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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Hackensack, NJ
Your Community
Bergen County Officials Make 'Take Your Children To Work Day' Special Bergen County Officials Make 'Take Your Children To Work Day' Special Bergen County Officials Make 'Take Your Children To Work Day' Special
Bergen County Officials Make 'Take Your Children To Work Day' Special HACKENSACK, N.J. -- "What do you do with a Taser?" 6-year-old Sydney Strauss asked a Bergen County sheriff's officer at "Take Your Children to Work Day" on Thursday. Joining their mom, Tamara, at work on Thursday was particularly exciting for Sydney, her sister, Amanda, and her brother, Devin, among dozens of other youngsters. Bergen County Excecutive Jim Tedesco and the Board of Freeholders sponsored the special day, featuring several agencies, for county employees and their offspring. Sydney Strauss, who turns 7 this Sunday, enjoyed the robot Gizmo "because he ca…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Poll: Christie's Ratings Worst Ever, Booker Rises Poll: Christie's Ratings Worst Ever, Booker Rises Poll: Christie's Ratings Worst Ever, Booker Rises
Poll: Christie's Ratings Worst Ever, Booker Rises As Gov. Chris Christie’s top pick for president, Donald Trump, continues to climb in the polls, the governor’s own ratings have dropped to their lowest ever, according to the latest Rutgers-Eagleton Poll. At the same time, U.S. Sen. Cory Booker's popularity continues to grow. Only 26% of New Jersey registered voters now have a favorable opinion of Christie – down three points since February -- the poll reports. Sixty-four percent are unfavorable toward the governor, up five points since February and now at its highest point yet since Christie first took office. The governor's unpopularit…

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Lyndhurst, NJ
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Prosecutor: Jersey Shore Man Sexually Assaulted Sleeping Lyndhurst Woman Prosecutor: Jersey Shore Man Sexually Assaulted Sleeping Lyndhurst Woman Prosecutor: Jersey Shore Man Sexually Assaulted Sleeping Lyndhurst Woman
Prosecutor: Jersey Shore Man Sexually Assaulted Sleeping Lyndhurst Woman LYNDHURST, N.J. -- A Jersey Shore man sexually assaulted a Lyndhurst woman as she slept, said authorities who arrested him. Pedro A. Castillo-Valdes, a 35-year-old married hotel engineer, remained held $100,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail pending an initial court appearance Friday. He was charged with aggravated sexual assault and assault. Castillo-Valdes was arrested Wednesday after the woman said she woke up to find him assaulting her early last Friday, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said Thursday. The investigation was conducted by his Special Victims Unit and Lyndh…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Cars Collide, SUV Struck On Route 17 In Rutherford Cars Collide, SUV Struck On Route 17 In Rutherford Cars Collide, SUV Struck On Route 17 In Rutherford
Cars Collide, SUV Struck On Route 17 In Rutherford RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- A car careened into a driveway and hit an SUV after being cut off by another vehicle on southbound Route 17 in Rutherford Thursday afternoon. A witness told Daily Voice the car barreled into the driveway after it another car that cut off its driver around 2:45 p.m.

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Man Kills Himself In Hackensack By Lighting Charcoal Briquettes In Car Man Kills Himself In Hackensack By Lighting Charcoal Briquettes In Car Man Kills Himself In Hackensack By Lighting Charcoal Briquettes In Car
Man Kills Himself In Hackensack By Lighting Charcoal Briquettes In Car HACKENSACK, N.J. -- A 43-year-old Palisades Park man committed suicide behind a Hackensack bowling alley Thursday morning by lighting charcoal briquettes in a metal pan inside his vehicle, city police told Daily Voice. A bowling alley employee called at 8:50 a.m. to report a man apparently sleeping in his Mercedes behind the Bowler City Lanes off River Street, Capt. Patrick Coffey said. The victim apparently had gone bowling and then lighted the briquettes after returning to his car, the captain said. "He apparently was having financial trouble," Coffey told Daily Voice. "He…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Booker, Menendez, Saudino Welcome Bergenfield Drug Take Back Box Booker, Menendez, Saudino Welcome Bergenfield Drug Take Back Box Booker, Menendez, Saudino Welcome Bergenfield Drug Take Back Box
Booker, Menendez, Saudino Welcome Bergenfield Drug Take Back Box BERGENFIELD, N.J. -- Bergenfield police have become the latest law enforcement agency to add a round-the-clock medication disposal box. The addition will be formally welcomed during an "Operation Take Back New Jersey" news conference at police headquarters with U.S. Sen. Cory Booker and Robert Menendez, at 12:30 p.m. Friday. Other speakers will include Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino, state Assemblymen Tim Eustace and Joseph Lagana, and Angelo Valente, executive director of Partnership for a Drug Free NJ. Saturday is National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. More than 100 …

