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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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Brother Charged In Fairview Mugging After Coming To HQ With Stolen Loot Brother Charged In Fairview Mugging After Coming To HQ With Stolen Loot Brother Charged In Fairview Mugging After Coming To HQ With Stolen Loot
Brother Charged In Fairview Mugging After Coming To HQ With Stolen Loot FAIRVIEW, N.J. -- A Fairview man wanted in an overnight street robbery Thursday called borough police to find out whether they'd picked up his brother -- then was arrested himself when he showed up carrying some of the proceeds, authorities told Daily Voice. Ivan and Robert Melian were identified following the 2:10 a.m. attack, Police Chief Martin Kahn told Daily Voice Thursday afternoon. Officers responding to a report of a fight on Hamilton Avenue near DeSota Place saw Ivan Melian, 20, standing over one of the victims, Kahn said.He ran when he saw them but was quickly chased down, the chi…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Anti-Trump Protesters Expected To Jam Midtown Evening Rush Anti-Trump Protesters Expected To Jam Midtown Evening Rush Anti-Trump Protesters Expected To Jam Midtown Evening Rush
Anti-Trump Protesters Expected To Jam Midtown Evening Rush Protesters expected outside a 5 p.m. visit Thursday by Donald Trump to Manhattan's Grand Hyatt Hotel are expected to jam the rush-hour commute, authorities warned. "Please allow for extra travel time to/from Grand Central," Metro-North wrote on its website. "Customers are encouraged to use the North End Access to the Terminal at either the 47th & Madison or 48th & Park Entrances." Thousands of protesters are expected outside the Grand Hyatt, where Trump is booked for a $1,000-a-plate New York State Republican Gala. Fellow GOP hopefuls Ted Cruz and John Kasich ar…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Lodi Police Catch Overnight Middle School Intruder, 16 Lodi Police Catch Overnight Middle School Intruder, 16 Lodi Police Catch Overnight Middle School Intruder, 16
Lodi Police Catch Overnight Middle School Intruder, 16 LODI, N.J. -- A 16-year-old boy tripped a burglar alarm and was caught overnight Thursday in Lodi's middle school, police said. Lt. Theresa Grillo and Sgt. Jorge Tronza responded to the 1:40 a.m. alarm, searched the perimeter of the Thomas Jefferson Middle School, then found the teen inside a clasrrom, Capt. Donald Scorzetti said. Backup Officer Javier Hernandez took the boy into custody as he tried to walk out, he said. Officer Daniel Gorab and Officer Andrew Mikhail checked the school, along with Bergen County Sheriff's K9 Officer Joseph Cutrona and K9 Radar, and didn't find any other po…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Wayne Police Make Arrest In Hotel Baseball Bat Beating, Robbery Wayne Police Make Arrest In Hotel Baseball Bat Beating, Robbery Wayne Police Make Arrest In Hotel Baseball Bat Beating, Robbery
Wayne Police Make Arrest In Hotel Baseball Bat Beating, Robbery WAYNE, N.J. -- Wayne police arrested one of five robbers who they said attacked a motel customer with an aluminum baseball bat, leaving him with a severe head wound and blood pooled on the floor and spattered on the walls. Volunteer First Aid Squad members stabilized the victim and took him to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center after the April 9 afternoon attack at the Wayne Motor Inn, Police Capt. Laurence W. Martin said Thursday. The victim and his roommate arranged to meet Lynn M. McClendon, 24, of Wanaque and four others at the hotel -- although Martin didn't say for what reason. Onc…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Your Community
12 Recipients Chosen For Bergen County Historic Preservation Awards 12 Recipients Chosen For Bergen County Historic Preservation Awards 12 Recipients Chosen For Bergen County Historic Preservation Awards
12 Recipients Chosen For Bergen County Historic Preservation Awards The 2016 Bergen County Historic Preservation Awards will be held on May 5 in the historic “Church on the Green,” the First Reformed Church of Hackensack. The Bergen County Division of Cultural and Historic Affairs and Historic Preservation Advisory Board will stage the event, beginning at 7 p.m., with a reception to follow Awards will be presented by County Executive Jim Tedesco, county freeholders and advisory board members. More than 280 awards have been presented to members of the local community in honor of outstanding historic preservation achievements by individuals, students, organiz…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgewood Police Accepting Unused Medications In National Take Back Day Ridgewood Police Accepting Unused Medications In National Take Back Day Ridgewood Police Accepting Unused Medications In National Take Back Day
