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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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Leonia Police Catch Accused Car Burglar With Help From Fort Lee Colleagues Leonia Police Catch Accused Car Burglar With Help From Fort Lee Colleagues Leonia Police Catch Accused Car Burglar With Help From Fort Lee Colleagues
Leonia Police Catch Accused Car Burglar With Help From Fort Lee Colleagues LEONIA, N.J. -- Leonia police early Saturday nabbed a 64-year-old accused car burglar, with help from their Fort Lee colleagues, after the vehicle owner dialed 911. The Bergen Boulevard resident told police Robert Corbett of Neptune City ran off toward Fort Lee when she caught him in the car, parked in her driveway, around 6 a.m., Capt. Scott Tamagny told Daily Voice. After police from both towns converged on the area, borough Officers Sihoon Chung and Anthony Mikatarian caught Corbett -- who was "found to be in the possession of property from the vehicle that he had entered," Tam…

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Tappan-Blauvelt, NY
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Westchester Man Jumps To Death From GWB Westchester Man Jumps To Death From GWB Westchester Man Jumps To Death From GWB
Westchester Man Jumps To Death From GWB FORT LEE, N.J. -- A 35-year-old Westchester County man jumped to his death Thursday from the southern walkway of the George Washington Bridge -- the sixth suicide from the span this year. A witness reported seeing Samuel Perry of Mamaroneck go over the railing around 10:30 a.m., the Port Authority's Joseph Pentangelo told Daily Voice. The New York Harbor Patrol pulledthe man from the water less than a half-hour later and brought him to the Dykman Street marina, he said. He was pronounced at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital at 11:34 a.m., Pentangelo said. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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Garfield-Lodi, NJ
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Fugitive Found In Garfield Home Invasion Robbery, Sex Assault Fugitive Found In Garfield Home Invasion Robbery, Sex Assault Fugitive Found In Garfield Home Invasion Robbery, Sex Assault
Fugitive Found In Garfield Home Invasion Robbery, Sex Assault GARFIELD, N.J. -- Authorities captured a fugitive from Jersey City wanted in a Garfield home-invasion sexual assault and robbery last fall, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal announced Friday evening. Steven Burno, 21, was being held on at $500,000 bail in the Hudson County Correctional Facility, charged with two counts of aggravated sexual assault and one each of robbery and weapons possession. Burno and two other Jersey City men - Xavier Epps and Tymell White -- forced their way into the home, which was occupied by two women and a man, and held them at gunpoint while taking…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Prosecutor: South Hackensack Auto Design Shop Owner Rolled Back Odometers Prosecutor: South Hackensack Auto Design Shop Owner Rolled Back Odometers Prosecutor: South Hackensack Auto Design Shop Owner Rolled Back Odometers
Prosecutor: South Hackensack Auto Design Shop Owner Rolled Back Odometers SOUTH HACKENSACK, N.J. -- The owner of a South Hackensack auto design shop was caught rolling back odometers -- sometimes up to tens of thousands of miles, authorities said Friday. Alon Levin, 52, of Hillsdale used diagnostic tools at his HQ Custom Design shop at 275 Huyler Street -- which specializes in commercial and luxury custom conversions -- to access and tamper with the vehicles' computers, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. "Odometer rollback schemes primarily target high mileage vehicles," Grewal said. "A rollback of just a few thousand miles can …

