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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Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Breaking News
PHOTOS: Dallas Welcomes Bergen, Passaic Police For Slain Officers' Funerals PHOTOS: Dallas Welcomes Bergen, Passaic Police For Slain Officers' Funerals PHOTOS: Dallas Welcomes Bergen, Passaic Police For Slain Officers' Funerals
Photos: Dallas Welcomes Bergen, Passaic Police For Slain Officers' Funerals Dallas welcomed dozens of law enforcement professionals from Bergen and Passaic counties, along with thousands from throughout the country -- and Canada -- for the funerals of five officers slain in an ambush with a crazed gunman last week. Among those attending funerals Wednesday and Thursday -- along with a memorial Thursday evening -- were members of Northern Valley PBA Local 233, which includes officers from Closter, Harrington Park, Northvale and Norwood (CLICK ABOVE to watch a slide show of photos). Paramus also sent six officers, Englewood two and Alpine and Tenafly one each -- among…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Ex-Port Authority Chief Pleads Guilty In 'Personal United Flight' Case Ex-Port Authority Chief Pleads Guilty In 'Personal United Flight' Case Ex-Port Authority Chief Pleads Guilty In 'Personal United Flight' Case
Ex-Port Authority Chief Pleads Guilty In 'Personal United Flight' Case David Samson, the former chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, admitted in federal court in Newark on Thursday he used his official authority to pressure the parent company of United Airlines Inc. to institute a non-stop flight from Newark to South Carolina for his personal benefit. Former New Jersey Transportation Commissioner Jamie Fox, who at the time was a paid consultant and lobbyist for United Continental Holdings Inc. (United), the Chicago-based parent company of United Airlines Inc., was charged in a separate criminal complaint with …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Upper Saddle River Police: NY Trio Had Gun, Pot, $5,500 In Route 17 Stop Upper Saddle River Police: NY Trio Had Gun, Pot, $5,500 In Route 17 Stop Upper Saddle River Police: NY Trio Had Gun, Pot, $5,500 In Route 17 Stop
Upper Saddle River Police: NY Trio Had Gun, Pot, $5,500 In Route 17 Stop UPPER SADDLE RIVER, N.J. -- A trio from upstate New York had an ounce of pot, $5,500 in cash and a .38 caliber revolver in their car when Upper Saddle River police stopped them on northbound Route 17, authorities said Thursday. Middletown residents Justin Rivera, 20, and Hector Paz, 21, were charged with possession of the marijuana and with employing a minor to commit a crime following the 12:30 p.m. stop Wednesday, Detective Lt. Edward Kane said. Paz was being held on $10,000 bail and Rivera on $7,500 in the Bergen County Jail. A 17-year-old who was with them was sent to the Bergen County…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Englewood Police: Accused Bicycle Thief Preyed On Pokémon-Playing Teen Englewood Police: Accused Bicycle Thief Preyed On Pokémon-Playing Teen Englewood Police: Accused Bicycle Thief Preyed On Pokémon-Playing Teen
Englewood Police: Accused Bicycle Thief Preyed On Pokémon-Playing Teen ENGLEWOOD, N.J. -- A good Samaritan led Englewood police to an accused bicycle thief from Fort Lee who officers found trying to rob a 16-year-old boy playing Pokémon Go, authorities said Thursday. The witness who knew that the bike's owner worked in a local business told Officer Nathaniel Kinlaw that he was threatened while scaring off Carlos Joya, 19, in the 200 block of South Dean Street. Kinlaw quickly found Joya -- who was trying to strong-arm the Pokémon-playing teen into empting his pockets, Detective Capt. Timothy Torell told Daily Voice. Joya resisted, yelling at the officer to sho…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Body Of Man In Red Shorts Pulled From Hudson North Of GWB Body Of Man In Red Shorts Pulled From Hudson North Of GWB Body Of Man In Red Shorts Pulled From Hudson North Of GWB