Ridgewood Police Accepting Unused Medications In National Take Back Day RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- Ridgewood police are among several law enforcement agencies in Bergen and Passaic counties who will participate in the federal DEA's national Drug Take Back Day on April 30. Although both counties have dozens of police departments that accept the medications for destruction around-the-clock every day, the DEA conducts the special event twice a year -- this time from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The service is free and anonymous, with no questions asked. Last September, Americans turned in 350 tons (over 702,000 pounds) of prescription drugs at more than 5,000 sites operated by the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
New Milford Police: Nanuet Man In Chase Sexually Abused Girl, 16 New Milford Police: Nanuet Man In Chase Sexually Abused Girl, 16 New Milford Police: Nanuet Man In Chase Sexually Abused Girl, 16
New Milford Police: Nanuet Man In Chase Sexually Abused Girl, 16 NEW MILFORD, N.J. -- A Nanuet man accused of leading a police chase to the George Washington Bridge after a hit-and-run crash was charged with arranging a meeting with a 16-year-old New Milford girl, performing "lewd acts" while she was in his car and sending her sexually explicit photos of himself. Michael DePalma, 38, was being held on $115,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail following his arrest Tuesday on charges of criminal sexual contact and manufacturing child pornography, Detective Kevin Van Saders said. A day earlier, DePalma posted $50,000 bail and was released from the j…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen, Passaic Schools Again Receive Recorded Bomb Threats Bergen, Passaic Schools Again Receive Recorded Bomb Threats Bergen, Passaic Schools Again Receive Recorded Bomb Threats
Bergen, Passaic Schools Again Receive Recorded Bomb Threats Spring break for some districts didn't prevent recorded bomb threats called in Wednesday morning to no fewer than 10 in Bergen County and one in Passaic County. Those reporting threats included Elmwood Park, Englewood, Fair Lawn, Fort Lee, Hackensack, Hasbrouck Heights, Leonia, Lodi, Midland Park and Paramus, Anthony Cureton of the Bergen County Sheriff's Office told Daily Voice. Paramus, which was ordered held in place, was in the middle of 10th-grade PARCC testing. Hasbrouck Heights evacuated its high school and middle school. Hawthorne also reported a call. Bomb-sniffing dogs were sent…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
VIDEO: Blaze Blows Through Upper Floors Of Hackensack Two-Family House VIDEO: Blaze Blows Through Upper Floors Of Hackensack Two-Family House VIDEO: Blaze Blows Through Upper Floors Of Hackensack Two-Family House
Video: Blaze Blows Through Upper Floors Of Hackensack Two-Family House HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Firefighters battled a blaze Tuesday night in Hackensack that blew through the upper part of a two-family house. Paramedics tended to a firefighter for a shoulder injury. No other injuries were immediately reported. The second and third stories were fully involved soon after the fire broke out just before 7 p.m. in the 100 block of Clinton Place, responders told Daily Voice. Cithy firefighters were joined by their colleagues from Bogota, Englewood, Ridgefield Park and Teaneck, among others. It took a little over an hour to bring it under control, they reported.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Hillsdale Township Warn Citizens About Car Burglaries Hillsdale Township Warn Citizens About Car Burglaries Hillsdale Township Warn Citizens About Car Burglaries
Hillsdale Township Warn Citizens About Car Burglaries WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- Washington Township police urged citizens to keep their vehicles locked and valuables out of plain site after a purse was stolen from one in a local park. A window was broken in the Wood Dale County Park vehicle burglary, police said.

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