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
Tenafly Police Paint Patrol Car Pink For Breast Cancer Awareness Tenafly Police Paint Patrol Car Pink For Breast Cancer Awareness Tenafly Police Paint Patrol Car Pink For Breast Cancer Awareness
Tenafly Police Paint Patrol Car Pink For Breast Cancer Awareness TENAFLY, N.J. -- In recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Tenafly Police Chief Robert Chamberlain authorized officers to repaint a patrol cruiser with a pink hood and trunk. "We hope that this small gesture will promote awareness, encourage early detection, and show support of all of those who are battling breast cancer within our community," Chamberlain said. "The men and women of the Tenafly Police Department stand side-by-side with all of you, and we will continue to support the fight against breast cancer until a cure can be found," he said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson Gets Top U.S. Community Policing Grant In NJ: $2.8 Million Paterson Gets Top U.S. Community Policing Grant In NJ: $2.8 Million Paterson Gets Top U.S. Community Policing Grant In NJ: $2.8 Million
Paterson Gets Top U.S. Community Policing Grant In NJ: $2.8 Million PATERSON, N.J. – Paterson police are getting the largest federal grant in New Jersey -- $2.8 million – to pay for 15 community policing officers. The funds are part of $13.7 million awarded to police departments across New Jersey to create or keep law enforcement positions “dedicated to improving community policing efforts in the state,” U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Nationwide, the COPS Hiring Program (CHP) grants to 184 law enforcement agencies total $119 million. Paterson’s department was the only one in Passaic County to receive funding from the program. Fort Lee’s departme…

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Fort Lee, NJ
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Fort Lee Police Get Federal Community Policing Grant Fort Lee Police Get Federal Community Policing Grant Fort Lee Police Get Federal Community Policing Grant
Fort Lee Police Get Federal Community Policing Grant FORT LEE, N.J. – Fort Lee police are getting a $125,000 federal grant for community policing. The funds are part of $13.7 million awarded to police departments across New Jersey to create, or hold onto, law enforcement positions “dedicated to improving community policing efforts in the state,” U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Nationwide, $119 million in COPS Hiring Program (CHP) grants are going to 184 law enforcement agencies. Fort Lee’s department was the only one in Bergen County to receive funding from the program. Paterson’s department – which got $2.8 million -- was the only…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Allendale Police: Nodded-Out NY Driver Had 31 Heroin Bags, Two Dozen Used Allendale Police: Nodded-Out NY Driver Had 31 Heroin Bags, Two Dozen Used Allendale Police: Nodded-Out NY Driver Had 31 Heroin Bags, Two Dozen Used
Allendale Police: Nodded-Out NY Driver Had 31 Heroin Bags, Two Dozen Used ALLENDALE, N.J. – An alert citizen led Allendale police to a suspicious vehicle in a supermarket parking lot – and the arrest of its nodded-out driver on heroin charges, authorities said. Officers Vincent Rizzo and Dan Rosendahl found Elijah Grover of Norwich, NY asleep in the gray Ford Taurus in the north end of the Acme parking lot early Thursday, Police Chief George Scherb said Monday. They also saw several wax folds of heroin on the passenger seat, he said. The officers knocked on the window, waking Grover, and had him step out of the car, the chief said. They arrested him after find…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Mahwah PD: Visiting Nurse Had Help Stealing Cash, Jewelry For Drugs Mahwah PD: Visiting Nurse Had Help Stealing Cash, Jewelry For Drugs Mahwah PD: Visiting Nurse Had Help Stealing Cash, Jewelry For Drugs
Mahwah PD: Visiting Nurse Had Help Stealing Cash, Jewelry For Drugs MAHWAH, N.J. -- A visiting nurse from Cliffside Park and two accomplices stole money and jewelry from a client, apparently to buy drugs, said Mahwah police who arrested them. Residents of Franklin Heights told police the items disappeared in September, Police Chief James N Batelli said Monday. Detective Michael Grassi and Officer Christopher Fasulo set up surveillance in the area and confronted Deanna Franklin, 31, along with two companions -- identified as Peter Sanagorski, 36, of Wayne, and Carmen Cosentino, 35, of Woodland Park -- who'd driven her to the residence, the chief said. As th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Bergen, Passaic: Does Your Town Have A Thin Blue Line? Bergen, Passaic: Does Your Town Have A Thin Blue Line? Bergen, Passaic: Does Your Town Have A Thin Blue Line?
