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
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Clinton Calls Trump 'Temperamentally Unfit To Be President' After NJ Win Clinton Calls Trump 'Temperamentally Unfit To Be President' After NJ Win Clinton Calls Trump 'Temperamentally Unfit To Be President' After NJ Win
Clinton Calls Trump 'Temperamentally Unfit To Be President' After NJ Win After the results of New Jersey's primaries on Super Tuesday officially made her the Democratic Party's presumptive 2016 presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton called Republican candidate Donald Trump "temperamentally unfit to be president." Trump "wants to take America backward" and "is trying to wall off Americans from each other," by "stoking fear and rubbing salt in wounds," Clinton said during her victory speech at the Brooklyn Navy Yard (see above). During the speech, which began just before 10:30 p.m., Clinton showed her appreciation for everyon…

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Fort Lee, NJ
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2 Victims Critical, 17-Year-Old Driver Charged In Fort Lee Route 4 Crash 2 Victims Critical, 17-Year-Old Driver Charged In Fort Lee Route 4 Crash 2 Victims Critical, 17-Year-Old Driver Charged In Fort Lee Route 4 Crash
2 Victims Critical, 17-Year-Old Driver Charged In Fort Lee Route 4 Crash FORT LEE, N.J. -- Two victims remained in critical condition Tuesday night, nearly 20 hours after a car driven by an unlicensed 17-year-old from New York City crashed into a barrier at the entrance to the Best Western hotel on westbound Route 4 in Fort Lee. Five occupants in all, including the driver, were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center after the 3:30 a.m. single-car crash, acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. The 2000 Honda Accord sustained heavy front-end damage, he said. The group was headed to meet friends who'd arrived at the hotel moments earlier, the…

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Bridgeport, CT
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Clinton Calls Trump 'Temperamentally Unfit To Be President' After NJ Win Clinton Calls Trump 'Temperamentally Unfit To Be President' After NJ Win Clinton Calls Trump 'Temperamentally Unfit To Be President' After NJ Win
Clinton Calls Trump 'Temperamentally Unfit To Be President' After NJ Win After the results of New Jersey's primaries on Tuesday officially made her the Democratic Party's presumptive presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton called Republican candidate Donald Trump "temperamentally unfit to be president." Trump "wants to take America backward" and "is trying to wall off Americans from each other," by "stoking fear and rubbing salt in wounds," Clinton said during her victory speech at the Brooklyn Navy Yard (see above). During the speech, which began just before 10:30 p.m., Clinton showed her appreciation for everyone who worke…

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Bergenfield, NJ
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Funeral Arrangements Set For Popular New Milford Police Lieutenant Funeral Arrangements Set For Popular New Milford Police Lieutenant Funeral Arrangements Set For Popular New Milford Police Lieutenant
Funeral Arrangements Set For Popular New Milford Police Lieutenant NEW MILFORD, N.J. -- A funeral was scheduled for Friday for popular New Milford Detective Lt. Brian Long, who died of a rare form of kidney cancer on Tuesday. Visiting is scheduled from 1 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Becker Funeral Home in Westwood. An 11 a.m. funeral was set for 11 a.m. Friday at Our Lady of Mercy Church in Park Ridge, followed by burial in Maryrest Cemetery in Mahwah. Originally from Bergenfield, the highly-respected father of three worked for the NYPD before transferring to New Milford in 1994. Long, 46, battled the disease valiantly, returning to work, before succumbing …

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Tappan-Blauvelt, NY
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Westchester, Rockland, Bergen Executives Unite At Forum Westchester, Rockland, Bergen Executives Unite At Forum Westchester, Rockland, Bergen Executives Unite At Forum
Westchester, Rockland, Bergen Executives Unite At Forum ORANGEBURG, N.J. -- Drought response, flood mitigation, mutual aid coordination and emergency management were among the topics discussed by, among others, Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco and Rockland County Executive Ed Day at Dominican College in Orangeburg. "The Palisades Institute’s annual County Executive Forum is a great opportunity to share our approaches and experiences with respect to economic development, social services, infrastructure, and transportation,” Tedesco said afterward. "Discussions like these help us strengthen o…

