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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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Tedesco: Bergenites Can Now Text 911 In Emergencies Tedesco: Bergenites Can Now Text 911 In Emergencies Tedesco: Bergenites Can Now Text 911 In Emergencies
Tedesco: Bergenites Can Now Text 911 In Emergencies MAHWAH, N.J. -- Anyone with an emergency in Bergen County will be able to text 911 under a new countywide system, County Executive Jim Tedesco announced Thursday. "Communication is critical [in an emergency] and calling 911 is still the best way to get help,” said Tedesco, a firefighter for more than 40 years."Being able to text 911 gives residents another option to contact the police and first responders." Texting 911 may be especially useful in situations when a potential victim is afraid of being overheard or if someone is being confined, Tedesco said. As with calls, text…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
Wanaque Motorcyclist Airlifted In West Milford Crash With Unlicensed Teen Wanaque Motorcyclist Airlifted In West Milford Crash With Unlicensed Teen Wanaque Motorcyclist Airlifted In West Milford Crash With Unlicensed Teen
Wanaque Motorcyclist Airlifted In West Milford Crash With Unlicensed Teen WEST MILFORD, N.J. -- AirMed One flew a 46-year-old Wanaque motorcyclist to Hackensack University Medical Center after he put down the bike to avoid slamming into a car driven by an unlicensed 16-year-old in West Milford, authorities said. Giuseppe Dimarco, 46, was headed north on Macopin Road when the southbound teen from West Orange made a left, cutting off his 2014 Yamaha, around 6 p.m. Wednesday, township police said in a news release. Dimarco "attempted to avoid collision and laid the motorcycle [on] the ground," they said. The bike rolled right and he went left, they said. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
$300K Bail For Fairview Cook Charged With Sexually Abusing Girl For 4 Years $300K Bail For Fairview Cook Charged With Sexually Abusing Girl For 4 Years $300K Bail For Fairview Cook Charged With Sexually Abusing Girl For 4 Years
$300K Bail For Fairview Cook Charged With Sexually Abusing Girl For 4 Years FAIRVIEW, N.J. – A judge ordered a 35-year-old Fairview cook held on $300,000 bail after authorities charged him with sexual abusing a girl for four years -- beginning before she turned 13. Ronald M. Granados had sex with the girl in both the borough and in Fort Lee, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said Thursday. Granados was charged with aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault, sexual assault by contact, criminal sexual contact and child endangerment, he said. The investigation by detectives from Grewal’s Special Victims Unit, along with Fairview and Fort Lee police, be…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Paterson Man Busted In Cliffside Park Undercover Heroin Deal Prosecutor: Paterson Man Busted In Cliffside Park Undercover Heroin Deal Prosecutor: Paterson Man Busted In Cliffside Park Undercover Heroin Deal
Prosecutor: Paterson Man Busted In Cliffside Park Undercover Heroin Deal CLIFFSIDE PARK, N.J. -- An undercover buy of 100 envelopes of heroin in Cliffside Park led to the arrest of a 20-year-old laborer from Paterson, authorities said Thursday. Eric Rivera was released pending a court hearing on drug distribution charges following the deal on Wednesday, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. The investigation was conducted by members of the prosecutor's Narcotic Task Force and Cliffside Park police, Grewal said. An Aug. 29 arraignment in Central Municipal Court in Hackensack was scheduled.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Four From Bergen, Passaic Charged In Statewide Child Porn Sweep Four From Bergen, Passaic Charged In Statewide Child Porn Sweep Four From Bergen, Passaic Charged In Statewide Child Porn Sweep
Four From Bergen, Passaic Charged In Statewide Child Porn Sweep Two men from Bergen County and two from Passaic County were among 40 charged by state authorities -- one in every county -- with trafficking in child pornography, authorities announced Thursday. Daily Voice previously wrote about Alfredo Vincente, 60, of Edgewater, who was taken into custody on July 21 by detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office after authorities said they found him downloading and sharing "images and videos depicting child exploitation." New Jersey Attorney General Christopher Porrino on Thursday identified others arrested the past several months as …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Passaic County Sheriff: Officers Catch Paterson Four With 2 Loaded Guns Passaic County Sheriff: Officers Catch Paterson Four With 2 Loaded Guns Passaic County Sheriff: Officers Catch Paterson Four With 2 Loaded Guns
