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
GWB Heroism: Port Authority Police Officer Tackles Teen Jumper GWB Heroism: Port Authority Police Officer Tackles Teen Jumper GWB Heroism: Port Authority Police Officer Tackles Teen Jumper
GWB Heroism: Port Authority Police Officer Tackles Teen Jumper FORT LEE, N.J -- A Port Authority police officer tackled a suicidal 17-year-old girl as she ran to the railing of the George Washington Bridge looking to jump Wednesday morning. The Princeton University preparatory student from Pennsylvania, who'd tried killing herself twice before, parked her BMW in Manhattan and walked to the bridge, authorities said. Around 10:30 a.m., Officer Theresa Jeffrey spotted her while transporting a prisoner, they said. The girl was crying. Concerned for the teen's welfare, Jeffrey doubled back and got out of her police cruiser. "Get back! Get back! I ju…

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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority Officer Tackles Girl, 17, Who Planned GWB Jump Port Authority Officer Tackles Girl, 17, Who Planned GWB Jump Port Authority Officer Tackles Girl, 17, Who Planned GWB Jump
Port Authority Officer Tackles Girl, 17, Who Planned GWB Jump FORT LEE, N.J -- A Port Authority police officer tackled a suicidal 17-year-old girl as she ran to the railing of the George Washington Bridge looking to jump Wednesday morning. The Princeton University preparatory student, who'd tried killing herself twice before, parked her BMW in Manhattan and walked to the bridge, authorities said. Around 10:30 a.m., Officer Theresa Jeffrey spotted her while transporting a prisoner, they said. The girl was crying. Concerned for the teen's welfare, Jeffrey doubled back and got out of her police cruiser. "Get back! Get back! I just want to die,&qu…

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah Route 287 Traffic Stop Leads To $30,000 Seized As Alleged Drug Money Mahwah Route 287 Traffic Stop Leads To $30,000 Seized As Alleged Drug Money Mahwah Route 287 Traffic Stop Leads To $30,000 Seized As Alleged Drug Money
Mahwah Route 287 Traffic Stop Leads To $30,000 Seized As Alleged Drug Money MAHWAH, N.J. -- A routine Mahwah police traffic stop produced $30,000 in suspected drug proceeds, authorities said. Officer Tyler Boucher stopped the 2007 Accura TSX with Pennsylvania license plates for “obstructing the flow of traffic and failing to keep right” on southbound Route 287 and got conflicting stories from the driver and passenger, Police Chief James N. Batelli said Wednesday. Boucher also spotted several cell phones in the vehicle, he said, so the officer got consent from the driver to search it. K-9 Remco was dispatched and “hit on several areas of the vehicle, indicating a p…

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Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Montvale Domestic Violence Pet Rescue Names Police Veteran New President Montvale Domestic Violence Pet Rescue Names Police Veteran New President Montvale Domestic Violence Pet Rescue Names Police Veteran New President
Montvale Domestic Violence Pet Rescue Names Police Veteran New President MONTVALE, N.J. -- A unique Montvale-based pet protection organization that helps domestic abuse victims named a popular Bergen County police veteran as its new president. Sgt. Gidget Petry of the Bergen County Sheriff's Office's Bureau of Police Services was promoted to the Shelter Our Pets presidency on Wednesday. Lynn Gregorski, the specialized agency's co-founder and last serving president for two consecutive terms, becomes vice president with a focus on fundraising and development. Petry "has been a friend, a mentor and a huge supporter of Shelter Our Pets," Lynn Gregorski sa…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen Prosecutor: NYC Men In Hackensack Stop Had 9 Pounds Of Cocaine, Gun Bergen Prosecutor: NYC Men In Hackensack Stop Had 9 Pounds Of Cocaine, Gun Bergen Prosecutor: NYC Men In Hackensack Stop Had 9 Pounds Of Cocaine, Gun
Bergen Prosecutor: NYC Men In Hackensack Stop Had 9 Pounds Of Cocaine, Gun HACKENSACK, N.J. – A Hackensack traffic stop of two New York City men turned up nearly nine pounds of cocaine and an automatic weapon, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said Tuesday. Jason L. Scott, 31, a mail carrier from the Springfield Gardens section of Queens, and Shaun A. Henry, 32, his unemployed passenger from Brooklyn, were ordered held on $150,000 bail each in the Bergen County Jail, charged with drug and weapons offenses, the prosecutor said. Detectives from his department, along with Bergen County Sheriff’s officers and Hackensack police stopped the pair Monday fo…

