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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Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Washington Township Police Officer OK After Crash Washington Township Police Officer OK After Crash Washington Township Police Officer OK After Crash
Washington Township Police Officer OK After Crash WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- A Washington Township police officer's cruiser was struck by another vehicle as she headed to a burglar alarm, the Pascack Press reported. Officer Heather Castronova was passing a row of stopped cars on Pascack Road with the cruiser's lights and siren on just after 4 p.m. Thursday when the driver of the car in front pulled out to make a left, according to Capt. Gregg Hackbarth, the report says. Her car hit the cruiser, damaging her car and flattening the tire on the officer's vehicle, it says. Castronova told Daliy Voice she wasn't seriously injured -- "ju…

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Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Bergenfield Police Offer First Mobile Safety App In U.S. Bergenfield Police Offer First Mobile Safety App In U.S. Bergenfield Police Offer First Mobile Safety App In U.S.
Bergenfield Police Offer First Mobile Safety App In U.S. BERGENFIELD, N.J. -- The Bergenfield Police Department has become the first in the United States to offer a mobile safety app. The app -- which previously was offered only by colleges and universities -- "will allow residents hand held access to the police department, as well as safety tools and disaster tips -- to name a few of the features," Police Chief Cathy Madalone said. "The best feature of all is that it is free of cost to anyone who would like to download the app onto their android or apple devices," she said. AppArmor created the custom mobile safety app, wh…

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah Seeks Police Dispatchers Mahwah Seeks Police Dispatchers Mahwah Seeks Police Dispatchers
Mahwah Seeks Police Dispatchers MAHWAH, N.J. -- The Mahwah Police Department is hiring per diem dispatchers. Applicants must have a high school diploma and GED, along with a valid driver's license (from any state). The eligible applicant also must have completed the 40-hour basic tele-communicator class, the 32-hour EMD class and the 8-hour CPR class. It pays $14 to $18 per hour, depending on experience. APPLY/INFO: [email protected] (Capt. Stuart Blank)

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
State Fines 9 Bergen County Home Health Care Firms, Three In Hackensack State Fines 9 Bergen County Home Health Care Firms, Three In Hackensack State Fines 9 Bergen County Home Health Care Firms, Three In Hackensack
State Fines 9 Bergen County Home Health Care Firms, Three In Hackensack Ten home health care firms in Bergen County and one in Passaic County were among three dozen fined by the state for violations ranging from sloppy record-keeping to sending unqualified caregivers into patients' homes. Three are in Hackensack and two in Englewood. Others are in Bergenfield, Englewood Cliffs, Fort Lee and Teaneck (see list, below). The New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs issued Notices of Violations (NOVs) seeking $242,850 in civil penalties for "alleged violations of the statutes and regulations governing agencies that place caregivers in the homes of senior citizen…

