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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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Teterboro Supplement, Vitamin Shoplifter 51st Arrest For Moonachie Police Teterboro Supplement, Vitamin Shoplifter 51st Arrest For Moonachie Police Teterboro Supplement, Vitamin Shoplifter 51st Arrest For Moonachie Police
Teterboro Supplement, Vitamin Shoplifter 51st Arrest For Moonachie Police MOONACHIE, N.J. -- Moonachie police made their 51st arrest in Teterboro when they took into custody a 67-year-old New York City woman who Walmart security officers said tried to walk out with $238.65 worth of supplements and vitamins. Hami Lin was released on a court summons followig her arrest Tuesday, Detective Sgt. Anthony Fugnitti told Daily Voice. Moonachie police made 45 Teterboro arrests all of last year. Before Walmart and Costco opened in Teterboro, Moonachie police averaged seven to 14 arrests a year out of the southern end of the tiny borough. They now cover the entire town. St…

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
$1.28M Anti-Heroin Grant Joins Enforcement, Treatment $1.28M Anti-Heroin Grant Joins Enforcement, Treatment $1.28M Anti-Heroin Grant Joins Enforcement, Treatment
$1.28M Anti-Heroin Grant Joins Enforcement, Treatment A $1.28 million federal grant will help fund innovative law enforcement initiative to battle the heroin epidemic by pairing enforcement with treatment, U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. of Paterson announced Thursday. "We must do all that we can to ensure people are receiving the care they need, while also ensuring that law enforcement officials have the resources to crack down on unlawful heroin and prescription opioid traffickers throughout our state,” said Pascrell (D-NJ) in announcing the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) grant funding through the COPS Anti-Heroin Task Force Pr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Disgarded Kid's Toy In Box Brings Bergen Bomb Squad To Tenafly Supermarket Disgarded Kid's Toy In Box Brings Bergen Bomb Squad To Tenafly Supermarket Disgarded Kid's Toy In Box Brings Bergen Bomb Squad To Tenafly Supermarket
Disgarded Kid's Toy In Box Brings Bergen Bomb Squad To Tenafly Supermarket TENAFLY, N.J. -- A child’s old plastic toy, “probably left as garbage,” brought the Bergen County Sheriff’s Bomb Squad after it was found in a small cardboard box in a plastic bag left Thursday morning outside the Tenafly Stop & Shop, borough police said. Borough police notified the bomb squad after the call came in from the West Railroad Avenue supermarket shopping center at 10:43 a.m., Capt. Michael deMoncada said. “ The area was secured and a bomb technician was able to approach and X-ray the package,” left near a garbage can, deMoncada said. “The package was deemed safe a short time…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
PHOTOS: Paramus, Paterson Motorcycle Officers OK After Training Crash PHOTOS: Paramus, Paterson Motorcycle Officers OK After Training Crash PHOTOS: Paramus, Paterson Motorcycle Officers OK After Training Crash
Photos: Paramus, Paterson Motorcycle Officers OK After Training Crash OAKLAND, N.J. -- Two motorcycle police trainees on a practice run -- one from Paramus and the other from Paterson -- survived a crash Wednesday night in Oakland, multiple law enforcement sources told Daily Voice. One had stopped traffic and the other crashed into him, they confirmed. The officers -- one of whom responders said was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center and the other to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center -- were training for certification when the crash occurred on Route 202 at Court House Place, a law enforcement colleague told Daily Voice. "They were both ba…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Bomb Scare: Suspicious Shoes Found At Ridgewood Train Station Harmless Bomb Scare: Suspicious Shoes Found At Ridgewood Train Station Harmless Bomb Scare: Suspicious Shoes Found At Ridgewood Train Station Harmless