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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Worker Finds Civil War-Era Canonball In Leonia Basement Worker Finds Civil War-Era Canonball In Leonia Basement Worker Finds Civil War-Era Canonball In Leonia Basement
Worker Finds Civil War-Era Canonball In Leonia Basement LEONIA, N.J. -- A worker renovating a Leonia house for its new owner discovered a Civil War-era cannonball Tuesday, police said. Police got the call around 10:45 a.m. after the round shot ammunition was found on a basement window sill at the house at 114 Leonia Ave., Capt. Scott Tamagny told Daily Voice. "Because it was not solid, we were concerned it could contain a charge or explosive powder," Tamagny said said. The Bergen County Sheriff's Bomb Squad "removed it, x-rayed it and disposed of it safely," he said. "The prior house owner was a history buff," the…

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Rutherford, NJ
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East Rutherford Police: Man Who Beat, Poured Bleach On Ex Still At Large East Rutherford Police: Man Who Beat, Poured Bleach On Ex Still At Large East Rutherford Police: Man Who Beat, Poured Bleach On Ex Still At Large
East Rutherford Police: Man Who Beat, Poured Bleach On Ex Still At Large EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- A man who East Rutherford police said urinated on an ex-girlfriend's floor and then punched and poured bleach on her more than two months ago was still on the loose Thursday, said authorities who are seeking the public's help finding him. Andrew Kazmierzak, 28, lives either in Paterson or the Bronx, Police Chief Larry Minda said. Kazmierzak went to the 26-year-old victim's house in the Monarch Apartments on Schindler Court on Sept. 13 "to talk" but got into an argument with her, the chief said. He urinated on the floor, after which she got the bleach -- w…

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Route 208 Overpass Crash Closes Highway's Right Lane Route 208 Overpass Crash Closes Highway's Right Lane Route 208 Overpass Crash Closes Highway's Right Lane
Route 208 Overpass Crash Closes Highway's Right Lane FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- The right lane of southbound Route 208 was closed Tuesday afternoon after a car struck a guardrail in front of a protective barrier at the Maple Avenue overpass. The female driver apparently wasn't injured after the 2:20 p.m. crash, which left a large antifreeze spill on the road. Fair Lawn and Glen Rock police responded. Firefighters were being summoned to address the spill.

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Paterson, NJ
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Arrest Made In Clifton Bank Robbery Arrest Made In Clifton Bank Robbery Arrest Made In Clifton Bank Robbery
Arrest Made In Clifton Bank Robbery CLIFTON, N.J. -- A homeless man accused of robbing a Clifton bank was arrested after holding up another in Union City, authorities said Tuesday. Robert C. Hill, 60, was taken into custody last Tuesday following the robbery of a TD Bank in Hudson County, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. Detectives from Union City and Jersey City determined that Hill also was responsible for the robbery of a Boiling Springs Bank branch at Clifton Commons just before noon on Aug. 25, Bracken said. Clifton police issued surveillance images following that holdup. The robber, wearing a baseball cap with an A…

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Moonachie Police: Teterboro Arrests Rise To 48 So Far This Year Moonachie Police: Teterboro Arrests Rise To 48 So Far This Year Moonachie Police: Teterboro Arrests Rise To 48 So Far This Year
Moonachie Police: Teterboro Arrests Rise To 48 So Far This Year MOONACHIE, N.J. -- Moonachie police made their 47th and 48th arrests of the year in Teterboro this year. Officer Scott Lemongello smelled marijuana after stopping a vehicle on Green Street on Thursday, Detective Sgt. Anthony Fugnitti said Tuesday. Asked if he had pot, 30-year-old Fabrizio German-Santana admitted that he did, Fugnitti said. German-Santana was released on court summonses charging him with drug possession in a motor vehicle and not having a valid driver's license. The 48th Teterboro arrest occurred Monday, when Officers John Bussanich and Kelly Ricardo picked up an accused s…

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