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
Breaking News
South Hackensack Box Truck Fire Spreads South Hackensack Box Truck Fire Spreads South Hackensack Box Truck Fire Spreads
South Hackensack Box Truck Fire Spreads UPDATE: SOUTH HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Authorities charged an ex-con with setting a fire that damaged four party rental company trucks in South Hackensack on Tuesday. SOUTH HACKENSACK, N.J. -- A box truck caught fire Tuesday in South Hackensack, spreading flames to nearby trailers and brush and sending up huge clouds of smoke. Hackensack and Little Ferry firefighters assisted their colleagues at the Huyler Street blaze.

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Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Have You Seen Them? Paramus Police Seek Public Help Finding Pickpockets Have You Seen Them? Paramus Police Seek Public Help Finding Pickpockets Have You Seen Them? Paramus Police Seek Public Help Finding Pickpockets
Have You Seen Them? Paramus Police Seek Public Help Finding Pickpockets PARAMUS, N.J. -- Paramus police turned to the public for help finding a crew of pickpockets who've targeted women who leave their purses unattended in supermarkets. They also urged customers to remain vigilant. Anyone who can identify the suspects or provide information that would help the investigation is asked to call Paramus police at (201) 262-3400 or use the confidential TIPS App at ParamusPDFacebook or www.paramuspolice.org. Police also provided some tips: Don’t leave your purse in your grocery cart as you shop; Don’t hang your purse on the back of your chair at restaurants -- keep…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Fairview Trucker Charged In Pregnant Woman Toy Gun Sex Assault Fairview Trucker Charged In Pregnant Woman Toy Gun Sex Assault Fairview Trucker Charged In Pregnant Woman Toy Gun Sex Assault
Fairview Trucker Charged In Pregnant Woman Toy Gun Sex Assault FAIRVIEW, N.J. -- A Salvadoran national from Fairview was charged with sexually assaulting a pregnant woman while pointing what proved to be a toy gun at her. Oscar Ramirez, 23, was taken into custody after authorities said the partially clothed woman came to boroug police headquarters before dawn Monday and said he forced her to give him oral sex at gunpoint. An investigation with the Bergen County Prosecutor's Special Victims Unit led to Ramirez's arrest on charged of first-degree aggravated assault with a weapon, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said Tuesday night. The 5…

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Firefighters Make Quick Work Of Hasbrouck Heights Basement Blaze Firefighters Make Quick Work Of Hasbrouck Heights Basement Blaze Firefighters Make Quick Work Of Hasbrouck Heights Basement Blaze
Firefighters Make Quick Work Of Hasbrouck Heights Basement Blaze HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N.J. -- Hasbrouck Heights firefighters quickly extinguished a basement fire Tuesday afternoon in a home on the 100 block of Boulevard. Firefighters from Lodi, Moonachie, Wallington, Wood-Ridge and Little Ferry also responded. No injuries were immediately reported nor the cause immediately determined.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Your Community
Leonia Schools Shut 6 Water Fountains With High Lead Levels Leonia Schools Shut 6 Water Fountains With High Lead Levels Leonia Schools Shut 6 Water Fountains With High Lead Levels
Leonia Schools Shut 6 Water Fountains With High Lead Levels LEONIA, N.J. -- Leonia school officials have shut six of the district's 98 fountains and receptacles at all three schools, the annex and the Board of Education headquarters after testing showed unacceptable lead levels, authorities said. "The school district took immediate action by closing the affected fountains/receptacles," Schools Supt. Joanne T. Megargee wrote in an email to parents. "Remediation to replace all filters and/or affected water fountains has been started, and retesting of water from these receptacles will occur before any of the affected water fountains are r…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Small Electrical Fire Briefly Clears Ridgewood School Small Electrical Fire Briefly Clears Ridgewood School Small Electrical Fire Briefly Clears Ridgewood School
Small Electrical Fire Briefly Clears Ridgewood School RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- A small electrical fire in a music room forced the brief evacuation Tuesday morning of Ridgewood's Travell School. A custodian extinguished the small blaze and firefighters cleared everyone to re-enter the building around 8:30 a.m., Principal Margaret Leininger said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Canned Employee Returns With Loaded Gun, Franklin Lakes Police Charge Canned Employee Returns With Loaded Gun, Franklin Lakes Police Charge Canned Employee Returns With Loaded Gun, Franklin Lakes Police Charge
Canned Employee Returns With Loaded Gun, Franklin Lakes Police Charge FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. -- A Nanuet man fired from a Franklin Lakes nursery returned with a gun and was quickly arrested, authorities said. John Helmke, 23, was being held on $50,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, on two illegal weapons charges. The day began around 7:20 a.m. Monday with a report that Helmke had taken a vehicle from Township Nursery -- when, in fact, he was using a truck to return to the shop to retrieve his own car. Six hours later, officers responded to Old Mill Road after owner Kelly Popek told them Helmke had returned with the gun, Detective Lt. John Bakelaar said. Helmk…

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Ridgefield Park Athlete Had Sex With Girl, 13 Prosecutor: Ridgefield Park Athlete Had Sex With Girl, 13 Prosecutor: Ridgefield Park Athlete Had Sex With Girl, 13
Prosecutor: Ridgefield Park Athlete Had Sex With Girl, 13 RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J. -- An 18-year-old Ridgefield Park High School athlete had a sexual relationship with a 13-year-old girl, said authorities who arrested him. Isaiah Drakeford was ordered held on at $150,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with first-degree aggravated sexual assault and child endangerment. Officials at Ridgefield Park Junior Senior High School notified authorities after learning of the "inappropriate relationship" last Friday, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said Monday. Village police and detective from Grewal's Special Victims Unit …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack Man Had Sex Videos With Girl, 13, On Phone, Prosecutor Says Hackensack Man Had Sex Videos With Girl, 13, On Phone, Prosecutor Says Hackensack Man Had Sex Videos With Girl, 13, On Phone, Prosecutor Says
Hackensack Man Had Sex Videos With Girl, 13, On Phone, Prosecutor Says HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Hackensack police were making a drug arrest when they found a two videos on a city man's phone of him sexually touching a 13-year-old girl. Jefferson Gonzalez, 22, was being held on $200,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with sexual assault by contact and child endangerment. City police notified the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office's Special Victims Unit after finding the videos, which were made in Hackensack, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said Monday.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Prostitute Joined NYPD Brass On Vegas Trip From Teterboro, Report Claims Prostitute Joined NYPD Brass On Vegas Trip From Teterboro, Report Claims Prostitute Joined NYPD Brass On Vegas Trip From Teterboro, Report Claims
Prostitute Joined Nypd Brass On Vegas Trip From Teterboro, Report Claims TETERBORO, N.J. -- NYPD officials had sex with a hooker dressed as a flight attendant on a private jet chartered out of Teterboro to Las Vegas by a businessman being investigated by the FBI, the New York Post reports. Jona Rechnitz paid for the "Mile High Club" jet, the report says, but it wasn't clear who paid for the prostitute in the 2014 trip or whether other trips occurred. Rechnitz and Jeremy Reichberg, who also was under investigation, were both on the flight with Deputy Inspector James Grant and Detective Michael Milici, the Post says sources reported. Attorneys for both …

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