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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Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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Franklin Lakes Police Charge Brooklyn Trio With Credit Card Fraud Franklin Lakes Police Charge Brooklyn Trio With Credit Card Fraud Franklin Lakes Police Charge Brooklyn Trio With Credit Card Fraud
Franklin Lakes Police Charge Brooklyn Trio With Credit Card Fraud FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. -- Franklin Lakes police did their part against a rising tide of credit card thieves from Brooklyn when they arrested three men who they said were trying to use bogus cards to withdraw cash. An alert caller led police to the Urban Farms Shoppping Center just before 9 a.m. Wednesday, Detective Lt. John Bakelaar said. They found the trio carrying fraudulently manufactured credit cards that they'd used to try and pull money from a local Chase Bank, he said. An outstanding out of Suffolk County popped up for one of them, identified as Terrell Clarkson, 20. Officers arrest…

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Hackensack, NJ
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'No Shame In Mental Illness,' Bergen Exec Tedesco Tells Summit Gathering 'No Shame In Mental Illness,' Bergen Exec Tedesco Tells Summit Gathering 'No Shame In Mental Illness,' Bergen Exec Tedesco Tells Summit Gathering
'No Shame In Mental Illness,' Bergen Exec Tedesco Tells Summit Gathering HACKENSACK, N.J. -- People with physical illnesses unfortunately have an advantage over those with mental health issues, Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco told nearly 100 private and public sector leaders from throughout the state Wednesday. But he's working to change that. “There’s no shame in mental illness,” an at-time tearful Tedesco told the gathering at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for the Mental Health First Aid for New Jersey Partners Summit in New Brunswick. “You should be able to talk openly about it and have the support of loved ones. "You should not only have access…

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Lightning Blasts Fair Lawn Chimney Lightning Blasts Fair Lawn Chimney Lightning Blasts Fair Lawn Chimney
Lightning Blasts Fair Lawn Chimney FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- A lightning strike during Wednesday night's storm smashed the top of a Fair Lawn chimney, sending bricks flying. No one was reported injured in the strike on Plaza Road North. Police cordoned off a section around the side of the house. "Lighting strikes to chimneys are rare, but they can and will cause major damage -- not only to the structure but to the integrity of the purpose of the chimney," Douglas Lee of American Chimney Service told Daily Voice. Chimney "vent hazardous and toxic gases from the home," Lee said. When such damage occurrs, the fu…

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Fort Lee, NJ
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In Video Veritas: Leonia Teacher's Latin 'Hello' By Adele Leads Contest In Video Veritas: Leonia Teacher's Latin 'Hello' By Adele Leads Contest In Video Veritas: Leonia Teacher's Latin 'Hello' By Adele Leads Contest
In Video Veritas: Leonia Teacher's Latin 'Hello' By Adele Leads Contest LEONIA — What began as a way to make Latin more fun in class has sparked a viral video version of Adele's "Hello" by Leonia High School teacher Keith Massey. "Latin is alive and well and not going anywhere soon, thanks to the teachers," Massey told Daily Voice. "My videos show what we're willing to do." Massey, of Morris County, has produced several popular tunes in Latin -- among them, the Beatles' "Hello, Goodbye," John Denver's "Annie's Song" and "If" by Bread. "Hello" -- recorded as an entry for the Illustrated Soun…

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Fort Lee, NJ
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Leonia Dog Struck On Route 95 Turns Up Eight Days Later -- Near Home Leonia Dog Struck On Route 95 Turns Up Eight Days Later -- Near Home Leonia Dog Struck On Route 95 Turns Up Eight Days Later -- Near Home
Leonia Dog Struck On Route 95 Turns Up Eight Days Later -- Near Home LEONIA, N.J. -- A land, air and creek search for a runaway Leonia dog hit by a car on Route 95 ended happily Wednesday night for her owners -- and borough police. Julie was reunited with the Broad Avenue couple eight days after she limped off the highway into the woods, Police Chief Thomas Rowe told Daily Voice. "I never understood the bond between a dog and a family," said Rowe, who was trying to stop high-speed traffic at the bend near Exit 71 when the white jindo was struck. "But we got our daughter a yellow lab for her 19th birthday six months ago. "I get it now.&qu…

