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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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Woman, 36, In Elmwood Park Fire ID'd, Video Shows Blaze's Intensity Woman, 36, In Elmwood Park Fire ID'd, Video Shows Blaze's Intensity Woman, 36, In Elmwood Park Fire ID'd, Video Shows Blaze's Intensity
Woman, 36, In Elmwood Park Fire ID'd, Video Shows Blaze's Intensity ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. -- A video posted by a veteran photographer shows the intensity of an Elmwood Park house fire in which the body of a 36-year-old woman was found. The Bergen County Medical Examiner's Office identified Valeriya Vezhdel (photo, above) after an autopsy Wednesday following the Miller Avenue blaze the night before, Police Chief Michael Foligno said Thursday morning. The nearly 10-minute video recorded by Michael Villanova -- under the YouTube handle homer218 -- shows what responding firefighters were met with. They had the blaze under control within a half-hour. ****** MORE…

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Wayne Police Seize More Than 100 Bags Of Heroin In Separate Stops Wayne Police Seize More Than 100 Bags Of Heroin In Separate Stops Wayne Police Seize More Than 100 Bags Of Heroin In Separate Stops
Wayne Police Seize More Than 100 Bags Of Heroin In Separate Stops WAYNE, N.J. -- Wayne police seized more than 100 bags of heroin and arrested a pair of 21-year-old drivers in separate stops on Route 23. The first occurred Monday afternoon, when Officer Robert Fernandez of the Uniformed Enforcement Squad (UES) stopped a Toyota Camry in front of the Kohls department store on northbound Route 23 for having no brake lights, Capt. Laurence Martin said. The license plates were registered to a 2007 white Ford Focus, he said. The driver, Steven C. Scalici of Warwick, N.Y., "could not provide any vehicle registration paperwork for the Toyota or why the plat…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Route 4 Jammed Each Way- After Separate Hackensack Crashes Route 4 Jammed Each Way- After Separate Hackensack Crashes Route 4 Jammed Each Way- After Separate Hackensack Crashes
Route 4 Jammed Each Way- After Separate Hackensack Crashes HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Separate crashes Thursday morning had eastbound Route 4 backed up fro Paramus to Fort Lee and westbound Route 4 from Teaneck to Paramus. The crashes occurred in the left lane on each side near The Shops at Riverside (aka Riverside Square Mall) in Hackensack.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bridgeport, CT
Breaking News
Wig-Wearing 'Buff Bod Bandit' Who Robbed CT Banks Gets 13½ Years In Prison Wig-Wearing 'Buff Bod Bandit' Who Robbed CT Banks Gets 13½ Years In Prison Wig-Wearing 'Buff Bod Bandit' Who Robbed CT Banks Gets 13½ Years In Prison
Wig-Wearing 'Buff Bod Bandit' Who Robbed CT Banks Gets 13½ Years In Prison GLEN ROCK, N.J. --A 53-year-old White Plains woman dubbed the “Buff Bod Bandit” was sentenced Wednesday to 13½ years in federal prison for robbing a Glen Rock, N.J., bank of $112,900 and using an elderly victim’s checks to steal $198,750. Michelle Cantatore made headlines after authorities said she used a variety of disguises during holdups – including a bright red wig and sunglasses in the Feb. 15, 2015 robbery of the Glen Rock Savings Bank. She also admitted using a paintball gun fashioned to look like an actual firearm to threaten tellers and customers in that holdup – as well as in robb…