Bomb Scare: Suspicious Shoes Found At Ridgewood Train Station Harmless RIDGEWOOD, N.J. (UPDATE) -- What turned out to be a harmless pair of shoes found under a bench on at the Ridgewood train station temporarily shut down service and forced area roads closed. An NJ Transit officer noticed the shoes under a platform bench around 8:45 a.m. and notified superiors, who summoned the Bergen County Sheriff's Bomb Squad. "The shoes had some type of wire under them," NJT's Lisa Torbic told Daily Voice. "Turned out they were harmless." Village police closed down area streets during the removal and the Main/ Bergen and Port Jervis lines were temporar…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Paramus, Paterson Motorcycle Officers OK After Training Crash In Oakland Paramus, Paterson Motorcycle Officers OK After Training Crash In Oakland Paramus, Paterson Motorcycle Officers OK After Training Crash In Oakland
Paramus, Paterson Motorcycle Officers OK After Training Crash In Oakland OAKLAND, N.J. -- Two motorcycle police trainees on a practice run -- one from Paramus and the other from Paterson -- survived a crash Wednesday night in Oakland, multiple law enforcement sources told Daily Voice. One had stopped traffic and the other crashed into him, they confirmed. The officers -- one of whom responders said was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center and the other to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center -- were training for certification when the crash occurred on Route 202 at Court House Place, a law enforcement colleague told Daily Voice. "They were both ba…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Firefighters Quickly Douse Electrical Blaze At Paramus Shopping Center Firefighters Quickly Douse Electrical Blaze At Paramus Shopping Center Firefighters Quickly Douse Electrical Blaze At Paramus Shopping Center
Firefighters Quickly Douse Electrical Blaze At Paramus Shopping Center PARAMUS, N.J. -- Firefighters quickly controlled a power station fire in a parking deck Wednesday night that extended into an adjoining crawl space in a cluster of stores at the Fashion Center mall in Paramus. No injuries were reported in the electrical fire, which broke out just after 9 p.m. and affected the Best Buy, Fairway Market and Blimpie off East Ridgewood Avenue. Oradell firefighters also responded, and their Fair Lawn colleagues provided mutual aid. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Oradell Spa Owner Charged With Prostitution Oradell Spa Owner Charged With Prostitution Oradell Spa Owner Charged With Prostitution
Oradell Spa Owner Charged With Prostitution ORADELL, N.J. -- An Oradell spa owner sold sex for money, said authorities who arrested her on Wednesday. Jenny Dan, 51, of Queens was released on a summons charging her with soliciting an undercover officer for sex at Season Spa on Kinderkamack Road following a month-long investigation, Capt. William Wicker said. Wicker, the department's officer in charge, said members of the the Bergen County Prosecutor's Special Investigations Squad assisted.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Have You Seen Her? 'Person Of Interest' Sought In Paramus Handbag Theft Have You Seen Her? 'Person Of Interest' Sought In Paramus Handbag Theft Have You Seen Her? 'Person Of Interest' Sought In Paramus Handbag Theft
Have You Seen Her? 'Person Of Interest' Sought In Paramus Handbag Theft PARAMUS, N.J. -- Paramus police turned to the public for help Wednesday in finding a "person of interest" in a handbag theft. It was 12:25 a.m. Aug. 28, a Sunday, when the bag was snatched at the Orange Lantern Restaurant, police said. Anyone who sees the woman in the photo, knows her or has information that could help the investigation is asked to contact Paramus police at (201) 262-3400, ext. 1428, or use the department's TIPS app on Facebook or at www.paramuspolice.org.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
East Rutherford Supports Law Enforcement With Blue Line Down Streets East Rutherford Supports Law Enforcement With Blue Line Down Streets East Rutherford Supports Law Enforcement With Blue Line Down Streets
East Rutherford Supports Law Enforcement With Blue Line Down Streets EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- It began last year with small blue lines painted on curbs -- and now a growing nationwide trend has come to East Rutherford, where police will be honored with a blue line running down Patterson Avenue and Hackensack Street. "This is just a small way for us to say 'Thank you' to our local police and police across the country who put their lives on the line every day," borough Councilman Joel Brizzi told Daily Voice. Brizzi introduced the resolution, which the council approved 4-0, to paint the lines near police headquarters. Carlstadt joined the trend, as…

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