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.

Jerry DeMarco's Contributions

Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Fairview Police Plan National Night Out Surprise Fairview Police Plan National Night Out Surprise Fairview Police Plan National Night Out Surprise
Fairview Police Plan National Night Out Surprise FAIRVIEW, N.J. -- As part of a major National Night Out celebration on Tuesday, Fairview police will unveil a special vehicle -- half police car/half taxi. The makeover, sponsored by a local cab company and handled by MAACO, aims to spread a simple message: If you drink, choose wisely. You can take a cab -- or, if you get behind the wheel, end up in a police car, Police Chief Martin Kahn explained. "It's a reminder to be responsible," he said. Sponsored by the Fairview Chamber of Commerce, the National Night Out event at the Babe Ruth Field on Sedore Avenue runs from 6 to 9 p.m.…

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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Edgewater Man Charged In $9,000,000 Go-Go Bar Credit Card Scam Edgewater Man Charged In $9,000,000 Go-Go Bar Credit Card Scam Edgewater Man Charged In $9,000,000 Go-Go Bar Credit Card Scam
Edgewater Man Charged In $9,000,000 Go-Go Bar Credit Card Scam EDGEWATER, N.J. -- An Edgewater man participated in a $9 million scheme that victimized patrons of a Morris County go-go bar while laundering proceeds through gift cards, state authorities charged. Kevin Bae, 28, was among several people charged -- including the bar owner and his wife -- following a 10-month investigation dubbed "Operation Smiles." Bae processed transactions with the stolen credit cards and illegally acquired gift cards at the Roxbury club, known as Smiles II, acting Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino said Friday. “These defendants allegedly racked up millio…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Fort Lee Pre-K Teacher Stole $500G From Assisted Living Victim Prosecutor: Fort Lee Pre-K Teacher Stole $500G From Assisted Living Victim Prosecutor: Fort Lee Pre-K Teacher Stole $500G From Assisted Living Victim
Prosecutor: Fort Lee Pre-K Teacher Stole $500G From Assisted Living Victim FORT LEE, N.J. -- A pre-school teacher from Fort Lee drained more than $500,000 from the account of a senior citizen who ended up unable to afford the care she needed in an assisted living facility, said authorities who arrested him Friday morning. Benjamin K. Yew, 33, was ordered held on $75,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail on computer-related theft and elder-related abuse charges. Detectives of the county prosecutor's White Collar Crimes Unit made the case after receiving a complaint. Kew was "given power of attorney over a senior citizen who resided in a Bergen County based senio…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
GWB Records 2nd Good Samaritan Save Of Would-Be Suicide Jumper In 2 Days GWB Records 2nd Good Samaritan Save Of Would-Be Suicide Jumper In 2 Days GWB Records 2nd Good Samaritan Save Of Would-Be Suicide Jumper In 2 Days
GWB Records 2nd Good Samaritan Save Of Would-Be Suicide Jumper In 2 Days FORT LEE, N.J. -- For the second day in a row, a good Samaritan kept a suicidal person from jumping off the George Washington Bridge, authoritie said. A passing bicyclist stopped the 19-year-old Franklin, Mass. man, who'd tethered his dog to the railing on the south walkway before he began trying to climb over around 5:20 p.m., the Port Authority's Joseph Pentangelo told Daily Voice. METs took the man to Bergen Rebional Medical Center. The dog was in the care of Port Authority police. The cyclist asked to remain anonymous. On Wednesday, a River Vale woodworker who used to work as a New Mi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority PD: Florida Man Who Threatened To Kill Police Had Loaded Gun Port Authority PD: Florida Man Who Threatened To Kill Police Had Loaded Gun Port Authority PD: Florida Man Who Threatened To Kill Police Had Loaded Gun
Port Authority PD: Florida Man Who Threatened To Kill Police Had Loaded Gun A Florida man who a witness said threatened to kill police had a loaded gun in his bag when Port Authority officers stopped him at the authority bus terminal in Manhattan, the PAPD said. The good Samaritan told officers at the mid-Manhattan terminal Wednesday afternoon that 18-year-old Hunter Taylor had been "making statements in reference to killing police officers," the authority's Joseph Pentangelo told Daily Voice. He then "opened his bag and showed a firearm to the witness, who alerted Port Authority police," he said. They took Taylor into custody and obtained a s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Obituaries