Passaic County Sheriff: Officers Catch Paterson Four With 2 Loaded Guns PATERSON, N.J. -- Passaic County sheriff's officers responding to a report of shots fired overnight Thursday in Paterson arrested two ex-cons and two other men who they said had a pair of handguns. Officers Eric Fajardo and Patrick Holt spotted the group near the corner of East 19th Street and Park Avenue around 2:40 a.m., Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. Corporal Craig Goodson and Officers Rocco D’Ettorre, Jason Michaels, Reyes Hernandez and Alaa Matari assisted, and the group approached the quartet, he said. One of them -- identified as Gregory Polanco, 23 -- had a gun in his waistband, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Girl, Grandmother Die From Injuries In Little Ferry Fire Girl, Grandmother Die From Injuries In Little Ferry Fire Girl, Grandmother Die From Injuries In Little Ferry Fire
Girl, Grandmother Die From Injuries In Little Ferry Fire LITTLE FERRY, N.J. (UPDATE) -- A beloved 5-year-old girl rescued from a ferocious Little Ferry blaze Tuesday night and her grandmother both died on Wednesday. Little Maribella Colon died at Hackensack University Medical Center just before noon and her grandmother, Margaret, at St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston shortly after, Police Chief Ralph Verdi told Daily Voice. The girl "was the last one taken out," he said. "They were doing CPR on her at the scene." Margaret Colon was hospitalized with severe burns after firefighters carried her out through a window, the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Girl, Grandmother In Little Ferry House Fire Die Girl, Grandmother In Little Ferry House Fire Die Girl, Grandmother In Little Ferry House Fire Die
Girl, Grandmother In Little Ferry House Fire Die LITTLE FERRY, N.J. (UPDATE) -- A 5-year-old girl rescued from a ferocious Little Ferry blaze Tuesday night and her grandmother both died on Wednesday. Maribella died at Hackensack University Medical Center just before noon and her grandmother, Margaret, at St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston shortly after, Police Chief Ralph Verdi told Daily Voice. The girl "was the last one taken out," he said. "They were doing CPR on her at the scene." Maribella's grandmother was carried out by firefighters and hospitalized with severe burns, the chief said. Witnesses said an e…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Have You Seen Him? Lyndhurst Police Hunt $2,000 Gas Station Thief Have You Seen Him? Lyndhurst Police Hunt $2,000 Gas Station Thief Have You Seen Him? Lyndhurst Police Hunt $2,000 Gas Station Thief
Have You Seen Him? Lyndhurst Police Hunt $2,000 Gas Station Thief LYNDHURST, N.J. -- Lyndhurst police Wednesday night released surveillance photos of a man who they said swiped nearly $2,000 from an unsecured drawer at a local gas station. The thief entered the office area of the Shell Station on Ridge Road around 9 a.m. Wednesday while station attendants were busy with customers and snatched the money, Detective Vin Auteri said. He was described as black, about 6-foot-3 and 230 pounds, with a beard, tight corn rows and a right arm covered in tattoos. Anyone with information that can help the investigation is asked to call Lyndhurst police at (201) 939-2…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Passaic County Sheriff's Officers Grab Stolen Car Driver After Brief Chase Passaic County Sheriff's Officers Grab Stolen Car Driver After Brief Chase Passaic County Sheriff's Officers Grab Stolen Car Driver After Brief Chase
Passaic County Sheriff's Officers Grab Stolen Car Driver After Brief Chase PATERSON, N.J. -- A stolen-car chase in Paterson ended after only five blocks miles Wednesday morning with Passaic County sheriff's officers arresting the driver on several charges, authorities said. Officers Joseph Royce and Jason Katz were on patrol when they tried to stop the car at the intersection of Godwin Avenue and Carroll Street around 11:30 a.m., Sheriff Richard Berdnik said. Thiago Santos, 26, hit the gas instead, he said. He got only as far as Hamilton Avenue when the pursuit ended, the sheriff said. Santos as charged with theft, receiving stolen, property, eluding and resisti…

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