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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Paramus, NJ
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Volunteers Sought For Bergen County Mental Health Awareness Video Volunteers Sought For Bergen County Mental Health Awareness Video Volunteers Sought For Bergen County Mental Health Awareness Video
Volunteers Sought For Bergen County Mental Health Awareness Video PARAMUS, N.J.– Want to be in a video to help raise awareness of mental health issues in Bergen County? The Stigma-Free task force wants you to come to Bergen Community College in Paramus next month. Organizers are seeking a diverse cross-section of county residents of varying age, gender, occupation and ethnicity willing to discuss how they've lived with mental illness or with someone who's had it, said Michele Hart-Loughlin, the division director of the Bergen County Department of Health Services Division of Mental Health. "We are looking for passionate people who are willing to add …

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Lyndhurst, NJ
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Lyndhurst Man, 46, Killed By Train Lyndhurst Man, 46, Killed By Train Lyndhurst Man, 46, Killed By Train
Lyndhurst Man, 46, Killed By Train LYNDHURST, N.J. -- A 46-year-old iron worker from Lyndhurst was struck by a train and killed early Friday after walking onto the tracks, authorities said.. The Main Line train was moving equipment to Suffern and had no customers aboard when it struck Joseph Gasior near Orient Way at 5:25 a.m., NJ Transit reported. The train had left Hoboken 20 minutes earlier, spokesman Jim Smith said. Service was suspended both ways between Glen Rock and Hoboken for an hour and 20 minutes, Smith said. Gasior, who was engaged to be married, worked for American Steel Fabricators, Inc.

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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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Construction Worker Charged With Sexually Touching Fairview Girl, 12 Construction Worker Charged With Sexually Touching Fairview Girl, 12 Construction Worker Charged With Sexually Touching Fairview Girl, 12
Construction Worker Charged With Sexually Touching Fairview Girl, 12 FAIRVIEW, N.J. -- A construction worker from Hudson County illegally touched a 12-year-old girl in Fairview, authorities charged. A judge ordered Auner Yobani Brizuela-Garcia, 25, of West New York held on $200,000 bail, charged with sexual contact and child endangerment. Special Victims Unit detectives joined Fairview police, who received a report of the alleged incident on Tuesday, acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said Friday. A first appearance was set for Monday morning in Bergen County Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack.

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Hackensack, NJ
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Fugitive Rapist Found In Dominican Republic Returned To Hackensack Fugitive Rapist Found In Dominican Republic Returned To Hackensack Fugitive Rapist Found In Dominican Republic Returned To Hackensack
Fugitive Rapist Found In Dominican Republic Returned To Hackensack HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Information sent to Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino's tips line led to the arrest of a convicted rapist who'd fled to the Dominican Republic, authorities said. Luis Caraballo was returned to the county jail on Thursday by the U.S. Marshals Service, the sheriff's Anthony Cureton said Friday. Caraballo skipped sentencing in 2010 after being convicted of aggravated sexual assault. He remained held without bail pending assignment to a state prison. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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Hackensack, NJ
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Prosecutor: Hackensack Truck Driver Raped Girl, 14 Prosecutor: Hackensack Truck Driver Raped Girl, 14 Prosecutor: Hackensack Truck Driver Raped Girl, 14
Prosecutor: Hackensack Truck Driver Raped Girl, 14 HACKENSACK, N.J. -- A Hackensack truck driver was ordered held on $250,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail after authorities accused him of raping a 14-year-old girl. Sherman Palmer, 37, was charged with aggravated sexual assault and child endangerment. The state Division of Child Protection and Permanency tipped off acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal's Special Victims Unit, which investigated along with city police, the prosecutor said Friday. Palmer, who is married, was scheduled for a first appearance this coming Wednesday morning in Central Municipal Court in Hackensack.

