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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Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Montvale Victim Critical After Being Run Over By Truck Montvale Victim Critical After Being Run Over By Truck Montvale Victim Critical After Being Run Over By Truck
Montvale Victim Critical After Being Run Over By Truck MONTVALE, N.J. -- A 41-year-old Spring Valley man was critically injured Tuesday morning after he was run over by a delivery truck in a Montvale parking lot, authorities said. Witnesses weren't sure whether the victim had laid down or fallen in front of the truck's front wheel before he his torso was run over in the Chestnut Ridge Road parking lot around 7:40 a.m., Police Chief Jeremy Abrams said. The driver had returned to the vehicle and couldn't see the victim when he tried to make a delivery at the Dunkin Donuts in the small shopping center. Atlantic AirOne flew him to Hackensack Unive…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Teaneck Municipal Administrator Charged With Stealing Money Teaneck Municipal Administrator Charged With Stealing Money Teaneck Municipal Administrator Charged With Stealing Money
Teaneck Municipal Administrator Charged With Stealing Money TEANECK, N.J. -- Authorities charged Teaneck Municipal Court Administrator Jill Graham with stealing an undisclosed amount of money from township coffers. Graham, who has been on indefinite administrative leave, is accused of taking more than $500. The thefts began in April 2015 and continued through October, authorities said. Graham, 47, of Hackensack, "committed theft by failing to make required disposition of property received," Police Chief Robert Carney said Tuesday morning. She was released on a summons pending a June 1 appearance in Bergen County Central Municipal Court i…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority Police Chase Down Accused Fort Lee Burglar At GWB Tolls Port Authority Police Chase Down Accused Fort Lee Burglar At GWB Tolls Port Authority Police Chase Down Accused Fort Lee Burglar At GWB Tolls
Port Authority Police Chase Down Accused Fort Lee Burglar At GWB Tolls FORT LEE, N.J. -- Port Authority police chased down an accused burglar who they said ran through traffic at the George Washington Bridge's lower-level toll plaza after a Fort Lee break-in. Responding to an alert broadcast by Fort Lee police, Officer Patrick Devins spotted 51-year-old Billy Pugh just after 4 p.m. Monday, the authority's Joseph Pentangelo told Daily Voice. Pugh, of the Bronx, tried to flee through traffic toward the bridge's lower level but was chased down, he said. A search of the area turned up headphones that Fort Lee police said the burglar in the 2100 Linwood Avenue bre…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
Ringwood Avenue Closed In Wanaque For Utility Pole Repairs Ringwood Avenue Closed In Wanaque For Utility Pole Repairs Ringwood Avenue Closed In Wanaque For Utility Pole Repairs
Ringwood Avenue Closed In Wanaque For Utility Pole Repairs WANAQUE, N.J. -- A stretch of Ringwood Avenue was to remain closed indefinitely early Tuesday in Wanaque for repairs to a snapped utility pole. "We have no estimate on how long the road will be closed," Wanaque police said shortly before 8:30 a.m., after the road was closed between Skyline Lakes Drive and Conklintown Road.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Safety Director Didn't Break Law During Hackensack Traffic Stop Prosecutor: Safety Director Didn't Break Law During Hackensack Traffic Stop Prosecutor: Safety Director Didn't Break Law During Hackensack Traffic Stop
Prosecutor: Safety Director Didn't Break Law During Hackensack Traffic Stop HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Bergen County Public Safety Director Ralph Rivera Jr. didn't break the law when he showed up at the traffic stop of a suspected drunk driver in Hackensack, acting county Prosecutor Gurbir Grewal announced Monday afternoon. The March 19 incident "is now a Bergen County employment matter," Grewal said. Because Rivera "is not the executive of a Bergen County law enforcement agency, he is not subject to an internal affairs investigation by the BCPO under the Attorney General’s Internal Affairs Guidelines," the prosecutor said. County Executive Jim Tedesc…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Wayne Police: Massachusetts Man Inappropriately Grabbed Woman In Club Wayne Police: Massachusetts Man Inappropriately Grabbed Woman In Club Wayne Police: Massachusetts Man Inappropriately Grabbed Woman In Club
Wayne Police: Massachusetts Man Inappropriately Grabbed Woman In Club WAYNE, N.J. -- Surveillance video captured images of a Massachusetts man inappropriately grabbing a woman who ignored him on the dance floor of a Wayne nightclub, authorities said. The victim and a witness said 21-year-old Jacob O'Maley of Rockport approached them on the dance floor of Mother's "in an effort to dance with them" around 2:30 a.m. Saturday, Capt. Laurence Martin said. They ignored him, "resulting in O’Maley reaching from behind and offensively touching the victim," Martin said. Wayne police arrested O'Maley on charges of criminal sexual contact and harassm…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Franklin Lakes Brothers Busted With Pound of Pot, Steroids, $19,500 Cash Franklin Lakes Brothers Busted With Pound of Pot, Steroids, $19,500 Cash Franklin Lakes Brothers Busted With Pound of Pot, Steroids, $19,500 Cash
Franklin Lakes Brothers Busted With Pound of Pot, Steroids, $19,500 Cash FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. -- Authorities seized a pound of marijuana, nearly $19,500 in cash, steroids and drug-packaging materials from two brothers who they said were dealing pot from their Franklin Lakes home. Manuel Alvarez 24, and Daniel Alvarez, 22, were released on summonses pending May 25 arraignments in Central Municipal Court in Hackensack on various drug charges. They also were charged with trying to conceal or destroy evidence, authorities said. The pot found during the Cobblestone Court raid last Tuesday had a street value of $3,500, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Eastbound Spring Valley Avenue In Maywood Closed Eastbound Spring Valley Avenue In Maywood Closed Eastbound Spring Valley Avenue In Maywood Closed
Eastbound Spring Valley Avenue In Maywood Closed MAYWOOD, N.J. -- Eastbound Spring Valley Avenue in Maywood was closed at Maywood Avenue to the Hackensack border for emergency telephone pole work after a tree came down overnight. Westbound remained open.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Worker's Leg Crushed In Palisades Park Paving Accident Worker's Leg Crushed In Palisades Park Paving Accident Worker's Leg Crushed In Palisades Park Paving Accident
Worker's Leg Crushed In Palisades Park Paving Accident PALISADES PARK, N.J. -- A worker on a paving operation in Palisades Park had his leg crushed early Monday, responders told Daily Voice. The worker was "sitting on the screen of a paving machine and a roller crushed his leg" on Orchard Street, one said. He was reported in stable condition in the trauma unit at Hackensack University Medical Center. Englewood EMS responded, along with borough police.

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Pascack Valley, NJ
Your Community
Westwood High School Relay For Life In Washington Township Welcomes Rain Westwood High School Relay For Life In Washington Township Welcomes Rain Westwood High School Relay For Life In Washington Township Welcomes Rain
Westwood High School Relay For Life In Washington Township Welcomes Rain WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- A massive turnout embraced the rain at the American Cancer Society's overnight Relay for Life fundraiser at Westwood Regional Junior/Senior High School in Washington Township. Young and old celebrated cancer survivors while remembering those killed by it during “Coloring Outside the Lines for a Cure.” Beginning at 4 p.m. Saturday and ending at 7 a.m. Sunday, the campout event featured games, dancing, face painting, food and more. Meanwhile, at least one person from each team was walking around the school track at all times. It began with a survivors' lap, follo…

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