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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Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgewood Stop Sign Goes Missing: New Rash Of Thefts Ahead? Ridgewood Stop Sign Goes Missing: New Rash Of Thefts Ahead? Ridgewood Stop Sign Goes Missing: New Rash Of Thefts Ahead?
Ridgewood Stop Sign Goes Missing: New Rash Of Thefts Ahead? RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- For yet another summer, Ridgewood police could face a rash of stolen stop signs. "Fatal accidents have occurred in the past when signs are removed," Officer Steven Shortway said after a stop sign was swiped from the corner of Grove Street and Stevens Avenue over the the weekend. The thefts, which have continued over the past several years, ordinarily begin in August -- coinciding with teens leaving for college. Three years ago, more than 75 signs were stolen from village streets. Three dozen or so were taken last year. Theft of public property is a crime, Sho…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Passaic Sheriffs Charge Man With Selling Pot In Middle Of Paterson Street Passaic Sheriffs Charge Man With Selling Pot In Middle Of Paterson Street Passaic Sheriffs Charge Man With Selling Pot In Middle Of Paterson Street
Passaic Sheriffs Charge Man With Selling Pot In Middle Of Paterson Street PATERSON, N.J. -- Passaic County sheriff's deputies charged a Kearny man with selling pot from his car in the middle of a Paterson street. Detectives John Tolerico, Rashedul Chowdhury and Atli Selawere spotted Ralph Casale, 37, driving a black Kia carelessly with a broken taillight, Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. The detectives followed Casale and watched as he turned onto Fair Street and stopped midblock, Berdnik said. Another man came out of an apartment complex holding a glass jar that he gave to Casale, who put it in his trunk, the sheriff said. The detectives stopped him moments la…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
VIDEO: '23 Ways You Could Be Killed If You Are a Police Officer In America' VIDEO: '23 Ways You Could Be Killed If You Are a Police Officer In America' VIDEO: '23 Ways You Could Be Killed If You Are a Police Officer In America'
Video: '23 Ways You Could Be Killed If You Are a Police Officer In America' HALEDON, N.J. -- In response to Alicia Keys;, "23 Ways You Could Be Killed If You Are Black in America," NJ Blue Now, based in Haledon, came up with a video of its own. "23 Ways You Could Be Killed If You Are a Police Officer In America" employs a somewhat similar approach to the video produced by Keys that includes 22 other celebrities, including Beyoncé, Rihanna and Adam Levine. Created by law enforcement officers from Passaic and Begen counties, the NJ Blue Now magazine seeks to give an "unfiltered and independent voice" to law enforcement officers. Its new…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Armonk, NY
Breaking News
Authorities Charge Former Westchester Pet Shop Owner With Abusing Customers Authorities Charge Former Westchester Pet Shop Owner With Abusing Customers Authorities Charge Former Westchester Pet Shop Owner With Abusing Customers
Authorities Charge Former Westchester Pet Shop Owner With Abusing Customers An embattled former Westchester pet shop owner misled customers about the health of puppies sold from his shops in New Jersey, refused to reimburse them for those who died required veterinary care and "committed dozens of other consumer protection violations," said authorities who vowed to shut him down. A complaint filed in Superior Court in Hackensack alleges that Vincent LoSacco "caused his customers to suffer financially and emotionally as they sought expensive veterinary care for the sick puppies he sold them,” Acting Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino said Tuesday a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Rockland-Bound Tappan Zee Bridge Reopens Rockland-Bound Tappan Zee Bridge Reopens Rockland-Bound Tappan Zee Bridge Reopens
Rockland-Bound Tappan Zee Bridge Reopens A crane collapse that closed the Tappan Zee Bridge for several hours wrought havoc with the beginning of Tuesday's evening rush in North Jersey -- with traffic diversions on northbound Route 287 and various other roads into Rockland County. The Rockland-bound side of the span was reopened before 5:30 p.m., with one lane on the Westchester-bound side expected to follow suit by 7 p.m., authorities said. A second lane on that side was to open an hour later. The third lane would remain closed until repairs could be made Wednesday morning, they said. Both sides were closed after a hammer crane…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
