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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Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Grand Jurors Clear Lyndhurst Police Officers In Fatal Library Shooting Grand Jurors Clear Lyndhurst Police Officers In Fatal Library Shooting Grand Jurors Clear Lyndhurst Police Officers In Fatal Library Shooting
Grand Jurors Clear Lyndhurst Police Officers In Fatal Library Shooting LYNDHURST, N.J. -- Grand jurors in Hackensack on Wednesday cleared two Lyndhurst police officers who shot and killed a knife-wielding borough man who authorities said attacked them in a library in May 2015. Grand jurors reviewed 23 witness interviews, forensic evidence, ballistic reports and both audio and video recordings, among other items, in their review of an incident that acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said Wednesday took all of three minutes. They found the police actions "justified and declined to return criminal charges against either officer," he said. …

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Don't Let Elderly Loved Ones Get Conned Of Savings, Authorities Warn Don't Let Elderly Loved Ones Get Conned Of Savings, Authorities Warn Don't Let Elderly Loved Ones Get Conned Of Savings, Authorities Warn
Don't Let Elderly Loved Ones Get Conned Of Savings, Authorities Warn State authorities on Wednesday urged citizens to protect their senior loved ones from financial exploitation. Investment scammers see anyone who is 55 or older, whether working or retired, as a potential target, authorities said in a World Elder Abuse Awareness Day warning. “Each year [we] handle hundreds of cases involving elderly people who have been victimized financially by family members, friends, or total strangers,” acting Attorney General Robert Lougy said. Experts say financial abuse of the elderly is rising with the rapid aging of the North American population, due in part to the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Carlstadt Woman, 79, Hit By Motorcycle In Wood-Ridge Reported Stable Carlstadt Woman, 79, Hit By Motorcycle In Wood-Ridge Reported Stable Carlstadt Woman, 79, Hit By Motorcycle In Wood-Ridge Reported Stable
Carlstadt Woman, 79, Hit By Motorcycle In Wood-Ridge Reported Stable WOOD-RIDGE, N.J. -- A 79-year-old Carlstadt woman was in stable condition with several broken bones at Hackensack University Medical Center after being struck by a motorcycle Tuesday, police told Daily Voice. The 54-year-old driver said he was blinded by the setting sun's glare when his 2009 Harley struck the woman as she crossed Union Avenue near First Street around 8 p.m.. they said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack Suicide Victim, 17, Shoots Himself Hackensack Suicide Victim, 17, Shoots Himself Hackensack Suicide Victim, 17, Shoots Himself
Hackensack Suicide Victim, 17, Shoots Himself HACKENSACK, N.J. (UPDATE) -- A 17-year-old boy shot himself dead in a Hackensack backyard, authorities confirmed. The boy shot himself in the face in a First Street yard just before 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Capt. Francesco Aquila told Daily Voice.

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Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Teacher Exchanged Sexual Images With New Milford Girl, 15 Prosecutor: Teacher Exchanged Sexual Images With New Milford Girl, 15 Prosecutor: Teacher Exchanged Sexual Images With New Milford Girl, 15
Prosecutor: Teacher Exchanged Sexual Images With New Milford Girl, 15 NEW MILFORD, N.J. -- A Middlesex County schoolteacher was being held on $250,000 bail after authorities said he exchanged sexual images online with a 15-year-old New Milford girl. Neal E. Ziskind, 35, of the Keasbey section of Woodbridge was charged with sexual assault, child exploitation, child endangerment and promoting obscene material, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. Ziskind was arrested Tuesday by members of Grewal's Special Victims Unit and New Milford police.

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West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
Ringwood Bicyclist, 13, Struck in Wanaque Flown To Hospital Ringwood Bicyclist, 13, Struck in Wanaque Flown To Hospital Ringwood Bicyclist, 13, Struck in Wanaque Flown To Hospital
Ringwood Bicyclist, 13, Struck in Wanaque Flown To Hospital WANAQUE, N.J. -- A 13-year-old Ringwood boy who witnesses said rode into traffic was hospitalized with leg and interal injuries after he was struck Tuesday night in Wanaque by a car driven by a 17-year-old girl, police said Wednesday morning. The boy "was riding his bike from a trail that travels from Conklintown Road and exits to Meadowbrook Avenue when he was struck" around 6:35 p.m., Capt. Kenneth Fackina said. He "was riding with a juvenile friend who was behind him and witnessed the accident," the captain added. "He, the driver of the vehicle and a third witne…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Wallington Addict Sold Tools From Stolen Van For Crack, Police Say Wallington Addict Sold Tools From Stolen Van For Crack, Police Say Wallington Addict Sold Tools From Stolen Van For Crack, Police Say
Wallington Addict Sold Tools From Stolen Van For Crack, Police Say WALLINGTON, N.J. -- A 21-year-old Wallington man with a history of recent arrests told police he stole a van and then sold the tools inside for crack, said authorities who arrested him. Detective Lt. Shawn Kudlacik was on patrol when he spotted the white Ford Econonline, which had been reported stolen earlier Saturday, at the intersection of Mount Pleasant and Paterson avenues, Police Chief Carmelo Imbruglia told Daily Voice. A quick check with headquarters confirmed the theft, the chief said. Kudlacik pulled the van over on Pine Street, a dead end, and arrested the driver, Brandon Olivier…

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Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Bergenfield Man Charged With Threatening To Blow Up Elementary School Bergenfield Man Charged With Threatening To Blow Up Elementary School Bergenfield Man Charged With Threatening To Blow Up Elementary School
Bergenfield Man Charged With Threatening To Blow Up Elementary School BERGENFIELD, N.J. -- Bergenfield police arrested a local man who they said threatened to blow up an elementary school Tuesday morning, prompting a district-wide lockdown, followed by a shelter in place, authorities said. Officer Daynel Ozorio located 48-year-old Edgar Perez and took him into custody on New Bridge Road and Greenbriar Street after the alert went out just before 9 a.m., Capt. Mustafa Rabboh said. Moments earlier, Perez approached a Lincoln Elementary School employee in the parking lot and "stated that he wanted to blow up the school," Rabboh said. He then walked away…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Fort Lee Rotary Club Adds Members Fort Lee Rotary Club Adds Members Fort Lee Rotary Club Adds Members
Fort Lee Rotary Club Adds Members FORT LEE, N.J. -- The Fort Lee Rotary Club inducted dentist Chithra Durgam as a new member on Tuesday. Chithra, of North Bergen, was brought into the club by new member Marissa Salen Kochnover, who is opening Cycle Bar, a spin studio, in Fort Lee. The Fort Lee Rotary Club meets most Tuesdays at 12:15 p.m. at Meson Madrid. It meets the third Tuesday of the month at the River Palm in Edgewater.

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Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Driver OK After SUV Plunges Into Passaic River Driver OK After SUV Plunges Into Passaic River Driver OK After SUV Plunges Into Passaic River
Driver OK After SUV Plunges Into Passaic River Witnesses said a female driver was OK Tuesday morning after her SUV plunged into the Passaic River off Route 21 in Nutley and a bystander jumped in and brought her to safety. The Lyndhurst Fire Department Dive Team assisted. The Wallington Fire Department Dive Team was also put on standby.

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