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
Hackensack Firefighters Douse Laundry Blaze Hackensack Firefighters Douse Laundry Blaze Hackensack Firefighters Douse Laundry Blaze
Hackensack Firefighters Douse Laundry Blaze HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Hackensack firefighteres quickly put down a blaze at a local laundry Thursday morning. Members of the 2nd platoon responded to the two-alarm First Street blaze just before 10 a.m., Lt. Justin Derevyanik said. No injuries were reported in the fire, which broke out in the rear of the building, Derevyanik said. Teaneck firefighters sent a FAST team and Hackensack University Medical Center an EMS unit. Fire officials were investigating the cause.

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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
NJ Fines Fairview Health Club $5,250 For Violating Consumer Laws NJ Fines Fairview Health Club $5,250 For Violating Consumer Laws NJ Fines Fairview Health Club $5,250 For Violating Consumer Laws
NJ Fines Fairview Health Club $5,250 For Violating Consumer Laws FAIRVIEW, N.J. -- A Fairview gym was one of 20 health clubs in New Jersey fined Thursday by state authorities for violating consumer protection laws. World Gym of Fairview was assessed a $5,250 penalty by the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs for failing to register the business and post information about consumers' rights. “Consumers who pay for health club memberships deserve the assurance that they’re signing contracts with clubs that are properly registered and operating in accordance with the law,” said Acting Attorney General Robert Lougy. "We’re sending a message to them t…

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Wood-Ridge Man Busted For ID Theft, Drugs After Complaining About Roommate Wood-Ridge Man Busted For ID Theft, Drugs After Complaining About Roommate Wood-Ridge Man Busted For ID Theft, Drugs After Complaining About Roommate
Wood-Ridge Man Busted For ID Theft, Drugs After Complaining About Roommate WOOD-RIDGE, N.J. -- A Wood-Ridge man who called police to accuse his female roommate of stealing his passport and $15,000 in cash was himself arrested after she handed them bogus documents with his photo on them, authorities said. Henryk Zielinski, 65, had six dozen muscle relaxers that he told police he had shipped to him from Poland using a post office box he established with bogus identification that he bought in Brooklyn, Detective Matthew Mueller told Daily Voice. Zielinski -- who was delinquent on debt payments and was being evicted -- also had more than 25 credit cards in his name, a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Driver Passes Tenafly Police, Crashes, After Girlfriend Gets Out Driver Passes Tenafly Police, Crashes, After Girlfriend Gets Out Driver Passes Tenafly Police, Crashes, After Girlfriend Gets Out
Driver Passes Tenafly Police, Crashes, After Girlfriend Gets Out TENAFLY, N.J. -- A woman was telling Tenafly police officers that she'd gotten out of her boyfriend's car during a fight when he suddenly came driving by them, took a turn -- and crashed the vehicle into a local backyard, authorities said. Officers James Yankowsky and Matthew Savitsky, investigating a report of a dispute, found the woman standing on the sidewalk on Engle Street near Edward Court at 12:15 a.m. Saturday, Detective Capt. Michael deMoncada said. As they talked, 35-year-old Ryan Sy of Jersey City came driving south down Engle Street, deMoncada said. Sy "drove past the offi…

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Passaic County Sheriff: Ex-Con With Guns Busted Selling Heroin Passaic County Sheriff: Ex-Con With Guns Busted Selling Heroin Passaic County Sheriff: Ex-Con With Guns Busted Selling Heroin
Passaic County Sheriff: Ex-Con With Guns Busted Selling Heroin PATERSON, N.J. -- Passaic County sheriff's officers busted a street-level heroin operation, seized 1,085 small bags of the drug, two handguns and more than $2,500 in cash while arresting an accused dealer. Detectives watched 24-year-old ex-con Clarence Williams make a car-to-car deal Tuesday afternoon before pulling him over a short time later, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. He was carrying 100 glassine envelopes of heroin and $366 that were both seized, the sheriff said. A search of Williams's Spring Street residence turned up another 985 folds, $2,146 and both a .22-cali…