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Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Rutherford Firefighters Douse Home Ceiling Blaze Rutherford Firefighters Douse Home Ceiling Blaze Rutherford Firefighters Douse Home Ceiling Blaze
Rutherford Firefighters Douse Home Ceiling Blaze RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Firefighters had to cut through the roof to put down a Rutherford house blaze Friday morning. No injuries were reported in the two-alarm Belford Avenue ranch house ceiling fire, called in by a plumber who responders said ignited the blaze while doing work there. A Wallington FAST unit also responded. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Lyndhurst Police: Alert Officer Nabs Early-Morning School Burglar Lyndhurst Police: Alert Officer Nabs Early-Morning School Burglar Lyndhurst Police: Alert Officer Nabs Early-Morning School Burglar
Lyndhurst Police: Alert Officer Nabs Early-Morning School Burglar LYNDHURST, N.J. -- A Lyndhurst police officer on the lookout for a burglar who bolted after he broke into a local school and stole computer equipment early Friday arrested a 46-year-old Morristown man hours later, authorities said. A female custodian who was cleaning a second-floor classrom in the otherwise empty Community School on Valley Brook Avenue around 7:30 a.m. told police she went downstairs after hearing a noise and chased off an intruder who dropped a bag of stolen items that he was carrying, Capt. John Valente said. She followed him out of the building as he ran west on Valley B…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Passaic Sheriff: Detectives Find Loaded Assault Rifle On Pair In Paterson Passaic Sheriff: Detectives Find Loaded Assault Rifle On Pair In Paterson Passaic Sheriff: Detectives Find Loaded Assault Rifle On Pair In Paterson
Passaic Sheriff: Detectives Find Loaded Assault Rifle On Pair In Paterson PATERSON, N.J. -- A tipster led Passaic County narcotics detectives to an ex-con and a companion who they said were carrying an assault rifle with a loaded high-capacity magazine during a Paterson traffic stop, authorities said Friday. Detectives armed with the tip saw Luis Rivas-Clase, 28, of of Queens and Brian Peralta-Rodriguez, 20, of Paterson get into a tinted-window Mercedes that sped off Friday afternoon from 12th Avenue and East 19th Street, Sheriff Richard H Berdnik said. They stopped the car for both violations and spotted the driver, Rivas-Clase, "moving about the vehicle,&q…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Weather
Sweatin' The 90s: North Jersey Late Summer Heat Here 'Till Saturday Night Sweatin' The 90s: North Jersey Late Summer Heat Here 'Till Saturday Night Sweatin' The 90s: North Jersey Late Summer Heat Here 'Till Saturday Night
Sweatin' The 90s: North Jersey Late Summer Heat Here 'Till Saturday Night A record that's lasted more than a century could be threatened Friday when temperatures in North Jersey push into the 90s. New York City’s record of 94 degrees was set in 1915. Newark’s record is 98, which goes back to 1964. "[I] don’t think we get to 98 at Newark," meteorologist Joe Cioffi said, "but 90 to 95 will be the general range." Interestingly, temperatures last year in Newark hit 98 on Sept. 8. "A weak weather front is going to be moving through and stalling out just to our south and then coming back north Friday night into Saturday morning," Cioffi …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
You Can Join In Fourth 9/11 Fund-Raising Run From Ridgewood To WTC You Can Join In Fourth 9/11 Fund-Raising Run From Ridgewood To WTC You Can Join In Fourth 9/11 Fund-Raising Run From Ridgewood To WTC
You Can Join In Fourth 9/11 Fund-Raising Run From Ridgewood To WTC RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -– Retired Fairview Police Chief Frank Del Vecchio will run 25.6 miles from Ridgewood to the World Trade Center for the fourth straight year on 9/11 -- accompanied by police officers and elected officials -- to raise money to help the homeless and fight drug addiction. The 26-mile Run For Hope Foundation run/bike will begin at 7:45 a.m. Sunday at the village's Wild Duck Pond across from 1200 East Ridgewood Avenue. It's expected to reach the WTC memorial around 11 a.m. Citizens are encouraged to join in either running or biking. The course travels through Maywood, Hackensa…

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Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Breaking News
Ex-Demarest Man Who Wore Government Wire In Massive Tax Fraud Cops Plea Ex-Demarest Man Who Wore Government Wire In Massive Tax Fraud Cops Plea Ex-Demarest Man Who Wore Government Wire In Massive Tax Fraud Cops Plea
Ex-Demarest Man Who Wore Government Wire In Massive Tax Fraud Cops Plea DEMAREST, N.J. – A former Demarest businessman who helped federal authorities crack one of the largest, longest-running income tax scams ever admitted Thursday that he deposited more than $4.7 million in fraudulently obtained refund checks. Robert Diaz, 47, wore a wire for the government after Bergen County Police officers helped lead authorities to a ring responsible for filing 8,000 fraudulent U.S. income tax returns aimed at hauling in $65 million in illicit refunds. Diaz “purportedly worked in the grocery business, resided in a house worth more than $1.6 million, and paid more than $13,…

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