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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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority: Englewood Driver Owed More Than $20,000 In E-ZPass Tolls Port Authority: Englewood Driver Owed More Than $20,000 In E-ZPass Tolls Port Authority: Englewood Driver Owed More Than $20,000 In E-ZPass Tolls
Port Authority: Englewood Driver Owed More Than $20,000 In E-zpass Tolls FORT LEE, N.J. -- An Englewood driver owed more than $20,000 in unpaid E-ZPass tolls when Port Authority police arrested him at the George Washington Bridge, authorities said. John P. Reynolds, 25, of Englewood held a cellphone to his windshield as if it were a transponder as his red Toyota rolled through an E-ZPass lane Wednesday morning, the authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. The Toyota had a cancelled account with 190 violations worth $12,240, Pentangelo said. He also had another suspended E-ZPass account in his name with 115 violations and $7,244 owed, he said. Reynolds was taken int…

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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Edgewater Police Investigate Overnight DWI Head-On Crash Edgewater Police Investigate Overnight DWI Head-On Crash Edgewater Police Investigate Overnight DWI Head-On Crash
Edgewater Police Investigate Overnight DWI Head-On Crash EDGEWATER, N.J. -- A driver involved in a head-on crash overnight Thursday in Edgewater was intoxicated, police said. The borough woman was first taken to HackensackUMC Palisades after the crash outside the Crown Village condominiums on River Road around 12:45 a.m., they told Daily Voice. She was transferred hours later to Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack, where detectives were preparing to interview her. The extent of her injuries wasn't immediately known. Nor were they immediately known for the other driver. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Woodland Park Officials Give Fair Lawn $1,800 Check For Collura Fund Woodland Park Officials Give Fair Lawn $1,800 Check For Collura Fund Woodland Park Officials Give Fair Lawn $1,800 Check For Collura Fund
Woodland Park Officials Give Fair Lawn $1,800 Check For Collura Fund FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- Fair Lawn officials received an $1,800 check from their Woodland Park officials for the Officer Mary Ann Collura Memorial Scholarship Foundation. The money was raised during 2nd Annual Families Behind The Badge Softball Tournament, hosted by the Woodland Park Public Safety Committee last month and organized by Woodland Park Council members Tracy Kallert and Vincent DeCesare. Police officers from Bergen, Passaic and Essex counties all participated in the tournament, which also raised money for the NJ State PBA Survivors and Welfare Fund. "Words can't express our grat…

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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Unfounded Bomb Threat Clears Edgewater Target Unfounded Bomb Threat Clears Edgewater Target Unfounded Bomb Threat Clears Edgewater Target
Unfounded Bomb Threat Clears Edgewater Target EDGEWATER, N.J. -- Nothing harmful was found after the Target store in Edgewater was cleared by a bomb threat. "The caller stated a bomb in the bathroom was set to go off at 7 p.m.," Police Chief William Skidmore told Daily Voice. The Bergen County Sheriff's Bomb Squad and K-9 Unit searched the building. "No device was found," Skidmore said.

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Moonachie Police: Teterboro Walmart Shoplifter Took 60-Inch TV, More Moonachie Police: Teterboro Walmart Shoplifter Took 60-Inch TV, More Moonachie Police: Teterboro Walmart Shoplifter Took 60-Inch TV, More
Moonachie Police: Teterboro Walmart Shoplifter Took 60-Inch TV, More TETERBORO, N.J. -- Moonachie police on Wednesday made yet another arrest at the Teterboro Walmart when they took into custody a 49-year-old Little Ferry man who they said swiped a 60-inch flat screen TV, two air fresheners and a can of cat food. Alex Castillo was released on a summons charging him with shoplifting after he was arrested by Sgt. Jeffery Napolitano and Officer Daniel Leoncini, Detective Sgt. Anthony Fugnitti told Daily Voice. Castillo put the television in his car without paying, then went back inside the store and swiped the other items, Fugnitti said.Incidents at the Walmart…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Accused Paterson Dealer, Others Charged In Overdose Death Of NY Man Accused Paterson Dealer, Others Charged In Overdose Death Of NY Man Accused Paterson Dealer, Others Charged In Overdose Death Of NY Man
Accused Paterson Dealer, Others Charged In Overdose Death Of NY Man PATERSON, N.J. -- An accused Paterson drug dealer and two others from Orange County were charged with selling the heroin that killed a user, authorities said Wednesday. Charged in New Jersey with strict liability for a drug-induced death are Shameik "Homeboy" Byrd, 26, of Paterson, along with Anthony Potts, 27, and his girlfriend, 20-year-old Noel Ferguson. Potts and Ferguson were arrested at their home Tuesday night, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino said. Byrd was arrested on June 2, he said. All were charged in connection with the death of Kean Cabral, …

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Hackensack, NJ
Your Community
Bergen's First LGBTQ Pride Celebration, Flag Raising Set Bergen's First LGBTQ Pride Celebration, Flag Raising Set Bergen's First LGBTQ Pride Celebration, Flag Raising Set
Bergen's First LGBTQ Pride Celebration, Flag Raising Set HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Bergen County will host its first-ever LGBTQ Pride Celebration and flag-raising ceremony this coming Tuesday, authorities announced Wednesday. The celebration and flag-raising at One Bergen County Plaza were scheduled by the county LGBTQ Advisory Committee, established last year. “We are proud to honor the history and the progress of the gay rights movement and celebrate this important group within the Bergen County family," Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco said. "It is also an opportunity to stand in solidarity against bigotry, violence, and discrimination…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Jeep Rolls Off Route 4 At GSP In Paramus Jeep Rolls Off Route 4 At GSP In Paramus Jeep Rolls Off Route 4 At GSP In Paramus
Jeep Rolls Off Route 4 At GSP In Paramus PARAMUS, N.J. -- A Jeep Wrangler rolled off the westbound Route 4 exit to the southbound Garden State Parkway Wednesday night. There was no immediate word on injuries. New Jersey State Police handled the investigation. Paramus EMS responded.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Car Flips, Downs Utility Pole Outside Tenafly School Car Flips, Downs Utility Pole Outside Tenafly School Car Flips, Downs Utility Pole Outside Tenafly School
Car Flips, Downs Utility Pole Outside Tenafly School TENAFLY, N.J. -- A 49-year-old Cresskill driver was reported in stable condition at Hackensack University Medical Center after her sedan overturned and took down a utility pole outside a Tenafly elementary school. "She headed north on Tenafly Road and veered across the southbound lane, hitting the utility pole" directly in front of the Stillman Elementary School, Capt. Michael deMoncada told Daily Voice. School was out when the crash occurred just before 3:30 p.m. Tenafly police and firefighters were assisted by responders from surrounding towns. Tenafly Road in that area was ex…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Park Ridge Sidewalk Crash That Killed One, Injured Other Probed Prosecutor: Park Ridge Sidewalk Crash That Killed One, Injured Other Probed Prosecutor: Park Ridge Sidewalk Crash That Killed One, Injured Other Probed
Prosecutor: Park Ridge Sidewalk Crash That Killed One, Injured Other Probed PARK RIDGE, N.J. -- An investigation was continuing into a weekend crash in Park Ridge that killed a 69-year-old borough man and left a 64-year-old Montvale man in critical condition, authorities said Tuesday. No charges had been filed against the 61-year-old Park Ridge driver as the probe continues, acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. The victims were struck on a sidewalk at Park Avenue and Diedtrich Lane near Borough Hall by a 2015 Volvo that left the roadway just before 8 p.m. Sunday, Grewal said. Ioannis Kapantais later died at Hackensack University Medical Center, t…

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