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
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Cliffside Park Street Sweeper Fuel Spill Cleaned Cliffside Park Street Sweeper Fuel Spill Cleaned Cliffside Park Street Sweeper Fuel Spill Cleaned
Cliffside Park Street Sweeper Fuel Spill Cleaned CLIFFSIDE PARK, N.J. -- Cliffside Park firefighters sanded the street after a street sweeper spilled hydraulic fluid Friday morning at the intersection of Edgewater and Gorge roads.

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Northern Highlands, NJ
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Allendale/Waldwick PBA Local 217 Holds Easter Egg Hunt Allendale/Waldwick PBA Local 217 Holds Easter Egg Hunt Allendale/Waldwick PBA Local 217 Holds Easter Egg Hunt
Allendale/Waldwick PBA Local 217 Holds Easter Egg Hunt WALDWICK, N.J. -- Members of Allendale/Waldwick PBA Local 217 held their annual Easter Egg Hunt on March 19. The event was named for Officer Christopher Goodell, who was working a radar detail when his car was struck on the shoulder of southbound Route 17 by a tractor-trailer, killing him, in July 2014.

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Ridgewood, NJ
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Cory Booker Brings New Book To Ridgewood Cory Booker Brings New Book To Ridgewood Cory Booker Brings New Book To Ridgewood
Cory Booker Brings New Book To Ridgewood RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- U.S Sen. Cory Booker distributed copies of his new book and took questions from the audience at the Ridgewood YMCA. Booker draws in large part in life growing up in Franklin Lakes in "United: Thoughts on Finding Common Ground and Advancing the Common Good." Attendees at Wednesday's session at YWCA Bergen County and Ridgewood YMCA paid $33 each, which included a pre-signed copy of the book.

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Pascack Valley, NJ
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Meadowlands Chamber Education Summit: Millennials Need Skills Help Meadowlands Chamber Education Summit: Millennials Need Skills Help Meadowlands Chamber Education Summit: Millennials Need Skills Help
Meadowlands Chamber Education Summit: Millennials Need Skills Help WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- Business leaders and educators discussed the need to improve soft skills in the workplace Thursday at the 2016 Education Summit hosted by the Meadowlands Regional Chamber at Seasons Restaurant in Washington Township. “Are we educating students today for the workplace of tomorrow?” was the over-riding question for the 130 attendees Panelists spoke about the value of soft skills such as communications, flexibility, work ethic and problem-solving that may not be inherent to millennials. “These are a whole new set of skills that are going to be more and more import…

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Paramus, NJ
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Paramus Police Charge Motorcyclist In Chase That Led To Fatal Crash Paramus Police Charge Motorcyclist In Chase That Led To Fatal Crash Paramus Police Charge Motorcyclist In Chase That Led To Fatal Crash
Paramus Police Charge Motorcyclist In Chase That Led To Fatal Crash PARAMUS, N.J. -- An Orange County, N.Y. motorcyclist who led a police chase that caused a crash that killed a motorist Thursday afternoon in Hackensack was hospitalized under guard after Paramus police charged him with eluding. Salvatore Deangelis, 31, of Harriman, also was issued several traffic summonses, Paramus Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. Bail was set at $50,000, the chief said. Other charges were likely as a result of the chase, which began just before 2 p.m. when a Paramus police officer tried to pull over Deangelis's 2016 Yamaha R1 motorcycle for speeding in and out of lanes…

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Paterson, NJ
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Off-Duty Paterson Police Officer Indicted In Fatal Hit-And-Run Off-Duty Paterson Police Officer Indicted In Fatal Hit-And-Run Off-Duty Paterson Police Officer Indicted In Fatal Hit-And-Run
Off-Duty Paterson Police Officer Indicted In Fatal Hit-And-Run PATERSON, N.J. -- A grand jury in Paterson indicted an off-duty city police officer with leaving the scene of a fatal car crash and endangering an injured victim, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes announced Thursday night. Jose Urena, Jr., 30, of North Haledon was behind the wheel of a vehicle that struck 23-year-old Jaquill Fields at North 4th and Temple streets in the city on June 16. Fields was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, where he died of his injuries. Hospital and Medical Center where he later died as a result of his injuries. Valdes's Vehicular Homicide…

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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Elmwood Park Driver Uninjured In Utility Pole Crash Elmwood Park Driver Uninjured In Utility Pole Crash Elmwood Park Driver Uninjured In Utility Pole Crash
Elmwood Park Driver Uninjured In Utility Pole Crash ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. -- A driver escaped without injury after her sedan downed a utility pole Thursday afternoon in Elmwood Park. "There were no drugs or alcohol or speed or anything involved," Police Chief Michael Foligno told Daily Voice. "She just failed to negotiate the turn." The crash occurred just before 5 p.m. Thursday on Boulevard near the Walgreens.

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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2 Firefighters, Civilian Injured As Moonachie Garage Fire Extends To House 2 Firefighters, Civilian Injured As Moonachie Garage Fire Extends To House 2 Firefighters, Civilian Injured As Moonachie Garage Fire Extends To House
2 Firefighters, Civilian Injured As Moonachie Garage Fire Extends To House MOONACHIE, N.J. -- Two firefighters and a civilian sustained injuries after a Moonachie garage fire extended to a home Thursday afternoon. The extent of the injuries in the 4 p.m. three-alarm blaze on Jackson Place couldn't immediately be determined. Responders included Carlstadt and Little Ferry firefighters.

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Paterson, NJ
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Passaic Sheriff's Detectives Bust Paterson Man On Child Porn Charges Passaic Sheriff's Detectives Bust Paterson Man On Child Porn Charges Passaic Sheriff's Detectives Bust Paterson Man On Child Porn Charges
Passaic Sheriff's Detectives Bust Paterson Man On Child Porn Charges PATERSON, N.J. -- A tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children led Passaic County sheriff’s investigators to a Paterson man who they said was distributing child pornography. A judge ordered 19-year-old Abdel McCrea held on $35,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail on child porn possession charges. Members of Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik's Internet Crime Unit executed a warrant at McDrea's Dale Avenue apartment -- across from the K-1 Dale Avenue Elementary School -- and found him using a mobile device to distribute illegal files, the sheriff said Thursday. Detectives recover…

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Paterson, NJ
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Body Pulled From Passaic River In Paterson Body Pulled From Passaic River In Paterson Body Pulled From Passaic River In Paterson
Body Pulled From Passaic River In Paterson PATERSON, N.J. -- Paterson firefighters pulled a man's body from the Passaic River Thursday morning. The fully-clothed body appeared stuck in a culvert near the bridge at Temple and Main streets before it was removed just after 9:30 a.m., photographer Ron Bombaro told Daily Voice. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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