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Clifton Man Charged In Barroom Stabbing Clifton Man Charged In Barroom Stabbing Clifton Man Charged In Barroom Stabbing
Clifton Man Charged In Barroom Stabbing CLIFTON, N.J.– Clifton Police on Wednesday charged a local man with a stabbing another in the back at a local tavern over the weekend. Kevin Figueroa, 23, was charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault and illegal weapons counts in connection with the Saturday night stabbing at the Courtside Pub, authorities said. The victim, who was stabbed twice, sustained injuries to one of his lungs and his liver, authorities said. He was hospitalized for several days before being released, they said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Wind-Swept Blaze Engulfs Paterson Home Wind-Swept Blaze Engulfs Paterson Home Wind-Swept Blaze Engulfs Paterson Home
Wind-Swept Blaze Engulfs Paterson Home PATERSON, N.J. -- Paterson firefighters battled wind-swept flames that blew through 2½-story home on Wednesday. Flames were shooting out upper windows of the wood-frame Pacific Street building before engulfing the back of the multi-story home on its way through, Mayor Jose "Joey" Torres said. The condition of a firefighter who fell through a floor during the two-alarm blaze couldn't be determined.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Lodi Used Car Dealer Conned Customers, NJ Authorities Charge Lodi Used Car Dealer Conned Customers, NJ Authorities Charge Lodi Used Car Dealer Conned Customers, NJ Authorities Charge
Lodi Used Car Dealer Conned Customers, NJ Authorities Charge LODI, N.J. -- State authorities this week sued a Lodi-based used car dealership that they said failed to honor advertised prices, left out disclaimers and "obscured pricing details with misleading fine print." An eight-count complaint filed in Hackensack by the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs accuses European Auto Expo of violating the state's Consumer Fraud Act and lemon law, as well as advertising and sale regulations, among other charges. The complaint seeks consumer restitution, reimbursement of attorneys’ fees and costs and civil penalties for each violation of the st…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
On Your Side
Weeds, Lawns, Liquor -- Bergen Entrepreneur Does It All Weeds, Lawns, Liquor -- Bergen Entrepreneur Does It All Weeds, Lawns, Liquor -- Bergen Entrepreneur Does It All
Weeds, Lawns, Liquor -- Bergen Entrepreneur Does It All NEW MILFORD, N.J. -- The most difficult part of the workday for local entrepreneur Joe Dillon isn’t deciding which of his four businesses to tend to first “It’s going home and ending your day," he said. "Your mind is always moving.” There's Joseph M. Dillon Landscape Contractors in Dumont, Joe’s Beer, Wine, & Spirits and Joe's Vapes in New Milford -- along with his Weed Man Lawn Care company, which services all of Bergen County. Then there's his newest partnership: Dillon got engaged this past weekend to Jackie Smith of Rockland County. It all began for the Oradell native mo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Tenafly Police: Alert Officer Nabs Lottery Ticket Thief Tenafly Police: Alert Officer Nabs Lottery Ticket Thief Tenafly Police: Alert Officer Nabs Lottery Ticket Thief
Tenafly Police: Alert Officer Nabs Lottery Ticket Thief TENAFLY, N.J. -- A Tenafly police officer with a good memory nabbed a Westchester man moments after surveillance vieo showed him reaching over the counter at the local 7-Eleven and snatching a batch of lottery tickets. Responding to an 11:15 p.m. call to the County Road convenience store on Saturday, Officer Matthew Savitsky recognized Toni Ljulidurovic, 25, of Pelham, from a traffic stop a few weeks ago, Capt. Michael deMoncada said Tuesday. Ljulidurovic was driving a Mercedes Benz during that stop that Savitsky coincidentally wrote a ticket for outside the 7-Eleven a short time before Sat…

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