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Pascack Valley, NJ
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Grandma Accused In Big Drug Operation Charged With Selling Oxy In Montvale Grandma Accused In Big Drug Operation Charged With Selling Oxy In Montvale Grandma Accused In Big Drug Operation Charged With Selling Oxy In Montvale
Grandma Accused In Big Drug Operation Charged With Selling Oxy In Montvale MONTVALE, N.J. -- A Montvale grandmother of 10 who was already facing major drug charges in Rockland County was arrested after authorities said she sold Oxycodone to an undercover detective, authorities said Friday. Linda Famelico, 60, again posted bail -- this time $20,000 -- and was released from the Bergen County Jail early Thursday, records show. Famelico and her husband, Aniello, also 60, were awaiting trial after the Rockland County Drug Task Force and Orangetown police charged them in May with operating a large-scale operation from a Pearl River apartment. Authorities reported findi…

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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Elmwood Park Police Bust Home-Grown Pot Operation Elmwood Park Police Bust Home-Grown Pot Operation Elmwood Park Police Bust Home-Grown Pot Operation
Elmwood Park Police Bust Home-Grown Pot Operation ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. -- An Elmwood Park man ran a marijuana-growing operation out of his home before detectives raided it, authorities said Friday. Diego Pulgarin, 19, was ordered held on $50,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail on various drug charges after the 6:15 p.m. raid Thursday, which Police Chief Michael Foligno said followed a two-month investigation. Detectives seized three-quarters of a pound of pot, along with various marijuana plants, lamps, fertilizer and $4,200 in drug proceeds, Foligno said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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South Hackensack PD: Truck Burglary Spree Cracked With Lodi Man's Arrest South Hackensack PD: Truck Burglary Spree Cracked With Lodi Man's Arrest South Hackensack PD: Truck Burglary Spree Cracked With Lodi Man's Arrest
South Hackensack PD: Truck Burglary Spree Cracked With Lodi Man's Arrest SOUTH HACKENSACK, N.J. -- South Hackensack police said they cracked a series of truck break-ins and battery thefts from commercial trucks with the arrest of a Lodi man. Charles Lentini Jr., 31, had six car batteries taken in other towns when he was arrested before dawn on Friday, Capt. Robert Kaiser said. The arrest followed a month-long investigation and produced eight counts each of burglary and theft against Lentini, who remained held on $10,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail.

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by Jerry DeMarco
New City, NY
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Grandma Facing Drug Charges In Rockland Sold Oxycodone, Police Say Grandma Facing Drug Charges In Rockland Sold Oxycodone, Police Say Grandma Facing Drug Charges In Rockland Sold Oxycodone, Police Say
Grandma Facing Drug Charges In Rockland Sold Oxycodone, Police Say A grandmother of 10 who was already facing major drug charges in Rockland County was arrested after authorities said she sold Oxycodone to an undercover detective, authorities said Friday. Linda Famelico, 60, of Montvale, N.J., again posted bail -- this time $20,000 -- and was released from the Bergen County Jail early Thursday, records show. Famelico and her husband, Aniello, also 60, were awaiting trial after the Rockland County Drug Task Force and Orangetown police charged them in May with operating a large-scale operation from a Pearl River apartment. Authorities reported finding nearl…

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Northern Highlands, NJ
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Ho-Ho-Kus Police: Stoned NY Couple Found With Stolen $22,000 Ho-Ho-Kus Police: Stoned NY Couple Found With Stolen $22,000 Ho-Ho-Kus Police: Stoned NY Couple Found With Stolen $22,000
Ho-Ho-Kus Police: Stoned NY Couple Found With Stolen $22,000 HO-HO-KUS, N.J. -- A stoned upstate New York couple found passed out in their car on a Ho-Ho-Kus street had more than $22,000 cash that they'd stolen during burglaries in upstate New York, authorities said. Officers Brian Dench and Michael Gil responded to a call of a suspicious vehicle outside a house for sale on Valley Stream Lane late last Friday and found the couple in a black Dodge Charger with Virginia license plates, Police Chief Christopher Minchin said. The driver, 34-year-old Jonathan Trow of Ballston Lake, NY, had a "Black and Mild" cigar on his lap, and the car reeked …

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