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by Jerry DeMarco
White Plains, NY
Breaking News
Wig-Wearing White Plains 'Buff Bod Bandit' Gets 13½ Years In Bank Robbery Wig-Wearing White Plains 'Buff Bod Bandit' Gets 13½ Years In Bank Robbery Wig-Wearing White Plains 'Buff Bod Bandit' Gets 13½ Years In Bank Robbery
Wig-Wearing White Plains 'Buff Bod Bandit' Gets 13½ Years In Bank Robbery WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- A 53-year-old White Plains woman dubbed the “Buff Bod Bandit” was sentenced Wednesday to 13½ years in federal prison for robbing a Glen Rock, N.J., bank of $112,900 and using an elderly victim’s checks to steal $198,750. Michelle Cantatore made headlines after authorities said she used a variety of disguises during holdups – including a bright red wig and sunglasses in the Feb. 15, 2015 robbery of the Glen Rock Savings Bank. She also admitted using a paintball gun fashioned to look like an actual firearm to threaten tellers and customers in that holdup – as well as in …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Wig-Wearing 'Buff Bod Bandit' Gets 13½ Years In Glen Rock Bank Robbery Wig-Wearing 'Buff Bod Bandit' Gets 13½ Years In Glen Rock Bank Robbery Wig-Wearing 'Buff Bod Bandit' Gets 13½ Years In Glen Rock Bank Robbery
Wig-Wearing 'Buff Bod Bandit' Gets 13½ Years In Glen Rock Bank Robbery GLEN ROCK, N.J. -- A 53-year-old White Plains woman dubbed the “Buff Bod Bandit” was sentenced Wednesday to 13½ years in federal prison for robbing a Glen Rock, N.J., bank of $112,900 and using an elderly victim’s checks to steal $198,750. Michelle Cantatore made headlines after authorities said she used a variety of disguises during holdups – including a bright red wig and sunglasses in the Feb. 15, 2015 robbery of the Glen Rock Savings Bank. She also admitted using a paintball gun fashioned to look like an actual firearm to threaten tellers and customers in that holdup – as well as in r…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Wyckoff Police Veteran With Distinguished Record Named Acting Chief Wyckoff Police Veteran With Distinguished Record Named Acting Chief Wyckoff Police Veteran With Distinguished Record Named Acting Chief
Wyckoff Police Veteran With Distinguished Record Named Acting Chief WYCKOFF, N.J. -- Wyckoff Police Lt. David Murphy was named acting chief by the Township Committee Tuesday night, replacing disgraced former Chief Benjamin Fox. Murphy had been running the department the past several weeks after an email surfaced in which Fox advocated racial profiling. Last month, the council busted Fox to patrolman and suspended him for 180 days without pay after acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal found that the email violated state Attorney General guidelines. “Under the supervision of Lt. Murphy and his hardworking team, our police department has implement…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Wayne PD: Man Banned From Mall Used Stolen Cards In $3,000 Shopping Spree Wayne PD: Man Banned From Mall Used Stolen Cards In $3,000 Shopping Spree Wayne PD: Man Banned From Mall Used Stolen Cards In $3,000 Shopping Spree
Wayne PD: Man Banned From Mall Used Stolen Cards In $3,000 Shopping Spree WAYNE, NJ. -- A Paterson man banned from the Willowbrook Mall returned and used credit cards and identification he swiped from a woman he'd befriended, Wayne police said Tuesday. Darryl Williamson, 42, also used credit cards stolen from vehicles during a $3,000 shopping spree at Victoria’s Secret, Old Navy and a mall kiosk, Capt. Laurence Martin said. Officers responded to a trespasser call from a mall security officer who gave them a form signed by Williamson forbidding him from being there, Martin said. They took custody of Williamson, who also had an outstanding warrant from Rutherford,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
PHOTOS: Authorities Trying To ID Woman Found Dead In Elmwood Park Fire PHOTOS: Authorities Trying To ID Woman Found Dead In Elmwood Park Fire PHOTOS: Authorities Trying To ID Woman Found Dead In Elmwood Park Fire
Photos: Authorities Trying To ID Woman Found Dead In Elmwood Park Fire ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. -- A woman whose body was found after flames blew through the roof of an Elmwood Park two-family Tuesday night was burned so badly that the county medical examiner had to conduct an autopsy to help identify her, authorities said. UPDATE: A video posted by a veteran photographer shows the intensity of an Elmwood Park house fire in which the body of a 36-year-old woman was found. Authorities identified her Thursday. "If it's who we believe, she's in her early 30s," Police Chief Michael Foligno told Daily Voice. The autopsy by the Bergen County Medical Examiner's …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Paterson's Pascrell Calls On FBI Director To Release Financial Crisis Files Paterson's Pascrell Calls On FBI Director To Release Financial Crisis Files Paterson's Pascrell Calls On FBI Director To Release Financial Crisis Files
Paterson's Pascrell Calls On FBI Director To Release Financial Crisis Files PATERSON, N.J. -- U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr. of Paterson called on the FBI to release unclassified case files from the agency's investigation into the banking institutions at the center of the 2008 financial crisis. In a letter to FBI Director James Comey, Pascrell (D-NJ) asked: "Why weren't there any executives prosecuted following the massive fraud foisted upon the American people in the run-up to 2008?" The bureau's response to what happened in the country's worst economic disaster since the Great Depression "can teach us how to approach such disasters as lawmakers,"…

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