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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West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
Consider The Odds: Three West Milford Utility Poles Struck In 8 Hours Consider The Odds: Three West Milford Utility Poles Struck In 8 Hours Consider The Odds: Three West Milford Utility Poles Struck In 8 Hours
Consider The Odds: Three West Milford Utility Poles Struck In 8 Hours WEST MILFORD, N.. -- What are the odds that three different vehicles would hit utility poles in the same town -- in this case, West Milford -- in less than eight hours? What if police told you none of the three drivers was impaired when the crashes occurred? It began just after 10:30 p.m. Wednesday, when a 2008 GMC pickup hit a utility pole and several trees on northbound Route 23 at Echo Road, said Detective Sgt. Joseph Walker. The West Milford First Aid Squad responded, but the driver, 21-year-old Michael Easton of Highland Lakes, refused treatment, Walker said. Police issued him summo…

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Owner Of Ridgefield Park Biofuel Company Admits $6M Government Scam Owner Of Ridgefield Park Biofuel Company Admits $6M Government Scam Owner Of Ridgefield Park Biofuel Company Admits $6M Government Scam
Owner Of Ridgefield Park Biofuel Company Admits $6M Government Scam RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J. -- The owner and manager of a New Jersey feedstock collector and processor with offices in Ridgefield Park admitted double-dipping to generate more than $6 million in phony tax and renewable fuel credits, federal authorities said. Pleading guilty to his role in the scheme, Malek Jalal, 52, admitted to a U.S. District judge in Ohio that his Unity Fuels bought fuel from a New York-based company that arranged for tax and RIN credits. Unity then blended the fuel with other material and sold it back to the New York company in order to claim tax and RIN credits a second tim…

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Paterson, NJ
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Noisy Exhaust Leads Wayne Police To Pot, Weapons Bust Noisy Exhaust Leads Wayne Police To Pot, Weapons Bust Noisy Exhaust Leads Wayne Police To Pot, Weapons Bust
Noisy Exhaust Leads Wayne Police To Pot, Weapons Bust WAYNE, N.J. -- A noisy muffler drew the attention of Wayne police, who said they found the Florida driver with a stun gun disguised as a flashlight, a skull-shaped pot-smoking pipe and various other paraphernalia. Ryan Joseph Decubellis, 19, of New Port Richey, was released on court summonses charging him with possession of marijuana, prescription pills, drug paraphernalia and an illegal weapon. Officers Robert Fernandez and Skylar Cauceglia were conducting safety and security patrols of commercial properties along southbound Route 23 around 4:30 Wednesday when they spotted Decubellis's 200…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Prominent Hackensack Surgeon's Police-Equipped Car Reported Stolen Prominent Hackensack Surgeon's Police-Equipped Car Reported Stolen Prominent Hackensack Surgeon's Police-Equipped Car Reported Stolen
Prominent Hackensack Surgeon's Police-Equipped Car Reported Stolen HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Hackensack police were investigating the apparent theft of a car belonging to a prominent physician and police surgeon. The Ford Crown Victoria belonging to Dr. David Bikoff was equipped with a "police package" of emergency lights, a police radio and other features. It was reported missing Thursday afternoon, responders said. Bikoff, 67, who is affilated with Hackensack University Medical Center, practices plastic and reconstructive surgery, aesthetic surgery and surgery of the hand. He has tended to serious injuries to countless police and emergency responde…