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Garfield-Lodi, NJ
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Prosecutor: Garfield Machinist Secretly Recorded Undressed Victim Prosecutor: Garfield Machinist Secretly Recorded Undressed Victim Prosecutor: Garfield Machinist Secretly Recorded Undressed Victim
Prosecutor: Garfield Machinist Secretly Recorded Undressed Victim GARFIELD, N.J. -- A Garfield machinist secretly was released without bail after being charged with recording images of a victim "in various states of undress," authorities said Tuesday. Richard Erszkowicz, 44, of Pierre Avenue was charged wto counts of invasion of privacy, acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. Members of Grewal's Compouter Crimes Unit and Garfield police arrested Erszkowicz on Monday after the victim contacted authorities, the prosecutor said. A first appearance was scheduled for June 20 in Central Municipal Court in Hackensack.

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Hackensack, NJ
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Victim Leads Hackensack Police To Stolen Car, Accused Thief Victim Leads Hackensack Police To Stolen Car, Accused Thief Victim Leads Hackensack Police To Stolen Car, Accused Thief
Victim Leads Hackensack Police To Stolen Car, Accused Thief HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Hackensack police arrested an accused auto thief after the owner spotted the car pulling out of the Home Depot. Police stopped the car Monday shortly after it left the Hackensack Avenue lot, Capt. Brian Corcoran said. Its Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) had been altered in several areas "in a futile attempt to obscure the fact that it was stolen," Corcoran said. Sgt. Anthony Di Persia and Officer Victor Vazquez located the correct VIN, confirmed that the car was stolen out of Palisades Park and arrested the driver, 53-year-old Robert B. Callahan of Newark.…

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Fort Lee, NJ
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Female Dump Truck Driver Who Owed $15,800 In Tolls Arrested At GWB Female Dump Truck Driver Who Owed $15,800 In Tolls Arrested At GWB Female Dump Truck Driver Who Owed $15,800 In Tolls Arrested At GWB
Female Dump Truck Driver Who Owed $15,800 In Tolls Arrested At GWB FORT LEE, N.J. -- A Port Authority police officer who pulled over a female dump truck driver for beating the toll at the George Washington Bridge made a surprising discovery -- she owed E-ZPass $15,800, authorities said. Laura R. Tarrats, 42, of Wantage was stopped at the upper level toll booth by Officer Leonel Gonzalez around 9 a.m. Monday after her 2004 Kenworth rolled through a "toll unpaid" sign in the E-ZPass lane, the authority's Joseph Pentangelo told Daily Voice. Tarrats, who didn't have an EZPass transponder, had her account revoked in February, he said. Police arrested…

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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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Bogota Police Emergency Services Youth Academy Names First 11 Cadets Bogota Police Emergency Services Youth Academy Names First 11 Cadets Bogota Police Emergency Services Youth Academy Names First 11 Cadets
Bogota Police Emergency Services Youth Academy Names First 11 Cadets BOGOTA, N.J. -- The Bogota Police Emergency Services Youth Academy selected the first 11 cadets for its sixth annual summer class. The introductions were made during a Youth Academies Benefit Dinner held Friday at the Bogota VFW Post #5561 hall. The dinner helped raise funds for the class and gave the applicants and their families a chance to meet some of the instructors. The first cadet announced was Jordan Lavalle, an honor graduate from last summer's class. The next 10: Calista D., Justin C., Daniella A., Stephen S., Michelle M., Bryan L., Bryan M., Matthew L., Miyanna L. & Tanais …

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Bergenfield, NJ
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Charges Pending Against Distraught New Milford Man With Shotgun Charges Pending Against Distraught New Milford Man With Shotgun Charges Pending Against Distraught New Milford Man With Shotgun
Charges Pending Against Distraught New Milford Man With Shotgun NEW MILFORD, N.J. -- New Jersey State Police in Morris County on Monday captured a suicidal New Milford man who authorities said was driving around with a loaded shotgun. New Milford were put on lockdown as a precaution while authorities searched for him 24-year-old Andrew Pardo, authorities said. Officers responding to an argument at a Princeton Street home just before 11 a.m. were told that Pardo "indicated he was suicidal and had just left with the shotgun in his possession,"Police Chief Frank Ramaci told Daily Voice. "According to witnesses, Pardo was operating an older …

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