Body Of Man In Red Shorts Pulled From Hudson North Of GWB FORT LEE, N.J. (UPDATE) -- Port Authority police were trying to identity of a man whose body was pulled from the Hudson River just north of the George Washington Bridge Thursday morning -- and determine how he got there. The NYPD Harbor Unit recovered the body about a mile north of the bridge after a boater alerted them around 10:30 a.m., Joseph Pentangelo of the Port Authority told Daily Voice. He was wearing red shorts. "The investigation continues," Pentangelo said. A Clifton woman jumped to her death from the GWB on Wednesday. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Clifton Woman Jumps To Death From GWB Clifton Woman Jumps To Death From GWB Clifton Woman Jumps To Death From GWB
Clifton Woman Jumps To Death From GWB FORT LEE, N.J. -- A woman who jumped to her death from the lower level of the George Washington Bridge was identified by Port Authority police Thursday morning as 36-year-old Catherine Hughes of Clifton. Hughes jumped around 7 p.m., the authority's Joseph Pentangelo told Daily Voice. Her body was recovered and taken to Dyckman Pier on the New York City side, he said. It was the 8th GWB suicide this year, Pentangelo said. At the current rate, there would be 15 this year. There were 18 last year (SEE: 18th Suicide From GWB This Year Matches 2014 Total). Port Authority police were trying to …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Surveillance Shot Leads Paramus Detective To Glass-Smash Burglary Suspect Surveillance Shot Leads Paramus Detective To Glass-Smash Burglary Suspect Surveillance Shot Leads Paramus Detective To Glass-Smash Burglary Suspect
Surveillance Shot Leads Paramus Detective To Glass-Smash Burglary Suspect PARAMUS, N.J. -- Surveillance video led a Paramus detective to a man who accused of smashing his way into stores at a Route 17 strip mall and stealing $3,000 in cash, authorities told Daily Voice. Three storefront glass doors were found smashed and the cash taken early last Wednesday from a SuperJuice Nation store and a Supercuts, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. A PetValue store in the center had its front glass door broken, as well, but nothing was taken, he said. Detective Nicholas Luciano got surveillance video from one of the businesses, issued a statewide bulletin -- and got a ca…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Gas Leak Closes Park Ridge Burger King Gas Leak Closes Park Ridge Burger King Gas Leak Closes Park Ridge Burger King
Gas Leak Closes Park Ridge Burger King PARK RIDGE, N.J. -- A gas pipe leak temporarily closed the Burger King on Kinderkamack Road in Park Ridge Wednesday afternoon. Local police and a Bergen County sheriff's officer were on hand along with a PSE&G crew.CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
FBI Honors River Vale Detectives For Role In 'Countdown Bandit' Capture FBI Honors River Vale Detectives For Role In 'Countdown Bandit' Capture FBI Honors River Vale Detectives For Role In 'Countdown Bandit' Capture
FBI Honors River Vale Detectives For Role In 'Countdown Bandit' Capture RIVER VALE, N.J. -- Officials with the FBI's Newark Field Office honored River Vale detectives for their role in helping catch a serial bank robber known as the Countdown Bandit. Borough Police Chief William Giordano, Detective Sgt. John DeVoe and Detective Peter Martin attended the ceremony. River Vale police were part of a joint task force headed by the FBI and Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office that chased Marcelino Garcia of Hackensack, who was charged with 10 counts of bank robbery. Garcia, 23, remained held on $750,000 bail Wednesday in the Bergen County Jail. Detectives arrested him…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Pair In Ski Masks Rob Local Hasbrouck Heights Pharmacy At Gunpoint Pair In Ski Masks Rob Local Hasbrouck Heights Pharmacy At Gunpoint Pair In Ski Masks Rob Local Hasbrouck Heights Pharmacy At Gunpoint
Pair In Ski Masks Rob Local Hasbrouck Heights Pharmacy At Gunpoint HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N.J. -- Two robbers in ski masks burst into a local Hasbrouck Heights pharmacy, ordered employees to the floor and made off with various medications and about $1,000 from the cash register, authorities said. None of the five employees at Heights Specialty Pharmacy on Boulevard was injured in Saturday's 2:30 p.m. holdup, Detective Lt. Michael Colaneri told Daily Voice. One of the robbers held a handgun while one of the employees was ordered to help the other gather prescriptions and cash, he said. Heights Specialty Pharmacy -- previously known as Bejay Drugs -- has been i…

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