One Arrested, One Sought After Teaneck Raid Turns Up Stolen Gun, Pot One Arrested, One Sought After Teaneck Raid Turns Up Stolen Gun, Pot One Arrested, One Sought After Teaneck Raid Turns Up Stolen Gun, Pot
One Arrested, One Sought After Teaneck Raid Turns Up Stolen Gun, Pot TEANECK, N.J. -- One man was arrested and another remained at large after a raid on a Teaneck home turned up pot, packaging materials and a 9mm handgun stolen in the Poconos, police said Tuesday. Carlos Cepeda, 18, was released after posting $25,000 bail on various drug and weapons charges, Capt. John A. Faggello said. Police on Tuesday were still searching for co-defendant Denzel Castro, who was supposed to turn himself in on similar charges on on Friday, Faggello said. Anyone with information that could help them find him was asked to call Teaneck PD: (201) 837-2600. A drug investigati…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
Man Shot By Police In Wanaque Charged With Assault, Threats, Weapons Man Shot By Police In Wanaque Charged With Assault, Threats, Weapons Man Shot By Police In Wanaque Charged With Assault, Threats, Weapons
Man Shot By Police In Wanaque Charged With Assault, Threats, Weapons WANAQUE N.J. – A Ringwood man shot by police in Wanaque last week threatened the officer with a knife and was later charged with various offenses, authorities said Tuesday. Officers were called to a dispute at the home at 2 a.m. last Tuesday and encountered 28-year-old Richard J. Liccardo, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. Liccardo moments earlier had assaulted a woman he'd been dating and two other household members with a knife and attcked one of them with a lamp, she said. Riccardo "attempted to cause serious bodily injury to [the officer] with a knife and threatene…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Passenger Injured By Rock Thrown At Car On Route 208 In Wyckoff Passenger Injured By Rock Thrown At Car On Route 208 In Wyckoff Passenger Injured By Rock Thrown At Car On Route 208 In Wyckoff
Passenger Injured By Rock Thrown At Car On Route 208 In Wyckoff WYCKOFF, N.J. -- A 55-year-old Bronx woman was cut and bruised when someone threw a golf ball-sized rock that smashed the passenger-side window of a Honda Pilot on Route 208 in Wyckoff. Wyckoff detectives were investigating Saturday's 12:21 p.m. incident, Lt. David Murphy. Murphy asked that anyone with information that could help the investigation call Wyckoff police: 201-891-2121.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Trio Of Teterboro Used Car Employees Admit Roles In $1.4M Scam Trio Of Teterboro Used Car Employees Admit Roles In $1.4M Scam Trio Of Teterboro Used Car Employees Admit Roles In $1.4M Scam
Trio Of Teterboro Used Car Employees Admit Roles In $1.4M Scam TETERBORO, N.J. -- The manager of a defunct Teterboro used car dealership on Tuesday joined two co-workers who'd admitted their roles in a $1.4 million luxury car scam. Hector Marquez, the general manager of D.I.B Leasing in Teterboro, pleaded guilty in Superior Court in Hackensack to money laundering and corporate misconduct. Marquez, 43, of Monroe, NY also pleaded guilty to insurance fraud in a separate indictment involving a $139,000 Bentley sold at his dealership and later torched and reported stolen for insurance purposes. The dealership’s finance manager, Paul Russo, 40, of Scotch Pl…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities Charge Teaneck Ex-Con In Pair Of Englewood Shootings Authorities Charge Teaneck Ex-Con In Pair Of Englewood Shootings Authorities Charge Teaneck Ex-Con In Pair Of Englewood Shootings
Authorities Charge Teaneck Ex-Con In Pair Of Englewood Shootings ENGLEWOOD, N.J. -- Englewood detectives and investigators from the Bergen County prosecutor's office solved a pair of shootings with the arrest of a Teaneck ex-con -- whom a judge ordered held on $1 million, authorities said. Jamal "Mally" Robinson, 40, was charged with two counts of attempted murder, two of armed robbery and various weapons possession offenses, acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said late Monday. The shootings occurred a few days apart -- on July 5 and 7 -- Grewal said. The first -- which was reported by Daily Voice -- occurred just before 4 a.m. w…

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