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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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Tipster Points Elmwood Park Police To Handgun Stashed In Alley Tipster Points Elmwood Park Police To Handgun Stashed In Alley Tipster Points Elmwood Park Police To Handgun Stashed In Alley
Tipster Points Elmwood Park Police To Handgun Stashed In Alley ELMWOOD PARK, NJ -- A tipster led Elmwood Park police to a handgun stashed in an alley next to a Broadway supermarket. Drug investigators found the .40-caliber Smith and Wesson handgun next to the Acme after a tipster pointed them that way Friday afternoon, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. "It appeared that the weapon was placed there and was to be retrieved at a later time," Foligno said. "This was corroborated by the informant." The unregistered firearm will be brought to the Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification for ballistics testing on Monday,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Welcome, DV Pilot Welcome, DV Pilot Welcome, DV Pilot
Welcome, DV Pilot Today marks the official union of Bergen-Passaic Daily Voice with CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Say hello to DV Pilot. No one could've predicted when I launched CLIFFVIEW PILOT in June 2009 that I'd one day find a bigger and better news operation with the same goals as mine -- to tell you in real time what's happening in YOUR community. Like CVP, Daily Voice demands honesty, accuracy and fairness. That's why law enforcement, firefighters, EMS, teachers and other public servants will continue to receive the respect and attention that they deserve. Like CVP, it has no "gotcha" stories, no secre…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Edgewater, Hudson Rescuers Scoop Shivering Shepherd From Hudson River Edgewater, Hudson Rescuers Scoop Shivering Shepherd From Hudson River Edgewater, Hudson Rescuers Scoop Shivering Shepherd From Hudson River
Edgewater, Hudson Rescuers Scoop Shivering Shepherd From Hudson River EDGEWATER, NJ -- A team of firefighters from Bergen and Hudson counties rescued a shivering German shepherd Friday afternoon after he fell into the Hudson River chasing some geese. The pooch went in near Veteran's Field and was scooped up about a quarter-mile south by the current to behind Mariner's Tower, borough DPW Director Tom Quinton told Daily Voice. Members of North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue, who were having lunch at the marina with some Edgewater colleagues, jumped into their boat with Quinton and others and headed out. A New Jersey State Police boat also pulled up. "At…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Accused Englewood Drug Dealer, Associate Busted In Raid Accused Englewood Drug Dealer, Associate Busted In Raid Accused Englewood Drug Dealer, Associate Busted In Raid
Accused Englewood Drug Dealer, Associate Busted In Raid ENGLEWOOD, N.J. -- An accused Englewood drug dealer had 150 bags of heroin, a dozen grams of Molly, an ounce of pot and various prescription opiates when he and a Bronx man were arrested Friday during a search of his home, authorities said. A digital scale, empty plastic baggies and $780 in alleged drug proceeds were seized during the Genesee Avenue raid, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. Arrested were Ramarr Pannell-Bishop, 28, and 19-year-old Mackey West of East 223rd Street, who the prosecutor said had an outstanding arrest warrant for burglary and was carrying 10 gr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen Prosecutor: Scammer Banked $11,000 In Bogus Income Tax Returns Bergen Prosecutor: Scammer Banked $11,000 In Bogus Income Tax Returns Bergen Prosecutor: Scammer Banked $11,000 In Bogus Income Tax Returns
Bergen Prosecutor: Scammer Banked $11,000 In Bogus Income Tax Returns HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Bergen County prosecutors charged an Orange woman with fraudulently collecting nearly $11,000 in tax returns through identity theft as part of a national ring. At least 10 more bogusly filed returns were destined for accounts controlled by 23-year-old Qyiidirah Williams when investigators from the White Collar Crimes Unit cracked the case, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said Friday. The detectives also "determined that the activity was diverse and spread out among individuals involved in the illicit activity who were based throughout the United Sta…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority Police: Woodland Park TSA Screener Caught Swiping Watch Port Authority Police: Woodland Park TSA Screener Caught Swiping Watch Port Authority Police: Woodland Park TSA Screener Caught Swiping Watch
