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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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Know Them? Police Say They Swiped Wallet From Teterboro Walmart Subway Know Them? Police Say They Swiped Wallet From Teterboro Walmart Subway Know Them? Police Say They Swiped Wallet From Teterboro Walmart Subway
Know Them? Police Say They Swiped Wallet From Teterboro Walmart Subway MOONACHIE, N.J. -- Surveillance video caught images of a couple swiping a wallet left on the counter of a Subway restaurant at the Teteboro Walmart, authorities said Tuesday. The victim inadvertently left the wallet behind after paying for his food at the Route 46 eatery on June 27, Detective Sgt. Anthony Fugnitti said. Anyone who sees or knows the couple is asked to call Moonachie police: (201) 641-9100.

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Moonachie Police: Drill Thief Tries Riding Stolen Bicycle Out Of Walmart Moonachie Police: Drill Thief Tries Riding Stolen Bicycle Out Of Walmart Moonachie Police: Drill Thief Tries Riding Stolen Bicycle Out Of Walmart
Moonachie Police: Drill Thief Tries Riding Stolen Bicycle Out Of Walmart MOONACHIE, N.J. -- Moonachie police are seeking the public's help finding a shoplifter-turned-robber who tried to flee the Teterboro Walmart riding a bicycle he took from the display area with two stolen cordless drills in his backpack. The thief knocked down a security officer who tried to stop him and ran off toward Route 46, turning a shoplifting into a robbery. Detective Sgt. Anthony Fugnitti asked that anyone who was in the store, knows the suspect or has information that can help the investigation call Moonachie police: (201) 641-9100.

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Pascack Valley, NJ
Your Community
Bergen Program In River Vale Introduces Children With Autism To Golf Bergen Program In River Vale Introduces Children With Autism To Golf Bergen Program In River Vale Introduces Children With Autism To Golf
Bergen Program In River Vale Introduces Children With Autism To Golf RIVER VALE, N.J. – Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco last week visited children with autism who are participating in the All Par Program at the Valley Brook Golf Course this summer. The county-run All Par Program introduces golf to children with autism in both the classroom and on the practice green. Instructors present the fundamentals, which are reinforced by teaching assistants using Snag golf equipment, large-face plastic clubs and tennis balls. The instructors present the grip and stance for a putting stroke and practice these concepts on the practice tee. Targets, placed a short d…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Park Ridge Police: Gas Station Attendant Knocked Down, Robbed At Gunpoint Park Ridge Police: Gas Station Attendant Knocked Down, Robbed At Gunpoint Park Ridge Police: Gas Station Attendant Knocked Down, Robbed At Gunpoint
Park Ridge Police: Gas Station Attendant Knocked Down, Robbed At Gunpoint UPDATE (July 26): 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. PARK RIDGE, N.J. -- A Park Ridge gas station attendant said a gunman knocked him down, took cash from him and then sped off in a white BMW with black tape across the license plate, authorities said Tuesday. The attendant at the Delta station on Kinderkamack Road told police the white robber was wearing a black ski mask and black clothing when he shoved him down, pointed a black handgun at him and demanded money around 8 p…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Daughter, 4, Dials 911 After DWI Dad Passes Out In Cliffside Park Daughter, 4, Dials 911 After DWI Dad Passes Out In Cliffside Park Daughter, 4, Dials 911 After DWI Dad Passes Out In Cliffside Park
Daughter, 4, Dials 911 After DWI Dad Passes Out In Cliffside Park CLIFFSIDE PARK, N.J. -- Cliffside Park police found a car whose intoxicated ex-con driver had passed out -- after his 4-year-old daughter called 911, authorities said. Jamil Graham, 41, of Englewood Cliffs was being held on $50,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with child endangerment, after registering a .22 blood-alcohol level, Police Chief Richard Gaito told Daily Voice. "The child was unharmed," Gaito said. State child welfare authorities placed the girl with a family member, he said. The girl called just after 9:30 p.m. Saturday and said "her father was passe…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Your Community
Sun-Drenched Bergen July Fourth Parades Draw Throngs Sun-Drenched Bergen July Fourth Parades Draw Throngs Sun-Drenched Bergen July Fourth Parades Draw Throngs
Sun-Drenched Bergen July Fourth Parades Draw Throngs Daily Voice readers shared photos from Monday's Fourth of July parades in Bergen County -- including from two of the most popular, in Ridgefield Park and Ridgewood. Send your shots to Daily Voice Reporter Lorraine Ash at [email protected].

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Englewood Man Paid Philly Woman For Sex With Young Girls Prosecutor: Englewood Man Paid Philly Woman For Sex With Young Girls Prosecutor: Englewood Man Paid Philly Woman For Sex With Young Girls
Prosecutor: Englewood Man Paid Philly Woman For Sex With Young Girls ENGLEWOOD, N.J. -- An Englewood auto tech paid a Philadelphia woman for sex with two girls -- one of whom is now 12 and the other 14 -- over the past six years, said authorities who arrested them. Englewood police got a tip that 51-year-old Alfredo Rosales was having sex with the older girl Friday night, acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said Monday. Grewal's Special Victims Unit and city police found Rosales with the girl, then learned of his involvement with the younger one, as well, the prosecutor said. Since 2010, Esperanza Mani-Cortez, 44, had been making the girls avai…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Help Sought Finding Bike Stolen From New Milford Junior Firefighter, 16 Help Sought Finding Bike Stolen From New Milford Junior Firefighter, 16 Help Sought Finding Bike Stolen From New Milford Junior Firefighter, 16
Help Sought Finding Bike Stolen From New Milford Junior Firefighter, 16 NEW MILFORD, N.J. -- First responders and citizens are rallying to help find a bicycle stolen from a popular 16-year-old New Milford junior firefighter. The teen was at a party just across the border in Dumont Saturday night when his blue-framed wheels were swiped from the side of the homeowner's garage. "You'll know it by the fat tires," New Milford's Maria Demler said. It's likely a special "New Milford Fire Dept." license plate was removed from the bike, which the teen uses to get to the firehouse during calls, she added. No questions will be asked if the person who…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Hasbrouck Heights Church Members Lead Camp On 10-Day Polish Mission Hasbrouck Heights Church Members Lead Camp On 10-Day Polish Mission Hasbrouck Heights Church Members Lead Camp On 10-Day Polish Mission
Hasbrouck Heights Church Members Lead Camp On 10-Day Polish Mission HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N.J. -- Members of Bible Baptist Church in Hasbrouck Heights are leading a summer camp during a 10-day mission to Poland, the church’s first-ever visit there. The team headed to Word of Life Poland, headed by Tim and Ginny Good, which organizes summer and winter camps, conferences, leadership training and other events for teens and young adults to promote Christian living. The BBC mission team is teaching English and sports, including baseball, volleyball and basketball. They'll return home next Sunday. Members (pictured above): Pastor Eric Dammann, John Dammann, John Oc…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Missing Rockland Man, 81, Found In Teaneck Missing Rockland Man, 81, Found In Teaneck Missing Rockland Man, 81, Found In Teaneck
Missing Rockland Man, 81, Found In Teaneck TEANECK, N.J. -- Teaneck police located a missing 81-year-old Rockland County man with dementia Sunday morning, thanks to a good Samaritan, authorities confirmed. The alert for Andy Yurowitz of Monsey was cancelled around 9 a.m. Sunday after he'd been reported missing about two hours earlier. " A local resident flagged down one of our officers and told him he believed this was the missing man from Rockland," Teaneck Lt. Thomas Tully told Daily Voice. "He was safe and sound. "His son came and took him back home." Yurowtiz, who authorities said has dementia, once w…

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