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
Breaking News
Ridgewood Mom Hopes Someone Saw Driver Who Knocked Son, 12, Off Bicycle Ridgewood Mom Hopes Someone Saw Driver Who Knocked Son, 12, Off Bicycle Ridgewood Mom Hopes Someone Saw Driver Who Knocked Son, 12, Off Bicycle
Ridgewood Mom Hopes Someone Saw Driver Who Knocked Son, 12, Off Bicycle RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- A Ridgewood mother was hoping that anyone who saw the driver who left the scene after knocking her 12-year-old son off his bicycle contacts police. John Shelko was riding his home from Ridgewood Cycle around 3:30 p.m. Friday when the SUV struck him at the corner of Franklin Avenue and Oak Street -- between Ben & Jerry's on one corner and East Coast Burger on another. "It happened quickly and he was pretty shaken up," Andrea Guscott Shelko said. "The car threw him from the bike and ran over the bike but was able to stop before hitting him again while he …

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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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Car Plows Into Bogota Home Car Plows Into Bogota Home Car Plows Into Bogota Home
Car Plows Into Bogota Home BOGOTA, N.J. -- A driver was taken to the hospital after an SUV backed into a Bogota house. The middle-aged driver told police the gas pedal got stuck coming out of the driveway, sending the Toyota RAV 4 into the neighboring Leonia Avenue house. The gas and water lines were damaged, forcing a utility shutoff. Authorities also inspected the building for structural damage. A fire hydrant and bushes were also damaged. Suez Water and PSE&G responded along with police and firefighters.

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Pascack Valley, NJ
Your Community
Students, Seniors At Bristal At Woodcliff Lake Make Blankets For Needy Kids Students, Seniors At Bristal At Woodcliff Lake Make Blankets For Needy Kids Students, Seniors At Bristal At Woodcliff Lake Make Blankets For Needy Kids
Students, Seniors At Bristal At Woodcliff Lake Make Blankets For Needy Kids WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J. -- Elementary school pupils joined seniors at The Bristal at Woodcliff Lake to help make blankets for children who are seriously ill, distressed or otherwise in need. The Dorchester Elementary School youngsters helped with the new handmade blankets and afghans for Project Linus, which collects blankets locally and distributes them to children in hospitals, shelters, social service agencies -- or "anywhere that a child might be in need of a big hug,"

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Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgewood Garage Blaze Doused Ridgewood Garage Blaze Doused Ridgewood Garage Blaze Doused
Ridgewood Garage Blaze Doused RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- Ridgewood firefighters quickly put down a garage blaze early Sunday. The detached Sherwood Road garage was fully involved when firefighters arrived just before 6 a.m.

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Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Administrative Assistant Charged With Taking $50,000 From Ridgewood Doctor Administrative Assistant Charged With Taking $50,000 From Ridgewood Doctor Administrative Assistant Charged With Taking $50,000 From Ridgewood Doctor
Administrative Assistant Charged With Taking $50,000 From Ridgewood Doctor RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- A Cliffside Park woman who worked as an administrative assistant in a Ridgewood doctor's office was charged with stealing more than $50,000 from him. A judge ordered Susan Lopez, 29, held on $35,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with computer theft and forgery, among other counts. Members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office White Collar Crimes Unit and Ridgewood police began investigating after the doctor notified them of the thefts in late March. Lopez "forged and issued checks from the doctor’s office business account and had used the account to ma…

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Monsey, NY
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Spring Valley Man Gets 15 Years For Trafficking Girl Into Prostitution Spring Valley Man Gets 15 Years For Trafficking Girl Into Prostitution Spring Valley Man Gets 15 Years For Trafficking Girl Into Prostitution
Spring Valley Man Gets 15 Years For Trafficking Girl Into Prostitution SPRING VALLEY, N.Y. -- A federal judge in New Jersey sentenced a Spring Valley man to 15 years in prison Wednesday for trafficking a girl into prostitution. Wilbur "Wilby" Senat, 26, threatened to kill the girl's family if she didn't cooperate, then took her to New Jersey and Philadelphia -- with the help of three other men -- to turn tricks, U.S. District Judge Michael A. Shipp found after an eight-day bench trial in Trenton. Senat met the girl in Haverstraw in the summer of 2011 and took her to a Nyack motel sometime later, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman said. After plying her w…

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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Hillsdale Mayor Doug Frank Honored As Bergen County Legionnaire Of Year Hillsdale Mayor Doug Frank Honored As Bergen County Legionnaire Of Year Hillsdale Mayor Doug Frank Honored As Bergen County Legionnaire Of Year
Hillsdale Mayor Doug Frank Honored As Bergen County Legionnaire Of Year ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. -- Hillsdale Mayor Doug Frank on Saturday received one of the American Legion's most prestigious commendations as Legionnaire Of The Year. Frank, the vice commander of American Legion Post 162 of Hillsdale, Woodcliff Lake and Old Tappan, received the award during Bergen County's 90th American Legion Convention in Elmwood Park.

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Paterson, NJ
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Michael J. Smith Inaugurated As Berkeley College President In Woodland Park Michael J. Smith Inaugurated As Berkeley College President In Woodland Park Michael J. Smith Inaugurated As Berkeley College President In Woodland Park
Michael J. Smith Inaugurated As Berkeley College President In Woodland Park WOODLAND PARK, N.J. -- Berkeley College inaugurated its third system-wide president, Michael J. Smith, on the Woodland Park campus on Friday. Nearly 1,000 family and friends, colleagues, faculty, staff, business and elected officials gathered under a large tent for the ceremony. After beginning his tenure last June, Smith toured all Berkeley College campuses in New Jersey and New York and the offices of Berkeley College Online -- on his very first day. He also committed to and completed attending 52 classes in 52 weeks to get a first-hand student experience. “I learned so much from my 52 …

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
South Hackensack Police Find Virginia Couple With Loaded Gun, Heroin South Hackensack Police Find Virginia Couple With Loaded Gun, Heroin South Hackensack Police Find Virginia Couple With Loaded Gun, Heroin
South Hackensack Police Find Virginia Couple With Loaded Gun, Heroin WAYNE, N.J. -- South Hackensack police said they found a Virgina couple carrying a loaded handgun, along with pot, crack and 117 Oxycodone pills, during an overnight stop Friday outside a Route 46 motel. Donnie McCray, 49, and Elizabeth McCray, 27, were charged with various drug and weapons offenses after the stop at the Knights Inn Motel around 4 a.m., Capt. Robert Kaiser told Daily Voice. Donnie McCray was being held on $30,000 bail, and Elizabeth McCray on $15,000 bail, in the Bergen County Jail.

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Paterson, NJ
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Wayne Police Say Panty Thieves Snatched $2,000 Worth Of Underwear Wayne Police Say Panty Thieves Snatched $2,000 Worth Of Underwear Wayne Police Say Panty Thieves Snatched $2,000 Worth Of Underwear
Wayne Police Say Panty Thieves Snatched $2,000 Worth Of Underwear WAYNE, N.J. -- A pair of panty thieves were caught fleeing a Victoria's Secret at the Willowbrook Mall in Wayne with nearly $2,000 worth of underwear, police said Friday. Security guards grabbed the couple -- identified as JohanOrocco, 29, and Fabiola Vargas, 31, both of Corona, Queens -- after they'd wandered through the store, stuffing 144 panities into bags Thursday night, Capt. Laurence Martin said. Both were later released pending a hearing on charges of shoplifting more than $500 worth of merchandise.

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