Port Authority Police: Woodland Park TSA Screener Caught Swiping Watch WOODLAND PARK, NJ -- Witnesses at Newark Airport pointed Port Authority police to a TSA screener from Woodland Park who swiped a passenger's watch, authorities told Daily Voice. Daniel Ortiz, 39, had the victim's watch in his uniform pants pocket after removing it from a passenger's jewelry bag during the screening process, the authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. Ortiz was released on a summons pending a March 2 hearing in Elizabeth Municipal Court on theft charges.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Construction Worker Critical After Falling From Old Tappan Roof Construction Worker Critical After Falling From Old Tappan Roof Construction Worker Critical After Falling From Old Tappan Roof
Construction Worker Critical After Falling From Old Tappan Roof OLD TAPPAN, NJ -- A construction worker was flown by medical chopper to Hackensack University Medical Center in critical condition after he fell from the roof of an Old Tappan home Friday morning, authorities said. German Tamay Caguana, 40, of Irvington fell from the Kristin Place house, which is under construction, just after 10 a.m., Police Chief Thomas M. Shine said. Caguana works for Paese Construction of Kearny, the chief said. An investigation was continuing, he said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Rochelle Park Police Officer Busts NY Fugitive, 2 Others In Route 17 Stop Rochelle Park Police Officer Busts NY Fugitive, 2 Others In Route 17 Stop Rochelle Park Police Officer Busts NY Fugitive, 2 Others In Route 17 Stop
Rochelle Park Police Officer Busts NY Fugitive, 2 Others In Route 17 Stop ROCHELLE PARK, N.J. -- A routine traffic stop by a Rochelle Park police officer led to the discovery of six bags of crack, five of heroin, several syringes, a crack pipe -- and a fugitive, authorities said. The driver, 46-year-old James Nelson of Warwick, was wanted on a parole violation out of Peekskill, NY, when Officer Jared Shatkin stopped his car as it headed north on Route 17 around 11 p.m. Thursday, Detective Sgt. James DePreta told Daily Voice. He and his two passengers -- Robert Cuddeback, 22, and Megan Siciliano, 29, both also of Warwick, were taken into custody and charged with v…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Little Ferry Adds Charges Against Old Tappan Woman In 'Walk In' Break-Ins Little Ferry Adds Charges Against Old Tappan Woman In 'Walk In' Break-Ins Little Ferry Adds Charges Against Old Tappan Woman In 'Walk In' Break-Ins
Little Ferry Adds Charges Against Old Tappan Woman In 'Walk In' Break-Ins CARLSTADT, N.J. -- An Old Tappan woman accused of attempting to burglarize homes in Carlstadt and Rutherford was back behind bars on similar charges out of Little Ferry. Cristina Sidoti, 39, had been free since last January on $20,000 bail that she posted a week after being arrested in Old Tappan. A bail reduction hearing brought the amount down from $50,000. She was back in the county lockup late Thursday afternoon, this time on $35,000 bail, after Little Ferry Detectives Ronald Klein, Jr., Sam Aguilar and Ronald Callahan obtained an arrest warrant charging her with burglarizing a car on G…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Your Community
NJ Bill Would Hold School Trip Chaperones Responsible For Sex With Students NJ Bill Would Hold School Trip Chaperones Responsible For Sex With Students NJ Bill Would Hold School Trip Chaperones Responsible For Sex With Students
NJ Bill Would Hold School Trip Chaperones Responsible For Sex With Students The state Assembly on Thursday unanimously approved a measure that would expand prosecutors jurisdiction in crimes that involving endangering the welfare of children from New Jersey that occur outside the state. The proposed law follows a state Supreme Court decision that New Jersey authorities didn't have jurisdiction to prosecute a a teacher and school administrator from Bergen County who were accused of sexual contact with three 17-year-old female students on a school-sponsored trip to Germany in 2011. “Emotional trauma isn’t jurisdictional,” said Assemblywoman Holly Schepisi, a co-spon…

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