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Armonk, NY
Breaking News
Former Westchester Pet Shop Owner, Brother Charged With Animal Cruelty Former Westchester Pet Shop Owner, Brother Charged With Animal Cruelty Former Westchester Pet Shop Owner, Brother Charged With Animal Cruelty
Former Westchester Pet Shop Owner, Brother Charged With Animal Cruelty Authorities in Bergen County, N.J., have filed charges against a former Westchester pet shop owner and his brother, who they said kept 67 dogs crated overnight in van outside the Paramus Just Pups store, Daily Voice has confirmed. Vincent and Leonard LoSacco are each charged with 134 counts of animal cruelty, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said Wednesday afternoon. Each was given a May 10 arraignment date in Central Municipal Court in Hackensack. Vincent LoSacco also faced violations at a store he owned in Valhalla that closed earlier this year. Specifically, the LoSaccos…

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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JetBlue Pilot From Ramsey Flew Drunk, Authorities Charge JetBlue Pilot From Ramsey Flew Drunk, Authorities Charge JetBlue Pilot From Ramsey Flew Drunk, Authorities Charge
JetBlue Pilot From Ramsey Flew Drunk, Authorities Charge RAMSEY, N.J. -- A former JetBlue pilot from Ramsey was intoxicated while flying from Orlando to New York City, a Daily News report says. Dennis Murphy, who has since resigned, was charged based on a .11 blood-alcohol content reading during a random alcohol test administered after Flight 584 from Orlando landed at JFK Airport in Queens with 151 passengers aboard, the Daily News reports. Murphy, 44, registered a .091 on a second test 15 minutes later, a cmoplaint filed in federal court in the Eastern District of New York says. Federal criminal charges are filed if a commercial pilot register…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Was 'Countdown Bandit' Responsible For Garfield Bank Robbery? Was 'Countdown Bandit' Responsible For Garfield Bank Robbery? Was 'Countdown Bandit' Responsible For Garfield Bank Robbery?
Was 'Countdown Bandit' Responsible For Garfield Bank Robbery? GARFIELD, N.J. -- Garfield police were "looking for connections to previous incidents" after a dark-skinned man in a New York Yankees cap robbed an M&T Bank branch Thursday morning, authorities said. UPDATE (April 29): "This is a robbery. You have ten seconds," a man dubbed the "Count Down Bandit" told a bank teller Thursday, said Garfield police, who released surveillance images of the robber on Friday. The FBI last month officially connected six bank robberies in Bergen County and one in Passaic County to a man they're calling the "Countdown Bandit&q…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Rochelle Park Police Arrest Accused Drug Dealers After Traffic Stop Rochelle Park Police Arrest Accused Drug Dealers After Traffic Stop Rochelle Park Police Arrest Accused Drug Dealers After Traffic Stop
Rochelle Park Police Arrest Accused Drug Dealers After Traffic Stop ROCHELLE PARK, N.J. -- A nervous driver from Rockland County who was stopped for making an illegal turn led Rochelle Park police to cocaine, heroin, and stolen goods -- as well as the arrests of two accused drug dealers. Lt. Dean Pinto stopped the Acura on Passaic Street around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday. After talking with an "extremely nervous" Jonathan Elwell, 35, of Suffern, Pinto and backup Officers Franklin Laboy and Jared Shatkin found a dozen small bags -- two containing cocaine and 10 filled with heroin, Detective Sgt. James DePreta said Thursday. They also found several uncapp…

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