her…

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Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Restrained Ex-Husband Rams Van Into Woman's Tenafly Home, Runs Police: Restrained Ex-Husband Rams Van Into Woman's Tenafly Home, Runs Police: Restrained Ex-Husband Rams Van Into Woman's Tenafly Home, Runs
Police: Restrained Ex-Husband Rams Van Into Woman's Tenafly Home, Runs TENAFLY, N.J. – A Ukrainian immigrant who repeatedly violated orders of protection – including an episode in March when police said he threatened his ex-wife with an axe – crashed his vehicle into her house Wednesday night and then ran off, authorities said. Tenafly police said they found the drunken defendant hiding in the bushes of a home several blocks away just after 11 p.m. His mini-van was still parked in the driveway of his ex-wife’s East Clinton Avenue home, which sustained damage to the garage door, they said. Police didn’t identify him because it was a domestic incident, but reco…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
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Vacationing Carlstadt Man Killed Crossing Florida Road With Wife, Friends Vacationing Carlstadt Man Killed Crossing Florida Road With Wife, Friends Vacationing Carlstadt Man Killed Crossing Florida Road With Wife, Friends
Vacationing Carlstadt Man Killed Crossing Florida Road With Wife, Friends CARLSTADT, N.J. – A 64-year-old Carlstadt man was struck and killed as he crossed a Florida street while on vacation with his wife and friends, authorities said. The others had gotten across the road when Raymond Kellen, who was walking behind them, was struck just before 9 p.m. Tuesday, said police in Satellite Beach, on a peninsula just south of Cape Canaveral. Kellen died at a local hospital, they said. The driver, a 25-year-old Satellite Beach woman, told investigators That Kellen “just appeared in front of her and she had no time to react. [She] immediately stopped at the scene and wa…

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Arrest Cracks $160,000 Cheese Products Theft From Moonachie Plant Arrest Cracks $160,000 Cheese Products Theft From Moonachie Plant Arrest Cracks $160,000 Cheese Products Theft From Moonachie Plant
Arrest Cracks $160,000 Cheese Products Theft From Moonachie Plant MOONACHIE, N.J. – Authorities cracked the late-night theft of $160,000 worth of cheese products from a Moonachie plant with the arrest of an 18-year-old truck driver from Paterson. Darluis J. Ortiz of 27th Street was one of several burglars who broke into Grace Kennedy Foods – which does business as “La Fe Foods” – around 11:30 p.m. Sept. 23, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said Thursday afternoon. The thieves made off with several pallets of Tastee Cheese brand products from a storage area in the plant, he said. The joint investigation by members of Grewal’s Special Inves…

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