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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Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Lyndhurst Man Sold Heroin, Cocaine From Private Home Prosecutor: Lyndhurst Man Sold Heroin, Cocaine From Private Home Prosecutor: Lyndhurst Man Sold Heroin, Cocaine From Private Home
Prosecutor: Lyndhurst Man Sold Heroin, Cocaine From Private Home LYNDHURST, N.J. -- A Lyndhurst man sold heroin and cocaine from his and his wife's home on a quiet Lyndhurst street before detectives arrested them during a raid, authorities said Tuesday. A judge ordered Lorenzo J. Tripodi, 38, held on $100,000 bail and Casey Tripodi, 34, released pending a hearing. Also released without bal was Ilana T. Goldstein, 24, whom detectives said was carrying heroin when they stopped and arrested her after she left the Summit Avenue home. Moments later, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said, members of his Narcotic Task Force and Lyndhurst police…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Three Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission Members Put Behind Bars Three Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission Members Put Behind Bars Three Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission Members Put Behind Bars
Three Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission Members Put Behind Bars PATERSON, N.J. -- A judge in Paterson on Tuesday sentenced three former supervisors at the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission (PVSC) to state prison or jail for having subordinates do work at their homes. Kevin Keogh, 50, of Roseland, the former superintendent for special services at the PVSC, got five years in state prison. Paul Bazela, 49, of Northvale, the former foreman of the PVSC carpenter’s shop, got three years in state prison. Anthony Ardis, 62, of Paterson, a former PVSC commissioner, was sentenced to 90 days in the county jail and one year of probation. Ardis pleaded guilty on …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Moonachie Police Bust Ex-Con For 2nd Time In Week At Teterboro Walmart Moonachie Police Bust Ex-Con For 2nd Time In Week At Teterboro Walmart Moonachie Police Bust Ex-Con For 2nd Time In Week At Teterboro Walmart
Moonachie Police Bust Ex-Con For 2nd Time In Week At Teterboro Walmart MOONACHIE, N.J. -- An Elmwood Park ex-con's second shoplifting arrest in a week at the Teterboro Walmart became Moonachie police's 39th arrest in the tiny borough this year. Detective Robert Pezzillo and Officer Kelly Ricardo arrested 43-year-old Claude Moss after security detained him Monday night on charges of shoplifting $822.39 worth of food, health and beauty products and clothing, Detective Sgt. Anthony Fugnitti said. Moss -- who has a criminal record stretching back more than a dozen years -- was again released on a court summons. Last week, Moonachie police charged Moss with leavin…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Hackensack 'Jumper' Actually Bridge Engineer At Work Police: Hackensack 'Jumper' Actually Bridge Engineer At Work Police: Hackensack 'Jumper' Actually Bridge Engineer At Work
Police: Hackensack 'Jumper' Actually Bridge Engineer At Work HACKENSACK, N.J. -- A reported jumper into the Hackensack River Tuesday morning was actually a worker inspecting a city bridge foundation, authorities said. "We have county engineers working the bridges," Capt. Francesco Aquila told Daily Voice around 9 a.m. "It was one of them checking something out." A city fire department boat was initially dispatched. Meanwhile, Bogota police were searching from the other side.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Palisades Park Strip Mall Fire Sends Police Officer To Hospital Palisades Park Strip Mall Fire Sends Police Officer To Hospital Palisades Park Strip Mall Fire Sends Police Officer To Hospital
Palisades Park Strip Mall Fire Sends Police Officer To Hospital PALISADES PARK, N.J. -- A kitchen fire at a Palisades Park Korean restaurant spread Monday, eventually entering a neighboring club and breaking through the roof of a strip mall. A borough police officer was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with smoke inhalation during the three-alarm fire on Grand Avenue. Cliffside Park, Fort Lee and Ridgefield Park firefighters provided mutual aid.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Civilian Tails Maywood Car Burglary Suspects, Produces Arrests Civilian Tails Maywood Car Burglary Suspects, Produces Arrests Civilian Tails Maywood Car Burglary Suspects, Produces Arrests