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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Tearful Customer Thanks Saddle Brook Officers Who Secretly Got Her Coffee Tearful Customer Thanks Saddle Brook Officers Who Secretly Got Her Coffee Tearful Customer Thanks Saddle Brook Officers Who Secretly Got Her Coffee
Tearful Customer Thanks Saddle Brook Officers Who Secretly Got Her Coffee SADDLE BROOK, N.J. -- A Dunkin Donuts customer was overwhelmed when a pair of Saddle Brook police officers paid for her Thursday morning coffee. Patrol Capt. John Zotollo and Detective Capt. Vincent Laurentino were in line in front of the woman at the Market Street shop around 10 a.m."Let me buy your coffee," she said. "They politely demurred," Police Chief Robert Kugler told Daily Voice. "When she wasn't looking, Zotollo paid for their coffee and left money to cover hers," the chief said. "Then they smiled and said goodbye." Both were gone when the…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Christie: Victim In Bergen/Rockland Hoboken Train Crash Killed By Debris Christie: Victim In Bergen/Rockland Hoboken Train Crash Killed By Debris Christie: Victim In Bergen/Rockland Hoboken Train Crash Killed By Debris
Christie: Victim In Bergen/Rockland Hoboken Train Crash Killed By Debris UPDATE: One victim was confirmed dead, and a total of 108 people were injured after a speeding Pascack Valley line New Jersey Transit train from Spring Valley slammed through a wall at the Hoboken station during the Thursday morning rush, authorities said. The fatal victim "wasn't on the train but was killed by debris," Gov. Chris Christie said at a 2 p.m. news conference in Hoboken with New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Next of kin were being notified, he said. The engineer of NJ Transit 7:23 a.m. No. 1614 train out of Spring Valley survived the 8:45 a.m. crash, was at a local h…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Grammy Winner From Fort Lee Admits Ducking $434,968 In Federal Income Tax Grammy Winner From Fort Lee Admits Ducking $434,968 In Federal Income Tax Grammy Winner From Fort Lee Admits Ducking $434,968 In Federal Income Tax
Grammy Winner From Fort Lee Admits Ducking $434,968 In Federal Income Tax FORT LEE, N.J. – Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, and music producer Mario Winans of Fort Lee admitted Thursday in federal court in Newark that he ducked $434,968 in taxes on more than $2.8 million of income over four years. Winans, 42, best known for his 2004 song "I Don't Wanna Know," pleaded guilty in U.S. District court to two counts of failing to file tax returns – for 2009 and 2010. He also admitted doing the same in 2009, 2011 and 2012, which U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman said will be taken into account when District Judge Esther Salas sentences Winans on Jan. 24, 2017. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Teens Nabbed In Pot Deal Near Paramus High School Teens Nabbed In Pot Deal Near Paramus High School Teens Nabbed In Pot Deal Near Paramus High School
Teens Nabbed In Pot Deal Near Paramus High School PARAMUS, N.J. -- Paramus police arrested a 19-year-old borough man and two juveniles from town who they said were involved in a pot deal near the high school. The adult was ordered held on $500 bail, while two boys -- one 17, the other 15 -- were released to their parents pending hearings in the Family Division of Superior Court in Hackensack, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said Thursday. The offenses involved possession and distribution of pot and pills, along with possession of a digital scale, grinder and other drug paraphernalia, Ehrenberg said. Acting on a tip, Detectives Glenn Pagano…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Alert Maywood Officer Grabs Hackensack Man In Overnight Car Burglaries Alert Maywood Officer Grabs Hackensack Man In Overnight Car Burglaries Alert Maywood Officer Grabs Hackensack Man In Overnight Car Burglaries
Alert Maywood Officer Grabs Hackensack Man In Overnight Car Burglaries MAYWOOD, N.J. -- An alert Maywood police officer nabbed a Hackensack man who authorities said was breaking into cars overnight Wednesday. Officer Greg Mulawka spotted several vehicles in the southern end of town with their dome lights on just after 4:30 a.m., Police Chief David Pegg told Daily Voice. Then he saw 38-year-old Robert Harris carrying several items and stopped him, the chief said Wednesday afternoon. Harris "provided false information regarding his identity, then fled on foot" but was quickly caught by Mulawka and Officer Shawn Patton, Pegg said. Harris resisted, thr…

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Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Seen Him? Garfield PD Says He's Gas Station Bandit Who Fled Into Store Seen Him? Garfield PD Says He's Gas Station Bandit Who Fled Into Store Seen Him? Garfield PD Says He's Gas Station Bandit Who Fled Into Store
Seen Him? Garfield PD Says He's Gas Station Bandit Who Fled Into Store GARFIELD, N.J. -- Garfield police on Wednesday released images of a man who they said swiped cash from a gas station before ducking into the new Burlington store, where swapped his clothing for new duds and vanished. The store was briefly evacuated last Saturday morning while police searched for the bandit who grabbed the money from the register at Valero on Passaic Street and then outran employees to the nearby shopping center, Capt. Raymond Kovach told Daily Voice. Police established a perimeter and called in a K9 unit, with negative results, Kovach said. Eventually, the operation was br…

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