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Clifton Police: One Victim Held Up With Gun, Other Hit With Beer Bottle Clifton Police: One Victim Held Up With Gun, Other Hit With Beer Bottle Clifton Police: One Victim Held Up With Gun, Other Hit With Beer Bottle
Clifton Police: One Victim Held Up With Gun, Other Hit With Beer Bottle CLIFTON, N.J. -- Clifton police arrested a Paterson man in one holdup and were looking for two other robbers who they said put a gun to their victim's head. Juan Almonte-Peralta, 27, was charged with aggravated assault, robbery and drug and weapons possession after police said he hit a Passaic man with a an empty beer bottle on a jitney bus and took his headphones around 6 p.m. Thursday, Police stopped the bus after the 27-year-old victim got off and alerted them, Detective Sgt. Robert Bracken said Friday. Around 12:15 a.m. Friday, a Lodi driver told police he was accosted by two men weari…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Hoverboard Batteries Ignite Wayne House Fire Hoverboard Batteries Ignite Wayne House Fire Hoverboard Batteries Ignite Wayne House Fire
Hoverboard Batteries Ignite Wayne House Fire WAYNE, N.J. -- Recharging hoverboard batteries ignited a fire that severely damaged a Wayne home, police said Friday. “There is a fire in the house and we are all evacuating now,” a caller from the Kevin Place residence told a 911 dispatcher at 10:17 p.m. Thursday. "Smoke is coming up the stairs and we can see flames in the living room.” Officer Ardian Cela and Sgt. Robert Franco found the house evacuated before township firefighters extinguished the blaze, Police Capt. Laurence W. Martin said. Wayne's Memorial Volunteer First Aid squad also responded, he said. One of the residents r…

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Paterson, NJ
Your Community
Three Passaic County High Schools Rank Among America's Most Challenging Three Passaic County High Schools Rank Among America's Most Challenging Three Passaic County High Schools Rank Among America's Most Challenging
Three Passaic County High Schools Rank Among America's Most Challenging Three high schools in Passaic County made the Washington Post's list of America’s most challenging. Wayne Valley High School finished at No. 118 among 160 New Jersey schools that made the national newspaper's list of America's Most Challenging High Schools. Nationwide, it ranked No. 1,979. Wayne Hills High School finished at No. 121 among New Jersey schools and nationwide at No. 2,010. Paterson Charter School for Dance and Technology ranked 147 among New Jersey high schools that made the list. Nationwide, it finished at 2,207. In all, 2,302 high schools across the United States made the c…

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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Man Jumps To Death From GWB Man Jumps To Death From GWB Man Jumps To Death From GWB
Man Jumps To Death From GWB FORT LEE, N.J. -- A 35-year-old Westchester County man jumped to his death Thursday from the southern walkway of the George Washington Bridge -- the sixth suicide from the span this year. A witness reported seeing Samuel Perry of Mamaroneck go over the railing around 10:30 a.m., the Port Authority's Joseph Pentangelo told Daily Voice. The New York Harbor Patrol pulledthe man from the water less than a half-hour later and brought him to the Dykman Street marina, he said. He was pronounced at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital at 11:34 a.m., Pentangelo said. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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Hackensack, NJ
Your Community
Bergen High Schools Rank Among Washington Post's Most Challenging In U.S. Bergen High Schools Rank Among Washington Post's Most Challenging In U.S. Bergen High Schools Rank Among Washington Post's Most Challenging In U.S.
Bergen High Schools Rank Among Washington Post's Most Challenging In U.S. Twenty-seven high schools in Bergen County made the Washington Post's list of America’s most challenging. Glen Rock High School, at No. 18, ranked highest in New Jersey on the national newspaper's list of America's Most Challenging High Schools -- up from No. 34 last year. Overall, GRHS finished 728th in the country. Each score was based on "the number of college-level tests given at a school in the previous calendar year divided by the number of graduates that year," the Post reported. "A ratio of 1.000 means the school had as many tests as graduates." In all, 2,302 hi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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South Hackensack Police: Ex-Con Set Rental Truck Fire Next To School South Hackensack Police: Ex-Con Set Rental Truck Fire Next To School South Hackensack Police: Ex-Con Set Rental Truck Fire Next To School
South Hackensack Police: Ex-Con Set Rental Truck Fire Next To School SOUTH HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Authorities charged an ex-con with setting a fire that damaged four party rental company vehicles barely 10 feet from a South Hackensack school on Tuesday. Surveillance video captured Jose A. Lopez, 45 -- who had just started a warehouse job with the company next door -- setting the fire, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. The blaze damaged two trucks and two trailers behind 450 Huyler Street. near South Hackensack Memorial School, authorities said. Lopez was being held on $60,000 bail, charged with aggravated arson, following an investigation …

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