Civilian Tails Maywood Car Burglary Suspects, Produces Arrests MAYWOOD, N.J. -- A good Samaritan led Maywood police to two men who they charged with breaking into 17 cars, authorities said. The caller followed the pair to Briarcliff Avenue Park after calling police just after 3 a.m. Sunday, Police Chief David Pegg told Daily Voice. Officers Peter Donatello and Brian Rubio found Kamal Lawson, 28, of Hackensack, and Algernon Collins, 25, of Teaneck carrying wallets, jewelry, mail, money and other items snatched from the vehicles, Pegg said. Lawson admitted to 10 to 15 vehicle burglaries with Collins in the northwest section of town, the chief said. Coll…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Underground Mini-Explosion Sparks Fire At Mack-Cali In Rochelle Park Underground Mini-Explosion Sparks Fire At Mack-Cali In Rochelle Park Underground Mini-Explosion Sparks Fire At Mack-Cali In Rochelle Park
Underground Mini-Explosion Sparks Fire At Mack-Cali In Rochelle Park ROCHELLE PARK, N.J. -- An overheated underground electrical vault at the Mack-Cali Centre in Rochelle Park sparked on Monday, causing a fire and knocking out power to the building, authorities said. "PSE&G and firefighters were at the scene handling the situation," Detective Sgt. James DePreta told Daily Voice just before 2 p.m. One injury was reported in the 3-alarm blaze, although the extent of it couldn't be determined. Maywood and Saddle Brook firefighters and a Hackensack FAST team assisted their Rochelle Park colleagues. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Crack, Shoplifting: Moonachie Police Respond To Frequent Walmart Calls Crack, Shoplifting: Moonachie Police Respond To Frequent Walmart Calls Crack, Shoplifting: Moonachie Police Respond To Frequent Walmart Calls
Crack, Shoplifting: Moonachie Police Respond To Frequent Walmart Calls MOONACHIE, N.J. -- Moonachie police continued their frequent responses to the Walmart in Teteroro -- making their 38th arrest of the year in the borough -- when they found a 57-year-old Little Ferry man who they said was smoking crack in the parking lot. The report came in at 1:46 a.m. Sunday of a man laid out, possibly unconscious, Detective Sgt. Anthony Fugnitti said. Officers found Anthony Luppino, who told them "he was laying in front of his car to check something and was not in need of any medical attention," Fugnitti said. In plain view, the officers noticed a blowtorch, a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Nothing Suspicious Found In Package On NJ Transit Bus In Oradell Lot Nothing Suspicious Found In Package On NJ Transit Bus In Oradell Lot Nothing Suspicious Found In Package On NJ Transit Bus In Oradell Lot
Nothing Suspicious Found In Package On NJ Transit Bus In Oradell Lot ORADELL, N.J. -- Nothing unusual was found Sunday in a package left on a New Jersey bus that had been parked for a couple of days awaiting mechanical work in an Oradell lot, an agency spokeswoman told Daily Voice. The Bergen County Sheriff's Bomb Squad responded, along with NJ Transit police.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Your Community
Carlstadt's Allegro Arts Academy Performers Open For Kidz Bop In AC Carlstadt's Allegro Arts Academy Performers Open For Kidz Bop In AC Carlstadt's Allegro Arts Academy Performers Open For Kidz Bop In AC
Carlstadt's Allegro Arts Academy Performers Open For Kidz Bop In AC CARLSTADT, N.J. -- Members of Allegro Arts Academy of Carlstadt got an enormous thrill opening for Kidz Bop in Atlantic City on Saturday. The youngsters were "very honored to have such a wonderful experience" at the popular group's "Life of the Party" tour at Boardwalk Hall, the academy's Jeannette Troncone said. Kidz Bop sings child-friendly version of hit songs -- among them, "Uptown Funk," "Shut Up and Dance," and "Cake By the Ocean" -- complete with beach balls and smoke.

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