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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Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Construction Closes Westbound Route 4 Lane From Paramus To Fair Lawn Construction Closes Westbound Route 4 Lane From Paramus To Fair Lawn Construction Closes Westbound Route 4 Lane From Paramus To Fair Lawn
Construction Closes Westbound Route 4 Lane From Paramus To Fair Lawn PARAMUS, N.J. -- The right lane of westbound Route 4 was closed from the Garden State Parkway to the Fair Lawn border Sunday until 3:30 p.m. There was no access from westbound Route 4 to Paramus Road.

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Fort Lee, NJ
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Not A Second Time, Port Authority Police Tell GWB Motorcycle Toll Evader Not A Second Time, Port Authority Police Tell GWB Motorcycle Toll Evader Not A Second Time, Port Authority Police Tell GWB Motorcycle Toll Evader
Not A Second Time, Port Authority Police Tell GWB Motorcycle Toll Evader FORT LEE, N.J. -- A Port Authority police officer prevented a motorcyclist who beat the E-ZPass tolls at the George Washington Bridge from doing it a second time. Officer Kathy Palvis spotted Amit Levitin, 51, of Manhattan atop the black 2012 Suzuki approaching the upper tolls around 8:35 a.m. Friday, the authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. Palvis stopped him and found the bike's license plate bent upward "in a manner normally used to evade the toll," he said. "The plate could not be read by the camera." Levtin had used the same method to duck the toll on Feb. 2. He w…

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Paterson, NJ
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Arrest Made In Paterson Drug Neighborhood Shooting Death Arrest Made In Paterson Drug Neighborhood Shooting Death Arrest Made In Paterson Drug Neighborhood Shooting Death
Arrest Made In Paterson Drug Neighborhood Shooting Death PATERSON – U.S. Marshals helped Paterson police and the Passaic County Sheriff's Office arrest an ex-con who they said shot and killed a Sussex County driver on March 4. Justin "Muffy" Pease, 33, of Stanhope was behind the wheel of his Jeep when he was shot by 22-year-old Davine Campbell in the area of Hamilton and Madison avenues, authorities said at the time. Pease continued for several blocks before the vehicle crashed into a utility pole near the corner of Broadway and East 22nd Street, they said. Campell, who police said was carrying 900 packets of heroin when he was arreste…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
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Giants Player, Police Cheer Special Olympians In Rutherford Giants Player, Police Cheer Special Olympians In Rutherford Giants Player, Police Cheer Special Olympians In Rutherford
Giants Player, Police Cheer Special Olympians In Rutherford RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Offensive lineman Adam Gettis joined the supporters of Special Olympics New Jersey on Saturday by meeting with the swimmers at a Bergen County meet at Rutherford High School. Police officers from Bogota, Rutherfod and Jersey City presented medal to the young athletes.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Police Carry Woman, 79, To Safety In Hasbrouck Heights Apartment Fire Police Carry Woman, 79, To Safety In Hasbrouck Heights Apartment Fire Police Carry Woman, 79, To Safety In Hasbrouck Heights Apartment Fire
Police Carry Woman, 79, To Safety In Hasbrouck Heights Apartment Fire HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N.J. -- A 79-year-old downstairs neighbor who has difficulty getting around was evaluated for smoke inhalation but refused medical attention in a Hasbrouck Heights apartment fire Friday night, authorities told Daily Voice. "The police did a great job getting her out," a family member told Daily Voice. The third-floor Terrace Avenue fire broke out just before 6 p.m and was under control in less than a half-hour. The woman carried out by police lives a floor below the fire, Detective Lt. Michael Colaneri told Daily Voice.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Tedesco, Saudino: Emergency Responders Prepared For Transit Strike Tedesco, Saudino: Emergency Responders Prepared For Transit Strike Tedesco, Saudino: Emergency Responders Prepared For Transit Strike
Tedesco, Saudino: Emergency Responders Prepared For Transit Strike HACKENSACK, N.J. -- With thousands of Bergen County residents and workers potentially affected by a possible interruption of NJ Transit service, authorities have urged commuters to make contingency plans sooner rather than later. Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco and Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino were among those authorities getting their own plans in place for emergency services and response. Physicians, nurses, and emergency medical personnel needing emergency travel assistance within Bergen County should contact the sheriff’s 24-Hour Operations Division at (201) 646-2200. &quo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Rochelle Park Police Officer Finds Drugs, Customer Records In Hotel Stop Rochelle Park Police Officer Finds Drugs, Customer Records In Hotel Stop Rochelle Park Police Officer Finds Drugs, Customer Records In Hotel Stop
Rochelle Park Police Officer Finds Drugs, Customer Records In Hotel Stop ROCHELLE PARK, N.J. -- A Rochelle Park patrol officer who considered it worth checking out a car parked in a remote area of a hotel lot found the driver carrying a host of drugs -- among them, marijuana, Molly, mushrooms and meth -- as well as two books documenting sales to local customers, authorities said. Seeing Officer Ryan Burke, Ramaen Kilfoil of Livingston got back into the car and tried to drive off around 1 a.m. Thursday, Detective Sgt. James DePreta told Daily Voice. Burke pulled him over and got "several conflicting accounts of his reasons for being at the hotel," DePre…

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Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Dead Man Found Struck By Train In Ridgewood Dead Man Found Struck By Train In Ridgewood Dead Man Found Struck By Train In Ridgewood
Dead Man Found Struck By Train In Ridgewood RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- A man was struck and killed by a train in Ridgewood late Thursday -- but authorities weren't sure which one hit him. Crew members on the eastbound 1134 train saw him "lying across adjacent tracks" north of Glen Avenue around 10:30 p.m., NJ Transit's Jennifer Nelson told Daily Voice. "They went to investigate and discovered that he was dead," she said. "We don't know what train hit him. We don't know when," Nelson said about a half-hour later. She couldn't immediately confirm a report by Daily Voice sources that a suicide note was found.The m…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
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Popular Children's Author Dan Gutman Visits Northvale Bookstore Popular Children's Author Dan Gutman Visits Northvale Bookstore Popular Children's Author Dan Gutman Visits Northvale Bookstore
Popular Children's Author Dan Gutman Visits Northvale Bookstore NORTHVALE, N.J. -- Children's fiction writer Dan Gutman visited Books and Greetings in Northvale Thursday afternoon to promote his new book, "Flashback Four." The New York Times bestselling author's new series "blends fascinating real history with an action-packed and hilarious adventure," a posting for the shop says. "Four very different kids are picked by a mysterious billionaire to travel through time and photograph some of history's most important events," it says. "This time," the post says, "the four friends are headed to 1863 to catch Ab…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
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Judge Finds Lodi Man Who Killed Grandmother, 85, Not Guilty By Insanity Judge Finds Lodi Man Who Killed Grandmother, 85, Not Guilty By Insanity Judge Finds Lodi Man Who Killed Grandmother, 85, Not Guilty By Insanity
Judge Finds Lodi Man Who Killed Grandmother, 85, Not Guilty By Insanity LODI, N.J. -- A judge in Hackensack on Thursday found a Lodi man not guilty by reason of insanity in the shooting death of his 85-year-old grandmother as she slept on a couch. Joseph Bariso, 30, — who’d gone AWOL from the Army — shot Olga Bariso, four times on Dec. 29, 2013 as she lay sleeping on her living-room couch, according to Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Danielle Grootenboer. He then fled, she said. After disposing of the gun, which was never recovered, he “had the presence of mind” to go to a Target store and change his clothing, Grootenboer said at the time. Authorities issu…

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