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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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Car Hits Divider, Takes Out Two Lanes, On Route 3 In Clifton Car Hits Divider, Takes Out Two Lanes, On Route 3 In Clifton Car Hits Divider, Takes Out Two Lanes, On Route 3 In Clifton
Car Hits Divider, Takes Out Two Lanes, On Route 3 In Clifton CLIFTON, N.J. -- A car slammed into the divider on westbound Route 3 in Clifton on Saturday afternoon. Two lanes of traffic were taken out by the crash just prior to the Grove Street exit around 1:45 p.m.

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Rowdy Hasbrouck Heights Bar Patron Fights Police -- Twice, Authorities Say Rowdy Hasbrouck Heights Bar Patron Fights Police -- Twice, Authorities Say Rowdy Hasbrouck Heights Bar Patron Fights Police -- Twice, Authorities Say
Rowdy Hasbrouck Heights Bar Patron Fights Police -- Twice, Authorities Say HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N.J. -- A 57-year-old Hasbrouck Heights man smashed a glass on the bar of a local tavern, then fought twice with police who were prepared to let him go on a summons before having him jailed on $15,000 bail, authorities told Daily Voice. Officers responding to a fight at the Ivy Inn just before 7:30 p.m. Friday found Timothy S. Pond "intoxicated and causing a disturbance," Detective Lt. Michael Colaneri said Saturday. After being asked to leave the Terrace Avenue tavern, Pond "began yelling obscenities and threw a drinking glass at the bar, causing it to sha…

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Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Westwood Driver, 23, Seriously Injured When Car Hits Montvale Pole Westwood Driver, 23, Seriously Injured When Car Hits Montvale Pole Westwood Driver, 23, Seriously Injured When Car Hits Montvale Pole
Westwood Driver, 23, Seriously Injured When Car Hits Montvale Pole MONTVALE, N.J. -- A 23-year-old Westwood man was hospitalized with internal injuries after his car slammed into a utility pole overnight in Montvale, authorities told Daily Voice. AirMed One flew Yave Cortes to Hackensack University Medical Center after his 2012 Nissan Altima hit the pole on Main Street just after 2 a.m., Police Chief Jeremy Abrams said. Orange and Rockland Utilities responded to replace the damaged pole and restore power to 200 or so residents, he said. An investigation was continuing, the chief said.

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Women's Pioneer In Baseball, Mets' Shannon Forde Of Little Ferry, Dies Women's Pioneer In Baseball, Mets' Shannon Forde Of Little Ferry, Dies Women's Pioneer In Baseball, Mets' Shannon Forde Of Little Ferry, Dies
Women's Pioneer In Baseball, Mets' Shannon Forde Of Little Ferry, Dies LITTLE FERRY N.J. -- Tributes mounted in and around the New York Mets organization and Major League Baseball for Shannon Dalton Forde of Little Ferry, a pioneer for women in baseball public relations who died Friday night at 44 after battling breast cancer. Forde, a senior director of media relations for the Mets, leaves her husband, John, and sons Nicholas and Kendall. Forde was "a wonderful, dedicated member of the Mets family" Hall of Fame catcher Mike Piazza tweeted. “Shannon was an absolute inspiration to everyone in this organization, including me, and I told her so,” said …

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Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Paramus PD: Woman Swiped $24,000 Worth Of Victoria's Secret Lingerie, Bras Paramus PD: Woman Swiped $24,000 Worth Of Victoria's Secret Lingerie, Bras Paramus PD: Woman Swiped $24,000 Worth Of Victoria's Secret Lingerie, Bras
Paramus PD: Woman Swiped $24,000 Worth Of Victoria's Secret Lingerie, Bras PARAMUS, N.J. -- A Pennsylvania woman swiped $24,000 worth of lingerie and bras from floor displays at Victoria's Secret in Paramus before she was caught, authorities said Friday. Cynthia Roman, 39, of Tobyhanna, PA was being held on $75,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with various counts of theft. Employees helped detectives identify Roman as the woman who snatched the items during nine different trips to the Garden State Plaza store, Deputy Police Chief Robert Guidetti said. Detectives Norman Gin and Christopher Zuck worked the case and in January developed her as a suspect a…

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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Fire Consumes Carrier Vehicles At Lombardi Turnpike Stop In Ridgefield Fire Consumes Carrier Vehicles At Lombardi Turnpike Stop In Ridgefield Fire Consumes Carrier Vehicles At Lombardi Turnpike Stop In Ridgefield
Fire Consumes Carrier Vehicles At Lombardi Turnpike Stop In Ridgefield RIDGEFIELD, N.J. -- Fire consumed six vehicles and severely damaged their carrier Thursday morning at the Vince Lombardi Service Area on the New Jersey Turnpike in Ridgefield. Responders to the 8 a.m. blaze included local and state police and members of the Ridgefield Police EMS and the Office of Emergency Management. Firefighters had it out in 15 minutes or so.

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen, Passaic Schools Swatted Again By Robocalls Bergen, Passaic Schools Swatted Again By Robocalls Bergen, Passaic Schools Swatted Again By Robocalls
Bergen, Passaic Schools Swatted Again By Robocalls Bergen County schools Friday morning received another flood of bomb scare robocalls, prompting evacuations, shelters in place and searches by bomb-sniffing K-9 units from the county sheriff's office. Among those that received swatting calls were schools in Cliffside Park, Englewood, Fort Lee, Hackensack, Mahwah, Oradell, Paramus, Ramsey, Teaneck and Waldwick in Bergen County, as well as Haledon and Little Falls in Passaic County. "It's Friday and here we go again," the sheriff's Anthony Cureton told Daily Voice. "They keep burdening police services and disrupting childrens' e…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Break Could Close Kinderkamack, New Milford Avenue In Oradell Until Sunday Break Could Close Kinderkamack, New Milford Avenue In Oradell Until Sunday Break Could Close Kinderkamack, New Milford Avenue In Oradell Until Sunday
Break Could Close Kinderkamack, New Milford Avenue In Oradell Until Sunday ORADELL, N.J. -- Kinderkamack Road and New Milford Avenue in Oradell were expected to remain closed into the weekend -- possibly until Sunday morning -- because of a water main break Friday morning.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack Police: Former Englewood Basketball Star Fights With Officers Hackensack Police: Former Englewood Basketball Star Fights With Officers Hackensack Police: Former Englewood Basketball Star Fights With Officers
Hackensack Police: Former Englewood Basketball Star Fights With Officers HACKENSACK, N.J. -- A former Englewood star who became one of the first three American basketball players to skip college -- changing the course of professional basketball -- was arrested after Hackensack police said he fought with them on a city street. Bill "Poodle" Willoughby, 58, tried to run from officers who responded to a suspicious person call Wednesday night on Clinton Place, Capt. James Prise told Daily Voice. "Officers had gotten a previous call with the same description at the same spot," Prise said. "When police first arrived, he'd left." This tim…

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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority Police Stop Attempted GWB Suicide Jumper, 20 Port Authority Police Stop Attempted GWB Suicide Jumper, 20 Port Authority Police Stop Attempted GWB Suicide Jumper, 20
Port Authority Police Stop Attempted GWB Suicide Jumper, 20 FORT LEE, N.J. -- Port Authority police Thursday morning grabbed a suicidal 20-year-old New Jersey woman before she could jump from the George Washington Bridge. The woman was taken to Englewood Hospital and Medical Center after the 10 a.m. incident on the upper level south walkway, the Port Authority's Joseph Pentangelo told Daily Voice.

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