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
Breaking News
Cliffside Park Detectives Make Quick Arrest In Tire Slashing Spree Cliffside Park Detectives Make Quick Arrest In Tire Slashing Spree Cliffside Park Detectives Make Quick Arrest In Tire Slashing Spree
Cliffside Park Detectives Make Quick Arrest In Tire Slashing Spree CLIFFSIDE PARK, N.J. -- Cliffside Park detectives made quick work of arresting a 28-year-old borough man who they said slashed 21 tires on 15 different vehicles Monday night. Amarildo R. Veliu was arrested Wednesday after investigators identified him from neighborhood surveillance footage, Police Chief Richard Gaito told Daily Voice. Veliu was released on a summons pending an initial Municipal Court appearance Thursday night on 15 counts of criminal mischief. Veliu lives in the area of Glen Street, Lawton Avenue and Lafayette Avenue, where the slashings occurred, Gaito said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
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Wind-Downed Tree Closes Midland Avenue In Paramus Wind-Downed Tree Closes Midland Avenue In Paramus Wind-Downed Tree Closes Midland Avenue In Paramus
Wind-Downed Tree Closes Midland Avenue In Paramus PARAMUS, N.J. -- A toppled tree in Wednesday night's high-wind storm closed Midland Avenue in both directions in Paramus near the RIver Edge border. The tree came down just before 9 p.m. No injuries or damage was initially reported.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
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Paramus Police Arrests Leave Burglars 0-For-3 At Route 4 T-Mobile Paramus Police Arrests Leave Burglars 0-For-3 At Route 4 T-Mobile Paramus Police Arrests Leave Burglars 0-For-3 At Route 4 T-Mobile
Paramus Police Arrests Leave Burglars 0-For-3 At Route 4 T-Mobile PARAMUS, N.J. -- Burglars who've tried to break into a T-Mobile store on Route 4 in Paramus are now 0-for-3 following the arrests of four men over the weekend. The botched break-in occurred at the same T-Mobile shop on eastbound Route 4 where a member of a Bronx burglary crew was shot dead when he tried to run down responding Officer Connor Nutland in October 2014. The arresting officer this time: Nutland. The active burglar alarm report came in just before 1 a.m. Saturday, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg told Daily Voice Wednesday night. Responding officers found a rear window smashed and…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Rockland Coach, 18, Molested Boy, Say Police Seeking Possible NJ Victims Rockland Coach, 18, Molested Boy, Say Police Seeking Possible NJ Victims Rockland Coach, 18, Molested Boy, Say Police Seeking Possible NJ Victims
Rockland Coach, 18, Molested Boy, Say Police Seeking Possible NJ Victims Clarkstown police charged an 18-year-old volunteer wrestling coach who they said was involved in programs in Bergen, Rockland and Westchester counties with sexually assaulting a teenage boy. They also turned to the public Wednesday for help finding any other alleged victims. Marcus Stroud, 18, of Nyack, lured the boy into sex acts through the use of the Snapchat app and other social media outlets, authorities charged Wednesday. Stroud was being held on $100,000 bail in the Rockland County Jail, charged with committing a criminal sexual act, sexual abuse, sexual misconduct and child endange…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Rochelle Park Operations Manager Charged With Collecting Child Porn Rochelle Park Operations Manager Charged With Collecting Child Porn Rochelle Park Operations Manager Charged With Collecting Child Porn
Rochelle Park Operations Manager Charged With Collecting Child Porn ROCHELLE PARK, N.J. -- A married operations manager from Rochelle Park was arrested Wednesday after investigators said they caught him downloading kiddie porn. Anthony Alfano Jr., 61, was ordered held on $25,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with child endangerment -- "specifically for the possession of videos and/or images depicting child exploitation," Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir Grewal said. The arrest followed an investigaton by his Computer Crimes Unit, Grewal said. An arraignment in Superior Court in Hackensack was set for Thursday afternoon.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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Ex-Westwood, Ridgewood Councilman Admits Role In Massage Parlor Sex Case Ex-Westwood, Ridgewood Councilman Admits Role In Massage Parlor Sex Case Ex-Westwood, Ridgewood Councilman Admits Role In Massage Parlor Sex Case
Ex-Westwood, Ridgewood Councilman Admits Role In Massage Parlor Sex Case WESTWOOD, N.J. -- Former Westwood and Ridgewood councilman Bob Miller admitted in federal court on Wednesday that he sold bogus training certificates to workers who wanted to sell sex at massage parlors in four different counties, authorities said. As part of his plea agreement, Robert W. Miller agreed to forfeit $95,926 -- which .S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman said consists of $25,826 seized from his Westwood home in August of 2013, as well as an additional $70,100 in ill-gotten gains that he surrended to the FBI in December 2014. Sentencing was scheduled for May 19. Miller, 67, who resigned…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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Car Plows Through Hillsdale Garage Door After Medical Emergency Car Plows Through Hillsdale Garage Door After Medical Emergency Car Plows Through Hillsdale Garage Door After Medical Emergency
Car Plows Through Hillsdale Garage Door After Medical Emergency A car plowed through a Hillsdale garage door after its 20-year-old borough driver suffered a medical emergency Wednesday afternoon, police said. He was taken to Bergen Regional Medical Center in Paramus after the 1:45 p.m. crash on Trinity Place, police said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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All Access Committees Created In Hackensack, Hillsdale, Oakland All Access Committees Created In Hackensack, Hillsdale, Oakland All Access Committees Created In Hackensack, Hillsdale, Oakland
All Access Committees Created In Hackensack, Hillsdale, Oakland Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco on Wednesday officially announced the recent formation of Access for All Committees in Hackensack, Hillsdale and Oakland, comprised of advocates who include residents with disablities and members of both the local recreation and school boards. They join 20 others that already have been formed in Bergen County, he said. "The goal is to create such a committee in all 70 municipalities," under the auspices of the County Division on Disability Services, Tedeso said. "Removing barriers, embracing universal design concepts, having local support …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
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NJ State Trooper Photo Comes At A Good Time NJ State Trooper Photo Comes At A Good Time NJ State Trooper Photo Comes At A Good Time
NJ State Trooper Photo Comes At A Good Time It was perfect timing for some: State Police posted a photo of a uniformed trooper with his infant son hours after word came that the New Jersey Supreme Court denied parole to a man who helped kill a trooper in cold blood in 1973. "We are sons and daughters, brothers and sisters," the post says. "We are neighbors, coaches, and members of the community. "We are people with hopes and dreams, just like you. We are New Jersey State Troopers. "We would like to thank the proud mom who shared this beautiful photo with us. After some trying times, she is grateful to have t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
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NJ Supreme Court Denies Parole To Chesimard Accomplice In Trooper Killing NJ Supreme Court Denies Parole To Chesimard Accomplice In Trooper Killing NJ Supreme Court Denies Parole To Chesimard Accomplice In Trooper Killing
NJ Supreme Court Denies Parole To Chesimard Accomplice In Trooper Killing A man who helped kill a New Jersey State Police Trooper in cold blood in 1973 cannot be released on parole, the state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. Clark Edward Squire — a Black Panther and Black Liberation Army member who changed his name Sundiata Acoli — was convicted along with fugitive Joanne Chesimard for gunning down NJSP Trooper Werner Foerster during a New Jersey Turnpike stop. Now 79, Acoli (inset, above) was denied parole in 2011 — a ruling that the state Appellate Division reversed three years later, contending that the Parole Board ignored evidence in Acoli’s favor and put excess…

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