Bergen, Passaic: Does Your Town Have A Thin Blue Line? More and more North Jersey towns are painting blue lines on their streets to show support for law enforcement. Among the more recent: FAIRVIEW (Anderson Avenue); GLEN ROCK (Maple Avenue); HASBROUCK HEIGHTS (Boulevard); LYNDHURST (Valley Brook Avenue); MAHWAH (Franklin Turnpike); MAYWOOD (Park/Maywood avenues); NORTHVALE (Paris Avenue); OAKLAND (Ramapo Valley Road between Lawlor Drive and Oak Street) RIDGEFIELD PARK (Main Street); RIVER VALE (Westwood Avenue and Rivervale Road). NORWOOD also recently added a line on Broadway in front of police headquarters. WOODLAND PARK painted o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Indictment: Lyndhurst Cigar Shop Owner Ducked $442,000 In Taxes Indictment: Lyndhurst Cigar Shop Owner Ducked $442,000 In Taxes Indictment: Lyndhurst Cigar Shop Owner Ducked $442,000 In Taxes
Indictment: Lyndhurst Cigar Shop Owner Ducked $442,000 In Taxes LYNDHURST N.J. -- A Lyndhurst cigar shop owner was indicted on charges of ducking $442,000 in sales and tobacco product taxes, state authorities announced Monday. Richard Yanuzzi, 52, of Belleville, and his company, Sparroween, are charged with theft and misapplication of entrusted property in connection with his two Cigar Emporium shops. Yanuzzi also is charged with misconduct by a corporate official. Additional charges of tax fraud are included in the indictment, according to New Jersey Attorney General Christopher Porrino. Yanuzzi, who operates a second cigar shop in West Caldwell, fai…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Judge Fines Clifton Taxi Firm $42,000 For Ignoring Deaf Woman In Blizzard Judge Fines Clifton Taxi Firm $42,000 For Ignoring Deaf Woman In Blizzard Judge Fines Clifton Taxi Firm $42,000 For Ignoring Deaf Woman In Blizzard
Judge Fines Clifton Taxi Firm $42,000 For Ignoring Deaf Woman In Blizzard CLIFTON, N.J. -- A judge in Paterson ordered a Clifton taxi company to pay $42,000 for ignoring a deaf woman’s attempts to flag a cab using a telecommunications relay service during a blizzard. “Please stop calling,” an operator for Clifton Taxi and Limousine, Inc. told the woman the third time she tried to get through, authorities said. In addition to ruling that the company must pay the woman $6,000 for emotional distress, Superior Court Judge Thomas J. LaConte ordered Clifton Taxi to pay the state $20,000 in fines and another $16,000 in attorney fees. The company violated the New Jersey…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Passaic Sheriff's Detectives Charge Paterson Man With Kid Porn Trafficking Passaic Sheriff's Detectives Charge Paterson Man With Kid Porn Trafficking Passaic Sheriff's Detectives Charge Paterson Man With Kid Porn Trafficking
Passaic Sheriff's Detectives Charge Paterson Man With Kid Porn Trafficking PATERSON, N.J. -- A Paterson machine operator first tried hiding in his kitchen and then struggled with Internet crime investigators who arrested him early Monday on child porn trafficking charges, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said a short time later. Carlos Macedo-Pascual, 33, eventually was handcuffed in his East 27th Street apartment just after 6 a.m. and brought to city police headquarters to await bail before eventually being taken to the Passaic County Jail, Berdnik said. The sheriff's detectives had received a tip from the National Center of Missing and Exploited Childre…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Moonachie PD: Leonia Woman, 76, Among Teterboro Shoplifters Moonachie PD: Leonia Woman, 76, Among Teterboro Shoplifters Moonachie PD: Leonia Woman, 76, Among Teterboro Shoplifters
Moonachie PD: Leonia Woman, 76, Among Teterboro Shoplifters MOONACHIE, N.J. -- Shoplifting arrests out of big box stores in Teterboro continue to rise for Teterboro police, whose recent suspects include a 76-year-old Leonia woman. Susan Soh was charged with taking more than $80 worth of vitamins and pain relief pills from the Costco on Wednesday, Detective Sgt. Anthony Fugnitti said. Earlier that same day officers arrested a couple, both 19 -- one from Passaic and the other from West Milford -- who security officers said tried to steal nearly $200 of baby items, men's clothing and other items. A day later, they arrested a 44-year-old Teaneck woman …

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