Funeral Friday For Fairview's Point Diner Owner Sam Athanas Funeral Friday For Fairview's Point Diner Owner Sam Athanas Funeral Friday For Fairview's Point Diner Owner Sam Athanas
Funeral Friday For Fairview's Point Diner Owner Sam Athanas FAIRVIEW, N.J. -- Funeral services were scheduled for Friday for Sam Athanas, who owned the landmark Fairview diner The Point for 55 years. Athanas, 86, died suddenly at his Edgewater home early Tuesday as he was planning to leave for a vacation in Greece. Athana was born in Thisvi, Greece in March 1930. He bought the Point in 1961 and, over the years, adorned it with nostalgic images -- including a huge Palisades Amusement Park mural in the main dining room and another enormous painting above the main entrance. There's also the smiling caricature of him that greets all customers. Athana…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Good Samaritan Helps Rescue Dangling GWB Suicide Jumper Good Samaritan Helps Rescue Dangling GWB Suicide Jumper Good Samaritan Helps Rescue Dangling GWB Suicide Jumper
Good Samaritan Helps Rescue Dangling GWB Suicide Jumper FORT LEE, N.J. -- Jason Kesselman of River Vale couldn't recall the words he used Wednesday morning to keep a suicidal man clinging to the outer railing of the George Washington Bridge until police got there. "I've tried to remember, but I don't know exactly what I said," the former New Milford auxiliary police officer told Daily Voice hours later. "It all just happened. Me and another guy who was there basically let him know we were there for him, that it wasn't worth it." Kesselman, a 44-year-old father of three, was headed to his woodworking job at family-owned Design…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Moonachie Police Up To 41 Arrests In Teterboro For 2016 Moonachie Police Up To 41 Arrests In Teterboro For 2016 Moonachie Police Up To 41 Arrests In Teterboro For 2016
Moonachie Police Up To 41 Arrests In Teterboro For 2016 MOONACHIE, N.J. -- Moonachie police could end up making 70 arrests this year in Teterboro, if trends continue -- nearly all of them of shoplifters from the new big-box stores. As of Wednesday, they'd made 41 arrests -- four fewer than all of last year. Quasheema Frye, 26, and Nikkie Smith, 37, of Paterson were fleeing the Walmart with a juvenile Tuesday afternoon when responding officers stopped their van, Sgt. Anthony Fugnitti said. Inside the vehicle was $382 worth of shoplifted merchandise, he said. All were released pending court hearings.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Former Auxiliary Officer Helps Rescue Would-Be Jumper On GWB Former Auxiliary Officer Helps Rescue Would-Be Jumper On GWB Former Auxiliary Officer Helps Rescue Would-Be Jumper On GWB
Former Auxiliary Officer Helps Rescue Would-Be Jumper On GWB FORT LEE, N.J. -- Jason Kesselman of River Vale couldn't recall the words he used Wednesday morning to keep a suicidal man clinging to the outer railing of the George Washington Bridge until police got there. "I've tried to remember, but I don't know exactly what I said," the former New Milford auxiliary police officer told Daily Voice hours later. "It all just happened. Me and another guy who was there basically let him know we were there for him, that it wasn't worth it." Kesselman, a 44-year-old father of three, was headed to his woodworking job at family-owned Design…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
$500G Bail For Upper Saddle River Man In Park Ridge Gas Station Robbery $500G Bail For Upper Saddle River Man In Park Ridge Gas Station Robbery $500G Bail For Upper Saddle River Man In Park Ridge Gas Station Robbery
$500G Bail For Upper Saddle River Man In Park Ridge Gas Station Robbery PARK RIDGE, N.J. -- A judge set $500,000 bail for an Upper Saddle River man after detectives arrested him Tuesday on charges of robbing a Park Ridge gas station at gunpoint. Detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Special Investigations Squad teamed up with police from both towns to arrest 34-year-old Marco G. Minuto at his home, acting Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. Minuto took about $1,000 after throwing the Delta gas station attendant to the ground, pointing the gun at him and demanding money the night of July 3, Grewal said. He was wearing a black ski mask and black c…

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