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Pascack Valley, NJ
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Off-Duty Hillsdale Officer Nabs Brooklyn 4 In Fraud Scheme Off-Duty Hillsdale Officer Nabs Brooklyn 4 In Fraud Scheme Off-Duty Hillsdale Officer Nabs Brooklyn 4 In Fraud Scheme
Off-Duty Hillsdale Officer Nabs Brooklyn 4 In Fraud Scheme HILLSDALE, N.J. -- An off-duty Hillsdale police officer knew something was fishy when a fellow supermarket shopper used at least two credit cards to buy gift cards. So she followed her out to the parking lot, leading to the discovery of dozens of gift cards bought with bogus credit cards and the arrests of four people from Brooklyn. Officer Liz Zimmerman was at the King's Supermarket around 7 p.m. Wednesday when she spotted 23-year-old Ashley Green trying different credit cards, Police Chief Robert Francaviglia said. "Zimmerman immediately recognized this behavior as suspicious, knowi…

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Fort Lee, NJ
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Port Authority PD: Hit-And-Run Piermont Driver, 64, Arrested For DWI At GWB Port Authority PD: Hit-And-Run Piermont Driver, 64, Arrested For DWI At GWB Port Authority PD: Hit-And-Run Piermont Driver, 64, Arrested For DWI At GWB
Port Authority PD: Hit-And-Run Piermont Driver, 64, Arrested For DWI At GWB FORT LEE, N.J. -- A car involved in a hit-and-run crash in Rockland County was stopped at the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee by Port Authority police, who arrested the 64-year-old Piermont driver on DWI charges. PAPD officers who received a 9:30 a.m. alert Tuesday from their colleages in Piermont and at the Palisades Interstate Parkway Police found Patricia E. Miller walking around the 2004 Acura, its engine still running, in a safety area of the GWB approach, the authority's Joseph Pentangelo told Daily Voice. Asked whether she'd been involved in a crash 40 minutes earlier, Miller re…

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Garfield-Lodi, NJ
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Distress Call From Passaic River In Garfield Deemed A Hoax Distress Call From Passaic River In Garfield Deemed A Hoax Distress Call From Passaic River In Garfield Deemed A Hoax
Distress Call From Passaic River In Garfield Deemed A Hoax GARFIELD, N.J. -- Emergency responders had already launched after a reported distress call from a child of a medical emergency on a boat in the Passaic River near Garfield on Tuesday when they discovered it apparently was a hoax, authorities told Daily Voice. The U.S. Coast Guard got the call via radio just after 4 p.m., Garfield Capt. Darren Sucorowski said. Garfield and Elmwood Park boats immediately went into the water and Fair Lawn remained on standby, he said. Elmwood Park's boat went south to Fair Lawn Avenue, responders said. ""There were no signs of a vessel," Sucoro…

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Moonachie Police Grab Bronx Man In Attempted Walmart PlayStation Theft Moonachie Police Grab Bronx Man In Attempted Walmart PlayStation Theft Moonachie Police Grab Bronx Man In Attempted Walmart PlayStation Theft
Moonachie Police Grab Bronx Man In Attempted Walmart PlayStation Theft TETERBORO, N.J. -- Moonachie police grabbed a 30-year-old Bronx man when he showed up at the Teterboro Walmart to pick up two PlayStation consoles bought with a California woman's stolen credit card information. The victim told police she'd received notification that her order would be picked up last Thursday, Sgt. Anthony Fugnitti said. Security officers called police when Eugene Penoukou showed up with the order number, he said. Penoukou was ordered held on $15,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with credit card fraud, wrongful impersonation and shoplifting.

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Hackensack, NJ
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Fire Alarm Clears Bergen Courthouse Fire Alarm Clears Bergen Courthouse Fire Alarm Clears Bergen Courthouse
Fire Alarm Clears Bergen Courthouse HACKENSACK, N.J. -- An inadvertently activated fire alarm briefly cleared the Bergen County Courthouse in Hackensack Wednesday morning between 8:30 and 9 a.m.

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